Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

That was the reason I thought of at first, but then when I paid more attention I noticed that the pattern continued even in contexts where there was no ambiguity (which, yeah, could've been habit/inertia, but was still less excusable), and started seeing the pattern elsewhere, which reinforced my idea that it is a pattern (but alas I don't think I took notes on exactly what I was noticing, unless I posted a blog comment about it at the time).

I remember hearing the Bush secretary of state referred to as "Condi" more often than "Rice" ... but on the other hand, I never hear Justice Ginsberg referred to as merely "Ruth".