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In Brotherhood (canon), Hohenheim was originally just known as "23" or "Slave
No. 23" but yet after Xerxes his name became Van Hohenheim.

I'm wondering if there is an in-universe canon explanation of how/when Van
Hohenheim changed his name from 23/Slave No. 23 and where he got the name from
(I'm not talking about the origin of his name from the [writers
perspective](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/3723/1587))


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How/when did Van Hohenheim change his name?


I do not know if this was covered in Brotherhood, but in the manga the name
Van Hohenheim was given to slave 23 by

> the homunculus Dwarf in the Flask (that later become known as Father) when
> they first met. Also, the naming didn't have any grand significance. The
> Dwarf in the Flask just didn't want to keep calling him by a number, so it
> gifted him a name as thanks for being part of his birth. (His blood was used
> to bring it to life.)

This happened in episode 40, or chapter 74 in the manga.

Fun fact, Hohenheim was first going to be called Theophrastus Bombastus Van
Hohenheim, but the name was too long for him to remember, so a shorter version
was chosen.

As I understand it (and as confirmed by the comments), Brotherhood did not
change or omit this part compared to the manga.


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