History AdaptationNameChange / ComicBooks

* ''ComicBook/{{Hound|2014}}'': The graphic novel changes the names of Cú Chulainn, Conchobar mac Nessa, Medb, Ailill mac Máta, Forgall, Scáthach, and Aífe to Cú Cullan, King Connor, Queen Maeve, Prince Alil, Farrell, Skye, and Eva.

*** As the comic started out as a tie-in to ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', Sonic’s name was Sonic Hedgehog, rather than just Sonic with "the Hedgehog" as a title. Later "Sonic" was revealed to be a nickname. His first name was considered too embarrassing to be mentioned, although his father let it slip that his middle name was Maurice. Creator/KenPenders later explained his first name was supposed to be Olgilvie, but this was never actually mentioned in the comics themselves (and he eventually left, with the new writers not particularly eager to capitalize on his idea). According to Creator/IanFlynn, Sonic eventually legally changed his name offscreen, finally making Sonic his real name. Following the 2013 ContinuityReboot, Sonic's name was reverted to what it was in the games.

*** Due to [[CriticalResearchFailure a mix-up on the comic staff's part]], Metal Sonic was initially called Mecha Sonic, the name of a separate (but similar) game character. To add to the confusion, Sonic's roboticized form was called Mecha Sonic as well.

*** Muttski – Sonic's pet dog from the ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' pilot and pre-reboot comic issues, because [[FunnyAnimal the mobian]] Ben "Mutt" Muttski post-reboot.

* ''ComicBook/DastardlyAndMuttley'': Dick Dastardly and Muttley are renamed Richard "Dick" Atcherly and Dudley "Mutt" Muller.
* In ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', Bill and Ted name their sons after each other but in the ''Creator/{{Marvel}}'' adaptation names each boy after his father. The trade paperbacks corrected this though.
* In ''ComicBook/RainbowBrite'':
** Twink's name is changed to Twinkle for similar reasons to his change in the Western Animation folder. Wisp still calls him Twink as a nickname, though.
** The Color Kids have been aged up and given a few [[AdaptationSpeciesChange species changes]] into the interplanetary Color Guard. Red Butler is now codenamed Red Flare (his real name is unknown), while Patty is called such because her real name is hard to pronounce in human language.
* ''ComicBook/{{Norby}}'': Several {{Downplayed|Trope}} examples, as [[TheMagnificent Ing the Ingrate]] is introduced as Ing the Merciless. This epitet is one of several that Ing used in the novels and the comic, but the comic introduces him as the Merciless and is persistent with the name, while the novel preferred the Ingrate. The salesman calls Norby an R-2 robot, instead of an R2, and also says the spacer who repaired Norby was named [=MacGillicuddy=], rather than the novel's [=McGillicuddy=] (it is correctly rendered when Admiral Yobo says his name in the second adaptation). The Space Command agent distressed by Jeff breaking the [[AutoKitchen kitchen computers]], Gridlow, is changed to Widlow. The Inventors Union that wants to [[TheyWouldCutYouUp take Norby apart]] is changed to an Inventors Cartel to sound more sinister.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' comics, the scientific name of the Xenomorphs is changed from "Internecivus raptus" to "Linguafoeda acheronsis".

* ''AdaptationNameChange/TheDCU''
* ''AdaptationNameChange/MarvelUniverse''

* In the ''Franchise/Alien'' comics, the scientific name of the Xenomorphs is changed from "Internecivus raptus" to "Linguafoeda acheronsis".

* ''AdaptationNameChange/UltimateMarvel''

