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 - Meaning'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)