 There are several suggestions about the origin of the name "Cirebon".According to Sulendraningrat who based on the script Babad Tanah Sunda and Atja on Carita Purwaka Caruban Nagari script, Cirebon at first was a small hamlet built by Ki Gedeng Tapa, which eventually evolved into a bustling port village and named "Caruban" (Sundanese for "mixture"), because the port town was a melting pot settled by immigrants from various ethnic groups, religions, languages, customs, and livelihoods.Another theory suggests that the town's name derived from "rebon", the Sundanese word for small shrimp that live in the area.