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Where are the origins of calling this Beracha "Kiddush" Levana, and what does it mean?

I have seen that Rabbi Yosef Qafih in his commentary to Maimonides’s Guide for the Perplexed (Vol. 2 Chapter 5 note 15) points out that all earlier sources call this blessing either Birkat Hayarech or Birkat Halevana - not Kiddush Levana “as some sects of Israel mistakenly call it”.

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    Does it matter what people call it? How can a conventional name be mistaken?
    – Double AA ♦
    Apr 5 '20 at 12:58
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    Does not make an halachik difference - but I want to know how this conventional name came about!
    – Avi M
    Apr 5 '20 at 13:00

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