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* It's particularly hard nowadays to find someone with the name "Tanjiro" and "Nezuko" without any mention of Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba, especially among the Gen Z and younger.
* Although "Morgiana" is a character in Literature/AliBabaAndTheFortyThieves, however, in anime and manga scene, this name is more tied with Manga/MagiTheLabyrinthOfMagic, to the point that her images compose almost all of the Google search results.
* There's not much usage of the name "Doremi" anymore after the release of Anime/OjamajoDoremi.

* It's particularly hard nowadays to find someone with the name "Tanjiro" and "Nezuko" without any mention of Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba, especially among the Gen Z and youngers.

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** "Charlie" and "Brown" can definitely be used individually, but not together unless it's for a bald boy with a yellow shirt with a black zigzag. (except Brazil, thanks to the band Charlie Brown Jr.) An obscure Batman villain known as Kite Man is named "Chuck Brown" and is a deliberate parody of Charlie Brown.
** The name "Snoopy" is forever associated with the white beagle.

* Most names of Biblical origins such as John, Matthew, Gabriel, Mary, Paul, and their variations in other languages, are [[AvertedTrope aversions]] since they have become overwhelmingly common to the point where not even their original bearers are associated with them. ''However'' most names of [[BiblicalBadGuy Biblical Bad Guys]] never took off as common names due to the infamy regarding them (even if in some cases, the bearers wasn't necessarily irredeemable). The list include Cain[[note]]"Cain" is actually common as a last name of Scottish and British origin, though unrelated to the biblical figure.[[/note]] , Judas, Delilah, Goliath and of course, Lucifer.
* Another biblical example is none other than "'''UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}'''". Note that despite his influence, most followers of the Christ won't name their children after him, the exceptions being Spain, Portugal and Latin America, where the form "Jesús" is actually common.

* Most names of Biblical origins such as John, Matthew, Gabriel, Mary, Paul, and their variations in other languages, are [[AvertedTrope aversions]] since they have become overwhelmingly common to the point where not even their original bearers are associated with them. ''However'' most names of [[BiblicalBadGuy Biblical Bad Guys]] never took off as common names due to the infamy regarding them (even if in some cases, the bearers wasn't necessarily evil). The list include Cain, Judas, Delilah, Goliath and of course, Lucifer.[[note]]"Cain" is actually common as a last name of Scottish and British origin, though unrelated to the biblical figure.[[/note]]

* While most names of religious origins have become very common, when hearing the name "UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}", everyone will think of the original bearer. Note that despite his influence, most followers of the Christ won't name their children after him, the exceptions being Spain, Portugal and Latin America, where the form "Jesús" is actually common.

* While the name David has become very common, there are next to no people named "Goliath" after David's famous opponent. The figure is mostly known for losing a battle and being a giant. As such, his name is mostly used to refer to animals of unusually large size such as Goliath spiders or beetles.

* Most of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's more famous characters are strictly off limits, and no one uses their names unless they intentionally mean to evoke those plays, Romeo being the worst offender (though Juliet has escaped this).

