History Main / DeadGuyJunior

** And in an alternate timeline, [[spoilers:Uther Menethil, son of Arthas and Jaina, is named for his father's deceased paladin mentor.]]

*** It may be worth mentioning that George VI was actually named Albert Frederick Arthur George and was ''called'' (by the family) Bertie. He deliberately chose George as his regnal name to emphasize continuity with the reign of his father George V.

* ''Series/{{Game of Thrones}}'' In "The Rains of Castamere" Talisa suggests to her husband, King Robb, that if her unborn child is a boy, they should name him Eddard, after Robb's father who was executed by Joffrey.
** Minutes later, mother, father and child are all dead in the now-infamous "Red Wedding"

* Needless to say, this happens in a lot of families.

* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' has one of Sorreltail's litter. The camp is attacked by badgers, which are trying to get into the nursery as she is kitting. Cinderpelt dies protecting her and the kits. When telling Leafpool her picks for names, a gray kit[[hottip:* :sound familiar?]] is named in her honor as Cinderkit. However it turns out she IS Cinderpelt reincarnated as her niece so she could SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong in her life and be a warrior.

*** You forgot Edward the Elder, the first of the name (ruled 899-924). (The Kings of Wessex, although ruling a smaller area, are the direct predecessors of the Kings of England.) He was also the direct ancestor of all future King Edwards.

* In combination with SomeoneToRememberHimBy, Jeyne Westerling in the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' ContinuationFic ''Fanfic/TheNorthRemembers'' names her newborn son Robb after his murdered father, and nicknames him Robbie. Edmure was also wishing to do the same likewise, but it's tragically subverted when his lady wife is later executed because of the political intrigue that pervades Westeros.

** In FredSaberhagen's ''The Holmes-Dracula File'', young Quincy also has a twin sister, named for Mina's friend Lucy. Which is both this trope, and a hint that Lucy Harker was born with some vampiric traits, as Lucy Westenra had been turned by the Count.

* Similarly, TamoraPierce's Tortall books are edging into their third generation. The juniors so far include Thom, Alan, Alianne (a portmanteau of "Alanna" and "Lianne" according to WordOfGod), Roald (a royal name, so [[JustifiedTrope justified]]), Kalasin, Liam, Lianne, and potentially Mequen. The above Alianne finally broke the trend, naming her half-crow triplets after ''variations'' of the names of three dead compatriots, incidentally three generations of the same family]]. Actually, the portmanteau namesakes are getting pretty common in and of themselves.

* In Creator/GeorgeMacDonald's ''The Princess and The Goblin'', Irene learns she was named for her (still living) great-great-grandmother.

* Stephen King's ''Rose Madder'' has Pamela Steiner (and on top of that, she was almost Pamela Anna; her actual middle name is Gertrude, who is a still-living character).

* In ''Son,'' the last book in Lois Lowry's ''Giver'' series, we learn that Jonas and Kira, the protagonists of books 1 and 2 respectively, got married and named their children after good friends of theirs who died in books 2 and 3: Annabelle and Matthew.

* The back story to ''Zelda II: Adventure of Link'' informs us that there's a law in Hyrule for princesses to be named in honor of the "sleeping" Zelda in the game.

* In the ''Tonin'' series at chargesdotcomdotbr, the youngest son of deceased villain [[MeaningfulName Vilano]] invoked the ThatManIsDead trope by renaming himself [[OverlordJr Vilano Segundo (Vilano the Second)]].

* At the end of ''BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' Asuka names his infant daughter Mikoto after SixthRanger Nakadai Mikoto.

* In one ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' story set not long after Jason Todd's death, [[{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] visited [[{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] in Smallville on the anniversary of the supposed death of a man they failed to save. During the visit, a small crisis erupts when a woman suddenly goes into labor in her home while the doctor who was presiding over the birth suddenly had a heart attack. Superman helps the mother give birth while Batman provides emergency treatment for the doctor. On the next day when Bruce has breakfast with the Kents Clark mentions off-hand that he suggested the name "Jason" for the newborn boy.

* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'', Anduin Llane Wrynn, prince of Stormwind, gets his first name from Anduin Lothar, the leader of the Alliance in the second war (who was killed by Orgrim Doomhammer), and his last name from his paternal grandfather Llane (who was assassinated by Garona).

** Honor's children and siblings are all named after various over characters although some of those characters are alive at the time of the naming (although being a military Sci-Fi series not all of them remain that way).

* In PoulAnderson's "Time Lag," Elva is told at the end that her son survived, had a son who was named for her dead husband and who in turn had her great-grandson who was named for her (still living) son.

* Billy's name is never expanded upon in the original ''CallOfJuarez'' but in the prequel, we learn that Ray and Thomas [=McCall=] had a younger brother named William whom Ray killed but it was half Thomas' fault, as well. Obviously, Billy (who was born shortly after that) was named after him.

* Goku named his son, Gohan, after his adoptive grandfather in ''[[Manga/DragonBall Dragon Ball Z]]''. His wife and father-in-law definitely approved, as Son Gohan Sr. and Gyuumaou were childhood friends. Anime-only fans also tend to point out that Kuririn named his daughter, Marron, after his {{Filler}} ex-girlfriend, ''Maron,'' but it's slightly more likely that the anime writers and Akira Toriyama simply thought of the same pun: the "kuri" in "Kuririn" means "chestnut," which "marron" is French for.

** We can't forget Goku Jr. and Vegeta Jr., the great great great great grandchildren of Goku and Vegeta, respectively.

* In the miniseries finale of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', Crichton and Aeryn name their son "D'Argo Sun-Crichton". That child would be beaten mercilessly when he goes to space-school, if his mom wasn't ''scary''. Then again, it's [[RecycledInSpace ''in space'']]. With "Zhaan's", "Chiana's", "Joolushku's" and "Bialar's" around every turn, it might not be that weird a name. After all, Aeryn's first suggestion was so guttural not even the closed captioning tried to spell it. But she was joking then. ''Maybe''.