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Get the lowdown on your exotic baby name with a Today Translations Name Translation Audit
Celebrities
love exotic baby names. That's cool. Nobody's going to have much of an
issue with Apple, the daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin or
Geri Halliwell's Bluebell Madonna.
But more offbeat names can pose problems.
How about the Rooneys' Kai? Kai means 'pier' in Estonian, 'probably' in
Finnish, 'ocean' in Hawaiian and Japanese, 'willow tree' in the native
American language of Navajo, and 'stop it' in Yoruba.
And Suri, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes'
daughter, means 'pickpocket' in Japanese, 'turned sour' in French and
'horse mackerels' in Italian.
Name changes later in life can be
embarrassing, expensive and riddled with hassle. That's why we offer a
Name Translation Audit designed to help you consider the multilingual
implications of giving your baby an unusual name.
For just £1,000, our brilliant team of 2600
linguists will check the meaning of baby names in 100 languages. Better
safe than Suri.
Get in touch Considering
an offbeat name for your new arrival? Get it checked out before it's
too late. Email us today or call +44 (0) 845 034 7007 and speak to our
friendly London online translation team for more information.
...choosing a name for your child is a more complex decision than it once was
...a name is an online identity in a global village
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