Oscar who?
It was named by Bette Davis' after she looked at the statuette's ass that sehe received in 1935 or 6, and said it reminded her of her first husband (she had four of them) whose middle name was Oscar. Needless to say, the so-called "Academy" has concocted another tale, but Bette insisted to her dying days that was the truth of it! I bet on Bette who had a sober view of Hollyweird and her own profession.