I HAVE never been impressed by the musings of Juliet, the girl character in Shakespeare’s famous play. She would say that a name has no influence. She was sure that a flower would still be fragrant even if it were not called “rose.” “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.”

Juliet, who was in love with Romeo, failed to see that names have different genealogies an