"Hornblower" sunan mahaifi ne wanda aka fi danganta shi da halin almara Horatio Hornblower, wani jami'in sojan ruwa na Burtaniya a cikin Royal Navy a lokacin Yaƙin Napoleonic. Sunan "Horatio" ya fito daga Latin kuma yana nufin "mai kiyaye lokaci" ko "sa'a."