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[[folder:Real Life -- Politics and Military]]
* An infamous person whose both first ''and'' last name are forever associated with is none other than '''UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler''', with the HitlerAteSugar effect being at play:
** "Hitler" is a rare variation of the German surname "Hiedler". It wasn't common to begin with and in the aftermath of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, most bearers legally changed it.
** "Adolf" (and variants Adolph and Adolphe)[[note]]The Spanish and Italian variant "Adolfo" is exempt from this however.[[/note]] became an EmbarrassingFirstName for the creator of Adidas, Adolf Dassler, who exclusively went by "Adi". [[Creator/MarxBrothers Harpo Marx]]'s real name was "Adolph Marx" but he went by "Ahdie" and later changed it to "Arthur".
* UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates have quite many examples among them:
** The last names "[[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Lincoln]]", "[[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy]]" and "[[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Nixon]]" are strongly associated with the American presidents bearing them. Then there's "Roosevelt" which is even more so the case as it's borne by ''two'' presidents, [[UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt Theodore]] and [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt Franklin]].
** When hearing the first name "Woodrow", most will think of UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson who [[BabyNameTrendStarter kickstarted the popularity of the name]] and also [[BabyNameTrendKiller ended it]] due to being [[CondemnedByHistory viewed with more contempt in hinsidght]].
** The arabic name "Barack" is associated solely with president UsefulNotes/BarackObama, and so is his last name for that matter.
** "Donald" was for a long time synonymous with a [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon duck]], but is now strongly associated with president UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump. It helps that it was already considered an OutdatedName with very few relevant bearers, most going by "Don" or "Donny" anyways. The surname "Trump" is a greater example; exclusively associated with Donald and his family.
* UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} also has a few examples among its leaders and political figures:
** UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin whose last name is monopolized in the literal sense has it has nearly no other bearers outside of his family.
** '''UsefulNotes/JosephStalin''' is an odd and infamous example as "Stalin" isn't an actual Russian surname, but [[NomDeGuerre one he came up with]], allegedly from Russian "''сталь''" (stal) meaning "steel" with the "-in" being a standard suffix for Russian last names. Still, the name does exist as an uncommon French form of the German surame "Staehlin".
** UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and his family have the monopoly on their surname. Notably, the 1984 novel ''Literature/TheHuntForRedOctober'' features a character named Ivan Putin years before the rise in fame and infamy of President Putin, this isn't something that can be done nowadays.
** Before Putin, there were UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev and UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin who monopolized their surnames.
* "Churchill" despite being not that rare of a British surname, is solely associated with Prime Minister UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill. The name "Winston", while not as strong of an association, has still gained the reputation of being fit for a QuintessentialBritishGentleman thanks to Churchill.
* There will only be one [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoléon]]. Well, technically, there was his nephew Napoleon III who was president of France and later became Emperor himself, for a longer time in fact, but pretty much stuck in the shadow of his uncle, whose historical impact is so big it would be hard to overshadow him.
* A few manufactuers of firearms now have their surnames becoming synonymous with the guns they made:
** "Kalashnikov" is the last name of Mikhail Kalashnikov and now tied to his invention, the AK-47 riffle and its improved models.
** The already uncommon surname "Glock" (German for "Bell") comes from Gaston Glock, creator of the homonymous pistol.
** In the United-States, there's "Remington", Colt" and "Browning".
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[[folder:Real Life -- Writers]]
* You can just use his last name and everyone will know who you're talking about when you say "[[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]".
* "Astolphe", the French form of German "Astolf" is a name that has ''only one'' notable bearer so far, French writer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Custine Astolphe de Custine]]. One can suspects that it sounding to close to the aforementioned "Adolph" may be to blame for the lack of resurgence of the name. The Spanish and Italian variant of the name "Astolfo" is also monopilized by a (fictional) Frenchman thanks to the ''Franchise/FateSeries''.
* "Rudyard" is the forename of Creator/RudyardKipling and pretty much no one else.
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[[folder:Real Life -- Musicians]]
* All Elvises are direct {{shout out}}s to [[Music/ElvisPresley The King]]. The ones who are not are forced to use their full names.
** Music/ElvisCostello named himself in reference to Presley. And he sometimes released music under the pseudonym "The Imposters". His last name competes only with [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Lou]].
** Merengue singer Elvis Crespo (of "Suavemente" fame) was named after THE Elvis.
** Folk singer Elvis Perkins was named after The Elvis by his father, actor Creator/AnthonyPerkins.
** A Swedish series of children's books by Maria Gripe features a young protagonist named Elvis by his Presley-loving mother. (Swedish children are NEVER named Elvis unless it's a tribute to The King.[[note]]Though there is a Norse name Alvíss, it is unrelated etymologically.[[/note]]) After The King dies, his mom starts calling him Edwin or Edmund.
* Don't expect to be hearing of any pop singers named Britney in the future. Music/BritneySpears owns the name. The name "Britney" in general is this, as it's even a redirect to her page on Wikipedia ("Brittany" and "Brittney" haven't been hit as hard, but they're not immune).
* The name of multiple African origins "Kanye" is monopolized by rapper Music/KanyeWest, whom according to, his name fittingly means "the only one".
* Music/{{Shakira}} isn't a particularly common Hispanic name, but it's not rare either. That being said, pretty much everyone bearing the name has had to deal with the inevitable "Hips Don't Lie" jokes.
* When Music/{{Madonna}} Ciccone's given name is that uncommon and that strongly associated with one person, many people assume "Madonna" must be a stage name. Her name is only rivaled by the Virgin Mary.
* [[Music/EltonJohn Elton]] seems safely secure nowadays.[[note]]except for german-speaking countries, where Stefan Raab turned his voiceover guy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_(television_presenter) Elton]] into a [[AscendedExtra celebrity of his own]].[[/note]]
* "Ozzy" is an alternate spelling of the real name "Ozzie" but is used mainly as the nickname of [[Music/OzzyOsbourne John Osbourne]], with or without his last name alongside it.
* Out of "respect" for the Queen of Soul, Music/{{Aretha|Franklin}} is fully off-limits.
