Company Names Ethmologies

8/9/2019 Company Names Ethmologies

1/16

WWW.HANDAKAFUNDA.COM

Company Names

EthmologiesWhy are they called, what they are called?

Ravi Handa and Avinash Maurya

7/25/2010

Version 1.0


2/16

Complied by:http://handakafunda.com/ Version 1.0

Complied by:http://handakafunda.com/

#

20th Century FoxFilm studio; formed in 1935 through the merger ofWilliam Fox'sFox Film, andTwentieth Century Pictures.

[1]

3ComNetwork technology producer; the three coms are computer, communication, andcompatibility.[4]

3Mfrom the company's original name, Minnesota Mining and ManufacturingCompany.

[5]

7-ElevenConvenience stores; renamed from "U-Tote'm" in 1946 to reflect their newlyextended hours, 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.[6]

A

ABN AMROin the 1960s, theNederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij(Dutch TradingSociety; 1824) and De Twentsche Bank merged to form theAlgemene Bank Nederland

(ABN; General Bank of the Netherlands); in 1966, the Amsterdamsche Bank and theRotterdamsche Bank merged to form the Amro Bank; in 1991, ABN and Amro Bankmerged to form ABN AMRO.

Accenturefrom "Accent on the future". The name Accenture was proposed by acompany employee in Norway as part of an internal name finding process(BrandStorming). Before January 1, 2001, the company was calledAndersenConsulting.[9]

AcerBorn as Multitech International in 1976, the company changed its name to Acer in1987. The Latin word for sharp, acute, able and facile

Adidasfrom the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.[11] Adobe Systemsfrom theAdobe Creekthat ran behind the house of co-founderJohn

Warnock.

[12]

Akainamed for its founder, Masukichi Akai.[14] Akamaifrom theHawaiianword akamai meaning smart or clever;[15]the company

defines it as "intelligent, clever and cool".[16] Alcatel-LucentAlcatel was named from Socit Alsacienne de Constructions

Atomiques, de Tlcomunications et d'Electronique.[18]

It took over Lucent Technologiesin 2006.

AlcoaAluminum Company ofAmerica.[19] Alfa Romeothe company was originally known as ALFA, an acronym for Anonima

Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili. When Nicola Romeo bought ALFA in 1915, hissurname was appended.

AltaVistaSpanish for "high view". Amazon.comfounderJeff Bezosrenamed the companyAmazon (from the earlier name

of Cadabra.com) after the world's most voluminous river, theAmazon. He saw thepotential for a larger volume of sales in an online (as opposed to a bricks and mortar)bookstore. (Alternative: Amazon was chosen to cash in on the popularity of Yahoo,which listed entries alphabetically.)

AMDAdvanced Micro Devices
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Foxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Foxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fox_%28producer%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fox_%28producer%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fox_%28producer%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Pictureshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Pictureshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Pictureshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Elevenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Elevenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABN_AMROhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABN_AMROhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsche_Handel-Maatschappijhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsche_Handel-Maatschappijhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsche_Handel-Maatschappijhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algemene_Bank_Nederlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algemene_Bank_Nederlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algemene_Bank_Nederlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accenturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accenturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersen_Consultinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersen_Consultinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersen_Consultinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma_Creekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma_Creekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma_Creekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma_Creekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warnockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warnockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warnockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatel-Lucenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatel-Lucenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVistahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVistahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Deviceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Deviceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Deviceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Riverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVistahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatel-Lucenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warnockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Warnockhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma_Creekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersen_Consultinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersen_Consultinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accenturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algemene_Bank_Nederlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsche_Handel-Maatschappijhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABN_AMROhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Elevenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Pictureshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Filmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fox_%28producer%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Foxhttp://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


3/16



AmstradAmstrad Consumer Electronics plc was founded by SirAlan Michael Sugarinthe UK. The name is a contraction ofAlan Michael Sugar Trading.

Anheuser-Busch InBevFormed by the 2008 purchase ofAnheuser-BuschbyInBev.Anheuser-Busch was named for the company's original founder,Eberhard Anheuser, andhis later partnerAdolphus Busch.

AOLfrom America Online. The company was founded in 1983 as Quantum ComputerServices.

Apacheaccording to the project's 1997 FAQ: "The Apache group was formed around anumber of people who provided patch files that had been written for NCSA httpd 1.3.The result after combining them was A PAtCHy server."

[23]

AppleFor the favorite fruit of co-founderSteve Jobsand/or for the time he worked atan apple orchard, and to distance itself from the cold, unapproachable, complicatedimagery created by other computer companies at the timewhich had names such asIBM,DEC,CincomandTesseract

Arcelorcreated in 2001 by a merger of Arbed (Luxembourg), Aceralia (Spain) andUsinor (France) with the ambition of becoming a major player in the steel industry.

Ask.comsearch engine formerly named afterJeeves, the gentleman's gentleman (valet,notbutler) inP. G. Wodehouse's series of books. Ask Jeeves was shortened to Ask in2006.

