The origin of the name Suri

Not everybody recognised the word ‘Suri’ as Hebrew of “princess”.

sfgate.com: Baby Suri’s name can be traced to a Hebrew word meaning “princess” or “noblewoman,” but by such a circuitous route that the connection is lost on most Israelis. Since the birth Tuesday in Los Angeles, bemused Israeli TV and radio presenters have debated the word’s origins. “Nobody here has ever really heard of it,” an announcer on Israel’s Army Radio said during a discussion Thursday. The Yediot Ahronot newspaper agreed in its half-page splash on the celebrity birth. “We seem to have learned a new Hebrew word — and from Tom Cruise, no less,” said a Channel 2 TV anchorman.

So what’s the explaination to all that confusion?

sfgate has the answer: Avshalom Koor, who has for years presented TV and radio spots on the intricacies of Hebrew, said Suri was a derivation of Sarah — the name of Biblical patriarch Abraham’s wife — as pronounced by some Central European Jews.
“Suri is a pet name for Sarah,” Koor told Army Radio. “The Ashkenazi (Jews) of Poland and Hungary pronounce it Suri.”

In the meantime more congratulations has been given, one of them by Chris Klein, Katie’s ex-fiancé. “They look very happy together,” Klein said. “They really do. I wish them all the best.” Very warm words, Chris!

“Desperate Housewives” star James Denton, a husband and father of two, gave Tom some advice on his new bundle of joy: “Hire help. You can afford it!”
Even California’s first lady, Maria Shriver, was thrilled that TomKat’s baby girl was born in the nursery named after her inside Santa Monica’s St. John’s Hospital. “It’s a nursery at St. John’s Hospital where I had all four of my kids,” she said. “Beautiful nursery, beautiful place to have a child. We took great pains to make sure men could sleep in there so they had no excuse to go home.” (Extratv)

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