You may be looking for one of the following:

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

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