Shakespeare once said, “What’s in a name?” Little did he know that we were about to enter the world of corporate business flooded with brands and logo designs. With the evolution of the concept of branding, everything sells with a name and a logo design. You don’t buy shoes, you buy Nike or Adidas. You no longer believe in drinking water, you prefer drinking Aquafina. You don’t eat a hamburger; you purchase one with a McDonald’s logo on its wrapper.
We are accustomed to guessing acronyms whenever we hear one. But later, it usually turns out it’s not what we thought of. Like CISCO does not stand for anything, it’s just derived from San Francisco. Sometimes, brands are named after weird things, but all have a history behind their etymology.