It is a distinctive sign consisting of a name, word, letter or number combination used to distinguish a product or service from its counterparts. It is kind of like a company’s fingerprint. During the day, we encounter so many brands that; Some of them are known worldwide, while others appear in the market with their local identities. Here is information about where the names of world-renowned brands from these brands come from:
Samsung: Korean means big, strong, many expressing three.
Nike: This word, which is the name of the Greek goddess of victory, symbolizes the goddess in flight.
Nintendo: Japanese; It is derived from the combination of the left words “Nin” and heavenly “Tendou”.
Skype: Derived from the combination of English sky “Sky” and end-to-end communication “peer-to-peer”, the name gradually lost its final form of the letter “r”.
Sharp: Taking the word for sharp in English as its name, the company produced a pencil as the first product with the slogan “always sharp pencil”.
Microsoft: The word, which is derived from the head syllables of Microcomputer Software, was previously used as Micro-Soft. After a while, the dash was dropped and it took its final form.
Adobe: It was named after the village behind the place where company owner John Warnock lives.
Sun: The brand name was created by taking the initials of the Stanford University Network.
Adidas: Known as Adi for its founder Adolf Dassler, it is a combination of the first three letters of his name and surname.
Oracle: While it is the project name of the CIA, to which the founders also participated; the same name is chosen as the brand name.
3M: Derived from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, which is the English spelling of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company, by taking the letter “M” in all three words.
Coca-Cola: The letters K derived from the names of the coca (coca) leaf and cola walnut used in the production of the product are company founder John s. It was brought together by Pemberton, but later on, the letter “k” of kola walnut was changed to “c” in order to be more aesthetic. And the brand name has taken its final form.
Pepsi: It got its name from the digestive enzyme pepsin.
Vodafone: It is a combination of the English words voice, which means voice, and data, which means data, and the words telephone telephone.
IKEA: It consists of the initials of the name and surname of Ingvar Kamprad, the company dryer, and the initials of Agunnanryd, the village where he was born, and the farmhouse where his father lived.
Canon: Inspired by “Kwanon”, the name of a goddess in Buddhism, the company later became known to the world as Canon.
Amozon: Aiming to rank the company in the first place in large and alphabetical terms, the company has determined the world’s biggest name starting with A as its brand name.
Motorola: It was named after the famous turntable brand of the period The Viktrola.
Nikon: It was named after the Japanese optic ‘Nippon Kogaku.
Reebok: The brand name is inspired by the fast and elegant antelope genus rhebok in Danish.
Blackberry: It got this name because the keys look like a blackberry.
Starbucks: This name is derived from the Starbuck character in Moby Dick.
Ebay: Echo Bay Technology Group got its brand name from the abbreviation of the company name.
Siemens: It was named after its founder Werner Von Siemens.
Htc: The initials of High Tech Computer Corporation, the English spelling of the high-tech computer company.
Nokia: Name of the town of Nokia, which is on the coast of the Nokianvirta river in Finland.
Jvc: The Japanese Victory Company initials are taken.
Sony: The name sony is derived from “sonus”, which is the root of the Latin words sonic and sound, which means sound.
Dell: Last name of Michael Dell, its founder.
Toshiba: Tokyo Shibaura Denki and Shibaura Seisakusho companies in Japan merged to form a new company, after which they created the brand name with the abbreviations they took from the company names.
Ibm: The initials of International Business Machines, which is the English spelling of international business machines, are taken.
Intel: processor manufacturer abbreviated Integrated Electronics, which means integrated electronics, as its brand name.
Lego: Inspired by Let got which is the Danish word for good fun.
Asus: The four founding members who inspired Pegasus in Greek mythology derived the name asus.
LG: Lak-Hui Korean firm merged with Goldstar firm and the initials of the two firms were taken.
Virgin: The founders of the company chose Virgin, which means virgin, as their brand name from the words “we are considered the virgin of business life” when they founded the company.
Apple: The name has two stories. The first is that the Beatles’ record label, Apple Corps, admired by one of its founders, Steve Jobs, was impressed by the other is that Alan Turing, who is considered to be the founder of computer science, represents his suicide when he bites the apple with cyanide.
Hp: It is the initials of the surnames of its founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard.
Twitter: The name means bird chirp in English.
Facebook: Inspired by the paper facebook form filled in by students, teachers and staff at US universities.
Enka: It was formed by merging the common titles of Uncle and brother-in-law.
Vakko: The initials of the names of the brothers Vitali and Alber Hakko were formed by combining the ‘kko’ part of their last names.