Asusnamed afterPegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology. The first three lettersof the word were dropped to get a high position in alphabetical listings. An Asuscompany named Pegatron, using the spare letters, was spun off in 2008.[25]

Aston Martinfrom the "Aston Hill" races (nearAston Clinton) where the company wasfounded, and the surname ofLionel Martin, the company's founder.

AT&Tthe American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation officially changed its nameto AT&T in the 1990s.

Atarinamed from the board gameGo. "Atari" is a Japanese word to describe a positionwhere an opponent's stones are in danger of being captured. It is similar, though notidentical, to "check" in chess. The original games company was American but wanted aJapanese-sounding name.

AudiLatin translation of the German name "Horch". The founderAugust Horchleft thecompany after five years, but still wanted to manufacture cars. Since the original "Horch"company was still there, he called his new company Audi, the Latin form of his lastname. In English it is: "hark!".

B

Bayernamed after Friedrich Bayer, who founded the company in 1863. BBCBritish Broadcasting Corporation, originallyBritish Broadcasting Company. Ben & Jerry'snamed after Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who founded an ice cream

parlor in 1978 after completing a correspondence course on ice cream making fromPennsylvania State University. The company, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc.was later taken over byUnilever.

BenQBringing Enjoyment and Quality to life[28] BHPBroken Hill Proprietary, named after the town ofBroken Hill, where BHP was

founded (now BHP Billiton)
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstradhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstradhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Michael_Sugarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Michael_Sugarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Michael_Sugarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBevhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBevhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Buschhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Buschhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Buschhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBevhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBevhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBevhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Anheuserhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Anheuserhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Anheuserhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Buschhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Buschhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Buschhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Software_Foundationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Software_Foundationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseracthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseracthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseracthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcelorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcelorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeeveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeeveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeeveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehousehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehousehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehousehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-24http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-24http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-24http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Clintonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Clintonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Clintonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26Thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26Thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Horchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Horchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Horchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unileverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unileverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unileverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BenQhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BenQhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-27http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-27http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-27http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHP_Billitonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHP_Billitonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Hillhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Hillhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Hillhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Hillhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHP_Billitonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-27http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BenQhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unileverhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Horchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26Thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Clintonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-24http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehousehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butlerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeeveshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcelorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseracthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-22http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Software_Foundationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Buschhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberhard_Anheuserhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InBevhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Buschhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBevhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Michael_Sugarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstradhttp://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


4/16



BIC Corporationthe pen company was named after one of its founders, Marcel Bich.He dropped the final h to avoid a potentially inappropriate English pronunciation of thename.

BlaupunktBlaupunkt ("Blue dot") was founded in 1923 under the name "Ideal". Itscore business was the manufacturing ofheadphones. If the headphones came through

quality tests, the company would give the headphones a blue dot. The headphonesquickly became known as the blue dots or blaue Punkte. The quality symbol wouldbecome a trademark and the trademark would become the company name in 1938.

BMWBayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Factories). Boeingnamed after founder William E. Boeing. It was originally called Pacific Aero

Products Co. Boschnamed after founder Robert Bosch.Robert Bosch GmbH(full company name) is

a German diversified technology-based corporation. Bose Corporationnamed after founderAmar Bose. BSNLfrom Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (India Communications Corporation

Limited).

BPformerly British Petroleum, now BP. (The slogan "Beyond Petroleum" hasincorrectly been taken to refer to the company's new name following its rebranding effortin 2000.)

Bridgestonenamed after founder Shojiro Ishibashi. The surnameIshibashi ()means "stone bridge", or "bridge of stone".

BTformerly British Telecom (from BT Group, formerly British Telecommunicationsplc.)

BHELBharat Heavy Electricals Limited, a government of India company.

C

CAComputer Associates was founded in 1976 as Computer Associates International,Inc. byCharles Wang

Cadillacnamed after the 18th century French explorerAntoine Laumet de La Mothe,sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan.Cadillacis a small town in theSouth ofFrance.

CanonOriginally (1933) Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory the new name(1935) derived from the name of the company's first camera, theKwanon, in turn namedafter the Japanese name of the Buddhistbodhisattvaof mercy.

Carrefourchain of supermarkets and hypermarkets which started with a store near acrossroads (carrefour in French) in Annecy.

CaterpillarOriginally Holt Tractor Co, merged with Best Tractor Co. in 1925. Acompany photographer exclaimed aloud of a Holt tractor that the tracks' movementresembled a caterpillar moving along the ground. The name stuck.

