That's a neat way to honour, I think. I don't love the sound, but it you do then that's what matters. Is might be confusing as a first name (mainly because it is close to other more common names), but as a middle names it is totally fine.
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589To peruse my non-name musings:
http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/