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** Names follow this trope to the letter; every name, be it for a person, place, or thing, is generated randomly from a list of words, and like the example above can be amusingly irreverent, like Urist Diamondpants. Compare [[http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/Boatmurdered/ Boatmurdered,]] also a case of NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast. (And ''Places'' To Run Away From Really Fast, considering it features [[WaveMotionGun "Project Fuck The World"]], which unleashes a stream of magma upon any goblins foolhardy enough to lay siege.)

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* Many {{Transformers}} have names like this that line up with their abilities, such as Thundercracker, Trailblazer, and Mixmaster.

* Some of the species in ''WebOriginal/{{Serina}}'' have names like this, including billion-stingers (ants that live in huge, constantly-moving colonies), gravediggers (descendants of canaries, who catch their prey using traps), and woodcrafters (deer-like descendants of guppies, who use their antler-like ears to prune trees).

* In ''Literature/TheBlackCompany'' series, a lot of the most powerful sorcerers follow that rule : Soulcatcher, Shapeshifter, Stormbringer, Moonbiter, Shadowspinner... Moreover, the name usually [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tells about what the sorcerer is best at]].

** '[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' has a number of Nords with braggadocious sobriquets, but perhaps the most fearsome is Alfhedil Elf-Hewer. His name isn't just talk, either- he is the master trainer of the axe skill, and has a collection of skulls in his quarters.

** The Deviant Monsters in ''Generations'' and its UpdatedRerelease ''Generations Ultimate'' have compound-name prefixes: Redhelm Arzuros, Dreadqueen Rathian, Boltreaver Astalos, Bloodbath Diablos, and so on. All of these monsters are as deadly as their names sound.

** The leaders of Ogre tribes, known as Tyrants, who have to earn that status via deadly violence against (and consumption of) their former leader, and maintain it in the same way against even their own kin. As a successful Tyrant's reign of bloodshed extends, so does his name, often resulting in lists of Nounverbing superlatives -- like Olflab Stonecruncher Fatgut Deathcheater, an Ogre who remained Tyrant of his kingdom of over ninety years before choking to death on his great-grandson's skull. Taken UpToEleven by the Overtyrant of them all, Greasus Goldtooth -- or to give him his formal title, Tradelord Greasus Tribestealer Drakecrush Gatecrasher Hoardmaster Goldtooth the Shockingly Obese.

* Surnames in Japan are commonly of the "Noun" or "Adjective-Noun" variety (sometimes "Noun-Verber" also appears). Since Japanese names are all based on Chinese characters (kanji), they all have meaning tied to their symbols. In the Meiji era, even commoners (who usually only had a given name, and perhaps identified with a clan, if they had claim enough to state it) were told to select surnames. Commoners with no attachment to a greater family often just picked whatever was nearby, or whatever they felt their family would mostly be identified by. Hence, there are a lot of geological or botanical features prevalent in the modern Japanese family register. Examples include "井上" (Inoue, or "Above the Well"), "藤田" (Fujita, or "Wisteria Fields"),　"豊田" ("Toyoda", or "Plentiful Fields"),　"坂本"　(Sakamoto, or "Base of the Hill"), "杉本" (Sugimoto, or "Root of the Cedar Tree"),　"小川" (Ogawa, or "Little River"),　"小野" (Ono- as in Yoko Ono, which means "Little Field"),　"松井" (Matsui- as in Hideki Matsui, which means "Pine Well"). Even lords had names like this, such as　"徳川" (Tokugawa, the shogunate family which ruled Japan from 1600-1868, which means "Virtuous River") and　"小田"　(Oda, as in Oda Nobunaga, the vicious shogun who united Japan through fear, cunning, and strength, which means "Little Rice Field").

** Par for the course in ''Warhammer'''s successor, ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar''. If someone (or something) has a name, chances are that it's either going to be a case of AwesomeMcCoolname or this, ''and'' that it will be an example of ThemeNaming.

** Many other [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] have names which fit when translated from draconic, such as "Curse Never Dying" and "Snow Wing Hunter", for example. Crosses over with AwesomeMcCoolname as the translated names sound quite intimidating.

** Also Aphrodite Androphonos (man-killer), and Aphrodite Kallipagos (sexy butt.) ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, really]].)