Cathay Pacific Airways LimitedThe airline was founded on 24 September 1946 byAmerican Roy C. Farrell and Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow, with each man puttingup HK$1 to register the airline. They named it Cathay Pacific because Cathay was theancient name given to China; and Pacific because Farrell speculated that they would oneday fly across the Pacific.
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Bichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Bichttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaupunkthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaupunkthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMWhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMWhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_GmbHhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_GmbHhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amar_Bosehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amar_Bosehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amar_Bosehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Sanchar_Nigam_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Sanchar_Nigam_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Heavy_Electricals_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Heavy_Electricals_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CA,_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CA,_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wanghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wanghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wanghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillachttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillachttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Laumet_de_La_Mothe,_sieur_de_Cadillachttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Laumet_de_La_Mothe,_sieur_de_Cadillachttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Laumet_de_La_Mothe,_sieur_de_Cadillachttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Laumet_de_La_Mothe,_sieur_de_Cadillachttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac,_Girondehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac,_Girondehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac,_Girondehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_%28company%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_%28company%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattvahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattvahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattvahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrefourhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrefourhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_Pacific_Airways_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_Pacific_Airways_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_Pacific_Airways_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrefourhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattvahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_%28company%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac,_Girondehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Laumet_de_La_Mothe,_sieur_de_Cadillachttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Laumet_de_La_Mothe,_sieur_de_Cadillachttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillachttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wanghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CA,_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Heavy_Electricals_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Sanchar_Nigam_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amar_Bosehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_GmbHhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMWhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaupunkthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Bichttp://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


5/16



Casiofrom the name of its founder, Kashio Tadao, who had set up the company KashioSeisakujo as a subcontractor factory.

CBSColumbia Broadcasting System Chevroletnamed after company co-founderLouis Chevrolet, a Swiss-born auto racer.

The company was merged into General Motors in 1917 and survives only as a brand

name. Chryslernamed after the company founder,Walter P. Chrysler. Ciscoshort forSan Francisco. Citronnamed after Andr-Gustave Citron (18781935), a French entrepreneur of

Dutch descent. He was the fifth and last child of the Dutch Jewish diamond merchantLevie Citroen and Mazra Kleinmann (of Warsaw, Poland). The Citroen family moved toParis from Amsterdam in 1873 where the name changed to Citron.

Coca-Coladerived from thecoca leavesandkola nutsused as flavoring. Coca-ColacreatorJohn S. Pembertonchanged the 'K' of kola to 'C' to make the name look better.

Colgate-Palmoliveformed from a merger of soap manufacturers Colgate & Companyand Palmolive-Peet. Peetwas dropped in 1953. Colgate was named after William

Colgate, an English immigrant, who set up a starch, soap and candle business inNewYork Cityin 1806. Palmolive was named for the two oils (Palm and Olive) used in itsmanufacture.

Comcastfrom communications and broadcast. Compaqfrom computer and "pack" to denote a small integral object; or: Compatibility

And Quality; or: from the company's first product, the very compactCompaq Portable. COMSATa contraction ofcommunications satellites. This American digital

telecommunicationsandsatellitecompany was founded during the era of U.S. PresidentJohn F. Kennedyera to develop the technology.

ConocoPhillipsformed from the merger ofConoco(from Continental Oil Company)and thePhillips Petroleum Company.

Corelfrom Cowpland Research Laboratory, after the name of the company's founder,Dr.Michael Cowpland.[31]

Craysupercomputer company named after its founder,Seymour Cray.

D

Daewoocompany founder Kim Woo Chong called it Daewoo which means "GreatHouse" or "Great Universe" inKorean.

Danone(Dannon in the U.S.)Isaac Carasso in Barcelona made his first yoghourts withthe nickname of his first son Daniel (DAN-ONE)

Datsunfirst called DAT, from the initials of its financiers Den, Aoyama and Takeuchi.Soon changed to DATSON to imply a smaller version of their original car, then (as SONcan mean "loss" in Japanese) again to DATSUN when they were acquired by Nissan.

Debianproject founder Ian Murdock named it after himself and his girlfriend, Debra. Dellnamed after its founder,Michael Dell. The company changed its name from Dell

Computer in 2003. DHLnamed after its founders, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn. Digg, Inc.- Kevin Rose's friend David Prager (The Screen Savers, This Week in Tech)

originally wanted to call the site "Diggnation", but Kevin wanted a simpler name. He
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casiohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casiohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chryslerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chryslerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_P._Chryslerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_P._Chryslerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_P._Chryslerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Franciscohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Franciscohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Franciscohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Franciscohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Colahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Colahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_nuthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_nuthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_nuthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Pembertonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Pembertonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Pembertonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate-Palmolivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate-Palmolivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcasthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcasthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaqhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaqhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portablehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portablehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portablehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COMSAThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COMSAThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunicationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunicationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConocoPhillipshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConocoPhillipshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conocohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conocohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conocohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Petroleum_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Petroleum_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Petroleum_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cowplandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cowplandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-30http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-30http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-30http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Crayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Crayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Crayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_Danonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_Danonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsunhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsunhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsunhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_Danonehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Crayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-30http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cowplandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Petroleum_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conocohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConocoPhillipshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunicationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COMSAThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portablehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaqhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcasthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Cityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate-Palmolivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Pembertonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_nuthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Colahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Franciscohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_P._Chryslerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chryslerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casiohttp://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


6/16



chose the name "Digg", because users are able to "dig" stories, out of those submitted, upto the front page. The site was called "Digg" instead of "Dig" because the domain name"dig.com" was previously registered, by Walt Disney Internet Group. "Diggnation"would eventually be used as the title of Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht's weekly podcastdiscussing popular stories from Digg.

