Company's Name?

How a company got his name???

Why Google is named as Google? Why Microsoft comes to an existence as Microsoft?...

There are several reasons and stories behind, why as well as How these big Companies got his names. The facts and trivisa are really interesting you may find here...

I am going to start putting those small as well as interesting inputs :

1. 20th Century Fox – Film studio; formed in 1935 through the merger of William Fox's Fox Film, and Twentieth Century Pictures.
2. 23andme - Using the 23 pairs of chromosomes that make up each person's genome, the company helps individuals make sense of their own (me) genome.
3. 37signals – Web development company; named for the 37 radio telescope signals identified by astronomer Paul Horowitz as potential messages from extraterrestrial intelligence.
4. 3Com – Network technology producer; the three coms are computer, communication, and compatibility.
5. 3M – from the company's original name, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company.
6. 7-Eleven – Convenience stores; renamed from "U-Tote'm" in 1946 to reflect their newly extended hours, 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.