Where did Matt Groening come up with the names for the Simpsons characters?
Believe it or not but Matt named the family after his own! Marge was his mothers name and the Homer belonged to his farther. He had two sisters named Lisa and Margret (Maggie.) The name Bart is simply an anagram for brat. Also some of the minor characters was also named after the streets he used to live near and Matt Groening actually lived on Evergreen Terrace.
