Does this name feel right?

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I need some advice on a character I named almost a year ago (yep, I’ve been working on this story forever). This is what I picture her to look like: http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a607/sweeterreads/5GloryWalters43_zps45224304.jpg. She is in her late 40’s. She’s a doctor. Looks wise she is professional, but underneath she is fun and sort of a wild child. She is the type that would head to the beach at night for a quick dip in the nude. She can fly planes, she’s sky dived, rock climbed. As a doctor she’s gifted and has a great bedside manner. In the story she’s dealing with some moral issues. She just helped her best friend end her life after a long battle with cancer. [name]Even[/name] though it’s what her friend wanted, now she finds herself questioning everything about herself and her career. Within the story she’s mixed up with a group of people who are all looking to her for guideance and advice. she knows she’s a born leader and she wants to help, but at the same time she doesn’t feel she’s in any position to help anybody, And what would they think if they knew the truth about her?

I named her [name]Glory[/name] Walters. I’m not really having doubts on the name, I just want to make sure it feels right, not too made-up. If anyone is not feeling the name, I’d willing to hear other suggestions.

Thank you.

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When you give a character a name like [name]Glory[/name], it automatically makes it feel like an allegory. The name should feel plausible but not try to steal the spotlight. [name]Gloria[/name] is a generation too advanced for someone born in the late 60s. Why not tweak it slightly to [name]Laurie[/name]? [name]Laurie[/name] Walters is a nice name, definitely professional enough but has a skinny-dipping edge. Not too buttoned up.

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[name]Gloria[/name] nn [name]Glory[/name] could work if you put in a line about how she was named after an aunt, or something. Yes, it’s not your typical late-60s name, but then again people use seemingly dated names for babies all the time, quite often to honour people, so it’s not completely implausible.

I agree with [name]Blade[/name] in that it does feel like an allegory, and that [name]Laurie[/name] Walters is a nice tweak, if you felt you didn’t want to use [name]Glory[/name] any more.

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Thanks for the advice. I’m gonna sit this character on the back burner for a few weeks and think on it somemore.