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--> 'Hey hey Paula, I wanna marry you.\\
Hey hey Paula, no one else could ever do.'\\
\\
'Hey Paul, I've been waiting for you.\\
Hey hey Paul, I wanna marry you too.'

-> 'Hey hey Paula, I wanna marry you.\\

->'Hey Paul, I've been waiting for you.\\

** Tidus of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' is originally named Tiida, which means "Sun", in the Japanese version. This is meant to contrast his love interest's name, Yuna, which means "Night",

* The main leads of ''LightNovel/ToraDora'' are named '''Ryuu'''ji (dragon) and '''Taiga''' (tiger), fitting a TigerVersusDragon theme. The pair first bonded to help each other pursue someone else (Kitamura for Taiga and Minori for Ryuuji), but, given [[MatchmakerCrush the set-up]], it's pretty clear from the get-go that Ryuuji / Taiga would be the endgame. Even the title is a {{portmanteau|Couple Name}} for their names.

* ''Kluci, holky a Stodulky'': Jan (who mostly goes by Honza) is a young teen who starts dating a girl called Jana. He thinks it's neat and pretty, but his younger sister thinks it kinda lame and that others will tease them about it.
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* ''Literature/JorindeAndJoringel'' is about a pair of lovers who gets cursed by a WickedWitch on their way to get married, and must break free from her grasp to earn their HappilyEverAfter.

* The musical adaptation of ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' changes Emmett's surname from "Richmond" in the film, giving us a romantic pairing of Elle ''Woods'' and Emmett ''Forrest.''

* The main leads of ''LightNovel/ToraDora'' are named '''Ryuu'''ji (dragon) and '''Taiga''' (tiger), fitting the TigerVersusDragon theme. The pair first bonded to help each other pursue someone else (Kitamura for Taiga and Minori for Ryuuji), but, given [[MatchmakerCrush the set-up]], it's pretty clear from the get-go that Ryuuji / Taiga would be the endgame. Even the title is a {{portmanteau|Couple Name}} for their names.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has a subtle example in Naruto's parents, Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze. Kushina is named after Kushinadahime, consort of the Shinto god of storms, Susanoo. "Namikaze" means "wave and wind".

* The main leads of ''LightNovel/ToraDora'' is named '''Ryuu'''ji (dragon) and '''Taiga''' (tiger). The pair first bonded to help each other pursue someone else (Kitamura for Taiga and Minori for Ryuuji), but, given [[MatchmakerCrush the set-up]], it's pretty clear from the get-go that Ryuuji / Taiga would be the endgame. Even the title is a {{portmanteau|Couple Name}} for their names.

This trope may also lead to FamilyThemeNaming if the couple eventually [[BabiesEverAfter have children]] whose name follow the same theme.

Compare BirdsOfAFeather and LookalikeLovers, where other forms of similarities are used to emphasize the couple's compatibility. See also ThemeTwinNaming, where the ThemeNaming are applied to a pair of twin siblings rather than lovers.

* The Protogenoi of the Myth/ClassicalMythology frequently mates with their [[BirdsOfAFeather counterparts]]. For example, Nyx ("night") is mated to Erebos ("darkness"). Their children, Aether ("upper air" / "heavens") and Hemera ("day"), are also [[BrotherSisterIncest mated]] to one other.

* ''Literature/TheForsyteSaga'': Fleur Forsyte's suitor is called Michael Mont. He loves that their names are both alliterative. Michael loves Fleur and she enjoys his attentions, but she is in love with her second cousin Jon Forsyte.

A SubTrope to ThemeNaming, this trope occurs when a pair of {{Love Interest}}s are given matching names, connected by either alliteration, themes, rhymes, or even variants of the same name. If the couple are OppositesAttract, they are likely to use OppositesThemeNaming.

-> 'Hey hey Paula, I wanna marry you. //
Hey hey Paula, no one else could ever do.'//
//
'Hey Paul, I've been waiting for you. //

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* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' begins with LovableJock Finn and AlphaBitch cheerleader Quinn a couple.
* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'': Marcia and Marshall Langman, a 'married' couple who act as Pawnee's uber-conservative and highly reactive MoralGuardians. ("Married" because Marshall is extremely {{camp}} and so Leslie suspects he's a closeted gay man, but the two of them still consistently appear together.)
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* ''VideoGame/DinerDash Adventures'' has '''King'''ston and '''Queen'''ie. They are already dating at the start of the game, but their proposal and subsequent wedding preparations takes up a significant part of the game that Flo has to help them with.

* The Protogenoi of the Myth/ClassicalMythology frequently mates with their counterparts. For example, Nyx ("night") is mated to Erebos ("darkness"). Their children, Aether ("upper air" / "heavens") and Hemera ("day"), are also [[BrotherSisterIncest mated]] to one other.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman: The Doll's House'', two of Rose Walker's housemates are a couple named [[Franchise/{{Barbie}} Barbie and Ken]]. They're well aware of the connection, but by ''A Game of You'', they've broken up.

* ''Film/HotelForDogs'' features two dogs who end up hooking up, named Romeo and Juliet. They actually named Juliet after Romeo showed interest in her.
* ''Film/Ghost1990'': Oda Mae Brown is a psychic spiritual adviser for the dearly departed. One of her customers is called '''Or'''ticia and her ghost husband's name is '''Or'''lando.

* In the kids' book ''Delilah Darling is in the Classroom'', two hamsters who have babies together are named Wally and Dolly.

* "Hey, Paula" by the singing duo Paul & Paula is a pop love duet. It includes the following lyrics:->'Hey hey Paula, I wanna marry you. // Hey hey Paula, no one else could ever do.'// and in the next stanza 'Hey Paul, I've been waiting for you. // Hey hey Paul, I wanna marry you too.'

* ''VisualNovel/DaigyakutenSaiban'': Pat and Rolla are a ''patrol'' cop and his wife. Their one year anniversary turns out to be a plot point in the case.

* Played with in ''Literature/TheClocks''. The name on the dead man's fake card is "Mr. Curry", [[spoiler:and the woman who says she is his widow is called Mrs. Rival. Poirot figures out she is the murderer's accomplice, because he immediately recalls the Somerset village of Curry Rivel and realizes the murderer, while printing the card, subconsciously picked a name to match Mrs. Rival's]].

* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' has Benedict and Beatrice (both derived from the Latin word for "blessed"), a secondary couple whose BelligerentSexualTension dynamics frequently steals the limelight from the main one.

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* "Hey, Paula" by the singing duo Paul & Paula is a pop love duet. It includes the following lyrics: 'Hey hey Paula, I wanna marry you. // Hey hey Paula, no one else could ever do.'// and in the next stanza 'Hey Paul, I've been waiting for you. // Hey hey Paul, I wanna marry you too.'

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* In Ancient Roman wedding vows, the couple called each other "Caius" and "Caia".