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** Other footage of him from slightly earlier did show him directly save Senator Mitt Romney from the same mob, who had been unwittingly led in their direction by his own security detail. Even more fittingly, Eugene's military service previous to his police career was with the 106th Airborne, a US Army unit with a long and proud history of protecting people.

* APigNamedPorkchop: An animal is named after the meat, food, or other animal products that could come from it.

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* After the murder of George Floyd, there was no shortage of editorials pointing out that the murderer's name, Derek Chauvin, happened to be similar to the derogatory word "chauvinist", defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as someone who displays "excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause, group, or sex". [[https://medium.com/fourth-wave/anyone-notice-chauvins-name-70c60ef999c6 This Medium article]] takes it to a whole new level by pointing out the meaning of his ''first name'' as well.

* In Myth/NorseMythology, Loki means "knot," "tangle" or "loop." This works both literally and figuratively, as Loki is credited in-universe as the inventor of fishing nets, and he's TheTrickster in the Norse pantheon who "ensnares" others with his mischievous and chaotic nature.

* {{WebVideo/Doraman}}: Just from reading his name, you know Doraman is into ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''.

RealLife examples of this are often referred to as "[[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym aptronyms]]". The magazine ''New Scientist'' refers to it as "nominative determinism" in a tongue-in-cheek manner, and encourages people to send examples in. The proper name for this trope is "charactonym".

RealLife examples of this are often referred to as "aptronyms". The magazine ''New Scientist'' refers to it as "nominative determinism" in a tongue-in-cheek manner, and encourages people to send examples in. The proper name for this trope is "charactonym".

Real-life examples of this are often referred to as "aptronyms". The magazine ''New Scientist'' refers to it as "nominative determinism" in a tongue-in-cheek manner, and encourages people to send examples in. The proper name for this trope is "charactonym".

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** Gavreel - "the Angel of Peace". Though he jokingly says it's the name of the motel he was conceived at.

* During the January 6th attack on the Capitol building, the rioters were lured away from the Senate chambers by a black police officer. His name? Eugene Goodman, a name that literally means "Noble Good Man".

** One of her signature moves is the "Implant Buster," where she picks a woman up into the air, flips them onto their stomach, and drops them ''straight down'' onto their... face. Among other things.
* ''Wrestling/SinCara'' means No Face. This has a double meaning; not only does his mask completely hide his face, but due to legal necessity, he left his previous identity as Mistico behind when he signed with Wrestling/{{WWE}} -- in other words, he is now without the "face" he has wrestled under his entire career.

* That said, that heel with all the pizazz was really born [[Wrestling/RicFlair Ric (Richard) Fleihr]], and the egotistical [[Wrestling/RickRude Ravishing Rick Rude]] was actually named Richard Rood. (Wrestling/BobbyRoode - no relation, but similar gimmick - also uses his real name.)

* Out of their minds luchadors who will put their bodies on the line: Wrestling/{{Psicosis}} and Wrestling/SuperCrazy

When additions or alterations to names signify stronger versions of said beings, that's TieredByName. Compare NamedAfterSomebodyFamous, TheyCallHimSword. Contrast with NonindicativeName. Also compare/contrast with IronicName. See also NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast (which is about names indicating power and villainy and heavily overlaps with this trope), PunnyName (which many of these names fall into as well) and DeadGuyJunior (when the naming is intended to symbolize a deceased in-universe character's legacy in some way).

* ''WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms'' has such characters as [[TooDumbToLive Johnny Quickdeath]] and [[http://5secondfilms.com/watch/dealbreaker_jones Dealbreaker Jones]]:
-->''"Damn you Dealbreaker Jones, [[WhatAnIdiot that wasn't part of the DEAAAALLLLL!]]"''

* In ''WebVideo/{{Decker}}'', the characters Decker and Kington are named for their actors, Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington.

* Curiosa from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' is the only one curious enough to hear Critic out instead of attempting to kill him.

* ''[[WebVideo/DoorMonster The Guards Themselves]]'' has the character Lincoln, who creates pennies from thin air. [[WhatKindOfALamePowerIsHeartAnyway Just pennies]].

As an example, it is common to use for heroic characters names associated with hunting. So, apart from Hunter, which is a valid first and last name in English, you can use a translation to another language (Jäger, or the phonetic Yeager); the name of a predatory animal (Wolf, Hawk) or a translation of that (Wolfe, Lupin, Lupis, Wulf); or Orion, the constellation of The Hunter. Which is kinda cool, which is why this can double up with AwesomeMcCoolName.

When additions or alterations to names signify stronger versions of said beings, that's TieredByName. Compare NamedAfterSomebodyFamous, TheyCallHimSword. Contrast with NonindicativeName. Also compare/contrast with IronicName. See also NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, which is about names indicating power and villainy and heavily overlaps with this trope, and PunnyName, which many of these names fall into as well. Can also be related to DeadGuyJunior if the naming is intended to symbolize a deceased in-universe character's legacy in some way.

* After the death of George Floyd, there was no shortage of editorials pointing out that the alleged murderer's name, Derek Chauvin, happened to be similar to the derogatory word "chauvinist", defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as someone who displays "excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause, group, or sex". [[https://medium.com/fourth-wave/anyone-notice-chauvins-name-70c60ef999c6 This Medium article]] takes it to a whole new level by pointing out the meaning of his ''first name'' as well.

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* Tea merchant T.E. Stockwell. UK's biggest supermarket, Tesco, and their Stockwell & co. brand, is named after him.