{"id":16374,"date":"2019-06-26T23:11:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=16374"},"modified":"2020-09-11T19:00:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T11:00:56","slug":"behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/","title":{"rendered":"Where These Companies Got Their Names From &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a story behind everything, especially the big brand names that we use so often in our day to day lives. So, wouldn\u2019t it be interesting to <strong>know the stories behind the famous brand names<\/strong> to fill in your own knowledge gap or just to be Mr. know-it-all among your friends?<\/p>\n<p>Previously, I did the <strong>first part of this post and covered a long list of companies<\/strong> with interesting origins of their names. And so, this post is a continuation of that list with more famous brands. Read through the following write-up to get the idea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/where-these-companies-got-their-names-from-part-1\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Where These Companies Got Their Names From \u2013 Part 1\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Where These Companies Got Their Names From \u2013 Part 1<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/where-these-companies-got-their-names-from-part-1.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-44795 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/where-these-companies-got-their-names-from-part-1.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Where These Companies Got Their Names From \u2013 Part 1<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWorld-famous companies with the origin of their names and the ideas behind their establishment\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Activision Blizzard<\/h2>\n<p>Activision Blizzard was formed in 2007 by the <strong>merger of two gaming giants \u2013 Activision Publishing, Inc. and Vivendi Games<\/strong>. At the time of the merger, Vivendi was best known for its game studios \u2013 Sierra Entertainment and Blizzard Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The name \u201cActivision Blizzard\u201d was inspired by the names of the first company and one of the best game studios of Vivendi.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/activision-blizzard.jpg\" alt=\"Activision Blizzard logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Asus<\/h2>\n<p>Asus got its name from the Greek mythology taking the <strong>last four letters of the word \u201cPegasus\u201d<\/strong>, which is the mythological Horse God and the son of Poseidon that can fly. Thus \u201cAsus\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/asus.jpg\" alt=\"Asus logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>AT&T<\/h2>\n<p>The origin of the name \u201cAT&T\u201d is pretty straightforward and simply stands for <strong>\u201cAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company\u201d<\/strong>, which defines the company\u2019s purpose of being the telecommunications company of the US.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/atandt.jpg\" alt=\"AT&T logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Baidu<\/h2>\n<p>Baidu was picked off the last line of an 800-year old <strong>classical Chinese poem<\/strong> which ended with the poet finding the woman he had been searching high and low for.<\/p>\n<p>Literally, it is translated as hundreds of times, but in context, it <strong>meant a persistent search, for the ideal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/baidu.jpg\" alt=\"Baidu logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Deviantart<\/h2>\n<p>The site was a place for deviants to play with their creativity, <strong>producing deviations of artwork<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/deviantart.jpg\" alt=\"Deviantart logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>eBay<\/h2>\n<p>Interestingly, eBay was <strong>supposed to be a much longer name: Echo Bay Technology Group<\/strong>. After being shortened to Echo Bay, the founder had to <strong>change it to eBay.com<\/strong> because, you guessed it, EchoBay was already taken by the famous consulting firm.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/ebay.jpg\" alt=\"eBay logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Expedia<\/h2>\n<p>The founder of Expedia, Richard Barton, decided to go ahead with the name <strong>\u201cExpedia\u201d after combining two words \u2013 \u201cexploration\u201d and \u201cspeed\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 to define the purpose of his online travel company in its name. The name was also chosen because of the low price for its domain.<\/p>\n<p>In his words, \u201cExpedia = Exploration and Speed, a high point Scrabble letter (X) and a $9.99 URL\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/expedia.jpg\" alt=\"Expedia logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Foursquare<\/h2>\n<p>Foursquare\u2019s <strong>founder wanted a fun and playful name<\/strong>. He wasn\u2019t kidding. His first attempt at social networking was called Dodgeball.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/foursquare.jpg\" alt=\"Foursquare logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Lenovo<\/h2>\n<p>In 1984, the <strong>company was started as \u201cLegend\u201d<\/strong>. It was not until 2002 that the company\u2019s CEO \u2013 Yang Yuanqing \u2013 felt the need to expand the business globally.