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3* AlmostFamousName: Someone has a name that's very similar to a celebrity.
4* AncestralName: Someone who is named after their own parent, grandparent or other ancestor.
5* CharacterNameAlias: For when somebody uses the name of someone famous as a cover, either real or fictional.
6* CompanyCrossReferences: For when a name is recycled amongst works owned by a single creator/company.
7* IdenticallyNamedGroup: A defined group of characters who are clustered together based on the fact that they share the same name.
8* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Someone or something named after someone who's famous in RealLife.
9* NamedLikeMyName: Someone who shares the character's name becomes famous, affecting the character for good or for bad.
10* ''Series/TheNamesTheSame'', a 1951–55 [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] GameShow.
11* JustForFun/OneMarioLimit: If one character becomes sufficiently iconic, they can come to "own" their first or last name so that whenever a person hears that name, they immediately think of that character.
12* OneSteveLimit: A rule that no two characters in a work of fiction should share the same first name, or even similar-sounding names.
13* PlanetOfSteves: Everyone in an entire setting shares the same name.
14* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: When unrelated works or people have similar names, and one changes their name to reduce confusion.
15* SameSurnameMeansRelated: The tendency for creators to give two or more characters the same surname only if they are related.
16* SignificantNameOverlap: Two or more characters are given the same name for plot reasons.
17* SimilarlyNamedWorks: When several works share a name.
18* StockAnimalName: A list of animal names that regularly show up in fiction.
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