Nothing wrong if you leave in Brazil, Spain, Portugal or some of the countries where it is common / normal name, or if your origin is from some of those places. But imagine that someone in Brazil give his child a name like: Vukašin, Milutin, Slobodan, Dejan, Jirži, Mbutu. I bet verry few people would be able to evn pronounce it.
That's the selling point of romance languages: very easy pronounciable by anyone.
Anyone can pronounce Ronaldo.
Japanese would have a hard time with the "R", Arabs would have a hard time with the "o".
Not "everyone" can pronounce Ronaldo.
I argue that Ronaldo -> Ronardo is still much closer/more intelligible than, say, Vukašin -> Vukasin [especially if you pronounce it with american u and a and get [vakeisin].
Only because of the two soccer players named Ronaldo whose name has been heard by every football fan on earth.
There is nothing intrinsically "easy" about the name itself.
Marco, Paolo or Carlo are even easier.
Ronald is not that easy to pronounce in Japanese or Korean...
Koreans should not have any problems: 런알도?
"Ronald" is harder which is my point exactly.
I see your point. Many names are culturally/ethnically loaded. It would seem odd if an Chinese-American guy was named José or a Mexican-American guy was named Cheng.