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No, it isn't: but the om mani padme hum mantra is pretty well known world-wide. And anyone wanting a flower name for a daughter might like the idea of 'lotus' but be deterred because it ends in -us rather than -a! I'm not familiar with the character, but if the name fits, then that is surely evidence.

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Lucas might not have consciously sat down and played with the spelling of his friends' names until he found one he liked; but that doesn't prevent his subconscious mind from coming up with Anakin based on a familiar name. He may well not even realise it had happened.