Well, the arrival of the new “TomKitten” sure has everyone excited and I actually think the name Suri is pretty. I mean at least it’s not Apple or Moses or Hazel or Phinneus or whatever.
Still, when naming a child, some research is in order. According to the press release, Suri means “princess” in Hebrew and “red rose” in Persian.
But, Suri also has many other meanings. Here are a few:
Suri is a breed of Alpaca Llama from South America.
In Hindi, Suri is a boy’s name meaning Lord Krishna.
In some Indian dialects, Suri means “pointy nose”.
And in Japanese, it can mean “pickpocket”.
There are other meanings as well and if you know of any more please let me know! But, even though TomKitten shares a name with a llama, it’s still a pretty sounding name.
April 21st, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Surrey BC is where my great aunt lived next door to Michael J Fox’s parents and got killed on her harley.
April 22nd, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Still don’t quite know how to wrap my head around this whole thing. Ya know, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. I REFUSE to use their celebrity name “TomKat”– how completely un-journalistic is that? I hate the media. Tom Cruise freaks me out. Actually, Scientology just freaks me out. I miss Joey Potter–and Pacey. Where is Pacey?? Please save Joey from this evil lord Darth Vadar-sih freak thing she is trapped in.
Oh wait…yes, back to the point. Suri is a cute name. Congrats… I guess.
April 23rd, 2006 at 10:15 am
Kantoka, I totally agree with you about this whole Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes circus. I miss Joey Potter too. And, where IS Pacey? Couldn’t he just show up and rescue her now and save the day? Oh, if only.
Scientology has always freaked me out, but I can remember a time when Tom Cruise didn’t freak me out at all. How times have changed…
So, thanks for your comment and I also wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your posts when you used to blog for this site!
April 24th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
Surrey in England is L. Ron’s Scientology Headquarters. I know there has to be a hidden Scientology meaning in there. I always thought Zara meant princess in Hebrew, I know because I named my daughter Zara after looking up the meaning on babyzone.com.
April 24th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Hmmmmmmmm…. Scandal!! EXPOSED! Stop the presses.
April 24th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
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