Could be worse... you could say "Mixxy-spit-lick" 
Oh my god don't get me started on names. My first name is already a bit unusual where I live and it's constantly misspelled. And seeing a work with only 'normal western' names like Jason, Samantha etc. makes me roll my eyes so bad.
No, I don't mind this at all. Even names unusual for certain can have a history explaining why character has such a name and be a part of understanding that character.
Also some names have different variants in different languages, like Andrew has same roots as Андрей or Andreas - all come from greek word meaning "man". I saw examples in Russian modern literature where Андрей would be called Andy and it signified that character is western-leaning type of person and trying to look cool and different from people around.
On topic of just unusual (like fantasy) names I don't mind that too, but I'd say there is a hard to explain difference in quality of those. Some names can be a tongue twisters but still stick and be memorable, others seem simple, but fall out of memory with ease. I think that is less problem of "unusuality" of name but rather if name fits the character.
I don't want the names so confusing and long I can't comprehend them, but I prefer a slightly unusaul name. Boring names are also fine if it matches the character. You do have to think about the personalities of the character's parents--what would they have named them as? It's not just about marketing, it's a huge story building tool. But if all the names are the same and boring I forget who's who.
That reminds me of my other rule: I don't share names lol
If someone is named "Jim" his name is Jim, and no one else in the entire story - or in my writings EVER is named Jim. Generally.
I do have a red-head named Will 
but he's from a super old version of a story involving Hito that just... isn't a thing anymore. And he was so minor. I don't even think of him as a character named "Will" anymore.
I do give pretty much everyone last names that are required to have them. (Older or special characters do not have last names if it's not part of their culture. ie Neo Phyte I mentioned before - Phyte isn't his last name. It's just the truncated name people call him as, unless you're his beau (or best friend) and then you can call him Neo.) But he introduces himself to people as "hi my name's Phyte".
I mean if I’m being honest, then I don’t really mind. I like adding uncommon and rare names in modern setting stories and doing the same to fantasy. I’ll have some people with names like Atlas, Wayra, Calder, and Oracle in one story but also have much more common names like Charlotte, Nicolo, and William in that same story.
It really depends on the person. Not so much the story type.
I think a lot of it depends on the tone of the story. If it's a more lighthearted story and doesn't take itself very seriously, I don't mind unusual names. If the story wants me to take it seriously, unusual names can be annoying.
This applies to all genres. High Fantasy that's really self-serious and has ridiculous names with a bunch of apostrophes and stuff is really annoying. Fantasy that's goofy and knows it's goofy having ridiculous names is just part of the fun.
It's all about what's tonally appropriate.
Personally not really, but I think it's entirely dependent on the story and tone. I'm much more liable to swallow a weird made up fantasy name like... I don't Ronmark or something in a high fantasy or sci-fi than I am a realistic drama.
Depends on the context of the name. The most important thing is consistency. And I don't mean consistency in using unusual names. I mean consistency in the types of names so they can be imagined to have a similar etymology unless you have a VERY good reason for it. Like the story takes place in NYC or a character is clearly identified as a foreigner. If the story takes place in some random place in america you won't see a bunch of korean names most likely. And immigrants typically name their children in names more traditional of the country the child will be growing up in. Conformity is a powerful force in society. You want the place that you're creating to feel grounded and real. You can usually tell when you have a western anime fan trying to write something that takes place in Japan. The names are mostly nonsensical and just sound vaguely japanese more than show any understanding of the naming conventions of the country.
That's still not very realistic, honestly. There's immigrants, there's parents who really like a certain culture, there's people who don't actually look up traditional names(or use alternate spelliongs) and just go for whoever is currently famous on TV. Even in Brazil where we latinize a ton of terms, I still have plenty of acquaintances with unusual or foreign names.
I do get your point though, you can't have everyone in your Canada setting have japanese names or people question if you just didn't know how to write another location. But a handful in the middle that are foreign and they're still native to the city/country isn't too bad!
Just to be super clear, this isn't my advice, it's just something I keep seeing on a lot of how to create character advice articles and videos and I wanted to see if it was a real thing these days or outdated but still parroted like that "said is dead" advice.
