History Main / FantasticNamingConvention

* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' Andalites have three names strung together, with the first being the personal name: for example, [[TokenNonHuman Ax]]'s full name is Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, [[ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin Elfangor]]'s is Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul. It's notable that "Esgarrouth" and "Sirinial" are their respective parents' second names, but it's unknown if that's a convention.

** [=IceWings=] are named after animals, plants, geographical features, or concepts relating to northern regions (Hvitur[[note]]Icelandic for 'white'[[/note]], Icicle, Tundra, Narwhal, Mink, Glacier, Snowfall, Changbai[[note]]Chinese for 'white'[[/note]])

** [=RainWings=] are named after rainforest animals, plants, geography, and related concepts, as well as various synonyms for 'beauty' (Kinkajou, Tapir, Jambu, Liana, Glory, Magnificent, Bright, Grandeur). Until recently, [=RainWings=] did not practice any sort of individual parental care, operating under the 'it takes a village' philosophy, with everyone chipping in to help raise all the kids. Therefore, the names for new dragonets were drawn off a list, and whenever they got to the end of the list, they'd start over from the beginning again. This means there are probably multiple [=RainWings=] with the same name, though [[OneSteveLimit we never see this in-story.]]

See also FantasticHonorifics and FantasticRankSystem. LawOfAlienNames, LetterMotif, and AnimalNamingConventions are also related. Compare and contrast IKnowYourTrueName, ''especially the latter'' in RealLife examples.[[note]] It's not a coincidence that [[OnlineAlias usernames]] and [[HardTruckin trucker]] [[The70s handles]] are aliases for a person's name, as these two tropes are [[{{CyclicTrope}} cyclical]] among [[UsefulNotes/{{TheRenaissance}} Renaissance]] and [[SteamPunk later]] [[OlderThanTheyThink cultures]].[[/note]]

See also FantasticHonorifics and FantasticRankSystem. LawOfAlienNames, LetterMotif, and AnimalNamingConventions are also related. Compare and contrast IKnowYourTrueName, ''especially the latter'' in RealLife examples.[[note]] It's not a coincidence that usernames are aliases for a person's name, as these two tropes are [CyclicalTrope cyclical] among [UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Renaissance] and later cultures.[[/note]]

See also FantasticHonorifics and FantasticRankSystem. LawOfAlienNames, LetterMotif, and AnimalNamingConventions are also related.

* ''Literature/SpellslingerSeries'': All over the place. Jan'Tep mages have their childhood name, and receive their mage-name with an apostrophe in it once they pass their mage trials. The Gitabrians name by profession, family, and position in the family, in that order. The nomadic Argosi are named after the paths of fate they choose to walk, so you get names like Path of the Wild Daisy and Path of the Stormy Mountains.

* ''Literature/TheCityAndTheDungeon'': Some delvers take the name of the first monster that successfully killed them. T.B. Kyoto, for example, was killed by a Tengu Bushi.

** In the Agatean Empire, almost everyone's name is number-adjective-noun, such as Nine Turning Mirrors and Six Beneficent Winds. Two Little Wang is particularly disgruntled about this. Some characters lack the adjective and run it into one word (Twoflower, Ninereeds). WordOfGod from Creator/TerryPratchett is "I think I pinched the Mayan construction."

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'': In Elympios, middle names are inherited through one's mother, though this is obfuscated in the English localization, which [[BarelyChangedDubName omits them for most characters]]. Thus, Elle and her mother Lara have the same middle name, and before [[MeaningfulRename he changed it]], [[spoiler:Julius Will Kresnik]] had the same middle name as his mother, [[spoiler:Cornelia Wi Bakur]].

* ''Webcomic/Unsounded}}'': Crescians outside the royal family traditionaly have four letter first names and four letter last names. The tradition started when there was a famine under the first Queen and she chose to ensure rations only for those with four letter names in a desperate attempt to keep the country alive, this meant her own children starved. This is not a hard rule, but it is considered to be inviting bad luck to give your child a longer name.

* In the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' HighSchoolAU ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10785555/1/Shadow-the-Hedgehog-First-Class Shadow the Hedgehog - First Class]]'', [[FunnyAnimal Mobians]]s differ from humans in naming scheme. They have names like "Sonic", "Knuckles", "Charmy", "Cream", etc and [[OnlyOneName don't use surnames]]. Amy Rose and Shadow (who has the last name "Robotnik" in this fic) are oddities because they were raised by humans.