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I would rather use Serenity or Peace. Tranquility sounds like a retreat home or something like that.

It's not too bad really. Some people are called Serenity so why not Tranquility?

I think, and hope, that at her age she needn't worry about possible nns.

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Tranquillity (my spelling of choice) is a state worth aspiring to at any age, but as a name it's inconveniently long and clunky, and the amount of explaining it would require will be guaranteed to cause a major tranquillity leak.

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And I can't help thinking about an exchange in one of the Terry Pratchett books:
"You'll need luck."
"That's all right; my middle name is Luck. Mind you, my first name is Bad."

I like the peacefulness of the word and can see the appeal. But I have to admit my first thought was "Tranny for short?"

I’m likely in the minority here, but I think it’s nice. I enjoy the lunar imagery it brings to mind.

I think: diazepam?
Honestly it's a couple shades too flakey for my taste, but it's not so bad, in terms of the sound and concept being namey.
I half-think that Equanimity would make a neat name. Middle name ... for someone, not myself.

Have eagles landed on her?
It's like a Central Casting's go-to name for weird yoga instructor, vegetarian, crystal-gazing, tree-conversing character.

To each his own I guess, it kind of sounds like the funky aunt to Serenity

I think it would suit the right kind of person: someone who is deeply peaceful, considerate, and balanced. If you could use tranquil as an adjective for such a person then Tranquility would fit as a name. It also makes sense for her age — “hippie” word names like this saw some use in the 1950s and 1960s, which fits her generation. TBH I totally love it.

It could go two ways. The first is that she's a really obnoxious upper-middle-class hippie who believes everything new age or she's just someone who has a interesting sense of self, maybe had an interesting life and is self-assured