Interesting

I picked up a Freud book at the library and the first part was about forgetting names. He says that we tend to forget names because they sound similar (while perhaps difficult to figure out why they sound similar) to other incidents or conversations that our subconscious wishes to forget. So, maybe you heard a story that went something like, "This poor little girl, Jenna, was murdered outside my house..." And, the name you can't recall, later in the day, is "Paul." "Poor little," was said with in the story that your subconscious wishes to not remember, and Paul sounds similar to that which makes it tougher to remember.

On the same lines, when trying to recall "Paul," other names pop into our heads that we quickly realize as being incorrect. But, those names continue to linger. That is because those names sound similar to recent discussions, although as obscure as the one mentioned above when forgetting names. He added that it isn't 100% accurate in the case of remembering incorrect names, though.

I am by no means an expert on 19th century psychology or literature, but this is how I understood the reading. I just thought it was interesting.