English names
I have found this curious list of English names meanings when they are written in other languages:
Adam (Arabic) skin
Alan (Indonesian) comedian
Alf (Arabic) thousand, millennium
Anna (Arabic) moans and groans
Calista (Portuguese) chiropodist
Camilla (Spanish) stretcher
Cilla (Zarma, Nigeria) basket
Doris (Bajan, Barbados) police van
Eliza (Basque) church
Eve (Rapa Nui, Easter Island) buttocks
Fay (Zarma, Nigeria) divorce
Fred (Swedish, Danish and Norwegian) peace
Jim (Korean) baggage
Kim (Ainu, Japan) mountain
Kylie (Dharug, Australia) boomerang
Laura (Greek) groups of monks’ huts
Luke (Chinese) traveller
Marianna (Italian) accomplice who tells a gambler the cards held by other players
Sara (Hausa, Nigeria) snakebite
Sid (Arabic) plaster
Susan (Thai) cemetery
Vera (Italian) wedding ring