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Would it be cultural appropriation or wrong to use the name "Lani" as a white American?

So I consider myself non-binary, and a fair while ago I got this name from the Laniakea Supercluster, and I thought it was just such a simple but beautiful name that, at least to me, does feel like a more feminine version of my birth name. So I've used it with a friend, and I do like it. I've looked into it's history a bit, I know it's meaning, and I also know it's of Hawaiian origin.

That said, is it wrong for me as a white American to be using this name? Would it be bad if I ever change my legal name to change it to Lani? My people have already taken so much from the native Hawaiians and I don't particularly want to contribute to that history, even if it's just through a name. So I want to ask some native Hawaiians about this

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