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1->'''Sallah:''' Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Junior"?\
2'''Professor Henry Jones:''' That's his name. ''[points to himself]'' Henry Jones ''[points to Indy]'' Junior.\
3'''Indiana Jones:''' I like "Indiana".\
4'''Professor Henry Jones:''' We named the ''dog'' Indiana.
5-->-- ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''
6
7When a character needs a name that tells the audience right away how [[AwesomeMcCoolname awesome]] they are, this trope is one way to do it. The character will have a first name that's interesting and long--[[RuleOfThree at least three syllables long]]--contrasted by short and unremarkable last name.
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9Similarly to MisterStrangenoun, the first name is sometimes a cool-sounding noun that isn't normally used as a name. It could also be a made-up word, or an actual name, but only one that's rare enough to still sound unique. Can overlap with WackyAmericansHaveWackyNames, if it's something like, say, [[Series/DoctorWho Perpugilliam Brown]].
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11For the last name, [[MrSmith "Smith" and "Jones"]] are the two most used, but any one-syllable name that sounds common and unremarkable also works.
12
13----
14!! Keeping up with the Joneses:
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16[[foldercontrol]]
17
18[[folder:Anime And Manga]]
19* ''MontanaJones''.
20[[/folder]]
21
22[[folder:Comic Books]]
23* ''ComicBook/DesolationJones'': While this is not the character's name, the series title fits the bill.
24* Forsythe Pendelton "Jughead" Jones III from the Archie series.
25* Available Jones and his incredibly beautiful cousin Stupefyin' Jones[[note]]played in the musical film version by ''Creator/JulieNewmar''[[/note]] from ''ComicStrip/LilAbner''.
26
27[[/folder]]
28
29[[folder:Film]]
30* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': Indy's real name is Henry Jones, Junior, but everyone remembers it as the name of the franchise.
31* Film/CleopatraJones.
32* [[Film/JamesBond Christmas Jones]] from ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''.
33* Motherfucker Jones from ''Film/HorribleBosses''.
34* ''Film/TheVillain'' has old-time prospector Parody Jones and his beautiful daughter Charming Jones (named after the first thing Parody said when he found out he had a daughter).
35* Jupiter Jones in ''Film/JupiterAscending'' (no relation to ''Literature/TheThreeInvestigators'').
36* In ''Film/SevenWaysFromSundown'', Seven's full names is 'Seven Ways From Sundown' Jones.
37* Turquoise Jones in ''Miss Juneteenth''.
38[[/folder]]
39
40[[folder:Literature]]
41* Jupiter Jones in ''Literature/TheThreeInvestigators'' (no relation to ''Film/JupiterAscending'').
42* An inverted example in the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'': Ben Adaephon Delat, aka "Quick Ben."
43* Coraline Jones in ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'' and subsequent movie.
44* Literature/SkippyjonJones in the eponymous picture book and its sequels.
45[[/folder]]
46
47[[folder:Live Action TV]]
48* Parodied in ''Series/LookAroundYou'' series 2 with Computer Jones and Synthesizer Patel.
49* Cyrano Jones, the merchant in [[Recap/StarTrekS2E15TheTroubleWithTribbles "The Trouble with Tribbles"]]
50* Forgetful Jones, of ''Series/SesameStreet''.
51* [[Series/{{Glee}} Mercedes Jones]]
52* Ezekiel Jones of ''[[Series/TheLibrarians2014 The Librarians]]''.
53[[/folder]]
54
55[[folder:Radio]]
56* Inverurie Jones in the ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' SpinOff ''Radio/HamishAndDougal'' episode "Inverurie Jones And The Thimble Of Doom".
57* Rochester Van Jones of ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.
58[[/folder]]
59
60[[folder:Theatre]]
61* TheMusical ''Lysistrata Jones''. The play's about a modern high schooler pulling a LysistrataGambit.
62* Bustopher Jones is one of the eponymous ''Theatre/{{Cats}}''.
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Video Games]]
66* Eulogy Jones from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''.
67* ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters'' has an entire family of these spread across all three games and several centuries. The three that are introduced are Peekaboo Jones in 1965, his great-great-grandfather, Elijah Jones from the 1800s and Mordecai Jones from the Robot Wars in the 2200s.
68[[/folder]]
69
70[[folder:Visual Novels]]
71* ''VisualNovel/SocratesJonesProPhilosopher''
72[[/folder]]
73
74[[folder:Web Comics]]
75* Babylon Jones from ''Webcomic/ExploitationNow''.
76* Parodies of Franchise/IndianaJones from ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' include North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana Jones.
77* Tigerlily Jones in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''. Her real name, Berenice, also qualifies.
78[[/folder]]
79
80[[folder:Web Original]]
81* "Springboard Jones, the Divin' Detective! Vomitorium Jones, the Pukin' P.I.!" - Ludic Log
82[[/folder]]
83
84[[folder:Western Animation]]
85* ''Film/OsmosisJones''.
86* The menacing Opera Singer in the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short "Long-haired Hare". Giovanni Jones. [[Creator/ChuckJones You know who directed it.]]
87* The "Grimdiana Bones" episode of WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} is [[CaptainErsatz an obvious parody of Indiana Jones]]; but in [[TheUnderworld The Neitherworld]], "Bones" is probably as common a name as "Jones".
88* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' did a stint as "South Dakota Smith," aka an Indiana Jones {{expy}}.
89* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''.
90[[/folder]]
91
92[[folder:Real Life]]
93* Creator/OrlandoJones.
94* The [[http://www.atlantaciviccenter.com/ civic center in Atlanta, GA]] is named for one Boisfeuillet Jones. No, really.
95* Creator/CleolindaJones.
96* Creator/RashidaJones, the daughter of Quincy Jones.
97* January Jones from ''Series/MadMen'' and ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
98* Aphrodite Jones.
99* Seventeenth-century architect Inigo Jones.
100[[/folder]]
101
102!!Namesmithing:
103
104[[folder:Comic Books]]
105* Sierra Smith, a Western private eye in Franchise/TheDCU.
106[[/folder]]
107
108[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
109* ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' featured a background forklift named Nebuchanezzar Schmidt.
110[[/folder]]
111
112[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
113* ''Film/NevadaSmith'', which supposedly inspired the name "Franchise/IndianaJones".
114* Jefferson Smith, the eponymous Smith of ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington''.
115* ''Film/WhisperingSmith'', a cowboy detective played by Creator/AlanLadd in a 1948 film. Also a 1961 TV series starring Creator/AudieMurphy.
116[[/folder]]
117
118[[folder:Literature]]
119* OlderThanTelevision: Literature/NorthwestSmith from Creator/CLMoore's early science fiction.
120* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
121** Zacharias Smith.
122** Hepzibah Smith.
123** A variation with Professor Dumbledore, established almost from the start of the series as Albus Dumbledore, but his full name is eventually stated to much longer with three middle names, the last of which is the decidedly short, modern-sounding, and mundane "Brian." (For the record, his full name is Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.)
124* Creator/TerryPratchett has two Indy parodies: Howondaland Smith, Balrog Hunter in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and Alabama Smith in ''[[Literature/JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy Only You Can Save Mankind]]''. ''Discworld'' also has Eskarina Smith from ''Literature/EqualRites''.
125* Predating Indy is Innocent Smith, of ''[[Creator/GKChesterton Manalive]]''.
126* Sci-fi author Creator/RobertAHeinlein was very fond of this trope, most often with the surname "Smith". His characters included [[Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand Valentine Michael Smith]], [[Literature/TimeEnoughForLove Woodrow Wilson Smith]], and [[Literature/IWillFearNoEvil Johann Sebastian Bach Smith]].
127* [[Creator/JTEdson Waxahachie Smith]]
128* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'': Eddington Smith, the soft-spoken bookstore owner.
129* Septimus Smith from ''Literature/MrsDalloway''. Creator/VirginiaWoolf lampshades this trope:
130-->London has swallowed up many millions of young men called Smith; thought nothing of fantastic Christian names like Septimus with which their parents have thought to distinguish them.
