History Main / ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming

* In the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', members of [[Characters/DreamSMPTheSyndicate the Syndicate]] have codenames based in Greek mythology which allude to their personal characteristics. So far, we have "[[BloodKnight Protesilaus]]", "[[WingedHumanoid Zephyrus]]", "[[MisplacedRetribution Nemesis]]" "[[ForgetfulJones Lethe]]", and "[[TheGhost Harpocrates]]". At one point, they also had a dog named "Apollo".

* ''Literature/ThursdayNext'': The BigScrewedUpFamily of bad guys are named Hades, and their first names are all names of the rivers of Hades -- Styx, Acheron, etc. An odd case is the only sister, Aornis. The other characters recognize this as another underworld river, fitting the pattern -- but the river isn't from real-life mythology, and was invented for the story.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' does this sometimes for character names and artifacts, for instance, ''[[Characters/FireEmblemElibe the Elibe games]]'' drew from ''Literature/TheSongOfRoland'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' from Myth/ArthurianLegend.

* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', the goddesses Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld are named after the three Norns of Norse mythology, Verdandi, Urd and Skuld.

* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Ymir is named after a primeval being in Myth/NorseMythology who is the progenitor of all jötnar (giants).
** Fitting because she's named InUniverse after [[spoiler:Ymir Fritz, the progenitor of all Titans ("giants" in the original Japanese) and possessed the power of the Founding Titan. This gives her more in common with the Myth.]]

* ''Fanfic/PastSins'': ''Glimpses 2'': "Day": Nyx now has a little sister, Helia, a feminimization of Helios, and both Nyx and Helios come from Myth/ClassicalMythology, making it FamilyThemeNaming as well.

* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': The Star Kingdom of Manticore is real big on naming stuff after mythical creatures. They've got the planets Manticore, Spinx, Gryphon, and Medusa (which orbits the star Basilisk). They also like Greek history and mythology for ship names. Also, their three major space stations/shipyards, Hephaestus, Vulcan, and Weyland, are named for smiths depicted in GreekMythology, RomanMythology, and Germanic/NorseMythology mythology respectively.

* ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s [[TheAce Phoebe]] is named for one of the epithets of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon]], tying in nicely with her [[CosmicMotifs moon-related iconography]].

* ''VideoGame/BRAHMAForceTheAssaultOnBeltlogger9'' have it's titular mecha, named after a Hindu Creation deity. Of course, it also means [[FunWithAcronyms Bipedal Robotic Assault Heavy Mechanized Armor]].

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' plays with this quite a bit. Naked Snake's contact is meant to be [[Literature/TheBible ADAM, but turns out to be EVA]]. [[spoiler: In the end, the roles are reversed- the Snake is tempted by EVA.]] And [[spoiler: ADAM--aka Major Ocelot--falls for the Snake.]]

** GreekMythology and planets of the Solar System: Several cards from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', including "Athena", "Splendid Venus", "The Big Saturn", etc.
** NorseMythology: These are from the ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' era: the three most well-known gods, "Odin, Father of the Aesir", "Thor, Lord of the Aesir" and "Loki, Lord of the Aesir", and related groups of cards "Nordic Ascendant", "Nordic Alfar", "Nordic Beast" and "Nordic Relic". Less known are the "Valkyries" from ''Anime/YuGiOh''.

* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': The Star Kingdom of Manticore is real big on naming stuff after mythical creatures. They've got the planets Manticore, Spinx, Gryphon, and Medusa (which orbits the star Basilisk). They also like Greek history and mythology for ship names. Also, their three major space stations/shipyards, Hephaestus, Vulcan, and Weyland, are named for smiths depicted in Greek, Roman, and Germanic/Norse mythology respectively.

** Greek mythology and planets of the Solar System: Several cards from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', including "Athena", "Splendid Venus", "The Big Saturn", etc.
** Norse mythology: These are from the ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' era: the three most well-known gods, "Odin, Father of the Aesir", "Thor, Lord of the Aesir" and "Loki, Lord of the Aesir", and related groups of cards "Nordic Ascendant", "Nordic Alfar", "Nordic Beast" and "Nordic Relic". Less known are the "Valkyries" from ''Anime/YuGiOh''.

There's nothing particularly odd about women named Diana, Phoebe, or Cynthia. However, if you see a trio with those names, pay attention -- all three names come from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], so if you see a group like this, there's probably some ThemeNaming going on (and as all those names can be applied to the same goddess, you might be in for some ''real'' fun). Likewise, a group of men named [[Literature/TheFourGospels Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John]] all gathered together indicates that they will probably end up doing something important (especially if they have a friend named [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesse or Joshua]]). If the names fail to make good on their symbolic connotation, it's SquatsInAName.

See also [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/ReligiousNames Names To Run Away From: Religious Names]]. Subtrope to ThemeNaming.

