[blueunicorn6]

Everybody hates Bill de Blasio.
Casper The Friendly Ghost said, “I hate the son-of-a-bitch. What kind of man makes up his own name and puts a ‘de’ in it?”

[4Runner]

He was actually born Warren Wilhelm Jr. What’s with the “De Blasio”?

[newfreep]

De Blasio was born Warren Wilhelm, Jr. in Manhattan, the son of Maria (née de Blasio) and Warren Wilhelm.

In 1983, he changed his name to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm, which he described in April 2012: “I started by putting the name into my diploma, and then I hyphenated it legally when I finished NYU, and then, more and more, I realized that was the right identity.”

By the time he appeared on the public stage in 1990, he was using the name Bill de Blasio as he explained he had been called “Bill” or “Billy” in his personal life.[9] He did not legally change over to this new name until 2002, when the discrepancy was noted during an election

[Seaplaner]

It's truly odd that one would make such a name change. Might this be a rational choice? Or, could there be some strange or weird reasoning for change? (Might a psych professional care to comment?)

One would be interested to learn the full story.

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