>>>Hi everybody,
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>>>What word do we use for the people having the exact same last and first name (different people)?
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>>"Namesake" is one that has the same name. I believe this refers to the first name, and I don't think there is a special word for the combination.
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>I don't think "Namesake" quite fits Naomi's definition. A person's namesake is somebody after whom s/he has been named. In my mind, it implies a deliberate intention to match names and most frequently matches first,middle name with first.last name.
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>AFAIK, there isn't a word. There is, however, a phrase. "People who have the same first and last names"
From Wiktionary:
1. One who is named after another or for whom another is named.
2. A person, place or thing having the same name as another.
I had just looked up the Spanish word in my dictionary.
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