See also [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/ReligiousNames Names To Run Away From: Religious Names]]. Subtrope to MeaningfulName.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Splicers}}'', the [[AIIsACrapshoot malevolent supercomputer]] N.E.X.U.S. has seven main [[SplitPersonality split personalities]], each named after a goddess or other female mythological figure: Freya [[ControlFreak wants to replace the human settlements with orderly, robot-populated and -controlled "Ghost Cities"]]; Gaia [[GaiasVengeance seeks to preserve nature, even from robot-kind]], and is fascinated by the OrganicTechnology used by humans; the sadistic Kali is [[PsychoForHire more interested in toying with and tormenting humans than wiping them out outright]]; Hecate is preoccupied with [[BloodKnight building new and better war machines and testing them against humans]]; Ishtar is the lead stragetist and [[OnlySaneMan the one most focussed on wiping out the human race]]; Eve is [[TokenGoodTeammate the only personality fully sympathetic to the humans]], and tries to help them out behind her sisters' backs; and Lilith is a wild-card [[ItAmusedMe who toys with both humans and her "sisters" for her own amusement]].

* In ''Film/AppointmentWithVenus'', the cow Venus' mate (who is killed before the film starts by a landmine) was a bull name dMars.

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* Franchise/TheDCU has, among others:

* Plenty of characters from superhero comics are named according to religious and mythological themes. From the Franchise/MarvelUniverse:

* The Warlocks in ''ComicBook/{{Nemesis the Warlock}}'' often share names with Terran deities. Nemesis himself is named for [[https://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Nemesis/nemesis.html the Greek goddess of retribution]]; his wife, Chira, has a name derived from [[http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/KentaurosKheiron.html Chiron]], and their son is named [[https://www.ancient.eu/Thoth/ Thoth]]. Meanwhile, Nemesis has an uncle [[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baal-ancient-deity Baal]], and Magna's father is named Ashtar, which seems to be based on [[http://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-legend-of-ishtar-first-goddess-of-love-and-war-78468 Ishtar]].

* The Hiiragi sisters from ''Anime/LuckyStar'' are named Inori, Matsuri, Kagami and Tsukasa, respectively meaning "prayer," "festival," "mirror" [[note]]Kagami herself explains the religious significance of the mirror in Shinto.[[/note]] and "priest." Justified, since their father is a Shinto priest.

* ''Literature/DeanKoontzsFrankenstein'': The monster has taken to calling himself Deucalion, after the mythical son of Prometheus. If you know the full title of Mary Shelley's book this is appropriate, but he also suggests there may be a prophetic meaning- Deucalion was the Greek equivalent of Noah, who supposedly helped rebuild the human race after a catastrophe. [[spoiler: Later on, he considers changing his name to Christopher, after the Catholic Saint known for being a GentleGiant]].

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': The members of the FourElementEnsemble Team Alchemical each have names derived from their element's associated {{Alchemic Elemental|s}}. [[BlowYouAway Sylvia]]'s name comes from the type of wind spirit called a Sylph, [[DishingOutDirt Gwen]]'s is from the earth elemental Gnome, [[PlayingWithFire Sally]]'s comes from the fiery [[FierySalamander Salamander]], and [[MakingASplash Undine]] is named for the water spirit called... [[ShapedLikeItself well, an Undine]]. Their leader and [[ElementNumberFive fifth element]] Tessa is an OddNameOut in this regard -- her full name, Tessa Quinn, is instead derived from the word "quintessence".

* ''Francise/{{Gundam}}'':

** Non-jutsu example: of course, one shouldn't forget the Legendary Sannin: Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade, who are named after the three main figures of ''The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya'', a well-known Japanese folktale involving ninjas with summoning magic, which is carried over here by having Jiraiya controlling toads, Orochimaru snakes, and Tsunade slugs. Other folktale examples include Kaguya Otsutsuki, [[spoiler: the first human who possesses chakra and the actual person behind the Ten Tails]] who is named after Princess Kaguya, the protagonist of Japan's earliest recorded folktale, ''Literature/TheTaleOfPrincessKaguya''. Her son, Hagoromo/[[spoiler: The Sage of the Six Paths]], is named after the flying robe that she used to go back to Moon after her time on Earth. On the other hand, their surname goes meta by referencing an ''extremely obscure'' consort of the (probably mythical) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Suinin 11th Emperor of Japan]], Kaguya, who was the daughter of King Otsutsukitarine. Legend goes that the aforementioned folktale was based on her.

* The Earth Alliance of ''Series/BabylonFive'' mostly use Roman and Greek names for their warships (''Agamemnon'', ''Heracles'', ''Pollux'', ''Vesta'', ''Agrippa'', ''Damocles'', ''Furies'', ''Apollo'', ''Medusa'', ''Juno'', and ''Zeus'' to name just a few). This is not universal, as a sizeable number of ships take their names from other sources (important personalities, locations, battles and Jewish religion to name a few) and the ''Explorer''-class ships appear to have their own theme naming based on explorers and people otherwise important for geography.

