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PatLac, this is great, thank you. I think that the younger Christopheretta on the tree is probably my girl.

A few questions remain though. Firstly, how did she become a D'oiley? Secondly, why her name on Ancestry was originally Mary Gardiner?

In the post from ciderdrinker, John Gardiner's wife is Mary. In the Family Search tree it is Christopheretta. It seems there are two Mary/Christopheretta conundrums.

Nonetheless, I am sure I am now on the right track. Thanks again to ciderdrinker and PatLac.

My ancestor is Retta D'oiley. She married William Wise in 1706 at St John the Baptist, Merton College, Oxford. She was described as being from Adderbury, William as from Banbury. He was baptised in Bodicote 1681. There are no earlier references to Retta on Ancestry or Family Search.

I tried Loretta and Margaretta without luck but found the name Christopheretta. There was a Mary Gardiner baptised in Adderbury in 1684. An attached message says a user has changed this entry to Christophoretta Gardiner.

There was a Christopheretta Wise buried in Bodicote in 1758, I suspect this is my Retta but is she a Gardiner? How did Mary Gardiner become a Christopheretta and where does the D'oiley surname come into it.

Any ideas or info will be very welcome.

There was a Rebecca Ellis who married in Madeley, Shropshire in Jul - Sep 1885. The husband would have been either Richard Griffiths or Enoch Vaughan.

Yes Bev I can well believe that
Thank you everybody for your replies, it has been an education,

Thank you for the replies so far. I would like to stress that I was referring to the 17th and 18th centuries, when it seems middle names were quite rare.
 
 Also, in many cases there are baptism records on the tree or elsewhere online. I have always checked this and have found no evidence of middle names, otherwise I would not count them as a part of the problem.

Why some people are doing this remains a mystery to me.