Date: 2008-05-12 01:20 am (UTC)
I wonder how many of those mispellings are not deliberate misspellings but rather due to non-English speakers wanting to choose an English name and not knowing how to spell it. Both Alivia and Emely, for instance, are how you'd spell Olivia and Emily if you spoke Spanish and had only heard the name, not seen it written out. We actually have a few Emelys at our hospital whose parents are Hispanic and don't speak much or any English. When I used to work in OBGYN clinics and Labor and Delivery I would sometimes get parents asking me how X or Y name was suppose to be spelled. I don't know if would account for how high on the list they are, though. Just thinking out loud, as it were.
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