ACTUALLY,
Oprah's parents or whoever was naming her (or recording her name at birth), I heard was aiming for
Orpah (from the book of
Ruth...
Naomi's other daughter-in-law) and got the p and the r switched around. Thus, she was stuck w/
Oprah rather than
Orpah. However, we've become more accustomed to
Oprah in our society because of how uncommon
Orpah is in our culture and how famous
Oprah is.
*vote on my name pics at
http://www.babynames.com/Names/namelist.php and
http://www.behindthename.com/polls/search.php?searchtype=userid&terms=33210&when=all*