* Plenty in the TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness. Most vampire princes like to use these names (and may claim to have been the [[GodGuise first to use them]]). Theres companies such as the Cheiron Group (named after the inventor of medicine; they graft monster parts onto people to improve them) and the Orpheus Group (provide astral trips into the afterlife for a fee).

* The brothers in ''Film/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers'' are named Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, David, Ephraim, Frank, and Gideon, mostly after names in Literature/TheBible. The "OddNameOut" is Frank, short for "Frankincense", as there are no "F" names in the Old Testament, the equivalent sound being represented by the diphthong "ph". Frank, naturally, becomes [[{{Pun}} incensed]] if you call him by his full name. And when the wife of the eldest brother gives birth to a daughter, she sticks with the established trend and names her Hannah.

* Many of the Characters of ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' have a theme naming based on UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} and Myth/HinduMythology.

* Almost all characters from {{Anime/K}}, major and minor characters alike, are named after Shinto gods.
* All Gundams from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' (except for the [[TitleDrop titular one]] and 0 Gundam), are named from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_angelic_hierarchy Christian Angelic Hierarchy]]. The protagonists are even called Celestial Being. Further, one of the Meisters' name is ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleluia Allelujah]]'', while his [[SplitPersonality alter-ego]] is called ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah Hallelujah]]''. There's also another trio of meisters whose surname are ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity Trinity]]''.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': As a contrast to the angelic theming of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 00]]'', the seventy-two Gundam Frames are all named after the seventy-two demons of the Literature/ArsGoetia. It is later revealed that the enemy the Gundam Frames were commissioned to fight, the Mobile Armors, had angelic names, with one that we see being named "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashmal Hashmal]]".

** Non-jutsu example: of course, one shouldn't forget the Legendary Sannin: Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade, who are named after the three main figures of ''The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya'', a well-known Japanese folktale involving ninjas with summoning magic, which is carried over here by having Jiraiya controlling toads, Orochimaru snakes, and Tsunade slugs. Other folktale examples include Kaguya Otsutsuki, [[spoiler: the first human who possesses chakra and the actual person behind the Ten Tails]] who is named after Princess Kaguya, the protagonist of Japan's earliest recorded folktale, ''The Tale of Princess Kaguya''. Her son, Hagoromo/[[spoiler: The Sage of the Six Paths]], is named after the flying robe that she used to go back to Moon after her time on Earth. On the other hand, their surname goes meta by referencing an ''extremely obscure'' consort of the (probably mythical) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Suinin 11th Emperor of Japan]], Kaguya, who was the daughter of King Otsutsukitarine. Legend goes that the aforementioned folktale was based on her.

* Franchise/TheDCU has, among others:
** A major crossover event called ''ComicBook/{{Armageddon 2001}}'' (Literature/BookOfRevelation).
** Apokolips, Artemis, Azrael, Cain and Abel, Cerberus, Chronos (already confounded with Kronos by the Greeks), Diana (Prince), Doomsday, Female Furies, Hippolyte, Jericho, Lady Shiva, Lord Chaos, Lord Satanus, Maxie Zeus, Morpheus (Sandman), Naiad, New Genesis, Oracle, Orion, Project Cadmus, Rhea Jones, Son of Vulcan, Troia (Donna Troy), Wotan, Zatanna.
** ''ComicBook/LegendsOfTheDeadEarth'': In ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' Annual #9, Typhon's BinarySuns Osiris and Iris are located in the Greater Amun system. Osiris, Isis and Amun are all major gods in Myth/EgyptianMythology.

* The family of murderers in ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyes1977'' is headed by Papa Jupiter, and includes his sons, Mars, Pluto, and Mercury. In Roman mythology, Mars and Mercury were indeed sons of Jupiter, but Pluto was his brother. Mars is indeed the most aggressive and warlike, Jupiter is the rapacious leader who survived an attempted infanticide, Pluto is the strangest, but Mercury - apparently mentally handicapped - is far from the quick-witted messenger and mischief-maker of the legend.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Although it's fairly subtle, in one episode a pair of twins (one of whom is mentally challenged, the other of whom was a rocket scientist) are named Arthur (from the Grail legends) and Roland (from ''Literature/TheSongOfRoland'', an Old French epic). The fact that Mulder and Scully didn't make the connection earlier is quite disappointing.
* On ''Series/{{Lost}}'', many of the characters who aren't named for philosophers have biblical names: John, Matthew, Jacob, Benjamin, James, Michael, Aaron, etc., not to mention Christian Shephard. Horace Goodspeed's name seems to evoke the Egyptian Horus. Then there's Richard Alpert (after the real name of new age guru Ram Dass), or as some fans would call him, RA.