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* A {{Retraux}} issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' set on Earth-Two had her battle a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] version of the modern CorruptCorporateExecutive Veronica Cale, given the MeaningfulName of Veronica Callow.
* ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'':
** ''ComicBook/TheAtom'': Ryan Choi's birth name is revealed to be Lun in this continuity with Ryan as his naturalized name.
** When [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Silkie]] [[CanonImmigrant was transplated]] over to the comics in the ''ComicBook/DCYou'' ''ComicBook/{{Starfire}}'' series, the spelling was changed to "Syl'Khee" to reflect his AdaptationSpeciesChange into an alien creature.
** In ''ComicBook/TheTerrifics'' Tinya Wazzo/Phantom Girl's modern day ancestor is named Linnya Wazzo and uses the Phantom Girl code name while in previous iterations she was named Enya Wazzo and went by Phase.
** In ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy'', Hardwick of the Terrible Trio is now known as the Raven rather than the Vulture, presumably to avoid confusion with the Spider-Man villain of the same name.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'':
*** When bringing the Star Riders character Star Lily into the mainstream comics her superhero name was given a tweak to Star Blossom.
*** The ComicBook/WonderWoman villain Doctor Cyber was named Cylvia Cyber in the previous continuties. In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'', she's renamed Adrianna Anderson as she was created using a digital map of Anderson's mind created when Anderson was killed in a lab accident.
* ''ComicBook/TheNew52'':
** Philip Wayne, Thomas Wayne's brother who helped raise Bruce in pre-Crisis continuity, was reintroduced in ComicBook/New52 continuity as Martha's brother Philip Kane.
** In the ComicBook/New52 relaunch of ''Franchise/TheFlash'', Weather Wizard and his brother are now called Marco and Claudio instead of Mark and Clyde. The Folding man is also called Xolani instead of Edwin Gauss.
** In the ''ComicBook/New52'' [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]'s backstory was jettisoned and his name was said to be an alias. The name change was not used by all writers and didn't stick, and in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' his name and history were restored.
** Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}'s evil MirrorUniverse counterpart from Earth-3 is now called Sea King rather than Barracuda.
** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'' all of the gods from classical mythology are given new common names/titles with some of their traditional names never making an appearance; Apollo gets called Sun, Artemis is called Moon, Ares is called War, Dionysus is called Dio, Hermes is called Messenger and Hades is called Hell.
* ''ComicBook/PostCrisis'':
** In Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' stories set in the original Fawcett continuity (Earth-S), Billy and Mary's parents were named as Merrill and Jocelyn Batson. In the post-Crisis ''Power of Shazam'' stories they're Clarence Charles "CC" and Marilyn Batson -- CC named as a ShoutOut to ''Shazam'' creator CC Beck, and Marilyn possibly as a composite of the two pre-Crisis names.
** When the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Earth-Two]] ComicBook/{{JSA}} villain Joe Mimic shows up in the New Earth continuity in ''ComicBook/JSAClassified'' he's renamed Johnny Mimic, and given the personal name Jonathan Waddill.
** ComicBook/{{Artemis}}'s introduction, appearance, motivation and character arc marks her as an updated version of Orana from UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} Earth-One ''Wonder Woman''.
** As ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'''s version of Giganta is a composite character of the original and her creator Dr. Zool her new name is Doris Zeul.
* ''ComicBook/EarthOne'':
** While General Zod is still named Zod in ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'', there's it's his first name instead of his last (it's "Dru-Zod" elsewhere) and his last name is [[spoiler: "El", [[RelatedInTheAdaptation as he's Superman's uncle here]].]]
** ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'':
*** Tara Markov’s father’s name was given as Viktor Markov pre-crisis in ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'', here his name is Will Markov.
*** [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol Rita Farr]] is now Rita Markov due to being Tara Markov’s mother in this continuity.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanEarthOne'':
*** Etta Candy is renamed "Elizabeth".
*** Dr. Psycho's real name is "Leon Zeiko", not "Edger Cizko".
** Martha Wayne in ''Comicbook/BatmanEarthOne'' has the maiden name "Arkham" rather than "Kane".
* ''ComicBook/Earth2'':
** Being a CompositeCharacter, Fury's real name is [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna]] instead of Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor.
** Wing's real name is James Wing instead of Wing How.
* In pre-crisis Creator/DCComics continuity the pastiche of ComicBook/TheAvengers was called The Champions of Angor, in post-crisis continuity they were retconned to be called The Justifiers. In post-''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''[=/=]pre-''ComicBook/New52'' continuity they were re-imagined as the Meta-Milita of Earth-8. Then in post-''New 52'' continuity they were re-imagined again in ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' as The Retaliators of Earth-8. This has also applied to some of their individual members.
