Quote Originally Posted by Squall of SeeD
As far as the last names go, there's an inconsistency between the Japanese and English surnames for Vivi: The Japanese name is "Ornitier" while the English name is "Orunitia."
If anything, Orunitia is an approximation of Ornitier, not the other way around. Rather, it looks like Orunitia or "oruniteia" was the original spelling, while Ornitier was the intended one.