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* Webcomic/RustyAndCo has Dame Madeline Goodlaw. As the name suggests, she's Lawful Good. She's also a paladin and the nicest person you'll ever meet, so long as you're not evil. If you are evil, she'll smite your ass.

* Subverted with Ezekiel from the SpiderMan comics; he was named after a benign prophet from the Old Testament, and indeed, Spidey trusted him for a while. [[TreacherousAdvisor This turned out to be a mistake.]]

* When there's a [[Theatre/TwelfthNight Malvolio]] running around it's usually a safe bet that the local [[RomeoAndJuliet Benvolio]] is a nicer person.

* Cure Tender of ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' is an absolute softy on the inside, especially for her little sister [[spoiler:Iona Hikawa]] whom she TookTheBullet for while fighting [[HeroKiller The Pretty Cure Hunter]], [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Phantom]] during the {{Backstory}}. No deaths occurred, but said little sister suffered much {{Angst}} afterwards.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has Regal Bryant, both of whose names mean 'noble'. He's a double subversion, since he's an enemy the first couple times you meet him, but it wasn't really by his own choice, and he soon joins the party and becomes one of the nicest people around.

* Any character named 'Shepherd'. Plenty of them in the military, for some reason. A likely reason is nods to the GoodShepherd and {{Messianic Archetype}}s.

*** In part of his back-story in the pages of ''ComicBook/XMen'', Professor Xavier served as a soldier during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar. In one story, it was revealed that he was known among his fellow soldiers as "The Good Shepherd", because he went to great lengths to bring the men under his command safely home.

* From [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negima]]: Takane D. Goodman who is indeed one of the good guys, and self proclaimed Apostle of Justice, if a bit over zealous.

* The shepherd Derrial Book from ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' could be seen as this because of his profession and spot on the hero team.
* Zigzagged in ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Angel, Faith and Harmony, are both villains and heroes. In Angel's case it was an ironic name because he was 'the demon with the angelic face'; then he did a HeelFaceTurn and the name ceased to be ironic (except of course for his still being a vampire.)

* Angel Martin of ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' is notably less than angelic. Instead he is a slimy, greedy, dishonest DirtyCoward.

* The Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho''. Generally plays this straight, but many in universe hear this name and get an immediate OhCrap reaction. This includes villains and non villains.

* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', Jerin's favourite sister is called "Summer". She's very sweet, and Jerin considers her the prettiest of his sisters. (Or at least he claims to do so, when the question is who gets to go to the big city and find a husband for [[ExoticExtendedMarriage all of the sisters]] -- he argues that Summer is the prettiest and they want the husband to consent to the match, don't they?) Maybe he just says this because he likes her and going to the city is fun.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'''s Light Yagami. Although LightIsNotGood applies in a almost literal sense, this is ambiguous. His personal name is Light (written with the character for 'moon'), but Yagami means 'God of Night'. Certainly a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name to run away from]].

* In the ''Literature/XWingSeries'', the two Alderaanian war frigates that survived when Alderaan adopted pacifism, and were still hanging around the system after the planet was destroyed, were named ''Another Chance'' and ''Valiant''. ''Another Chance'' was found some time before the books, and ''Valiant'' came up out of the Graveyard to [[BigDamnHeroes dramatically save the Rogues]] because one of them had taken ''Another Chance'''s IFF tag.
* Creator/RobinHobb plays with this interestingly in her ''[=FitzChivalry=]'' series (the ''Literature/{{Farseer}}'' trilogy): all of the princes are given names like this as part of magic which is supposed to install a corresponding personality in them. It doesn't work perfectly though--the hero is the illegitimate son of Chivalry, demonstrating an ironic application of his name, and Regal is TheEvilPrince. Chivalry was otherwise highly regarded, however, and Verity plays this trope absolutely straight.

* Amitie Florian, the IdiotHero of ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny''. Amitie is french for Friendship and/or Kindness.

** Diana of Themiscyra, better known as ''WonderWoman''

-->'''Justin''':"There's no way she's evil. If she was evil don't you think she'd change her name to, I dunno, 'Dr. Nice-ini'?"

** Though before he got his soul, as he was Angelus (Latin for angel), the demon with the angelic face.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' has the Aether Foundation. [[spoiler: {{Double Subver|sion}}ted. Lusamine, the leader of the organization, is an abusive mother who abandoned her children because she was obsessed with the Ultra Beasts... [[AdaptationalHeroism or rather, was, in the original game]]. With a couple of exceptions (such as [[MadScientist Faba]]) most people within the organization have good intentions. In ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' they're not the antagonists any longer, even if Lusamine's methods are questionable at best, and Faba is still ObviouslyEvil.]]

* ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' has the Aether Foundation. [[spoiler: Subverted as they're a downright ''cultish'' PeaceAndLoveIncorporated and AnimalWrongsGroup obsessed with the [[EldritchAbomination Ultra Beasts.]]]]

* Graveheart from ''ShadowRaiders'' is a guy who's all heart but with a rather grave demeanor.

* The video game ''MiniNinjas'' also features a Hiro.

* There is also the Rev. Farebrother in Creator/GeorgeEliot's ''{{Middlemarch}}.''

** English poet Robert Browning's epic poem, ''Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came''; the title of which comes from a line in WilliamShakespeare's play ''Theatre/KingLear''.

* ''ChittyChittyBangBang'' doubles down on this with the name Truly Scrumptious.

* Peter Perfect from ''WackyRaces'' is the opposite number of [[DastardlyWhiplash Dick Dastardly]].

** Who ''wouldn't'' trust a guy named Apollo Justice?
** Or Phoenix Wright? Because he's always [[DontExplainTheJoke right]]!
** The first victim of ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' is named Buddy Faith.
** A posthumous character in ''Justice For All'' is named Celeste Inpax.
** And another in Dual Destinies is Constance Courte. To have this kind of name in Ace Attorney is to be either a main character or doomed from the outset, it seems.

* [[HerrDoktor Doctor]] [[PunnyName Sigmund]] [[BigBad Friend]] from ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "Number 12 Looks Just Like You". Though his intentions can arguably be considered [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans benevolent]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist his]] [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul methods]] [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood leave]] [[IndividualityIsIllegal something]] [[LossOfIdentity to]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals be]] [[MagicPlasticSurgery desired]].

* ''Literature/TheLongEarth'' has Joshua Valienté. "Valienté" is Spanish for "valiant" which is literally a synonym for heroic. "Joshua", meanwhile, is technically the same name as ''[[JesusChrist Jesus]]''.

* Subverted with Jonathan Liebling, later [[Film/AngelHeart Johnny Favorite]]. Liebling translates to "darling" or "beloved". Everyone who knew Johnny Favorite describes him as the devil incarnate.

* Subverted with Jonathan Liebling, later [[Literature/FallingAngel Johnny Favorite]]. Liebling translates to "darling" or "beloved". Everyone who knew Johnny Favorite describes him as the devil incarnate.

* Subverted with Jonathan Liebling, later [[Literature/FallingAngel Johnny Favorite]]. Liebling translates to "darling" of "beloved". Everyone who knew Johnny Favorite describes him as the devil incarnate.