** An {{Expy}} of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} called The Bowman pre-''New 52'', became Deadeye in ''The Multiversity''.
** An {{Expy}} of ComicBook/IronMan called Tin Man pre-''New 52'', became Machinehead in ''The Multiversity''.
** An {{Expy}} of ComicBook/TheWasp called T.A. pre-''New 52'', became Kite in ''The Multiversity''.
** An {{Expy}} of Comicbook/TheMightyThor called Wundjina pre-''New 52'' became Wundajin or Thunderer in ''The Multiversity''.
** An {{Expy}} of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica called Americommando pre-''New 52'' became American Crusader or Crusader in ''The Multiversity''.
** The last two are also a sort of InUniverse example. In ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'', the heroes of Earth-8, whose adventures are published throughout TheMultiverse as [[BlandNameProduct Major Comics]], also have their own UltimateUniverse comics published entitled Essential Comics, whose characters are also revealed to be their actual alternate universe counterparts residing on Earth-7. The ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] expies of Major Comics are American Crusader and Wundajin, but their [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Essential Major Comics]] versions are called Crusader and Thunderer.
* The [=SW6=]/post-Zero Hour ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes'' did this with several members:
** Lightning Lad became Live Wire.
** Lightning Lass became Spark (the [=SW6=] Light Lass became Gossamer).
** [=SW6=] Sun Boy became Inferno (the post-Zero Hour Dirk Morgna didn't have a superhero identity).
** [=SW6 =]Element Lad became Alchemist (the post-Zero Hour version went back to Element Lad).
** Colossal Lad became Leviathan.
** Chameleon Boy became Chameleon.
** Shadow Lass became Umbra.
** Ferro Lad became Ferro.
** Triplicate Girl became Triad.
** Phantom Girl became Apparition.
** Dream Girl became Dreamer.
** Mon-El became M'Onel (the [=SW6=] version used his 20th century identity of ComicBook/{{Valor}}).
** Princess Projectra in multiple ways. Originally she didn't have a codename (although she briefly used Sensor Girl); she really was a princess named Projectra ("Jeckie" for short). Post Crisis she was Sensor, aka Princess Jeka Wynzzor. [[AdaptationSpeciesChange Oh, and she was a giant snake]]. Threeboot she was Princess [[OverlyLongName Wilimena Morgana Daergina Annaxandra Projectra Velorya Vauxhall]]. And retroboot she went back to Projectra as her real name, but Sensor Girl as her codename.
* ''Creator/DCInk'':
** In ''Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass'', the ComicBook/PoisonIvy analogue is named Ivy Du-Barry (a play on "dewberry") rather than Pamela Isley.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTempestTossed'': Etta Candy is renamed Henke Cukierek, a Polish name whose parts translate to roughly the same meaning as her traditional name.
** In the Elseworlds tale ''ComicBook/WonderWomanWarbringer'' Philippus is renamed Tekmassa, or Tek for short. While she is in appearance, title, and relationship to Hippolyta unchanged she is more antagonistic towards Diana rather than acting like her second mother/other parent like she does in the regular continuity.
* In ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'', Jade's real name is [[RaceLift Jade Yifei]] instead of Jennifer-Lynn Hayden.
* In ''ComicBook/Batman66'', the Clock King is named Morris Tetch rather than William Tockman or Temple Fugate. This is because in this continuity, [[RelatedInTheAdaptation he's the brother of]] Jervis Tetch, the Mad Hatter.
* In the ''Batman: Thrillkiller'' {{Elseworlds}} comic, Comicbook/HarleyQuinn's real name is Hayley Fitzpatrick rather than Harleen Quinzel.
* All over the place in ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'':
** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and ComicBook/{{Stargirl}} now hail from Russia, with their real names changed from Kara Zor-El/Linda Lee Danvers and Courtney Whitmore to Kara Starikov and Kortni Duginovna. (And Courtney's stepfather Patrick Dugan is now Ipati Dugin, while her mother's name is Varvara Dugina rather than Barbara Whitmore. Her biological father has gone from Sam Kurtis to Samuel Whitmore, presumably indicating that Vavara's maiden name isn't even a Russian version of Whitmore.)
** The American [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] is now the Italian [[MeaningfulName Selina Digatti]].[[note]]"Gatti" is Italian for "Cats."[[/note]]
** Brother Night is now German, with his name going from Eldon Peck to Eldon Natcht.
** ComicBook/LoisLane and her little sister Lucy are now half-Cuban, with their names changed to Eloisa and Lucia.
** Mary Batson[=/=]ComicBook/MaryMarvel is now a young Jewish girl named Miriam "Miri" Bätzel, with her codename changed to Miri Marvel.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'' II: Faora of the Phantom Zone villains is renamed Zaora, the name given to a similar version of the character from the Pocket Universe in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga''.
* In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'' Dolphin's name is given a slight tweak to Dolphine.
* ''ComicBook/{{The Legend of Wonder Woman|2016}}'':
** Philippus is given a name change to Alcippe, but later issues reveal her original name was Philippus even in this Elseworld tale and Alcippe is her chosen name as an Amazon and Champion.
** The Heyday triplets have been reduced to twins and their [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 original names]] of Millie and Tillie are given a spelling tweak to Milly and Tilly.
* In pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comics, Jim Gordon's son was named Tony. ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'' introduced James Gordon Jr., who later writers would take in a [[AxCrazy very different direction]] from Tony.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes2020'':
** [[Comicbook/{{Valor}} Mon-El]] has Mon-El as his real name, rather than Lar Gand.
** White Witch's real name is Xola Aq rather than Mysa Nal.
* ''Comicbook/CrimeSyndicate2021''
** Traditionally, the [[MirrorUniverse Crime Syndicate]]'s Comicbook/GreenLantern analogue was called Power Ring. Here, the post-''[[Comicbook/DarkNightsDeathMetal Death Metal]]'' version of the character is instead called Emerald Knight. Additionally, the original Power Ring's real name was Joseph Harrolds, while Emerald Knight's predecessor (as the current holder of the identity is Earth-3's John Stewart) was called Harold Jordan.
** The heroic LegionOfDoom analogue is called the Legion of Justice instead of Justice Underground.

