In a message dated 98-06-29 14:43:35 EDT, you write: > * Leota is the 1,216th most popular female first name in the United States; > frequency is 0.006%; percentile is 83.369 [SourceCBN] > * Leota is the 40,115th most popular last name (surname) in the United > States; frequency is 0.000%; percentile is 84.123 [SourceCBN] Amy, I guess the point being it can be a given name and it can be a surname. In any event it is not a very popular one--given name OR surname. So it could be argued that there might be some indication that it was being repeated among related family members--possibly a clue but not proof of anything. Joan