[karimmaassen]

For the Dutch speaking community, Orkut has always had a strange connotation to it, as part of the name is a swear word.

[usr1106]

Same for Finnish, orkut is slang for orgasms.

Sounds pretty amateurish to start a big service without running an international name check first.

[GekkePrutser]

Yes it's always been a weird name for us. Definitely put me off from even looking at it back in the day.

[geuis]

Or or Kut?

[jeroenhd]

Kut, meaning something like "fuck" or, more literally, "cunt", but in terms of offensiveness it's closer to the Australian context of "cunt" than the American context.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kut#Noun_4

I don't think the name would be that much of a problem given how often the word is thrown around informally.

[GekkePrutser]

Saying it in public is one thing. Using it in branding that you want users to associate with is another.

[brink]

Well then it should be super popular.