Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà is the beautiful aardvark girl of Juǀʼhoan mythology who sometimes appears in stories as a python and sometimes as an elephant. She defends her people and punishes wrongdoers using gǁámígǁàmì spines, a raincloud full of hail, and her magical oryx horn Gǃòʼé ǃHú. The satellite is being named Gǃòʼé ǃHú.