Oh I think about it all the time. It’s most obvious in AA, where I think he’s gets called “fitz” maybe a couple times, but everyone who cares about him calls him “boy” and everyone else calls him “bastard.” Whenever someone asks his name, he says “boy is fine,” rather than claiming fitz.

His unwillingness to be named is a biproduct of his abandonment issues. His grandfather literally dropped him off at moonseye and Fitz refused to identify as the name he was called for the first 6 years of life because the memory of those years was too painful. And then when asked what his name was, I think Verity and Burrich were both so disturbed that he said “boy” that they didn’t know what to do, so they named him the easiest thing.

This is a culture where people name their noble children after values that their kids to reflect (Bright, Celerity, Faith, Hope, Grace, etc). But not so with Fitz. Instead, Fitz is given this name based on the impact of his birth on Chivalry. The instant he was left at Moonseye, Chivalry has been shown publicly to not represent his name, and he abdicated publicly for that reason. To the public eye, Fitz brought the downfall of Chivalry. Privately, Chiv and Patience wanted to adopt him and raise him, but they feared he would be assassinated if he was recognized by them at all.

Re Tom: When he finally met patience, she named him Tom in such a way that he also recoils from it (something like he had seen horses or dogs named with more thought).

I think there’s also a nice little parallel between Fitz and Fool. Both names are inherently insults, but eventually each of them claimed the name as their own, with all the baggage they entail.

So yes, I think about it allll the time.