The Walt Disney Company, named for its co-founderWalt Disney.

DKNYDonna Karan New York. Downamed after its founder,Herbert Henry Dow.

E

EA GamesEA is from Electronic Arts. The company was founded in May 1982 asAmazin' Software and changed its name to Electronic Arts in October the same year.

eBayPierre Omidyar, who had created the Auction Web trading website, had formed aweb consulting concern called Echo Bay Technology Group. "Echo Bay" didn't refer tothe town in Nevada, "It just sounded cool", Omidyar reportedly said.Echo Bay Mines

Limited, a gold mining company, had already taken EchoBay.com, so Omidyar registeredwhat (at the time) he thought was the second best name: eBay.com.

EDSElectronic Data Systems, founded in 1962 by former IBM salesmanRoss Perot.According to the company history:

[34]"He chose Electronic Data Systems from potential

names he scribbled on a pledge envelope during a service at Highland Park PresbyterianChurch in Dallas."

EMIformerly Electric and Musical Industries Ltd. ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network EpsonEpson Seiko Corporation, the Japanese printer and peripheral manufacturer, was

named from "Son ofElectronic Printer" Essothe enunciation of the initials S.O. in Standard Oil of New Jersey. Exxona name contrived by Esso (Standard Oil of New Jersey) in the early 1970s to

create a neutral but distinctive label for the company. Within days, Exxon was beingcalled the "double cross company" but this eventually subsided. (Esso is a trademark ofExxonMobil.) Esso had to change its name in the U.S. because of restrictions dating tothe 1911 Standard Oilantitrustdecision.

F

Facebookname stems from the colloquial name of books given to newly enrolledstudents at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the US with theintention of helping students to get to know each other better.

Fair Isaac Corporationnamed after founders Bill Fair and Earl Isaac. FCUKFrench Connection United Kingdom. FedExabbreviation ofFederal Express Corporation, the company's original name.[35] Ferrarifrom the name of its founder,Enzo Ferrari. Fiatacronym ofFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of

Turin)
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKNYhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKNYhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Chemical_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Chemical_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Henry_Dowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Henry_Dowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Henry_Dowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Artshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Artshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Bay_Mines_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Bay_Mines_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Bay_Mines_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Bay_Mines_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Data_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Data_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-33http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-33http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-33http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiko_Epsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiko_Epsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrusthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrusthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrusthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebookhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebookhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Isaac_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Isaac_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Connection_%28clothing%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Connection_%28clothing%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedExhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedExhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-34http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-34http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-34http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Ferrarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Ferrarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Ferrarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Ferrarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrarihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-34http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedExhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Connection_%28clothing%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Isaac_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebookhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrusthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiko_Epsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPNhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-33http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perothttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Data_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Bay_Mines_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Bay_Mines_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Artshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Henry_Dowhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Chemical_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKNYhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Companyhttp://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


7/16



Finnairfrom "Finland" and "air". Originally called "AeroOsakeyhti", which led to itsinternational flight code, "AY".

Ford Motor Companynamed after its founder,Henry Ford, who introduced automobilemass production in 1914.

Forrester Researchfrom the family name of the mother of the founderGeorge ForresterColony.

Fujinamed after Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.

G

Glaxoa dried milk company set up in Bunnythorpe, New Zealand, by Joseph EdwardNathan. The company wanted to use the name "Lacto" but it was similar to some alreadyin use. Glaxo evolved and was registered on 27 October 1906.GlaxoSmithKlinewas a2000 merger ofGlaxo WellcomeandSmithKline Beecham.

Goodyearnamed after the founder of vulcanization,Charles Goodyear, the GoodyearTire and Rubber company was founded by Frank Seiberling in 1898.

Googlean originally accidental misspelling of the wordgoogoland settled uponbecause google.com was unregistered. Googol was proposed to reflect the company'smission to organize the immense amount of information available online.

H

Hagen-DazsName was invented in 1961 by ice-cream makersReuben and RoseMattusof the Bronx "to convey an aura of the old-world traditions and craftsmanship".

[38]

The name has no meaning.

HaierChinese "sea" and (atransliterationcharacter; also means "you" inLiteraryChinese). Portion of transliteration of German Liebherr.

Harpo Productionsproduction company founded by Oprah Winfrey. Harpo is Oprahbackwards.

Hasbrofounded by Henry and Helal Hassenfeld, the Hassenfeld Brothers. HCLHindustan Computers Ltd, Indian software company founded byShiv Nadar. HPBill HewlettandDave Packardtossed a coin to decide whether the company they

founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett. Hitachiold place name, literally "sunrise" HMVfrom "His Master's Voice", which appeared in 1899 as the title of a painting of

Nipper, a Jack Russell terrier, listening to a gramophone. Hondafrom the name of its founder,Soichiro Honda. Honeywellfrom the name ofMark Honeywell, founder of Honeywell Heating

Specialty Co. It later merged with Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company and was finallycalled Honeywell Inc. in 1963.

