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Originally Posted by kuroisaiyajin
Completely understood, as that's one of the first things I learned about kanji, but I have heard of kanji that are reserved for names only, which have no meanings. I can read some common last name kanji like 山田 and 太郎, and know that each kanji has it's separate meaning, and possibly another meaning while conjoined that I may not be aware of. I think my kanji jisho has a separate section for name-only kanji, but it's been out of use for so long I can't find it.
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You are talking about a very gray zone, of which I should concede to a native speaker. However, there are kanji that you see mostly in names, and not in non-name usage, but that is far from a majority of the kanji learning you shoud do.