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** One book features a brief mention of a barbarian named something like Sven Svensonsonson.
** And Volf Volfssonssonssonsson in the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[Discworld/Soul Music|Soul Music]]''.
** Glod is a common name for dwarves on the Discworld (there used to be just one of them, but then someone with a habit of bad spelling and/or [[Spoonerism
*** It was an illiterate god trying to curse someone in the Ramtops. As a result, the people there tend to be rather short and...er...short-tempered.
* [[Jerkass|Heathcliff]] [[Draco in Leather Pants|Heathcliff]] from ''[[Wuthering Heights (novel)|Wuthering Heights]].'' Found wandering in the streets as a child by Mr. Earnshaw, who adopted him, but for some reason didn't give the boy his own name.
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* Joseph Joséphin, alias [[wikipedia:Joseph Rouletabille|Rouletabille]].
* ''[[Rant]]'' by Chuck Palahniuk has Echo Lawrence, whose father was named Larry. She points this out and seems annoyed at the constant jokes, but [[Fridge Brilliance|her nickname takes on an interesting light.]]
* Rickard Dickens in the gangster spoofs by Rolf and Alexandra
* Jameson Jameson from Richmal Crompton's ''[[Just William]]'' stories.
* Carlington Carlington, the hero of [[Georgette Heyer]]'s short story "Hazard."
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** Still a lot better than her real name Barbie Blank.
* ''[[Family Matters]]'' has Waldo Geraldo Faldo.
** There is also an episode where Carl Winslow's immediate superior Lt. Murtaugh reveals that he changed his first name to match his current rank, making him Lieutenant Lieutenant
{{quote|"What was your name before you changed it?" "Sergeant."}}
* ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'': when she takes a job in the real world, Jeannie says her last name is Jeannie too. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when the CIA attempts to track her, leading to several ultra-serious discussions about the non-existence of a Miss Jeannie Jeannie anywhere on record.
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** Detective Dick Gumshoe also falls under this.
* James James, father of Jan James, from ''[[Halo|I Love Bees]]''.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]: Dirge of Cerberus''' [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] all have colour-based names and
** The Japanese-only story line added one more to the list - "Argento the Silver" ("Silver the Silver")
* Non-character example: In ''[[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'', Link learns a number of magic spells. Easily the oddest one is the Spell Spell. Its function has nothing to do with spelling, either.
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== Real Life ==
* The famous 17th century astronomer [[wikipedia:Galileo|Galileo Galilei]]. This was, in fact, fairly popular in Italy in the past, especially during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Any Italian history book is a trove of repetitive names, though none quite as famous as Galileo.
* Due to [[Patronymic
** You can also get people who have the same first name, patronymic, and last name. Pavel Pavlovich Pavlov.
* Sporty siblings Gary, Phil (football) and Tracy (netball) Neville's father was a rugby player named Neville Neville. (Sing it to the tune of [[David Bowie]]'s "Rebel Rebel".)
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* [[American Civil War]] soldier [[wikipedia:John St. John|John St. John]]. Not to be confused with ''[[Duke Nukem|Jon]]'' [[Duke Nukem|St John]], who also counts.
* Aharon Aharonson, botanist and [[World War I]] spy.
* Two Czech examples: [[wikipedia:Pavel Pavel|Pavel Pavel]] (an engineer and a
* In scientific circles, this is known as a ''tautonym'' when it applies to taxonomic classifications, where the genus and species of an animal have the same name. For example, ''Rattus rattus'' is the rat, ''Bison bison'' is the bison, while ''Puffinus puffinus'' is... the Manx Shearwater. [[Quite Interesting|Minus ten points if you said Puffin]].
** [[wikipedia:List of tautonyms|Wikipedia has an incomplete -but not small- list of tautonyms.]]
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* The word "ben" is Hebrew for son, so the name Benson translates into "son son".
** Before anyone says, "That's funny, but Benson is an ''English'' name," Benson means "Ben's Son", i.e. "Son of Benjamin". Benjamin is of course Hebrew for "Son of my right hand" (no, not like that, get your mind out of the gutter), from "ben" (son) and "yamin" (right). So, by an amusing accident, English isolated the part of the name that means "son" as the nickname for Benjamin...and thus "Benson" is, in a round about way, "Son-son" (son of son).
* Benjamin Netanyahu's late brother was named Yonatan Netanyahu. Considering that "Yonatan" is a contraction of "Yehonatan" and "Netanyahu" is a reversal of the same name with a slightly different transliteration, his name was basically Jonathan
* New York, New York. "The city so nice they named it twice."
* This was an old stereotype of people from the Scandinavian countries (where patronymic surnames are common), especially when they emigrated to America. This inspired the rhyme "Yon Yonson" (John Johnson).
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* Actress Sasha Alexander. In Russian, "Sasha" is a diminutive of Alexander (or Alexandra).
* The Egyptian American stand-up comic/actor [[Ahmed Ahmed]].
** On a more general note: The extensive use of [[
*** For this trope in action, look no further than the kings of Morocco and Jordan. The current king of Morocco is Muhammad VI, son of Hassan II, son of Muhammad V, and his son will be (barring unforeseen unpleasantness) Hassan III. In Jordan, the current king is Abdullah II, son of Hussein, and his son will be Hussein II barring unforeseen unpleasantness.
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