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in reply to a message by Mrs Claire
Well spotted! That's very interesting ... the only one I've ever seen was Enola of Enola Gay; which I imagine would make it pretty rare today, on two counts.
If they were all German-speaking, there wouldn't be a real difference in pronunciation between Enola and Enole; I've known people to perpetuate a spelling mistake when naming their children, most notably a man whose own name had been incorrectly entered at birth as Phillipus. He insisted on naming his son Phillipus instead of Philippus, though his daughter (who was a classicist) did her best to change his mind. But he said that if he used a different spelling, the baby wouldn't really be named after him!
If they were all German-speaking, there wouldn't be a real difference in pronunciation between Enola and Enole; I've known people to perpetuate a spelling mistake when naming their children, most notably a man whose own name had been incorrectly entered at birth as Phillipus. He insisted on naming his son Phillipus instead of Philippus, though his daughter (who was a classicist) did her best to change his mind. But he said that if he used a different spelling, the baby wouldn't really be named after him!
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