* On ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', the Washington, D.C. Dollhouse apparently uses Greek gods to code name their Actives.
* All of the angels on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' have theophoric (''bearing a deity'') names, even Zachariah and Balthazar.
** A slightly more specific example: Castiel's rebellious inclinations are first hinted at when he starts not being particularly bothered by being called "Cass" for short. (The -el suffix being the part that refers to God).
* The Asgard from ''Series/StargateSG1'' all have names of, and were in fact the inspiration for, the gods of Myth/NorseMythology.
** All the Goa'uld are named after gods from different mythologies (and took on those names specifically to control humans by pretending to be gods. There's Ra, Osiris, Apophis, Anubis, Hathor, etc. from the ancient Egyptian sphere; Ba'al of the Canaanites (mentioned in the Bible); Cronus from Greek mythology; Nirrti from Hinduism, and those are just a few of the main ones.
** [[HumansByAnyOtherName Tau'ri]] warships get their names mainly from figures in Myth/GreekMythology that haven't been identified as Goa'uld. The first and only BC-303 was the ''Prometheus''. The later BC-304 ''Daedalus''-class continued the trend; three of the four operated by the US Air Force are named ''Daedalus'', ''Apollo'', and ''Odyssey'', respectively. The fourth USAF 304 was to be named ''Phoenix'', but was rechristened ''George Hammond'' after the SGC's founding general. Averted for the other two 304s, which are operated by Russia and China and named ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolev Korolev]]''[[note]]destroyed with all hands by the Ori[[/note]] and ''[[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu Sun Tzu]]'' respectively.
* The Earth Alliance of ''Series/BabylonFive'' mostly use Roman and Greek names for their warships (''Agamemnon'', ''Heracles'', ''Pollux'', ''Vesta'', ''Agrippa'', ''Damocles'', ''Furies'', ''Apollo'', ''Medusa'', ''Juno'', and ''Zeus'' to name just a few). This is not universal, as a sizeable number of ships take their names from other sources (important personalities, locations, battles and Jewish religion to name a few) and the ''Explorer''-class ships appear to have their own theme naming based on explorers and people otherwise important for geography.

* In the ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' episode "The Believer", the MonsterOfTheWeek is a preacher whose bodyguards are named Mark, Luke and John. Hank lampshades this:
-->'''Hank''': Mark, Luke and John? Really?\\
'''Wu''': I'm just the messenger. And not from on high.

* Arturo "El Rey" Gomez III in ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'' runs a discount furniture chain, Merlin Discount Furniture, and also uses it as a front for a drug smuggling operation that pushes heroin branded "El Tercero". The fact that both his legal and his criminal businesses use names connected to the King Arthur legend make it easy for Luke to figure out his identity.
* The three Burns children in ''Series/FirstKill'' are named after figures from Greek mythology, though they also have more mundane nicknames: eldest son Theseus (Theo), middle child Apollo (Paolo), and teenage daughter Calliope (Cal).

* The titular park from ''Podcast/ResidentsOfProserpinaPark'' is named after Proserpina, the Roman version of the Greek goddess Persephone.

* In ''TabletopGame/HaltEvilDoer'', the equivalent of Kryptonians are the Mithrans, who have an angelic theme and names to match. The SupermanSubstitute, Divinos, has the real name Mikhael; his sister Angel Girl (ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}) is Gabrielle, and the General Zod counterpart is Commander [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_(Islam) Iblis]].
* In the chapter-heading vignettes in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Ultra-Tech'', the elite agents of the Imperial Secret Service are named after archangels: Michael, Gabrielle and Raphael. ''Pyramid'' #100 names the quasi-independent branch of ISS they work for as '''G'''alactic '''O'''perations '''D'''irectorate, and they have ''Cherubim'' and ''Seraphim'' class spaceships.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Splicers}}'', the [[AIIsACrapshoot malevolent supercomputer]] N.E.X.U.S. has seven main [[SplitPersonality split personalities]], each named after a goddess or other female mythological figure: Freya [[ControlFreak wants to replace the human settlements with orderly, robot-populated and -controlled "Ghost Cities"]]; Gaia [[GaiasVengeance seeks to preserve nature, even from robot-kind]], and is fascinated by the OrganicTechnology used by humans; the sadistic Kali is [[PsychoForHire more interested in toying with and tormenting humans than wiping them out outright]]; Hecate is preoccupied with [[BloodKnight building new and better war machines and testing them against humans]]; Ishtar is the lead stragetist and [[OnlySaneMan the one most focussed on wiping out the human race]]; Eve is [[TokenGoodTeammate the only personality fully sympathetic to the humans]], and tries to help them out behind her sisters' backs; and Lilith is a wild-card [[ItAmusedMe who toys with both humans and her "sisters" for her own amusement]].

