History Main / StevenUlyssesPerhero

** [[ThemeNaming Pride, Lust, Envy, Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, and Wrath]]. Justified as they're AnthropomorphicPersonification homunculi, [[spoiler: and literally made of the sins of Father]].

* In ''Anime/MyHime'', [[spoiler:Mikoto]] turns out to be a prophetic name ([[spoiler:mikoto means "lord"]]).

** The children of Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin almost all have names related to their Devil Fruit powers or official positions in Big Mom's territory. Cracker has the power to create biscuits with the Bisc-Bisc Fruit, Oven can heat himself up, Pudding is an expert chocolatier...really, it'd be faster to name the one child who ''doesn't'' fit this trope, [[spoiler: Lola, the WhiteSheep]].

** "Ash" simply sounds like "Satoshi", though fire is a common theme among Japanese heroes (though it might be based on the tree-based names of the Professors). "Ketchum" on the other hand is a word play on "Catch 'em"; "Dawn" carries on the light-themed "Hikari", not expressed in her Pokemon, but reflective of her appearance in ''Diamond & Pearl''; "May"/"Haruka" does seem to use some spring-themed Pokemon. "Misty"/"Kasumi" is a straight example - the names are equivalent, and she is heavily water-themed; "Brock" has the obvious "Rock".

* The eponymous character in ''Manga/SoulEater'' actually came from a family of musicians who didn't even know they had weapon's blood. Although as ''Not!'' clarifies, his last name was originally Evans and not Eater, his first name is still actually Soul. It's a very literal-minded name to give a Weapon, and the idea he was somehow given it without his parents knowing he was a Weapon is just baffling. And unfair to the poor kid. Not only do you have pointy teeth and unusual looks, but your name makes you sound like a monster. ''Not!'' explains away the sheer number of cases of this trope, because - as with Soul Evans - students register at the school with whatever name they like. As a result, there's a mish-mash of [[AerithAndBob "normal" and unusual]] names throughout the cast.

** A number of new characters in Creator/GeoffJohns' run qualify too, including Sinestro Corps members Karu-Sil ("carousel"; she's surrounded by animals) and Kryb (literally steals babies - also a VisualPun as her ribcage protrudes through her back, like a crib), and Red Lantern [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Atrocitus]] (TheBerserker using BloodMagic).

* One of the later additions to the {{Runaways}} was a girl named Klara Plast with a GreenThumb power - her name sounds like Chloroplast, the part of a plant responsible for photosynthesis.

* From the "They weren't even trying" file - in ''ComicBook/{{Gen 13}}'': What were the odds that someone named "Sarah Rainmaker" would gain weather control powers? She's a Native American, and they all have names like that, right? Right? The same book has the slightly less on the nose Caitlin Fairchild, who imaginatively fights crime with the CodeName "Fairchild." The manifestation of her powers gave her enhanced beauty and a perfect physique. And Burnout's nickname was "Burnout" ''before'' he gained fire powers.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', the older son has the power of super-speed. His name? Dashiell Robert Parr, or 'Dash' for short. The other kids have subtler allusions to their powers; Violet (as in "ShrinkingViolet," because of her shyness at the beginning) whose power is invisibility and generation of forcefields, which are tinted violet. Ultraviolet is also a type of light that is invisible to human eyes. Jack-Jack [[spoiler: has a wide variety and is a "jack of all trades"]].
** ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': The main villain's real name is [[spoiler: Evelyn Deavor]]. Sound it out.

* Reversed in ''Literature/GoodOmens'', in which the serpent of Eden is named Crawly, but changes his name to Anthony Crowley later on because it "just wasn't him." His assumed name is itself a reference to Creator/AleisterCrowley, a famous occultist who liked to spread rumors about his Satanic indulgences for a laugh. Some [[NunsAreSpooky satanic nuns]] also attempt to invoke the trope in-Universe by calling the supposed anti-Christ "Warlock". And [[spoiler: the real Antichrist is called Adam]]. Kind of obvious, wouldn't you think?

** "Malfoy" derives from 'mal foi'', which means "bad faith" in French. This fits them throughout the series, but especially as the story progresses and [[spoiler: they become more and more reluctant to serve Voldemort]]. Naming a child Draco might seem like a deliberate attempt to put him in Slytherin, and given the family history it probably was. It also nicely ties into the Black StellarName tradition, as his mother was named Narcissa Black before her marriage.
** Then there is Snape: snape (v.) - 'to be hard upon, rebuke, snub,' c.1300, from Old Norse sneypa 'to outrage, dishonor, disgrace.' And, of course, snake. "Severus" means "stern" in Latin.

* Creator/JamesJoyce: the {{Trope Namer|s}}. Stephen Dedalus must - like Daedalus - not fly too close to the sun i.e. he must wait for his brilliance to emerge.
* In Creator/CharlesStross's ''Literature/TheJenniferMorgue'', occult hacker Bob Howard reveals that his middle names are [[spoiler: [[Literature/BastardOperatorFromHell Oliver and Francis]]]]. Note that "Bob Howard" is not his real name, so this is a deliberate ShoutOut.

* Scullion in ''Series/PorterhouseBlue'' - the name is an old word for "servant" and Scullion is a zealous servant of the college. (A throwaway line suggests that he might actually be descended from the original college servants back in TheDungAges.)

** All aligned mages have the name of their discipline somewhere in their own name: L[[PlayingWithFire aesh]]ana, De[[MakingASplash shamai]], Na[[BlowYouAway ruah]]n, etc. [[spoiler: WordOfGod reveals this to be more of an InvokedTrope, as it turns out mages actually change their name to match their power. For example, L[[PlayingWithFire aesh]]ana was Lahana before her fire-magic manifested.]]
** Also worth noting that this rule explicitly doesn't apply to the unaligned mages of the royal house. Kethel, Tathilya, Alaric, etc can keep their birth names. [[spoiler: Laeshana's ''becoming'' unaligned has sparked a controversy in the court of Caederan over whether she should stay Laeshana, revive her birth name of Lahana, or rename herself to L[[WhiteMagic orah]]na.]]

* In ''[[http://slicedbread2.blogspot.com/ Sliced Bread 2]]'', a fictional blog written from the perspective of a superhero's assistant, the BigBad turns out to be named [[spoiler: ''Rafhaiel Thing'']].

* Ken Gemberling, the hero of ''Series/FatGuyStuckInInternet'', finds out from a prophet that his "Internet Name" is [[spoiler: Fat Guy Stuck in Internet]].

** [[Series/TheFlash1990 The 90's show]] did this with [[AnIcePerson Captain Cold]]. Now, in the comics, he was Leonard Snart. Here, he's Leonard Wynters. Subtle.

