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Though I'm more concerned by how we got from delta to nu in such a short period of time!
It's complicated:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tree_diagram_of_Pango_lineages_of_SARS-CoV-2.svg
I reckon they're just trying to make it look like a coronavirus.
Yeah, odd as most of the English words for Greek letters tend to be spelled phonetically. Though I'm more concerned by how we got from delta to nu in such a short period of time! I think someone skipped a few letters!