131* Elmer Brown Mason's PulpMagazine swamp-guide Wandering Smith.
132* Culverton Smith, scientist from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Dying Detective." Sherlock, Mycroft, and Sherrinford Holmes are also examples.
133[[/folder]]
134
135[[folder:Live Action TV]]
136* In a ''Series/K9AndCompany'' annual, one story reveals that Sarah Jane Smith has a great-uncle who's an archaeologist called Africana Smith.
137** And (in Doctor Who) we hear about her aunt Lavinia Smith.
138* Jeremiah Smith, minor character in ''Series/TheXFiles''.
139* In ''[[Series/Lucifer2016 Lucifer]],'' demon ninja bartender Mazikeen (aka Maze) gets a police licence for her new job as a bounty hunter in the name Mazikeen Smith.
140* Dr. Zachary Smith, sneaky stowaway main character in ''Series/LostInSpace''.
141* [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Malcolm Peter Brian Telescope Adrian Umbrella Stand Jasper ]][[DayOfTheWeekName Wednesday ]][[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus (pops mouth twice) Stoatgobbler John Raw Vegetable (sound effect of horse whinnying) Arthur Norman Michael (blows squeaker) Featherstone Smith (blows whistle) Northgot Edwards Harris (fires pistol, which goes 'whoop') Mason (chuff-chuff-chuff) Frampton Jones Fruitbat Gilbert (sings) 'We'll keep a welcome in the' (three shots, stops singing) Williams ]][[RunningGag If I Could Walk That Way ]][[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Jenkin (squeaker) Tiger-draws Pratt Thompson (sings) 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' Darcy Carter (horn) Pussycat 'Don't Sleep In The Subway' Barton Mannering (hoot, 'whoop') Smith.]]
142* ''Series/TheWesterner'' has LovableRogue, ConMan and all round pain in Dave Blassinghame's ass, Burgundy Smith.
143[[/folder]]
144
145[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
146* [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Aurelian Smith, Jr.]]
147[[/folder]]
148
149[[folder:Video Games]]
150* ''VideoGame/TheSims2'': Pollination Technician #9 Smith of Strangetown.
151* Jocinda Smith of ''VideoGame/BackyardSports''.
152* In the early 90s, Apogee Software published several shareware adventure games starring an Indiana Jones parody called Alabama Smith (most notably ''VideoGame/{{Paganitzu}}''). Recently, there's been [[ContinuityReboot a bit of a revival of the protagonist]] in [[http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/alabama-smith-series a series of new adventure games for the iPad]].
153* ''VideoGame/TempleRun'' and its sequel has Indiana Jones's CaptainErsatz Montana Smith.
154* Anastasia Smith is a significant character in ''VideoGame/DetectivesUnited: Phantoms of the Past''.
155[[/folder]]
156
157[[folder:Real Life]]
158* RealLife: Jefferson Randolph Smith, better known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapy_Smith "Soapy"]]
159* Also Oregon politician Jefferson Smith, founder of the Bus Project (a progressive organization which encourages young people to get involved in politics)
160* Creator/CordwainerSmith (a pseudonym), science fiction writer
161* Music/ElliottSmith, singer/songwriter
162* [[Creator/EEDocSmith Edward Elmer Smith, Ph.D]]
163[[/folder]]
164
165!!Other Surnames:
166
167[[folder:Comedy]]
168* Creator/BobTheDragQueen's stand-up special, ''Suspiciously Large Woman'', has a bit about [[GhettoName Black first names]] in comparison to their last names.
169-->''"Black people, we have fucked-up first names. Daquashia, Trelayna, Shaneequa, [=DeQuandre=]...It's always a really plain-ass last name. It's like Daquashia SMITH. Shelandria BROWN."''
170[[/folder]]
171
172[[folder:Comic Books]]
173* [[ComicBook/XMen Jubilation Lee]]
174* Franchise/{{Batman}}'s Hamilton Hill
175* [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Amadeus Cho]]
176* Manchester Black, Franchise/{{Superman}}'s nemesis in the landmark ''Action Comics'' #775
177* Jefferson Pierce, AKA ComicBook/BlackLightning, one of the first major African-American superheroes.
