How Companies Got their Name?
Compaq – Com from computer and paq from “pack” to denote a small integral object or Compatibility and Quality.
Acer- Original name was Multitech, the company changed it’s name to Acer which is the Latin word for “sharp, acute, able and facile”
Konika - From Konishiya Rokubetiten, was the first company established by Rokusaburo Sugiura.
Epson - From the Japanese printer and its equipments manufacturer which was named from” Son of Electronic printer”
Motorola- Founder is Paul Galvin Came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars Many audio equipment makers of the era used the "ola" ending for their products, most famously the "Victrola" phonograph made by the Victor Talking Machine Company. Then he had changed name to Motorola.
LG - From the combination of 2 popular korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar.
Dow - founder of dove soap is Herbert Henry Dow. Name Cames from the named after its founder.
Apple - come from Apple, a favorite fruit of co founder- Steve Jobs.
Casio - From the name of its founder- Kashio Tando, who had set up the company Kashio sersakujo as a subcontractor factory.
Sony – From the Latin word 'sonus' meaning- sound, and 'sonny' is a slang word used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster, "since we were sonny boys working in sound and vision", said Akio Morita. The company was founded as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation in 1946, and changed its name to Sony in 1958.
Fuji - Name of highest mountain in Japan.
Oracle - From the name of project made by Larry Ellison, Ed Oates and Bob Miner for the CLA.
Coca-Cola - derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring. The creator of Coca-Cola John S pemberton then changed the ‘K’ of Koka to ‘C’ to make name look better.
Virgin – from the autobiography of founder Richard Branson
Toshiba - to from the merger of consumer goods company Tokyo Denki and shiba from electrical firm Shibaura Seisaku-sho.
Kodak - From the founder George Eastman. The letter "K" was a favorite with Eastman; he felt it a strong and incisive letter. He tried out various combinations of words starting and ending with "K". He saw three 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 misconception that the name was chosen because of its similarity to the sound produced by the shutter of the camera.
Nokia - From the finish city of Nokia.
TCL - From Today China Lion.
Dell - From the surname of founder, Michael Dell. The company changed its name from Dell Computer in 2003.
Pepsi - From the digestive enzyme pepsin.
BSNL - From Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Acer- Original name was Multitech, the company changed it’s name to Acer which is the Latin word for “sharp, acute, able and facile”
Konika - From Konishiya Rokubetiten, was the first company established by Rokusaburo Sugiura.
Epson - From the Japanese printer and its equipments manufacturer which was named from” Son of Electronic printer”
Motorola- Founder is Paul Galvin Came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars Many audio equipment makers of the era used the "ola" ending for their products, most famously the "Victrola" phonograph made by the Victor Talking Machine Company. Then he had changed name to Motorola.
LG - From the combination of 2 popular korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar.
Dow - founder of dove soap is Herbert Henry Dow. Name Cames from the named after its founder.
Apple - come from Apple, a favorite fruit of co founder- Steve Jobs.
Casio - From the name of its founder- Kashio Tando, who had set up the company Kashio sersakujo as a subcontractor factory.
Sony – From the Latin word 'sonus' meaning- sound, and 'sonny' is a slang word used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster, "since we were sonny boys working in sound and vision", said Akio Morita. The company was founded as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation in 1946, and changed its name to Sony in 1958.
Fuji - Name of highest mountain in Japan.
Oracle - From the name of project made by Larry Ellison, Ed Oates and Bob Miner for the CLA.
Coca-Cola - derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring. The creator of Coca-Cola John S pemberton then changed the ‘K’ of Koka to ‘C’ to make name look better.
Virgin – from the autobiography of founder Richard Branson
Toshiba - to from the merger of consumer goods company Tokyo Denki and shiba from electrical firm Shibaura Seisaku-sho.
Kodak - From the founder George Eastman. The letter "K" was a favorite with Eastman; he felt it a strong and incisive letter. He tried out various combinations of words starting and ending with "K". He saw three 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 misconception that the name was chosen because of its similarity to the sound produced by the shutter of the camera.
Nokia - From the finish city of Nokia.
TCL - From Today China Lion.
Dell - From the surname of founder, Michael Dell. The company changed its name from Dell Computer in 2003.
Pepsi - From the digestive enzyme pepsin.
BSNL - From Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
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