History Main / IdenticallyNamedGroup

* Indie rock band Music/TheThreeJohns, who were comprised of Jon Langford, John Hyatt, and Phillip "John" Brennan.

** There's a group of spoiled, snobby rich girls who're in the same grade as the main six who all have the first name "Ashley." They all dress is stylistically similar outfits and are mostly distinguished by the first letter of their last name--the last names of the four girls are Armbruster ("Ashley A"), Boulet ("Ashley B"), Quinlan ("Ashley Q") and Tomassian ("Ashley T"). When it's revealed to the entire school that Spinelli's first name is also Ashley, she was forced to join the group, during which she was referred to as "Ashley S."

* The titular Eds from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' are a group of friends. They are often called Ed, Double-D, and Eddy to tell them apart.

** The Ashleys, a group of girls who are all named Ashley. They all dress the same and are distinguished by the first letter of their surnames. When word gets out that Spinelli's first name is Ashley, she is forced to join the group, to her abject horror.
** In a later episode, Spinelli is forced to take ballet lessons and meets a quartet of snooty ballerinas named Megan.
** Each of the Ashleys also has a younger brother named Tyler, who form a similar clique.
** One episode showed the Ashleys' mums together exactly the same way too which implies they all have the same name too.
** And an episode with a ChainOfDeals involved getting [[AlphaBitch Ashley A's]] diary back from her kindergarten-age sister Brittany. When Spinelli says "Which one of you is Brittany?", of course, a group of toddlers resembling all the Ashleys step forward, and she has to specify "Um ... Brittany A?"

* ''Webcomic/CheckPlease'': To [[LampshadeHanging Bitty's confusion]], everyone on the Samwell University men's rugby team appears to be named Chad. If the captain, Chad L., is anything to go by, they also [[http://checkpleasecomic.com/comic/4-06-01 share]] a slang dialect that's incomprehensible to outsiders.

* In the NFC North division of the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague, the head coaches include Matt Nagy of the Chicago Bears, Matt Patricia of the Detroit Lions, and Matt [=LaFleur=] of the Green Bay Packers, with the fourth coach being [[OddNameOut Mike Zimmer]] of the Minnesota Vikings.

* Invoked with the Chanels of ''Series/ScreamQueens'', a group of sorority girls who go by "Chanel" followed by a number. However, [[EgocentricTeamNaming only Chanel #1 is actually named Chanel]]; the rest took the names on after being inducted into Kappa Kappa Tau.

This can overlap with InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals if they also all have the same appearance. Compare PlanetOfSteves, where ''everyone'' in a setting is named the same thing; this is restricted to smaller groups ''within a population of otherwise normally named people''. See also ThemeNaming and CollectiveIdentity.

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* In the town of Billville, from Creator/TheFiresignTheatre's album, ''Boom Dot Bust'', everybody is named Bill. They even have a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uCYzJVMhng song about it]].
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* In the town of Rock Ridge in ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', everybody is named "Johnson".

* ''Series/BlackadderII'': In "Head", Edmund becomes Lord High Executioner and meets his gaoler, man called Ploppy. Despite what many people think, he is not related to Mrs. Ploppy, the last meal cook, their last names being coincidental. To make things easier, they call Baldrick, the executioner, Young Ploppy.

* ''{{Series/Newhart}}'' had the two Darryls.

* In the documentary Film/TheFilthAndTheFury, Music/JohnLydon talks about his days before Music/SexPistols, where he would hang out with a group of other teens who all shared the same first name, talking about it being like a Film/AClockworkOrange gang: "The Johns". Included in this group was John Ritchie, later to be known as Music/SidVicious.

* Bruces from ''Comedy/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. Except for Michael, though he was renamed Bruce "to keep things clear".

* In the documentary Film/TheFilthAndTheFury, Music/JohnLydon talks about his days before Music/SexPistols, where he would hang out with a group of other teens who all shared the same first name, talking about it being like a Film/AClockworkOrange gang: "The Johns". Included in this group was John Ritchie, later to be known as Sid Vicious.

* In Film/TheFilthAndTheFury, Music/JohnLydon talks about his days before Music/SexPistols, where he would hang out with a group of other teens who all shared the same first name, talking about it being like a Film/ClockworkOrange gang: "The Johns". Included in this group was John Ritchie, later to be known as Sid Vicious.

* ''Series/Newhart'' had the two Darryls.

* Bruces from ''Comedy/MontyPython''. Except for Michael, though he was renamed Bruce "to keep things clear".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' has the Ashleys, a group of girls who are all named Ashley. They all dress the same and are distinguished by the first letter of their surnames. When word gets out that Spinelli's first name is Ashley, she is forced to join the group, to her abject horror.

->'''Sheila:''' I want you to meet my gal pals. This here is Sheila, and this is Sheila, and this is...
->'''Aricele:''' Aricele. But my friends call me Sheila.

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