Well when I was a kid I always used all 3 files. Just in case I ran across something I may have missed, I could log into my Link "master account" and pick it back up. And the names were always J.W. (my nickname as a kid) Link, and yes, Zelda. But one time I named a file Gannon.
I named him 'slave' once, but I don't think that qualifies as goofy.
I also have this tendency to name Link after random anime characters. I just started up a new Wind Waker file the other day because I was bored and named Link "Shizuo".