The band was required to create a new name to sign up to Spinefarm Records . The contract with Shiver records had already been signed under the name of Inearthed . The answer to that problem came as the members looked for good names in their local phone book . When they stumbled upon Lake Bodom , they realized that it was a name with impact and one which had an interesting story behind it . A long list of possible names involving the word Bodom was then made , and they settled with Children of Bodom . The band 's name is derived from the Lake Bodom murders
Lake Bodom murders
Lake Bodom murders
Children of Bodom