No matter how “odd” you think a name is, remember that there may be others with a very similar name. I have an uncle born in Germany in the 1850s whose name was Tamme Focken Tammen. He has first and second cousins named Tamme C. Tammen, Tamme Focken Tammen, Focke Tammen Tammen, etc. They were born at approximately the same time and in some cases settled in close proximity to each other and can be very easy to confuse. What you think is rare may not be.
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