"Oxyuranus" ba ya zama kalma a cikin harshen Ingilishi. Duk da haka, asalin sunan ƙungiyar macizai masu dafin gaske da aka fi sani da taipan, waɗanda suka fito daga Ostiraliya da Papua New Guinea. Sunan "Oxyuranus" ya fito daga kalmomin Helenanci "oxy" ma'ana kaifi da "ouranos" ma'ana wutsiya, yana nufin wutsiya mai nuna taipan.
