does "iPod" stand for something?

Googling shows that really nobody know except Apple and they have't said.

http://www.what-does-ipod-stand-for.com/

No.

It does not stand for anything.

i is just the designation that Apple began using with the ipod, imac,ibook, itunes, etc.

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The name iPod was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who (with others) was called by Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to the public. After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the phrase "Open the pod bay door, Hal!", which refers to the white EVA Pods of the Discovery One spaceship. Chieco saw an analogy to the relationship between the spaceship and the smaller independent pods in the relationship between a personal computer and the music player."

http://ipod.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=ipod&cdn=gadgets&tm=51&f=10&tt= 12&bt=0&bts=0&st=37&zu=http%3A//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod%23Trademark

^ ^{a b c d e f} Kahney, Leander.Straight Dope on the iPod's Birth,Wired News, October 17, 2006. Retrieved on October 30, 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod

Scroll down to the section "Trademark". I remember the bit about they had to get the trademark rights after they came up with the name, since it was already a registered trademark.