Industry

English word name

"business, hard work"

Industry Origin and Meaning

The name Industry is a boy's name meaning "business, hard work".

Industry was turned into a gender-neutral name by pronatal activists Malcolm and Simone Collins, who called their fourth child and second daughter Industry Americus. The Collinses are believers in nominative determinism, which holds that your name shapes the person you become.

So far, Industry has not passed the five-child threshold for inclusion on Social Security's extended list of names.