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* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ComicBook/ShangChi's father is the literary villain Literature/FuManchu. However, Marvel eventually lost the licensing rights to Fu Manchu, which has resulted in the character going by other names whenever he has appeared in recent years. He voluntarily changed his name to Han in an issue of ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' (stating that [[IHaveManyNames he has always had many names and thus feels no real attachment to any of them]]), and was later given the name Zheng Zu in ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers''.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** ComicBook/SpiderGwen has been renamed Ghost Spider for reasons of practicality. Obviously, no one calls her Spider-Gwen in-universe, and as the name Spider-Woman has been used by several characters, and was also in use for Earth 616's Jessica Drew, having her interact with characters using the same name could get confusing. The Ghost Spider name was first used for the ''WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingSecretWarriors'' animated series, (See Western Animation), but was made RetCanon for the comic universe.
** ''ComicBook/SpiderManLifeStory'':
*** [[spoiler:Peter's daughter, Claire Parker is a dead ringer for Mayday ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' Parker in looks -- a tomboy brunette and personality (being sassy and snarking at her dad). She also has a brother named Benjy and considers Ben Reilly her uncle]].
*** Harry Osborn's supervillain alias is the Black Goblin rather than the Green Goblin.
** In ''ComicBook/SpiderManNoir'', the ComicBook/GreenGoblin is just called the Goblin.
** In ''Comicbook/MarvelAdventures Spider-Man'', Comicbook/EmmaFrost's supervillain name is "The Silencer" instead of "The White Queen" (as she's just a teenager and is not associated with the Hellfire Club in this continuity).
* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** In ''ComicBook/{{Powerless}}'', ComicBook/{{Magneto}} is an American senator named Eric Magnus instead of a Polish Holocaust survivor named Erik Lensherr (with the birth name Max Eisenhardt).
** The ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' version of ComicBook/{{X 23}} has the name Kirika rather than Laura, since she is [[RaceLift half-Japanese]] and Wolverine's daughter (and not his OppositeSexClone) in this continuity.
* In the Marvel Max ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Cage]]'' series, Hammerhead is renamed Sonny "The Hammer" Caputo.
* Two {{Canon Immigrant}}s from the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse underwent this:
** The version of Whiplash from ''Film/IronMan2'', a CompositeCharacter of Whiplash and Crimson Dynamo, was named Ivan Vanko. When Marvel introduced a version of him to tie into the film, his first name was changed to "Anton", the same as the original Crimson Dynamo--despite being of no relation to the man.
** Marvel introduced a version of the Hope Pym seen in the ''Film/AntMan1'' movie, though her name was changed from English to the Russian word for "hope", Nadia, in part because she's the long-lost daughter of Hank Pym and his first wife, Maria Trovaya, as opposed to the film and original ''ComicBook/MarvelComics2'' versions, who were mothered by Janet van Dyne.
* [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'s father originally debuted in the TV series ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', then named DW Banner (it was never mentioned [[MysteriousMiddleInitial what "DW" stands for]]). When he debuted in comics, his name was changed to Brian. His morality [[AdaptationalVillainy was also changed]].
* ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' played with this, as most name changes consisted of slightly changing a character's name to a variant that would have been more probable to exist in the 17th century. Jean Grey is called "John Grey" because she's pretending to be a man, and Peter Parquah is actually named Peter Parker and assumed the name Parquah to hide his Scottish ancestry from the English. The most notable case of the trope being played straight is with the continuity's equivalents of Dr. Doom and Dr. Octopus, who curiously swap first names and are addressed as Otto Von Doom and Victor Octavius.
* At the end of ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'', ComicBook/CaptainAmerica meets Rikki Barnes's parents, her father being a man named Richard Barnes and implied to be the actual ''HR'' version of ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, whose first name in 616 was James.
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel has [[AdaptationNameChange/UltimateMarvel its own page]].

