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** To go with the rhymes, not alliteration- on ''[[Newhart]]'', there was a Larry, who always came in and introduced his brother Daryll, and his other brother Daryll.
* ''[[Glee]]'': Sam Evans's parents are unseen, but his younger siblings are named Stacey and Stevie.
* ''[[Rowan and Martins Laugh In]]'' had [
* A '70s ''[[Sesame Street (TV)|Sesame Street]] News'' skit had Kermit the Frog reporting from Piper's Pickled Pepper Patch, hoping to get an interview with the famous Peter Piper. After running into relatives Porter Piper, Potter Piper, Piper Piper, Papa Piper, and Parker Piper, he finally learns that Peter's "in Portland, pressing pants."
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* [[Ambrose Bierce]] is another real life example. His father gave all the children names starting with "A".
* While it extends over more than just alliterative names, it is very, very common for siblings in Denmark to have similar names, especially if they're the same gender. It goes from slight resemblances like Anton and Arthur to almost identical names like Christian and Christina. Guess we aren't too creative around here...
* For [[Chinese Names]] (as well as in several other cultures influenced by old Chinese naming conventions), it is a tradition in many families for brothers to have the same Chinese character in the same position ([
* The Anglo-saxons did this a lot. To the extent that a break in the pattern in a list of Kings can be taken by historains as evidence of a change in dynasty
* The Duggar family of ''[[Nineteen Kids and Counting]]'', famous for their extremely conservative religious beliefs and abnormally large family (they announced child number 20 in late 2011). All of the children's names begin with their father's initial. In order of birth, there is Josh, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremaiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn-Grace, and Josie.
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