The tentative title ''Sheep'' was something Cobain created as an inside joke directed towards the people he expected to buy the album. He wrote a fake advertisement for ''Sheep'' in his journal that read "Because you want to not; because everyone else is."<ref>Cross 2001, p. 154</ref> Novoselic said the inspiration for the title was the band's cynicism about the public's reaction to [[Operation Desert Storm]].<ref name=requiem /> As recording ended, Cobain grew tired of the title and suggested to Novoselic that the album be named ''Nevermind''. Cobain liked the title because it was a metaphor for his attitude on life and because it was grammatically incorrect.<ref>Cross 2001, p. 189</ref> ''Sacagawea'', after [[Sacagawea|the Native American]], was briefly considered so to reference the band's intentions for a more widespread impact compared to their previous studio album ''[[Bleach (Nirvana album)|Bleach]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knb7ICiQUbI Nirvana Interview Canada 1991]. ''[[YouTube]]''. Event occurred September 21, 1991. Video uploaded August 20, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2023.</ref>
"Nevermind" appears on the album's [[liner notesnote]]s as the last word in a paragraph of lyric fragments that ends with "I found it hard, it was hard to find, oh well, whatever, nevermind" from "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/sex-pistols/did-nirvana-copy-never-mind-bollocks-nevermind/|title=Did Nirvana 'copy' Sex Pistols' Never Mind The Bollocks album title with their Nevermind album?|date=2019-10-28|website=Radio X|language=en-UK|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426093547/https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/sex-pistols/did-nirvana-copy-never-mind-bollocks-nevermind/|url-status=live}}</ref> The word "nevermind" also echoes the [[Sex Pistols]]' ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'', one of Cobain's favorite albums.<ref>{{cite web|date=2014-01-22|first=Edward|last=Keeble|title=Hand-Written List of Kurt Cobain's Favourite Albums is Revealed Online|publisher=[[gigwise.com]]|url=https://www.gigwise.com/news/87824/hand-written-list-of-kurt-cobains-favourite-albums-is-revealed-online|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=July 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718232500/https://www.gigwise.com/news/87824/hand-written-list-of-kurt-cobains-favourite-albums-is-revealed-online|url-status=live}}</ref>
