Editing Gomez Addams (section)

==Origin of the name==
In the Charles Addams cartoons, Gomez&mdash;as with all of the members of the family&mdash;had no [[given name]].<ref name=Ocker>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHwMReNxQmYC&q=gomez+addams&pg=PT37 |title=The New York Grimpendium: A Guide to Macabre and Ghastly Sites in New York State - J. W. Ocker |date= October 2012|access-date=2015-05-30|isbn=9781581577723 |last1=Ocker |first1=J. W. |publisher=The Countryman Press }}</ref>  When [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|''The Addams Family'']] television series was being developed, Charles Addams suggested naming the character either Repelli or Gomez. Addams left the final choice up to portrayer [[John Astin]], who chose Gomez.<ref>''Chas Addams: A Cartoonist's Life'', by Linda H. Davis, Random House, 2006, {{ISBN|978-0679463252}}</ref>

Because "Gómez" is originally a Spanish [[surname]], the character's name was changed to "Homero" ("Homer") in Spanish speaking translations. In Spain, where the surname originated, he is called Gómez.