History ADogNamedDog / RealLife

* "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_(given_name) Christian]]" is a relatively common name, that originated in the Middle Ages as a name for Christians. There are even a few Christian saints with the name (like Christian of Clogher and Christian of Cologne), as well as ten different [[UsefulNotes/Denmark Danish]] monarchs.

* Many monotheists express loyalty to a god they call "{{God}}". Jehovah's Witnesses are notable for being Christians that avert this.

* The ancient Romans combined this trope with misogyny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome when naming their daughters]]. If your family's name was Julius, your son would get three fancy names like Gaius Julius Caesar. Your daughter would only get the feminine of the family name--"Julia". If you had more than one daughter they'd get numbers: Julia Primera, Julia Secunda..."Girl Child #1, Girl Child #2".... (They weren’t much better with their sons; while there sometimes was more variation, many families did the same thing with boys as with girls, keeping two of the three names and using the number for the first—e.g. Primus Julius Caesar, Secundus Julius, Tertius Julius Caesar, etc.)

* The capital city of UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}, was named after an archaic Korean word that means "capital city" (the modern Korean word for "capital city" is ''sudo'').
** Ditto with UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's thousand-year-long capital. ''Kyoto'' is an obsolote word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.

** UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's thousand-year-long capital. was named after an obsolete word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.

* From May 6, 1998 to March 20, 2019, Nur-Sultan, the capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Kazakhstan}}, was named Astana, meaning "capital city" in Kazakh.

* After deciding to change its name from the [[Washington Redskins]], [[Washington DC]]'s football team is now named "Washington Football Team".

* After deciding to change its name from the Washington Redskins, Washington DC's football team is now named "Washington Football Team".

* A common girl's name is Colleen, the English spelling of Cailin, the Irish for Girl.

* The ancient Romans combined this trope with misogyny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome when naming their daughters]]. If your family's name was Julius, your son would get three fancy names like Gaius Julius Caesar. Your daughter would only get the feminine of the family name--"Julia". If you had more than one daughter they'd get numbers: Julia Primera, Julia Secunda..."Girl Child #1, Girl Child #2".... (They weren’t much better with their sons; while there sometimes was more variation, many families did the same thing with boys as with girls, naming them—to continue the example—Julius Primus, Julius Secundus, Julius Tertius, etc.)

* The ancient Romans combined this trope with misogyny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome when naming their daughters]]. If your family's name was Julius, your son would get three fancy names like Gaius Julius Caesar. Your daughter would only get the feminine of the family name--"Julia". If you had more than one daughter they'd get numbers: Julia Primera, Julia Secunda..."Girl Child #1, Girl Child #2"....

* Mariah Carey owned a Jack Russell terrier named "Jack".

* From May 6, 1998 to March 20, 2019, the capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Kazakhstan}} was called Astana, meaning "capital city" in Kazakh.

* The capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Kazakhstan}} is called Astana, meaning "capital city" in Kazakh.

* [[PabloPicasso Pablo Picasso]] had several dogs throughout his life, one of which was a Dalmatian named "Perro," the Spanish word for dog.

* Pablo Picasso had several dogs throughout his life, one of which was a Dalmatian named "perro," the Spanish word for dog.

* [[Pablo Picasso]] had several dogs throughout his life, one of which was a Dalmatian named "perro," the Spanish word for dog.

* There's a republic, in central Africa. It's called the Central African Republic. [[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/03/joseph_kony_video_why_does_central_african_republic_have_such_a_boring_name_.html Blame the French.]]