names that mean something in other languages

[LoucheLady]

I live in an area with high immigration where 75% of kids at DC1's school are bilingual in a particular minority language. When I introduced newborn DC2 to our neighbours with her standard English name, they were a bit and and said "you know what that means in XXX language, don't you"? Oh shit I thought, I've called her the XXX equivalent of dogbreath or something. Turns out it's not that bad, it just means daytime, but it got me thinking, it would be interesting to hear what other names have, erm, unfortunate meanings in other languages. Like my poor French friend Fanny.

[Caipora]

Me too. My boys love their pipas. Good job there's no Polish in earshot when they're out in the fields shouting about getting the strings of their pipas tangled up.

I feel sorry for all Pippas now!

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I'm really glad I didn't name my daughter Pippa

[ageingrunner]

Just assume pippa means something rude in every language and you won't go far wrong, it seems

[user1471734618]

in Polish Pippa means 'cunt'

[BabboshkaKate]

Scott means bastard in Russian.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Pippa is the ultimate "does not translate well" name, isn't it?

[Caipora]

Kione ok I don't speak Spanish so I wouldn't know. It's just Greece then. In Italy she is "Wank Middleton". Pippa is not looking like a good name!

[riksti]

Suri means 'died' in Estonian.

[Kione]

Caipora Pippa doesn't mean blow-job in Spanish

[Amalfimamma]

Leirope

Just had a listen on Google translate and it sounds more ikebana seabukey in Greek to be fair

[Caipora]

The whole of Greece, Spain and Italy must have spluttering their coffee all over the place during the Royal Wedding when they learnt that the future queen's sister is called "Blow-Job Middleton"

Can't believe it means something so innocent in Portuguese, usually they're the dirty ones!

[anametouse]

Barry means "my arse" in Assyrian

[Leirope]

Can confirm that Pippa means blowjob in Greece! I think it might be the same in Spanish, but at the very least means pipe there too. Poor DNiece.

[Caipora]

I've heard of Cockcroft, but not Cockhead. That's really funny unfortunate!

[YourNewspaperIsShit]

On a surname point, I worked in civil service and once encountered a Mr Cockhead and it was on the birth certificate not a name-change. Is that normal in other place of the world (UK here)

[riceuten]

Actually, "arsehole" in German is "arschloch" (arsh loch)

Good one is "gift" in German which means "poison"

"Fahrt" means "way" or "journey"

To "propose" in French means "to offer"

[HexBramble]

Blaidd means Wolf in a Welsh. Kid is particularly wild too

Even better is Taran - which means thunder. That said, most folk I know I'm my community use Taran
For 'fart'.

"Fa-aart! It's dinner time!"

[Amalfimamma]

Pippa in Italian means wank

[GruffaloPants]

I once knew a Japanese woman called Chikako, which I believe sounds like "she shits here" in Italian. She worked with a mainly Italian team.

[panad317]

On a girls' holiday in Greece, a barman asked for my friend's name. When she said "Pippa" he laughed and said "here, that means blowjob"
Not sure if it's true..?!

[Zhabr]

Mishka is a nn for Mikhail (like Gorbachev). It does not mean fur, but a bear, also a teddy bear ( equivalent of Teddy). Sorry for being a pedant.

[redexpat]

I know a Danish Randi who is female, an american Randy who is male, and Bent is also a Danish man's name.

[ThatsNotEvenAWord]

I taught a Turkish girl whose nickname/shortened version of her name was Nazi... We pronounced it 'Nazzy' but still

[Zhabr]

Onion in Russian is "Look", not Luke.

[Jeffjefftyjeff]

Surname rather than first name but my (Hindi speaking) Indian colleagues giggled like school children when Mrs Lund (from Sweden) joined a teleconference. Lund = penis.