User blog comment:Sprinklemist/Admin Post - Canon Name Usage/@comment-3350823-20111102220416/@comment-1874924-20111103000720

No, different spellings aren't a problem. Frank's Heather is a special case, and has already been discussed; but as far as I'm concerned, it's fine for the reasons you cite: it's important to the story, and he has an identifier on the character page, so he's not "squatting" on a canon name.