History Main / MultiethnicName

** Connie Maheswaran. Her surname is Tamil and means [[AwesomeMcCoolname "Lord of the Universe"]]. However, [[http://inklins.tumblr.com/post/114461572579/as-this-other-post-states-connies-surname fans have speculated]] that "Connie" is an Anglicised version of the Hindi name Kahaani. Her Father has canonically been given the first name Doug, which is a more clearcut case.

* ''Fanfic/TinkerGolferDoctorTrill'' likewise mentions that the captain of the USS ''Coridan'' is a guy named Diego O'Shannon (Spanish/Irish).

* Ernst Stavro Blofeld, archenemy of Literature/JamesBond. Ernst and Blofeld are Germanic while Stavro is Greek; his backstory makes explicit mention of a Polish father and Greek mother.

* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Sven Bianchi. His last name comes from his Italian-American dad, whereas his Swedish-American mother insisted she could choose his first name on her own since she gave birth to him.

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* Kanuki Clancy from ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' has a Japanese given name and an Irish family name, thanks to having a Japanese mother and an Irish-American father.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Tyler Nguyen-Baker, who is fittingly mixed Vietnamese and Black.

** Dr. Julian Bashir in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''; presented as very pukka British, but with an Arabic name.... and his parents, when they appear in the show, come over as old-time cockney Jews of the Rabbi Lionel Blue variety, his father speaking like a true Yiddisher mensch from Stepney or Bow or one of the lower-rent streets on the monopoly board.

** The Numbers that didn't perform a HeelFaceTurn have [[AdaptationalNameChange Japanese first names]] and an Italian last name in ''INNOCENT''.

** Antonin Dolohov; "''Antonín''" (accent on the 'i') is Czech, but -''ov'' surnames are only really found in Bulgaria and Russia. In fact there is a Russian officer named Dolohov in ''War and Peace''. Also Gellert Grindelwald, whose first name is Hungarian, while the surname is German.

** Stella Zhau-- Latin first name, Filipino last name.

* ''Literature/DeathsEnd'' has characters named 艾 AA and 高 Way. The translator chose to leave the family names in Chinese characters to preserve the effect.

* Most of the characters in ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'' have a Japanese first name and an English surname, resulting in names like Kagero Donne, Kyoka Eden, Arashi Spring and Shiden Ritter. Only 5 of the characters don't follow this convention.

* Most of the characters in ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'' have a Japanese first name and an English surname, resulting in names like Kagero Donne, Kyoka Eden, Arashi Spring and Shiden Ritter.

* An episode of ''Veritas: The Quest'' featured a Neo-Nazi group led by a typical Aryan Ubermench...whose name was "Heinrich Cordova" and spoke with a Latino accent. Heavily lampshaded:

* Multiculturalism seems to be something of an AuthorAppeal, so many names like this appear in the ''C.O.V.E.N.'' comics. On the titular team is [[LightEmUp Jaxon]] [[TheLeader Caballero]] and [[{{Seers}} Motoko]] [[TeamMom Richter]]. There's no sign of MixedAncestry for Jaxon, but Motoko is from Canada and has a Japanese mother and an AmbiguouslyJewish father.

* ''VideoGame/TheUrbz'' has Mazuiko Jackson, one of the inhabitants of Neon East and the owner of the district's sushi bar. Neon East is inspired by the Anime subculture, and her name is clearly meant to evoke that. Mazuiko herself is implied to be [[MixedAncestry half-Japanese]], if her appearance is anything to go by.

[[TruthInTelevision This is much more common]] in RealLife than it is in fiction. In real life, this often happens for fairly simple reasons. It's fairly common amongst some families who have arrived in a new country. They may give a newly born child a (let's say) English first name, while they retain their (for example) Asian or African last name (e.g. Creator/MargaretCho). This is especially true for families that have lived outside their ancestors' homeland for generations, as they will likely retain their ethnically or regionally specific surname forever, but may prefer modern or culturally relevant first names of their present home. Also, in "[[CultureChopSuey mixed-culture]]" couples, they may take their spouse's name or name their children in a way that represents the cultural mixture; you can expect a character who falls under the MixedAncestry trope to have this kind of name. And then there are people who name their children after personal friends, [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous famous people]] or give them a name that lost some its cultural ties thanks to the aforementioned famous people.

** The original pilot features a helmsman named "José Tyler" in a conscious attempt to invoke this trope.
** Hikaru Sulu, Japanese first name and Filipino surname (the Japanese language doesn't even have an "L").

** While it wasn't her original name, after she got married, Keiko O'Brien definitely counts. Likewise her son, Kirayoshi O'Brien, actually combines three: His Irish father's surname of O'Brien, and a first name which combines both Japanese (-yoshi) from his mother's side and the Bajoran (Kira-) family name of the alien surrogate who carried him to term (which is traditionally put first anyway, giving him two family names, both Kira and O'Brien).

** Then there's B'Elanna Torres, named by her Klingon mother but keeping her human (Hispanic) father's last name. Her father, John Torres, also qualifies, given his English first name (he's played by a Hispanic actor), as well as his brother Carl and the brother's children Michael, Dean, and Elizabeth. According to a non-canon novel, he lives in Mexico.

* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', Shin'ichi Kudo's alias Conan Edogawa is a LineOfSightName after mystery writers Arthur Conan Doyle (English) and Ranpo Edogawa[[note]]A pen name of Taro Hirai, [[ShoutOut chosen to honor]] no one else than Creator/EdgarAllanPoe.[[/note]] (Japanese). His excuse when asked about his peculiar name is "My parents are really big Literature/SherlockHolmes fans." (Note that it's possible to write 'Konan' in kanji, though he uses katakana.)