It is states that make the naming of humans possible

It is states that make the naming of humans possible. A human’s name may have been created by language, but without a state to grant and warrant it each time the specific individual it refers to interacts with another, it would be unusable. A name is granted to any newborn human in accordance with a state’s regulations, both in terms of content (choice of name) and in terms of procedure. Name-giving, although usually a small-circle ceremony, is necessarily followed by (some type of) registration of that name with the individual’s state; it is through registration that the name actually comes into existence, with immaterial information thus materialised in the analogue world.

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