History AerithAndBob / Literature

* Aliens in the ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' tend to follow the LawOfAlienNames but robots and computers tend to have human names like Marvin, Eddie and Colin (although, to be fair, Colin was named by Ford Prefect after a dog owned by someone he knew on Earth). Keep in mind that this series named the InsignificantLittleBluePlanet trope and most of the galaxy hasn't heard of us. The only exception is that someone called Dan Streetmentioner is mentioned in the second book.

* Literature/WarsOfTheRealm features both human characters with names such as Drew, Ben, Sydney, Kathryn, and Jake as well as angels with fantasy names like Validus, Tren, Brumak, Sason, and Ral. And that's without even touching on the ''demons''...

* In ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror,'' Hamahran names include Tara, Lyrah, Daylen, and Ahrek.[[note]]Though Ahrek is Tuerasian by blood, he was raised in Hamahra, and Daylen recognizes his name as Hamahran.[[/note]]
* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'', being a MedievalEuropeanFantasy, naturally runs across the spectrum, with names ranging from Zelgadis, Gourry, Xellos, Luna, Lina, Sylphiel, Milina and Naga, to Amelia, Luke, Phil, and Alfred.
* ''Literature/SzamankaOdUmarlakow'' is set in contemporary Poland (mostly in the city of Wrocław, to be even more precise), except [[UrbanFantasy magic is widespread and in the open]]. Character names are a motley collection of contemporary Polish names, a few old-timey ones (the sort your great-grandmother would have), people using pretty normal nicknames... and then there are completely outlandish, either foreign or outright made-up names. This is inherited by ''Spiritlessness'' {{Interquel}} short story from ''Literature/HardaHorda'' anthology, with Lajla ''really'' standing out among people like Adam or Marek (Mark).

* For Finnish audiences specifically, ''Literature/KnightsAndMagic'' can be a strange experience to read/watch due to the unusually high number of Finnish names mixed in with other European names (as Finns are used to every fantasy name sounding equally exotic to them, even as audiences from other cultures are experiencing this trope). Such names include the main character Ernesti [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Echevalier/Echevarria]], Helvi [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Oberi/Öberg]], Baston Termonen, Lauri Echevalier/Echevarria, Ambrosius Tahvo Fremmevira, and Eleonora Miranda Aukusti. The [[{{Narm}} funniest]] are probably the names of the country itself and its capital, Laihiala (which sounds similar to Laihia, a municipality in Ostrobothnia whose residents are stereotypically associated with stinginess) and Kankkunen (Finnish for ''hangover'').

** The Alacryans, despite being humans for the most part (albeit with the blood of the Vritra Clan in their veins), tend to have rather fantastical names in stark contrast to their counterparts on Dicathen. Their names range from completely made up like Adaenn, Uto, Melzri, and Caera to being lifted from history or mythology such as Circe, Augustine, and Alaric, to being relatively normal names such as Seth, Ezra, and Lyra. It is implied the reason for their fantastic nomenclature is due to their culture having been ruled over by the Vritra Clan for generations, who as Asuras have rather unique names.
** As stated above, the Asuras have tend to have fabricated names regardless of which race they hail from, such as Kezess (a dragon), Ademir (a pantheon), Mordain (a phoenix), and Agrona (a basilisk).

* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'' series takes place in a fantasy setting and therefore, nearly all characters have entirely fictional names. However, the author also [[PlayingWithATrope plays]] with this trope a bit -- for starters, part of said names were certainly borrowed from the real world, but got tweaked in order to sound a little more otherworldly. This resulted in names such as Jak or Endi (for real-world Jack and Andy respectively). In other, rare cases, this trope is played totally straight with such characters as Tomas, Hektor or Manuel.

* In Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Great War'' cycle of AlternateHistory novels, a lot of the black characters from the CSA have hifalutin' classical names like Xerxes, Bathsheba, and Cincinattus, apparently as a form of rebellion against the mundanity of life as a third class citizen.

* In ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'', the humans have both typical English names -- Henry, Howard, York, Susanna, Judith -- and more fantastic names like Solovet, Nerissa, Vikus and Mareth. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when Gregor is introduced to – Henry, he almost laughs that "among all these strange names, there's a Henry".

* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'' series takes place in a fantasy setting and therefore, nearly all characters have entirely fictional names. However, the author also [[PlayingWithATrope plays]] with this trope a bit -- for starters, part of said names were certainly borrowed from the real world, but got tweaked in order to sound a little more otherworldly. This resulted in names such as Jak or Endi (for real-world Jack and Endi respectively). In other, rare cases, this trope is played totally straight with such characters as Tomas, Hektor or Manuel.

* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': Played with. Nearly all characters have entirely fictional names, but some of them were surely borrowed from the real world. Only Tomas and Manuel seem to play this trope one-hundred-percent straight, though. In other cases, Rowley tweaks the names a bit so they would appear a little otherworldly -- therefore, we have characters with names such as Jak (for real-world Jack) or Endi (ditto for Andy).

* ''Literature/{{Pareidolia And The Gilded Scar}}'' features a mixture of real names, Megan, Francis etc. and names entierly made up by the author e.g. Prail, Tantallidy, Vensegnia.