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Originally Posted by efindel
Nope. After growing up with a "Jim Smith", and going to a school that had two "Travis Johnson"s, I knew that two people having the same name isn't that rare at all. Plus, even if I did do a search, there's no guarantee that not finding a match online means the name is "clear" -- a lot of people still aren't online, or go by nicknames or aliases online.
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If you use common names in your book, like John, Mike, etc then there is no point in checking. If you use "alien" names, or other "unique" names you might want to check. You might come up with a cool name for the hero of your story, and choose something like Drizzt Do'Urden and well... Google it.
If you and I both have a Mike Johnson in our stories no one will care, but if we both have Drizzt Do'Urden that would raise some eyebrows I bet.