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The meaning is nice, and the name reminds me of Vijay and Vijaya. I kind of prefer the Binay form though, it just sounds better for some reason to me when the V one. Ishita and Pramila for girls, and Pradyoth and Rishikesh for boys.

I know a Vinay, a lovely young man with severe learning difficulties and autism. It's a good name.

On a person of Indian descent I think it’s fine. If somebody from a different culture introduced themselves that way, I’d assume their name was Vinny and they were trying to be cute by putting some sort of annoying fratboy “whazzzzzzuuuuuup!!!” Spin on it.

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I also agree about the wine cooler thing, but again, on a person of obvious Indian heritage you wouldn’t think “vin”=“wine” like you would with other backgrounds.

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So, very nice name, but no cultural crossover on this one.

The meaning is fine, if you're really into meanings; nothing wrong with courtesy and modesty. The world could use a big helping of those things.
But I don't really care for the name. I know it's an actual name but it looks to me like some cheapo wine cooler. Like Snapple with alcohol.