FRIENDSHIP AMONG EQUALS, בהוצאת ISO, עמוד 20:
"The first question that had to be settled in London was that of the name of the new organization. There were different proposals. The English and the Americans wanted “International Standards Coordinating Association”, but we fought against the word “coordinating”. It was too limited. In the end ISO was chosen. I think it is good; it is short. I recently read that the name ISO was chosen because “iso” is a Greek term meaning “equal”. There was no mention of that in London!"