** Fletcher Beaumont is the Bowman (A fletcher is an arrow-maker, and "Beaumont" is an almost exact homonym). In fact, [[LegacyCharacter three generations of Fletcher Beaumonts have been the Bowman]] - Fletcher Beaumont was Bowman I in the Golden Age, Fletcher Beaumont Jr. was Bowman III in the Silver Age, and Fletcher Beaumont III is the current Bowman IV. (Bowman II was Tim Quinn, formerly the KidSidekick Arrow.

* VideoGame/MaxPayne spends his entire life feeling nothing but pain. Childhood? Dad's an abusive wreck and mom's dead. Adulthood? Got a wife, got a daughter then got home just in time to watch them die. Found a lead to solve their case? [[spoiler: Got himself entangled in a GovernmentConspiracy and hunted by both sides of the law]]. Found another woman to forget his sordid past? [[spoiler: She too died in his arms]]. Surviving through all this violent ordeal to live on? Got himself a crippling alcohol and painkiller addiction. Found a good job in another country to leave his past behind? [[spoiler: Too bad, his job was to be a fall guy for a Brazilian crimelord]]. The last game in the series ending with him finding peace? [[AesopAmnesia Every game in the series ends with him supposedly finding peace]].

** [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Gen II]] continues the trend in Johto with Falk(on)er; Bugsy (guess); plain-jane Whitney and her normal-types; Morty, a death-pun and Ghost-type trainer; Chuck the Fighting trainer; trope appears to be averted with Steel-type user Jasmine, who doesn't train Grass-types - until a closer look at her name's second syllable; [[AnIcePerson Pryce]]; Clair the Dragon-type leader's name comes from dragons' lair; Koga's daughter/replacement Janine (reverse the syllables); and in the Elite Four, Psychic-specialist Will (as in -power); and the Dark-specialist Karen comes from a corruption of "darken" as well as her philosophy of using your favorite Pokemon, the ones you truly care for.

** The spinoff games are not immune to this either, as the QuirkyMinibossSquad of ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger Shadows of Almia'' the Sinis Trio consists of Ice, who first confronts you in an icy castle, Lavana, who is first fought in a volcano, and Heath, whom you run into in the desert. Meanwhile, one of the main antagonists of ''Guardian Signs'' is [[spoiler: a magician named Hocus.]]

** Molly Blyndeff’s Epithet is [[QuieterThanSilence Dumb]]. Her last name is in reference to the olden saying “blind, deaf and dumb”, with “dumb” in that context used as synonymous with mute rather than stupid.
** Giovanni Potage’s Epithet is Soup. His last name is a type of thick soup.
** Indus Tarbella’s Epithet is '''[[{{CatchPhrase}} BARRIER]]!!''' In Pakistan, along the Indus River, lies a massive dam that blocks water, known as the Tarbela Dam.
** Sylvester Ashling’s Epithet is [[TheSandman Drowsy]]. His last name is an adapted Irish name (Aisling) meaning “dream”.
** Mera Salamin’s Epithet is [[spoiler: [[GlassCannon Fragile]]]]. Her first name is an adapted form of [[spoiler: “mirror”]], and her last name means [[spoiler: “mirror” or “glass”]] in Tagalog.
** Percival King’s Epithet is Parapet. Her name further ties in with the theme of fantasy, as her first name is shared by one of the Knights of the Round Table, and her last name is quite obvious.
** Zora Salazar’s Epithet is [[spoiler: [[TimeMaster Sundial]]]]. Her first name is Slavic in origin, and can mean [[spoiler: “dawn”]].
* Parodied in the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' toon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT5Ojk2vyKY DNA Evidence]], where Coach Z claims to be the superhero Damp Towel Man, and his [[SecretIdentity mild-mannered alter-ego]], Dan Towelman. He later mentions his nemesis, Dry Ragamuffin, and ''his'' SecretIdentity, Dreyfus Ra''ga''moofin. Strong Sad says that the Coach has a "real sucky imagination".

** Twins Raven and Qrow Branwen have the ability to turn into a raven and a crow, respectively. [[spoiler: May be an InvokedTrope, as they were magically granted this power by Ozpin, and it's unclear if their [[PunnyName Punny Names]] played a part in this.]]

* Invoked over and over in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes''. Mr. Mighty's real name is Marion John Mighty. (WordOfGod has it that his grandfather, after gaining superpowers, legally changed his surname to "Mighty"). There is also Mr. Mighty's arch-nemesis, Dr. Dooley Unpleasant; reformed villain Dr. Odious (and his music-loving son, [[spoiler: Mel Odious]]); Simon Burke Davidson, commonly known as S.B.D. (he emits a terrible stench when turning invisible); and Carrie Pelosi, who has an enormous head of hair (and whose last name literally translates as "hairy").

* From ''Webcomic/StrawberryDeathCake'', Sir Winston S. Moosington receives a curse that turns him into a woodland creature - but not a wolf....

* ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan2000'': Alex Mann- aka "the Action Man". Somewhat justified in universe. The name was likely made up based around his real last name to provide a good extreme sports moniker, only for the plot to turn him into a hero.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'': SFIT student [[spoiler: B'''ob Ake'''n]] apparently lost the first and last letters of his name when he decided to become [[spoiler: Obake. "Obake" [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast means "monster" in Japanese]], FYI]].

* There is a comedian, probably most famous for appearing on both versions of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', called Colin ''Mochrie'' - pronounced "Mockery". There's also his daughter, Kinley Mochrie, who did humorous movie reviews for Website/ChannelAwesome.

* One instance where not the man, but his wife had a case of this: Creator/GeorgeReeves, the actor who first played Superman, had a fianceé named Leonore Lemmon. That's right - Superman ''and'' Superman's actor can't escape [[RunningGag those double L names]].[[note]]For reference, nearly every romantic partner Superman has had in the comics has a name and surname starting with L.[[/note]]

* Actor Creator/BurtWard famously played Robin in ''Series/Batman1966'' - i.e., Batman's ward. Also from the series, Creator/EarthaKitt briefly played Catwoman.

* The 2014 ''Series/DoctorWho'' Christmas special, [[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas "Last Christmas"]] features an appearance by Nick Frost [[spoiler: as Santa Claus, aka St. Nicholas]].

** All gym leaders have names that are puns on the type of Pokemon they train (including former gym leaders Brock and Misty).

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a veritable boat-load: Katsuki Bakugo[[note]]"strong explosion"[[/note]] [[StuffBlowingUp basically sweats nitroglycerin]], Shoto[[note]]Which is written with the kanji for "freezing" and "heating" respectively[[/note]] Todoroki has both [[AnIcePerson ice]] and [[PlayingWithFire fire]] powers, Denki[[note]]"electricity"[[/note]] Kaminari[[note]]"above sound", but also a pun on "lightning"[[/note]] has [[ShockAndAwe electricity]] powers, Mina [[FunWithHomophones Ashido]] generates HollywoodAcid, etc. Protagonist Izuku Midoriya averts this, but oddly enough the aversion kind of makes him play it straight: his name doesn't reflect his superpowers because [[UnSorcerer he has none]] at the outset of the story. Then it's played straight when it's revealed that he's the ninth holder of One For All and the "ku" in his given name is homophonous to the Japanese word for nine, which [[AlternativeCharacterReading can also be read as]] "kyu".

