History Main / NumericalThemeNaming

* The Gotoh sisters in ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'' have numbers in their name; the elder Hitori ("one person") and younger Futari ("two people"). This does not only limit to their birth order, but also hinted at their personalities: Hitori has severe [[ShrinkingViolet social anxiety]] as a result [[FriendlessBackground doesn't have a single friend]] for the first 15 years of her life, while Futari being a rather sociable CheerfulChild.

* ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' has the Noto generals, each of which are named after their numerical hierarchy, all with the "Sono" prefix: Sono'''i''' (1), Sono'''ni''' (2), Sono'''za''' (3), Sono'''shi''' (4), Sono'''go''' (5), Sono'''roku''' (6), Sono'''na''' (7), and Sono'''ya''' (8).

* The Gotou sisters in ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'' have numbers in their name. The elder Hitori and younger Futari. Their personalities also contrast, with Hitori being a loner ("hitori" being Japanese for "one person", hence the inability to socialize) and Futari being sociable ("futari" being Japanese for "two people", which are needed to socialize).

* ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' has the Noto generals, each of which are named after their numerical hierarchy, all with the "Sono" prefix: Sono'''i''' (1), Sono'''ni''' (2), Sono'''za''' (3), Sono'''shi''' (4), Sono'''go''' (5), and Sono'''roku''' (6).

* The Gotou sisters in ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'' have numbers in their name. The elder Hitori and younger Futari. Their personalities also contrast, with Hitori being a loner and Futari being sociable.

* The Gotou sisters in ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'' have numbers in their name. The elder ''Hito''ri and younger ''Futa''ri. Their personalities also contrast, with Hitori being a loner and Futari being a socializer.

** The most peculiar instance is probably UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, which has ''two'' of many numbered streets. The numbered streets go north-south, with "0th Street" being Capitol Street (which runs north-south from [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the United States Capitol]]) and the numbers increasing as you go further east or west. The east-west streets are [[AlphabeticalThemeNaming lettered]], with, um, [[NamesTheSame Capitol Street]] as the baseline (a different street, this one running east-west; it and the A Streets do not exist west of the Capitol, being replaced by the National Mall), with the exception of the B Streets (which are replaced with Constitution Ave. for the one north of the Capitol and Independence Ave. for the one south of it). This is why you always write addresses in DC with the quadrant letters: 11th and K NW and 11th and K SE (for example) refer to two different intersections involving ''four'' different streets and the areas around them are entirely different from each other in character (11th and K NW is in the heart of downtown, features nice hotels, and is where lobbyists hang out, or at least used to; 11th and K SE, although still in Capitol Hill, is a quiet residentialish area and features a Papa John's). (These lettered and numbered streets do not include the District's famous avenues, like [[TheWhiteHouse Pennsylvania Avenue]]--those are [[LocationThemeNaming named after states]] and run at an angle relative to the grid of lettered/numbered streets.)

** And in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', we have D'''ein'''o, '''Zwei'''lous, and Hy'''drei'''gon, which are one headed, two headed, and three-headed dragons respectively.[[note]]The first three numbers in German.[[/note]] Unlike the legendary birds, this naming scheme is also present in the Japanese version: the dragons are named '''Mono'''zu, '''Di'''head, and '''Sazan'''dora.[[note]]From Japanese for three, "sa"/"san".[[/note]]

* The American cartoon ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' does this to some extent. The names of the main characters are a reference to their numbers. Nigel Uno / Numbuh 1 (uno = 1, Spanish), Hoagie Gilligan Jr. / Numbuh 2 (Jr. after a name = 2nd in the family to use such name; also, Gilligan was second in command of the Minnow on ''Series/GilligansIsland''), Kuki Sanban / Numbuh 3 ("sanban" = third, Japanese), Wallabee Beetles / Numbuh 4 (Music/TheBeatles = Fab Four, and for his horrible luck due to [[FourIsDeath the number four being unlucky]]), Abigail Lincoln / Numbuh 5 (UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln = US $5 bill), and the first names of Numbuhs 1, 3 and 4 are a reference to their country of origin (England, Japan, and Australia respectively), the first name of Numbuh 2 is another name for a club sandwich (perhaps a reference to his size), but the first name of Numbuh 5 is just a name, unrelated to her French national origin. (Although it does resemble Abe, as in Abraham Lincoln.)

* The cast of ''Anime/Vividred Operation'' combine this with ColourfulThemeNaming. Akane and Momo '''I'''sshiki, Aoi '''Futa'''ba, Wakaba '''Sa'''egusa, Himawari '''Shi'''nomiya, and '''Rei''' Kuroki (the only one with the number in her fisrt name).

