diff --git a/data/yaml/name_variants.yaml b/data/yaml/name_variants.yaml
index 277227befc..364d984216 100644
--- a/data/yaml/name_variants.yaml
+++ b/data/yaml/name_variants.yaml
@@ -4366,6 +4366,12 @@
 - canonical: {first: David M., last: Howcroft}
   variants:
   - {first: David, last: Howcroft}
+- canonical: {first: Alexander Miserlis, last: Hoyle}
+  id: alexander-miserlis-hoyle
+  orcid: 0009-0004-3375-0470
+  degree: University of Maryland
+  variants:
+  - {first: Alexander, last: Hoyle}
 - canonical: {first: Frederick M., last: Hoyt}
   variants:
   - {first: Frederick, last: Hoyt}