---> '''Waverly''': ''(picking up Nicole's business card)'' Officer... hot. [[ShipTease Of course.]]

* WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} as Super Goof in the Disney comics.

* [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} That Other Wiki]] has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym page]] for these.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a veritable boat-load: Katsuki Bakugo[[note]]"strong explosion"[[/note]] [[StuffBlowingUp basically sweats nitroglycerin]], Shoto[[note]]Which is written with the kanji for "freezing" and "heating" respectively[[/note]] Todoroki is has both [[AnIcePerson ice]] and [[PlayingWithFire fire]] powers, Denki[[note]]"electricity"[[/note]] Kaminari[[note]]"lightning"[[/note]] has [[ShockAndAwe electricity]] powers, Mina [[FunWithHomophones Ashido]] generates HollywoodAcid, etc. Protagonist Izuku Midoriya averts this, but oddly enough the aversion kind of makes him play it straight: his name doesn't reflect his superpowers because [[UnSorcerer he has none]] at the outset of the story. Then it's played straight when it's revealed that he's the ninth holder of One For All and the "ku" in his given name is homophonous to the Japanese word for nine, "kyu".
** Taken [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] with Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu. His name literally means "iron iron iron iron". [[ChromeChampion Three guesses]] [[MadeOfIron what his power is]].
** There's a degree of {{invo|kedTrope}}cation involved with ''MHA'', as [[SuperpowerfulGenetics children tend to inherit either one or both of their parents' powers]] and thus their parents may name their kids in anticipation of this. The likeliest example of this is [[spoiler:Todoroki, whose father (who has fire powers) deliberately married a woman with ice powers in order to have powerful children]].

* "Anime/SpaceDandy is a dandy guy....in space."
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Naruto Uzumaki's name references both the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto_whirlpools Naruto whirlpools]] (Naruto no Uzushio, Uzumaki is a different word for whirlpool) and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narutomaki Narutomaki]], a type of fishcake decorated with spirals (which themselves reference said whirlpools) usually found in Ramen, the character's favorite dish. His trademark move is the Rasengan, a ball of spiraling chakra and air. You might think that this was intentional in-universe, since [[spoiler:his mother came from the Land of Whirlpools and his father invented the Rasengan, so whirlpools and spirals were thematically relevant to the entire family]]. Except that [[spoiler:they actually named him after a character from their mentor Jiraiya's first novel]]. [[spoiler:However, the character from Jiraiya's first novel WAS named after the fishcake in the ramen he was eating at the time.]]
* The main characters in ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' and ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' both have the relevant elements in their names. Sailor Uranus, Neptune and Pluto go a step further: their family names ''are'' the names of their planets in Japanese (minus the suffix "-sei"). The Inner Senshi (except Venus, who was created earlier for ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'') have their elements in their surnames minus the "-sei."
** Sailor Venus's name doesn't contain "gold/metal," the Chinese element that the planet Venus is named after in Japanese, but she does have ''love'', which is the subject matter that the goddess Venus rules over.
** BilingualBonus in ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''. In the Japanese version (of the manga) it's mentioned "Shidou Hikaru" means 'Shine on the Road' as a significant name. While in the English version they use "Rayearth", Hikaru's mecha/monster/familar as the significant name with the same meaning.
* In ''Anime/JubeiChan'', Jiyu Nanohana (nicknamed "Jiyuu-bei" or "Jubei" by her father) not only inherited the power of UsefulNotes/YagyuJubei, but also the ability to free souls from a 300 year curse of hatred. "Jiyuu" means "freedom" in Japanese.
* This seems to happen a lot in ''Anime/PrettyCure''. For instance, who knew that the child named [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Love Momozono]] was going to grow up to be a magical girl named Cure Peach ("momo" means "peach") fueled by ThePowerOfLove?

* ''Anime/SpeedRacer''. In one translation had his given name as "Greg," with "Speed" being a nickname. It was used as an explanation behind the "G" on Speed's shirt, which is really due to the character being called "Go Mifune" in the original Japanese.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** "Ash" simply sounds like "Satoshi", though fire is a common theme among Japanese heroes (though it might be based on the tree-based names of the Professors). "Ketchum" on the other hand is a word play on "Catch 'em"; "Dawn" carries on the light-themed "Hikari", not expressed in her Pokemon, but reflective of her appearance in ''Diamond & Pearl''; "May"/"Haruka" does seem to use some spring-themed Pokemon. "Misty"/"Kasumi" is a straight example - the names are equivalent, and she is heavily water-themed; "Brock" has the obvious "Rock".
** In the German version Brock is named Rocko.
** All gym leaders have names that are puns on the type of Pokemon they train (including former gym leaders Brock and Misty).
* Dr. Manga/BlackJack eventually admits that his alias is derived from his actual name, Kuro'o. (Kuro = dark/black, o = a common ending for boys' names)
* In ''Anime/MyHime'', [[spoiler:Mikoto]] turns out to be a prophetic name ([[spoiler:mikoto means "lord"]]).
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'', when read, can have two meanings: "Games King" or "King Yugi". Guess who grows up to be the King of Games? And who's SexierAlterEgo is a Pharaoh ([[DontExplainTheJoke An Egyptian King]]). It would be more difficult to name a minor character from ''Manga/YuGiOh'' whose name has nothing to do with their deck.
* Another ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' example, this time ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' : The protagonist's name in the Japanese version, Judai Yuki ("Yuki Judai" in Eastern order), literally means "courageous teenager". Turns out he actually is one.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' loves this trope. VillainProtagonist Light Yagami's last name literally means "night god", and his first name is written (in a slight subversion of the typical "Hikari" naming) with the symbol for "moon". Similarly, his disciple and proxy late in the series has the last name Mikami, the pronunciation of which can mean "eye god" or "seeing god" (though unlike Light's last name, this meaning is concealed by different kanji symbols). And Light's rival, L, has the real name L Lawliet, which is intended to be pronounced "low light".
* The eponymous character in ''Manga/SoulEater'' actually came from a family of musicians who didn't even know they had weapon's blood. Although as ''Not!'' clarifies, his last name was originally Evans and not Eater, his first name is still actually Soul. It's a very literal-minded name to give a Weapon, and the idea he was somehow given it without his parents knowing he was a Weapon is just baffling. And unfair to the poor kid. Not only do you have pointy teeth and unusual looks, but your name makes you sound like a monster. ''Not!'' explains away the sheer number of cases of this trope, because - as with Soul Evans - students register at the school with whatever name they like. As a result, there's a mish-mash of [[AerithAndBob "normal" and unusual]] names throughout the cast.
* In ''Anime/RoninWarriors'', Shin wears the armor Suiko, which just so happens to be imbued with the virtue "shin".

