Ever wondered how large conglomerates got their names? Ever wondered what was the idea, thought, motive, motto, and story behind the inception of the names of the brands that they are today? Every multinational corporation was once a start-up; a modern and digital word's combination of two verbs that formed together to sound sensible to be attached to a powerful force that one day- a group of people's invention, innovation, creativity to come out into this world and bring huge amounts of change in technology, communication, consumption and productivity. Below, you see a collage of companies and their small snippets of stories as how the names of the multi-billion dollar value companies came into existence today. There are exciting stories and events associated with names, come let us explore with us this fantastic piece of research.Roll your mouse over the logo to read the awesome information.Sources of information are given at the end of the article.

• The name “Cisco” is an abbreviation of San Francisco. John Morgridge, employee 34 and the company’s first president, the founders hit on the name and logo while driving to Sacramento to register the company — they saw the Golden Gate Bridge framed in the sunlight.

• Google is a play on the word 'googol', which was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, to refer to the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros.

• Starbucks was named after a character in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.

• Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web Was renamed yahoo(Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle) A popular misconception has it that Yahoo is an acronym for "You Always Have Other Options."

• The name Apple was chosen because the company to beat in the technology industry at the time was Atari, and Apple Computer came before Atari alphabetically and thus also in the phone book

• The name Sony derives from the Latin word sonus meaning sound and the English word sonny-boy - a term used by the Americans in the 1950's to denote a bright youngster.

• Microsoft's cofounder Paul Allen came up with the original name of Micro-Soft (a portmanteau of microcomputer and software)

• The name Vodafone comes from voice data fone, chosen by the company to "reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones.

• Ann Arbor Township-based Domino’s Pizza was founded in 1960 when Tom Monaghan and his brother, James, bought Domi-Nick’s pizzeria in Ypsilanti for $500. When Dominick wanted the name back, an employee came up with Domino’s.

• Four friends from Stanford university came up with the name "SUN". The word SUN is an acronym for Stanford University Network.

• When Bob Oats and Larry Ellison were working on a consultancy project for Central Intelligence Agency, the code name given was Oracle. That is how their company got its name.

• The name Xerox was given to the company by Chestor Carlson and it adequately describes what the business offers. The literal meaning of the word ‘Xer’ is dry, and the company offers dry copying.

• Combination of the Latin word VERITAS which means truth, and the word horizon.

• Pepsi is named after digestive enzyme pepsin.

• Named for the coca leaves and kola nuts originally used as flavoring.

Sources:

• http://www.iggdawg.com/blog/2011/09/tech-history-ciscos-name-and-logo/
• http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question25066.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/
• http://theengagingbrand.typepad.com/the_engaging_brand_/2011/06/how-12-internet-giants-got-their-names.html