Are wacky character names just a Gundam/Tomino trait or are they common in mecha and anime in general?

Allelujah Haptism, Paptimus Scirocco, Chuatury Panlunch, etc are some of the more memorable human character names in Gundam, and it looks like some other iconic mecha have terrible human pilot names as well (Mari Makinami Illustrious from Evangelion). Is this mostly a Gundam trait, or is this just a "Japanese trying to name non-Japanese characters" thing?