My chins name name be offensive? Should I rename her?

[ReneeM]

I just found out tonight that my chin Marika's name means something other than I thought. In another language I'm not sure if it would be offensive or not. I don't want to post the meaning here though.

I'm thinking about just calling her Rikka.

 

[sheena lee]

Doesn't seem offensive to me...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marika

 

[halfstache]

that is my wife's middle name, so I sure hope its not offensive. :hmm:

 

[mistywaterwoman]

I like it!! I've never heard it before, so I think it's a great chin name. I say keep it.

 

[Pikaia]

I wouldn't even care if it was...

 

[ReneeM]

Lol, I was informed it meant something not terribly appropriate in Spanish.

I guess it really doesn't matter

 

[GorillaJTA]

Oh geez. In spanish it means "sissy" (a different ending is a homosexual slur, but that changes the word). If you are worried about it, change it to 'Murica! cause there ain't no better country nowhere!

 

[Vcchinchilla]

can you guess what "chin chin" means

 

[summerdays]

i dont think its offensive. i wouldnt change it.

 

[greychins]

I don't think its offensive. If you hadn't put up this thread and I saw a chin named Marika I would just think its a pretty name. Nothing more.

....and anyway... you can never please everyone. It's a chin's name. If someone's going to get offended over that... they need to get over themselves.

 

[ChinnieShop]

Hmm I speak spanish and Marika means nothing to me, it could be a different dialect of Spanish, but you may mean the work "Maricona" which means lesbian in Spanish. Either way I am sure many of the words that we use can be considered offensive in another language since there are so many. I like the name I would keep it.

 

[SookiFace1]

There are soooooooooooo many homosexual slurs (in my family theyre terms of endearment) in Spanish don't worry about it! If there was a "con" (pronounced cone) at the end then yea, its a full blown obvious jab. But Marika is fine! Just tell anyone who wants to cry about it that it's Maria with a k

 

[hyperzuzik]

in my country it is a common name