u/Barkling1

My wife and I have a baby boy, Oliver. We are both white. In a few years time, once we see how Oliver is doing developmentally, we plan to adopt another child. We are open to adopting outside of our race and cultures, however, my wife wants to bestow a cultural name upon said child-- We are white, again.

I wonder, is it appropriative to bestow a cultural name upon a child that we don't belong to the same culture to?

I.e., If we adopted an African child, and gave them a name that's African instead of American (as we are both American natives), or something else similar, if it would be appropriative of said culture.

Thoughts?