I'm not sure that any one culture can lay claim to a name and not allow others to use it.
Parents have all sorts of reasons for chosing the names they do. I don't think there's anything wrong with chosing a name because you like the sound of it.
I had no idea Priya was an Indian name. Although I probably would have mis-pronounced it to rhyme with "fire"
Personally, I quite like names from other cultures as they seem more unusual to me and I would like to name my children something a little less common that some of the names from my culture.
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