* Traditionally, the [[MirrorUniverse Crime Syndicate]]'s Comicbook/GreenLantern analogue was called Power Ring. In the post-''[[Comicbook/DarkNightsDeathMetal Death Metal]]'' ''Comicbook/CrimeSyndicate2021'' mini-series, he's instead called Emerald Knight.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanEarthOne'' sees Etta Candy renamed "Elizabeth".

** ''ComicBook/SpiderManLifeStory'': [[spoiler:Peter's daughter, Claire Parker is a dead ringer for Mayday ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' Parker in looks -- a tomboy brunette and personality (being sassy and snarking at her dad). She also has a brother named Benjy and considers Ben Reilly her uncle]].

** Mon-El has Mon-El as his real name, rather than Lar Gand.

* A {{Retraux}} issue of ''Comicbook/WonderWoman'' set on Earth-Two had her battle a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] version of the modern CorruptCorporateExecutive Veronica Cale, given the MeaningfulName of Veronica Callow.

** In ''Comicbook/GothamAcademy'', Hardwick of the Terrible Trio is now known as the Raven rather than the Vulture, presumably to avoid confusion with the Spider-Man villain of the same name.

*** The Comicbook/WonderWoman villain Doctor Cyber was named Cylvia Cyber in the previous continuties. In ''Comicbook/WonderWomanRebirth'', she's renamed Adrianna Anderson as she was created using a digital map of Anderson's mind created when Anderson was killed in a lab accident.

** Philip Wayne, Thomas Wayne's brother who helped raise Bruce in pre-Crisis continuity, was reintroduced in Comicbook/{{New 52}} continuity as Martha's brother Philip Kane.
** In the ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch of ''Franchise/TheFlash'', Weather Wizard and his brother are now called Marco and Claudio instead of Mark and Clyde. The Folding man is also called Xolani instead of Edwin Gauss.

** In Creator/DCComics' ''Comicbook/{{Shazam}}'' stories set in the original Fawcett continuity (Earth-S), Billy and Mary's parents were named as Merrill and Jocelyn Batson. In the post-Crisis ''Power of Shazam'' stories they're Clarence Charles "CC" and Marilyn Batson -- CC named as a ShoutOut to ''Shazam'' creator CC Beck, and Marilyn possibly as a composite of the two pre-Crisis names.

* ''Comicbook/{{Earth 2}}'':
** Being a CompositeCharacter, Fury's real name is [[Comicbook/WonderGirl Donna]] instead of Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor.

