I decided that not only was it futile, after a lifetime of going by one name, to convince people to call me something else, or know me by another name, but it is also arrogant to try and manipulate those names which have been given to me by people who love me. And furthermore, how insulting and appalling it was, for me to say that I didn't like the name I was given, in fact being baptized with that name, would be a repudiation of not only my parents, but my mother church and her authority to accept the name which my parents proposed at that time.
In this case, I do not care why he had changed his name, I read the beginning of the article and it did not explain why this is something that needs discussion, and stopped reading when it just stated his birth name.
Posting an article from Nov which is itself an edit from even older on HN now on the other hand is likely just attempting propaganda.
Or is it more common to change one’s name and then some of them become famous ?
Other reason is for branding. Names matter. Trump is more brandable in America than Drumpf.
They are also common at the other end of the spectrum as well, as people get married and divorced and families adopt, plus all the nicknames people use in life.
keepamovin•8mo ago