opinions on naming your baby after an anime character?

hi all!

I'm expecting a baby girl in july 2022 and recently my husband and I finally agreed on a name! Zoey was one of his top choices, he recently started watching AOT and I've been an avid fan of the anime since the first season was released while I was in college. I mentioned to him that one of the scouts commander's full name is hange zoë. he really liked hange as a middle name too so we settled for zoë hanji (I think this was her former translated name). while I'm really happy we finally agreed on a name, I sorta feel conflicted about naming my daughter after an anime character? is it because it's not a very common thing to do? lmk your thoughts!!

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