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This name seemed perfect for a business marketed as earth’s largest bookstore.  In fact, this river is featured prominently in the company’s first logo.

AMAZON

100

The company got his name from the ancient Greek goddessof victory.

NIKE

100

The original concept for the name was Sky-Per-to-Per.

SKYPE

200

The name was invented to sound Danish and traditional, but it has no meaning in any language. 

HÄAGEN-DAZS

200

The name comes from the math term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.

GOOGLE

200

The name was taken from the term for a list with students' names and photos found at American universities. 

FACEBOOK

300

This name means "three stars". It represents the idea that the company should be everlasting, like stars in the sky.

SAMSUNG

300

This drink got its name from the word dyspepsia, which means indigestion, because its inventor believed it helped treat an upset stomach.

PEPSI

300

Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom initially launched a check-in app called Burbn. Photo sharing quickly became Burbn’s most popular feature. So 6 months later, Krieger and System pivoted and launched a new app name — a blending of “instant camera” and “telegram.”

INSTAGRAM

400

It felt if store operators could stay open from 7am to 11pm seven days a week.

7- ELEVEN

400

When the founder Amancio Ortega was searching for a name for his first fashion store, he picked ‘Zorba' based on the 1964 film Zorba the Greek.  However, there was a bar called Zorba nearby and its owner complained that customers would be confused.  Since Ortega had already made the molds for the letters in his sign, he rearranged them to see what they could come up with.

ZARA

400

This company's president picked the name during one of his fruitarian diets.

APPLE