二沙島，原先係叫二沙頭，廣州市當局喺1988年開發二沙頭陣，時任廣州市地名委員會辦公室嘅官員楊海清，建議改名成「二沙島」獲批，「二沙頭」呢個名就咁畀當局棄用。而大沙頭仲保留著原名，因為大沙頭本來都係島嶼，中共建政後​填海駁返陸地，變咗唔係島，所以冇改名。
In 1988, when the Guangzhou Municipal Authorities developed Ersha Tou, Yang Haiqing, then an official of the Office of the Guangzhou Geographical Names Committee, proposed to change the name to "Ersha Island" and was approved, and the name "Ershatou" was abandoned by the authorities. And Dashatou still retains its original name, because Dashatou was originally an island, and after the establishment of the Communist Party of China, the land was reclaimed and rejected, and it was not an island, so it was not renamed.