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In one of Leslie Dunkling's books he reports that there were a few 19th-century cases of Smith being given as a fn to boys whose ln was ... Smith. He could only imagine, he said, that the parents reasoned that a common ln like Smith demanded an uncommon fn, like Smith!

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I'd be very surprised to meet a Smith, and especially a Smith Smith, but it's fashionable to use lns as fns, and occupation names are also trending, so it ticks two boxes right away. Let's hope it's a family ln!