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Glad you could solve your problem! Of course, as names become more popular that kind of ignorance becomes less frequent; but it can be a long wait sometimes.

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Micheal (even typing it is painful!) is a very frequent spelling error; I think people are trying for what they perceive as convincing phonics. And I knew a girl whose father was Phillipus. In their community the first son was named after his father, so when she got a baby brother he was going to be Phillipus too. She and some of her aunts begged the proud father to make it Philippus, and he dithered about it but finally decided that it couldn't be done "because then he wouldn't be named after me"! Young Phillipus goes happily by Flip, so he hasn't let it get him down, but nor does he intend to use the 2L1P version on any child of his!