I like this too!
Tom Pynchon is an interesting example of an author who uses names in some of the ways described here. Some are apt at a pretty basic, even punny level (Geli Tripping, Tyrone Slothrop, “Mucho” Maas); some are evocative of the character’s nature in a more vague, poetic way (Colonel Tchitcherine, Captain Blicero, Brigadier Pudding); and some seem to be just for fun (Dr. Porkyeovitch, “Pig” Bodine).
Not to mention Richard M. Zhlubb.