Re: [UNOFFICIAL] VNL | Vanillacoin 0.3.5 Beta | DarkPP/MinerPP/CoinPP | ZeroTime
As far as the name is concerned do you thing that Vanilla is a proper name for a coin? It is associated with an ice cram 
People have mentioned the name relates to this,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_software
It was also the first coin with a staking POS mobile phone Android wallet, which the "Vanilla" name works perfect considering Android OS updates all use names like Kit Kat, ice cream sandwich, lollipop etc etc )
So once you learn those bits of info the name seems quite perfect.