Basic Trope: Someone's first name is embarrassing to them.
- Straight: Bob reveals that his real name is Gertrude.
- Exaggerated: Bob's real first name is Shithead.note
- Downplayed:
- Bob is somewhat embarrassed by having Robert as his full name.
- Bob doesn't mind having Gertrude as his real name, but he's been called "Bob" most of his life, so it just feels unnatural for someone to call him Gertrude.
- Bob's first name is Ashley.
- Bob's first name is Steven, which he is annoyed by everyone but his relatives calling him.
- Justified:
- His parents hated him.
- Bob had Hippie Parents who meant well but got carried away without thinking it through with the birth certificate.
- Bob just finds his real name embarrassing.
- Bob's real name is associated with something he doesn't want to be associated with, whether it's a figure he personally doesn't like, or one that actually caused major problems in history.
- Bob is transgender, and Gertrude is actually his deadname.
- Inverted:
- Bob loves his real name.
- Embarrassing Last Name
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: Bob treats having the real first name of "Robert" as the most horrible thing ever.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Nobody has any embarrassing first names.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Bob's Abusive Parents give him a bad first name so he'll be bullied later on.
- Exploited: Charles, The Bully, makes fun of Bob for having "Gertrude" as his real name.
- Defied: Bob changes his name so it won't be embarrassing.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: It's mentioned that Bob isn't actually Bob's real first name. However, it's unknown exactly what his real first name is.
- Played for Drama:
- Bob hates his first name due to sharing it with a neighbour who abused him.
- Bob hates his first name due to his abuser constantly calling him it.
- Played for Horror: Alice the Serial Killer hates the name "Gertrude" so much that she murders people named Gertrude, including Bob.
Oh my god, your real name is Gertrude?!
