How The Worlds Most Famous Companies Got Their Names
Nathan Johnson
Published
07/09/2014
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Taken from the digestive enzyme, pepsin. -
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This is an homage to a character from Herman Melvilles Moby Dick. -
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Founder Dave Thomas named the restaurant after his daughter, whose name was actually Melinda but went by Wendy. -
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The phone company combines veritas, which is Latin for truth, and horizon. -
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Named for founder Glen Bell and, of course, their delicious product. -
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Southern Pacific Railroad International Communications was a bit of a mouthful, so they shortened it to this. -
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Taken form the Latin word sonus, which means sound, and chosen for being easy to say in a lot of languages. -
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The original idea came from sky-peer-to-peer, which was changed to skyper and eventually simply Skype. -
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Originally called Service Games of Japan, the company got its start by importing pin-ball machines to American military bases in Japan. -
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Transliterated version of the word rhebok, which is a type of African antelope. -
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Named for the town in Finland where it originally functioned as a wood-pulp mill. -
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This is a shortened version of the original Japanese name, Nippan Sangyo, which means Japan Industries. -
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This is just a slightly different version of the Japanese name, Nintendou, which translates roughly to entrusted heaven. -
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The shoe company took their name from the Greek goddess of victory with the iconic swoosh representing her flight. -
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Taken from the founders, Harold Matt Matson and Elliot Handler. -
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Translated from Hanja, the Korean companys name means rising from Asia. -
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This name comes from the first syllables of Integrated Electronics since the name was already being used by a different company. -
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A combination of the initials of founder Ingvar Kamprad with the initials of his childhood village, Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. -
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Tom Watson Sr. named the company International Business Machines as a way to one-up his former employer, National Cash Register. -
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From the Echo Bay Technology Group, shortened when the domain echobay.com was unavailable. -
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The original flavor included ingredients of coca leaves and kola nuts. -
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That extra T dates back to when telegraphs were still a thing, the name standing for American Telephone Telegraph Company. -
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Similar to saying check in a game of chess, the word atari is used in the Japanese game go when your opponents pieces are probably about to be captured. -
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Changed from Cadabra.com, the company wanted the new name to symbolize the higher volume of sales they could achieve online rather than in a physical bookstore. -
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Previously called U-Tote Em, they changed the name to reflect the hours they were open: 7:00am to 11:00pm.
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