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** [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Linda Lee]]. (Later Linda Danvers, Linda Lang and Kara Danvers.)
** [[Comicbook/{{Superboy}} Conner and Jonathan Samuel Kent]]

** Comicbook/{{Robin}}s [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], [[ComicBook/RedHood Jason Todd]], [[Comicbook/RobinDeadSidekick Tim Drake]], [[AlternateContinuity Carrie Kelley]], [[ComicBook/RobinSonOfBatman Damian Wayne]], and, while not technically a Robin, Duke Thomas & [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises John Blake]]. [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] is the only Robin not to have this. [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]], [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2011}} Barbara Gordon]], and [[ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} Kate Kane]] also have this, though with opposite-gender surnames.

** Eddie Brock, the original Comicbook/{{Venom}}.

* Ronald Raymond, the first Comicbook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}.

* Francisco Ramon, AKA Comicbook/{{Vibe}}.

* Suki Yumiko, a member of the Comicbook/{{Nova}} Corps.

** Comicbook/{{Robin}}s [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], [[ComicBook/{{RedHood}} Jason Todd]], [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]], [[AlternateContinuity Carrie Kelley]], [[ComicBook/RobinSonOfBatman Damian Wayne]], and, while not technically a Robin, Duke Thomas & [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises John Blake]]. [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] is the only Robin not to have this. [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]], [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2011}} Barbara Gordon]], and [[ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} Kate Kane]] also have this, though with opposite-gender surnames.

* [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], though "Parker" has only recently become common as a given name.

* [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]] (although this is pronounced differently from the first name, which is generally pronounced "zavv-ee-ay" rather than "ex-ay-vee-er"; the ''last'' name is also generally pronounced this way, but Middle America wouldn't have noticed it started with an X). The pronunciation is actually more slippery than this, as it has changed since the time of St. Francis Xavier (Which is pronounced Zay-Vee-Er, by the by). Javier is a phonetic respelling of the name in modern Spanish. However, the Portuguese pronounce the name with a sh sound.
* It's a requirement for a Franchise/GreenLantern from Earth:

* [[ComicBook/{{Iceman}} Bobby "Iceman" Drake]].

* Doctor Gordon Gordon Wyatt from ''Series/{{Bones}}''.
** Also Vincent Nigel-Murray.

* [[Series/DoctorWho Rose Tyler]] and [[Series/DoctorWho Clara Oswald]].

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Derek Morgan, Spencer Reid. Since almost everyone on the show in on LastNameBasis, some fans even forget that Reid isn't his first name.

* ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'': Mac Taylor. Probably also Lindsay Monroe, until she became Lindsay Messer.

** Jonas Quinn. (What's even more amusing is that he's an alien, but his name sounds less alien than that of his actor, Corin Nemec.)

See also RepetitiveName, when someone's first and last name outright match.

'''Note:''' It has become a habit of giving last names as forenames, making the lines between the two a bit blurry. Keep in mind that names such as Clark, Stewart, Scott, Carter, Donovan, Ryan, [=McKenzie=], Clinton and more, were surnames before becoming first names, and are still prominent as the former. Meaning that a character with one of these last name might not be an intentional example of this trope. This trope is about having two common enough first name, if a character has a unusual case of a last name as his first (ex: Holloway Robert) then this is not this trope.

* The ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise have [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Duo Maxwell]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn Asuka]].

* [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]]. He even used the alias "Roger Stevens" at least once.
* [[ComicBook/TheFalcon Sam Wilson]]. Like Steve, he once came up with the alias "Willie Samuels". Even better, his full name is Samuel ''Thomas'' Wilson.

* Literature/JackRyan

* The assassin Jack Ruby (born Jacob Rubenstein).

'''Note:''' It has become a habit of giving last names as forenames, making the lines between the two a bit blurry. Keep in mind that names such as Clark, Stewart, Scott, Carter, Donovan, Ryan, [=McKenzie=], Clinton and more, were surnames before becoming first names, and are still prominent as the former. Meaning that a character with one of these last name might not be an intentional example of this trope. This trope is about having two common enough first name, if so character has a unusual case of a last name as his first (ex: Holloway Robert) then this is not this trope.

* Tony Randall from the 70s sitcom [[Series/TheOddCouple The Odd Couple]], who was born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg

* Creator/DanielCraig (born Daniel Wroughton Craig)

** From ''LightNovel/MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse'' side story, we have Rick Sven.

* Asuna Yuuki of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. In Volume 7, she meets and befriends a girl named Yuuki Konno, who gets confused when one of Asuna's classmates addresses Asuna as "Yuuki-san."

This usually works better with men as most surnames are of male origins (thus why no one is named "Johnsdaughter"... well, unless they're Icelandic). However, due to the old trend of parents giving their daughter a masculine name eventually turning said name into a female one, some surnames also become feminine with time (This includes Kendall, Stacy, Shelby, Nicole, Ashley, Lindsay and more...)

* Creator/JackKirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg).

* Creator/MelBrooks (born Melvin Kaminsky).[[note]] Probably unintentional since Brooks didn't become a common first name until the 21th century. [[/note]]

* Music/EltonJohn (born Reginald Dwight).

* The titular ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' - Mario Mario and Luigi Mario. These names were originally used in [[Film/SuperMarioBros the Live Action Movie]], but after years of [[FlipFlopOfGod Flip-Flopping]] on it in the Games' continuity, the names were canonized during the series' 30th Anniversary.

In RealLife, this practice was particularly common among Jewish-American entertainers for much of the 20th century. In a time of widespread antisemitism, they would often replace their distinctive Germanic surnames with innocuous Anglo-Saxon given names when choosing stage aliases. This is how Moses Horwitz became "[[Film/TheThreeStooges Moe Howard]]", how Stanley Lieber became "Creator/StanLee", how Allan Konigsberg became "Creator/WoodyAllen", how Robert Zimmerman became "Music/BobDylan" and how Jonathan Leibowitz became "Creator/JonStewart".

* There are more than a few [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestlers]] that fit here: Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Simon Dean]], Chris Harris, Trevor Murdoch, Wrestling/MarkHenry, Wrestling/MattMorgan, [[Wrestling/TheYoungBucks Nick & Matt & Malachi Jackson]], [[Wrestling/BillyGunn Kip James]], Wrestling/TorrieWilson, Wrestling/KellyKelly, Donovan Morgan, Ricky Marvin, Brian Christopher, Wrestling/ShaneDouglas, Dave Taylor, Wrestling/ChuckTaylor (no relation), Wrestling/VinGerard[[note]]His full name is Vincent Gerard Durling[[/note]], Wrestling/JerryLynn, Wrestling/CandiceMichelle, Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin, Wrestling/JoeyRyan, Wrestling/AllysinKay, and Wrestling/KeithLee. Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/Stevie Richards, Davey Richards (no relation), Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/EddieEdwards, Wrestling/JimmyJacobs, Jack Evans, Erick Stevens, Petey Williams, and Wrestling/KevinOwens come close. Wrestling/MickieJames is a female wrestler with [[GenderBlenderName two traditionally male names]], Alex Shelley a male wrestler with [[GenderBlenderName two female names]]. [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Simon Dean]] is actually named after wrestler Wrestling/DeanMalenko, whose real name is Dean Simon.

** Inversions include the late Wrestling/{{Test}} (real name Andrew Martin) and Wrestling/TysonKidd (real name TJ Wilson).

** Wrestling/BrayWyatt, whose real name is Windham Lawrence Rotunda..

* Portuguese UsefulNotes/FormulaE driver António Félix da Costa is a subversion of this trope, as Félix da Costa is his paternal (second) last name.