According to Maloy, the band's name has no political meaning: "'The Nixons' was short, sweet and I always tell people it had an 'x' in the middle so it looked cool on t-shirts and stickers.
ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə mˈælɔɪ, ðə bˈændz nˈeɪm hɐz nˈoʊ pəlˈɪɾɪkəl mˈiːnɪŋ: "ðə nˈɪksənz wʌz ʃˈɔːɹt, swˈiːt ænd aɪ ˈɔːlweɪz tˈɛl pˈiːpəl ɪt hæd æn ˈɛks ɪnðə mˈɪdəl sˌoʊ ɪt lˈʊkt kˈuːl ˌɔn tˈiːʃˈɜːts ænd stˈɪkɚz.