Where do company names come from?

Posted on April 12, 2007
Filed Under Economic/Business news, Strange business ideas |

It is sometime sinteresting to find out where companies find their names… I have recently found sth interesting i Wikipedia about this subject…. those are some examples:

Nero â€” Nero Burning ROM named after Nero burning Rome.
NestlÃ© â€” named after its founder, Henri NestlÃ©, who was born in Germany under the name “Nestle”, which is German (actually, Swabian diminutive) for “bird’s nest”. The company logo is a bird’s nest with a mother bird and two chicks.
Netscape â€” Originally the product name of the company’s web browser (”Mosaic Communications Netscape Web Navigator”). The company adopted the product name after the University of Illinois threatened to sue for trademark infringement over the use of the Mosaic name.
Nike â€” named for the Greek goddess of victory.
Nikon â€” the original name was Nippon Kogaku, meaning “Japanese Optical”.
Nintendo â€” Nintendo is composed of three Japanese Kanji characters, Nin-ten-do. The first two can be translated to “Heaven blesses hard work”; do is a common ending for any store.
Nissan â€” the company was earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo which means “Japanese industry”.
Nokia â€” 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.