> Yeah, some people think about their heritage as not compatible with the brave new world, so get rid of it. I know people giving their child dedicatedly ascii-only name common in the USA to make sure their children won't have a "weird name" when going to the USA.

And? That's what I did - a simple name that he won't have to repeat, spell out for English speakers, not have to spell out for many non-english-speakers, or have trouble non-latin scripts.

Anything you can do to make your child's life easier trumps any value you think they might get from maintaining cultural or traditional links with a mostly dead past.