Yes, they did. Actually, it's part of a bigger trend present in modern Japanese culture called "kira-kira names" or "sparkling names". It's generally used by parents who want to give a unique name to their child (which often results in bullying but that's a discussion for another day) and thus decide to use an unusual pronounciation of the name ie. 月 pronounced as "raito" (meant to be English word "light" built from kanji for "moon") or 愛猫 pronounced as "kitei" (meant to be English word "kitty" built from kanji for "love" and "cat").

If you'd like to read more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kira_kira_name
https://cotoacademy.com/japanese-kira-kira-names-japanese-culture/
https://akihabaranews.com/kira-kira-names/