What is in a name

A name somehow gives us value and worth.  We enjoy the sound of our name.  It relaxes us as it enhances our feeling of self-worth.  In the Torah's way of counting, we want to bring out and accentuate individual uniqueness and specialty.  A census will normally achieve just the opposite effect.  We will eclipse the individual!  How does God ensure that the census generate respect and individual worth rather than shrinking every person into a number? 
Moses must meet everyone.  They must all report to him personally.  Direct contact.  He recognizes people by their name, their family, cousins and friends.  The name which is a symbol of their individualistic nature is written on the form and not a number.  Indeed, even in modern language, a "good name" is more than the name one is given at birth.  A "name" represents a reputation, an assessment of character and worth.

"A person has three names.  One is given by his parents at birth.  The other is what his acquaintances and community call him.  The third name is the name a person earns through his own effort" (Midrash Tanchuma - Vayakhel).
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