In Agreement with most of the other commenters. Waste of money if you ask me.

I think the other problem is also that these will be literal translations, which is not necessarily the intention of the names. Take for example my grandmother's Maori is Te Makawe which in a literal translation means the hair, but the longer poetical translation is referred to in the history of our Tribe. Another example is Caleb -it can mean dog, but the longer meaning is that the dog is a devoted servant, and Caleb in the bible was known for his religious devotion. God's dog if you will.

Best rule of thumb for naming children, give them a name that you like and won't be embarrassed about yelling across a crowded mall...

It wouldn't be difficult to write a mashup script of Google-Translate to do this...For $2777, I could get an undergrad to do it and post it...or sell it. If I sold it for $5 to a thousand people, I'd be ahead of the game.

Joe - it doesn't really matter that suri isn't written down, pickpocket would be the most salient meaning for Japanese people hearing "suri" (it's also a word written in hiragana rather than kanji). Can't say I've ever heard of the word suri in French though either - apparently it exists (according to wordreference) but it must be extremely rare (specially when a native speaker has never heard of it)! Matthew - but isn't Pajero such an appropriate name? Generally describes the drivers pretty well!

I realize this is in the entertainment section but it is NOT journalism. It's clearly a PAID piece of advertising by the translation company as a press release to get more business. Give us real journalism even in the non news sections please.

My absolute fave?!

Shiloh Pitt. Swap the first syllables round? Piloh Sh... well, you get the drift.

there searches cant be that extensive, the missed that 'kai' is maori for food.

Maybe the car makers can use this service , take for example Pajero which is spanish slang for w**ker........ and there are many more examples out there like this

Forget the name, check the haircut out. Top Gun days are long gone!!

Well I hope mine does not mean dipstick in whatever language or maybe babybottle,popynappy,dead bird etc

Jermajesty - a happy virus.