Folder changed to blank name randomly?

I was on my 2011 Macbook Pro running Yosemite today. Noticed I had a folder on the desktop with no name. I opened the folder to see that it was my "Pics" folder with various family pictures. I edited info and renamed. Anyone know how the folder name erased and was just blank? Thanks in advance.

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