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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Jewish and know more than one Talia so the name is totally fine to me but I would assume your family is Jewish. Naming a non Jewish kid that is to me like naming a non-Irish kid Siobhan - you can do that but it’s a little odd.[/quote]

Lots of Jewish/Hebrew name are common among non-Jews.    Same with Irish names for non-Irish.   [/quote]

Right, but this isn't a Jewish/Hebrew name that is common among non-Jews. It's not the same as naming your kid Sarah or Rachel (or Maeve or Fiona). If OP isn't Jewish, it's like naming your kid Saoirse and you're not Irish.[/quote]

It goes both ways. Malia and Leilani have been given to non-Hawaiians for years and [b]nobody assumes they are native.[/b] [/quote]
I would. Those names read very, very Hawaiian to me. Of course there are plenty of non-Hawaiians who use them, but if I heard those names, my first thought would, in fact, be "Hawaiian."

Just like if I heard Siobhan, I would think "Irish." Not that all Siobhans *have* to be Irish, of course, or that there aren't any non-Irish Siobhans, but it is a name that is of Irish origin (the Gaelic form of Joan) and proportionally, much more common among the Irish/those with Irish ancestry. Thus, the assumption.

I've only ever met Jewish Talias, so I would assume Jewish if I heard/saw that name. *shrug* [/quote]

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