HotmailFounderJack Smithgot the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from acomputer anywhere in the world. WhenSabeer Bhatiacame up with the business plan forthe mail service he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for Hotmailas it included the letters "HTML"the markup language used to write web pages. It was
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnairhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnairhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osakeyhti%C3%B6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osakeyhti%C3%B6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osakeyhti%C3%B6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrester_Researchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrester_Researchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Forrester_Colony&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Forrester_Colony&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Forrester_Colony&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Forrester_Colony&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji_Heavy_Industrieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji_Heavy_Industrieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlaxoSmithKlinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlaxoSmithKlinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlaxoSmithKlinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlaxoSmithKlinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlaxoSmithKlinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaxo_Wellcomehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaxo_Wellcomehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaxo_Wellcomehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecham_%28pharmaceutical_company%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecham_%28pharmaceutical_company%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecham_%28pharmaceutical_company%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodyearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodyearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodyearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4agen-Dazshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4agen-Dazshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_and_Rose_Mattushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_and_Rose_Mattushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_and_Rose_Mattushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_and_Rose_Mattushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-37http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-37http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-37http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haierhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haierhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliterationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliterationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliterationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_Chinesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_Chinesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_Chinesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_Chinesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Productionshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Productionshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbrohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbrohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Computershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Computershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Nadarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Nadarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Nadarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hewletthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hewletthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hewletthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Packardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Packardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Packardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi,_Ltd.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi,_Ltd.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMV_Group_plchttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMV_Group_plchttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soichiro_Hondahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soichiro_Hondahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soichiro_Hondahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Honeywellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Honeywellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Honeywellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmailhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmailhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smith_%28Hotmail%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smith_%28Hotmail%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smith_%28Hotmail%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabeer_Bhatiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabeer_Bhatiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabeer_Bhatiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTMLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTMLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTMLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTMLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabeer_Bhatiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smith_%28Hotmail%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmailhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Honeywellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soichiro_Hondahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMV_Group_plchttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi,_Ltd.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Packardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hewletthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Nadarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Computershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbrohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Productionshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_Chinesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_Chinesehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliterationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haierhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-37http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_and_Rose_Mattushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_and_Rose_Mattushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4agen-Dazshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodyearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecham_%28pharmaceutical_company%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaxo_Wellcomehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlaxoSmithKlinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlaxoSmithKlinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji_Heavy_Industrieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Forrester_Colony&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Forrester_Colony&action=edit&redlink=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrester_Researchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osakeyhti%C3%B6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnairhttp://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


8/16



initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective upper casing. (At one time, if you clickedon Hotmail's 'mail' tab, you would have seen "HoTMaiL" in the URL, but since Hotmailis now Windows Live Mail, it is no longer there.)

HSBCHongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. HTC CorporationA contraction of its original corporate name, High Tech Computer

Corporation. Hyundaiconnotes the sense of "the present age" or "modernity" in Korean.

I

IBMnamed by Tom (Thomas John) Watson Sr, an ex-employee of National CashRegister (NCR Corporation). To one-up them in all respects, he called his companyInternational Business Machines.

ICICIIndustrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India. IKEAa composite of the first letters in the Swedish founderIngvar Kamprad's name in

addition to the first letters of the names of the property and the village in which he grew

up: Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. IntelRobert Noyce and Gordon Moore initially incorporated their company as N M

Electronics. Someone suggested Moore Noyce Electronics but it sounded too close to"more noise". Later, Integrated Electronics was proposed but it had already been taken,so they used the initial syllables (INTegratedELectronics). To avoid potential conflictswith other companies with similar names, Intel purchased the name rights for $15,000from a company called Intelco. (Source: Intel 15 Years Corporate Anniversary Brochure)

Ittiam Systemsan Indian company named from the famous philosophical dictum: "Ithink therefore I am" (Cogito, ergo sum).

[39]

InfosysAn Indian software major. "Information Systems"

J

Johnson & JohnsonOriginally a partnership between brothers James Wood Johnsonand Edward Mead Johnson in 1885, the addition of brother Robert Wood Johnson I led toformal incorporation as Johnson & Johnson in 1887.

K

Kawasakifrom the name of its founder,Shozo Kawasaki KFCshort for Kentucky Fried Chicken. It is popularly believed that the company

adopted the abbreviated name in 1991 to avoid the unhealthy connotations of the word'fried'. The rumor that it was because the Commonwealth of Kentucky trademarked thename "Kentucky" is false. Commercials in the early 2000s tried to imply that theabbreviation stands for "Kitchen Fresh Chicken", but in 2007 KFC decided to return tothe original "Kentucky Fried Chicken" branding (although the corporate name remainedKFC).

