In this society of unorthodox names, is it unheard of to choose a name from an entirely different culture?

[tomcostigan]

I'm British, but really admire names from other cultures, particularly basque culture and Balkan (Former Yugoslav) countries. In this period of mass migration and globalization, would it appear strange, or celebrity. or would it be seen as a sign of our ever changing world, ethnic tolerance and cultural diversity?

Names in particular that I admire are:

Dusan
Dejan
Ivica
Nenad
Vedran
Niko
Iñaki
Gaizka
Mikel
Joseba

Would you seriously consider any of these names, if you were outside of that particular culture?
without getting too deep into phonetics, j is usually a "y" sound in slavic. ñ in basque is the same as spanish, it is "ny"
Dusan is Dušan
thakyou kate, maybe if i anglicised them, just a little they may be OK.
great idea laya, everybody must have heard of jelena jankovic.