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* Portgas D. Ace of ''OnePiece'' uses his mother's name instead of his father's, feeling he owes her greatly while the fact of who his father is has caused him nothing but grief.

* ''SomethingPositive'' has a variant: when Jason marries, he [[MaidenNameDebate takes his wife's name]] as a sign of his disdain for his dad.

* In ''SpiderMan,'' [[TheHero Peter]]'s clone (who has all the same memories) takes the name "Ben Reilly," the surname coming from Peter's mother. In this case it's just a convenient way to hold onto his identity while trying to forge an independent one.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', when Lisa learns that Homer had been betting against her on crossword competitions, she starts going by Lisa Bouvier.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice,'' WordOfGod says that [[ActionGirl Cheshire]]/Jade Nguyen uses her mother's maiden name because of her issues with [[AbusiveParents her father]], [[spoiler:Sportsmaster/Lawrence Crock]]. {{Averted}} by her sister, [[spoiler:Artemis]], despite having [[ArchnemesisDad similar issues]] with him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice,'' WordOfGod says that [[ActionGirl Cheshire]]/Jade Nguyen uses her mother's maiden name because of her issues with [[AbusiveParents her father]], [[spoiler:Sportsmaster/Lawrence Crock]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice,'' WordOfGod says that [[HotChickWithASword Cheshire]]/Jade Nguyen uses her mother's maiden name because of her issues with [[AbusiveParents her father]], [[spoiler:Sportsmaster/Lawrence Crock]].

* In ''CodeGeass'', Lelouch Lelouch vi Britannia and Nunnally vi Britannia go by their deceased mother's maiden name of Lamperouge to disguise their identities.

* TheReveal at the end of ''DownPeriscope'' is that [[spoiler: Brad Stepenak]] is actually Admiral Wilson's son. He uses his mother's name to avoid patronage and to rebel against his father.

* In the ''VorkosiganSaga'', Miles Vorkosigan uses his mother's maiden name in his secret identity as Admiral Miles Naismith. Per Naismith's cover story he is a clone of M. Vorkosigan, hence of the same genetic offspring and hence legally entitled to the name. Additionally, even in his non-cover identity Miles Vorkosigan's middle name is Naismith, as a substitute since his paternal grandfather forbade that he should be named after him.

** Widespread ''FinalFantasyVIII'' {{Fanon}} also holds that Squall Leonhart's surname comes from his mother Raine, since his father's surname turns out to be something different, but Raine's maiden name is never given so there's no way to confirm the theory.

* In ''FinalFantasyVIII'', Rinoa goes by her mother Julia's last name to disassociate herself from her father, who is a general in the military of the same nation she's a member of LaResistance ''against''.

* In ''[[DieHard Die Hard 4]]'', John [=McClane's=] daughter uses her mother's maiden name Genero to distance herself from her father; a CallBack to the original, where his wife had done the same after she moved to a new job in California (that is, she changed it to Genero, not ''her'' mothers maiden name).

* In ''FinalFantasyVIII'', Rinoa goes by her mother Julia's last name to disassociate herself from her father.

* In the original Japanese version, of ''YuGiOh'', Katsuya Jounouchi's sister Shizuka does this, taking her mother's maiden name Kawai. [[SolomonDivorce Their parents are divorced and Shizuka lives with her mother.]] The 4Kids dub averts this by having Serenity still use Wheeler.
* The Elric Brothers in ''FullmetalAlchemist'' take their name from their mother, Trisha Elric, instead of from their father, Van Hohenheim.
** In the manga Ed said Trisha and Hohenhein never got married.

* In ''TheSimpsons'', when Lisa learns that Homer had been betting against her on crossword competitions, she starts going by Lisa Bouvier.
* In ''YoungJustice,'' WordOfGod says that [[HotChickWithASword Cheshire]]/Jade Nguyen uses her mother's maiden name because of her issues with [[AbusiveParents her father]], [[spoiler:Sportsmaster/Lawrence Crock]].

* The Elric Brothers in ''FullmetalAlchemist'' take their name from their mother, Trisha Elric, instead of from their father, Van Hohenheim.

** And from the same series, Kallen goes by her mom's Japanese name when she's working with the Rebellion rather than her father's Brittanian name. This serves the dual purpose of disguising her identity and showing that she identifies more with her mom's side of the family.

* In ''CodeGeass'', Lelouch and Nunnally go by their mother's maiden name of Lamperouge to disguise their identities.

* In ''[[DieHard Die Hard 4]]'', John [=McClane's=] daughter uses her mother's maiden name Genero to distance herself from her father; a CallBack to the original, where his wife had done the same after she moved to a new job in California.

* In ''[[DieHard Die Hard 4]]'', John [=McClane's=] daughter uses her mother's maiden name Genero to distance herself from her father.

* In ''YoungJustice,'' WordOfGod says that [[HotChickWithASword Cheshire]] uses her mother's maiden name because of her issues with [[AbusiveParents her father]], [[spoiler:Sportsmaster]].

* In ''TheSimpsons'', when Lisa learns that Homer had been betting against her on crossword competitions, she starts going by Lisa Bouvier.