Trivia: Christian Slater may not be aware of this

Ha! Google translate has that Hebrew as "Christian lays tile", taking the family name too literally as well as the um Christian name.

How is מר"ן pronounced?

Maran (short As as in European languages rather than in English), with accent on the second syllable.

Adam and Joe had a skit where they translated into English the names of well-known foreigners. Often a fancy sounding foreign name comes out very mundane.

Composer Giuseppe Verdi: Jeff Green.

And that famous singer, Betty Blackhead.

Joe Green, not Jeff. Geoffrey is Goffredo.

It's a nice way to pass the time. Montefiore is Bloomberg. The Pet Shop Boys (in Afrikaans) are famously though not seriously named Die Troeteldierwinkelseuntjies.

Edited by: babygiraffe

Leo Rosten illustrated the Yiddish word pisher with this (brackets as in original):

In France, an elderly Jew, tired of hearing young Maurice La Fontaine boast of his ancestry, finally grimaced, “Listen, La Fontaine: I knew your grandfather, who changed his name to La Fontaine from Schpritzwasser [Squirtwater]. And he told me that his father changed his name to Schpritzwasser from what everyone called him, which was 'Moishe the Pisher.' So don't put on airs 'La Fontaine'."

The literal definition of pisher should be clear in context, but it also means inexperienced or an inconsequential nobody. Given the literal meaning, "still wet behind the ears" is a bit off-putting as a similar idiom.

The Belmont family after whom the Belmont Stakes is named started out as the Schoenbergs.

LOL, nice one, Nutrax.