The Goddamn Particle - That's Where the Name Came From

And why is it called the "God particle"?
Like God, it is everywhere but hard to find, goes the quip. In fact, the origin of the name is rather less poetic. It comes from the title of a book by Nobel physicist Leon Lederman whose draft title was "The Goddamn Particle," to describe the frustrations of trying to nail the Higgs. The title was cut back to The God Particle by his publisher, apparently fearful the "Goddamn" could be offensive
source this isn't happiness

// so both names make sense in their own ways :p