August 17, 2007 at 16:57I now know my name ...
Today I already wrote my thought about the names and now I came across in one interesting blog a description of where the names of large companies and brands came from.
Here's a list ...
Adobe - named after the Adobe Creek River, which flowed behind the house of company founder John Warnock.
Adidas - in honor of one of the founders of Adi Dasler.
Apache - Initially, the company was engaged in the delivery of patches for programs. From this came A PAtCHy, which transformed into Apache. Indians have their own version.
Apple- The favorite fruit of company founder Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs). After three months of futile attempts to find a name for the new business, he delivered his partner an ultimatum: “I will call Apple if you do not offer the best by 5 o’clock”. Apples Macintosh is the name for a variety of apples sold in the United States.
Canon - in honor of Kwanon, the Buddhist god of mercy. It was changed to Canon to avoid protests from religious organizations.
Casio - in honor of the founder of the company Kashio Tadao (Kashio Tadao).
Cisco - abbreviated as San Francisco.
Compaq - from Comp and paq (small integrated part)
Corel- in honor of the founder of the company Michael Cowpland (Dr. Michael Cowpland). Decrypted by COwpland REsearch Laboratory (Copeland Research Laboratory).
Daewoo , founder of the company, Kim Woo Chong, modestly called the company, “The Big Universe,” which translates from Korean.
Fuji - in honor of Japan's highest mountain, Fuji.
HP (Hewlett-Packard) - founders Bill Hewlett (Bill Hewlett) and Dave Packard (Dave Packard) threw a coin to decide whose name will be first in the name. As you know, Bill won.
Hitachi - Japanese Dawn.
Honda is the name of the founder of Soichiro Honda Honeywell is the name of the founder of Mark Honeywell.
Hotmail- Founder Jack Smith came up with the idea of accessing web-based email from anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia appeared with the business plan of this service, he went over all the words ending in “mail” and finally settled on hotmail, as the name contained the letters HTML (markup language for web pages).
Hyundai - in Korean “present” (time).
IBM - International Business Machines.
Intel - Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name Moore Noyce, but by then there was already a chain of hotels with that name. So they decided to stop on the reduction of INTegrated ELectronics.
Kawasaki - in honor of the founder of Shozo Kawasaki.
Kodak - K- The favorite letter of George Eastman (George Eastman), the founder of the company. He searched for words beginning and ending with this wonderful letter. Moreover, in all alphabets “K” is written the same. In the end, Kodak was chosen, supposedly just such a sound the camera produces when shooting.
Konica - formerly known as Konishiroku Kogaku.
LG - the first letters of two Korean brands Lucky and Goldstar.
Lotus - Mitch Kapor, the founder of the company, was engaged in meditation. Hence the name (lotus position).
Microsoft - MICROcomputer SOFTware. It was originally written as Micro-Soft. Then the dash was removed.
Mitsubishi- Invented by the founder of the company Yataro Iwasaki (Yataro Iwasaki) in 1870. In Japanese, means “Three Diamonds”. The name is also displayed in the company logo.
Motorola - Founder Paul Galvin came up with the name when his company began producing radio for cars. Many manufacturers of audio components at that time ended in “ola."
The Mozilla Foundation is the successor to the Netscape Navigator browser. When Marc Andreesen, founder of Netscape, created a browser to replace Mosaic, he was called Mozilla (Mosaic-Killer, Godzilla) inside the company.
Nabisco - originally “The NAtional BISCuit COmpany”, changed to Nabisco in 1971.
Nikon - originally Nippon Kogaku, means "Japanese optics."
Nintendo- a composite of 3 Japanese characters “Nin-ten-do”, which can be translated as “heaven blesses hard work”.
Nissan is formerly known as Nichon Sangio, which means "Japanese industry."
Nokia - started as a woodworking plant, has grown to the production of rubber products in the Finnish city of Nokia.
Novell - the name came up with the wife of co-founder George Canova (George Canova). She mistakenly thought that “Novell” in French means “new.”
Oracle - Founders Larry Ellison and Bob Oats worked on a consulting project for the CIA, codenamed Oracle. Subsequently, the project was closed, but the name remained.
Sanyo is the Three Oceans in Chinese.
SAP - “Systems, Applications, Productss in Data Processing”, was founded by 4 former IBM employees who worked in the Systems / Applications / Projects group.
SCO - from Santa Cruz Operation.
Siemens - founded in 1847 by Werner von Siemens.
Sony - from the Latin “Sonus” (sound) and “sonny” (youngster on slang).
Subaru - by the name of the constellation. It is also displayed on the company logo.
SUN - founded by 4 university friends, short for Stanford University Network.
Suzuki - named after the founder of Michio Suzuki.
Toshiba- was founded after the merger of a company specializing in consumer goods, Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co) and the electric company Shibaura Seisaku-sho (Shibaura Engineering Works).
Toyota - named after the founder of Sakichi Toyoda. Subsequently changed to a more sparing Toyota. In Japanese, it consisted of 8 letters (the lucky number in Japan).
Xerox - Inventor Chestor Carlson (Chestor Carlson), wanted to reflect the word “dry” in the title (since at that time there was only wet copying). “Xer” - dry in Greek.
Yahoo- the word was invented by Jonathan Swift (Jonathan Swift) in the book "Travels of Gulliver." That was the name of the repulsive, disgusting person. The founders of Yahoo! Jerry Yang and David Filo chose this name because they called themselves yahoo. However, now the name stands for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.
