Okay, having finally caught up to this monster thread (but not yet the other one split from here), I shall proffer my observations/preferences.
1) Let me state at the outset I am not in favor of the Merge. I like the status quo, except that I agree that COI la BRIVLA should be the preferred usage when referring to someone named BRIVLA, rather than an actual instance of the BRIVLA.
2) I think Bob, on the other hand, is way too draconian in his pronouncements. la broda is fully a moniker as la brodan. is, and has the addition of having actual meaning attached. I expect that he is too culturally American in this regard, and just thinks of all names as simply a string of phonemes,since we imported them from many many cultures. It's unlikely that an American who names their kid even things like Daisy, Rose, or Pearl is really reflecting about the meanings of the names. However that's not always true -- Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple, for example. My fourth son, Yehuda Chaim Mendel, has a first name that we particularly chose for its meaning -- thankfulness, unlike his middle names, which while they have meanings, were chosen for other reasons. And of course, many other cultures besides the Native Americans use meaningful names. Besides Hebrew, Chinese comes to mind. (btw, the only US President that was given the oath of office by his nickname was Jimmy Carter). There is no reason to denigrate brivla names.
--gejyspa