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I have a personal reason for liking this name. Years ago while I was in graduate school at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor I met Wystan Stevens, who was the unofficial "historian of Ann Arbor". He had been named after W. H. Auden because his parents were good friends of Auden's during the years 1941 and 1942 when Auden taught at the University of Michigan. Wystan Stevens was a fascinating person. Unfortunately, he died in 2015. But here is a video of him conducting a tour of a cemetery in Ann Arbor:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBihhViixMw