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* In ''Anime/{{Yasuke}}'', UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga struggled to remember Yasuke's birth name and gave him his new Japanese name (based on the fact that he heard Yasuke is from the 'Yao People'). This is based on one origin theory of the real-life Yasuke's name.

** Turkish refugee Osman Kemal changed his name to Wilfrid Johnson to fit in in the UK. His great grandson is Prime Minister Alexander "Boris" Johnson.

* In ''LightNovel/MonsterGirlDoctor'', the main character and a few others come from a fantasy counterpart of Japan. As a result of them moving to the city of Lindworm, Guren became Glenn, Suiu became Sioux and Fu Sang became Fuso.

* The titular LightNovel/JorgeJoestar - originally called George, but goes by Jorge living on the Spanish island of La Palma.

* ''A Study of Murder' by Robert Ryan. [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Dr. Watson]] is an inmate in a German POW camp, and is told that escapees have been sending a postcard from the Coburg Hotel in London to let their colleagues know they've arrived safely. Watson smells a rat because he knows the Coburg has been renamed to the less German-sounding "Connaught".

* There's an old joke about Yehudah Tzwi Windweher, who's emigrating to America to live with his brother. He writes to his brother to say he wants a more American name that's still Jewish, so his brother tells him "Sam Cohen, when you get to Ellis Island say your name is Sam Cohen". Yehudah Tzvi repeats the name to himself again and again, "Sam Cohen, Sam Cohen". He finally gets to Ellis Island, and after making his way through the crowds, hauling his luggage up the stairs and finally waiting in line for ages he gets to the Immigration man at the desk. "NAME?" booms the big man. Yehudah Tzvi is so flustered he hesitates for a second then exclaims "Shoyn fargesin!"[[note]]"I've forgotten!" in Yiddish.[[/note]] The Immigration man says "[[{{Oireland}} Ara, sure aren't you one of me own?]] Welcome to America, Seán Ferguson!" And that's how Yehuda Tzwi Windweher came to America ans became an Irishman.

* There's an old joke about Yehudah Tzwi Windweher who's emigrating to America to live with his brother. He writes to his brother to say he wants a more American name that's still Jewish, so his brother tells him "Sam Cohen, say your name is Sam Cohen". Yehudah Tzvi repeats the name to himself again and again, "Sam Cohen, Sam Cohen". He finally gets to Ellis Island, and after making his way through the crowds, hauling his luggage up the stairs and finally waiting in line for ages he gets to the Immigration man at the desk. "NAME?" booms the big man. Yehudah Tzvi is so flustered he hesitates for a second then exclaims "Shoyn fargesin!"[[note]]"I've forgotten!" in Yiddish.[[/note]] The Immigration man says "[[{{Oireland}} Ara, sure aren't you one of me own?]] Welcome to America, Sean Ferguson!"

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* ''The Drifters'' by Creator/JamesAMichener has a character named Frederick Cole. When the first-person protagonist mentions that Frederick is an unusual name for an Irishman to have, Frederick tells him that he's of German descent, not Irish; his grandfather changed the name from "Kohl" when he came over in the 19th century because he didn't want people in America to think he was Jewish (which resulted in an "out of the frying pan, into the fire" situation when people thought they were Irish in 19th Century Boston).

* ''The Drifters'' by James Michener has a character named Frederick Cole. When the first-person protagonist mentions that Frederick is an unusual name for an Irishman to have, Frederick tells him that he's of German descent, not Irish; his grandfather changed the name from "Kohl" when he came over in the 19th century because he didn't want people in America to think he was Jewish (which resulted in an "out of the frying pan, into the fire" situation when people thought they were Irish in 19th Century Boston).

* In ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' Creator/JackieChan's character is named "Chong Wang", but every American just calls him by the closest they can manage: John Wayne.

* In ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'', Fiora's backstory involves growing up in a remote swiftstride clan in the barrens, changing her clan name[[note]]“Lost Deer Among the Misty Pines”[[/note]] to Fiora when she entered Mixed Lands society.

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* In ''Anime/PsychoPass'', the Sibyl System [[EnforcedTrope enforces this]] by requiring immigrants to Japan to adopt a Japanese first name, the most notable example being main character Kei Mikhail Ignatov.

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* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', it was going to be revealed that Claude's real name wasn't Claude, but actually [[spoiler:Khalid]]. The developers stated that this reveal never happened because they couldn't figure out a good place for it to happen naturally.