Names that have funny meaning in foreign a language

[Vikrant]

There are so many names I hear have totally interesting meaning in a foreign language. So I created this thread to see if we can share those meanings in here.

I will get started with Emily. Emily means tamarind in Hindi.

 

[Vikrant]

I think Courtney means short nose.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Jordan sounds like "jo-Dan" which is "joke" in Japanese.

Gary is pronounced Geddy which means Diarrhea.

 

[Pogo]

I used to work with a Thai woman. Her name was "Porn".

 

[boedicca]

One famous case was the Chevy Nova. In Mexico, Nova means "doesn't go" - rather a flop of a name!

 

[Vikrant]

Dora means thread in some dialects of Hindi - the kind of thread you use for sewing.