Yeah, although I choose my character names by etymology or having a long scroll through the naming list. And man, I often can't take the character seriously it's like I'm numb to these names in particular.
Same, I find it kind of weird to be honest, even if I were to create character sheets, I'm just drawing the line at briographies, and their professions, the rest I like to leave it up to the reader to decide.
I agree actually, my characters do have a very strong support network, and even for characters with less than stellar backstories, I never leave them completely alone. It's just unrealistic and well, it would make them really antisocial, with humungous trust issues and also a complete lack of willingness to accept help. Or they are likely to be absolute martyrs. And probably because I've seen enough of it that I don't want to write it.
Although they have their traumas and they have lost their parents but their parents have been around in their lives up until their teenaged years and they are in a loving stable home till then, but they have a lot of other people supporting them and they are the furthest thing from being abused and all that. In fact, I just let them be regular young adults who are probably most likely definitely creating their own problems and committing their own mistakes.