The reason for this is that having a name start with two a’s means that you are going to come very near to the top of any alphabetical listing. Good for companies trying to get them selves spotted in telephone directories! But of course the main reason is that you want your company name to be associated with the coolest living being in the universe, Artemis Aardvark!
So here is a totally random selection of companies named after the worlds coolest eater of termites.
- Vark.com, the successor to Google Answers, ask a question and the system finds an expert to answer it for you
- Aardvark Archery, UK archery supplier, picked purely because I did archery for a while at college and really enjoyed it!
- Aardvark.co.nz, A science and technology news site from New Zeland
- Aardvark Designs, A UK based design studio with a cool, if manic looking Aardvark for there mascot.
- Aardvark Records, A UK based independent record label
- Aardvark Technologies, A UK based builder of composite hulls for racing dinghies