# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/21 "2010-11-01T22:24:14Z")
My son-in-law and his wife are John and Kate, which sounds like “Jon and Kate” although I guess those two aren’t fictional (I’ve already forgotten why they were supposed to be famous). And I knew a Tom and Gerri for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Renton\_lvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Renton\_lvr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renton_lvr)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/22 "2010-11-02T00:39:58Z")
My aunt is the Jill in a Jack and Jill. ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/23 "2010-11-02T11:13:03Z")
We had family friends named Bob and Carol. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/24 "2010-11-02T12:57:33Z")
I knew someone named David Brinkley, who married a girl named Christy. Not exactly a well-known pair, but it always amused me to think of the two famous people I knew, David Brinkley and Christy Brinkley. ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/25 "2010-11-02T13:36:06Z")
I had neighbours named Ken and Barbara. Inevitably, they were known as Barbie and Ken. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/26 "2010-11-02T13:45:17Z")
Gary Trudeau and Jane Pauley’s twins are a pre-Friends Ross and Rachel. During the Beatles heydey, I knew a Paul and Jane. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/27 "2010-11-02T13:50:36Z")
According to tradition, the parents of Our Lady are St Anne and St Joachim. They’re the patrons saints of the small Spanish town where I grew up. While the people themselves existed, the names aren’t necessarily true, which is why I’m counting them as fictional. I do know an Ana and Joaquín from that town; she says that for the longest time they didn’t want to date each other because the jokes just wrote themselves, but they eventually had to admit that they liked each other too much not to. They may be the only couple in town who managed to avoid calling any of their daughters Mary-anything, despite having four of them (and two boys); they also asked their daughters to please, please, please not give them any grandson called Jesús. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/28 "2010-11-02T13:54:42Z")
I know a couple called **Mxyzptlk** and **Gsptlsnz** , but they are very odd. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/29 "2010-11-02T14:19:41Z")
My inlaws were Dick and Jane. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/30 "2010-11-02T17:57:34Z")
Not a “couple” per the OP, but my sister and I are Peter and Wendy. We managed to get past college before someone noticed it and pointed it out. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868/31 "2010-11-02T19:02:18Z")
Me & Mrs. are Tim & Jill. Our dog was [Taylor](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101120/). I’m a tool guy with too many wounds and stitches. We had a neighbor, Mr. Wilson, but we could see him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-couples-that-share-a-names-with-a-fictional-couple/558868.md?page=1)