Tabasco

Tabasco is a masculine name for the little one who'll want to be your side(kick.) While rare as a first name, Tabasco is instantly recognizable for its link to the iconic hot sauce and the Mexican state. Tabasco sauce first hit the shelves in 1869, as a solution to the then very bland diet of the Reconstruction South. Its ingredients include hot chillies, vinegar, and salt, combined perfectly, creating a sauce that could add flavor and excitement to just about any meal. The sauce's inventor, Edmund McIlhenny, named his culinary masterpiece "Tabasco," after a Mexican Indian word that held definitions like "place where the soil is humid," "place of the coral shell," and "place of the oyster shell." Tabasco, Mexico, also lends the name some other potential translations, such as "damp earth" in the Nahuatl language and "lord of eight lions" in Mayan. Just as Tabasco sauce is a staple at dinner tables throughout the world, your Tabasco will be an essential "flavor" in your home.