What is it called when a person has the exact same first and last name (and same spelling), whether named by parents or as a result of marriage? For example, Thomas Thomas.
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A stutter? A stammer? :) – coleopterist Dec 12 '12 at 19:28
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1Not a duplicate, but somewhat related: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/70728/what-is-the-term-for-someone-who-has-a-last-name-that-can-also-be-a-first-name – J.R. Dec 12 '12 at 19:42
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1I would call him Ditto. – Fortiter Dec 13 '12 at 03:11
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Or via an old joke, Sam Ting! – docwebhead Sep 06 '17 at 19:32
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They are very likely informally termed tautonyms or as the Wikipedia page tells me, linguistically called reduplicants. There's a page full of people with reduplicated names including:
- José José
- Justo Justo
- Kelly Kelly
- Lisa Lisa
- Thomas T. Thomas
The term is not used solely for names with reduplicated first and last names, but also for other variants such as Jar Jar Binks or Richie Rich.
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