ABSTRACT
In the family genealogical tree, each name is both a root and a new shoot that springs from the soil of the ancestors and reappears in the verdure of the leaves of new generations. The name has a pre-forming and inductive effect on this identity, the necessary basis of his identity. When a psychopathological symptom is produced in childhood, the name may acquire particular value. The modality and frequency of psychological assistance depends on the demand and type of relationship that can be created. The child inaugurates a sketched-out subjectivity at the moment this fantasy is materialized in a name. The parents' expectations—of which the name assigned the child is in part a depositary—cannot avoid having a violence of meaning, since the child is attributed a name that precedes his own subjectivity. As soon as parental fantasms find anchorage in the child's name or names, even before his birth, they draw an indelible sketch of his subjectivity.
