List of Company Name Etymologies - F

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• F5 Networks – originally F5 Labs – taken from the Fujita scale of ratings for tornado intensity, where F5 is the most intense to be used in normal practice even though the scale can physically describe up to F12 which corresponds to wind velocities of Mach 1.0.
• FAS – abbreviation for Foras Áiseanna Saothair (Labour Facilities Foundation). Fás means grow in Irish.
• Facebook – name stems from the colloquial name of books given to newly enrolled students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the US with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better.
• Fair Isaac Corporation – named after founders Bill Fair and Earl Isaac.
• Fazer – Finnish food company named after its founder, Karl Fazer.
• FCUK – French Connection United Kingdom.
• FedEx – abbreviation of Federal Express Corporation, the company's original name.
• Fegime – abbreviation for "Fédération Européenne des Grossistes Indépendants" (European Federation of Independent Electrical Wholesalers).
• Ferodo – anagram of the name of its founder, Herbert Froode.
• Ferrari – from the name of its founder, Enzo Ferrari.
• Fiat – acronym of Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin)
• Finnair – from "Finland" and "air". Originally called "Aero Osakeyhtiö", which led to its international flight code, "AY".
• Firestone – named after its founder, Harvey Firestone.
• Five Guys – American restaurant chain founded by "five guys" – Jerry Murrell and his four sons. The "five guys" would later become the Murrell sons, after Jerry and his wife Janie had a fifth son two years after opening their first restaurant.
• Fluke – named after its founder, John Fluke, Sr.
• Ford Motor Company – named after its founder, Henry Ford, who introduced automobile mass production in 1914.
• Forrester Research – from the family name of the mother of the founder George Forrester Colony.
• FranklinCovey – named after Benjamin Franklin and Stephen Covey. The company was formed from the 1997 merger of FranklinQuest and the Covey Leadership Center.
• Fuji – named after Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.
• Fujitsu - originally the data division of Fuji Electric, which was a joint venture between Furukawa Electric and Siemens. The tsu comes from tsūshinki, meaning data equipment.