** ''Riza Hawkeye'' is such a skilled sharpshooter she was sent to Ishbal's battlefront as a sniper before she had even graduated from military academy.

* In the Italian dub of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', almost all of the bronze saints that serve Athena bear a constellation-related name since they're little children. On both ''Lost Canvas'' and ''Next Dimension'', it's revealed that the previous holy war's Pegasus saint was called Tenma, which is Japanese for "Pegasus". [[spoiler:Justified in ''Lost Canvas'', in that he was born destined to be the Pegasus saint, and his parents knew it.]]
* Saber Rider from ''Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs'', although it may not be his real name.
* Kira Yoshikage from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. His name is the Japanese pronunciation of "Killer" and that's exactly what he is.
* Despite being spoofed in the first episode of ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' ("So you're Wild Tiger? I see that you took it from your name, Toratetsu." "It's ''Ko''tetsu, sir."), Kotetsu actually ''did'' base his superhero name on his actual one, which contains the kanji for tiger in it.

* ''Manga/BananaNoNana'': Trust the girl with banana powers to be named O'''ba Nana'''.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a veritable boat-load: Katsuki Bakugo[[note]]"strong explosion"[[/note]] [[StuffBlowingUp basically sweats nitroglycerin]], Shoto[[note]]Which is written with the kanji for "freezing" and "heating" respectively[[/note]] Todoroki is has both [[AnIcePerson ice]] and [[PlayingWithFire fire]] powers, Denki[[note]]"electricity"[[/note]] Kaminari[[note]]"lightning"[[/note]] has [[ShockAndAwe electricity]] powers, Mina [[FunWithHomophones Ashido]] generates HollywoodAcid, etc. Protagonist Izuku Midoriya averts this, but oddly enough the aversion kind of makes him play it straight: his name doesn't reflect his superpowers because [[UnSorcerer he has none]] at the outset of the story. Then it's played straight when it's revealed that he's the ninth holder of One For All and the "ku" in his given name is homophonous to the Japanese word for nine, "kyu".
** Taken [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] with Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu. His name literally means "iron iron iron iron". [[ChromeChampion Three guesses]] [[MadeOfIron what his power is]].
** There's a degree of {{invo|kedTrope}}cation involved with ''MHA'', as [[SuperpowerfulGenetics children tend to inherit either one or both of their parents' powers]] and thus their parents may name their kids in anticipation of this. The likeliest example of this is [[spoiler:Todoroki, whose father (who has fire powers) deliberately married a woman with ice powers in order to have powerful children]].
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has Eren Yeager. "Yeager" is an anglicised version of the German surname Jäger/Jaeger and means "hunter". Eren starts "hunting" Titans after joining the Survey Corps at a relatively young age.
* This is all over the place in ''Manga/BlackClover''. Yami[[note]]Japanese for "darkness"[[/note]] is a [[CastingAShadow Dark Magic]] user, Magna[[note]]"Magna" like "magma"[[/note]] Swing has [[PlayingWithFire Flame Magic]] with a baseball theme, Luck Voltia[[note]]"Voltia" like a "volt" of electricity[[/note]] uses [[ShockAndAwe Lightning Magic]], and Julius Novachrono[[note]]Latin for "new time"[[/note]] is a master of [[TimeMaster Time Magic]].

* In the ''ComicBook/RichieRich'' comic book, a scientist named Phil Lament becomes the supervillain Dr. N.R. Gee after plastic surgery turns him into a living light bulb. Richie Rich and his family fit as well, with them being filthy, stinking rich. Dr. Keenbean is a genius, Mayda Munny and Reggie Van Dough are also rich, Freckles Friendly has freckles and is friendly, and characters who frequently cross over with him are Dot Polka (she's obsessed with dots) and Lotta Plump.
* Mr. Monster's real name is Dr. Strongfort Stern. That's "strong" in English ''and'' French ("Strong-strong Star" being his full name). He's strong, got that?

* Mike Allred's ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}'' is a man brought back from the dead and reeducated by a mad scientist. The scientist supposedly christens his adopted son after his heroes, Frank Sinatra and Albert Einstein -- or [[Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} Frank Einstein]].
* Elijah Snow of ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' has the ability to lower temperature to point of freezing someone solid. Fellow Century Baby Jenny Sparks, leader of ComicBook/TheAuthority, had control over electricity. Her other "Jenny" incarnations also had powers that matched up with their names.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'':
** Judge Joseph Dredd has a rather appropriate surname for the foremost enforcer of a dystopian police-state. Given that the character originated as a cynical inversion of the typical strong-jawed crime-fighter, the lack of subtlety in this example can be assumed as entirely deliberate.
** Judge Dredd's ArchEnemy Judge Death had the real surname De'ath when he was alive. Obviously, he had to become an OmnicidalManiac.
* WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} as Super Goof in the Disney comics.

* From 'Valiant', an astronaut who gained super-strength (and super-density) just happened to be called Simon Strong.

* ComicBook/CaptainAlcohol's real name is Al Cohol.
* [[http://www.captainaction.com Captain Action]] was once an archeologist named Clive Arno.
* ''The House of Dolmann'' in the UK comic ''Valiant'' was about a master toymaker who used remote controlled puppets to fight crime. If it wasn't [[ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC already taken]], he'd just have to switch the double letter in his name for a perfect codename.
* ''ComicBook/PatPatriotAmericasJoanOfArc'': Pat actually gets her codename due to the public mishearing her surname "Patrios" as 'Patriot."
* The real name of ComicBook/TheGreenKnight is Denis Knight.
* Filipina superhero ([[{{Expy}} no she's not Wonder Woman]]) Darna's real name is Narda.
* A possibly unintentional example: by claiming Dr Ivo Robotnik was a SdrawkcabName, ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic'' made Robotnik/Eggman's "real" first name in this continuity "Ovi" ... which is a Latin prefix meaning to do with eggs.
* ''ComicBook/AltHero'': Kelvin Nought has [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] and his name means the coldest theoretically possible temperature.

* In ''Fanfic/KeepersOfTheElements'', quite a few Keepers end up with names that have a meaning relating to their [[ElementalPowers Element]].
* The President of Amarican in ''Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure'' is named P. Resident.

* In ''Fanfic/RomanceAndTheFateOfEquestria'', this phenomenon is called "name science" and is a frequent topic of in-universe discussion. Princess Luna claims that names are far more influential to a pony's destiny than cutie marks. This is described as a branch of magic that few ponies know about and most consider pseudoscience, likely to explain the GenreBlindness that occurs in the show itself.
* ''Fanfic/TheHamsterballShow'' character [[FunWithAcronyms Alicia Lily Aska]]. She's from UsefulNotes/{{Alaska}}.

* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Ash meets a blacksmith who offers him his services to make item holders for his Pokémon. His name? Forge Smith, [[LampshadeHanging and he's of the opinion that people should be named after what they do in life. ]]
* Shego's name is [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname never given]] in ''Kim Possible'' and, for all the viewer knows, "Shego" might [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep literally be named just that]]. Fanfics usually give her a name that begins with "Sh-". The same also apples to her brothers:

* The villain of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' is named Zira, which is [[BilingualBonus Swahili for "to hate".]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': The main villain's real name is [[spoiler: Evelyn Deavor]]. Sound it out.
* Yancy O'Dell (Alameda Slim's PaperThinDisguise) from ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange''.
* Hiro, the main protagonist and leader of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''.

* ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'': "The Man With No Name" is called "Manco", which means "missing one hand".

* ''Film/JackFrost1997'': Jack Frost became a {{Snowlem|s}}.
* Serial rapist and killer Chris Fuchman from ''Film/FathersDay2011''.
* The name of the killer in ''Film/TheJackhammerMassacre''? Jack.
* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra/Film/GIJoeRetaliation'': Storm Shadow's last name is Arashikage, which means "Storm Shadow".
* Joked about in ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}'', when Creator/CourteneyCox's character jokes that with a name like Gale Weathers, she sounds like she should be a meteorologist instead of a reporter.
* The serial killer in ''Film/LaidToRest'' wears a chrome skull mask, hence [=ChromeSkull=]. His real name turns out to be Jesse ''Crome''ans.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', when Stephen Strange introduces himself to [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter]] as "Doctor Strange", Peter assumes that it's Strange's CodeName and introduces himself as Spider-Man. Strange gives him a look that says SureLetsGoWithThat (in this case, ''both'' are true, as he is a former neurosurgeon).
** Like in the page quote and the comic example, ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' has another example with Doctor Octopus as he introduces himself to Peter, MJ and Ned. And as with the ''Infinity War'' joke, the kids laugh at his name while asking to know what it ''really'' is. It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in this case as MCU Spider-Man hasn't encountered any supervilains with ironically PropheticNames up until this point.

* ''Literature/LorienLegacies'': Marina can breath underwater, as well as manipulate ice. 'From the sea' indeed. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the book named after her. It is important to note that "Marina" is not her actual name, just an alias, which they came up with before she received these powers.

* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''[[Literature/LonelyWerewolfGirl Curse of the Wolf Girl]]'' by Kalix when reading a comic, Curse of the Wolf Girl. "How could she be named Wolf before getting turned into a werewolf?!"
* Neal Stephenson's ''Literature/SnowCrash'' takes a meta approach by naming its main character Hiroaki "Hiro" Protagonist. It's somewhat justified by the fact that it's an assumed name matching the character's thrill-seeking nature.
* Reversed in ''Literature/GoodOmens'', in which the serpent of Eden is named Crawly, but changes his name to Anthony Crowley later on because it "just wasn't him." His assumed name is itself a reference to Creator/AleisterCrowley, a famous occultist who liked to spread rumors about his Satanic indulgences for a laugh. Some [[NunsAreSpooky satanic nuns]] also attempt to invoke the trope in-Universe by calling the supposed anti-Christ "Warlock". And [[spoiler: the real Antichrist is called Adam]]. Kind of obvious, wouldn't you think?
* ''Literature/DocSavage'', the Man of Bronze, is an interesting case, since he was allegedly based on a certain Richard Henry Savage.
* Creator/JamesJoyce: the {{Trope Namer|s}}. Stephen Dedalus must - like Daedalus - not fly too close to the sun i.e. he must wait for his brilliance to emerge.
* Literature/{{Redwall}} does it a lot, though Brian Jacques often draws on Old English so it's not so noticeable. On one occasion he actually did it unintentionally: in ''The Bellmaker'' a character who is imprisoned in his own castle is named Gael, which is very similar to "gaol", the Old English word for jail.

* Reversed in ''Literature/BeingThere''. The protagonist's name is Chance, he apparently has no given last name, and as he is a gardener, he always introduces himself to other people as Chance the Gardener. When he meets Eve Rand and tells her his name, she hears it as the more conventional ''Chauncey Gardiner''. The author explains that Chance doesn't question it in part because many people on TV have two names (actor and character). This plays differently in the film: Chance is having his first alcoholic drink just as she asks the question, and he chokes on it as he answers, so it ''does'' come out sounding like Chauncey Gardiner. Either way, Chance is too dim to realize this misunderstanding, so the new name sticks.
* Played with in ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo'', where a man named Major Major Major is accidentally promoted to the rank of Major due to a clerical error, and a file clerk short-stops all attempts to correct this because he thinks it's funny. Major Major Major Major can never be demoted or promoted from a rank he didn't earn.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', by Creator/TerryPratchett:
** Subverted in ''Literature/LordsAndLadies''. A man named Weaver is actually the village's baker, Mr. Thatcher works as a carter, etc. Furthermore, Mr. Carter's first name is Bestiality. (His parents had several daughters named Chastity, Prudence, etc. When they had their first son, they got confused.) The narrator informs the audience that Chastity Carter grew up to be a... [[LastSecondWordSwap Seamstress]], and that Bestiality Carter is, in fact, very gentle and kind to animals.
** Played straight and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Literature/{{Mort}}'', wherein the eponymous character becomes Death's apprentice. When Death learns of [[PunnyName Mort's]] name, he comments: [[AC:What a coincidence.]]
** Played straight in ''Literature/SmallGods'' with Saint Ungulant. He's not a saint of any particular god; his full name is Sevrian Thaddeus Ungulant, and when someone pointed out his initials, "...it all seemed rather inevitable."
** ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen'' has the Feegle Rob Anybody. And he will.
* In ''[[http://slicedbread2.blogspot.com/ Sliced Bread 2]]'', a fictional blog written from the perspective of a superhero's assistant, the BigBad turns out to be named [[spoiler: ''Rafhaiel Thing'']].
* ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' has many Coleridge allusions in it; fitting, then, that one character's name is Albert Ross (though this fact is well camouflaged in the text). And let's not get into how Dirk means "To Stab"...
* Creator/RoaldDahl's book ''Going Solo'' has a [[ItMakesSenseInContext fake Sikh on a boat to Africa]] named U.N. Savory. Granted, it has nothing to do with the rest of the book (although he could be considered "unsavory" by lying to everyone on the boat that he was Sikh).
* Creator/SpiderRobinson wrote several stories involving two characters who in their first appearance are introduced as having been named Lester Moore (pronounced "more") and Mary Gluham (pronounced "gloom") before marriage, and having swapped surnames afterwards to become Les Gluham and Mary Moore.
** Appearing in only one story apiece are the precognitive [[MeaningfulName Cass Anders]] and the MirrorUniverse scientist Robert [[SdrawkcabName Trebor]].

