Company Name Origin/Meaning

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Company Name Origin/Meaning
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1.Mercedes – Name of the daughter of the founder
2.Nokia – Name of city in Finland
3.Pepsi – Named from the digestive enzyme pepsi
4.Honda – From the name of its founder Soichiro Honda
5.Sony – from the Latin word’sonus’meaning sound
6.Maggi – Food company named after its founder,Julius Maggi
7.Suzuki – From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki
8.Samsung – Meaning’three stars’in Korea
9. Toyota – From the name of founder, Sakichi Toyoda
10.Yamaha – After Torakusu Yamaha, who founded the company
11.Adidas – From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler. (das)

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