What’s in a name? Check out the origin stories for five OC spots

Every name tells a story.
Throughout Orange County, place names pay homage to people, geography and even local lore.
There are the namesakes that are well known, such as the famous surf break, the Wedge, named because of how the wave refracts off the rock jetties and meets up with another wave, forming a “wedge.”
And just how holy was Holy Jim? Well, let’s just say Jim Smith was first dubbed Cussin’ Jim in the 1880s before his name evolved to “Holy Jim,” a who