Characters for sale

There's this really cool website, kickstarter.com, where people can post their projects and seek funding pledges to support them. I'm putting out a proposal to find a way to help support myself while I finish writing Eagle Scouting. I'm selling characters - actually, their names. People who make a pledge of a certain amount will be able to have a character with their name in the book. No chance of picking whether you want to be a villain or hero, sorry about that. When the project goes live, I will tell the world where to find it and make a pledge.
Naming characters can be very daunting. In my last novel that was particularly problematic since most of the characters were Turkish, so I had to really stretch ---- stretch my arm to the Istanbul metropolitan phone book, that is. When a friend was traveling to Turkey and asked what I wanted her to bring back, she delivered a phone book that was a great help to me.
So, naming. Do names always have to mean something, reveal the hidden nature of the individual or relate to some great historical or mythical character? Not in my book. A name is a name is a name. If you name your baby Rocky, will he grow up to be an interior decorator? Does he even have a chance? If you name your baby Dawn, what happens if she turns out to be a night person, rather than a morning person? Oh, but it's the sunny disposition that comes through the name in that case.
Interesting things, names. If you'd like to see yours appear in my novel, let me know. Of course, remember that nothing in life is free, not even a name.