Aunt wants niece to change her name, adoptive mom's not having it: 'She was being ridiculous'
Names are a dime a dozen, and—a bit like an ileum… everyone has one. The first time in your life that you meet another kid with the same name as you is also the first time you realize that you're quite as special as mommy says you are… You're just one in a sea of hundreds of thousands with the same name as you. Heck, as you get older and learn how to search your name on Google, you realize that you aren't even the only one around with the same first and last name combination—queue a lifelong feeling of existential dread.
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Still, there will be those who seek to gatekeep even the most common names. And if you're picking the most popular name around, don't expect your kid to rock up to preschool without a little bewilderment. Just imagine all the boys that will be starting preschool in the next few years with a name that shortens to “Theo.” It's going to be impossible for their teachers to differentiate them.
The point is this: You can't gatekeep names, especially when they occur convergently and telling someone what they should rename themselves to is plain old wrong, especially when that person has just been orphaned.
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