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Something i just remembered from my Latin classes in school: a large amount of women's names in ancient rome were ailments and negatively viewed attributes transformed into a Name; that's why Lena is "lazy". Another one is "Claudia" which means "The one walking with a limp". So i would advise you to ignore these things - noone has thought about them outside of latin freaks for the last centuries.
Why did the Romans name their children after the sick?
I don't know - but i know my latin teacher was able to rattle down a list of around 20 very common names which all had something to do with ailments. Monty Python even used this fact (and the one that male names often had positive meaning) it in "Life of Brian" - the scene with "Biggus Dickus and Incontinentia" (in german he's "Schwanzus Longus") hits harder if you know these facts lol
Apparently, they wanted to ward off jealous folks with horrible names.