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Hmm... I'm not sure that I agree with the comment about cultural appropriation. I have met people from many different countries and cultures who have English, Irish, Jewish, Italian, etc names even though they were Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Iranian, etc and it would be extremely objectionable, not to mention the height of arrogance, if I were to claim that they had no right to "steal" a name from a culture other than their own. Of course, some names hold a special status within their culture, and all people should be treated with respect, but is it really okay to declare that one culture's names can be used by all while another culture's names receives a special status making it above the use of anyone else. Shouldn't tolerance be a two way street? If it is okay to for country A to borrow from country B, shouldn't county B be allowed to borrow from country A?

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I realize that cultural appropriation is generally more frowned upon if the culture being borrowed from is viewed as oppressed. Do you consider Japan an oppressed people group? The Ainu of Japan were certainly oppressed by the rest of Japan, but on the whole, Japan is one of the more dominant countries. On a related note, China is currently one of the most powerful counties, if not the most powerful country, in the world. Since China is more likely to oppress than to be oppressed, do you consider it more permissible to use a Chinese name than a Slavic one? After all, it is from the word Slav that the word slave originated, and they were definitely an oppressed people.