"We once had a girl with a very unique name, Heidegger. As a big fan of German philosophy, I thought her name was great! Looked forward to discussing being and nothingness with her. But she changed it to Honey, even though we had two other Honeys here."

Keeping natural names will also help strengthen family ties, he adds.

We interviewed the former Heidegger who says: "I didn’t want to deal with the social stigma of having an intimidating and individualistic name.

"Once inside here, I wanted to be the same as all the other girls. Plus, if a customer can’t pronounce your name, he will be less likely to tip you."

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