I'm guessing he wanted something approachable for a young child or maybe wanted her to play Wind Waker specifically, since he did sorta went out of his way to do this
A while back, my friend sent me an article about how a dad changed the pronouns and references of Link being a boy to a girl in Wind Waker through dolphin, for his daughter. Here's the article if you wanna see it:
https://kotaku.com/father-hacks-zelda-for-his-daughter-makes-link-a-girl-5958918...