Here
are a few names that you probably did not know they really were
acronyms.
PAM (cooking spray) stands for Product of Arthur Meyerhoff.
NECCO (wafers) stands for New England Confectionery Company.
Smart Car (a collaboration between Swatch and Mercedes), is
short for Swatch + Mercedes + Art.
The USA PATRIOT Act stands for Uniting and Strengthening America
by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism. (a real mouthful)
TIME (magazine) stands for “The International Magazine of
Events.”
CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to
tell Computers and Humans Apart.
Arby’s is a play on RB, for the chain’s founders, the Raffel
brothers.
A&W stands for its founders, (Roy) Allen and (Frank) Wright.
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Dec 1, 2018
Mar 26, 2013
Five Famous Name Origins
Wendy’s: The first “Wendy’s Old
Fashioned Hamburgers” was opened on November 15, 1969; the
restaurant being named after the fourth child, Melinda Lou Thomas,
of founder Dave Thomas (who incidentally was a high school dropout
and before founding Wendy’s helped stop Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
from going out of business.) You might be asking yourself, “How do
you get ‘Wendy’ out of Melinda Lou Thomas?” This was a nickname
given to her as she couldn’t pronounce her own name when she was
young, instead she would say “Wenda”, which is how she got the
nickname “Wendy”.
Arby’s: Although some people believe that the enunciation of Arby’s stands for “roast beef”, this isn’t true. It actually comes from the initials of its founders, the Raffel Brothers (R.B.’s). They originally planned to name their company “Big Tex”, but someone already owned the rights to that name.
eBay: The company was originally supposed to be “Echo Bay Technology Group”, but the domain “EchoBay.com” was already taken, so they shortened it and got eBay.com, which was available.
Starbucks: Not many companies dive into the world of fiction literature to find inspiration for their brand, but Starbucks is not just any company. Its name comes from a character in the story of Moby Dick.
Nintendo: This famous company name comes from the Japanese name “Nintendou”. Roughly translated “Nin” means “entrusted” and “ten-dou” means “heaven”, so basically “leave luck to heaven”. If this seems a strange name/slogan for a company, perhaps it’s important to note it started out as a playing card making company in 1889.
Arby’s: Although some people believe that the enunciation of Arby’s stands for “roast beef”, this isn’t true. It actually comes from the initials of its founders, the Raffel Brothers (R.B.’s). They originally planned to name their company “Big Tex”, but someone already owned the rights to that name.
eBay: The company was originally supposed to be “Echo Bay Technology Group”, but the domain “EchoBay.com” was already taken, so they shortened it and got eBay.com, which was available.
Starbucks: Not many companies dive into the world of fiction literature to find inspiration for their brand, but Starbucks is not just any company. Its name comes from a character in the story of Moby Dick.
Nintendo: This famous company name comes from the Japanese name “Nintendou”. Roughly translated “Nin” means “entrusted” and “ten-dou” means “heaven”, so basically “leave luck to heaven”. If this seems a strange name/slogan for a company, perhaps it’s important to note it started out as a playing card making company in 1889.
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