Analtech is a serious company.

Unfortunately, some people can't get past the company's name, which appears to have an unintended and unfortunate double meaning.

What follows is a list of companies with eye-catching names. We also provide a brief description of what they actually do.

Some company names get their "double meanings" when not translated into English.

Others had founders who decided to go ahead and name their companies after themselves – perhaps some of these words and phrases were not as humorous in the 1800s as they are today.

Others now go mainly by acronyms.

Interestingly, three of them manufacture concrete pumps.