So I was flipping through the paper the other day when I came across an interesting article. It was rather mundane, to be honest; it was about a case and the lawyer that had won it. As I flipped through, serching for more details, though, what struck my interest was not the article itself.

The lawyer had the same name as I did.

For some reason I felt betrayed. If I were to guess, I'd say it's because my name is part of what makes me an individual, what makes me who I am, and no one else is allowed to have that. I can't be sure why it felt so wrong, though.

So, the question I pose to you, fellow Escapists, is this; have you ever heared of or met someone with the same name as you. And I don't mean just your first name; I mean the same name as you, first and last (middle is optional). And more importiantly, how did it make you feel?

Apologies for the ambiguous name of the thread.

I'm pretty there is a famous violinist somewhere with the same name as me.

Hey, I give my threads Ambiguous names all the time... look at my most recent one

*ahem... cough*

well i'm named after old people IN DENMARK and my last name is sweetish so i think, no wait i know some one there has the same name as me =[

I was a tad disturbed when I seemed to be adding myself on Facebook, until I realised it was someone with the same name as me. Which honestly never occured to me as a possibility. It's not that common a name.

Apprently there is a famous music composer with my name. I'm afraid to listen to his stuff as that might cause a time paradox or something ^^

There was a comedian/writer living in my city by the exact same name... indeed, once or twice I got calls intended for him, and if I hadn't been madly busy at the time could've thieved one of his Second City gigs.

That's one of the reasons I came up with the APN moniker; too many "Steve"s around.

-- Steve

My name is Craig Andrew Donnelly...

...the second. Go figure. If you want to get REALLY fancy and stay true to my familys ancestry, its Baron Craig Andrew Donnelly the Second, but that just looks to busy on a buisness card.

I'm both glad and slightly saddened by my name. I have one of those great last names that work as first names (although it only seems to be a first name to younger people) and a first name that is apparently also a last name. Never once have I met someone with my name, but I have met someone with my inverse-name, if I may. Was rather confused, and I still believe this person to be my evil twin, long lost at birth and forgotten by my family.

I share my name with an American comedian. A friend of mine has the same name as the bassist from Cream. If you've got a common surname, then it's not particularly unusual.

Also, have you ever made a post that didn't end with some preposterous little apology?

I share the same name with someone who does a Bridge column in a newspaper. At first I found it odd, but it's pretty normal and to be expected.
What was funny was when my teacher asked me if I play bridge when he went through the register first time.
Bigger still, someone in my maths class is called Mohammad Ali, and there's someone in my computer science class called Will Smith. There were cheers and laughs.

Theres this guy in a book named after me. Its kind of creepy, actually :p.

I have not yet experienced this occurrence of identity yoinking.

Yeah I googled my name once, some metrosexual author had it. Similarly, Easykill is the name of some grunge band or something. I would have preferred that the other guy with my name was cooler, but I didn't really mind.

After Googling it, I have discovered my name is shared by one of you American's baseball players.

Edit: And apparently there is a karate blackbelt somewhere who calls himself the Iron Ninja. I have no idea why, since Karate is not the same thing as Ninjitsu.

Never seen or heard of anyone with my name and I've only heard of two people (one of them's in a book) with my gaming name. YAY! for me.

well, i've never had met anyone with the same whole name, but i get pissed when other people have the same first name as me(maybe because its not very common where i live)

Eek. Googling my name turned up this guy: http://www.peterwhittle.co.uk/index.html

Wierdly enough, I'm currently doing a degree in media studies and could easily end up doing similar stuff. Just hope I don't end up looking like as much of a pretentious knob.

my last name is very rare, it's kind of a clan thing (not klan, like the KKK, more like Irish Geneology), everyone who shares my last name is somehow related, generally.

But there are a few distant relatives with the same name as me (Matthew being a pretty common name)

my girlfriend named one of her kids "Matthew Michael" which is really wierd cause that's my first and second name, so I guess that counts.. she named him that about 4 years before we even met.

No-one's got the same whole name, but there is a Welsh Opera Singer called 'Bryn'.

EDIT: actually, I'm apparently a Chinese acupuncturist.

The Iron Ninja:

Edit: And apparently there is a karate blackbelt somewhere who calls himself the Iron Ninja. I have no idea why, since Karate is not the same thing as Ninjitsu.

It seems like it to most people. You know, the ones who stand on one leg in a poorly imitated crane stance and scream, "Hoouyaa!" At the top of their voices.

With the exception of a middle name, my father has my name, so... there goes that. But really, beyond that, there isn't another Michael Lakis for thousands of miles near me. Probably the closest one lives in Greece and goes by Mikhali (my Greek name) so it doesn't really bother me.

Also I plan on naming my first son Michael Lakis Part 2. So, he gets to have fun.

There is none else in the world with my name so no.

i will never have that problem since there are no asian guys named Frank and my last name is pretty damned rare as well... yeah i know, hard to find an asian name that every one of us shares, huh?

badassteaparty:
i will never have that problem since there are no asian guys named Frank and my last name is pretty damned rare as well... yeah i know, hard to find an asian name that every one of us shares, huh?

I know an asian guy named Tom Gurny

and another one named Ken Tchaikowsky

they're only half asian, but they took all the asian genes their moms gave them and said "F U" to the other genes from their dads, because they be some asians.

the point is, a name doesn't mean that much with regards to ethnicity

Being slight paranoid (and narcissistic) I have my name on a Google Alert; problem is that there's a Doctor, Baseball player and two book writers with my name.

Still gives me a little boost though.

I have one of the most generic names in the world, so it would'nt suprise me if I ran into another person with my exact name

Break:
Also, have you ever made a post that didn't end with some preposterous little apology?

Most of my posts in Games & RP aren't proceeded by an apology.

Apologies if I've offended you in some way.

There is a child in the same state, less than 40 minute drive, from me with exactly the same name. I'm unsure as to whether or not I want to go offer him a drink, considering he's quite underaged, or if I want to go kill him for attempting to usurp my nomenclature.

Trust me its hard living with the Name Michael knight,All of those knight ride puns.
*sniff* *sniff*

Apparently I'm "The Specialist Wedding Magician" & "One of the best Close-up Magicians in the world". My "Close-up magic is like no other. Guaranteed to leave guests feeling amazed and entertained".

Unfortunately, a wider search revealed that I was also executed in Alabama sometime in the 90's, but I did murder lots of people so I had it coming.

I must have performed some of my famous close up magic, to give the illusion I was dead, then changed my skin colour and became the reformed character who now graces The Escapist forums.

HovX:
well i'm named after old people IN DENMARK and my last name is sweetish so i think, no wait i know some one there has the same name as me =[

Codger Cola-Cube, is that you?

My name is totally original.... ok people so share my frist name (not very many btw) and my last name (obviously my family) but the combination on the 2 is totally my own!! seriously, if i googled my name, it would get 5 hits...and those 5 hits are things I have done LOL

Someone made a DVD and song about me:

What the hell Escapist!? I'm kinda scared!

I've never actually met someone with my name. I've found people with my last name or my first, but never both. I'm still unique.

there's a software engineer in Scottsdale Arizona with my name. I warned him never to come to the east coast