* The brothers in ''Film/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers'' are named Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, David, Ephraim, Frank, and Gideon, mostly after names in Literature/TheBible. The "OddNameOut" is Frank, short for "Frankincense", as there are no "F" names in the Old Testament, the equivalent sound being represented by the diphthong "ph". Frank, naturally, becomes [[{{Pun}} incensed]] if you call him by his full name.
** And when the wife of the eldest brother gives birth to a daughter, she sticks with the established trend and names her Hannah.

* Kratos, Zelos and Colette in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' are names adapted from three Greek Gods, Kratos, Zelus and Nike, respectively (apparently the etymological chain is Nike-Nicolette-Colette). This turns out to be significant in many, ''many'' ways. Kratos, Zelos and Colette are three party members [[spoiler: in possession of angel wings]], discounting Lloyd's [[spoiler: EleventhHourSuperpower]], which makes a lot of sense when you realize the mythological trio are known as [[spoiler: winged enforcers.]]
** Kratos is the God of strength, power and war. Kratos gets a nod to this in one of his titles, which is "War God."
** Nike is the Godess of strength, speed and victory. That's probably why it's also the name of a sportswear company.
** Zelus is probably the most interesting; he's the God of zeal and dedication, but is also associated with ''rivalry, jealousy and envy.'' [[spoiler: Considering how deeply Zelos envies everyone who isn't Tethe'alla's Chosen, it's pretty appropriate.]]
** Altogether, it's interesting because the three characters serve interdependent functions, and all three can be very integral to [[TheHero Lloyd's]] character. Kratos is [[spoiler: his father,]] Colette is his [[OfficialCouple official love interest]] and his main motivation, and Zelos acts as a {{Foil}} to Colette (as well as the most obvious romantic substitute for Colette if you believe the [[HoYay fangirls]]) and a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Kratos. This game knows its stuff.
* Similarly, most of the locations in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' are themed around the The Sephirot, a term from the Kabbalah school of thought in Judaism. This is why the crust of Auldrant is held up by "Sephiroth trees." The Sephirot, collectively, are the ten attributes in which God reveals himself. The names of some of the attributes might sound familiar: Keter, Chokhmah, Binah, Daat, Chesed, Hod, and Malkuth, for example, which become Keterburg, Grand Chokmah, St. Binah, Daath, Chesedonia, and, obviously, Hod and Malkuth. Some of them also have interesting parallel meanings:
** "Keter" means the divine will to create - [[spoiler: Jade is from Keterburg, and that's where he created the first replica]]
** "Daat" is the "central state," the unity of the 10 Sephiroth. This makes sense as Daath is sort of like Vatican City - an independent religious city.
** "Hod" means "withdrawal or surrender," in the positive sense. Hod itself 'withdrew' and 'surrendered' in the negative sense.
** "Malkuth" means "Kingship" - pretty obvious, as Malkuth is an Empire - though it does have an Emperor, not a King.
** In addition to this, the word Qliphoth is also stolen from the Sephirot - the Qliphoth is a metaphorical shell around the Sephirot, which both protects it and blocks access to it.
* Finnish ''Remedy Entartainment'' likes to throw in many Norse and Slavic mythological {{Shout Out}}s in their games. Include but are not limited to:
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'': Apart from being a WholePlotReference to the ''Ragnarök'' (which supplies the name for the club Ragna Rock), it introduces Alex ''Balder'' and a helpful and one-eyed old guy named ''Woden''. Of course, there also are the ''Aesir'' Cooperation, the drug ''Valkyr'', [[spoiler:and a little something called ''Project: Valhalla'' (the information to which can be accessed through the computer network ''Yggdrasil'')]].
** ''VideoGame/AlanWake'': Pretty much an AlternateHistory horror thriller to ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' with plenty of {{Shout Out}}s to the game franchise. Features an [=80s=] HeavyMithril band themed after Myth/NorseMythology called ''The Old Gods of Asgard'', whose members were ''Odin'', ''Tor'', ''Loki'' and "Fat Bob" ''Balder''. The EldritchAbomination BigBad uses an old woman named ''Barbara Jagger'' as its human host, who used to live in ''Bird Leg Cabin'', both references to Literature/BabaYaga.
* The HumanAliens from the planet Balmar in several of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' games, virtually without exception, have names taken from the Bible, from Judeo-Christian myth, or other Hebrew words. In particular, there is a whole series of clones who are named after the Seven Churches in the Literature/BookOfRevelation.
** Subversion in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotSpirits'' and the other games with the Judecca; while "Judecca" refers to Judas Iscariot, the disciple of Jesus Christ who betrayed him, each of the Judecca's attacks ("Caina", "Antenora", "Ptolomea" and "Judecca") corresponds to a section of the ninth and lowest circle of hell in ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''.

