Indeed. RDA has a lot of obscure provisions, but this is a not uncommon situation.  That said, I think the preferred name would be based on the name as found in the preferred sources of information, without unnecessary manipulation.

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> I think we should bring back the LCRI that didn't get moved into the LC-PCC PSs.

Given the prevalence of nicknames--to a lesser or greater degree--a clause added to RDA's own text might be worth considering instead.