Place names?

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Inspired by a recent post... what do you think of place named when you're not from the place or have no heritage there... like for example Ireland. I am not Irish, directly or have any past heritage from there... but I may love the name and the place, the culture, the people. Same with people naming their children Asia and having no heritage there. Yay, Nay? what say you?

Comments

[sunshinefleur.livejournal.com]

it really doesn't matter to me. I really like a lot of place names, actually. I do think it is possible to go too far with place names (like, if someone named their kid New Jersey or Pakistan or something -- um, no) but other than that, it's fine.