Best Chinese Names - typos or not?

[edelweis]

The book "Best Chinese Names" gives examples of sibling's names that form a word or phrase when put together.

For instance:

刘阳春 刘白雪 （阳春白雪）
刘安家 刘立业 （安家立业）

But oddly enough, in these two examples, the characters don't match:

李仁重 李道远 （任重道远）
赵锦秀 赵河山 （锦绣河山）

 

Are these typos, or is it common for the characters to be altered when creating names for children this way?

[happy_hyaena]

According to my popup dictionary, the first one is a qyote from the Analects.

 

[edelweis]

Yes, the words or phrases seem to be correctly written, but why do the names have different characters?

Here is another one:

杨天平 杨之平 杨娇平 （天之骄）

Would it be odd to have 骄 in a name, so people would replace it with 娇, or is it just a typo?

 

[陳德聰]

1 hour ago, edelweis said:

Would it be odd to have 骄 in a name, so people would replace it with 娇, or is it just a typo?

Not typos. Some characters are better for names than others, but despite the substitution, the allusion remains intact.

[edelweis]

10 hours ago, 陳德聰 said:

despite the substitution, the allusion remains intact.

Thanks for clearing that up