backhanded compliment

and left-handed compliment

an unintended or ambiguous compliment. Backhanded compliments are the only kind he ever gives! And I think his left-handed compliments are all given by accident, too!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dragoslava	-	Serbian, Medieval Slavic
Shiva (2)	-	Persian
Kuro	koo-ṙo:	Japanese
Josepha	yo-ZE-fah (German)	German (Archaic), English (Rare)
Luitgard	-	German, Ancient Germanic
Dewi (2)	-	Indonesian