Is naming a child a word from another language good or bad?

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I write short stories a lot in my free time, normally sci fi and fantasy based. often I find myself in need of character names that are more unique than english names, so when I'm in a pinch I think of nouns or adjective that discribe the character and look up those words in other languages to be their name.

I've found some translated words that are really beautiful and that I honestly wouldn't be opposed to being named or naming a child. I should add that while I speak other languages, some words are from languages I don't know.

I don't have children, so I was wondering if this is a method that people use to name children?
Do you agree with it as a method? Why/why not?

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I don’t see an issue with it but I’d be 100% on the translation first or you might end up naming a character or baby Ceiling Fan or something.

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A lot of names are words from other languages 🤷🏻‍♀️ my name (or rather Sophia) is wisdom in Greek. So I don’t personally see the problem

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as long as it's not a swear word or something that will make them feel awkward if they ever visit or move to the country. please don't name your kid staircase or cooking pot. 
in Iceland, a lot of the names there are actually just words in the language, usually from nature. things like clover, dew, mountain stream, eagle, buttercup.

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Apparently the most beautiful sounding English words to other people who don’t speak English are diarrhea and gonorrhea....
So... be careful 😂

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a neighbor of mind works at a hospital and is one of the people that write down the names of people's newborns. She has told us that a lady gave birth to a baby girl and named her, Prostituta, the spanish word for prostitute. like are you fucking kidding me. She asked this lady if she understood what the word ment, and she fucking knew and didn't change it. So somewhere in my town their is a toddler with the name Prostitute.

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Nothing wrong with it but make sure to see if there's male and female spellings of the name. Like my stepson is Ren,  which is Japanese for Lotus. R-e-n is the male spelling but R-i-n is the female spelling.

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I know a girl named Akina. It’s Japanese, quite beautiful really. I’m not sure what it means. She’s as white as they come.

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A lot of “English” names don’t originate from England. 
My name is Greek 🤷‍♀️

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Name you’re kid what you want. My friend named her white, as day daughter “Lola” and I for the life of me can’t help but laugh because I work with dogs, and a lot of them are named Lola. 😂

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I think it can be cute. I do feel a little bad for the bellas and Chastitys of the world though. What if they’re not pretty or chaste? It’s a lot to live up to! Lol

Is naming a child a word from another language good or bad?

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