Isn't his real name Tom Riddle?(was Precious little to celebrate)

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Marianne:
> Everyone is scared to death of saying Voldemort, which I think 
> lends too much power to him in everyone's mind.  Why, then, didn't 
> DD or the Order or the Ministry simply start calling him Tom 
> Riddle?  It's rather a pleasant name, and not at all scary.  Did 
> they really go through the entire 11 years not knowing his real 
> identity?  


SSSusan:
One of the more interesting theories I've heard about this (and wish 
I could remember whom to credit, darn it) is that DD hasn't revealed 
the connection between Voldy & Tom Riddle because doing so would 
*hurt* someone he cares about.  

The suggestion, IIRC, is that someone -- perhaps even Minerva 
McGonagall -- was married to Tom Riddle, might even have had a 
family, and that some of the WW knows about that marriage, whereas 
very few know that Tom Riddle became Voldy.  So, to broadcast to the 
WW that TR = Voldy might be hurtful to this woman/this family or 
could tarnish their reputation.

Far-fetched, I suppose, but still an intriguing possibility.

Siriusly Snapey Susan