What western names sound funny in other languages?

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So inspired by ufuk thread - what names in our language actually sound funny in other languages?

Pippa

What does pippa mean?

Blow job in greek

It was worth coming on this thread for Pippa alone

And Pippi means wee in German

we once had a cat called Kizzy. It was the name of a girl in a TV programme when I was a kid

Only problem was we live din Saudi Arabia at the time. My mum used to go outside and call

Kiz Kiz Kiz Kiz Kizzy.

Much later a friend told us that Kizz(y) in Arabic is a slang word for vagina!!

Hilarious thread already.

Ha! Kizzy, the pussy!

Brilliant!

The other way round but I always snigger at vater (pronounced farter) being the German for Dad!

Grossvater (gross farter) - German for grandfather cracks DS up every time.

Isn't Pippa something similar in Italian as well?

I believe Zac sounds very similar to 'shit' in Arabic.

I've heard that Pippa is the same in Italian too.

Lola means "grandma" in the Philippines.

A bit roundabout, but one of my fave French names is Aurelie, until it was pointed out that all English people would pronounce it Orally...

God I'm thick... spent ages thinking what's funny in Grossvater.

I've vetoed Persephone, because perse means an arse in Finnish.
We also won't have Tori (market place) or Lou (sounds like luu = bone). I'm sure there are others but brain not working.

Orla (my favourite girls name) - apparently is Hebrew for foreskin

Apparently Beth is Dutch for cunnilingus.

Pam is Welsh for 'why?'

See you're a Gavin and Stacey fan Jim lol

Camilla means "camel" in Greek

"Lisa" means "rabies" in Greek

Pippa is wank in Italian I believe.

Jim Choccy ... or Brick, right?

Astrid means arse kick (as opposed to kick arse) in German.

Orla is generally translated from the Hebrew into English as foreskin or uncircumcision.
Sukey means 'bitches' in Russian.
Kiki is slang for fanjo in Tagalog.