Question: Where did the name boaty mcboatface come from?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: Where did people choose the name Boaty McBoatface?
What person originally suggested the name Boaty McBoatface?
answer: #NameOurShip poll
a March 2016 online poll
James Hand
Natural Questions answer: online poll (from the Wikipedia article "Boaty McBoatface")