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To be sure, in one sense the names are different, as the free woman has the name in her own right as a legal person and the slave has the name in virtue of her master's right, to put it on her if he pleases, like an ankle ring or collar. - (Vagabonds of Gor, Chapter 1, Sentence #147)

Indeed, many masters find this gratifying, as it suggests that one now has in one's collar what was once a lady, but is now become only a needful, placatory slave hoping to please her master. Free women, it might be noted, in passing, however, usually object to such names for slaves, as it seems, in their view, that such lovely names should be reserved for those of their own status. For example, a free woman named, say, 'Ariadne' or 'Philomela', would not be pleased to encounter, or be served by, a slave with the same name. To be sure, in one sense the names are different, as the free woman has the name in her own right as a legal person and the slave has the name in virtue of her master's right, to put it on her if he pleases, like an ankle ring or collar. My own preference in these matters is to favor, on the whole, like most Goreans, simpler, shorter names for slaves, names which, like the collar, help to remind them that they are slaves. Such names seem more appropriate for them, and, interestingly, the slaves themselves often favor such names. They think them suitable, and respond well to them. - (Vagabonds of Gor, Chapter 1)