Hi I'm Nick Schrock and I actually came up with the name. Graph in this context means social graph or more generally the conceptual graph of data in your application, which you can query. It doesn't mean that it is a formalized graph database in any sort of way, nor does it seek to be.
I understand the name causes a bit of confusion but the ship has kind of sailed on this one :-) I think people will get used to it if/when it becomes a widely known name.
I understand the name causes a bit of confusion but the ship has kind of sailed on this one :-) I think people will get used to it if/when it becomes a widely known name.