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What are you guys opinions on using names that aren't of your background? Like not having any Russian heritage but using a name like Fyodor? I'm asking because I live in Italy and I like a few names common in America and the U.K (Isaac, Tristan etc), butttt it's like...would that sound too weird on an Italian child?

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I like a lot of Scandinavian names (Janne, Jesper, and Johan to name a few), and I wouldn't have a problem using them even though I have absolutely no Scandinavian in me. I'm half Russian and half German, if that matters. I say if you like the name, go ahead and use it, unless you have a last name that really shows off your nationality and it clashes with the first name (e.g. Keiko Goldstein or Aleksei Rodriguez).