Would you use a name from a culture that is not your own?

at tacky ^. Even the Queen has a name that is of Greek & Hebrew origins.

No definitely not. I find it tacky!

A good rule would be 'will the child ever end up sighing in frustration and responding for the umpteenth time that no, their parents just liked the name'. If it's a cultural name that has already crossed cultures though, then go for it.

Yes, of course. If we only stuck to names of our own, immediate cultures there wouldn't be much variety.
My own name was very, very common for 1970s British girls. There were four of us just in my (very small) year at school. I am British but this name is Hebrew in origin and is Biblical.

One DC has a Welsh name (grandparents are Welsh but we live in England) and one DC has an ancient Greek name (no connections)
We get more questions about the Welsh name even though it's one with a very similar English equivalent!

DS has a typically Jewish name. We are not Jewish, but I do consider it to be part of my culture as it comes from the old testament.
As I have had to point out a couple of times.

Guess I feel more strongly about it than I thought.

My name is french other dds name is french origins

Well 1 of my Dds has a Hebrew name it is also has an arabic meaning but it is a really common name So yes people choose names they like names evolve and spread dont they

In a company I used to work for nearly 2 decades ago we had a colleague in the Far East called Elvis Wang; I had very little to do with him but I have never forgotten his splendid name. I always wondered if he had an English-speaking parent, or perhaps his mum and dad were big fans, who knows?

I think, personally, that it is wise to give children names that are appropriate to all the cultures in which they will be raised. For example, I am English and non-practicing CofE; DP is French and a (very) liberal Jew. So I looked for a first name that was acceptable to all those cultures.

Speaking of hobbies. I remember watching a programme about an s&m couple and they called their sons Caine and Cage. However spelt, bloody wrong Imo. Native/non-native names can be beautiful. Unless you're going for Little Running Guinea Pig 🐹

Yes. Loads of popular names come from other cultures. They were all newly imported at one point.

I did use a name from another culture... Eastern Europe. Because I loved the name.

Adebowale Murphy

This made me

I was tempted by some of the Belgian names I came across. Couldn't actually do it though.

Yep, DS has a Spanish name which is an adaptation of a Hebrew name originally.

I'm British, DP is Irish. His name is a lot easier to spell / pronounce than the Irish names we considered

I quite like it actually, saw someone interviewed on TV and his name was Dimitri McGuinness

It's a little strange to use a cultural name which you have no link to. It is worse to use a cultural name and misspell it imo.

My DC have French names and I am not French.

In my defence, I love France, used to live there and did a French degree so it's kind of in hommage to that.

It is tricky. All four of us have Jewish names and DS1's name in particular is still quite unusual among non-Jews. There's been a couple of times that I've realised mid/conversation that people have assumed we were Jewish and have been left awkwardly wondering if I should explain.

It wouldn't bother me I don't think but we went for Celtic names and we have Scottish/Irish background. Both of us are Scottish for a few generations but DH has an Irish surname and heritage.

I think, if you don't have the background history to explain it, it can depend on your surname too. i.e Jesus Woods is fine, Jesus McGinty may raise a few eyebrow.

Interesting question and one we're currently considering (I'm pregnant) as we both like the name Sian but neither of us are Welsh.

I would feel a bit of a fraud using Sian when I have no connections to Wales

I'm not against this on principle but it has been the cause of great disagreement and aggravation between me and my ex-h who is from the Amazigh culture. He wanted to give our son a name that means 'freedom from the Arabs' in Tamazight and I refused because it is politically charged and not fair on a child to burden them with that even if they're living in the UK. So our son now has an ordinary/popular widely used in UK name and ex-h has refused to ever call him by it but I know I've done the right thing. I get that ex-h has had to have a name from a list approved by a govt who colonized and marginalized his people but that's not relevant to a boy growing up in the UK imo

I think it depends. I personally do want to feel a cultural connection to a name. Which makes it pretty difficult.

I grew up in central Europe, Swiss-Italian mother, mostly Swedish-Swiss father (he has a German grandfather).

A part of my family is Jewish, an other part are very evangelical Christians, there are Catholics and the hippy/waldorf school "segment".

I mean... Yeah... All of that leads to very different naming traditions.
It's weird because in girl's names I'm pretty open minded.
But with boy's names I just like the names I heard growing up... Not sure why, tbh.

DH is English (with some Scottish ancestry). So the names have to sound good in English as well and work with DH's surnames... And I really want names that work in a somewhat international setting.

Bays should be "bats" of course