You aren't coming off as rude, it's a legit question. I didn't think you were specifying a white
Ivory but you do have a couple combos there that strike me as "white" usages (
Cillian,
Gwyneth), and so I was kinda picturing it on people of different ethnicities, and one of the thoughts I had was that I kinda expect an
Ivory, especially a guy, to be black. It wouldn't be "odd" in a negative way if
Ivory was not black, but it would strike me as a little bit out of the ordinary, and that seemed interesting. Well, it's the sort of thing I'd be interested in knowing, if I were posting a name I liked and asking about people's impressions of it. I tend to assume, unless people specify, that people are asking about opinions of names that are potentially for real people.
- mirfak