Edward Le Comte considered it to be a Freudian slip. John Sutherland considered it to be too puerile, a "schoolboy joke", to be intentional, since Dickens's use of names is generally much more sophisticated.
Edward Le Comte regarded it as a Freudian error. John Sutherland found it to be overly simplistic, akin to a "schoolboy joke", and not intentional, given Dickens's usual more complex naming conventions.