Have you known anyone to marry a person with the exact same name?
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
April 26, 2017 12:34pm CST
The strangest thought occurred to me this morning. It is not unusual for someone with a specific surname to marry a person with the same surname, but what about the entire name?
With so many unisex forenames around, such as Leslie or Toni, this is quite possible. A man named Ashley Williams could marry a woman named Ashley Williams or Rene Carson could marry Rene Carson etcetera.
I have never heard of such a marriage, but really find myself curious as to whether this has ever happened. Have you ever heard of such a case?
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
26 Apr 17
I found this one online.....
Some say married couples grow more alike over the years. But a recently engaged pair is already perfectly in sync in one unusual respect - they have exactly the same name.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
26 Apr 17
@Asylum It is kind of cool but a bit confusing. I guess they should give their future child the same name too..lol
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
12 May 17
not heard of it though there may be a few cases out there
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
12 May 17
@arthurchappell Finding one is impressive.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
12 May 17
@Asylum pretty impressive to find so many
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
25 May 17
I have not seen it but as you say, it could happen.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 May 17
@BelleStarr Oh, I suspected as much.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
5 May 17
My sister in law has 7 kids (4 adopted) and two of them married men named Smith.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
10 May 17
@Asylum You are correct. My son in law discovered a brother he didn't know he had and they have the same first and last name.
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
27 Apr 17
I did some search and found this
Some say married couples grow more alike over the years. But a recently engaged pair is already perfectly in sync in one unusual respect - they have exactly the same name.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Apr 17
@allknowing I realised that you must not have read the other responses.
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
27 Apr 17
@Asylum I did not see what others have posted. Anyway, I too learnt something.
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I've heard Paris Hilton dating another Paris though 
@LeaPea2417 (37336)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Jun 17
No, I don't know anyone like that.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
29 Apr 17
Yes, it has happened in our family and with some friends if we only talk about surnames.
To find a couple with the same exact name, that would have to be very unusual, wouldn't it?
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Apr 17
@PatZAnthony I have met many men whom I thought were female.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
29 Apr 17
@Asylum We have met several men in this area with names we thought were for females.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
16 Jun 17
I think it would be weird to be with someone with the exact same name as you. In my case, if they had the same last name as me I would assume they were somehow related, so that wouldn't ever happen. On another note, my long-term boyfriend and I have the exact same initials (SRB), which is a bit of a weird coincidence. We refer to ourselves as "SRB-squared."
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
26 Apr 17
Same Surname and initials, but not the same name. Interesting dilemma it raises.
I read things got a bit warm in your part of the country today, a great loss to medical research on cancer:
The Christie said the blaze was now contained but firefighters would stay at the site for a further 48 hours.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
29 Apr 17
Not quite but many moons ago someone at school was going out with a girl. His surname was oyle. Her first name was Olive. Can you imagine the titters that would cause when you asked her for her name!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
29 Apr 17
@garymarsh6 She must have had some strange looks whenever she was asked her name.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
29 Apr 17
@Asylum The funniest Photo I have ever seen was of a Gravestone with a married man called Harry Fidler and his wife Fanny together at last!
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@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
24 May 17
I'm not sure if this is the couple that were on House Hunters, a television show where people look at houses to buy one, as there was a couple on the show with the same names.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16750)
• China
16 May 17
Here according to tradition, two people with same family name avoid getting married,so the thing you mentioned hardly happens.
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@Marilynda1225 (82596)
• United States
18 May 17
I've never known anyone who married someone with the same name but I see that @happy2beme posted a link so I guess it isn't all that crazy
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@moffittjc (121503)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 May 17
My daughter's best friend has parents with the same name, although spelled differently. Dawn Arnold is the mother, and Don Arnold is the father. And even more interesting, Arnold was Dawn's maiden name! So she was Dawn Arnold before she got married, and Dawn Arnold after she got married!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 May 17
my cardiologist has his wife of the same surname as his, and they are not relatives, even distant kin.
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