Kenwood Limitednamed after Kenneth (Ken) Wood, who founded this kitchenwarecompany as Woodlau Industries in the UK in 1947. It is not related toKenwood
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCR_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCR_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCR_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICICI_Bankhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICICI_Bankhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_Kampradhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_Kampradhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_Kampradhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittiam_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittiam_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-38http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-38http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-38http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infosyshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infosyshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_%26_Johnsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_%26_Johnsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industrieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industrieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shozo_Kawasakihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shozo_Kawasakihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shozo_Kawasakihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenwood_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenwood_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenwood_Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenwood_Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenwood_Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenwood_Limitedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shozo_Kawasakihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industrieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_%26_Johnsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infosyshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-38http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittiam_Systemshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_Kampradhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICICI_Bankhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCR_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBChttp://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


9/16



Electronics, which started as Kasuga Radio Co in Japan in 1946 and became TrioCorporation in 1960.

Kia Motorsthe name "Kia" () roughly translates as "Rising from Asia" inHanja. K-MartNamed forSebastian S. Kresge, who opened the first K-Mart in 1962. KodakBoth the Kodak camera and the name were the invention of founderGeorge

Eastman. The letter "K" was a favorite with Eastman; he felt it a strong and incisiveletter. He tried out various combinations of words starting and ending with "K". He sawthree advantages in the name. It had the merits of a trademark word, would not be mis-pronounced and the name did not resemble anything in the art. There is a misconceptionthat the name was chosen because of its similarity to the sound produced by the shutter ofthe camera.

Konicait was earlier known as Konishiroku Kogaku. Konishiroku in turn is the shortfor Konishiya Rokubeiten which was the first name of the company established byRokusaburo Sugiura in the 1850s.

KPMGfrom the last names of the founders of the firms which combined to form thecooperative:Piet Klijnveld,William Barclay Peat,James Marwick, andReinhard

Goerdeler.

[40]

L

Legocombination of the Danish "leg godt", which means to "play well".[41]Lego alsomeans "I put together" in Latin, butLego Groupclaims this is only a coincidence and theetymology of the word is entirely Danish. Years before the little plastic brick wasinvented, Lego manufactured wooden toys.

Lenovo Groupaportmanteauof "Le-" (from former name Legend) and "novo",pseudo-Latin for "new". This Chinese company took over IBM's PC division.

LGfrom the combination of two popular Korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar. (InMexico, publicists explained the name change as an abbreviation to Linea Goldstar,Spanish for Goldstar Line)

Lockheed MartinAerospace manufacturer, a combination ofLockheed CorporationandMartin Marietta, which is a combination ofGlenn L. Martin Companyand American-Marietta Corporation.

LonginesIn 1862 the new company "Ancienne Maison Auguste Agassiz, ErnestFrancillon, Successeur" was born. At that time watchmaking in the area used the skills ofpeople working outside the "comptoir d'tablissage", often at home. In 1866 ErnestFrancillon bought two plots of land on the right bank of the river Suze at the place called"Les Longines" and brought all of the watchmaking skills under one roof. This was thefirst "Longines factory".

L'OralIn 1907, Eugne Schueller, a young French chemist, developed an innovativehair-color formula. He called his improved hair dye Aurole.

Lotus SoftwareMitch Kapornamed his company after theLotus Positionor'Padmasana'. Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental M ation technique as taughtby Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Lucent Technologiesa spin-off from AT&T, it was named Lucent (meaning"luminous" or "glowing with light") because "light as a metaphor for visionary thinkingreflected the company's operating and guiding business philosophy", according to the
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Motorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Motorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanjahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanjahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanjahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Marthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Marthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_S._Kresgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_S._Kresgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_S._Kresgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_Kodakhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_Kodakhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPMGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPMGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Klijnveldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Klijnveldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Klijnveldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Klijnveldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Klijnveldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barclay_Peathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barclay_Peathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barclay_Peathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barclay_Peathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barclay_Peathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marwickhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marwickhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marwickhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marwickhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marwickhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Goerdelerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Goerdelerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Goerdelerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Goerdelerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-39http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-39http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-39http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-lego_home-40http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-lego_home-40http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-lego_home-40http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Mariettahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Mariettahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Or%C3%A9alhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Or%C3%A9alhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kaporhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kaporhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kaporhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Positionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Positionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Positionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucent_Technologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucent_Technologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucent_Technologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Positionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kaporhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Or%C3%A9alhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Mariettahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-lego_home-40http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-39http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Goerdelerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Goerdelerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marwickhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barclay_Peathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Klijnveldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPMGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_Kodakhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_S._Kresgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Marthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanjahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Motorshttp://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


10/16



Landor Associates staff who chose the name.[43]It was taken over by Alcatel to formAlcatel-Lucent in 2006.

LycosfromLycosidae, the family ofwolf spiders.[44]

M

Maggifood company named after its founder, Julius Maggi. It was taken over byNestl in 1947 and survives as a brand name.

