In today’s global world brands have become a very important part of our lives. These brands symbolize standard of living and for some people, these are just the symbol of quality and purity. But why do these brands have such unusual name? No answer!
Well, as it is commonly believed that there is a reason behind every happening. Everything holds its own story and so does these quirky brand names. But obviously, not many of us know about these reasons. Am I right? Well, that’s why we have brought these reasons to you so that you can know as to why ‘Google‘ is actually ‘Google‘ and why ‘Amazon‘ is ‘Amazon‘.
Have a look!
1. Kinko’s
‘Kinko’s‘ name was given by the owner of the company. This was actually his nickname which he received in his college because of his curly hair.
2. IKEA
‘IKEA‘ is actually a very quirky name as each and every letter is derived from another name. The first two letters ‘I‘ and ‘K‘ are actually the initials of the name of the founder ‘Ingvar Kamprad‘. The last two letters ‘E‘ and ‘A‘ are the initials of ‘Elymtyard‘ and ‘Agunnyard‘. These are the two farms where the owner of ‘IKEA‘ grew up.
3. Häagen-Dazs
The shocking part of this brand name is that there is no specific meaning to the name. The name was chosen with the hope that it will sound Danish and will convey the old tradition and craftsmanship aura.
4. Pepsi
This drink’s name was given after a digestive enzyme named ‘Pepsin‘. This is also one of the major ingredients of the drink.
5. Amazon
It’s pretty obvious as to the name is given after the world’s second longest river ‘Amazon‘. Jeff Bezos gave this name to his company with the hopes that his company will be as big as the river itself. To some extent it did work. Also, the yellow line which goes from ‘A‘ to ‘Z‘ also has a meaning. It means that ‘Amazon‘ offers everything from A to Z.
6. Lego
Lego name was derived from the Danish word ‘Leg Godt‘ which means ‘Play Well‘.
7. Google
The name ‘Google‘ was actually derived due to a mistake. Originally ‘Google‘ was planned to be named as ‘Googol‘. ‘Googol‘ is the mathematical term for 10Λ20.
8. Canon
‘Canon‘ was originally named as ‘Kwanon‘ in reference to a Buddhist Goddess. But later on, it was changed to ‘Canon‘.
9. Yahoo
‘Yahoo‘ was named after an imaginary character from Gulliver’s Travels. He was rude, violent and noisy. However, ‘Yahoo‘ also stands for ‘Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle‘.
10. Blackberry
The name was given in the year 1999. The name ‘Blackberry‘ was given to the mobile set because the keys resemble the duplets of blackberry fruit.
11. Starbucks
‘Starbucks‘ is actually a name in Herman Melville’s book “Moby Dick”. The name was taken with the hope that it will elicit the seafaring tradition of coffee traders and loads of romance.
12. Skype
‘Skype‘ was named after a phrase ‘Sky Peer to Peer‘. The original name was ‘Skyper‘ but then the ‘R’ was removed and it became ‘Skype‘.
13. Reebok
The word ‘Reebok‘ was derived from a Dutch word called ‘Rhebok‘. It means speed and grace which also happens to be the core objective of the company.
14. Virgin
One of the founders of ‘Virgin‘ is Richard Branson. One day one of Richard’s colleague said that “We are complete virgins in this business”. And that’s how the company got it’s name ‘Virgin‘.
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