List of people with reduplicated names
Reduplication is a process by which the root or stem of a word, or part of it, is repeated. Alternative terms include cloning, doubling, duplication, and repetition. Reduplication has a grammatical function in some languages, such as plurality or intensification. It is also used to derive new words. The process of anthroponymy, or naming people, is frequently creative, and provides examples of this.
Said Jerome K. Jerome to Ford Madox Ford,
"There's something, old boy, that I've always abhorred:
When people address me and call me, 'Jerome',
Are they being standoffish, or too much at home?"
Said Ford, "I agree;
It's the same thing with me."
During immigration many Arabs or others who use the Arab naming structure do not have a family name but take their father's name as their "last name". Most immigrants from the Arab world usually take their paternal grandfather's name as their last name.
Reduplication in human names is sometimes used with hypocorisms, i.e., informal short versions of names. It is commonly used this way in French and Chinese, e.g., the French name Louise becomes Loulou as a diminutive. The nicknames and fictional characters below include other examples.
Surnames
- Carlos Hernan Andica Andica (born 1983), Colombian weightlifter
- Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh (born 1938), Cameroonian politician
- Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (born 1978), Cameroonian basketball player
- Agustín Guillermo Carstens Carstens (born 1958), Mexican economist
- Cave-Browne-Cave baronets (since 1839)
- Eric Djemba-Djemba (born 1981), Cameroonian footballer
- Félix Eboa Eboa (born 1997), Cameroonian footballer
- Alberto Fujimori Fujimori (born 1938), Peruvian politician
- Alexandra Hall Hall (born 1964), British diplomat
- Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard (1766–1824)
- House of Kamehameha (19th century)
- Kazenga LuaLua (born 1990), English–Congolese footballer
- Lomana LuaLua (born 1980), Congolese footballer
- Roberto Mamani Mamani (born 1962), Bolivian artist
- Dieudonné M'bala M'bala (born 1966), French comedian
- Fuifui Moimoi (born 1979), Tongan rugby league player
- Charles Newdigate Newdegate (1816–1887), British politician
- Luis Rivera Rivera (born 1986), Puerto Rican gymnast
- Agnes Robertson Robertson (1882–1968), Australian senator
- Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez (1931–2001), Catholic bishop
- Román Rodríguez Rodríguez (born 1956), Canarian politician
- John Scott-Scott (1934–2015), British engineer
- Ralph William Lyonel Tollemache-Tollemache (born 1826), British clergyman
- Sofia Vergara Vergara (born 1972), Colombian-American actress
- Theodora Wilson Wilson (born 1865), British teacher and author
- Ben Bag-Bag (c. 30 CE), rabbinic sage
Personal names
- Reduplicated in the original language
- Ai Weiwei (艾未未) (born 1957)
- Bo Guagua (薄瓜瓜) (born 1987)
- Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope (1823–1871) British naval officer
- May May Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali[2]
- Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) (born 1981)
- He Pingping (何平平) (1988–2010)
- Li Feifei (李飞飞) (born 1976)
- Li Lili (黎莉莉) (born Qian Zhenzhen, 1915–2005)
- Lily Li (李麗麗) (born 1950)
- Tingting (婷婷) as given name, multiple people
- Liu Yangyang (刘扬扬) (born 2000), member of China-based band WayV
- Yo-Yo Ma (马友友) (born 1955)
- Sa Dingding (萨顶顶) (born 1983)
- Moon Moon Sen (born 1954), Indian actress
- Not reduplicated in the original language
- Run Run Shaw (邵仁楞) (1907–2014)
- Wang Zhizhi (王治郅) (born 1977)
- He Ying Ying (何盈莹) (born 1995)
Nicknames or stage names
- Ada Adini (American soprano, 1855–1924)
- Bam Bam Bigelow (American professional wrestler, 1961–2007)
- BeBe & CeCe Winans (American singers, born 1962 and 1964)
- Bebe Rexha (American singer, born 1989)
- BeBe Zahara Benet (Cameroonian drag queen, born 1981)
- Bianca Bianchi (German coloratura soprano, 1855–1947)
