It's funny that the traditional names almost never coincide with first appearance of games. Nc3 can be called Napoleon opening. 
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It's curious, because Van Krujs is usually associated with 1.e3
I think names are at times contributed to the player that popularizes an opening, or the part of the world youre from.
In the US we call it the Benko Gambit after Pal Benko. In Europe its the Volga Gambit.
| Original name | Modern name | Version | Original move |
|---|---|---|---|
| king | king | all | as now |
| adviser | queen | all | one square diagonally, only |
| elephant | bishop | Persia and west | two squares diagonally (no more or less), but could jump over a piece between |
| an old Indian version | two squares sideways or front-and-back (no more or less), but could jump over a piece between | ||
| southeast and east Asia | one square diagonally, or one square forwards, like four legs and trunk of elephant | ||
| horse | knight | all | as now |
| chariot | rook | all | as now |
| foot-soldier | pawn | all | one square forwards (not two), capturing one square diagonally forward; promoted to queen onl |
| Sanskrit | Bengali | Persian | Arabic | Turkish | Latin | English | Spanish | Portuguese | Italian | French | Catalan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raja (King) | Raja (King) | Shah | Malik | Şah | Rex | King | Rey | Rei | Re | Roi | Rei |
| Mantri (Minister) | Mantri (Minister) | Vazīr (Vizir) | Wazīr/Firz | Vezir | Regina | Queen | Reina/Dama | Dama | Regina | Dame | Dama/Reina |
| Gajah (war elephant) | Hati | Pil | Al-Fīl | Fil | Episcopus/Comes/Calvus | Bishop/Count/Councillor | Alfil/Obispo | Bispo | Alfiere | Fou | Alfil |
| Ashva (horse) | Ghora (horse) | Asp | Fars/Hisan | At | Miles/Eques | Knight | Caballo | Cavalo | Cavallo | Cavalier | Cavall |
| Ratha (chariot) | Nowka | Rokh | Qal`a/Rukhkh | Kale | Rochus/Marchio | Rook/Margrave/Castle | Torre/Roque | Torre | Torre/Rocco | Tour | Torre |
| Padati (footman/footsoldier) | Shoinnya | Piadeh | Baidaq/Jondi | Piyon | Pedes/Pedinus | Pawn | Peón | Peão | Pedone/Pedina | Pion | Peó |
Thanks for sharing, @bulletheadbilly
your welcome...
Horse and elephant is still used in Russian terminology. 
Of course, these are the first instance in the currently preserved game records.
The first question they raise is, "What first moves were made before 1 e4 was introduced in 1475?
My cousin, who I just sent a copy of Capablanca's 60-page Chess Fundamentals to bring her up to speed as fast as possible, knows the rules, hasn't studied chess, and played her first game here opening with 1 g4. I'll bet thousands of people in pre-electronic games days also opened with 1 g4 hundreds of years before 1866's Fritz's great-great-great grandfather was a twinkle in his great-great-great-great grandfather's eye!
I was curious
and compiled this info from chessgames.com.
Year Players Move
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1475 Castellvi - Vinyoles 1. e4
1497 NN - Lucena 1. e3
1515 Lucena - Quintana 1. c3
1620 Greco - NN 1. d4, 1. f4
1787 De Beaurevoir - Conway 1. c4
1804 Napoleon - Mme De Remusat 1. Nc3
1828 Hyderabad - Madras (chess clubs) 1. g3
1839 Kieseritzky - Boncourt 1. a3
1850 Mohishunder - Cochrane 1. Nf3
1851 Van't Kruijs - De Heer 1. b3
1853 Mohishunder - Cochrane 1. d3
1857 Mead - Morphy 1. h3
1864 Boquay - NN 1. f3
1866 Fritz - Schlenker 1. g4
1868 Skipworth - Cuthbertson 1. b4
1880 Ware - Congdon 1. a4
1901 Janowski - Allies 1. h4
1912 Schindlbeck - NN (composition) 1. Na3
1966 Myers - Tirso Alvarez 1. Nh3