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Trying to give a larger picture: Naming babies after weapons is not unusual both over time and across cultures. Many of the Germanic name elements relate to war and fight, e.g, ag, bald, brand, hadu, helm, hiltja, ger, gund, lind, and kuon. In Arabic, we find names like Saif al-Islam or Saif al-Din. So I think it is no surprise that modern parents use the names of modern weapons. I have heard that Javalin and Bayraktar were used as given names in Ukraine, Alizee is now popular in France (originally the name of a wind, than a weapon).