Quote Originally Posted by SPOOLIN
Cloverfield: I can actually come to a conclusion that its called this because it ends pretty much in a cloverfield, and they find the tape in that cloverfield(not actually stated that way) stated in the movies beginning credits
the government named the event "Cloverfield" much like Iraq was "Iraqi Freedom" as well as the storming of the beaches of Normandy was called "Overlord" code names given to specific events.