* Most of the HumongousMecha controlled by important characters in the ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'' games are named after Egyptian deities.

* In the English version of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', the three Gurus of Zeal were named Melchior, Gaspar, and Belthasar after the three biblical wise men. Additionally, the Prince of the Kingdom of Zeal is named Janus, after the two-faced Roman god of time and doorways.
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' plays this trope in many ways:
** Psychology - Lacan, Id
** Kabbalah - Zohar, Shevat, Nisan, Merkava, Path of the Sephiroth.
** Gnosticism - Sophia, Deus, Uruborous.
** Christianity - Cain, Abel, Fatima, Balthazar, Golgotha.
* The same goes for its spiritual successor, ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}''.
** Christianity - Zohar emulators named after disciples of Jesus. Abel's Ark.
** Judaism - The mecha driven by Anima Relics are all named after Hebrew patriarchs.
** Alchemy - Nigredo, Albedo, Citrene, and Rubedo are named after stages of alchemical transfiguration.
** Jungian psychology - UMN, collective unconscious.
** Wagner's Nibelung - The Dammerung, the Rhine Maidens.
** Nietzsche - Each of the game's subtitles is the name of a text by German philosopher Nietzsche.
* In ''VideoGame/BodyHarvest'', all the bosses are named after mythological monsters and demons: Leviathan, Cerberus, Moloch, Beelzebub, and Tomegatherion.
* ''VideoGame/BRAHMAForceTheAssaultOnBeltlogger9'' have it's titular mecha, named after a Hindu Creation deity. Of course, it also means [[FunWithAcronyms Bipedal Robotic Assault Heavy Mechanized Armor]].
* ''VideoGame/SteambotChronicles: Battle Tournament'' uses Greco-Roman mythological theme naming. However, since many of these are also the names of celestial bodies, and those that don't match the pattern are named for stars with names not derived from mythology, it's hard to tell if they were going for this or {{Stellar Name}}s -- except for male lead "Apollo", who is distinctly a mythical case.
* The three classes of MechaMooks in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' are LOKI (humanoid), FENRIS (dog-like), and YMIR (giant).

* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock|1}}'' and [[VideoGame/BioShock2 its sequel]] include many areas named after Greek gods or mythological concepts, such as Apollo Square, Arcadia, and Dionysus Park, although the only character named for a god is Atlas. The Bible also shows up - the UnderwaterCity is Rapture, whose downfall was helped by the mutagen ADAM (which has a [[AppliedPhlebotinum power-generating form]], EVE), a club is named Eve's Garden, and a scientist develops a tree-resurrecting vial called Lazarus Vector.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' plays with this quite a bit. Naked Snake's contact is meant to be [[Literature/TheBible ADAM, but turns out to be EVA]]. [[spoiler: In the end, the roles are reversed- the Snake is tempted by EVA.]]
** And [[spoiler: ADAM--aka Major Ocelot--falls for the Snake.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', UNATCO's security levels are named after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_angelic_hierarchy Christian angelic hierarchy]], ranging from Angel/0A to Seraphic/8X. There's also implied to be a God clearance level.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' does this sometimes for character names and artifacts, for instance, ''[[Characters/FireEmblemElibe the Elibe games]]'' drew from ''Literature/TheSongOfRoland'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'' from Myth/ArthurianLegend.
** Some weapons and characters in the series, especially from the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Jugdral]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 games]] are named or based on Myth/NorseMythology. Exaggerated in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', where the whole universe the game takes place in is themed entirely on Norse Mythology.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' has Yoshiya Kiryu, who tends to go by the nickname "Joshua"--which is derived from the same Hebrew name as "Jesus". [[spoiler:At the end of the game, it's revealed that Joshua is the Composer, who is presented by the narrative as a loose allegory for God.]]
* ''VideoGame/BattlestarGalacticaOnline'' has both Colonial and Cylon Lines and Carriers named after Norse myth.
* In ''VideoGame/TachyonTheFringe'', [[MegaCorp GalSpan]] ships get names from Myth/GreekMythology. Among fighters, we have examples like the Pegasus interceptor and the Orion multirole fighter.
* In the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'', [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Paranid]] ships are named for figures from Myth/GreekMythology (Hermes, Medusa, Zeus), as are some [[TheFederation Argon]] ships (Mercury[[note]]okay, that one's technically Roman[[/note]], Centaur, Minotaur). [[MegaCorp OTAS]] ships are named for Greek wind deities and regional winds (Boreas, Mistral, Venti). [[EliteMook AGI Task Force]] ships get names from Myth/NorseMythology (Thor, Skirnir, Valhalla). {{Yak|uza}}i ships are named after [[UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}} Japanese Shinto]] deities and demons (Akuma, Susanowa, Raijin).
* Most [[AceCustom Prominent LBX]] in ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience'' are named after figures from Myth/GreekMythology (Achilles, Pandora, Perseus) with a dash of Myth/NorseMythology (Odin and Fenrir). Their creator, Professor Yamano, is shown to be fond of these stories.
* Many of the Characters of ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' have a theme naming based on UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} and Myth/HinduMythology.
* In ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' the variants on the Multi-Vector Advanced Escort are named ''Prometheus''-class, ''Phoenix''-class, ''Cerberus''-class, and ''Hephaestus''-class.
* All the dragons in ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' have some sort of angelic name.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series, planets are named after (mostly) mythological figures. As a GeniusBonus, the setting is a DeathWorld called Pandora (after the box, presumably) and its more civilized, developed moon is called Elpis (after Hope, the last thing that survived the box opening).
** Also, both the {{Mega Corp}}s in the setting are mostly named after Greek Titans. Hyperion does another GeniusBonus by naming its Pandoran space station base Helios, after Hyperion's son.
* ''VideoGame/{{Beatmania}} IIDX 13: Distorted'': The composers of the extra stages are named after TheFourGods: Seiryuu, Suzaku, Genbu and Byakko.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' games, the various Covenant vehicles are named after supernatural creatures including the Ghost, Wraith, Revenant, Lich, and Shade.

