[FlingWingFlyer]

The “mutha” needs a kick in the ass for giving him his “dead name” in the first place. It is her friggin’ fault junior is screwed up in the head.

[Verginius Rufus]

When her little girl was born, her mother could not have known that her baby would someday want to pretend to be a boy, so naturally she gave her a girl's name. The "dead name" is the name given at birth.

Of course there are other reasons why a grown person might not like the name he or she was given at birth. If there was only a way for the parents to determine if the baby would later be happy with the name.