Star Wars names...

[neotoma]

Given that political practice on Naboo involves the Queen using a name for her reign that is not her personal or family name, do we think Palpatine's name is likewise a regnal name?

And do Jedi rename the children given to them? I'm wondering where Obi-Wan came up with "Ben", and I have a sneaking suspicion that it was the name he was given at birth.

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[tricksterquinn.livejournal.com]

I, personally, suspect "Palpatine" was a regnal name.

The other possibility for Obi-Wan becoming Ben is... well, little kids sometimes have trouble with certain sounds. What if, when he was young, he had trouble with the "w"? Him saying his own name would become "Obi-an", and that is not a far stretch to "Ben", pronounciation-wise.
Yes, that theory draws a lot on a book I once read wherein the character runs away from home and renames herself Meanne, from Anastacia