花名的由来是因为阿里创始人马云怀有江湖情节。最开始阿里的花名明确要求与武侠有关,比如马云叫风清扬,张勇叫逍遥子,陆兆禧叫铁木真。只是后来阿里越做越大,职工越来越多,赫赫有名的大侠是用一个少一个,后来范围渐渐扩大到任何名字都可以作为花名使用,唯一要求就是人物必须是正面人物。
The nicknames came from the fact that Alibaba's founder, Jack Ma, had a love affair with the underworld. At first, Alibaba's nicknames were clearly required to be related to martial arts, such as Jack Ma's name Feng Qingyang, Zhang Yong's name Xiaoyaozi, and Lu Zhaoxi's name Temujin. But later, as Alibaba grew bigger and bigger, with more and more employees, the famous heroes were used less and less, and the scope gradually expanded to allow any name to be used as a nickname, with the only requirement being that the character must be a positive character.