Some Company Name and its Origin/Meaning.
Some of the titbits:
- Mercedes - Name of the daughter of the founder.
- Nokia - Name of city and river in Finland.
- Pepsi - Named from the digestive enzyme pepsin.
- Honda - From the name of its founder Soichiro Honda.
- Sony - from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound.
- Maggi - Food company named after its founder, Julius Maggi.
- Suzuki - From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki .
- Samsung - Meaning 'three stars' in Korean .
- Toyota - From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda.
- Yamaha - After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company.
- Adidas - From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler (das).
