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?

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[compulsivelyme.livejournal.com]

My step-niece and -nephew are named Vienna and Roman, explicitly after the cities.

I think it's weird in one family, like they're theme names or something. I'm not a fan. It's kind of a "trying too hard" thing.

Seriously, it's OK to like a place and not name your child after it.