Okay, I’ve been absolutely in love with the names [name]Ana[/name], [name]Anastasiya[/name], [name]Anya[/name], [name]Dmitry[/name], [name]Eliska[/name], [name]Elizaveta[/name], [name]Lucya[/name] and [name]Natalia[/name] for a while now, but my ancestry is from [name]Canada[/name], [name]America[/name], Germany and the UK, so I have no real reason to use any of these Russian, Czech and Spanish names, other than the fact that they’re such nice names and I really like them! So would you consider it weird to use these names when/if I have kids? Oh, and before one of you suggests it, I don’t much like the English versions of the names that have them, [name]Anastasia[/name], [name]Anna[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name] and [name]Lucy[/name], or at least I don’t like them as much, as I think these sound more interesting.
Can’t wait to hear what you think!
TTFN! 
I have no problem with using names from outside my culture. I’d definitely make sure I fully understood the name and any unwanted/unintended implications it might have though. (Some Jewish people find [name]Cohen[/name] offensive as a first name and some Native Americans don’t like Tribe names used as first names.) I think all the names you listed are lovely and competely useable. I especially love [name]Dmitry[/name] and [name]Ana[/name].
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A topic I’m interested in broadly too.
With your specific question, I think a lot depends on the name! I personally don’t have any issue with using a name that’s not from your culture(s)/heritage(s)/tradition(s), however you define that. I do think there is something nice to using a name that IS from your culture(s)/heritage(s)/tradition(s), but I don’t think that means the opposite is true. There might be a few specific exceptions, but broadly speaking it’s fine.
[name]Natalia[/name] seems completely accessible. A lot of -ia names are common in many cultures, [name]Julia[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], etc. I really like this as a fresh take on [name]Natalie[/name].
[name]Eliska[/name] is very pretty, I’ve never head it before, and it seems accessible enough.
[name]Ana[/name] is lovely if you want to be strict about [name]Ah[/name]-na. If you don’t mind or especially if you want short-a [name]Anna[/name] sound, I might recommend spelling it that way. Although honestly, the spelling [name]Anna[/name] is [name]Ah[/name]-na in other languages (like [name]German[/name] and the Slavic languages you mention liking names from), so I mean, I dunno. If you really just like the look one of one N more than 2, then OK. I just think that it might cause spelling headaches.
But it will cause fewer spelling headaches than [name]Lucya[/name] or [name]Anastasiya[/name]! [name]Lucia[/name] or [name]Anastasia[/name] can be pronounced the same way (and [name]Lucia[/name] is very often used in Spanish, since you mention liking that name heritage as well). I mean, if these are standard spellings in some language, then that is worth something, but I think if these just “look more Russian”, that’s not the best point, since Russian (and many, but not all, other Slavic languages) use(s) an entirely different alphabet as you no doubt know. Again, please do what you want, but please stop and think that the names can sound exactly the same spelled with just i or i not y, i.e., even if you want [name]Ah[/name]-nah-stah-zee-ah or something, you can spell it [name]Anastasia[/name], and those are the spellings everyone will guess. She will have spelling headaches with [name]Lucya[/name] and [name]Anastasiya[/name]. They might likely be minor, but still…with [name]Lucia[/name] or [name]Anastasia[/name], she can just say her name and people will get it right fairly often.
[name]Anya[/name] seems really wearable by someone of any ethnicity, although the one Polish person I knew who used it spelled it [name]Ania[/name]. To me it’s different than with [name]Lucia[/name]/[name]Lucya[/name] or [name]Anastasia[/name]/[name]Anastasiya[/name] because [name]Anya[/name] seems more like how you’d spell the prn in English, [name]Ania[/name] might get it right but might also get Ahn-ee-a. Also, for my friend, it was a nn for [name]Anna[/name] (prn [name]Ah[/name]-na, like Spanish [name]Ana[/name]).
[name]Elizaveta[/name] is gorgeous and looks spelled correctly, although I do think it begets difficulty when everyone will hear [name]Elizabeth[/name].
So, again, nothing wrong with any of this, [name]Ana[/name], [name]Natalia[/name], and [name]Eliska[/name] are my top choices, [name]Anastasia[/name] and [name]Lucia[/name] have more of a strong argument for spelling that way, [name]Elizaveta[/name] is gorgeous but seems more trouble than it might be worth, maybe a great middle? And I think you can do [name]Anna[/name] or even [name]Ana[/name] nn [name]Anya[/name]/[name]Ania[/name] if you want, and you could do [name]Anna[/name] prn [name]Ah[/name]-na if you wanted.
All best!
Totally! Most of my names are from different cultures. I don’t see an issue with it at all, no matter what name your using. I know a little blond girl named [name]Sakura[/name] and my cousin is of mixed race and her name [name]Elaina[/name] and my other cousin is also mixed race and named [name]Ian[/name] - no one has ever even batted an eyelash. I think these days, especially in [name]America[/name], no one even thinks twice.
Jesba DID bring up an interesting issue, though. There are some names or words that are just a no-no when it comes to using something culturally diverse.
I think its more or less ok to use names from other cultures. I really like french, chinese and japanese names, even though i have nothing to do with those cultures. I would make sure spelling and pronunciation isn’t too much of an issue though. Also, i would familiarize myself with the culture and maybe look out for any special traditions to do with naming so you feel like you’ve paid a respect to the culture.
I’d have to otherwise I’d have to invent names and I do not have [name]Shakespeare[/name]'s nor Tolkien’s talent for that. And I refuse to name my daughter Mildburg or my son Oswine.
I would, with some limitations. I want my children’s names to match who they are. Since my husband and I both have mixed backgrounds we have most European names covered! However, many people assume our Italian last name is Puerto Rican (please stop the telemarketing en espanol). I want to try to avoid any names that would reinforce that association. I also don’t want my kids to feel like their names need to be explained all the time.
My sister has a very uncommon name with [name]Indian[/name] roots and always had to correct everyone all through her childhood. They thought she had a lisp and couldn’t say her own name. Kind of like if [name]Mariska[/name] Hargitay was being called [name]Marissa[/name]. She doesn’t look like her name so she gets some doubletakes too when people hear her name before meeting her in person.
I personally would probably not. I want my children’s names to have meaning for me and them, and they probably won’t if they are from another culture I’m not familiar with.