- Billy Dee Williams (African-American actor, born 1937)
- Booboo Stewart (American actor, born 1994)
- CeCe Peniston (African-American singer, born 1969)
- Chi Chi LaRue (American film director, born 1959)
- Coco Chanel (French fashion designer, 1883–1971)
- Courtney Taylor-Taylor (American lead singer of The Dandy Warhols, born 1967)
- Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez (Puerto Rican golfer, born 1935)
- Doug E. Doug (African-American actor, born 1970)
- Dudley Dudley (born 1973), ring name of American professional wrestler Jeff Bradley[2]
- Fei Fei (Hong Kong actress, 1945–2008)
- Flavor Flav (American rapper, born 1959)
- Franco Franchi (Italian comedian, 1928–1992)
- Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (Mexican-American actor, 1925–2006)
- Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (English musician, born 1946)
- Helle Helle (Danish author, born 1965)
- Honey Boo Boo (American child beauty pageant contestant, born 2005)
- Lord Haw-Haw (British Nazi propaganda broadcaster, 1906–1946)
- JoJo (American singer, born 1990)
- JoJo Starbuck (American figure skater, born 1951)
- Jorge Ben Jor (Brazilian musician)
- José José (Mexican singer, born 1948)
- Justo Justo (Filipino columnist and playwright, 1941–2012)
- Keke Palmer (American actress, born 1993)
- Keke Rosberg (Finnish racing driver, born 1948)
- Keke Wyatt (American singer, born 1982)
- Lil' Keke (American rapper, born 1976)
- Kelly Kelly (American female professional wrestler for WWE, born 1987)
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Japanese singer, born 1991)
- Lisa Lisa[2] (American singer, born 1966)
- Lulu (Scottish singer, born 1948)
- Marky Mark (American actor, born 1971)
- Miou-Miou (French actress, born 1950)
- Miu Miu, childhood nickname of Miuccia Prada (Italian fashion designer, born 1949), adopted as the name of her Miu Miu brand in 1992
- Noël-Noël (French actor, 1897–1989)
- Rod Roddy (American television announcer, 1937–2003)
- Rucka Rucka Ali (American comedian-rapper, born 1987)
- Rye Rye (American rapper, born 1990)
- Snoop Doggy Dogg (American rapper, born 1971; later known as Snoop Dogg and Snoop Lion)
- Sylvain Sylvain (American guitarist, born 1951)
- Totò (Italian comedian, 1898–1967)
- Toto Cutugno (Italian singer and songwriter, born 1943)
- Toto Wolff (Austrian CEO of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport)
- Xi Xi (西西, Chinese writer, born 1938)
- Bian Jinyang (born 1993), Chinese author who writes under the pen name Yang Yang
- Zsa Zsa Gabor (Hungarian-born American actress, 1917–2016)
Same personal name and family name
American
- Abraham Abraham (1843–1911), businessman
- Ahmed Ahmed (born 1970), comedian
- Barbara Barbara, fashion designer[2]
- Hugh Brown Brown (1883–1975), attorney and Mormon church leader
- Dudley Dudley (born Dudley Webster, 1936), politician
- De De Pierce, formerly Joseph De Lacroix Pierce, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist
- Ea Ea, formerly Craige Schensted, physicist
- Emery Emery (born 1963), stand-up comedian, film editor & producer, and author
- Evans Evans (born 1936), actress
- George W. George (1920–2007), film director
- Gordon Gordon (1906–2002), writer
- Griffith J. Griffith (1850–1919), industrialist and philanthropist
- Hamilton Hamilton (1847–1928), painter and etcher
- Holling C. Holling (1900–1973), author and illustrator
- Ivan M. Ivan (born 1945), politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives 1991–1993 and 1995–1999[3]
- John John (disambiguation), several people
- Jose Jose (born 1948), college football player for the University of Central Florida
- Khaled Mohamed Khaled (born 1975), recording artist under stage name DJ Khaled
- Lauren Bush Lauren (born 1984), model and charity fundraiser
- Leon M. Leon (1903–1998), Hollywood sound technician[4]
- Morgan Morgan (1688–1766), pioneer settler
- Morris Morris (1844–1906), actor
- John Myers Myers (1906–1988), writer
- Nyambi Nyambi (born 1979), actor
- Phelps Phelps (1897–1981), politician
