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

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CadburyMellos · 03/04/2017 07:44

For example if you were 100% british, would you thinnk it ok to use an Arabic or Hindu name?

What if the name was from a select part of Britain, such as a Cornish name like Morwenna or Piran and you're from the north so as far away from Cornwall as you can get?

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zen1 · 03/04/2017 07:52

I would as there are some lovely names from other cultures / countries and I would not want to be restricted to using traditionally british names. As it is, all my DC have names that are non-British in heritage (oldest is a teen now) and no one has ever commented negatively.

Cosmicglitterpug · 03/04/2017 07:50

Well it depends on the name I suppose. One of my children is called Iris which is an Ancient Greek name, but people don't query our background as it's a known name. Had she been called something more unusual it probably would arouse comment.

BigBrownSofa123 · 03/04/2017 07:47

No, I'd feel ridiculous.

HeyCat · 03/04/2017 07:46

Personally I wouldn't: school friend has a very Welsh name and has spent the last 30 years telling people she's not Welsh, her parents just liked it. She meets a lot of people in her job and says she's asked about her name several times a week. Her children have very classic popular names as she's so tired of this.

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