No one should lose names or guilds until they reach the name loss policy time period.
Connected Realms are smart mergers that will help low pop realms if they connect a bunch of them— without people losing anything.
That’s great for new names and I have always advocated for the option of one space, hyphen or apostrophe. But does nothing for those you’d force to name change.
I’m on a low pop RP realm. I’m CRZ’d with only RP realms. So I actually end up seeing a lot of the same people. It’s a great experience, too. Very nice people and always helpful.