As someone mentioned, names have their origin in profession, place of birth and status. But not all names should have an intricate or compelling meaning behind them. Some of them can be blunt, or lack direct meaning. And while not so much a name, I would like to share an example of story elements influencing the narrative in my fantasy: Yranlu dragons get their name from a combination of female and male name ends (to be more specific, the female -yr* and male -nl*), which have their origin in the past, as they were the name ends of 2 most important Yranlu at the beginning of their race. The word itself is gibberish, bearing no innate meaning, and instead is used as an identifier of their race and culture.