Company Name Origin/Meaning …

1. Mercedes - Name of the daughter of the founder

2. Nokia - Name of city in Finland

3. Pepsi - Named from the digestive enzyme pepsin

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 - Means 'three stars' in Korean

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)