Thanks to the author for such interesting information !!!
Here's a list ...
Adobe - named after the Adobe Creek River, which flowed behind the house of company founder John Warnock.
Adidas - in honor of one of the founders of Adi Dasler.
Apache - Initially, the company was engaged in the delivery of patches for programs. From this came A PAtCHy, which transformed into Apache. Indians have their own version.
Apple- The favorite fruit of company founder Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs). After three months of futile attempts to find a name for the new business, he delivered his partner an ultimatum: “I will call Apple if you do not offer the best by 5 o’clock”. Apples Macintosh is the name for a variety of apples sold in the United States.
Canon - in honor of Kwanon, the Buddhist god of mercy. It was changed to Canon to avoid protests from religious organizations.
Casio - in honor of the founder of the company Kashio Tadao (Kashio Tadao).
Cisco - abbreviated as San Francisco.
Compaq - from Comp and paq (small integrated part)
Corel- in honor of the founder of the company Michael Cowpland (Dr. Michael Cowpland). Decrypted by COwpland REsearch Laboratory (Copeland Research Laboratory).
Daewoo , founder of the company, Kim Woo Chong, modestly called the company, “The Big Universe,” which translates from Korean.
Fuji - in honor of Japan's highest mountain, Fuji.
HP (Hewlett-Packard) - founders Bill Hewlett (Bill Hewlett) and Dave Packard (Dave Packard) threw a coin to decide whose name will be first in the name. As you know, Bill won.
Hitachi - Japanese Dawn.
Honda is the name of the founder of Soichiro Honda Honeywell is the name of the founder of Mark Honeywell.
Hotmail- Founder Jack Smith came up with the idea of accessing web-based email from anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia appeared with the business plan of this service, he went over all the words ending in “mail” and finally settled on hotmail, as the name contained the letters HTML (markup language for web pages).
Hyundai - in Korean “present” (time).
IBM - International Business Machines.
Intel - Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name Moore Noyce, but by then there was already a chain of hotels with that name. So they decided to stop on the reduction of INTegrated ELectronics.
Kawasaki - in honor of the founder of Shozo Kawasaki.
Kodak - K- The favorite letter of George Eastman (George Eastman), the founder of the company. He searched for words beginning and ending with this wonderful letter. Moreover, in all alphabets “K” is written the same. In the end, Kodak was chosen, supposedly just such a sound the camera produces when shooting.
Konica - formerly known as Konishiroku Kogaku.
LG - the first letters of two Korean brands Lucky and Goldstar.
Lotus - Mitch Kapor, the founder of the company, was engaged in meditation. Hence the name (lotus position).
Microsoft - MICROcomputer SOFTware. It was originally written as Micro-Soft. Then the dash was removed.
Mitsubishi- Invented by the founder of the company Yataro Iwasaki (Yataro Iwasaki) in 1870. In Japanese, means “Three Diamonds”. The name is also displayed in the company logo.
Motorola - Founder Paul Galvin came up with the name when his company began producing radio for cars. Many manufacturers of audio components at that time ended in “ola."
The Mozilla Foundation is the successor to the Netscape Navigator browser. When Marc Andreesen, founder of Netscape, created a browser to replace Mosaic, he was called Mozilla (Mosaic-Killer, Godzilla) inside the company.
Nabisco - originally “The NAtional BISCuit COmpany”, changed to Nabisco in 1971.
Nikon - originally Nippon Kogaku, means "Japanese optics."
Nintendo- a composite of 3 Japanese characters “Nin-ten-do”, which can be translated as “heaven blesses hard work”.
Nissan is formerly known as Nichon Sangio, which means "Japanese industry."
Nokia - started as a woodworking plant, has grown to the production of rubber products in the Finnish city of Nokia.
Novell - the name came up with the wife of co-founder George Canova (George Canova). She mistakenly thought that “Novell” in French means “new.”
Oracle - Founders Larry Ellison and Bob Oats worked on a consulting project for the CIA, codenamed Oracle. Subsequently, the project was closed, but the name remained.
Sanyo is the Three Oceans in Chinese.
SAP - “Systems, Applications, Productss in Data Processing”, was founded by 4 former IBM employees who worked in the Systems / Applications / Projects group.
SCO - from Santa Cruz Operation.
Siemens - founded in 1847 by Werner von Siemens.
Sony - from the Latin “Sonus” (sound) and “sonny” (youngster on slang).
Subaru - by the name of the constellation. It is also displayed on the company logo.
SUN - founded by 4 university friends, short for Stanford University Network.
Suzuki - named after the founder of Michio Suzuki.
Toshiba- was founded after the merger of a company specializing in consumer goods, Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co) and the electric company Shibaura Seisaku-sho (Shibaura Engineering Works).
Toyota - named after the founder of Sakichi Toyoda. Subsequently changed to a more sparing Toyota. In Japanese, it consisted of 8 letters (the lucky number in Japan).
Xerox - Inventor Chestor Carlson (Chestor Carlson), wanted to reflect the word “dry” in the title (since at that time there was only wet copying). “Xer” - dry in Greek.
Yahoo- the word was invented by Jonathan Swift (Jonathan Swift) in the book "Travels of Gulliver." That was the name of the repulsive, disgusting person. The founders of Yahoo! Jerry Yang and David Filo chose this name because they called themselves yahoo. However, now the name stands for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.
Thanks to the author for such interesting information !!!