Well here's another possibility: At the time of creation, I thought you'd enter an account name first, which other users wouldn't see, and theeeen create a character.
Needless to say I'm looking forward to being able getting a proper name for all those scripts working with account names rather than the displayed name 😅
Edit (premature post, failed to handle a tablet) A question though~ I get the impression that old surnames won't be available to pick... Is that true? If so: Whyyyyyy? 🙁 I need my darling's name, but it's probably ancient (She's been here for over 11 years)!