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I don't think it is. Many English names explicitly borrowed from French, such as Jacqueline, Michelle, Nicole, and Jeanne, are not pronounced the French way when used by anglophones. Or look at the Irish names a lot of anglophones use, like Caitlin. Most American Caitlins and many British and Australian Caitlins use the English pronunciation.

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Foreign names are very common in Brazil, as we don't have naming laws - it's not at all unusual to see Brazilians with English names like Jason, Kevin, Dylan, Nelson, Franklin, William, Kelly, Elizabeth, Lilian, Ellen, and Karen. People here don't usually regard it as trashy - it's pretty normal down here. We even see phonetic spellings like Daiane, Jakelyne, Natali, Jhenifer, etc.

This message was edited 4/9/2016, 9:31 AM