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It depends on the name and the other parent's ethnicity. If I was married to a Japanese man and we had kids, Japanese names would make sense for the kids, even though it isn't my ethnicity. Also, if a kid is adopted from another country, I'd be willing to use a name from that country. And if the name looks and feels 'ethnic neutral', it's okay. Aliyah is one name that became 'ethnic neutral', since I know a few white girls with this name, which is Arabic and became more widely known when the singer Aaliyah was on the charts. Lakshman, however, is still ethnic, since the only image in my mind is an Indian male.

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Ethnic neutral might not be the best term. What I mean by that is that there isn't a definite race that I think of when I hear the name.