I've done this a bunch, especially with last names. Virgin from the Thirst Games was named Mary Pucelle, named after the Virgin Mary and Joan of Arc (Pucelle was the pseudo-surname Joan used which meant "the virginly maid"). Bully from that story was named Ivanna, after Ivan Drago. Sophie Vos from Sophie Digitally Naked in School had the surname Vos which means fox. This was done because she's sly, and also because much of her story resembled Kitsune fox spirit lore (using a clever-yet-flimsy disguise in public with a flair for the dramatic, the disguise known for its excessive decoration). Jessica Joel from Passion of Jessica Christ has a surname which means "God is the Lord".edithdick wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:41 am Similar topic, how do you all feel about using clever character names that describe some aspects of the character?
I've also done names that only made sense to me and nobody else. Alexandra Glinka from Alexandra vs Santa Claus was named as a variation of the word Gilded, or covered in gold. I just tweaked it to sound more Russian. The Lingle family in Playville (the free-the-body nudity-loving hippie parents and their shy son) were named as a hybrid of "little" and "dangle" because of their weird obsession with getting their small son naked to make him less introverted. Maa'Gryph the Leprechaun was named as a variation of Mad Gryphon, which was the name of a leprechaun character I used elsewhere a long long time ago. I probably have more that I don't remember offhand.
Also for my April Fools story, the characters were named Rick and Ashley, which was foreshadowing the ending being a Rick Roll.