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It is not unusual for an unvoiced |ch| to be corrupted to a voiced |j| sound. There is further support in that Chauncey is a variation of Chance, which rhymes with the |Jance| part of the name. |-y| in both cases would likely be the familiar/diminutive form of the names.

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In naming cultures that are based, primarily, on euphony, there is no compulsion to maintain spelling and pronunciation standards.

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See LATHAN for a more extreme example.

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Admittedly, it IS a SWAG.* Feel free to offer other/better ideas...

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*Scientific, Wildly Assumptive Guess...

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"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4

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JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph

This message was edited 8/31/2014, 7:47 PM