Gradle

“”Gradle started as an open-source project in 2008 led by Hans Dockter and Adam Murdoch. The success of the Gradle Build Tool project ultimately led to the development of Gradle Enterprise which was launched in 2017

— Gradle Enterprise "Our Story"

“”My original idea was to call it Cradle. The disadvantages of that name were too diminutive and not very unique. As it is using Groovy for the DSL, I went down the G-road and though about calling it Gradle. Everyone I asked liked it, so that became the official name. That was about 4 years ago. I'm still very happy with the name

— Hans Dockter (December, 2011) "Why is gradle called gradle?" discuss.gradle.org