* Music/{{Adele}} isn't that rare of a name, but now it is mostly associated with the British singer, especially after her international breakthrough in 2011. She's the reason that [[Music/EmeliSande Adele Sandé]] goes by her middle name Emeli. In fact, her article on [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} That Other Wiki]] is at simply "Adele."
* Deliberately invoked by Music/TayZonday. He said in an interview he picked the name because it was the first one he came up with that didn't show any other significant personages in a web search.
* Music/TheBeatles: There are many people named John, Paul, and George, but there is [[Music/RingoStarr only one Ringo]]. At least, outside of Japan; it was a nickname based on the rings he wore, but it also happens to be the Japanese word for "apple" (a coincidence which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZj3dOm9muA Japanese commercials have parodied]]).
* KoreanPopMusic
** There is only one [[Music/BoAKorea Boa]].
** The K-pop companies can't have any idol with the name "Music/{{Jungkook}}" anymore, unless you expect him to forever be associated with Music/{{BTS}}. While most of the other BTS members use stage names[[note]] save for Jimin, whose unisex name is used by several other idols (albeit mostly female)[[/note]], fans refer to RM (Kim Nam-joon) and V (Kim Tae-hyung) by their real names regularly enough for "Namjoon" and "Taehyung" to be off limits as well.
** Although Hyuna (pronounce hyun-ah) is a real and common Korean name, in K-pop industry, the name is unsurprisingly associated with Music/HyunA.
** "Jisoo" is a common unisex name in Korea, but everywhere else it refers almost exclusively to the Music/BlackPink member. She’s not the only idol who goes by that name, but the others are far more obscure in the West. This is likely why the {{Music/ITZY}} member uses the stage name "Lia" instead. On the flip side, though common Western names, "Jennie" and "Lisa" are unlikely to be used by any other K-pop idol without being associated with the Blackpink members.
** {{Music/Twice}} being one of the most popular girl groups internationally, combined with none of the members using English names professionally, means that at least some members (particularly Music/{{Nayeon}}, Jeongyeon, and Tzuyu) have had their names associated almost exclusively with them outside of Korea.[[labelnote:note]] Japanese members Mina, Sana, and especially Momo are the major exceptions despite the latter two not sharing their names with other K-pop idols. Chaeyoung is the biggest exception in the K-pop community, where Jihyo has a Two-Mario Limit with actress Song Ji-hyo.[[/labelnote]] Tzuyu has pretty much monopolized the Wade-Giles Romanization of the Chinese name [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziyu Ziyu]].
* If your name is "Alanis", chances are you're gonna be the butt of many jokes relating to [[Music/AlanisMorissette that Canadian woman who doesn't know what irony is]].
* Jimmy is a common name but Jimi is only associated with Music/JimiHendrix.
* Many classical composers have last names that are associated solely with them, including [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]], [[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven]], [[Music/FranzSchubert Schubert]], [[Music/FryderykChopin Chopin]], [[Music/FranzLiszt Liszt]], [[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky Tchaikovsky]], and [[Music/DmitriShostakovich Shostakovich]].
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[[folder:Real Life -- Actors]]
* Creator/TomHanks had a speech regarding actors who can be identified by a single part of their name, Creator/DenzelWashington standing out as in his case, it's his first name.
-->[[Creator/MarlonBrando Brando]]; [[Creator/MontgomeryClift Clift]]; [[Creator/SidneyPoitier Poitier]]; [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor McQueen]]; [[Creator/DustinHoffman Hoffman]]; [[Creator/AlPacino Pacino]]; [[Creator/RobertDeNiro De Niro]]. Now the cliche "the list goes on-and-on" does not apply here–because it doesn't. The list is finite, the club is exclusive. A single name can define an artist who is a peer and equal with all of the greatest legends of our craft. If Washington doesn't ring loud enough, then let the first name carry all the weight. And that name is Denzel.
* It's hard to think of a "Keanu" other than [[Creator/KeanuReeves Mr. Reeves]].
* "Dwayne" is limited to [[Creator/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] in term of popular knowledge. It's alternate spelling "Duane" is immune to this.
* "Schwarzenegger" is a rare German last name that will never live down its association with actor and politician Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. Even his first name to an extent is victim to this. It even spawned its own trope TheAhnold.
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[[folder:Real Life -- Sport and Professional Wrestling]]
* When you mention the name "Kobe", you almost always get former basketball star Kobe Bryant instead of the Japanese city, the meat, or League of Legends caster Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler.
* Similarly, "Ichiro" nowadays has pretty much been taken over by former baseball star Ichiro Suzuki, whether you're in Japan or North America. His page on the Japanese Wikipedia is at "イチロー" (romanized as "Ichirō") instead of his actual Japanese name of "鈴木 一朗" ("Suzuki Ichirō").
* UsefulNotes/StephenCurry is pretty much the only man who can use the nickname "Steph", as it's otherwise exclusively reserved as a shorthand for the female name Stephanie. Even the pronunciation of his name ("Steffen" instead of "Steven") qualifies.
* Usain is mostly associated with Usain Bolt, the Jamaican Olympic sprinter.
* Outside of India, Wrestling/JinderMahal has OML'd the name "Jinder".
* The surname "Hogan" is primarily associated with Wrestling/HulkHogan, despite it not being his real name and [[Series/HogansHeroes Colonel Robert Hogan]] predating him by decades.
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[[folder:Real Life -- Businesspeople]]
* Creator/{{Disney}} is the name of the world-wide known biggest entertainment media company and nothing else. It is actually named after its founder Creator/WaltDisney but no writers would name their fictional character "Disney" by fear of copyrights among other reasons.
* The uncommon name "Elon" is associated only with billionaire and founder of UsefulNotes/SpaceX, Elon Musk.
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[[folder:Real Life -- Miscellaneous]]
* "Einstein" is solely associated with UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein. In popular culture, this name is synonymous with "clever" just like "Sherlock" is synonymous with "insightful".
* While technically there's no restriction against a [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] choosing the name Peter, no pontifex has deemed himself worthy of homaging Saint Peter, the apostle who founded the Catholic Church. There is even a prophecy that Peter II will be the last Pope for [[BookEnds resonance]].
* The last names "Dahmer", "Gacy" and "Bundy" have gained a murky reputation due to their most (in)famous bearers being American [[SerialKiller serial killers]] Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy.
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This effect may vary depending on who you ask, and country and language barrier play a role in this. For example, "Mario" being an Italian name, is actually common among Italians but unheard of for other people not familiar with the country, making it a lesser One-Mario Limit in Italy (though it hasn't had no effect; on the other hand, the character's brother Luigi is way more common to the point of fully averting the effect in Italy).

