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A “jewish name” does necessarily have to be in a ???? language.
We find names in Chazal from other langauges other than ???? ????? & Aramaic (which does have some Kedusha) one example ????? ?????
and her son Munbaz who were Gerei Tzedek and loyal Jews. The Greek name Alexander was adopted by the Jews. In later years we find Gedolei Yisroel with Arabic names like ???”? ??????? ???? ?????
All through history Jews spoke Judaized dialecets of their places of Galus. We find quite a few persian words in the Megilla.
Just as ?? ???? ?? ????? does not mean ???? ????? exclusively so does ?? ???? ?? ??? not mean ???? ????? exclusively. I would guess that an American Jew naming his child Irving (maybe it should be Oiving) would not be any different than Shprintza, Gitel,Garzia, Berel, Zalmen ttc.