I saw a Y!A answer where the mom wanted to use the first name "Kai," which she said meant "keeper of keys." A responder stated that it meant "food" in the Maori language.
I recall an Indian girl named Afross in my French class in high school. The teacher called her "Affreux" or "Affreuse," which is French for terrible, ugly, awful. He thought it was funny.
How about "Taro" which is "first-born son" in Japanese, but in English is a root vegetable like a yam?
Any others?
2007-12-20 09:45:15 · 9 answers · asked by JJ 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
I used to like a guy. His sister's name is Thin Ho.
2007-12-21 22:44:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Thai, everyone as a cutesy nickname (because our given names are horribly convoluted and difficult to spell and pronounce).
My mother went to nursing school with a girl whose nick meant "pumpkin." If you were to pronounce this name in English, it would sound like "f*** tong." When they all came to America, yes, she changed her name to "Pumpkin" as it is in English.
Someone very close to me just had a baby boy. They're Jewish, so they named the baby a more traditional version of Jonathan. They call the baby "Yoni" for short. I don't have the heart to tell them that "yoni" is Sanskrit for "vagina."
And on a flipside to the Thai/English naming issue, I knew a girl named Leah. My mother said that name would never work in Thai -- it means "to lick."
2007-12-20 19:13:50 · answer #2 · answered by Gumdrop Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone asked about the name Pia on here..in Italian it means pure. I informed him in brazil it means sink! & I met a poor japanese woman named Chuki.
2007-12-20 20:46:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marie also means "beloved" in Latin. Sea of bitterness is the French meaning, and bitter is the Hebrew meaning.
2007-12-20 17:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by {Gidget} 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I had a friend once named Rich Pratt, and Pratt is the word for A** in the UK, so his name was Dick A**! Haha.
2007-12-20 17:54:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always though Marie was a nice middle name until I realized it means "bitter sea". Its really common too!
2007-12-20 17:51:23 · answer #6 · answered by Army Bride 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nani means "beautiful" in Hawaiian and is the Japanese word for "what."
2007-12-20 19:57:05 · answer #7 · answered by Willow Natalia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My moms best friends name is Sue K.
But suka means female dog in russian.
2007-12-21 02:01:02 · answer #8 · answered by Bride2Be 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to 20,000names.com
2007-12-20 17:51:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