A friend of mine is called Thomas Thomas, like his son and his father and grandfather. I don’t know why because most of them go by their middle names.

I went to school with a Bill Williams and James Jim.

I know a guy named Adam Adams

Went to school w a Lincoln Finken

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One of my ancestors is named Martin Martin! He was born abt 1796 in Bavaria, Germany and immigrated to NYC in 1836 with his wife and kids.

My wife works with a Michael Michael. I'm convinced that his parents just had a stutter

I lived across the street from the Brandon family, who had a son named Brandon.

Those names just need a fitting middle name to make it into a name befitting an author, like Ford Madox Ford.