- Phillip Phillips (born 1990), musician
- James Roosevelt Roosevelt, known as "Rosey" (1854–1927), diplomat and half-brother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Thomas Thomas (several)
- Ward Wellington Ward (1875–1932), architect
- Warren S. Warren, professor of chemistry at Duke University
- William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), poet and physician
Arab
- Ahmed Ahmed (born 1970), Egyptian-born American actor and comedian
- Azzam Azzam (born 1963)
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1922–2016)
- Fares Fares (born 1973), Swedish-Lebanese actor
- Haidar Haidar, Syrian novelist
- Kahlil Gibran whose full name was Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)
- Mahmoud Mahmoud (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
- Sirhan Sirhan (born 1944)
- Sirhan Sirhan (militant) (died 2003)[2]
Australian
- Aliir Aliir (footballer, born 1994)
- Austin Austin (politician, 1855–1925)
- Sir Benjamin Benjamin (politician, 1834–1905)
- Burnum Burnum (activist, 1936–1997)
- Grace Grace (politician, born 1958)
- Hussein Hussein (boxer, born 1975)
- Leigh Leigh (murder victim, 1975–1989)
- W. Lister Lister (painter, 1859–1943)
- Miao Miao (table tennis player, born 1981)
- Michael ("Mick") Michael (Lord Mayor of Perth, 1922-2016)
- Stuart Stuart (record producer)
Canadian
- David David (fur trader, 1764–1824)
- Raymond Raymond (politician, 1905–1978)
Chinese
(Note: some of these people's surnames are not the same as the given names in the original language)
- Dong Dong (董栋) (trampoline gymnast, born 1989)
- Lang Lang (pianist) (郎朗) (born 1982)
- Li Li (badminton player) (李理)
- Li Li (gymnast) (李莉)
- Li Lili (黎莉莉) (singer and actress, 1915–2005)
- Lily Li ((李麗麗)) (actress, born 1950)
- Miao Miao (苗苗) (Olympic table tennis player, born 1981)
- Cao Cao (曹操) (warlord, 155–220)
- Yang Yang:[2]
- Yang Yang (badminton) (楊陽) (born 1963)
- Yang Yang (baseball) (杨洋) (born 1986)
- Yang Yang (painter) (born 1953)
- Yang Yang (A) (楊揚) (born 1976), short track speed skater
- Yang Yang (S) (楊陽) (born 1977), short track speed skater
- Yang Yang (athlete) (born 1991), Chinese sprinter
- Yang Yang (swimmer) (born 1997), Chinese Paralympic swimmer
- Yang Yang (conductor) (born 1973), Chinese conductor with Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra
- Yang Yang (tenor) (1974/75 – 2019), Chinese tenor
- Yang Yang (actor) (born 1991), Chinese actor
- Yang Yang (director), Chinese director, see Golden Eagle Award for Best Television Series Director (China)
- Yang Yang (economist) (born 1987), Chinese economist with the International Monetary Fund
Italian
- Santorio Santorio (1561–1636), physician
- Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), astronomer
- Guccio Gucci (1881–1953), fashion designer
Japanese
- Eiki Eiki (1971–), manga artist
- Saito Saito (1972–), poet
Welsh
- Evan Evans (disambiguation), several people
- Griffith Griffith (1823–1889), founder of Penryn, CA and proprietor of celebrated Penryn granite quarries; History of Placer County, California, 1882
- Griffith Griffith (1883–1967)
- James James (1833–1902)
- Llewelyn Lewellin (1798–1878)
- Morgan Morgan-Owen (1877–1950), Welsh footballer
- Owain Owain (1929–1993), writer
- Owen Owen (1847–1910), founder of eponymous chain of department stores
- Owen Owen (school inspector) (1850–1920)
- Pryce Pryce-Jones (1834–1920)
- Thomas Thomas (1877– ), Welsh international footballer
- Thomas Thomas (boxer) (1880–1911)
- Thomas Thomas (cleric) (1804–1877)
- His son Thomas Llewellyn Thomas (1840–1897)
- Thomas L. Thomas (Welsh American baritone, 1911–1983)
Other British
Among the early modern gentry, one custom was for a son's given name to be his mother's maiden name, and another was for a man to change his surname to that of a relative to receive an inheritance; these customs sometimes intersected to give names such as Cresswell Cresswell (born Cresswell Easterby) and St George St George, 1st Baron Saint George (born St George Ussher).
