A matrix $H$ is Hermitian if $H ^\dagger = H$. A matrix $U$ is Unitary if $U^\dagger=U^{-1}$.
My question is:
Why do we name matrices of such properties Hermitian and Unitary? These names are non-intuitive and have nothing to do with these properties.
Who named them?
Possible citation of first appearance in paper?
Hermitian is because Charles Hermite. List of things named after Charles Hermite. Unitary is because it is an extension of the concept of unit complex number.