178* In ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'', Pitheco's full name is ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Man Pithecanthropus erectus]]'' da Silva.
179[[/folder]]
180
181[[folder:Film]]
182* [[Film/TheFifthElement Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg]]
183* Caractacus Potts (Creator/DickVanDyke) in ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'' (and a similarly named character in Creator/IanFleming's [[AdaptationDisplacement lesser-known]] children's book on which it was based).
184* Lydia Deetz, and also her stepmother Delia Deetz, from ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''.
185[[/folder]]
186
187[[folder:Literature]]
188* Literature/EncyclopediaBrown's real name is Leroy, but no one calls him that.
189** Maybe because [[Music/JimCroce Leroy Brown is a bad, bad name]]?
190* Children's Book: Dinosaur Bob
191* Lavender Brown from ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.
192** And Sirius Black and Severus Snape.
193*** Arabella Figg, Nymphadora Tonks (and Andromeda Tonks, nee Black), Broderick Bode, Caractacus Burke, Bartemius Crouch, Elphias Doge, Marvolo Gaunt, Augustus Pye, Pomona Sprout, Emeric Switch, Emmeline Vance, Romilda Vane, and pretty much all the other Blacks. Thank you, Wikipedia.
194* In Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's ''Solomon's Stone'', the hero finds himself in a world populated by the figures people daydream of being. Everyone has a Sesquipedalian Smith name, indicating first the daydream and then the mundane reality.
195* [[Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn Huckleberry Finn]]
196* [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Atticus Finch]]
197* [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow Ichabod Crane]]
198* '''[[Literature/CiaphasCain CIAPHAS CAIN]], [[FakeUltimateHero HERO OF THE]]''' - [[OverusedRunningGag aaaah, screw it]].
199* Creator/CharlesDickens liked these too: [[Literature/DavidCopperfield Uriah Heep]], Barnaby Rudge, and of course [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Ebenezer Scrooge]].
200* Digory Kirke and Eustace Clarence Scrubb from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''.
201* [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]].
202* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'', the gravedigger's name is Legitimate First. ("Can't blame his mother for being proud.")
203* Nobody Owens from ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook''.
204* Literature/SolomonKane
205* Slightly ruined by PopCulturalOsmosis, but Franchise/SherlockHolmes and his brother Mycroft both fall into this. Their first names only have two syllables, but they're terribly unusual names.
206* British romance author Betty Neels frequently did this to her heroines, and the more egregious cases (such as Brittania Smith and Eustacia Crump) were usually {{Lampshaded}}.
207* [[Literature/TheHungerGames Coriolanus Snow]], anyone?
208* Andromeda "Andi" Slate from the ''Literature/ViridianSaga''.
209* From ''Knaves Templar'' (a historical mystery): Peregrinus Monk and Theophilus Phipps.
210* From Agatha Christie's ''The ABC Murders'': Alexander Bonaparte Cust.
211* ''Merona Grant and the Lost Tomb of Golgotha:'' Merona Grant. Somewhat {{Lampshaded}} when she pokes fun at her own name to shatter the delusions of an admirer.
212-->'''Woolworth:''' Merona? I simply love that name. It's so strong, adventurous and independent sounding.\
213'''Merona:''' It means sheep.
214* [[Literature/MediochreQSethSeries Mediochre Q. Seth.]]
215[[/folder]]
216
217[[folder:Live Action TV]]
218* Series/InspectorMorse, who was finally revealed to have the exotic first name "Endeavour".
219* [[Series/PushingDaisies Emerson Cod]].
220* Series/VeronicaMars
221* [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Kimberly Hart]]
222* Series/RemingtonSteele
223* Gabriel Gray from ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
224* Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce, better known as Hawkeye, from ''Series/{{MASH}}''.
