Multiple choice The word googol (which gave us the name Google) was invented by... The Babylonians The ancient Persians Albert Einstein 9-year Milton Sirotta. Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself D Correct answer Explanation In 1920, mathematician Edward Kasner asked his nine-year-old nephew, Milton Sirotta, to invent a name for a very large number (1 followed by 100 zeros). Milton suggested "googol," which later inspired the name of the search engine Google.