What is the にはな used for in the following sentence?

Question

「僕にはな、ちゃんとした名前が……」

Is the above にはな made from the に+は particles with a ない (omitted い), or is it something else entirely?

Context provided below if it will help in solving the above issue.

Character A:「変な呼び方しないでくれよ！」

僕はいい加減苛立ちを抑えきれず、そう怒鳴りつけてしまった。

Character A:「僕にはな、ちゃんとした名前が……」

Since a good answer has already been posted by @Chocolate, I will say this here. 「僕には**な**、ちゃんとした名前が……」 and 「僕には**ない**、ちゃんとした名前が……」 mean completely opposite things. Former means "I have a proper name." and the latter, "I don't have a proper name." 「ない」 cannot be shortened to 「な」 like that. — , Oct 14 '19 at 02:08

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '19 at 02:00

僕にはな、ちゃんとした名前が...

The な is a particle. It's used as a filler here.

This person is trying to say something like:

僕には(な)、ちゃんとした名前がある(んだ)。

XXに(は)YYがある means "There's YY in XX" / "XX has YY".

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