Facts About Company Name Origin/Meaning

Mercedes - Name of the daughter of the founder

Nokia - Name of city 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