Python is fun to use and this is reflected in the name.
Guido van Rossum, who designed Python in the 90ties in Amsterdam, named his language after the BBC-Series „Monty Python's Flying Circus“.
Guido van Rossum became the first BDFL (“Benevolent Dictator For Life”), it means that van Rossum has the final word on disputes about his coding language in the open source community.