History Main / TwoFirstNames

* Creator/ClarkGregg, whose real name is Robert Clark Gregg meaning he technically has ''three'' first names.

* From The MortalInstruments series, Jace, whose full name is Jonathan Christopher Wayland. [[spoiler: [[MindScrew We think.]] It's really only the last name that's a point of debate, so whether it's Wayland, Morgenstern, Lightwood, or Herondale, he's still an example.]]

* Campbell Alexander from JodiPicoult's ''MySistersKeeper''.

** Comicbook/{{Robin}}s [[{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], Jason Todd, Tim Drake, [[AlternateContinuity Carrie Kelly]], Damian Wayne, and [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises John Blake]]. Stephanie Brown is the only Robin not to have this. [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Cassandra Cain and Barbara Gordon]] also have this, though with opposite-gender surnames.

** Jay Garrick as well, and Wally West might count, although the only West that leaps to mind is [[TheScrappy the guy from]] ''Series/{{Heroes}}''. With Bart, at least, it really only makes sense when you realize that his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_(name) full first name]] is actually a {{Patronymic}} (it's still very rare as a first name, though, apparently because people can't be bothered with saying anything quadrisyllabic).

** Possibly averted with the latest Green Lantern of Earth: the Lebonese Simon Baz.

* James Jesse, the first Trickster. To be fair, he chose this name after Jesse James. His birth name is Giovanni Giuseppe (which is, in Italian, itself an example of this trope).

* There are more than a few [[ProfessionalWrestling pro-wrestlers]] that fit here: Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Simon Dean]], Chris Harris, Trevor Murdoch, Wrestling/MarkHenry, Matt Morgan, Nick & Matt & Malachi Jackson, Kip James, Wrestling/KellyKelly, Donovan Morgan, Ricky Marvin, Brian Christopher, Shane Douglas, Dave Taylor, Chuck Taylor (no relation), Vin Gerard, Jerry Lynn, [[Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam Shelton Benjamin]], Wrestling/JoeyRyan. Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Wrestling/Stevie Richards, Davey Richards (no relation), Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Eddie Edwards, Wrestling/JimmyJacobs, Jack Evans, Erick Stevens and Petey Williams come close. Wrestling/MickieJames is a female wrestler with [[GenderBlenderName two traditionally male names]], Alex Shelley a male wrestler with [[GenderBlenderName two female names]]. Simon Dean is actually named after wrestler Wrestling/DeanMalenko, whose real name is Dean Simon.

* Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi from Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica. Many of the other characters, such as Sayaka Miki and Kyoko Sakura, have last names that ''sound'' and/or ''can'' be used as first names, but are still valid last names.

* Chiaki Nanami of ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'', as well as [[spoiler:Taeko Yasuhiro]] of the original ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''; the latter is a plot point because the person in question's last name is the same as another student's first name.

* [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, Hitomi Shizuki, Mami Tomoe, Homura Akemi, and Kyouko Sakura]]. Enough of them to count as ThemeNaming. Hitomi and Homura are somewhat of a special case; Hitomi isn't an especially important character ('Shizuki' is not a common first name), and Homura Akemi, who is '''definitely''' important, is closer to having her names reversed than having two first names ('Homura' is even more uncommon than 'Shizuki', and if someone does use it as a first name, they're usually male).
** It also pops up in the [[SpinOff Spin-Offs]]. [[Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica Yuma Chitose]], [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Kaoru Maki, Umika Misaki]], and [[Manga/PuellaMagiSuzuneMagica Suzune Amano]] are just some of the examples
** And ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]]'' has Nagisa Momoe.

* rastor/MichaelClarkeDuncan took this trope UpToEleven.
* Drew [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Allison]] Carey. As said by [[Series/TheDrewCareyShow Mimi]]: "All three of your names are for girls!"
* Music/EltonJohn. Extra points since his real name, Reg Dwight, would count too.
* Creator/PeterDavid

* ThomasJane from ThePunisher

* [[{{Terminator}} John]] [[TheSarahConnorChronicles Connor]] as well as his parents Sarah Connor and [[spoiler:Kyle Reese]].

* [[SailorMoon Kino Makoto]]; both surname and given name [[TomboyishName can be used by both men and women]].

*** Likewise hyphenated is Terry-Thomas, a.k.a Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens.

** SpinOff characters [[Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica Yuma Chitose]], [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Umika Misaki, Kaoru Maki, Nico Kanna, Mirai Wakaba, Satomi Usagi, Saki Asami]], and [[spoiler: Yuuri Asuka]] all follow this, as well.

* Ronald Raymond, the first {{Firestorm}}.

* Cain Marko is an [[TVTropesDrinkingGame egregious]] example, where a given name that doesn't make a particularly good surname is pressed into service to make a MeaningfulName.

-->-- '''Creator/NeilPatrickHarris''', ''[[http://rutube.ru/tracks/1847994.html?v=b837c10c18490baa6b90c6cfc0ce53bd Saturday Night Live]]''

* [[Series/TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]] from ''The Daily Show''. Inevitable, since Stewart is a showbiz adaptation of his middle name. He was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz.

-->"Tonight's guest, Congressman RonPaul, a proud member, with me, of the Two First Names Club. We, uh, we meet every Thursday for cocktails with Ron Jeremy and Barney Frank."
* Tim Allen (''HomeImprovement'') was born Timothy Alan Dick.
* Rose Marie was a supporting player on ''TheDickVanDykeShow'' and a panelist on ''TheHollywoodSquares''. She seldom used her surname, Curley.

* StanLee (born Stanley Lieber).
* JackKirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg)
* JohnWayne (born Marion Michael Morrison).
* CaryGrant (born Archibald Leach).
* [[TheKingofQueens Kevin James]] from The King of Queens (born Kevin George Knipfing).

* Radio broadcaster Paul Harvey, born Paul Harvey Aurandt.

* Moe Howard (Moses Hurwitz)
* William Conrad, who played Marshal Dillon on ''Gunsmoke'' (born John William Cann, Jr.)

* Jason Alexander (born Jay Scott Greenspan).

* Meg Ryan, born Margaret Hyra.
* Katy Perry, born Katheryn Hudson

* Michael Clark Duncan took this trope UpToEleven.

* EltonJohn, extra points since his real name, Reg Dwight, would count too.
* PeterDavid

* [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James Kirk]].

* Katy Perry, born Katherine Hudson

** His son Creator/{{Michael|Douglas}}.