Well, it's either CJ or Jon -- or in some cases, both! smile

Personally, I think authors go with family/friend names because it's easier than coming up with completely new names, and then once something gets popular, people will sort of internalize it as the standard -- fan canon.

PJ
who's only written two NG-type stories; one was a girl named Laura, the other a boy named Adam

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K