This is a list of company names with their name origins explained. Some of the origins are disputed. 0–9 19 Entertainment – talent company founded by Simon Fuller and "named after Paul Hardcastle's single 19, the first No. 1 Fuller had a hand in", according to TV Guide After selling 19 Entertainment to CKX, Inc, Fuller founded XIX Entertainment, which is 19 in Roman numerals. 20th Century Fox – film studio; formed in 1935 through the merger of William Fox's Fox Film, and Twentieth Century Pictures. 21st Century Fox – media company formed by spinning off News Corporation's TV and movie properties in 2013. It owned 20th Century Fox, the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Star TV and others until it was bought by Disney in 2019. 23andMe – using the 23 pairs of chromosomes that make up each person's genome, the company helps individuals make sense of their own genome. 343 Industries – Halo game developer founded by Microsoft after the departing of Bungie, named after the character, 343 Guilty Spark. 37signals – web development company; named for the 37 radiotelescope signals identified by astronomer Paul Horowitz as potential messages from extraterrestrial intelligence. In 2014, the company renamed itself Basecamp, after its main product. 3Com – network technology producer; the three coms are computer, communication, and compatibility. 3dfx Interactive – 3d and fx, standing for "three-dimensional effects". 3M – from the company's original name, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. 7-Eleven – convenience stores; renamed from "Tote'm" in 1946 to reflect their newly extended hours, 7:00 am until 11:00 pm. A A&M Records – named after founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss A&P – from Atlantic & Pacific in The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, a U.S.-based supermarket chain A&W Root Beer – named after founders Roy Allen and Frank Wright A. Le Coq – named after the founder Albert von Le Coq. Abba Seafood – from Aktiebolaget Bröderna Ameln, meaning "Ameln brothers limited company". ABC – American Broadcasting Company Abloy – derived from Aktiebolag Låsfabriken/Lukkotehdas Osakeyhtiö, which means "lock factory limited company" in both Swedish and Finnish ABN AMRO – in the 1960s, the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (Dutch Trading Society; 1824) and De Twentsche Bank merged to form the Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN; General Bank of the Netherlands); in 1966, the Amsterdamsche Bank and the Rotterdamsche Bank merged to form the Amro Bank; in 1991, ABN and Amro Bank