* In pre-crisis Creator/DCComics continuity the pastiche of ComicBook/TheAvengers was called The Champions of Angor, in post-crisis continuity they were retconned to be called The Justifiers. In post-''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''[=/=]pre-''ComicBook/{{New52}}'' continuity they were re-imagined as the Meta-Milita of Earth-8. Then in post-''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' continuity they were re-imagined again in ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' as The Retaliators of Earth-8. This has also applied to some of their individual members.
** An {{Expy}} of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} called The Bowman pre-''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'', became Deadeye in ''The Multiversity''.
** An {{Expy}} of ComicBook/IronMan called Tin Man pre-''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'', became Machinehead in ''The Multiversity''.
** An {{Expy}} of ComicBook/TheWasp called T.A. pre-''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'', became Kite in ''The Multiversity''.
** An {{Expy}} of Comicbook/TheMightyThor called Wundjina pre-''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' became Wundajin or Thunderer in ''The Multiversity''.
** An {{Expy}} of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica called Americommando pre-''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' became American Crusader or Crusader in ''The Multiversity''.

* The [=SW6=]/post-Zero Hour ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperheroes'' did this with several members:

** In ''Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass'', the Comicbook/PoisonIvy analogue is named Ivy Du-Barry (a play on "dewberry") rather than Pamela Isley.

* All over the place in ''Comicbook/DCComicsBombshells'':
** Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} and Comicbook/{{Stargirl}} now hail from Russia, with their real names changed from Kara Zor-El/Linda Lee Danvers and Courtney Whitmore to Kara Starikov and Kortni Duginovna. (And Courtney's stepfather Patrick Dugan is now Ipati Dugin, while her mother's name is Varvara Dugina rather than Barbara Whitmore. Her biological father has gone from Sam Kurtis to Samuel Whitmore, presumably indicating that Vavara's maiden name isn't even a Russian version of Whitmore.)
** The American [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] is now the Italian [[MeaningfulName Selina Digatti]].[[note]]"Gatti" is Italian for "Cats."[[/note]]

** Comicbook/LoisLane and her little sister Lucy are now half-Cuban, with their names changed to Eloisa and Lucia.

* In pre-Crisis ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' comics, Jim Gordon's son was named Tony. ''Comicbook/BatmanYearOne'' introduced James Gordon Jr., who later writers would take in a [[AxCrazy very different direction]] from Tony.

* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, Comicbook/ShangChi's father is the literary villain Literature/FuManchu. However, Marvel eventually lost the licensing rights to Fu Manchu, which has resulted in the character going by other names whenever he has appeared in recent years. He voluntarily changed his name to Han in an issue of ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' (stating that [[IHaveManyNames he has always had many names and thus feels no real attachment to any of them]]), and was later given the name Zheng Zu in ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers''.

** In ''Comicbook/{{Powerless}}'', ComicBook/{{Magneto}} is an American senator named Eric Magnus instead of a Polish Holocaust survivor named Erik Lensherr (with the birth name Max Eisenhardt).

* In the Marvel Max ''[[Comicbook/LukeCage Cage]]'' series, Hammerhead is renamed Sonny "The Hammer" Caputo.

* [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'s father originally debuted in the TV series ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', then named DW Banner (it was never mentioned [[MysteriousMiddleInitial what "DW" stands for]]). When he debuted in comics, his name was changed to Brian. His morality [[AdaptationalVillainy was also changed]].

** ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''{{ComicBook/Norby}}'': Several {{Downplayed|Trope}} examples, as [[TheMagnificent Ing the Ingrate]] is introduced as Ing the Merciless. This epitet is one of several that Ing used in the novels and the comic, but the comic introduces him as the Merciless and is persistent with the name, while the novel preferred the Ingrate. The salesman calls Norby an R-2 robot, instead of an R2, and also says the spacer who repaired Norby was named [=MacGillicuddy=], rather than the novel's [=McGillicuddy=] (it is correctly rendered when Admiral Yobo says his name in the second adaptation). The Space Command agent distressed by Jeff breaking the [[AutoKitchen kitchen computers]], Gridlow, is changed to Widlow. The Inventors Union that wants to [[TheyWouldCutYouUp take Norby apart]] is changed to an Inventors Cartel to sound more sinister.