What's in a name...

So I am reading along in The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, and the names are amazing. First of all, the main character's name is Oedipa Maas. Oedipa is a very unique name, and Maas...more...? What is really interesting is her husband who is trying to avoid a certain look where he would be stereotypical to the point that he is overly sensitive, very overly sensitive...but we call him Mucho, which makes me think of Macho - which he is not. Plus the fact that his name is Mucho Maas...in my most childish understanding of Spanish, his name means "lots more". I know this isn't literal, and that his real name is Wendell Maas, but still this is quite entertaining. And just in case there is anyone out there who is not yet intrigued, in walks the shrink named....wait for it...Dr. Hilarius.