"a company which name is" or "there is a company whose name is"?

Question

"a company which name is..." or "there is a company whose name is..."?

which one is correct?

I know I need to use 'whose' when the preceding noun is living thing. For example, there is a boy whose job is a teacher.

Is there a reason you must use this construction? It'd be much more common to say "a company with the name ...." or "a company named". This construction seems a bit wordy. Also, your second example would make more sense as "there is a boy whose job is teaching" or, even better, "there is a boy who is a teacher". — Catija, Commented Sep 1, 2017 at 5:13
One usual, but clunky, work-around is, "a company, the name of which is..." Hardly poetic, but correct, unlike, "a company which name is..." — G Tony Jacobs, Commented Sep 1, 2017 at 5:40
Hmm... Maybe a company is a living thing? But I think it has more to do with anything you name, rather than whether it is living or not. — user3169, Commented Sep 1, 2017 at 5:50
I assume the OP didn't mean that only living things use 'whose', but rather that living things use 'whose' and the question here is whether inanimates use 'whose' or something else. — rjpond, Commented Sep 1, 2017 at 6:44

rjpond · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-01 06:43:14Z

The following are correct:

...although in many cases the following might sound more natural:

The following are wrong:

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