History Main / NoNameGiven

* In ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', there is a black bird character who appears later in the film whose name is never revealed in the English dub. (He's known as Yu-Bird in Japanese.)

[[caption-width-right:304:Unlike most examples here, this guy does have a name. Not that it's in his [[OneWordVocabulary vocabulary]]. [[spoiler: His name is actually Karako Pierot.]]]]

* In ''WebAnimation/AnAdventureOfSheepAndChicken'' a hiker, the main antagonist, is never given a name because the two protagonists never ask him for it.
** Subverted with Sheep and Chicken, the heroes. Sheep and Chicken, respectively, are their actual names.

* ''WebAnimation/GsParagate'' features a red-skinned buff man wearing an iron helmet in every episode of the “Jungle on a Jungle” story arc. This character never has his name mentioned (the narrator simply refers to him and his acquaintance, Galfriche, as “the two strong men”), and he also never has any dialogue, so his name is likewise never revealed by the subtitle box.

* Parodied in the case of Rookie from ''WebAnimation/CombatDevolved''. He tries to tell the others his name, but no-one cares and resorts to calling him Rookie.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishi The last member of the Yahi tribe of Northern California]] never disclosed his name, as the tribe's customs stated that the only way to reveal one's name to an outsider was to be introduced by another member of the tribe. Since he was [[LastOfHisKind the last one of his tribe]], there was no one to introduce him, and he therefore became known as "Ishi," the word for "man" in his language. His real name will never be known.

[[caption-width-right:304:Unlike most examples here, this guy does have a name. Not that it's in his [[OneWordVocabulary vocabulary]].]]

** But even then, only [[spoiler:Ace, Santa, June, and the 9th Man]] get their full names revealed. [[spoiler:Lotus]] only receives a last name and the others have only first names. ''One'' of these eventually gets a canon full name as of [[VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward the sequel]] '''(WARNING: Spoiler is for both games)''': [[spoiler:Junpei Tenmyouji]]. The rest have full names [[WordOfGod given to them by the creator]], but which he considers to be more of a [[ShrugOfGod "possibility"]] than true {{canon}}.

* From the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series, [[spoiler:Calisto Yew. Her real name is never given, the only thing we know about it for certain is that it absolutely is ''not'' Calisto Yew. Or Shih-na.]]
** He's been around for 6 games and counting, and no-one knows his honor's name. Or his brother's, who is also a judge. Or his Khura'inese counterpart's own. Judges in general in this series and the spinoffs (other than Justine Courtney) never seem to get given names ever.

** Despite being the [[spoiler:[[BigBad Big Bad]] of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'']], we never learn the name of [[spoiler:[[MasterOfDisguise the phantom]]]]. Then again, this isn't unexplained, because he comments that he [[spoiler:lost and forgot his identity long ago, and now only lives by the personality of whomever he impersonates.]]

* ''Adventures in a Pocket Universe'' series from Creator/BBVProductions: One of the two main characters is never named. The other main character, her robot sidekick, addresses her as "Mistress". The fact she's played by Creator/LallaWard, the robot sidekick is K-9 (who, like many ''Series/DoctorWho'' robots and monsters, can be licenced directly from his creators), and the pocket universe is called Ecto-Space may lead some listeners to conclusions about what her name might be, but it officially ''isn't'' that, because BBV don't have the rights to use that character.

* ''Adventures in a Pocket Universe'' series from Creator/BBVProductions: One of the two main characters is never named. The other main character, her robot sidekick, addresses her as "Mistress". The fact she's played by Creator/LallaWard, the robot sidekick is K-9 (who, like many ''Series/DoctorWho'' robots and monsters, can be licenced directly from his creators), and the pocket universe is called Ecto-Space may lead some listeners to conclusions about what her name might be, but for rights reasons she officially ''isn't''.

* ''Adventures in a Pocket Universe'' series from Creator/BBVProductions: One of the two main characters is never named. The other main character, her robot sidekick, addresses her as "Mistress".

* ''WebAnimation/Musophobia2012'': The main character's name is not mentioned at all in the film.

[[quoteright:304:[[VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/capture_064.PNG]]Unlike most examples here, this guy does have a name. Not that it's in his [[OneWordVocabulary vocabulary]].]]

** Despite being the [[spoiler:[[BigBad Big Bad]] of [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]]], we never know the name of the [[spoiler:Phantom]]. Then again, this isn't unexplained, because he comments that he [[spoiler:lost and forgot his identity long ago, and now only lives by the personality of whomever he impersonates.]]

* The last chapter of [[TheBible the book of Ruth]] features a redeemer who's called the Hebrew equivalent of "So and So". This is a literary tool used in response to his refusal to redeem lest it ruin his inheritance, thereby not retaining the name of his childless deceased relative.

* The last chapter of the book of Ruth features a redeemer who's called the Hebrew equivalent of "So and So". This is a literary tool used in response to his refusal to redeem lest it ruin his inheritance, thereby not retaining the name of his childless deceased relative.