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This happened in my family, also, although perhaps not so obviously. My name is Janice, which is a variation of Jane, which is the feminine form of John. I have a half brother named John...we have the same mother, but different fathers. So to make matters worse, John was named after his father, who was my mother's first husband...her first husband's name was also John. So my mother and father named me the feminine form of her first husband's name! Obviously, non-namenerds do not stop to think of these things. I know it would have occurred to me, and I'm not even as much of a namenerd as most of the people here.