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[cxtxc.livejournal.com]

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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[fireyirishangel.livejournal.com]

I vetoed a number of names that my fiance suggested because they felt too strongly tied to a culture not my own, and I was uncomfortable with that. I don't judge others who make those choices, but it wasn't something I wanted to do. I agree with the person above - Giovanni O'Connor sounds a little... odd. But if you love the name, you love the name. I suspect if I loved Dmitri as much as my fiance does, I wouldn't care that it sounds anything but Scot/Irish :)