The Java programming language was originally called Oak, after an oak tree.
Why it is true
In 1991 James Gosling of Sun Microsystems named the language after the oak tree outside his office window. Since 'Oak' was already a registered trademark, in 1995 it was renamed Java, a nickname for coffee that comes from the Indonesian island.
Source: Oracle (Java History)
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