I think we can try, as parents, but the person’s name is theirs. They are free to change it, I changed mine. I always had the names Alexey and Arkadiy in mind and I used them for my first two children. Now that I’m pregnant with a third, I went through an insane process trying to pick one that sounds right in my head. This kid is getting my last name, so I wanted something that sounded all right together and I wanted something that sounded open aka had a lot of vowels. I was upset for some weeks because nothing fit and I wanted it to be pronounce-able in Russian, as well. Anyway, I’m glad I found something now. I hope he likes it when he grows up.