Debby
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I agree. I grew up with a bunch of folks from Laos. Many of them have 2 names. The name they were born with in Laos...and their American name. I believe that both were still legal names, like this article mentions. A lot of them retain the surname they were born with while adopting an Americanized first name.
A lot of these folks went through some traumatic circumstances to get here. If they want to have 2 names, in effort to hold on to their cultures, I have no issue with that.