History Main / TomboyishName

** Tomboy gang girl Jackie has this.

* ''{{Series/Hightown}}'': Jackie, a {{butch lesbian}}, has this. It's not revealed whether that is short for anything (such as Jacqueline).

* ''Series/FeelGood'': George, for Georgina. However, she's not actually a tomboy at all.

* ''Series/PaperGirls'': Mac, a quintessential tomboy, has this name to go with her style. When using an alias in 2019, she claims her legal name is Kimberly though her friends call her Jo.

* This was actually a plot point in the final case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''. [[spoiler: A female character is accused of murder when the hired gun who did the killing names her as his client. He makes a crucial mistake when he claims that he met his client in person and calls the client a "he". The woman has a masculine name (Adrian Andrews). Phoenix points out that if the killer had actually met Adrian in person, he would've called her a "she"]]. [[UpToEleven Even her Japanese name]] [[spoiler: Kamia Kyrio]], invokes this.

* ''Film/MeanGirls2'': Jo, the protagonist, is a firm tomboy at the start. It's never said if her name is short for anything more tradtional like Joanne or Josephine.

* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'': Reversed with a male character named Vyvyan. When they go to the pub, where Vyvyan's mum is working behind the bar, Rick jumps at the chance to ask "Why did you give him a girl's name?" At which point Vyv smashes a bottle over Rick's head.
** Vyvyan and Vivian are used for males as well as females in Great Britain. The military hero and politician Chaim Herzog, originally from Ireland, was given the parallel name Vivian in the British army because his superiors could not pronounce Chaim (both names mean "life").

* ''Series/TheLWord'': Shane, the resident {{bifauxen}} lesbian tomboy of the cast, has this.

* ''Series/LipService'': Frankie, which is short for Francesca, Sam (which may or may not be short for Samantha) and Fin.

* ''Series/BurdenOfTruth'': Luna's second girlfriend turns out to be named Stevie. She doesn't display tomboy traits however (presumably, it's a nickname, but the show never says).

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', which shares a creator with ''Revolution'', also features a character who goes by the name Charlie (she uses several aliases, though her real name is never given). She is a PlayfulHacker[=/=]HollywoodNerd and her name is likely a ShoutOut to ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}'''s Charlie.

* The main character of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' is named Max Caulfield. Her actual first name is Maxine.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Tomboy Vi's is never called her full name Violet except when [[spoiler: her younger sister is begging her not to abandon her.]]

* ''Franchise/StarWars: Episode VII -- Film/TheForceAwakens'' has Rey. It's hinted that it [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname may not be her real name]].

* Ayumu from ''Manga/{{Life}}'' has a male name, which she hates for that reason and thinks doesn't fit her. She has short hair for most of the manga and can easily pass as a boy a lot of the time, but she's actually very feminine.

* ''Film/BedtimeStories'': Bobbi, Skeeter's niece. This may be a nickname (for Roberta?) though it's never said. She isn't a {{tomboy}} otherwise.

Sometimes a variation of the EmbarrassingFirstName. It can potentially lead to ActuallyIAmHim, and a good way to help disguise the fact that SamusIsAGirl until the right moment. The SuperTrope is GenderBlenderName.