- Alan Alan, magician (1926–2014)
- Anthony Anthony, compiler of the Anthony Roll, inventory of Tudor ships (fl. 1540s)
- Baden Baden-Powell (1860–1937), aviator
- Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), author of Flatland
- Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939), author, born Ford Hermann Hueffer
- Francis Francis (writer) (1822–1886)
- Francis Francis (cricketer) (1852–1926)
- Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866–1941)
- Hamilton Douglas-Hamilton (1853–1929), cricketer and clergyman
- Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), author
- Martin Martin (c.1660–1718), writer
- Michael Michael (born 1957), police informant
- Mohamed Mohamed (born 1984)
- Monier Monier-Williams (1819–1899)
- Neville Neville (1949–2015), cricketer and football agent
- Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1496–1567), Lord Chancellor
- Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Baronet (1722–1746)
- St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile (died 1787)
- Samuel Samuel (1855–1934), politician
- Sassoon David Sassoon (1832–1867), businessman
- Sir Sitwell Sitwell, 1st Bt. (1769–1811), politician
- Solomon J. Solomon (1860–1927), painter
Other
- Aaron Aaronsohn (Jewish agronomist, and organizer of Nili spy ring, 1876–1919)
- Abba bar Abba (Babylonian Jewish sage and Amora, c. 200 CE)
- Abdullah Abdullah (Afghan politician, born 1960)
- Alik Alik (Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia, born 1953)
- Bernard Bernard (French priest, 1821–1895)
- Bol Bol (basketball player, born 1999, son of Manute)
- Daniel K Daniel (Nigerian television and film actor, born 1986)
- David Mathayo David (Tanzanian CCM politician, born 1969)
- Morgan Demiro-O-Domiro (French trampolinist, known for placing sixth in the 2015 Trampoline World Championships, born 1995)
- Elia Elia (Samoan rugby union player, born 1996)
- Fitriani Fitriani (Indonesian badminton player, 1821–1895)
- Ntibinyane Ntibinyane (co-founder and managing editor of the INK Centre for Investigative Journalism)
- Henry Henry (Irish Roman Catholic bishop, 1846–1908)
- Horst P. Horst (German-American fashion photographer, 1906–1999)
- Jeejeebhoy Piroshaw Bomanjee Jeejeebhoy (Indian military pilot who served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, 1891–1950)
- Jindřich Jindřich (Czech musician and composer, 1876–1967 — Czech article)
- Kalonymus ben Kalonymus (Jewish poet, philosopher and translator of the Sages of Provence, 1286 – c. 1328)
- Daniel Koum Koum (Cameroon-born Australian weightlifter, born 1985)
- Magid Magid (Mayor of Sheffield, born 1991)
- Majok Majok (South Sudan-born basketball player, born 1992)
- Milos Milos (Serbian actor, 1941–1966)
- Mogoeng Mogoeng (South African judge, born 1961)
- Omar Mohamed Omar (Somali basketball player and coach, 1970–2008)
- Pavel Pavel (Czech engineer, experimental archaeologist and politician, born 1957)
- Roger Roger (French composer, 1911–1995)
- Salim Ahmed Salim (Tanzanian diplomat, served as 7th Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity, born 1942)
- Sinoti Sinoti, (Samoan rugby union player, born 1985)
- Sunaina Sunaina (Indian weightlifter, born 1980)[5]
- Thomas Thomas (Indian surgeon, 1917–1998)
- Thomas Thomas Riley (American businessman and former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, born 1949)
- Tuika Tuika (Samoan politician)
- Yang Yang (scientist) (Taiwanese-born material scientist at University of California, Los Angeles, born 1958)
Fictional characters
- Albert Albert, the protagonist in the novel Albert Angelo by B.S. Johnson
- Lt. Andy Anderson of Perry Mason (TV series), a police detective played by Wesley Lau.
