Akai - "red" in Japanese, also used as the name of color of the rising sun, as seen on the flag of Japan.

Blaupunkt – "blue dot" in German. The company (named Ideal back then) specialized in headphones manufacture, and the blue dot was the sing with which the headphones that passed the quality test were marked. Thus, the quality symbol became a trademark, and the trademark became the company name.

Canon - from the name of the company's first camera, the Kwannon, in turn named after the Japanese name of the Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy.

Casio - from the name of its founder, Kashio Tadao.

Cisco - short for San Francisco.

Compaq – probably, from "comp" for computer, and "pack" referred to a small integral object; or: Compatibility and Quality; or: from the company's first product, the very compact Compaq Portable.

Daewoo - means "great universe" in Korean.

Hitachi - literally means "sunrise" in Japanese.

LG - combination of two popular Korean brands Lucky and Goldstar.

Samsung – means "three stars" in Korean.

Sanyo – means "three oceans" in Korean.

Seiko - Japanese word for "exquisite", "minute", or "success".

Sharp - named from company's first product, an ever-sharp pencil.

Sony - from the Latin word "sonus" meaning sound, and "sonny", a slang word used to refer to a bright youngster. This name was chosen as it could be pronounced easily in many languages.