Name Uniqueness Issues
The cluster focuses on the non-uniqueness of personal names, with discussions about common names causing identification problems, suggestions for rarer names, and observations that many people share the same names.
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They seem like common enough names, what's the issue?
How do they handle extremely common names?
Unfortunately many people have unique enough names that that much will be bad enough.
Some people have the same name as other people.
Just use less common names like Brice or Werner or Rubin?
It's entirely possible that two or more people share the same name.
that is crazy. Perhaps your family name is common in that region?
That's a bizarre concept. Names are generally not unique.
Most names (first name plus surname) are not unique.
I think it's because most of english names are already taken.