Ragnar: "There was not much thought that went into it. I got the idea before I joined the band. My plan was to create a comic book titled Of Monsters and Men, but I never did. When we were going to play in the Músíktilraunir competition, we needed a name. I remembered the phrase, and it fit the lyrics and what we were doing in the band."
- From an Icelandic TV interview, September 2012.