Marsnamed after Frank C. Mars and his wife, Ethel, who started making candy in1911. Their son, Forrest E. Mars, joined with Bruce Murrie, the son of a Hersheyexecutive, to formM&M Ltd(from Mars & Murrie). Forrest took over the familybusiness after his father's death and merged the two companies in 1964. After retiringfrom Mars, Inc. in 1993, Forrest founded Ethel M. Chocolates, named after his mother.

Mattelaportmanteauof the founders names Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler. Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH- It was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach with his

son Karl Maybach. Mazda Motor Corporationthe company was founded as Toyo Kogyo, started

manufacturing Mazda brand cars in 1931, and changed its name to Mazda in 1984. Thecars were supposedly named afterAhura Mazda, the chief deity of the Zoroastrians,though many think this explanation was created after the fact, to cover up what is simplya poor anglicized version of the founders name, Jujiro Matsuda. This theory is supportedby the fact that the company is referred to only as "Matsuda" in Japan.

McDonald'sfrom the name of the brothersDick McDonaldandMac McDonald, whofounded the first McDonald's restaurant in 1940.

Mercedesfrom the first name of the daughter ofEmil Jellinek, who distributed cars ofthe early Daimler company around 1900.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(MGM)Film studio formed from the merger of three othercompanies: Metro Picture Corporation,Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, and Louis B.Mayer Pictures. Goldwyn Picture Corporation in turn was named after the last names ofSamuel Goldfish, andEdgarand Archibald Selwyn.

Microsoftcoined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted tomicrocomputer software. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' disappeared on3/2/1987 with the introduction of a new corporate identity and logo. The "slash betweenthe 'o' and 's' [in the Microsoft logo] emphasizes the "soft" part of the name and conveysmotion and speed."

[citation needed] MinoltaMinolta was founded in Osaka, Japan in 1928 as Nichi-Doku Shashinki Shten

(; literally: Japan-Germany camera shop). It was not until 1934 that the

name Minolta first appeared on a camera, the Minolta Vest.

Mitsubishithe name Mitsubishi () has two parts: mitsu means three and hishi(changing to bishi in the middle of the word) means diamond (the shape). Hence, thethree diamond logo. (Note that "diamond" in this context refers only to the rhombusshape, not to the precious gem.)

MotorolaFounder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company (at the time,Galvin Manufacturing Company) started manufacturing radios forcars. Many audioequipment makers of the era used the "ola" ending for their products, most famously the"Victrola"phonographmade by theVictor Talking Machine Company. The name was
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-42http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-42http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-42http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spiderhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spiderhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars,_Incorporatedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars,_Incorporatedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26M%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26M%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26M%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybach-Motorenbau_GmbHhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybach-Motorenbau_GmbHhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazdahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazdahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazdahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazdahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazdahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_McDonaldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_McDonaldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_McDonaldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_and_Mac_McDonaldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_and_Mac_McDonaldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_and_Mac_McDonaldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benzhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benzhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Jellinekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Jellinekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Jellinekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldwyn_Pictures_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldwyn_Pictures_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldwyn_Pictures_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldwyn_Pictures_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Goldwynhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Goldwynhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Selwynhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Selwynhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Selwynhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsofthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsofthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoltahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoltahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorolahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorolahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonographhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonographhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonographhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonographhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorolahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoltahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsofthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Selwynhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Goldwynhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldwyn_Pictures_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Jellinekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benzhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_and_Mac_McDonaldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_McDonaldhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazdahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazdahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybach-Motorenbau_GmbHhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26M%27shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars,_Incorporatedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spiderhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-42http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


11/16



meant to convey the idea of "sound" and "motion". It became so widely recognized thatthe company later adopted it as the company name.

Mozilla Foundationfrom the name of the web browser that precededNetscapeNavigator. When Marc Andreesen, co-founder ofNetscape, created a browser to replacethe Mosaic browser, it was internally named Mozilla (Mosaic-Killer,Godzilla) byJamie

Zawinski.

[46]

MRFfrom Madras Rubber Factory, founded by K M Mammen Mappillai in 1946. He

started with a toy-balloon manufacturing unit at Tiruvottiyur, Chennai (then calledMadras). In 1952 he began manufacturing tread-rubber and, in 1961, tyres.

N

Nabiscoformerly The National Biscuit Company, changed in 1971 to Nabisco. Napster- The service was named Napster after Fanning's hairstyle-based nickname. NCR Corporationfrom National Cash Register. NECfrom Nippon Electric Company. NeroNero Burning ROMnamed afterNero burning Rome ("Rom" is the German

spelling of "Rome"). Nestlnamed after its founder,Henri Nestl, who was born in Germany under the name

"Nestle", which isGerman(actually, Swabiandiminutive) for "bird's nest". The companylogo is a bird's nest with a mother bird and two chicks.

NetscapeOriginally the product name of the company's web browser ("MosaicCommunicationsNetscape Web Navigator"). The company adopted the product nameafter theUniversity of Illinoisthreatened to sue fortrademarkinfringement over the useof the Mosaic name. Netscape is the combination of network and landscape.