225* [[Series/CSIMiami Horatio Caine]]
226* [[Series/{{Glee}} Sebastian Smyth]]
227* Perpugilliam Brown, aka Peri, from ''Series/DoctorWho''.
228* '' {{Series/The 100}}'': Octavia Blake.
229* Templeton Peck of ''Series/TheATeam'', which is why he's better known as "the Face".
230* ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' shamelessly parodied the NFL examples mentioned under RealLife in the well-known East West Bowl sketches - the first one alone has D'isaiah T. Billings Clyde, D'Squarius Green Jr, Swirvithan L'Goodling Splatt and T'Variusness King.
231* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'': On January 22, 1993, one of the contestants was named Ebunoloron Sims.
232[[/folder]]
233
234[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
235* Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} Moore, and some of her other names to a lesser extent (Georgia Brown, Sergeant Rock)
236* Former [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] X-Division wrestler Consequences Creed, now known in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Wrestling/XavierWoods.
237* Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}. Inverted with founder Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush, and with Max Smashmaster and Flex Rumblecrunch who were 2/3 of The Devastation Corporation.[[note]]This trope does not apply to their partner, Blaster [=McMassive=].[[/note]]
238* Inverted with Wrestling/RicoConstantino, though averted with his full name of Amarico Sebastiano Constantino.
239[[/folder]]
240
241[[folder:Toys]]
242* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus Prime.
243[[/folder]]
244
245[[folder:Video Games]]
246* The ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' games feature a character named Antharia Jack. He's a movie star known for playing ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-style roles, but his character's name is his own.
247* [[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations Calisto Yew]]
248* [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} Elizabeth Greene]].
249* Creator/ElephantGames likes to do this occasionally:
250** The ''VideoGame/GrimTales'' series has a psychic detective named Anna Gray as its player character. Although she averts the trope herself, many of the names on her family tree qualify for it. This includes her mother, Anastasia Gray; her great-grandfather, Alister Gray; and her husband, Dorian Gray. Dorian gets bonus points for originally having been Dorian Black, meaning he fit the trope ''twice''. (He took his wife's name when they married.)
251** In both the ''VideoGame/MysteryTrackers'' and ''VideoGame/DetectivesUnited'' series, Agent Dorian Brown comes from an entire family of these. His parents were named Rafael and Angelina; his brother and sister are Mortimer and Arabella.
252** In the ''Strange Investigations'' series, player character Dana's DeadLittleSister was Ursula Strange.
253* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', the younger sister of the player character is named Bethany Hawke. The player character may also qualify, depending on what [[HelloInsertNameHere first name]] the player decides to give them, but is invariably identified throughout the game as "Hawke."
254** In the DLC ''The Exiled Prince'', the title character is an additional companion named Sebastian Vael.
255[[/folder]]
256
257[[folder:Visual Novel]]
258* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' Gundham Tanaka is something of a Japanese example: 'Tanaka' is one of Japan's most common surnames, while '[=Gundham/Gandamu=]' is written with the kanji for "eye", "serpent" and "dream/illusion" (and yes, pronounced like the [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} mecha anime]]), making it the rough equivalent of something like "Basilisk Brown".
259[[/folder]]
260
261[[folder:Web Comics]]
262* [[Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt Antimony Carver]], though that's two syllables.
263[[/folder]]
264
265[[folder:Web Original]]
266* Warrick Kaine, Laurel Brant, and Brother Right, to name a few from ''Literature/TheDescendants''.
267[[/folder]]
268
269[[folder:Western Animation]]
270* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In "[[Recap/ArthurS14E2TheAgentOfChangeDWUntiesTheKnot D.W. Unties the Knot]]," D.W. gives herself the assumed name of "Deeangeleenora Woo" (or "Dee Woo" for short).
271* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'': Juniper Lee.
272* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Yosemite Sam.
273* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Prometheus Black.
274* Rentwhistle Swack of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.
275* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': Eustace and Muriel Bagge.
276* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': Remington Smisse.
277* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Pinkamena Diane Pie.
278* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': SpoiledBrat antagonist Montana Max.
