I want to name my daughter Reina (Lenna from FFV's 'American' name), but it's not cos I have any affiliation with the character, I just like the name very much and it's listed in a baby names book so it's okay! Yeah I wouldn't want to send my kid off to school with a name like Squall or something, poor thing. I named my cat Aeris...and one of my hamsters Selphie (I was 12, okay).
I remember telling someone my name was Tifa (I had just started playing FF7 at the time, I was very young and silly). They cracked up laughing and said "that's a weird name!!" Needless to say I never used FF aliases on holiday again.