Dyo: An abbreviation brand obtained by taking the initials of Durmuş Yaşar and Oğulları.
Kvk: The initials of Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, Murat Vargı and Osman Kavala were taken.
Yumatu: It is an abbreviation obtained by taking the first two letters of the names of the brothers Yusuf, Mahmut and Tuncer.
Rodi: It is an abbreviation obtained by taking the first two letters of the words Ramazanoğulları Dikimevi.
Google: This brand name is the mathematical term “Googol” which is the equivalent of the number 1.10100.
Yahoo: It is inspired by a community of people named Yahoss in the book The Adventure of Gulver.
Volkswagen: It means people’s car in German.
Lexus: It means law in Latin.
Toyota: It comes from the surname of company founder Kiichiro Toyoda, but later changed to “d” “t”.
Bmw: The abbreviation was obtained by taking the initials of Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, which is the English spelling of Bavyera Motor Fabrikaları Anonim Şirketi.
Mercedes-Benz: Company owner Gottlieb Daimler sells a car to businessman Emil Jellinek. In Jellinek, he puts Mercedesi, the name of his deceased daughter, as the name of his car and participates in the races. When he succeeds in the races, the car that attracts attention becomes one of the best sellers. Upon this, the two companies merge and Mercedes-Benz is born.
Nissan: The combination of Jidosha-Seizo co and Nihon Sangyo Co.ltd, and derived from the Japanese abbreviation for the names of the two companies, Ni-san.
Porsche: Founder Ferry Porsche is his last name.
Ferrari: It takes the last name of the founder and racer Enzo Ferrari.
Audi: Its meaning in Old German is “Listen!” uses audi as its brand name, which means the same as “Horch”.
Lotus: The brand was created inspired by the lotus flower.
Fiat: The initials of the words Fabbrica Italiana Automobili, a company established in Turin, were taken and the letter “t” of Torino was added to the end and the brand name was created.
Mazda: It is named after Ahura Mazda, the god of intelligence, wisdom, and harmony in West Asia.
Ford: It is named after its founder Henry Ford’s last name.
Volvo: The word that means rolling in Latin was chosen as the brand name.
Lamborghini: Founder Ferruccio Lamborghini’s last name became the brand.
Subaru: Japanese equivalent of the Taurus constellation.
Bugatti: The brand got its name from the last name of its Founder, Ettore Bugatti.
Opel: The surname of the founder Adam Opel has become the brand name of the company.
Buick: The brand got its name from the last name of Founder David Dunbar Buick.
Citroën: Last name of its founder André-Gustave Citroën.
Renault: Inherited from the surname of Louis, Marcel, and Fernand Renault, the three brothers who were its founders.
SsangYong: Brand name means Twin dragons.
Dodge: It comes from the siblings Horace Dodge and John Dodge.
Cadillac: The brand is named after the explorer Antoine de la mothe Cadillac, who founded the city of Detroit.
Maserati: It comes from the surname of the founders, Alfieri, Bindo, Carlo, Ettore, Ernesto Maserati.
Jaguar: Inspired by the Jaguar, a type of panther.
Mitsubishi: The brand name derived from the combination of Japanese three words mitsu and diamonds, bishi, is also the samurai emblem.
Dacia: It is the ancient name of Romania.
Seat: The Spanish spelling of the Spanish tour car company Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo is derived from the initials of the words.
Alfa Romeo: Anonima Lombarda, which is the Italian spelling of the Lombardy Automobile Factory Company, is an abbreviation derived from the initials of Fabbrica Automobili.
Bentley: Founder W Owen named after Bentley.
Aston Martin: It became a brand name after one of its founders, Lionel Martin, tried racing cars produced on Aston hill.
Chevrolet: named after the founder Louis Chevrolet.
Chrysler: It takes its name from the surname of its founder, W Chrysler.
Peugeot: Its name is the surname of Emille Peugeot, its founder.
Infiniti: It takes its name from the English word meaning immense.
Rolls-Royce: Last names of its founder Steven Rolls and Henry Royce.
Škoda: It takes from its founder Emil von Škoda and it means damaged.
Pontiac: Named after the Indian Chief Pontiac Obwandiyag.
Tata: Founder Ratan Naval named after Tata’s last name.
Tesla: Inspired by the last name of the famous inventor Nicola Tesla.
Lancia: named after its founder, Vincenzo Lancia.
Honda: The company takes its name from its founder, Soichiro Honda.