<\/p>\n<p>With the plan to release its brand of computer line, he took <strong>\u201cLe\u201d from \u201cLegend\u201d and translated the word \u201cnew\u201d to \u201cnovo\u201d<\/strong> (in Latin) to come up with the name \u201cLenovo\u201d, which the company was named as, in 2003.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/lenovo.jpg\" alt=\"Lenovo logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Lotus<\/h2>\n<p>Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from the lotus position or <strong>\u2018padmasana\u2019.<\/strong> Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/lotus.jpg\" alt=\"Lotus logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Nintendo<\/h2>\n<p>The Japan-based video game giant was initially established as a company that manufactured playing cards. The word \u201cNintendo\u201d is inspired from the Japanese word <strong>\u201cNintendou\u201d consisting \u201cnin\u201d and \u201cten-dou\u201d that translates to \u201centrusted\u201d and \u201cheaven\u201d<\/strong> in English, which convey \u201cleave luck to heaven\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/nintendo.jpg\" alt=\"Nintendo logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Nokia<\/h2>\n<p>When Fredrik Idestam, a Finnish Engineer and the founder of Nokia, was finding opportunity after setting up his first wood pulp industry, he opened a second mill on the <strong>Nokianvirta River<\/strong>. It inspired him to <strong>name his company as \u201cNokia AB\u201d<\/strong>, which later became the bestselling phone manufacturer.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/nokia.jpg\" alt=\"Nokia logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Nook<\/h2>\n<p>It rhymed with book. Yup.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/nook.jpg\" alt=\"Nook logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Nvidia<\/h2>\n<p>The company derives the word <strong>\u201cNvidia\u201d from \u201cinvidia\u201d, which means \u201cenvy\u201d in Latin<\/strong>. The branding of the company intends to envy those who do not own a Nvidia product. That is why its logo is an eye in the green color.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/nvidia.jpg\" alt=\"Nvidia logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Red Hat<\/h2>\n<p>Company founder Marc Ewing was given the Cornell lacrosse team cap (with red and white stripes) while at college by his grandfather. He lost it and had to search for it desperately.<\/p>\n<p>The manual of the beta version of Red Hat Linux had an appeal to readers to return his Red Hat if found by anyone!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/redhat.jpg\" alt=\"Red Hat logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Samsung<\/h2>\n<p>Samsung is a Korea-based company, and in the <strong>Korean hanja language \u201cSamsung\u201d translates to the \u201ctri-star\u201d or \u201cthree stars\u201d<\/strong>. The word \u201cthree\u201d signifies something \u201cbig, numerous and powerful\u201d, meaning the company\u2019s name signifies its plan to grow enormously, as we witness now.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/samsung.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Square<\/h2>\n<p>Square was Squirrel until its founder saw a POS system by a company called Squirrel System at the Apple cafeteria where he had lunch in. <strong>Square was chosen as the card readers were in that shape<\/strong>, plus it referred to cleared payments \u2014 Are we square?<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/square.jpg\" alt=\"Square logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Sun Microsystems<\/h2>\n<p>Founded by four Stanford University buddies, <strong>Sun is the acronym for Stanford University Network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/sun.jpg\" alt=\"Sun Microsystems logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Tumblr<\/h2>\n<p>When the founders noticed a <strong>shift from blogging to tumblelogs<\/strong>: shorter posts bearing mixed media, they were inspired to call their platform Tumblr.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/tumblr.jpg\" alt=\"Tumblr logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Xerox<\/h2>\n<p>The Greek root \u201cxer\u201d means dry. The inventor, Chestor Carlson, named his product <strong>Xerox as it was dry copying<\/strong>, markedly different from the then prevailing wet copying.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/xerox.jpg\" alt=\"Xerox logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Yahoo!<\/h2>\n<p>The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book Gulliver\u2019s Travels. It represents a <strong>person who is repulsive in appearance and action<\/strong>, and is barely human. Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/yahoo.jpg\" alt=\"Yahoo! logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Zynga<\/h2>\n<p>Zynga is responsible for bringing games like Farmville, Draw Something, and Zynga Poker to the market. The name, interestingly, ties back to the <strong>founder Mark Pincus\u2019 pet dog, which also makes it to the brand\u2019s logo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/behind-names-of-top-tech-companies-part2\/zynga.jpg\" alt=\"Zynga logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a story behind everything, especially the big brand names that we use so often in our day to day lives. 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