A bit late, but I just want to say that your answer don’t make any sens.
I don’t see how being able to specify a name we can more relate to for the MC can lessen anything, on the contrary, if anything it will make us more immersed in the story and transcend the perceived emotions.
Concretely speaking, MC’ name don’t seem to bear any special meaning in the story, so whatever it is shouldn’t change anything.
Technically speaking, it’s very simple to implement, straightforward, and fast to apply this change to any mention his name with a simple regexp replacement (if not just a search and replace all).