IKEA Product Names and Their Real Meanings

IKEA Product Names and Their Real Meanings

Walking through Ikea feels like stumbling through a Swedish dictionary where every other word sounds vaguely familiar but means nothing to you. BILLY, KALLAX, MALM—they roll off the tongue easily enough, but what do they actually mean? The Swedish furniture giant doesn’t just slap random syllables on products.  Each name follows a system that makes perfect sense if you speak Swedish or know Swedish geography. For everyone else, it’s just pleasan…