* The cast of Vividred Operation combine this with ColourfulThemeNaming. Akane and Momo '''I'''sshiki, Aoi '''Futa'''ba, Wakaba '''Sa'''egusa, Himawari '''Shi'''nomiya, and '''Rei''' Kuroki (the only one with the number in her fisrt name).

** Qwilfish's Japanese name, Harysen, is derived from 針千本 ''harisenbon'' (Japanese for "porcupinefish"), with the 千 ''sen'' part of its name literally meaning "thousand". ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' introduces its evolution, Overqwil, whose Japanese name of Hariman continues the theme, replacing the ''sen'' with 万 ''man'', meaning "ten thousand" or "myriad".

*** It is also the same order which the siblings become Kamen Riders: Ikki/Revice being the first (alongside Vice), Daiji/Live second (discounting Evil), and Sakura/Jeanne third.

* A Filipino film, ''Ang Tanging Ina'', has a mother of 12 name her children as thus: Juan, '''Tu'''dis, Dimi'''tri''', '''Por'''cia, Pip[[note]]sounds like "fifth", also a possible reference to ''[[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Five Orange Pips]]''[[/note]], '''Six'''to, '''Seve'''ri'''n'''a, C'''ate''', Shammy ('siyam' being Filipino for nine), Ten-ten, and two unnamed baby twins.

* Indonesian children sometimes get names based on numbers: Eka (one, pronounced ''ay-ka''), Dwi (two, pronounced ''do-e'' quickly), Tri (three, pronounced ''tree''), Catur (four, pronounced ''chah-tour''), and Panca (five, roughly pronounced ''pahn-cha''). While Catur and Panca is quite rare nowadays, the first three is still quite common. Oddly, while Eka is considered an androgynous name, Dwi is considered more feminine than masculine (perhaps due to closeness to another female Indonesian name, Dewi), while Tri is considered more masculine than feminine.

* Porsche vehicles are generally named with a three letter number starting with a "9"

** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' has the Igarashi siblings named in order of birth: '''''I'''''kki (first), Dai'''''ji''''' (second), and '''''Sa'''''kura (third).

** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' has the Igarashi siblings named in order of birth: ''I''kki (first), Dai''ji'' (second), and ''Sa''kura (third).

** [[spoiler: Their newest addition also holds true to this trend: the '''first''' user, Yo'''ichi''' Shigaraki, the '''fourth''' user, Hikage '''Shin'''omori, and '''fifth''' user, Dai'''go'''ro Banjo.]]

* A Filipino film, ''Ang Tanging Ina'' has a mother of 12 name her children as thus: Juan, '''Tu'''dis, Dimi'''tri''', '''Por'''cia, Pip[[note]]sounds like "fifth", also a possible reference to ''[[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Five Orange Pips]]''[[/note]], '''Six'''to, '''Seve'''ri'''n'''a, C'''ate''', Shammy ('siyam' being Filipino for nine), Ten-ten, and two unnamed baby twins.

* Several characters in ''[=SmaPro=]'' have numbers in their name, as per representing the month in which they were born. Normally, it is the number of their month.

** Badr has the Chinese pronunciation of the number 8 in his name, and he represents August.

** Kyo Nijimura, introduced in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion Jojolion]]'', similarly follows suit: "kyo" (京) stands for 10,000,000,000,000,000 (10^16).

* A Filipino film, ''Ang Tanging Ina'' has a mother of 12 name her children as thus: Juan, Ger'''tu'''dis, Dimi'''tri''', '''Por'''cia, Pip, '''Six'''to, '''Seve(n''')rina, Cate, Shammy ('siyam' being Filipino for nine), Ten-ten, and two unnamed baby twins.

* The [[AllThereInTheScript never spoken]] names of the Monstars of ''Film/SpaceJam'' all relate to zero (fitting because before their change they were small subservient creatures, and after they wear jerseys with the number 0): Pound, Bang, Nawt, Blanko and Bupkus - the first four even more when they were Zilch, Null, Nada, and Void.

* The Legendary ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Artic'''uno''', Zap'''dos''' and Mol'''tres'''.[[note]]The first three numbers in Spanish.[[/note]]
** And in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', we have D'''ein'''o, '''Zwei'''lous, and Hy'''drei'''gon, which are one headed, two headed, and three-headed dragons respectively. [[note]]The first three numbers in German.[[/note]]
** ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' introduces H'''one'''dge (a possessed sword) and '''Doubl'''ad'''e''' (two possessed swords).
** Doduo and its evolution Dodrio are named after the amount of heads they have.
** There's also Dug'''trio''', which is composed of three Digletts.