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* ''Jo Dee Messina'' had placed the initials "J.D.M." on one of her albums (which was her idea of having the initials intact)
* ''Music/VanessaHudgens'' uses her initial of "V" on one of her albums because it matches the first name which is ''V''anessa Hudgens.

* ''Music/VanessaHudgens'' uses her initial of "V" because it matches the first name which is ''V''anessa Hudgens.

* ''Creator/JoDeeMessina'' had placed the initials "J.D.M." on one of her albums (which was her idea of having the initials intact)

* ''Music/JoDeeMessina'' had placed the initials "J.D.M." on one of her albums (which was her idea of having the initials intact)

* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', someone goes to a lot of effort to name every ship in his fleet with the initials "P.D." [[spoiler:[[TheUntwist It's Petey]].]]

* The famous author and satirist Creator/AmbroseBierce was the tenth of 13 children, all of whom were given names starting with the letter A. In order of birth, the Bierce siblings were Abigail, Amelia, Ann, Addison, Aurelius, Augustus, Almeda, Andrew, Albert, Ambrose, Arthur, Adelia, and Aurelia.
* The Duggar family to something similar, but with J. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have: Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn-Grace, and now Josie. Their dog is named Jasmine, and Michelle and Joshua's wife Anna are also known as Jichelle and Janna. Jim Bob's niece, Amy, has also been referred to as Jamy.
** The twentieth baby Michelle miscarried was called Jubilee.
* Robert Rodriguez' children [[AwesomeMcCoolName Rocket, Racer, Rebel, Rogue,]] and [[OddNameOut Rhiannon.]]
* Former U.S. President [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson Lyndon Baines Johnson]] apparently extended the LBJ initials to his wife (nicknamed "Lady Bird"), daughters (Luci Baines and Lynda Bird), and even some of his ''dogs'' (Leader Blair Jame of Edlen and Little Beagle Johnson).

* [[Series/DeadliestCatch Jake (Jacob) and Josh(ua) Harris]], in addition to [[OneSteveLimit all the other Jakes]] (or were they Joshes?).
* The Roman emperor Constantine I named his sons Crispus, Constantine, Constantius, and Constans, and his daughters Constantina and [[OddNameOut Helena]].
* Field biologists like Jane Goodall frequently assign names to members of wild animal populations they study, and often the same first letter will be used when naming animals from the same maternal lineage.
* Creator/SylvesterStallone named his daughter Sistine Rose; his mother laughed at that since he'd never seen the Art/SistineChapel and clearly just liked it for the initial. And his other children's names are Sage, Seargeoh, Sophia, and Scarlet.
* The Kardasian/Jenner family: Kris Kardashian and her daughters Kim, Khloe, Kourtney... their brother's name is [[OddNameOut Robert]], [[DeadGuyJunior after his dad]]. Kris' ex-wife is Olympian Caitlyn Jenner, whose birth name was Bruce prior to her coming out as transgender; Jenner's sons are named Burt, Brandon, and Brody. Their sister is Casey, and everyone's half-sisters are Kylie and Kendall (phew!).
* All of [[ThoseWackyNazis Goebbels']] children had names beginning with "H", like Hitler.
* Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens has Koby Aaron, Kory Allen, Kacy Austin, and Kody Alec (K is a statistical initial for strikeout).

* A major clue in PeterStraub's novel ''Ghost Story''.

* Creator/SylvesterStallone named his daughter Sistine Rose; his mother laughed at that since he'd never seen the Sistine Chapel and clearly just liked it for the initial. And his other children's names are Sage, Seargeoh, Sophia, and Scarlet.

* On the opposite end of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything from the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' example, ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'''s John Constantine has many relatives and ancestors who share the initials [[JesusChrist J.C.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Next, Superman will watch a Creator/LindsayLohan movie, [[FoeYay write a love letter to]] ComicBook/LexLuthor while listening to Music/LLCoolJ, become a limited liability, read ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies'', and visit [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara.]][[note]]Get it? Because he's Lewis Lovhaug! ... OK, I'm done.[[/note]]]]

* Several games for the NintendoDS have "DS" as their initials, such as ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'', ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]'', and ''[[ShinMegamiTensei Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor]]''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', most members of the family have the initials L.L., with the exception of the mother, Rita. Some also have L as their middle initial, with one exception being Lisa, whose middle name is Marie.

* In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', the three brothers in the Mighty family are Marion, Michael, and Morrison (a ShoutOut to JohnWayne).

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* The Kardasian/Jenner family: Kris Kardashian and her daughters Kim, Khloe, Kourtney... their brother's name is [[OddNameOut Robert]], [[DeadGuyJunior after his dad]]. Their stepfather is Olympian Bruce Jenner (seriously) and his sons are named Burt, Brandon, and Brody. Their sister is Casey, and everyone's half-sisters are Kylie and Kendall (phew!).

* In ''EverydayHeroes'', the three brothers in the Mighty family are Marion, Michael, and Morrison (a ShoutOut to JohnWayne).

* Done as an April Fools' joke by ''Creator/BlizzardEntertainment''. After the rousing successes of ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'', ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' and ''[[VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Hearth (of the) Stone]]'', they decided to change the name of another game to fit the H.O.T.S. theme: ''[[http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/13611763/[april-fools]-hitting-on-the-selection-of-a-name-4-1-2014 Herald of the Stars]]''.

* Done as an April Fools' joke by ''Creator/BlizzardEntertainment''. After the rousing successes of ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'' and ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'', they decided to change the name of another game to fit the H.O.T.S. theme: ''[[VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft Hearth of the Stone]]''.

* The {{REM}} song "It's the End of the World As We Know It" has this line:
-->"[[SomethingSomethingLeonardBernstein Leonard Bernstein]]! Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs..."

** Superman CaptainErsatz {{Supreme}} has the love interest Diana Dane and the archenemy Darius Dax, though it ends there; his other love interest is Judy Jordan.

** When Bruce Jenner came out as [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} a trans-woman]], she changed her name to Caitlyn. Some have theorised that her decision to spell the name with a C instead of a K is a deliberate TakeThat towards her family's naming habits thus far.

[[caption-width-right:350:Next, Superman will watch a Creator/LindsayLohan movie, [[FoeYay write a love letter to]] SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor while listening to Music/LLCoolJ, become a limited liability, read ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies'', and visit [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara.]][[note]]Get it? Because he's Lewis Lovhaug! ... OK, I'm done.[[/note]]]]

** Another ersatz Superman, TheSentry, knew a lot of people with the initials E.E. in his fake Silver Age backstory