Final answer:
Piscine Molitor Patel, the narrator in the 'Life of Pi,' was named after a French swimming pool which was beloved by his father's friend.
Step-by-step explanation:
The narrator, Piscine Molitor Patel, from the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, gets his unique name from a French swimming pool. The moniker was a tribute to a friend of his father’s who loved swimming and praised the Piscine Molitor in Paris. Pi later adopts a short form of his name to avoid mockery from his peers.