 Despite council officials ruling out "Floaty McFloatface" as a name, a petition was later created to name the vessel Floaty McFloatface, attracting over 2,000 signatures and even caused the council to rescind its decision to veto the name.Alternative name suggestions included "Błyskawica", after the Polish warship that defended the towns of Cowes and East Cowes from a Nazi bombing raid during the Second World War.However, the council later stated it was postponing the naming of the vessel until some point after local elections took place later in the month.