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Even in IRL religion, names have a lot of power. In the Bible, God mentions his own name many times-
Exodus 3
Here God is explaining the meaning of His name to Moses and tells Moses His name- YHWH (rendered in most translations as "The LORD" due to ancient taboos around the Name) and Jewish and Christian lore state that pronouncing this name can grant great power. Jewish folklore states that Moses parted the Red Sea by saying an extended version of God's name, and even today most Christians don't even know that God has a name other than "God" because of taboos around saying it.
Another example of this is Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten who tried to get the Egyptians to worship only one good. The priests and pharaohs after him went to great lengths to erase his name