Category: Product Name Consultants

Quaker

Brand Name:

  • Quaker

Etymology | Origin:

  • The Quaker Oats Company is a descendant of the Quaker Mill Company, whose name was inspired by The Religious Society of Friends, popularly known as the Quakers.

Trivia:

  • “The trademark was registered with the U.S. Patent Office as a figure of a man in ‘Quaker garb.’ Both former owners, Henry Seymour and William Heston, claimed to have selected the Quaker name as a symbol of good quality and honest value.”

3 Musketeers

Brand Name:

  • 3 Musketeers

Preferred Etymology | Origin:

  • Named after the three heroes of Les Trois Mousquetaires, a novel by Alexandre Dumas.

Trivia:

  • “The 3 MUSKETEERS® Bar takes its name from the original design of the product, which was three pieces and three flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.”

 

Under Armour

Brand Name:

  • Under Armour

Etymology | Origin:

  • Created by founder Kevin Plank’s older brother, Bill Plank
  • Inspired by the phrase ‘body armor’

Trivia:

  • “Plank wanted to name the company Heart, but that was too common. Then he thought of Body Armour. Finally, Plank’s oldest brother, Bill, mistakenly asked how Under Armour was coming along. ‘I thought, That’s it,’ Plank says.'”