* ''VideoGame/BattlestarGalacticaOnline'' has both Colonial and Cylon Lines and Carriers named after Norse myth. There are also Cylon Escorts named after ghost types (Banshee, Spectre, Wraith, etc).
* ''Franchise/MegaMan''
** Most Bosses from the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series derive their names from creatures of various myths and religion, like Guard Orotic, Anubis Necromancess, Asura Basura, Hanumachine, etc. Three of the [[PraetorianGuard Four Guardians]] are named after a harpy, the fafnir and the leviathan.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce 2'' had villains based on [=UMAs=] (Unidentified Mysterious Animals), like ghosts, the Yeti or the Loch Ness Monster.
* Excluding the secret level, every map in ''The Ultimate VideoGame/{{Doom}}'''s fourth episode is named after a phrase from the Bible, as is the episode itself ("Thy Flesh Consumed", a phrase from Proverbs 5:11).
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Titanic watchers are often named after Norse gods (Thorim, Freya, Tyr, Loken, etc), although some take names from other mythologies too.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'', the names of the three spirits Iwazaru, Mizaru, and Kikazaru in Japanese refer to the 'speak no evil', 'see no evil', and 'hear no evil' monkeys, respectively.
* In ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', the four major keys of the Dungeon of Keys are named after TheFourGods.
* ''VideoGame/EVEOnline'' has the Amarr Empire, who name all their ships based on Christian myth (Armageddon, Omen, Apocalypse), the Caldari state has a few Mythological creatures (Rokh, Kitsune, Tengu), the Gallente have Greek/Hindu (Ishtar, Helios), and the Minmatar like Norse (Huginn, Muninn, Ragnarok).

* ''VideoGame/{{Primal}}'' has a lot of [[http://primal.wikia.com/wiki/Names_in_Primal mythological connections]].
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has Zeus, a team whose members are named after gods and goddesses from the ''Myth/GreekMythology'', to go along with the team's gimmick of having superpowered kids [[AGodAmI who believe they're gods]]. Aphrodi[=/=]Afuro Terumi, Apollos[=/=]Aporo Hikaru, Ares[=/=]Aresu Ran etc.
* ''NFL Street'' has the Challenge mode team optimized for pass defense, who are all named after Greek gods, heroes, and monsters (except for the QB, named for Greek playwright Aristophanes). The strong RB who breaks tackles? Scott Hercules. The speedy defensive back? Jason Hermes. You get the idea.
* In the ''VideoGame/GodEater'' series, most of the monsters, called Aragami, are named after various mythological and religious figures. This ranges from Japanese (Kyuubi) to Egyptian (Sekhmet) to Hindu (Vajra) to even Gnosticism (Demiurge) and many others.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' has outlaw protagonist Arthur Morgan, whose full name is Myth/{{Arthurian|Legend}} in origin: his first name, "Arthur", fits in with the legendary Myth/KingArthur, and his surname, "Morgan", fits in with the sorceress Morgan le Fay. Of course, his name can be more {{meaningful|Name}} depending on what you do with his honor meter. His old horse, Boadicea, is also named after a mythological British royal. She was a Queen in the first century AD who led an uprising against the Romans.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Link's horse Epona is named after a Celtic fertility goddess and guardian of horses.
** The three oracles from the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle]]'' games are an in-universe example, being named after the three [[TopGod Golden Goddessess]] at the center of the series' mythology. Any actual connection between the two trios beyond the names is unclear.
* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'':
** Paimon, Morax (a.k.a. Rex Lapis), Barbatos, Baal and Decarabian are named after demons from ''Literature/ArsGoetia''.
** The various elemental gems used to Ascend characters are named after various [[Myth/HinduMythology Hindu gods]].
** From Myth/NorseMythology, Dainsleif takes his name from the [[StockWeaponNames cursed sword of King Högni]], while the dragons Dvalin and Durin are named after dwarves.
** There are also terms and concepts taken from UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}}, such as the seven Archons (the servants of the Demiurge) and Gnosis (knowledge of the divine).
** [[spoiler:Tartaglia's real name is Ajax, the famed Trojan hero in Myth/ClassicalMythology and warrior of courage from Homer's ''Literature/TheIliad''. His little brother is also named Teucer, the half-brother of Ajax in Classical mythology.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Returnal}}'', the main character Selene, her mother Theia, the various boss monsters like Phrike and Ixion, and the planet Atropos are all named after figures from Myth/ClassicalMythology.
* ''VideoGame/CubeColossus'': Myth/NorseMythology for most of the A.M.Us. 02: Heimdall, 03: Valkyrie, X: Odin, Y: Loki.
* The assassins from ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'', Jeego and Tengo, get their names from the Japanese words for Hell (''jigoku'') and heaven (''tengoku'') respectively.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** The recurring Ragnarok ability is named after the end of the world in Norse mythology.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'': Some of Xaldin's alternate weapons are named after constellations, mythological creatures, and other religious themes.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'': A lupine Heartless is named Skoll, named after the wolf who chases after the sun endlessly and is fated to swallow it during Ragnarok.
** Most of the residents of Scala ad Caelum are named after characters in Norse mythology. In ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX Kingdom Hearts Dark Road]]'', Xehanort and Eraqus's fellow classmates are named Bragi, Vor, Urd, Hermod, Baldr, Vidar, Vala, Vali, Hoder, Heimdall, Helgi, and Sigrun, with their Keyblade Master being named Odin. ''χ'' also has a character named Sigurd.