Yeah, this is sorta a sign of a beginner writer in my mind. They should be situation appropriate.
I think it's mostly directed at western audiences because most the people giving advice are English speaking and assuming you're writing for an English speaking audience. As I mentioned above, it's the Japanese equivalent would be giving everyone common Japanese names. I don't think it's supposed to be anything about immigrants or foreign names so much as if you've got a group of girls rather than calling them Duchess, Alison, Cassandra and Minerva use more common standard names like Sarah, Anne, Rachel and Mary.
I don't think a name is that important that you have to think readers will like or not like them. 
I've thought some names were funny-sounding or weird, but it doesn't hamper me from cheering them on, or rooting them to a swift demise. The names don't matter. What matters are the characters themselves, at least in my professional opinion.
I do have unusual names for my comic characters, but 1st it has to be pronounce-able. 2nd is to be memorable or regconizable(also fun). And 3rd is to be short. I don't have a character name that has more than 4 syllables.
I'm trying not to go too crazy with the names (and place names etc.) Though I've failed at the first hurdle with Genii (pronounced Gen-Eye in my story). Lol! 
I have names like Gemma, Haden, Erras and Bellah which are quite simple. Even the God's names - Aatma, Ruuma, Varrah etc. aren't too difficult to say (hopefully!?) 
I'm definately cool with unusual names. I also like normal names too of course. My comic's world is a sort of a mix of fantasy and modern world. My main character's name is very unusual and that's because i wanted it like that when I first created him. Then some of my other characters have normal names while monster characters also have unusual names. For me it depends on the character. I have actually had thoughts in the past of renaming Regro but then i decided against that because i can't see him being called anything else.
I don't really care about names, but I think it's good to have some coherency: like if the story takes place in some real non-English country, it would be weird if all characters have English names. It's not something that would bother me, but it would be a nice detail if characters had regional names.
On my side, I like using weird names, but I'm doing a fantasy comic so: my world, my rules my names. At the end I combine real names with invented ones. But if I came up with a new name I try to make it easy to remember.
Currently my only characters whose names have been revealed are Gary and Mike, so I haven't gone crazy yet.
My name constantly gets misspelled. People even put a letter that doesn't even sound like it's in my name >.> Like, why? How the heck did you hear that letter in my name? HOW? I always wonder if they have bionic hearing or something xD
To be honest, I'm far more concerned with making my character names memorable rather than conforming it to my audience's naming traditions. I don't particularly mind if a character is named John Smith or if he's named Sayidh El Machismo the Fourth Twice Removed. Just as long as everyone else in the series repeats it often and emphatically, to help the reader remember. Harry Potter is a fairly non-descript name, but it's memorable precisely because it's literally the title of the book series, and every character in the books refers to him by his full name very often.
"Oh, I'm Harry. Harry Potter."
"Blimey, you're Harry Potter."
"Bless my soul, it's Harry Potter!"
"Ah, Harry Potter. Our newest celebrity."
"Bring me Harry Potter!"
Gee, I wonder who that guy is? Oh he's Harry Potter? Thanks, LITERALLY EVERYONE.
When it comes to my own comic, The Remarkable Rabbit Boy, I try my best to make my character names memorable too:
Instead of trying to conform to naming traditions with my audience, I'm personally a big fan of naming characters based on their "thing". That is to say, the thing that basically defines them as a character. It makes it far easier for readers to remember, since the names end up pretty obvious. I also try to repeat the names as often as I can.
For example:
Rabbit Boy - the titular character. A 12-year-old boy with rabbit ears, who has powerful legs and the ability to jump ridiculously high.
Foxline - a woman with fox ears and a fox tail, with control over the bandages lining her arms.
Hyperion Man - Light City's most powerful hero, he can shoot light beams, and is named after the Greek Titan of Light
Bloodarm - a powerful villain with the power to control blood, who has a massive arm made entirely of blood.
Goliathan - a massive entity that Rabbit Boy thinks is his conscience.
Ms. Pencil - Hyperion Man's secretary, whose hair looks like a pencil eraser.
