I believe people have funny relationship with names and when picking a name we don't necessarily anticipate what this will really mean to the bearer of the name.
My parents gave me (the female half of nomadsfix) a pretty simple french name that was not necessarily popular for kids of my age.
5 years later my sister was born and was given a traditional occitan name (old french-catalan dialect) as a tribute to my grand-parents roots.
Her name was unconventional, while very pretty to most adults, she hated it for most of her childhood, she always had to spell it etc. All until she became an adult and now loves it as it's is unique and special.
On my hand my name while really easy to bear in France and common that I never had to spell it, moving to Australia it became more a struggle...It is a male name in english and not spelt exactly the same, every new person I meet get my name wrong and always expect a male...It is a annoying but it who I am ;-)
Funny story, with both having very French names, people always get our names mixed up (thinking I'm a male and his, is a female name...in english but not in French!)
oh well...Names!
RE: Significance of the NAME.