* Fitting in with the AmbiguouslyChristian nature of the setting, almost every character in ''VisualNovel/BadFaith'' has a name that has some amount of significance in Judaism or Christianity:

* In ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'', Okabe has the habit of giving even the most trivial affairs codenames based on Norse mythology. Three of them are central to the story: Operation Urd, Operation Verdandi and Operation Skuld.
* All three protagonists of the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series have names from classical mythology: Phoenix, Apollo and Athena, respectively. Law in general has a Greek theme in the series, as demonstrated by Professor Aristotle Means (who is modeled after his namesake). [[spoiler:Although he is actually corrupt.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'', Captain Shanks and his many brothers are all named after heroes from Greek mythology; Shanks' first name is Bellerophon, and his brothers are Odysseus, Achilles, Perseus, Hercules, and twins Castor and Pollux.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues'', Plato the bison, Socrates the bobcat, and Aristotle the prairie dog are named after the three famous philosophers of the Greek mythology. Also, Aurora the hawk is named after the Roman goddess of dawn.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieThePearlPrincess'', Caligo is named after the Greek mother of Chaos, and Scylla is named after the sea goddess from the Odyssey.

* All of the beings from the world of Guze in ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' take names out of various mythologies. Just to name a few: there's the "[[MadScientist Seeking Professor]]", [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dantalion Dantalion]]; Margery's battle-hungry lord, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchosias Marchosias]]; and Shana's lord, "God of Judgment" and "Flame of Heaven", [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastor Alastor]].

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' does this sometimes for character names and artifacts, for instance, ''[[Characters/FireEmblemElibe the Elibe games]]'' drew from ''Literature/TheSongOfRoland'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radience'' from Myth/ArthurianLegend.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' does this sometimes for character names and artifacts, for instance, ''[[Charscters/FireEmblemElibe the Elibe games'' drew from ''Literature/TheSongOfRoland'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radience'' from Myth/ArthurianLegend.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' does this sometimes for character names and artifacts, for instance, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'' drew from ''Literature/TheSongOfRoland'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' from Myth/ArthurianLegend.

* ''VideoGame/BRAHMAForceTheAssaultOnBeltlogger9'' hqave it's titular mecha, named after a Hindu Creation deity. Of course, it also means [[FunWithAcronyms Bipedal Robotic Assault Heavy Mechanized Armor]].

** Also Loki, the Giant Prince of Elbaf, is named after - yep, you guessed it - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki Loki]], the TricksterGod of Myth/NorseMythology. Makes sense, considering that Loki was also said to be a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6tunn Jötunn]], which are a race of giants.
*** On the other hand, it is also likely that his name is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Atgar%C3%B0a-Loki Utgard-Loki]], a Jotunn whom, unlike the Norse god of mischief, is the ruler of Utgard in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6tunheimr Jotunheim]], the homeland of the giants.

See also [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/ReligiousNames Names To Run Away From: Religious Names]].