I've read all kinds of unsubstantiated accounts of certain indigenous American tribes that do this in some variation. it's a very common trope in fantasy literature too. also de facto happens in internet culture when adolescents start choosing pseudonym handles.
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What is a handle, Alex?
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Medieval Japanese nobility did literally that. http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/names.html …pic.twitter.com/gUjsFwStpW
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We gave our kids a lot of names, to broaden their choice of what to call themselves. Seems to be working out.
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What if you got to choose at 18?
End of conversation
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*looks at AOL Instant Messenger SN's* I'm not sure any of us would have been happy later in life...
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Having power over something confers label rights in most Western cultures.
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My wife and I can't decide which of our last names to give our child and are considering making the thing pick for themselves on their 10th birthday
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Funny I haven thinking this same thing lately. “What would you name yourself?“ is a provocative question.
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