Add clones of GameObject, with changed names, to a List

Unity Engine
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I have a number of GameObjects on the scene and I would like to Clone these and change name/tag and then add them to a List to be used later.

The problem i have is that when i change the name/tag it changes it on the prefab itself unless i instantiate it with another GameObject first. It will have “(Clone)” added to the name. I do not want to Instantiate until later.

So here is the code i am testing on:

for (int q = 0; q < flipContainer_List.Count; q = q + 6) {
         
            // Load and add the new object
            if (flipContainer_List [q].LastIndexOf ("B") == -1) { // Load front
             
                string str_theTag = "";

                str_theTag = flipContainer_List [q].Substring (1);
             
                dummyGO = Resources.Load (str_theTag) as GameObject;

//                dummyGO.name = "_" + flipContainer_List [q];
//                dummyGO.tag = "_" + flipContainer_List [q];
                float orgX = float.Parse (flipContainer_List [q + 1]);
                float orgY = float.Parse (flipContainer_List [q + 2]);
                float orgZ = float.Parse (flipContainer_List [q + 3]);
                float orgTWIST = float.Parse (flipContainer_List [q + 4]);
                int orgSortOrder = int.Parse (flipContainer_List [q + 5]);
             
                dummyGO.transform.position = new Vector3 (orgX, orgY, orgZ);
                dummyGO.transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3 (0f, 0f, orgTWIST);

                flip_GO_List.Add (dummyGO);
             
             
            }
        }

flipContainer_List contains of six properties where index = 0 is the name.
The new name & tag should have a “_” in front of the name, tags exists in the list.

How would i go about to add clones of existing GameObjects, change tag and name and then Instantiate it later?

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You’d have to store the desired name somewhere besides the gameObject.name field I guess.

Why can’t you just instantiate the objects immediately and deactivate them until they’re needed?