Her name's pickpocket Cruise

Tom cruise should've gone to brit company to know what daughter Suri's name means

Tom cruise should've gone to brit company to know what daughter Suri's name means

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes might have thought twice about naming their daughter Suri if they'd known that it means 'pickpocket' in Japanese and 'turned sour' in French.

Today Translations, a London-based translation company, is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages.

For u00a31,000 (Rs 76,991), the company's linguists will carry out a "basic name translation audit" of names, checking their meaning in 100 languages.

While open to everyone, the firm said it expects the service to attract celebrity clients who are known for giving their babies unusual names.

Among other baby names the company could have warned about in advance are Kai Rooney, the newborn son of English football player Wayne Rooney, whose name means 'probably' in Finnish, 'pier' in Estonian, and 'stop it' in the west African language of Yoruba.