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'':
** The butler's name is...Butler. This is actually an {{inver|tedTrope}}sion, as it's heavily implied and speculated in-universe that the Butler family has been in the business so long that the profession was named after ''them''. Also a subversion, as Butler is also a bodyguard.
* ''Literature/WildCards'':
** Jack Braun gains super-strength
** And James ''Spector'' gains the power to raise from the dead (like a ''spectre'') and the power to kill with his gaze (''spec-'' at least indicates vision).
** There are a lot of these in the Wildcards 'verse. It's justified in-universe as the alien virus that triggers super powers (and super-deaths/disabilities) is strongly influenced by the subconscious.
* Scullion in ''Series/PorterhouseBlue'' - the name is an old word for "servant" and Scullion is a zealous servant of the college. (A throwaway line suggests that he might actually be descended from the original college servants back in TheDungAges.)

* ''Literature/WaysideSchool Gets a Little Stranger'' has a secondary character whose real name is Dr. Pickell. The reason everybody calls him "Dr. Pickle" is that he hypnotizes his patients by dangling a pickle-shaped pendant in front of them.
* Philonecron, the antagonist of the ''Literature/CronusChronicles'' series. His name literally means "lover of death," from the Greek ''philo-'', meaning loving, and ''nekros'', meaning death or corpse.

* ''Literature/TheQuestOfTheUnaligned'':
** All aligned mages have the name of their discipline somewhere in their own name: L[[PlayingWithFire aesh]]ana, De[[MakingASplash shamai]], Na[[BlowYouAway ruah]]n, etc. [[spoiler: WordOfGod reveals this to be more of an InvokedTrope, as it turns out mages actually change their name to match their power. For example, L[[PlayingWithFire aesh]]ana was Lahana before her fire-magic manifested.]]
** Also worth noting that this rule explicitly doesn't apply to the unaligned mages of the royal house. Kethel, Tathilya, Alaric, etc can keep their birth names. [[spoiler: Laeshana's ''becoming'' unaligned has sparked a controversy in the court of Caederan over whether she should stay Laeshana, revive her birth name of Lahana, or rename herself to L[[WhiteMagic orah]]na.]]
* Among other examples in ''Literature/ThePosterchildren'', you have Zipporah "Zip" Chance, a speedster.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has Touma Kamijou, whose name can also be pronounced as "The One Who Purifies Gods and Slays Demons" or "Invisible Demon Above God". [[spoiler:He manages to talk a PhysicalGod into a HeelFaceTurn, and other gods want him to serve a similar role for them. It's claimed that [[AntiMagic his power]] was originally a weapon meant to drive back demons. Finally, his body contains an entity that's described as being invisible and is seemingly more powerful than God.]]
* ''Literature/{{Hero}}'' by Creator/PerryMoore had ''The Spectrum'', a rainbow-themed superhero whose real name was Roy G. Biv.
* ''LightNovel/RecordOfGrancrestWar'': Silicate is a class of minerals often purple in color, so it's no surprise that Siluca favors earth magic and has purple eyes. It's somewhat justified in that magic is passed on through bloodlines, so her parents knew she would have some type of it.
* ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'': [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Misty]] has the power to dissolve into a cloud, and wants people to call her "[[SpellMyNameWithAThe the Mist]]."

* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' had appearances by several of the villains mentioned in the Batman Comic Book section above, and also The Dollmaker, who in this version of the story is Doctor Dulmacher, one of several examples in this show of a German(ish) surname becoming anglicized (Fries, Kappelput).

* Meet the new chaplain of Series/ChildrensHospital, Rabbi Jewy [=McJewjew=].
* ''Series/CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture'': Captain Jonathan Power.

* TruthInTelevision: Seasons 1 and 2 of RealityShow ''Canada's Worst Handyman'' had a general contractor on hand named Greg House (no, [[Series/{{House}} he's not an expert diagnostician]]). Seasons 3 and 4 has Geoff Woodmansey, also a contractor.
* The first of Series/{{The Tomorrow People|1973}} in the 1990s remake to come into his powers was named "Adam Newman". Adam as in the name of the first man, and Newman as in "New man" -- first of a new species of human.
* Season 4 of ''Series/BlakesSeven'' opened with a one-episode villain who introduced himself as Dorian and subsequently turned out to have an immortality MacGuffin in his basement. It's never established whether he was born with that name or deliberately picked it as an alias.
* Parodied on ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
-->'''Phoebe:''' Hey. Why isn't it Spiderman? You know, like Goldman, Silverman.
-->'''Chandler:''' Because, it... it's not his last name.
-->'''Phoebe:''' It isn't?
-->'''Chandler:''' No. It's not like Phil Spiderman. He's a Spider ''Man''. You know, like Goldman is a last name but there's no Gold Man.
-->'''Phoebe:''' Oh, oh okay...
-->'''Phoebe:''' There ''should'' be a Gold Man!

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor is the man who makes people better. And his arch-nemesis is TheMaster; "a psychiatrist's field day". It's stated in Season 6 that the universe got the word doctor from the Time Lord himself, so in this case, he named his own profession.
* Ken Gemberling, the hero of ''Series/FatGuyStuckInInternet'', finds out from a prophet that his "Internet Name" is [[spoiler: Fat Guy Stuck in Internet]].
* Wanda from ''Series/CornerGas'' had to visit a dentist in one episode. The dentists she looked up were named Dr. Hurtz, Dr. Payne, Dr. Yankum, and the first name of a fourth one was Lance.

* Justified, lampshaded, and discussed in an episode of ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', where Dwight skips work to go visit Jan behind Michael's back, with the excuse that he had to go visit the dentist. Michael finds out, and presses Dwight to confess. When asked what the name of Dwight's dentist is, he makes up the name "Crentist" on the spot. Michael immediately points out how similar this name sounds to the word "dentist", and Dwight tries to cover with the excuse that perhaps the name is the reason why he became a dentist.
* In the failed pilot of ''Poochinski'' Peter Boyle's character in a fatal accident has his soul transferred into the body of a dog. Take a wild guess what his surname was.

* The titular character in Filipino sitcom ''Pepito Manaloto'', who's an ordinary man who struck rich when he won the lottery. While Manaloto is a legitimate Filipino surname, it is also a contraction of the words of "manalo sa Lotto," or, in English, to win the lottery.
* Cindy [=MacKenzie=] from ''Series/VeronicaMars'' is usually referred to as "Mac". She just happens to be an expert with computers.
* In Creator/GalGadot's interview with Creator/JimmyKimmel, he asked about her name's meaning. She said it translate into "Wave Riverbank". Jimmy joked that with a name like that, she should have played Aquagirl instead of Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}.
* Subverted by ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' in the "Bicycle Repairman" sketch. Mr. F.G. Superman's name is actually quite normal, on account of the fact that he lives in [[EveryoneIsASuper a society inhabited entirely by other Supermen]], and does not in any way hint at his secret identity as... ''Bicycle Repairman!''
* Painkiller in ''Comicbook/BlackLightning'' was never given a real name. In [[Series/BlackLightning2018 the TV series]], he's NamedByTheAdaptation as Khalil Payne.
* The ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode [[Recap/SeinfeldS3E5TheLibrary "The Library"]] had a library cop named Lt. Bookman, whose job is to track down unreturned books.. This was lampshaded by Kramer.
-->"That's like having an ice cream man named Cone."
* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the Evil Queen]] is actually named Regina, which means "queen." Of course, making her queen was Cora's plan all along. Less of an InvokedTrope with Zelena, who was given a name meaning "green" before she actually turned green ([[LiteralMetaphor with envy]]) and became [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West]].

* A minor villain with ice powers, named Frazil, in a ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' setting Peacekeepers has his name listed as Joshua Coldwater.

* In ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'', there's a character whose civilian name is Ryan Frost. His superhero identity? Absolute Zero, essentially a heroic [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Mr. Freeze]] (although the heroism was admittedly originally [[PunchClockHero to pay off the cost of his suit]]).

* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'': Almost '''all''' skill tutors. Firemaking tutor is called Marcus Everburn. Smithing tutor is called Martin Steelweaver. Hunter tutor is Ayleth Beaststalker, and so on.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** The game has more pun NPC names than you can shake a stick at -- such as zeppelin officer Hin Denberg.
** King Genn Greymane, the racial leader of the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent worgen]], is an unintentional example, as he was created way back in ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'', when Gilneas was still a human kingdom and long before the worgen were introduced into the lore.

* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' is full of them:
** Dr Neo Cortex. Named after a part of the brain, wants to turn the world into mindless slaves
** Dr N. Brio. (Embryo) creates loads of new types of animals
** Dr N. Gin. (Engine) builds massive robots
** Dr N. Tropy. (Entropy) Responsible for maintaining the time machine
** Dr N. Trance. (Entrance) Specialized in hypnosis
** Nitros Oxide. Named after a fuel that typically provides a boost to cars, claims to be the fastest racer in the galaxy.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' had King K. Rool (Cruel), among numerous others.
* Much is made of this in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', where Gordon Freeman is often called "the one Free Man."

* The protagonist in the Genesis version of ''D.J. Boy'' is named "Donald J. Boy." This is not entirely consistent with the original arcade version though, where the two player characters were named Bob and Tom.
* The title character of the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game ''Benefactor'' is named Ben E. Factor.
%%* (PLEASE CITE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES) ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' and sequels are rife with this, if you look carefully and through all the {{Dub Name Change}}s.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' has Rief (specializing in liquid water), his older sister Nowell (heavily hinted to be AnIcePerson), and the furry girl whose name ''[[DubNameChange always]]'' refers to a light in darkness (Stella, Sveta, etc.).

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has the bartender Bart Ender.
** ''Kingdom of Loathing'' is made of puns: another example is the villain "Rene C. Corman", a seemingly-helpful archaeologist fellow whose name is an anagram of 'Necromancer'.
* The incredibly subtly-named Fenix from ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', who goes through OnlyMostlyDead returning as a ManInTheMachine ([[spoiler:unfortunately KilledOffForReal in the expansion]].)
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' features Sub-Zero, the Chinese Lin Kuei assassin with [[AnIcePerson ice powers]]. Two characters, a pair of brothers, have used this identity. ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' reveals their birth names are Bi-Han (which roughly means "come in from the cold"), and Kuai Liang (roughly meaning "flash freeze").
* The mobile detective game ''Hidden Objects: Mystery Crimes'' has a case involving an aquarium employee named "Finn Waters".
* From ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', Athena Cykes' Japanese name, 心音, means 'Heart Sound'. Guess her ability. Yes, that's right: she can literally hear emotions.
* The director you help out in the second level of ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' is named Chris Silverscreen.
* The numerous {{punny name}}s in ''VideoGame/BillNyeTheScienceGuyStopTheRock'' often are this. For example, Connie Vection (convection) specializes in atmospheric sciences, which Sue Nami (tsunami) specializes in oceanic sciences.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' has Medli, a [[BirdPeople Rito]] girl whose skill with the harp means she can play a medley of melodies.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' gives us Max Proffit Haltmann, who is the C.E.O of a massive company.
* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' has the Roivas family, combining this with SdrawkcabName. That said, it ''is'' a legitimate surname, having its roots in the Estonian region.
* ''VideoGame/TheOtherRosiesRoadOfLove'': The flower seller named Florence.
* VideoGame/MaxPayne spends his entire life feeling nothing but pain. Childhood? Dad's an abusive wreck and mom's dead. Adulthood? Got a wife, got a daughter then got home just in time to watch them die. Found a lead to solve their case? [[spoiler: Got himself entangled in a GovernmentConspiracy and hunted by both sides of the law]]. Found another woman to forget his sordid past? [[spoiler: She too died in his arms]]. Surviving through all this violent ordeal to live on? Got himself a crippling alcohol and painkiller addiction. Found a good job in another country to leave his past behind? [[spoiler: Too bad, his job was to be a fall guy for a Brazilian crimelord]]. The last game in the series ending with him finding peace? [[AesopAmnesia Every game in the series ends with him supposedly finding peace]].

* It's the same with Burnt Face Man: a.k.a. Burt Faceman.

* Many of the main Inscribed characters of ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'' (with the exception of Ramsey Murdoch) have a name that has to do, in some way, shape or form, with their Epithet, though some are more subtle or are a BilingualBonus.
** Molly Blyndeff’s Epithet is [[QuieterThanSilence Dumb]]. Her last name is in reference to the olden saying “blind, deaf and dumb”, with “dumb” in that context used as synonymous with mute rather than stupid.
** Giovanni Potage’s Epithet is Soup. His last name is a type of thick soup.
** Indus Tarbella’s Epithet is '''[[{{CatchPhrase}} BARRIER]]!!''' In Pakistan, along the Indus River, lies a massive dam that blocks water, known as the Tarbela Dam.
** Sylvester Ashling’s Epithet is [[TheSandman Drowsy]]. His last name is an adapted Irish name (Aisling) meaning “dream”.
** Mera Salamin’s Epithet is [[spoiler: [[GlassCannon Fragile]]]]. Her first name is an adapted form of [[spoiler: “mirror”]], and her last name means [[spoiler: “mirror” or “glass”]] in Tagalog.
** Percival King’s Epithet is Parapet. Her name further ties in with the theme of fantasy, as her first name is shared by one of the Knights of the Round Table, and her last name is quite obvious.
** Zora Salazar’s Epithet is [[spoiler: [[TimeMaster Sundial]]]]. Her first name is Slavic in origin, and can mean [[spoiler: “dawn”]].

* A discarded project by S. Sakurai of ''Muertitos'' and ''Gorgeous Princess Creamy Beamy'' would have starred Theresa Henrietta Underthighs, who became the superheroine Thunderthighs -- disturbingly close to being an actual occurrence of the trope title.
* In ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', sidekick Wonderita's first name is Rita, and Rival hero Patrianna is actually Anna Petri.
* From ''Webcomic/StrawberryDeathCake'', Sir Winston S. Moosington receives a curse that turns him into a woodland creature - but not a wolf....

* ''Webcomic/TheEasyBreather'' has '''C'''hristopher '''D'''avid Light ("see the light", who has the power to... glow) and '''R'''uth '''E'''llen Seaver, alias the Operator, a cellphone-themed villain.
* Parodied in [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=615 this]] ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'', featuring Justin Tehnikov Time.
* Referenced in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=699 #699]]. Whether Penelope Gaines really is Pizza Girl, making this an actual example, is yet to be determined, though it seems unlikely that plot thread will be taken up again. If not, though, she was definitely named after her for the sake of the joke, making it an InvertedTrope.
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010721 "Secret Angel Princess Princess is really Princess Princess!"]] Parodied in this strip: [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/050914 "Yet another mix-up at the office of wizard naming"]]

* In ''Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower'': [[http://www.angryflower.com/cubero.gif "The Cube Root of 500"]], scholar Trent Abakuz turns into a giant abacus.
* The eponymous hero of ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' was born Axey Smartist according to his origin story. He discarded his previous name at the start of the first episode.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has Roy Greenhilt, a fighter whose ancestral sword (which the family took its name from) has a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin green hilt]]; Durkon Thundershield, cleric of Thor; and Belkar Bitterleaf, who is the TokenEvilTeammate.

* In ''Literature/SmallProblem'', Debby Small becomes six and a half inches tall.
* In ''Literature/TalesOfMU'', the main character is named Mackenzie ''Blaise'' and she is a half-demon with fire powers.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18638_4-nobel-prize-winners-who-were-clearly-insane.html this]] ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' article: "William Shockley was probably named by the same people that write ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comics, because he invented the transistor. (Rejected names: John Electron, Brian Semiconductor.)"
* In ''Literature/{{Brennus}}'', Melody is a sonics-based GadgeteerGenius who goes by the CodeName Polymnia. {{Justified|Trope}} in that her family was highly musical. She wasn't, which led to her manifestation, which resulted in an [[AdaptiveAbility appropriate power]].

* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' takes this a step further by having the Mew Mews having their MagicalGirlWarrior names contain their actual given names (for example Ichigo Momomiya becomes Mew Ichigo, Minto Aizawa becomes Mew Mint), the only difference is that their given names are written using a different part of the UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem but they are still pronounced exactly the same (which is supposed to indicate that their real names are Japanese but their Mew Mew names are the English loan words instead).

* ''WesternAnimation/AlphaTeensOnMachines'': The main characters all use codenames based on their real names: Ollie "Shark" Sharker, Crey "King" Kingston, Zack "Hawk" Hawkes, and Catalina "Lioness" Leone. The leader of the bunch, Axel Manning, doesn't have one, [[WesternAnimation/ActionMan but his name may sound familiar]].

* Every villain in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' was destined to be a villain, just look at the names: Hoggish Greedly (he looks like a hog and is greedy), Verminous Skumm (he's a rat and a scum), Duke Nukem ([[ILoveNuclearPower he's a nuclear mutant]]), Dr. Blight (a MadScientist), Looten Plunder (get it? like in loot and plunder), etc. And all of them seem to be their birth names... they never had a chance.

* VideoGame/MaxPayne spends his entire life feeling nothing but pain. Childhood? Dad's an abusive wreck and mom's dead. Adulthood? Got a wife, got a daughter then got home just in time to watch them die. Found a lead to solve their case? Got himself entangled in a GovernmentConspiracy and hunted by both sides of the laws. Found another woman to forget his sordid past? She too died in his arms. Surviving through all this violent ordeal to live on? Got himself a crippling alcohol and painkiller addiction. Found a good job in another country to leave his past behind? Too bad, his job was to be a fall guy for a Brazilian crimelord. The last game in the series ending with him finding peace? [[AesopAmnesia Every game in the series ends with him supposedly finding peace]].

* [[VideoGame/MaxPayne]] spends his entire life feeling nothing but maximum pain. Childhood? Dad's an abusive wreck and mom's dead. Adulthood? Got a wife, got a daughter then got home just in time to watch them die. Found a lead to solve their case? Got himself entangled in a GovernmentConspiracy and hunted by both sides of the laws. Found another woman to forget his sordid past? She too died in his arms. Surviving through all this violent ordeal to live on? Got himself a crippling alcohol and painkiller addiction. Found a good job in another country to leave his past behind? Too bad, his job was to be a fall guy for a Brazilian crimelord. The last game in the series ending with him finding peace? [[AesopAmnesia Every game in the series ends with him supposedly finding peace]].

* ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'': Likely as a homage to comic book superheroes, like many things in the setting, Freedom City's Doctor Tomorrow was born Tomas Morgen. "Morgen" means tomorrow in German (it also means morning, but that's beside the point).
* Fletcher Beaumont is the Bowman (A fletcher is an arrow-maker, and "Beaumont" is an almost exact homonym). In fact, [[LegacyCharacter three generations of Fletcher Beaumonts have been the Bowman]] - Fletcher Beaumont was Bowman I in the Golden Age, Fletcher Beaumont Jr. was Bowman III in the Silver Age, and Fletcher Beaumont III is the current Bowman IV. (Bowman II was Tim Quinn, formerly the KidSidekick Arrow.

* One of the greatest American Judges (and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_Hand most quoted judge never to be elevated to the Supreme Court]] was named Learned Hand.)

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' has Judd, the judge for multiplayer mode.

** [[NameOfCain Cain]] Marko (mark of Cain), Xavier's evil stepbrother who mistreated him, later to become the Characters/{{Juggernaut}}.

* Russian superhero Ursa Major, aka Major Mikhail Ursus of the Soviet Army. Good thing he wasn't promoted to Colonel.

* ''Franchise/DocSavage'', the Man of Bronze, is an interesting case, since he was allegedly based on a certain Richard Henry Savage.

* [[ComicBook/NextWave Aaron Stack's]] "father", Abel Stack, gets [[DeathByOriginStory killed in his first appearance.]]

[[DontExplainTheJoke For those who don't understand the title]]: [[spoiler:[[FunWithAcronyms S.U.Perhero]]]].

** [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Kitty Pryde]] for a time took on the name "Ariel". Whether she was aware that the names "Ariel" and "Caliban" (Caliban being a sewer-dwelling mutant who pined after Kitty) were both main characters in Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTempest'' is up for grabs. Later, she would change her codename to Shadow'''cat'''.

** Julian Gregory Day, as in the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar, became Calendar Man. Also, though this is a bit of a stretch, "Julian" could also mean "In July," which, if you just use his first and last name (Julian Day), would mean "a day in July."