The name of the brand as we know it is an adapted version of a more complicated Japanese word โKwanonโ โ a name of Buddhist Bodhisattva of Mercy.
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According to the official version, Jeff Bezos, the companyโs CEO, wanted a name for his company which starts with โAโ and means something huge. The name of the worldโs biggest river perfectly suited the concept.
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This name is derived from the word which stands for โ1 followed by 100 zerosโ. Probably, this figure means amount of users company founders expect to have after establishing the domination over the universe.
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Guys from this company really liked the novel Moby Dick. We canโt figure out what is the connection between coffee and a deadly whale, but the company is actually named after one of the main characters in the novel, captainโs assistant.
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The famous brand of sportswear got its name from the companyโs founder Adolf Dassler
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This is another Scandinavian brand on the list with a quite straightforward name. It is a simplified version of two Danish words โLeg Godtโ which means โplay wellโ.
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This is another example of a global brand with quite a simple and ordinary name which literary means โpeoplesโ carโ.
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The company initially manufactured sewing equipment was named after its founder Kiichiro Toyoda, whose name literally means โfertile rice fieldsโ. Since the company wasnโt producing any rice, it slightly changed the spelling.
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The manufacturer of the most durable phones in the world started as a wood-pulp mill which later expanded to the production of rubber products and got its name from the Finish village where it was located.
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The brandโs name is the permanent reminder about the main ingredients the product was initially made of leaves and berries.
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Ingvar Kamprad invented a proper acronym which consisted of the first letters of his name and surname โ โIโ and โKโ complimented with the first letters of the name of the villages where he grew up โ Elmtaryd and Angunnaryd.
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One of the worldโs largest producers of IT hardware has a pretty boring name, which is an acronym for two words โintegratedโ and โelectronicsโ.