[mk_stjames]

Something to do with Grace Hopper being an actual person (although she is deceased) and thus not being to trademark the entire name?

[jabl]

Hopper is the name of the GPU architecture, and Grace is the name of the CPU. Combining them in a device gets you a "Grace Hopper" superchip.

(And yes, I'd guess the codenames where chosen back in the day with an eye towards combining them in the same device.)

[jsheard]

There's one funny exception to the rule of Nvidia naming their GPU architectures after just the surname of a famous scientist - they always refer to the "Ada Lovelace" architecture using her full name, presumably to avoid association with the other famous Lovelace.

[ConceptJunkie]

I think it would be interesting to compare this with the Apple BHA. Although in this case, Admiral Hopper's family would have to take up the fight.