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Brand Names came from...
Coca-Cola — derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring. Coca-Cola creator John S. Pemberton changed the 'K' of kola to 'C' to make the name look better.
Apple — for the favorite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and for the time he worked at an apple orchard
Pepsi — named from the digestive enzyme pepsin.
Nike — named for the Greek goddess of victory.
Nokia — started as a wood-pulp mill, the company expanded into producing rubber products in the Finnish city of Nokia. The company later adopted the city's name.
Colgate-Palmolive — formed from a merger of soap manufacturers Colgate & Company and Palmolive-Peet. Peet was dropped in 1953. Colgate was named after William Colgate, an English immigrant, who set up a starch, soap and candle business in New York City in 1806.
Palmolive was named for the two oils (Palm and Olive) used in its manufacture.
Starbucks — named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick
Sharp — Japanese consumer Electronics Company named from its first product, an ever-sharp pencil
LG — from the combination of two popular Korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar.
Google — a deliberate misspelling of the word googol, reflecting the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available online.
Company names from the founders:
Adidas — from the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.
Honda — from the name of its founder, Soichiro Honda
NestlĂ© — named after its founder, Henri NestlĂ©, who was born in Germany under the name "Nestle", which is German for "bird's nest". The company logo is a bird's nest with a mother bird and two chicks.
HP — Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
Toyota — from the name of the founder, Sakichi Toyoda.
Dell — named after its founder, Michael Dell. The company changed its name from Dell Computer in 2003.
Apple — for the favorite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and for the time he worked at an apple orchard
Pepsi — named from the digestive enzyme pepsin.
Nike — named for the Greek goddess of victory.
Nokia — started as a wood-pulp mill, the company expanded into producing rubber products in the Finnish city of Nokia. The company later adopted the city's name.
Colgate-Palmolive — formed from a merger of soap manufacturers Colgate & Company and Palmolive-Peet. Peet was dropped in 1953. Colgate was named after William Colgate, an English immigrant, who set up a starch, soap and candle business in New York City in 1806.
Palmolive was named for the two oils (Palm and Olive) used in its manufacture.
Starbucks — named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick
Sharp — Japanese consumer Electronics Company named from its first product, an ever-sharp pencil
LG — from the combination of two popular Korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar.
Google — a deliberate misspelling of the word googol, reflecting the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available online.
Company names from the founders:
Adidas — from the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.
Honda — from the name of its founder, Soichiro Honda
NestlĂ© — named after its founder, Henri NestlĂ©, who was born in Germany under the name "Nestle", which is German for "bird's nest". The company logo is a bird's nest with a mother bird and two chicks.
HP — Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
Toyota — from the name of the founder, Sakichi Toyoda.
Dell — named after its founder, Michael Dell. The company changed its name from Dell Computer in 2003.
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