Etymolgy of Company names

Adidas — Name after its founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.

Apple — named after the favourite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and for the time he worked at an apple orchard

Boeing — Named after founder William E. Boeing.

Coca-Cola — derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring. Coca-Cola changed the 'K' of kola to 'C' to make the name look better.

Daewoo — company founder Kim Woo Chong called it Daewoo which means "Great House" or "Great Universe" in Korean.

Dell — named after the founder, Michael Dell.

DHL — named after its founders, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn.

Ferrari — Named after its founder, Enzo Ferrari.

Ford Motor -named after its founder, Henry Ford,

Google — a deliberate misspelling of the word googol, reflecting the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available online.

Honda — from the name of its founder, Soichiro Honda

HP — named after its founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard

LG — from the combination of two popular Korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar.

McDonald's — from the name of the brothers Dick McDonald and Mac McDonald.

Nestlé — named after its founder, Henri Nestlé

Nike — named for the Greek goddess of victory.

Pepsi — named from the digestive enzyme pepsin.

Porsche — named after Ferry Porsche, son of the founder Ferdinand Porsche.

Sharp — Japanese consumer electronics company named from its first product,an ever-sharp pencil

Starbucks — named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick

Suzuki — from the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki.

Toyota — from the name of the founder, Sakichi Toyoda.

Wal-Mart — named after founder Sam Walton Click here for Abbreviations of Companies/Brands