secondary meaning Cemex – portmanteau of the company's former name of Cementos Mexicanos (Spanish for "Mexican Cement") Cerner – from the Latin "cerner" meaning "to discern" CGI Group – from the first letters of Information Management Consultant in French (Conseillers en Gestion et Informatique) Chello – Dutch internet service provider, its name was originally pronounced 'say hello' (in Dutch the letter C at the beginning of a word is pronounced 'say'). This did not catch on and now it is pronounced "cello" (as in the stringed instrument). Chevrolet – named after company co-founder Louis Chevrolet, a Swiss-born auto racer. The company was merged into General Motors in 1917 and survives only as a brand name. Chick-fil-A – American restaurant brand which focuses on chicken sandwiches; pun on the term "chick filet", with the "A" supposedly representing the "Grade-A" quality of the chicken. Chrysler – named after the company founder, Walter P. Chrysler. The company merged with Fiat in 2014 to create Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), which then merged with PSA Group to form Stellantis. The Chrysler corporate entity has now become Stellantis North America, and the "Chrysler" name survives as a brand of Stellantis. Ciba Geigy – CIBA, named from Chemical Industry Basel (after Basel in Switzerland), merged with a company named after its founder Johann Rudolf Geigy-Merian. It became Novartis (below) after a merger with Sandoz. CiCi's Pizza – from the first letters of the last names of the founders of the franchise (Joe Croce and Mike Cole) Cigna – CIGNA was formed in 1982 through the combination of Insurance Company of North America (INA) and Connecticut General (CG). The name is a combination of the letters of the predecessor companies, CG and INA. Cincom – originally called United Computer Systems, which was similar to several other software and services companies of the day. Two of the three founders visited Philco (Philadelphia Company), and this inspired them to create a new company name derived from Cincinnati (where it was based) and Computer (its business). Cisco – short for San Francisco. Citroën – named after André Citroën (1878–1935), a French entrepreneur of Dutch descent. He was the fifth and last child of the Dutch Jewish diamond merchant Levie Citroen and Mazra Kleinmann (of Warsaw, Poland). The Citroen family moved to Paris from Amsterdam in 1873 where the name changed to Citroën. CKX – named from "Content is King", with the