Is it? In my defence, I've never used the name before in any of my projects. I also just went with the first name I could think of that seemed old-timey enough without being stodgy. I was also tempted to make some sort of pun related to "Thomas Was Alone" to name the game but I couldn't think of one.
Bitsy has built-in support for audio but it has technical limitations that can be irritating for players and it's also very jarring chiptune, which is great for some games but wasn't appropriate for this one. I had intended to compose something separately so that there would be an ambient background theme but I didn't have time, nor have I tested the hack you have to use to get it to work and that would have been asking for trouble. So, sadly, no audio. Plus, as you note, the quiet does work for this game.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story though.