Kanji in names/surnames

Hello, this isn’t a translation question, if anyone’s worried about that!

Lately I’ve been doing some research on Japanese names, changing your name to a Japanese one, kanji, their meanings and how they’re usually picked.

What I’m curious about, but couldn’t find anything on it, is: can meaning of kanji be repeated/reused?

For example, someone has a kanji for a forest both in their name and last name. (林 in their name and let’s say “Mori” is their surname using 森, both mean forest from what I know).

Is it common? Is it even allowed when naming (are there even rules for naming in Japan)? Would it be considered weird, or would people not spare it a second thought?

[if anything is not understandable in my post, I apologise, English ain’t my first language]

by purrroz

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