It looks like the name and scripting is inspired by UnQL, which I found described in this article: http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/08/UnQL http://www.infoq.com/

It looks like the name and scripting is inspired by UnQL, which I found described in this article: http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/08/UnQL http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/08/UnQL If that's the case, I'm surprised there's no obvious link to UnQL, so people know they're building off previous ideas. The article says Richard Hipp was planning on building a UnQLite embedded database; the website, though, says the sole developer is not Richard Hipp.