Anyone else find the 'calling myself' expression in Romance languages a little funny?

E.g. French for what's your name is 'How do you call yourself?' (same for Spanish and Italian).

You did not name yourself (unless you changed your birth name), and you don't call yourself (other people call you). Always struck me as a little odd how that became the most natural way to ask that question.

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