* "Schwarzenegger" is a rare German last name that will never live down its association with actor and politician Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. Even his first name to an extent is victim to this. It even spwaned its own trope TheAhnold.

* An infamous person whose both first ''and'' last name are forever associated with is none other than UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, with the HitlerAteSugar effect being at play:

* Many leaders and other important figures of Russia have last names that are associated solely with them, some being nearly unique: This includes "[[UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin Rasputin]]", "[[UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev Gorbachev]]", "[[UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin Yeltsin]]" and "[[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Putin]]".

* While there are many men named "Chuck", such as Creator/ChuckJones or Creator/ChuckNorris, the variant "Chucky" is largely synonymous with the killer doll from ''Franchise/ChildsPlay''. Meanwhile, "Chuckie" spelled with an "ie" is mostly associated with Chuckie Finster from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.

* "Wilson" as a first name in Hollywood cinema is synonymous with the [[CompanionCube Volleyball imaginary friend]] in Film/CastAway. The name is taken from the sports equipment manufacturer of the same name.

* "Colgate" is a hard surname to bear nowadays unless you're fine with the strong association with a brand of toothpaste. Interestingly enough, the nameskae of the company, founder William Colgate, never intended to sell toothpaste under that name as he died long before the company made the decision.
* UsefulNotes/McDonalds

** The K-pop companies can't have any idol with the name "Music/{{Jungkook}}" anymore, unless you expect him to forever be associated with Music/{{BTS}}.

* "Jason" is a very common name in real life, but horror fans will immediately think of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]. In fact, the name is so iconic that (as Creator/JamesRolfe once pointed out) most people wouldn't even know who you were talking about if you bothered to give the full name, but will understand when you limit it to the first name. "Jason Voorhees? Who's that?" "You know, Jason." "OHHHH!! Jason! Right, hockey mask, machete." Try to find another slasher villain named Jason who didn't predate him and isn't a parody of him. (The last name Voorhees is probably even more of an example).