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

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I think it's fine as long as there is some justifiable connection.
For example, India is ok even if you have nothing to do with India itself, but like the fact that it's sanskrit for "river".
If it's a city name, then you might just like how it sounds, or what it means, or if there's a special connection. For example, I like Lisbon after a tv character's last name.

I agree that naming your kid Asia with no associations there it awkward.
I have a cousin named this, and I don't know the backstory to her name, but I'm pretty sure she got it because it was just very trendy around the time she was born!