13 Hollywood And Historical Couples Who Have The Same First Or Last Name

There are plenty of famous people who have similar names (i.e. all the Hollywood Chrises), but on rare occasions, they date — or even marry! — someone who shares the same first or last name as them.

Here are 13 famous people who dated or married someone with the same name as them:

1.Taylor Lautner and Taylor Dome got married in November 2022.

On The Kelly Clarkson Show, Lautner said that he goes by Taylor and she goes by Tay. He added, "Or a lot of people just do 'boy Tay' and 'girl Tay.'"

He also said that she plans to take his last name, making them both Taylor Lautner.

2.Dome isn't the first Taylor that Lautner has dated! Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner reportedly dated for a few months in 2009.

They played a couple in Valentine's Day, which premiered a month after their relationship ended.

In 2016, Lautner confirmed that Swift's song "Back to December" was written about him.

3.The Princess Diaries actor Heather Matarazzo and writer/comedian Heather Turman got married in 2018.

Celebrating their relationship on Instagram, Turman wrote, "She's like the Joel to my Ethan Cohen [sic] — only we share a first name and not a last, because we aren't related, and thank the f--kin Universe for that!! [Heather Matarazzo] you are my soulmate."

4.Zoey 101 actor Jamie Lynn Spears and business owner Jamie Watson got married in 2014.

Spears' dad is also named Jamie.

5.Paris Hilton and Greek shipping heir Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis had a five-month engagement in 2005.

At the time, Hilton wanted to have children "in the next two years" and planned to name their hypothetical future daughter Paris.

A son would've been called London.

6.Vanilla Sky costars Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz dated from 2001–2004.

Both actors actually use shortened versions of their names as stage names. Tom's full name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, and Penélope's full name is Penélope Cruz Sánchez.

7.Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and sportscaster Erin Andrews reportedly dated in 2010.

Sometimes, couples have the same name, but it's a first name for one and last name for the other:

8.Dancing with the Stars pro Witney Carson married Carson McAllister in 2016.

She took his name, making her full name Witney Capri Carson McAllister.

9.Lauren Bush (President George W. Bush's daughter) married David Lauren (designer Ralph Lauren's son) in 2011.

She took his name, making her Lauren Bush Lauren.

Outside of Hollywood, there have been notable couples with the same name throughout history:

10.Victorian writer George Eliot and philosopher George Henry Lewes (who was essentially in an open marriage with Agnes Jervis) were in a relationship from 1854 until Lewes' death in 1878.

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans.

11.20th century writer Evelyn Waugh and famous socialite Evelyn Gardner were married from 1928–1929.

They were called "He-Evelyn" and "She-Evelyn."

12.Michael Leshner and Michael Stark became the first legally married same-sex couple in Canada in 2003.

They were nicknamed "The Michaels."

13.And finally, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt married her distant relative, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in 1905.

They already shared the Roosevelt name because they were fifth cousins once removed.