History NamesToRunAwayFrom / ForeignLanguageNames

* Blardax Maldrear, the evil ruler of the Styx empire in the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game ''Banshee''.

* Maleagant, a villain from [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Arthurian legend]], introduced by Creator/ChretienDeTroyes.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has Geisterdamen ("ghost ladies").

* The Jägermonsters from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', an army of monstrous {{Super Soldier}}s. Oddly enough they're mostly on the side of good! Although they're on the good team because our heroine Agatha is the heir to the Heterodyne family, and the old Heterodynes who made them weren't nearly as nice as her.

* The Jägermonsters from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', an army of monstrous {{Super Soldier}}s.

* Eren Jaeger from Manga/AttackOnTitan.
* The Jaegers are an elite police squad in Manga/AkameGaKill.

* The {{Humongous Mecha}}s from Film/PacificRim are called Jaegers

* The Jägermonsters from Webcomic/GirlGenius, an army of monstrous [[SuperSoldier Super Soldiers]].

* Jaffar is one of the Black Fangs (an elite group of assassins) in ''VideoGame/FireEmblem [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe 7]]''. Averted in that he's also the only one to do a HeelFaceTurn.

* TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters, of course.

* Webcomic/GirlGenius has Geisterdamen ("ghost ladies").

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* [[GodEmperor Wizard-]][[TheEmperor Emperor]] [[MagnificentBastard Maldor]] from ''{{Beyonders}}''.

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* Boris Todbringer in TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}.

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* Baldunkel from [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10241699/1/Blood-Laughter-and-Tears Blood, Laughter and Tears]] which is a combination of the name 'Baldur' meaning 'Prince' and the word 'Dunkel' meaning 'Dark' in German. Subverted by the fact that he's the techical ''HelplessGoodSide'' of the body's inhabitants

* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' has the EvilPuppeteer Mangiafuoco, whose name translates to "Fire Eater". [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} The Disney adaptation]][[AdaptationNameChange renamed him the slightly less menacing Stromboli]].

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* The sickeningly racist novel ''Literature/{{Hunter}}'' features a Neo-Nazi SerialKiller named Yeager who targets interracial couples. He's a [[DesignatedHero "hero"]] by the book's warped standards, but anyone with a brain would consider him a flat-out villain.

* Maleagant, a villain from [[KingArthur Arthurian legend]], introduced by Creator/ChretienDeTroyes.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has Malcador the Sigilite, supposed progenitor of the Grey Knights.

* Special mention to Dr. Malcolm Betruger, the villainous MadScientist responsible for the demon invasion in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 3''. Not just "mal" in the name but BilingualBonus as "Betrüger" is German for "deceiver" or "swindler," not to mention sounding a lot like "betrayer," which he does to you early on.

* The Necrons from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.

* Frau Totenkinder in ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'', who was every nameless evil witch from fairy tales, and in the story is mostly good but very sinister.

* King Sombra in ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Spanish for "shadow".

* [[MadScientist Dr.]] [[HerrDoktor Krieger]] ("warrior") in ''VideoGame/FarCry''.

* Yue Ayase from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' averts the majority of this trope, despite all signs that she might.

* Jafar, the evil vizier in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.

* The witch Maleficent, the villain of ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' from 1959. As one of the most (maybe the most) distinguished Disney villains, she also appeared in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' video game series.

* Maladict[[spoiler:a]], [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee-addicted]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] [[spoiler: and SweetPollyOliver]] from ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''.

* Father Zachary Malius, EvilAlbino SinisterMinister in the SlasherMovie ''Film/HappyHellNight''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodrayne}}'''s' ''Gegengeistgruppe'', or "Anti-Ghost Group", a [[{{Ghostapo}} Thule Society-esque Nazi group]] opposed by the Brimstone Society.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodrayne}}'''s' ''Gegengeistgruppe'', or "Anti-Ghost Group", a Thule Society-esque Nazi group opposed by the Brimstone Society.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodrayne}}'''s' Gegengeistgruppe

* Creator/ConradVeidt's role as the evil grand vizier, later caliph in ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad''. The first instance in which a Ja'far is portrayed as a villain.

* The witch Maleficent, the villain of ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' from 1959. As one of the most (maybe the most) distinguished Disney villains, she also appeared in the ''KingdomHearts'' video game series.

* [[BigBad Sturmgeist]] in ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor: Frontline''.

* One of Hitler's generals was called ''Manteuffel'', a name broadly translating as ''Man-devil'' (broadly because "Teufel" is written with only one f). This also comes into English as the name of the sinister country mansion in Daphne du Maurier's ''Rebecca'' - ''Manderville''. Mrs deWinter, you cannot say you were not warned.

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds, who if not an AntiHero is certainly [[GoodFlawsBadFlaws flawed]]. River even {{Lampshades}} that interpretation of his name. Of course, the actual etymology of the name "Malcolm" is, ironically, strongly Christian.

* Doku (see Count Dooku above), TheDragon in the XBox reboot of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''.