I live in the United States, and these double-names do sometimes occur. For example, I met someone named Daniel Daniel, who is a very successful analyst at an

I live in the United States, and these double-names do sometimes occur. For example, I met someone named Daniel Daniel, who is a very successful analyst at an investment bank in New York. (I'm not him, but the name stuck with me when I met him in business school.) You can find him on LinkedIn (along with other similarly named folks): http://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldaniel http://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldaniel