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* ''Literature/LittleWomen'': Amy's and Laurie's daughter is named Elizabeth -- who goes by Bess in the sequels -- after the dead little sister. The rest of the surviving March sisters' children are all named after still-living relatives.

* Danno's daughter Grace in ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' was named after his former partner who died shortly before she was born.

* ''Series/GhostWhisperer'': Melinda and Jim name their son Aiden Lucas, Aiden being Jim's late father and Lucas after Sam Lucas, the late man [[spoiler:whose physical body is currently being used by Jim after Jim died in season 4 and his ghost stepped into Sam's body after Sam died and Sam's spirit crossed into the afterlife while EMTs were trying to revive him, allowing Jim to be "reincarnated"]].

* Creator/VinDiesel and his longtime partner Paloma Jimenez named their third child, a daughter, Pauline after Vin's ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'' co-star Creator/PaulWalker, who died in a car accident in 2013.

* ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier2'': Given that Gustave was born of nobility, he's the thirteenth of his line, and a few other characters share his name.

* In ''LightNovel/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'', Zanoba names his previously nameless slave "Juliette" after his deceased younger brother Julius. He does this because it's an easy name to remember, as Zanoba is famous for having torn off said brother's head.

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' reveals that Connor is this trope, having been named after Eamon's late father. This initially caused a minor continuity error, as the character was originally named Rendorn. WordOfGod [[AuthorsSavingThrow solved this]] by claiming that Connor was Rendorn's lover, and Eamon [[HasTwoDaddies saw both men as his father]].

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* In ''LetsPlay/SkyblockButEvery30SecondsARandomItemSpawns'', after Milo the fish dies Wilbur names his second fish New Milo.
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* In ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' we learn in a oneshot special, Dalen's Closet, that [[spoiler:Percy and Vex had a daughter during the year between the end of the campaign and the oneshot, who they named Vesper Elaina, after Percy's eldest sister and Vex's mother respectively. Both characters died prior to the campaign beginning.]]

* In Creator/MatthewReilly's ''Scarecrow'' trilogy, Buck "Book 2" Riley Jr. is named after his father, and is given the same call sign.

* In the Jewish children's book ''The Carp in the Bathtub'', siblings Leah and Harry name the titular carp Joe, after an elderly neighbor who had died. In the end, [[spoiler: after their attempt to AdoptTheFood fails and their mother cooks Joe into gefilte fish for Passover, their father comforts them with the gift of a cat, which they name Joe after the fish.]]

** Booth and Brennan's daughter is named Christine Angela Booth, after her mother.

* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild''. Two-time Freddy Krueger survivor Alice Johnson gives her newborn the middle name Daniel after his father: her deceased boyfriend Dan, a one-time survivor.

*** Nathaniel was named as a GenderFlip name of Natasha Romanoff as they were originally expecting the baby to be a girl. So in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', his first name [[HarsherInHindsight becomes this trope]] too after Natasha pulls a HeroicSacrifice per the ritual to obtain the Soul Stone while preventing Clint from doing it instead.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' episode "Rook Tales", we learn that Ben’s paternal great-great-grandfather’s name was also "Ben", implying that he may have been named after him.

** After Groot does a HeroicSacrifice near the end of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', one of his remaining twigs is recovered and eventually develops into what's his clone-son. Despite being a different being from the original, Groot's kid still goes by his father's name.

* Glenn Radars in ''LightNovel/AkashicRecordsOfBastardMagicInstructor'' is a rare example where the full name is used. The original Glenn Radars was a boy who persistently helped out Celica when no one else in his village would. Celica grew fond of him and planned to adopt him. However, it turns out that the boy was actually a thrall of a lich, sent to manipulate Celica into a trap. After Celica killed the lich and the thralls, she found another boy in the lich's lair, who had amnesia. She named him Glenn Radars and adopted him instead (something she considers herself pathetic for).

** Fernsong, Sorrelstripe, and Hollytuft were all named after cats who died in the Dark Forest battle. (Ferncloud, Sorreltail, and Hollyleaf). Sorretail was their grandmother, and Hollyleaf was their aunt, and mother's best friend.

** In the miniseries finale, Crichton and Aeryn name their son "D'Argo Sun-Crichton", after their friend D'Argo who dies during the finale. 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''.

* Played with in an episode of season 3 of ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. When Lori's baby is born, [[spoiler: [[DeathByChildbirth killing her in the process]], and Rick [[SanitySlippage snaps]] and goes on a zombie-killing spree inside the prison,]] Carl and Daryl talk for a moment about the baby's name. Carl suggests the names of their fallen female friends, such as Amy or [[spoiler: Sophia,]] but doesn't decide on one in the end. A couple of episodes later, Carl decides to name her Judith after his favorite school teacher, and Rick approves.

* In the ''Pirates of the Savage Sea'' expansion of ''Videogame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic VI'', Crag Hack's campaign ends with him reconciling with Jon Morgan, the paladin pursuing him whom he earlier discovered was his son by his late former lover Anne "Spitfire" Morgan. Jon reveals that he's about to become a father himself. Crag suggests the name "Anne" if the baby is a girl. Jon says he and his wife already agreed to do that, but warns his father that his wife insists on naming the baby after ''her'' father Rufus (a baron Crag once humiliated in the past) if he's a boy. Crag is rather surprised to discover that his son married the daughter of an old foe of his.

* The Good Ending to an unused version of Shizune's arc in ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' have Shizune and Hisao discussing future baby names. They talk about naming their future daughter after Shiina Mikado, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname better known]] as "Misha", who was DrivenToSuicide in the third act of the arc.
* In one ending of ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'' [[spoiler: Sigma and Diana]] name one of their children after [[spoiler: Phi, their dead friend and teammate. Baby Phi and Adult Phi are the ''same person''. Time travel is involved. [[MindScrew It's complicated]].]]

* Discussed, assumed, and actually subverted in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', where Martian Manhunter suggests the last name "Kent" for Superboy's civilian identity. Miss Martian [[EntertaininglyWrong believes it to be in remembrance of the late Kent Nelson]], who the Team met in a previous episode (with Superboy lampshading that taking "Nelson" as a last name would make more sense), though in truth Manhunter suggested because Superman's civilian identity is Clark ''Kent'', which Superboy doesn't learn until the season finale.

* Creator/VinDiesel and his longtime partner Paloma Jimenez named their third child, a daughter, Pauline after Vin's ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' co-star Creator/PaulWalker, who died in a car accident in 2013.

* In Morris Gleitzman's YA novel ''Now'', main character Zelda's parents named her after her grandfather Felix's childhood companion who was killed during the Holocaust. Felix still feels so [[SurvivorGuilt guilty]] about original Zelda's death that he refuses to call his granddaughter by this name, making up a series of nicknames for her instead.

* In a rather weird example, in Creator/DingoPictures ' ''Animation/DinosaurAdventure'', after the main characters finally reach the place where the other dinosaurs fled during the eruption, Tio finds that their parents had another baby, named "Tio II" after his "dead" brother, making it feel less like this trope and more like ReplacementGoldfish.

* 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''.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': In the future, Nobita Nobi has a son with Shizuka Minamoto whom he names after his father, Nobisuke.

* ''Series/{{Willow}}'': Airk, son of Madmartigan and Sorsha, is named after Madmartigan's friend Airk, who'd died in [[Film/{{Willow}} the war with Bavmorda]].

* The dead protagonist of ''Ojama Yuurei-kun'' was considered such a failure by his parents after he died, they decided to name his posthumous little brother Reijirou after him, but replaced the eerie character for "Rei" with a more sensible one meaning "gratitude".

* In the Creator/IainBanks book ''The Crow Road'', central character Prentice's brother names his newborn son Kenneth Rory Prentice Mchoan. Prentice (half) jokingly points out his concern that he's the only one of the baby's namesakes who isn't dead...

* David Lurie of ''In the Beginning'' is one, being the product of a levirate marriage.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/JanetAsimov's ''Literature/NorbysOtherSecret'': A {{Downplayed|Trope}} example; at the end of the book, when Jeff is given Oola's egg, he decides that he'll name it Oola Two. But Oola is still alive and he hardly ever mentions the Two part, simply calling her Oola in future books.