In the feed back it was stated:

Q: With the launch of 2.0, will we be able to change our character’s gender? Can we change names?

A: Are you sure this is a good idea? Continue to give us feedback on the forums! As for the name, currently it may be too long… If we implement the ability to change names, we may want to reduce the length. We’re still thinking about it, so please give us feedback.

I think a name change would be a great idea since the race we change to might not fit with the name we currently have (e.g. female to male character or from cat to new hyur)