Does your name mean you exist?

Do we exist without a name? All of the documents that say we exist according to the U.S. government have our name on them: birth certificate, social security card, and passport. If we don't have a name for something we make one up and it exists. According to Owen, "We name a thing and- bang! it leaps into existence!" (p 56) I think this is an interesting concept to consider. If we did not have names for such things as a telephone or bookshelf it would be extremely difficult to communicate with others what we mean. Also without being named do these objects not exist? In the context of Translations the names of the cities in Gaelic exist to the people of Ireland but do not exist to the English till they can be translated or changed into something similar to their language. They obviously never stop existing but the history behind them will be lost with the English translation such as the story Owen told about the well. I think when renaming people or places you lose a history or story behind the name. For instance, many people have family names that give people a sense of history. Also, I live in Chicago and that name has so much meaning and history to me and I think if the name was changed today it would not be the same. I think without our names for certain things it would drastically change the meaning and the importance may be lost.