Just came across this today. Previously had heard the association with the musical sharp symbol (#) to mean a pitch higher in tone, but this was the first time I'd heard that the # symbol can also be seen as a matrix of four small + symbols, hence C# stands for C++++, i.e. an increment to C++.
Source: http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/261958/a-z_programming_languages_c_/?pp=2
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