279* ''[[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Rick and Morty's]]'' Gromflomites seem to have this as a species-wide naming convention. The two Gromflomites whose names we've heard in full thus far are the assassin Krombopulos Michael and the interrogator Cornvelious Daniel. Side materials of dubious canonicity also feature a Gromflomite named Canklanker Thom.
280[[/folder]]
281
282[[folder:Real Life]]
283* Orangejello Brown and Lemonjello Brown. [[http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp Well, except not.]]
284* Capability Brown (not his real name)... and his ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' counterpart: Bloody Stupid Johnson (his less famous contemporaries being Sagacity Smith and Intuition de vere Slade-Gore.
285* Former US President Rutherford Hayes
286** Preceded by Ulysses S. Grant, though his full name was Hiram Ulysses Seward Grant.
287* Some naming guides actually suggest giving longer names to children born in families with a small surname.
288* Creator/HarrisonFord. Seems like the Indy connections have come full circle.
289* Creator/KeanuReeves
290* Immanuel Kant, philosopher.
291* Creator/ElijahWood, actor.
292* Cameron Crowe, film director.
293* Creator/JulianneMoore, actress.
294* Montgomery Clift, actor.
295* Susannah York, actress.
296* Mackenzie Crook, actor.
297* Oliver Platt, actor.
298* Timothy Spall, actor.
299* Naomi Watts, model and actress.
300* Alejandro Sanz, singer.
301* Vivien Leigh, actress.
302* Creator/JosephineTey, author of mystery novels.
303* Ezekiel Hart, politician and entrepreneur.
304* Creator/GregoryPeck, actor.
305* Penélope Cruz, actress.
306* Thelonious Monk, musician.
307* Lucian Freud, painter.
308* Creator/VirginiaWoolf, writer.
309* Creator/FairuzaBalk, actress.
310* Elisha Gray, inventor.
311* Rosamund Pike, actress.
312* Creator/MarianKeyes, romance novelist.
313* Creator/DeborahKerr, actress.
314* Adelaide Kane, actress.
315* Kaniehtiio Horn, voice actress
316* Angharad James, 17th century Welsh poet.
317* Awadagin Pratt, concert pianist.
318* Creator/FeliciaDay, actress and writer.
319* Horatio Sanz of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fame.
320* Mahershalalhashbaz (or "simply" Mahershala) Ali, an actor who appeared in ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' and ''Series/LukeCage2016'' and who won Best Supporting Actor for ''Film/Moonlight2016''.
321* Music/SufjanStevens, musician. Has a brother named Marzuki Stevens and a sister named Djohariah.
322* UsefulNotes/NickClegg has three sons, named Antonio, Alberto, and Miguel. Apparently, his Spanish wife, Miriam, insisted on this trope if all three were to have the surname "Clegg."
323* Vannevar Bush, 20th century American engineer.
324* [[Creator/ChristopherLee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE CStJ]] managed to do this ''twice''.
325* Supermodel Creator/ElleMacPherson has played this straight and inverted. She was born Eleanor Gow. Her parents divorced when she was young and her mother married a man named [=MacPherson=]. Eleanor took the last name and shortened her first name for balance.
326* Common in the NFL, with strange names combined with average or short surnames, such as D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Ndamukong Suh and Laveranues Coles.
327* BBC Radio 4 newsreader Zeb Soanes' full first name is Zebedee.
328* Giancarlo Stanton, baseball player. His full name is "Giancarlo Cruz Michael Stanton", but for the early years of his professional career he was simply known as "Mike Stanton". After the 2012 season, he insisted on a FirstNameBasis.
329* Humiliation Hynde, a 17th century Puritan. Apparently he had two sons, both of whom were ''also'' named Humiliation Hynde.
330* Inverted, with Music/JohnMellencamp.
331* Inverted by Don Cornelius, the host of ''Series/SoulTrain''.
332* Inverted in Nigeria and other African nations where English is widely-spoken. It's not unusual for someone to have an English first or middle name, while the rest of their name is in the native language, such as football player Peter Odemwingie or singer Music/{{Sade}} aka Helen Folasade Adu.

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