'''Basic Trope''': A character has, in addition to their given name, a surname that also serves well as a first name.
* '''Straight''': Alice Brooke and Bob Alexander.
* '''Exaggerated''': The character ''also'' has a middle name that they frequently use or refer to, e.g. "Alice Claire Brooke" or "Bob Tom Alexander".
* '''Downplayed''': Alice William'''son''' and Bob Jeffrie'''s'''.
* '''Justified''': The character's last name was originally a first name.
* '''Inverted''': Anderson Smith and Barrymore Jones.
* '''Subverted''': Bob finds Alice's birth certificate and learns that Brooke is her middle name; her real surname is [[UnfortunateNames Bastard]].
* '''Double Subverted''': It is revealed that while Alice (who is single) was born Alice Brooke Bastard, she recently [[ShedtheFamilyName had her last name legally changed]] because she was fed up with being ridiculed for it.
* '''Parodied''': A nonsense name, like Zonch or Gleep, is used as the first name of one character and the last name of another. [[AerithAndBob Most other characters have generic names]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Anderson Smith and Bob Alexander.
* '''Averted''': Alice Jones and Bob Smith.
* '''Enforced''': The writers are used to writing stories in which the characters have OnlyOneName each, so they don't do well at coming up with last names.
* '''Lampshaded''': "And this is Alice Brooke, my friend with TwoFirstNames."
* '''Invoked''': Alice changes her last name to Carol.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice changes her last name to Garrett.
* '''Discussed''': "Do any of your friends have two first names? You know, like 'Alice Brooke' or something?" "No. All my friends' last names are only used as last names."
* '''Conversed''': "Why do so many of the characters on this show have TwoFirstNames?"
* '''Implied''': Alice's last name is never mentioned, but Bob says that when they met, he thought her last name was her first.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has a sense of humor about her last name.
* '''Played For Drama''': Everyone teases Alice because of her name, and she becomes an outcast.
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