COMPANY NAME -- ORIGIN/MEANING

1) MERCEDES -- name of the daughter of the founder.
2) NOKIA -- name of a city and a river 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, "MICHI SUZUKI".
SAMSUNG -- meaning "3-stars" in KOREAN LANGUAGE.
9) TOYOTA -- from the name of founder, "SAKICHI TOYOTA".
10) YAMAHA -- after "TORAKUSU YAMAHA". who founded the company.
11) FORD -- named after founder "HENRY FORD".
12) ADIDAS -- from the name of the founder "ADOLF {adi} DASSLER {das}".