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** [[PlanetOfSteves All characters rename themselves, Steve.]]

* '''Deconstructed''': The demand for originality in naming means that people are saddled with [[AerithAndBob increasingly unwieldy and unpronounceable monikers]], and the parents are derided for giving their children names that other, more conventional, people consider [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude New Age-y nonsense]], a GhettoName, or even an OverlyLongName that allow inventing the new name by extending the old names as long as they can.

* '''Deconstructed''': The demand for originality in naming means that people are saddled with [[AerithAndBob increasingly unwieldy and unpronounceable monikers]], and the parents are derided for giving their children names that other, more conventional, people consider [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude New Age-y nonsense]] or even a GhettoName.
* '''Reconstructed''': The characters live in a small town, reuse the names of the deceased, and use MeltingPotNomenclature. As a result, {{Ghetto Name}}s are unnecessary.

** The story has a Steve, a Stephen and a [[DistaffCounterpart Stephanie]], an Alice and an Allison, and a Bob and a Rob.

** It reveals that the other "Steves" are actually Stefan, Stefanos, and Stepan, the ForeignExchangeStudent that use the anglicized form of their name to avoid the FunnyForeigner NationalStereotypes.

* '''Deconstructed''': The demand for originality in naming means that people are saddled with [[AerithAndBob increasingly unwieldy and unpronounceable monikers]], and the parents are derided for giving their children names that other, more conventional, people consider [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude New Agey nonsense]] or even a GhettoName.

** The Steves want others to [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname referred to as their distinctive nicknames instead.]]

** Occasional minor characters share names, and are referred to by full name for clarity, or their first names are the same but their [[LastNameBasis last names]] are different.
** The story has a Steve and a Stephen, an Alice and an Allison, and a Bob and a Rob.

** The characters are set a school project, to research the most popular names. They are surprised to discover that there is no such thing as a popular name, because every name on record is used exactly once.

* '''Deconstructed''': The demand for originality in naming means that people are saddled with [[AerithAndBob increasingly unwieldy and unpronounceable monikers]], and the parents are derided for giving their children names that other, more conventional, people consider New Agey nonsense or even a GhettoName.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Every person, place, and thing in the story has a highly distinctive name.

* '''Parodied''': The characters are set a school project, to research the most popular names. They are surprised to discover that there is no such thing as a popular name, because every name on record is used exactly once.

** Everyone is known by [[YouAreNumberSix unique identifiers.]]

** Occasional minor characters share names, and are referred to by full name for clarity.

%%* '''Played for Drama''': The world is reaching a stage where children have to be nameless because it's against the law to name your child the same thing as someone who is or was ever alive.

%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

** Everyone is known by [[YouAreNumberSix unique identifiers]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** [[TruthInTelevision At least some common names are used by multiple characters]].
** [[NamelessNarrative No names are mentioned]].

* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, I've just noticed that no one we know has the same name as any of us. I wonder why that is?" "Just lucky, I guess."

* '''Discussed''': "Do all your friends have different first names?" "No. I know two Daves, two Johns, and two Janes."

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Several writers cooperate in naming the characters, but check their name suggestions with each other to avoid duplicate names.
* '''Deconstructed''': The demand for originality in naming means that people are saddled with [[AerithAndBob increasingly unwieldy and unpronounceable monikers]], and the parents are derided for giving their children names that other, more conventional, people consider new-agey nonsense or even a GhettoName.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Charles starts going by the nickname "Steve", and [[ComicalOverreacting everyone freaks out]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor because there already is a Steve]].

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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** PlanetOfSteves[[note]][[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus ...or Bruces]][[/note]]

** [[TruthInTelevision At least some common names are used by multiple characters.]]
** [[NamelessNarrative No names are mentioned.]]

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** Everyone is given unique names, so that no two people share the same name.

* '''Invoked''': There are two Steves at first, but one changes his name to Horace in order to avoid confusion with the other Steve.
* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''':
** Every person, place, and thing in the story has a highly distinctive name.
** The characters are set a school project, to research the most popular names. They discover that every name on record is used exactly once.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Straight''': The story has only one Steve, one Alice, and one Bob.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every person, place, and thing in the story has a highly distinctive name.

* '''Justified''': ???

** By law, everyone needs a namesake--no inventing original names allowed.

* '''Parodied''': The characters are set a school project, to research the most popular names. They discover that every name on record is used exactly once.

* '''Averted''': [[TruthInTelevision At least some common names are used by multiple characters.]]

* '''Defied''': Bob suggests using [[YouAreNumberSix unique identifiers]] for the two Steves, but both refuse to adopt a nickname.
* '''Discussed''': ???

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Justified''': Everyone is known by [[YouAreNumberSix unique identifiers]].

* '''Subverted''': There are two Steves, but all mentions of them are deliberately misleading; the reader doesn't discover until later that they're distinct.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...and still later, learns that one of the Steves was the secret identity of the other.

* '''Averted''': [[TruthInTelevision Several common names are used by several characters.]]

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* '''Averted''': Several common names are used by several characters.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': The demand for originality in naming means that people are saddled with increasingly unwieldy and unpronounceable monikers, and the parents are derided for giving their children names that other, more conventional, people consider new-agey nonsense or even a GhettoName.

%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Occasional minor characters share names, and are referred to by full name for clarity.

** PlanetOfSteves
*** [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus ...or Bruces]]