There had been a fairly recent move to erase the memories of turned vampyre because the dead name or dead life became such an issue. Whether it was because the vampyre wanted to feed on family members, ran out of money, could not find a job without a history, or simply missed their family, you can imagine how the family or friends would react seeing a relative that they thought was dead.

The practice of renaming after an initiation or transformation was later adopted by humans–Catholics in Confirmation, newly initiated human witches, and transgender humans.