Adidas - named after its founder Adi Dasler
Adobe - named after the river Adobe Creek, which was flowing nearby the founder's house (John Warnock)
Apple - favourite fruit of its owner Steve Jobs. After three weeks of desperately choosing a name for his company, he told his partners: "Unless you give me a good proposal for the company's name,I will name the company Apple,". Apples Macintosh - name of a variety of apples, sold in US.
Canon - after the Buddhist god Kwanon. Was amended to Canon for avoiding protests from religious organizations.
Cisco - short San Francisco
Compaq - from Comp and paq (little detail)
Daewoo - translated from the Korean as "Little Universe"
Fuji - after the highest Japanese mountain peak.
Google - named after the word Googol, defining a 1 and 100 zeros.
HP - two founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were tossing for who's name will be the first in brand. As you understand, Bill was the lucky one.
Nokia - Was named after a small Finnish business town Nokia.
Yahoo - Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.
How would you name your company?
