History Main / BarelyChangedDubName

** The English dub usually opted for names that have the same first letter as the Japanese names (such as changing "Takao" to "Tyson"). Rei Kon however just became Raymond "Ray" Kon.
** The Italian dub changed Kai's name to Kei and Max's surname from "Mizuhara" to "Mizihara".

* The English dub to ''Anime/BeybladeBurst'' changed a few characters names to similar sounding (and still Japanese) names. Kensuke Midorikawa was shortened to "Ken Midori", Daina became "Daigo", Xhaka became "Xander", and Souta became "Ryota".

* The Hebrew Dub of ''WesternAnimation/CosmicQuantumRay'' changes Robbie Shipton to Robbie Shibtin – a [[LocalizedNameInANonLocalizedSetting North African Jewish name that feels right at home in Israel in a show that's still set in Nebraska]].

** In the first Italian translation, George became Giorgio.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' changed "Guy" to "Gus" in English, but future translations reverted him to "Guy".
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'':
** Cain to Kain.
** Tella to Tellah.
** Giotto to Giott
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'':
** Due to English space limits, Stragus was renamed "Strago" and Cayenne was renamed "Cyan".
** Cefca to Kefka.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', Ellione became "Ellone" in the English translation.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'''s Ryukku became Rikku in the English translation.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Lightning's real name was changed from [[spoiler:Eclair]] to the similar sounding [[spoiler:Claire]] in the English translation. Vanilla's name also became "Vanille".
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'':
** Cidney Aurum to Cindy Aurum
** Lunafrena Nox Fleuret to Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
** Idola Eldercapt to Iedolas Aldercapt

* The English version of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' changed some of the Hoshidan characters' names to be a bit easier for English players: Tsubaki became Subaki, Kazahana became Hana, Sukukaze became Kaze, Midoriko became Midori, and most confusingly, Rinka became Rinkah, for no obvious reason. It also changed some other names in a minor way while keeping the overall meaning or sound, including Aqua to Azura, Joker to Jakob, and Luna to Selena.

* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'':
** In French, the Uchiha family name is changed to Uchiwa. As for Jiraiya, his name is changed to Jiraya.
** The Chinese dub does this a few times
*** Kakashi to "Kǎ kǎ xī" (卡卡西)
*** Zabuza to "Zàibu zhǎn" (再不斬)
*** Iruka to "Yī lǔ kǎ" (伊鲁卡)
*** Deidara to "Dí dá lā" (迪达拉)
*** Neji to "Níng cì" (宁次)
*** Jiraiya to "Zì lái yě" (自来也)
*** Asuma to "Ā sī mǎ" (阿斯玛)
*** Tenten to "Tiāntiān" (天天)
*** Kurama to "Jiǔ lǎma" (九喇嘛)
*** Rasengan to "Luóxuán wán" (螺旋丸)
*** Chidori to "Qiān niǎo" (千鸟)

See also CleanDubName, for when minor changes are made to name in the dub because the original name sounds offensive in the respective language. Compare to NaturalizedName for examples of this in-series. Might invoke SpellMyNameWithAnS.

* The Filipino dub of ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' renames protagonist Garrod as Garudo, which is similar to the Romanji pronunciation of his first name (Garodo). Likewise for Sala to [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Sara(h)]].

* The Tagalog dub of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' changes Lady Une's name to [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ann(e)]].

** In the Finnish dub, Stingy became Stigu and Pixel became [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Pixeli]].

** The katakana of Marx's name is more accurately transcribed as "Mark", [[SpellMyNameWithAnS although Japanese versions still romanize his name as "Marx"]]. Marx was changed again to Max in the French translation and Mark in the Italian translation.

* Some species of ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' have very minor changes from their Japanese names, such as Beedle/Weedle, Upah/Wooper, Hariteyama/Hariyama, Flowsel/Floatzel, Emonga/Emolga, etc.

* In ''VideoGame/StarFox'', the name of the planet Katarina is shortened to Katina in English.

* In the Latin American dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons", Homer is called Homero.

** The Spanish translations changed [=R2D2=]'s and [=C-3PO=]'s names to Arturito (a diminuitive form of the Spanish name "Arturo") and Citripio respectively, which are close approximation of their English names. This was done since the Spanish pronunciations of their names, "Ere-Dos-De-Dos" and "Ce-Tres-Pe-O", are harder to pull off, but also because the latter is close enough to the Spanish word for fart (peo).

* In the international version of ''VideoGame/Disgaea7'', Weiyasu was changed to Yeyasu.

** The Chinese dub does this with a few characters

*** Kakashi to "卡卡西" (Kǎ kǎ xī)
*** Zabuza's to "Zàibu zhǎn" (再不斬)

** In Chinese, Kakashi's name is "卡卡西" (Kǎ kǎ xī), Zabuza's name is "再不斬" (Zàibu zhǎn) and Iruka's name is "伊鲁卡" (Yī lǔ kǎ), all are direct translations of their Japanese names

* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': In French, the Uchiha family name is changed to Uchiwa. As for Jiraiya, his name is changed to Jiraya.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a tendency to do this, especially in Parts 1 and 2. Some of the character's names who are [[ShoutOut references]] of music bands have their names slightly changed so as to avoid things like copyright issues. To name a few:

* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': In French, the Uchiha family name is changed to Uchiwa.

** Zoro to Zolo (to avoid a intellectual property dispute with the alleged owners of Franchise/{{Zorro}})