We started out with the intention of using the mSQL database system to connect to our tables using our own fast low-level (ISAM) routines. 我们一开始打算使用mSQL数据库系统，使用我们自己的fast low-level(ISAM)例程连接到我们的表。However, after some testing, we came to the conclusion that mSQL was not fast enough or flexible enough for our needs. 然而，经过一些测试，我们得出的结论是mSQL不够快速或灵活，不能满足我们的需要。This resulted in a new SQL interface to our database but with almost the same API interface as mSQL. 这导致我们的数据库有了一个新的SQL接口，但与mSQL的API接口几乎相同。This API was designed to enable third-party code that was written for use with mSQL to be ported easily for use with MySQL.这个API的设计目的是使为mSQL编写的第三方代码能够轻松地移植到MySQL中。

MySQL is named after co-founder Monty Widenius's daughter, My.MySQL是以联合创始人蒙蒂·韦德尼乌斯的女儿My名字命名的。

The name of the MySQL Dolphin (our logo) is “Sakila,” which was chosen from a huge list of names suggested by users in our “Name the Dolphin” contest. MySQL海豚的名字（我们的logo）是“Sakila”，它是从我们的“命名海豚”比赛中用户推荐的一个巨大的名字列表中选择的。The winning name was submitted by Ambrose Twebaze, an Open Source software developer from Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Africa. 获奖者是来自非洲Eswatini（前斯威士兰）的开源软件开发人员Ambrose Twebaze。According to Ambrose, the feminine name Sakila has its roots in SiSwati, the local language of Eswatini. Sakila is also the name of a town in Arusha, Tanzania, near Ambrose's country of origin, Uganda.据安布罗斯说，萨基拉这个女性名字源于西斯瓦提语，这是埃斯瓦蒂尼的当地语言。萨基拉也是坦桑尼亚阿鲁沙一个城镇的名字，靠近安布罗斯的原籍国乌干达。