Naming children after your fictional characters

[mercae-killar.livejournal.com]

I have 2 children.
A Little boy Named Rian Edward (Rian being the celtic spelling and Edward being for My Grandfather)

And a little girl named Kera Pearl (Pearl being for my great Aunt and mother)
The name Kera was chosen since it was also Celtic.

At some point after I named her I realised something.

I have been writing a story for several years now (working on the logistics and character development and all that cool stuff.)
One of the Characters' names was Kara (which when my cousin heard my daughter's name asked me did i name her after said character) I since changed the character's name (it is now Ming Na)

Now With the impending arrival of my 3rd child I am sorely tempted to name him or her (mostly if it's a girl) after another character (though that wasnt my plan with Kera)

The name could be
Tynan
or Jettanna
(both female)

Is this a terrible thing?
will people look at my comic one day and think i named the characters after my Children?

This has just been on my mind, and thought i would Mention it (and maybe someone else can make use of the names :)

Comments

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i don't think the fact that you're naming them after your own characters is a terrible thing. it's natural for us to pick names we're drawn to when writing a piece of fiction. i think tynan is okay, but i'm not too fond of jettanna.

[heyitsrebecca.livejournal.com]

It's not a terrible thing to name a child after a character.
However, it would be terrible to use either name you have in mind.

I knew a guy named Avin, after a character in his dad's story. He wore it well.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_xasphyxiax_/]

I think it's a great idea to be named after a character in a story your parent is writing is almost like a great honor actually. If you like the names then go for it!

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's wrong to name a kid after a character (unless the character is, like, a terrorist who rapes puppies), but I don't really like either Tynan or Jettanna.