[citation needed] Nikenamed for theGreek goddess of victory. Nikonthe original name was Nippon Kogaku, meaning "Japanese Optical". NintendoNintendo is the transliteration of the company's Japanese name, nintendou (). The first (nin) can be translated as to "entrusted"; ten-dou means "heaven".

Nissanthe company was earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo which means"Japan Industries".

Nokiastarted as a wood-pulp mill, the company expanded into producing rubberproducts in the Finnish city ofNokia. The company later adopted the city's name.

Nortel Networksnamed from Nortel (Northern Telecom) and Bay Networks. Thecompany was originally spun off from the Bell Telephone Company of Canada Ltd in1895 as Northern Electric and Manufacturing, and traded as Northern Electric from 1914to 1976.

Novartisafter the Latin expression "novae artes" which means something like "newskills".

O

OracleLarry Ellison, Ed Oates and Bob Miner were working on a consulting project fortheCIA. The code name for the project wasOracle. The project was designed to use thenewly written SQL database language from IBM. The project was eventually terminated
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigatorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigatorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigatorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigatorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Communications_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Communications_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Communications_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzillahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzillahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzillahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinskihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinskihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinskihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-45http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-45http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-45http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Rubber_Factoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Rubber_Factoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabiscohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabiscohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napsterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napsterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCR_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCR_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_AGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_AGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Burning_ROMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Burning_ROMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Burning_ROMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Nestl%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Nestl%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Nestl%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscapehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscapehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaignhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaignhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaignhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademarkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademarkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademarkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_%28mythology%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_%28mythology%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_%28mythology%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nortelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nortelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novartishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novartishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oraclehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oraclehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oraclehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oraclehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novartishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nortelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_%28mythology%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_neededhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademarkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaignhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscapehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Nestl%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_Burning_ROMhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_AGhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEChttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCR_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napsterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabiscohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Rubber_Factoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-45http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinskihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinskihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzillahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Communications_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigatorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigatorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundationhttp://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/


12/16



but they decided to finish what they started and bring it to the world. Later they changedthe name of the company, Relational Software Inc., to the name of the product.

P

Pepsinamed from the digestive enzymepepsin. PetrobrasAn abbreviation of theBrazilianoilcompany's full name, Petrleo Brasileiro

(PortugueseforBrazilian Petroleum). PhilipsRoyal Philips Electronics was founded in 1891 by brothers Gerard (the

engineer) and Anton (the entrepreneur) Philips. Pixarfrom pixel and the co-founder's name, Alvy Ray Smith. According to the

biography "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs" by Alan Deutschman, the 'el' in pixel waschanged to 'ar' because 'ar' is frequently used in Spanish verbs, implying the name means"To Pix".

Porschecar company named after founderFerdinand Porsche, an Austrian automotiveengineer. The family name may have originated in the Czech name "Bore" (boresh).

Pradaan Italian highfashionhouse named after the founder Mario Prada, who foundedPradainMilan1914.

Procter & Gamblenamed after the founders, William Procter, a candlemaker, andJames Gamble, a soapmaker, who pooled their resources after marrying two sisters. Thecompany was founded in Cincinnati in 1837.

[48]

Q

Qantasfrom its original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services. QualcommQuality Communication

R

Raytheon"Light of the gods". Maker of missiles such as Patriot, Maverick, Sidewinderand Tomahawk, among other military technology.

Reckitt & Colman- named from the merger of Reckitt & Sons with J&J Colman in 1938.Colman's, best known for its mustard, was founded by Jeremiah Colman in 1814. IsaacReckitt founded Reckitt & Sons in 1840.

[49]

Reckitt Benckiserconsumer goods giant named from the merger of Britain's Reckitt &Colman and the Dutch company Benckiser NV in December 1999. The latter was namedafter its founder, Johann A. Benckiser.

Red Hatwhile at college, company founder Marc Ewing was given theCornelllacrosseteam cap (with red and white stripes) by his grandfather. People would turn to him tosolve their problems and he was referred to as that guy in the red hat. By the time hewrote the manual of the beta version of Red Hat Linux he had lost the cap, so the manualincluded an appeal to readers to return hisRed Hatif found.

Reebokalternate spelling ofrhebok(Pelea capreolus), an African antelope. Research In Motionfrom the phrase "poetry in motion", which company founderMike

Lazaridishad seen used to describe afootballplayer.
http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://handakafunda.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrobrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrobrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porschehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porschehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Porschehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Porschehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Porschehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamblehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamblehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-47http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-47http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-47http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcommhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcommhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytheonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytheonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckitt_%26_Colmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckitt_%26_Colmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-48http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-48http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-48http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckitt_Benckiserhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckitt_Benckiserhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrossehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrossehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrossehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reebokhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reebokhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhebokhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhebokhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhebokhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_In_Motionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_In_Motionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_footballhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_footballhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_footballhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_footballhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lazaridishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_In_Motionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhebokhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reebokhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrossehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckitt_Benckiserhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologies#cite_note-48http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckitt_%26_Colmanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytheonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcommhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q

Documents

Company Names Ethmologies