- Bamm-Bamm, son of Barney Rubble
- Bob Roberts, the main character of the film of the same name
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, the main character of the eponymous manga and anime series
- Boo-Boo Bear
- Carlton "Carl" Carlson, a supporting character on the animated television series The Simpsons.
- Cha-Cha DiGregorio from the musical and movie Grease
- Charles Charles, a character on Pushing Daisies
- Chi-Chi or Chi Chi, a character in Dragon Ball media
- Chi Chi, a character in the Scarface universe
- ChibiChibi
- Chum Chum, one of the main characters of the TV series Fanboy & Chum Chum
- Cyril Bassington-Bassington, a character in the Jeeves universe of P.G. Wodehouse.
- Durand Durand from the movie Barbarella
- Dwayne Wayne, character played by Kadeem Hardison on the sitcom A Different World.
- Germain Germain, character in the movie In the House
- Humbert Humbert, character in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita (1955)[2]
- Jack-Jack Parr from The Incredibles
- James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree—took great care of his mother, though he was only three[2]
- Jameson Jameson, a friend of Robert Brown in the "Just William" stories by Richmal Crompton
- Jar Jar Binks
- Jay Jay the Jet Plane
- Jimmy James, a character in the TV show NewsRadio, portrayed by Stephen Root.
- Jean Valjean
- Joseph Joestar
- Karol Karol, main character in Three Colors: White played by Zbigniew Zamachowski
- Lenford "Lenny" Leonard, a supporting character on the animated television series The Simpsons.
- Leonardo Leonardo, character in Clerks: The Animated Series played by Alec Baldwin
- Major Major Major Major, character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 (1961)
- Mario, the popular Nintendo video game character, whose assumed full name of "Mario Mario", which had been used at times for decades, was made canon in 2015[6]
- Montgomery Montgomery
- Morton "Suds" Morton, protagonist of the children's book Fourth Grade Rats, by Jerry Spinelli.
- Peter Peter, character from Smosh videos
- Lelei La Lelena (or Rerei Ra Rerēna), one of the main characters in the light novel Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
- Richard "Richie" Richard from the TV series Bottom
- Richie Rich
- Ricky Ricardo of I Love Lucy whose full name was once revealed as "Ricardo Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha."
- Rin Tin Tin (various movie dogs)
- Shayla Shayla from the anime El-Hazard
- Sue Sue Heck, from the TV series The Middle
- Swaysway, from the TV series Breadwinners
- Tintin (cartoon character)
- Tweek Tweak in South Park
- Wallace Wallace, the protagonist in the novel No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
- William Williams, an alias assumed by Kimball Kinnison in E.E. 'Doc' Smith's Lensman series
- Woody Woodpecker, cartoon character
- Wilson Wilson (Home Improvement television show)
- Xiao Xiao
- Xiu Xiu, the main character and namesake of the Chinese film; also the name of an experimental music group.
- Yon Yonson in the recursive song of that name
- Yoon Yoon-je, the protagonist of Reply 1997
See also
- Bilingual tautological expressions
- List of tautological place names
- List of tautonyms in scientific names of animal species
References
- Cole, William (1979). "Mutual Problem". In Harmon, William (ed.). The Oxford Book of American Light Verse. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 470. ISBN 0195025091.
- Jacques Leslie (1993), "Couplings", Newsweek, 121: 344
- Alaska Legislature Roster of Members 1913–2010 (PDF). Juneau: Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency. 2010. pp. 69, 72, 75, 95.
- "Results". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- http://nintendoeverything.com/miyamoto-says-marios-full-name-is-mario-mario/