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How would it not be a real name? Names are not like ghost words, which appear in dictionaries or print as typos, spelling errors or deliberate fakes — if even one person bears the name, it's a real name. "Not a real name" only applies to obscure historical figures with no namesakes whose actual name was not that used by the historian, and even then you can argue that unless it's a misinterpretation of an honorific or rank (quite a lot of historic names were not actually names, but originally titles or ranks of people whose names were not recorded, e.g. "Queen" [Candace] "Tribune" [Triffyn]), it's still a real name, even if it's not the one used primarily in their lifetime.

This message was edited 3/22/2023, 2:05 PM

Most likely it’s a variant of Aleta, which is likely a variant of Alethea. Both of those names enjoyed a brief spike in popularity at the point Oleta Adams was born (1953.)