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In this case, I think I would let your daughter change her name, since she's consistently requesting it (ie it's not a passing whim) and she has an understandable reason.
We will be finalizing with our 10 year old soon and she surprised us by wanting to change her name. She's going to drop her first name and use her middle name instead. She wants to mark this new start in her life and that makes sense to me.
At the same time, I like that her new name will be her original middle name. It honors who she is, and the name her mom chose for her.
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