Why does the letter 'W' were called 'Double-U'?

Question

Why not 'Double-V'?It looks like two V's joint together...

Answer 1

English uses the Latin alphabet of the Romans. However, this had no letter suitable for representing the phoneme /w/ which was used in Old English, though phonetically the sound represented by /v/ was quite close. In the 7th century scribes wrote uu for /w/; later they used the runic symbols known as wynn. European scribes had continued to write uu, and this usage returned to England with the Norman Conquest in 1066. Early printers sometimes used vv for lack of a w in their type. The name double-u recalls the former identity of u and v, which is also evident in a number of cognate words (flour/flower, guard/ward, suede/Swede, etc.).(Oxford Companion to the English Language)  

Answer 2

the " double V" is computer writing.. IF you look back it look more lie "UU" so yeah  

Answer 3

because thats how the English alphabet was created.  

Answer 4

Because when you say W it sounds like Double-U

Answer 5

becasuse............... idk

Answer 6

no if u write it in ur own handwriting then it actually kinda looks lyk two Us