People called Maria do not usually say ‘Call me Maria.’ They say ‘My name is Maria.’ To say ‘Call me X’ is generally a request to be called by a nickname, as in ‘My real name is Algernon Digby-Stuart, but you can call me Lulu.’ One normally does this for the convenience of others. It would sound strange to say ‘My real name is Doris, but you can call me Quentin Clarence Esterhazy the Third.’

Terry Eagleton, How to Read Literature (2013)