I meant to mention this in the schools post below.

The French school system has re-named Maria.

Her full name is Eva Maria, though we have always called her Maria.

When we went to the town hall to enrol her they insisted she had to be Eva because that is what her documents say comes first.

We thought we would be able to correct this at school. Not so, although - in a special concession, demonstrating the humanity and flexibility of French bureaucracy - they usually call her EvaMaria.

She just thinks she has a home name and a school name.