# Do you know any Couples that share a names with a Fictional Couple? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868 "2010-10-30T14:33:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/1 "2010-10-30T14:33:22Z")
I know a Danny & Sandy who have the same first names as the leads from _Grease_. But I think that is the only ‘fictional’ couple I know. I would guess that these couples might be fairly common in real life: Rob & Laura (Petrie) Sam & Diane (Malone and Chambers) Bob & Emily (Hartley) Alice & Ralph (Kramden) George & Louise (Jefferson) Probably not as common: Archie & Edith (Bunker) Scarlett & Rhett (O’Hara and Butler) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/2 "2010-10-30T14:44:21Z")
Bob & Helen Parr seem likely. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/3 "2010-10-30T14:52:06Z")
A girl who used to board her horse at the same barn as me had grandparents named Fred and Wilma. StG ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/4 "2010-10-30T15:49:39Z")
I know a married couple named Luke & Leah. It rather sickens me. ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/5 "2010-10-30T15:55:11Z")
Fred and Wilma live across the street from me. He joked about it the first time he introduced himself to us. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/6 "2010-10-30T16:45:44Z")
Not exactly a couple, but some years back my parents already had a cat named Kate when they adopted another cat whose name happened to be Allie. The [reference](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_&_Allie). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/7 "2010-10-30T17:00:47Z")
It wasn’t until the third season of _Mad Men_ that I processed that Don and Betty Draper shared first names with my BIL’s parents. I think it took so long because the two couples don’t live on the same planet (even allowing for the fact that one couple is fictional). ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/8 "2010-10-30T17:50:04Z")
Believe it or not, I know a Niles and Daphne. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/9 "2010-10-30T18:34:37Z")
I know a Nick and Nora. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/10 "2010-10-30T18:38:03Z")
I’m friends with a couple named Jack and Diane, who have a dog named John and a cat named Cougar… ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/11 "2010-10-30T19:46:30Z")
I used to go to church with Fred and Wilma. Their oldest daughter had red hair. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/12 "2010-10-30T20:07:42Z")
I went through my 20-year marriage as one half of Charles and Di. Yes, I know the OP asks for “fictional” rather than “famous”. ---
**Author:** ![Clare\_de\_Loone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/clare_de_loone/32/3407_2.png) [@Clare\_de\_Loone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_de_Loone)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/13 "2010-10-30T22:51:51Z")
I had neighbors called Betty and Al. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/14 "2010-10-31T02:18:16Z")
While not fictional, my grandparents names were Bonnie and Clyde. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/15 "2010-10-31T05:43:06Z")
Almost. My parents’ names were Jack and Jean. And when they were dating in high school, everyone called them Jack and Jill. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/16 "2010-10-31T08:57:45Z")
My grandparents, who both predeceased the television program, were Will & Grace. When I was growing up, neighbors across the street were Albert & Peg Mundy, rather than Bundy. Albert was known to friends as Bert, though, IIRC, he’s been gone nearly 30 years. My cousin Lois very, very nearly married a man named Clark but called it off three days before the wedding, which was to be Superman themed. He’s now a stumblebum drunk, so good call on Lois’s part. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/17 "2010-11-01T12:56:14Z")
I knew a couple whose _kids_ were named Nick and Nora. Oddly, they were _not_ named after The Thin Man characters. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/18 "2010-11-01T15:32:58Z")
I just realized last week that I know a couple named [Mike & Molly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_%26_Molly) who recently started dating, and are both large people (that’s the plot of the show). ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/19 "2010-11-01T16:01:45Z")
I know a Ross and Rachel. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/20 "2010-11-01T16:07:27Z")
I knew a “Fred and Wilma” in Indonesia. In the early 1990s, we had neighbors who had two little girls named “Kate and Allie”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868.md?page=2)