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* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': The entire Seyruunian/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Saillunean]] royal family has names ending with "Seyruun". Amelia, for example, is Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun.

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', all the kings who rule Planet Vegeta are named Vegeta themselves, though it's a bit of a moot point now since Planet Vegeta got blown up. The current Vegeta is Vegeta IV, while his father was King Vegeta III.

* The Imperial House of Jurai from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' all take 'Jurai' as a surname after bonding with with a [[CoolShip tree ship]], which is part of the succession laws. This results in Jurai royalty having double surnames, since before attaching "Jurai" they already have the surname of one of the four branches of the family (Masaki, Kamiki, Amaki or Tatsuki).

* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', the princess and later queen of the country of Tristain is named Henrietta de Tristain; meaning Henrietta of Tristain.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': The entire Seyruunian/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Saillunean]] royal family has names ending with "Seyruun". Amelia, for example, is Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun.

* In ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', Princess Elizabeth Liones and the rest of the royal family share their surname with the name of their kingdom, Liones.

* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', the princess and later queen of the country of Tristain is named Henrietta de Tristain; meaning Henrietta of Tristain.
* The planetary senshi of ''Manga/SailorMoon'', when in their princess forms, are known as 'Princess (Planet)', ex: Princess Mercury, Princess Venus, Princess Uranus, etc.

* All four of the kingdoms that show up in ''Anime/DogDays'' (Biscotti Republic, Galette Dominion, Duchy of Pastillage, and Halver Kingdom) share their surnames with their respective ruling families.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "The Curse of Peladon" and its sequel story "The Monster of Peladon", the ambassador from Alpha Centauri is just called Alpha Centauri. Presumably this was done by the writers to give a Shakespearean feel to all the courtly intrigue. In "The Curse of Peladon" only, the King of Peladon is named simply "Peladon".
* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', Master Bra'tac constantly refers to General Hammond as "Hammond of Texas". It isn't so much this trope here, though, than the Jaffa formal way of addressing a peer (Jaffa don't have family names, and use instead their places of origin). When O'Neill first talked to Bra'tac about the General, he mentioned he was from Texas, and it stuck.

* The Literature/LandOfOz is at first ruled by the Wizard, who calls himself Oz. We later learn that the land was already called Oz before he got there and the fact that the Wizard was also named Oz was a coincidence. The Wizard thought they had named the country after him. From the second book onward, Oz is ruled by a princess named Ozma. [[ContinuitySnarl Depending on the backstory of the given book]], male rulers are always named Oz and female rulers are always named Ozma, so the Wizard arriving in a hot air balloon emblazoned with "OZ" is why the citizens declared him ruler in the first place.
* In ''Literature/WillOfHeaven'', characters are usually referred to as whatever they're king/emperor of.
* In the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, the Kingdom of Valdemar is named after its first ruler, King Kordas Valdemar. He in turn was Duke Kordas of the Duchy of Valdemar (demoted to Baron just before leaving) in the [[TheEmpire Eastern Empire]], which he fled with his people when it became too despotic. When they settled, they insisted that he crown himself and named the land after him. His surname is taken from his former duchy, and so his people were already accustomed to thinking of the land as "Valdemar" and themselves as Valdemarans.

* In the ''Literature/TerraIgnota'' series, King Isabel Carlos II of Spain is almost exclusively called just Spain by both the narrator and his fellow heads of state due to being the only one without any proper last name to fall back on.
* ''Literature/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Duchies are named after the ruling noble family. Thus, the Ehrenfest duchy and its capital are named after the archducal house Ehrenfest.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', Tycoon is ruled by Alexander Highwind Tycoon and Karnak is ruled by Queen Karnak.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Edger Roni Figaro rules the kingdom of Figaro.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', the royal family of Alexandria bear the name "Alexandros". Both double as foreshadowing of the kingdom's guardian [[SummonMagic Eidolon]], [[LightEmUp Alex]][[HumongousMecha ander]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', Ashe's last name is Dalmasca, while her husband Rasler shares his surname Nabradia with his kingdom. Averted with the Archadian and Rozarrian Empires; the rulers of Arcadia are House Solidor and the rulers of Rozarria are House Margrace.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Noctis has the middle name of Lucis, the name of his kingdom.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' series, Lord British rules over Britannia. In this case the land was named after him: He united the land, then called Sosaria, under one banner and rechristened it Britannia.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': A couple games (''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'') give the royal family of Hyrule the last name Hyrule. Both are justified, as the land was once ruled and protected by the goddess Hylia, [[spoiler:and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' reveals that the first Zelda was Hylia's reincarnation and is implied to have resettled Hyrule with humans after the game's end]].
** The final dungeon of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' is in the long dead eastern kingdom of Ikana. Partway through, you fight the [[DemBones undead skeleton]] of its last king, Igos du Ikana. Judging by this construction, 'du' probably means 'of' in whatever language is spoken in Ikana (probably Hylian), rendering him 'Igos of Ikana'.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' have characters named "King Zora" who rule over Zora's Domain. Also doubles as SpeciesSurname.

* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', members of the Kingdom of Khura'in's royal family also bear the surname Khura'in.
* In ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'', nomadic khagans and rulers of Arabic, Turkish, Indian, Tibetan, and Han cultures (and the offscreen Emperor of China in the ''Jade Dragon'' expansion) have the country named after their dynasty, e.g. the Abbasid Empire. (If there are multiple rulers of the same tier and dynasty, the one with the most realm holdings takes priority and the others are referred to by the actual name of the title, e.g. Arabian Empire as opposed to Abbasid Empire.)
* In ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VI'', several of the lords share names with the ''castles'' they reside in, but the only where it is shared with the nearest settlement or the region is Castle Ironfist (which is ''definitely'' of the place-named-for-family variety, as the local Ironfist branch comes from a lord who accidentally fled to another world after a failed usurpation attempt, and then unified the Kingdom of Enroth in his new home after building a new seat).

* In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls3'', Prince Lothric shares his name with the kingdom that the game is set in, but it's ambiguous whether he (or anyone) actually ''rules'' it.
* ''VideoGame/{{Anbennar}}'': After a former slave named Castan founded the empire that would be known as [[{{Egopolis}} Castanor or Castan's Empire]], every subsequent emperor took the name Castan upon ascension (while known by their regnal number during their reign, most of them would become known as "Castan the [Something]" or "Castan [Something]" after something that stood out about their reign, to help keep them apart -- for example, the first became known as Castan the Progenitor while the last became known as Castan the Enthralled). The tradition is restored if Castanor is refounded in-game, although for mechanical reasons it isn't properly represented[[note]]there isn't any command that can rename a monarch, so the re-founder keeps their non-Castan name despite, lore-wise, becoming Castan LIV, and if dynastic succession is adopted the player can simply name their heir something other than Castan[[/note]]
* The main setting of the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' videogames is the Transbaal empire. All of the known members of the royal family bear it as their surname: Emperor Gerald Transbaal (who is killed along with the rest of the royal family in the prologue), Prince Eonia Transbaal (who still uses it despite being exiled five years prior to the first game), and Prince Shiva Transbaal (the last surviving member of the royal family after the coup on the capital).

* Territorial surnames are still in informal use among British Peers, but only among equals. For example, an earl may address Hugh Clayton Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, simply as "Lonsdale", but a duke (which is a higher rank) or a baron (which is a lower rank) may not. However, anyone may (and in most cases should) address or refer to a peer with a territorial designation by the title "Lord/Lady [Territory]"; thus anyone could call the Earl of Lonsdale "Lord Lonsdale," and in fact, if you are ''not'' calling him something along the lines of "the 8th Earl of Lonsdale" or at least "the Earl of Lonsdale" (which are more formal constructions), it's really the only acceptable option unless you are very close to the peer in question.
* The family name of the Earls of Coventry is literally "Coventry."

* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Duchies are named after the ruling noble family. Thus, the Ehrenfest duchy and its capital are named after the archducal house Ehrenfest.

->'''King Vegeta:''' What's all the commotion about?
->'''Butarega:''' [Bardock] has been telling everyone that Freeza plans to destroy Vegeta!
->'''King Vegeta:''' Wait.. My son, the planet, or me?
-->-- '''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''', ''calling attention to the {{Exaggerat|edTrope}}ion of the trope in the [[Anime/DragonBallZ source material]]''.

* Though he formally has no surname, the British Prince William, in his military career, uses the surname Wales because he is the son of Charles, Prince of Wales. The same goes for the rest of his family. His brother is known as Captain Harry Wales.[[labelnote:Further explanation]]The actual rules of this are a bit more complicated, and have to do with how far down the line of succession an individual is. Beginning with Harry's children, the surname Mountbatton-Windsor (the combined house names of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip) is given to all male-line descendants of the Queen and Consort. Children of female descendants instead use the surnames of their father. However, long-standing tradition is that when a royal needs to use a surname (most frequently for military service, which has for centuries been expected of all male royals who are physically capable of it) they should use the name of whatever is the highest-ranking title they currently hold. Or if they don't personally hold a unique title yet (as was the case for William and Harry during their time in service; it was only afterward that they were made the Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex, respectively) they use their father's highest title. Mountbatton-Windsor is also used anytime a surname is needed and there isn't a Lord Country title available.[[/labelnote]]

* In the Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar series, the Kingdom of Valdemar is named after its first ruler, King Kordas Valdemar. He in turn was Duke Kordas of the Duchy of Valdemar (demoted to Baron just before leaving) in the [[TheEmpire Eastern Empire]], which he fled with his people when it became too despotic. When they settled, they insisted that he crown himself and named the land after him. His surname is taken from his former duchy, and so his people were already accustomed to thinking of the land as "Valdemar" and themselves as Valdemarans.

* Happens a lot in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series. In the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'' games, the marquesses of Lycia are referred to after the provinces they govern, such as Marquess Ostia (being Uther or Hector, depending on the game) or Marquess Pherae (Elbert & Eliwood, respectively) and Lord Pent and his wife Louise are also called Count/Countess Reglay. In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'', we have Elincia Ridell Crimea, princess (later queen) of Crimea, as well as King Daein (Ashnard) and King Kilvas (Naesala).

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "The Curse of Peladon" and its sequel story "The Monster of Peladon", the ambassador to Alpha Centauri is just called Alpha Centauri. Presumably this was done by the writers to give a Shakespearean feel to all the courtly intrigue. In "The Curse of Peladon" only, the King of Peladon is named simply "Peladon".

* In the Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar series, the Kingdom of Valdemar is named after its first ruler, King Kordas Valdemar. He in turn was Duke Kordas of the Duchy of Valdemar (demoted to Baron just before leaving) in the [[TheEmpire Eastern Empire]], which he fled with his people when it became too despotic. When they settled, they insisted that he crown himself and named the land after him. His surname is taken from his former duchy.