This is not certain: changing to Minicoin (previously an obscure thing nobody ever noticed) *may* possibly cause confusion.
I am not against changing the name, I just don't think it's worth changing if we're going to choose something that's been used before. And to be honest with you MiniCoin is never going to happen. I don't think it's a great name and at least one other poster here doesn't think it's great either, even if we vote on it I highly doubt MiniCoin would win. It is a relevant name connected to the nature of the project, but that doesn't make it a great name.
You are also hearing these tales; perhaps it's time to listen?
Those tales are clearly exaggerations, and even if completely true I have no desire to cater to such imbeciles. Lol. Seriously though it really isn't that hard to explain the name. I just explain it as "Cryptonite with a C instead of a K" and I might go onto further explain "so it starts with crypto as in cryptography". Some people may ask if it's related to Cryptonote or their cryptonight PoW algorithm and the answer is simple: no.