History Main / TemporalThemeNaming

* In ''GasolineAlley'', Nina Clock has an aunt named Ada Clock.

* {{GundamX}} - Some of the mechas of the series are named after months. Examples are the Febral (February), Septem (September), Octape (October), Jenice (June), Descem (December), Juracg (July)

* Calling All Dawns, by Christopher Tin, is divided in three movements: Day (The first 5 songs), Night (the following 3), and Dawn (the 4 last ones).

* In ''The Secret Life of Bees'', the sisters that take Lily in are all named after months: August, June, May, and May's deceased twin April. At one point, Lily muses that as a member of their sisterhood, she wouldn't mind being October.

* The OctoberDaye series: So far, in addition to October, we've seen a January, an April, a May, and a June. January and April are related by adoption. [[spoiler: May was originally October's Fetch.]] In the third book, Lily comments, "Whatever will we do when the months of the year are used entirely?" WordOfGod says that in Faerie, it's rude to name someone directly after someone else, but honoring somebody by using a name with a related meaning is acceptable. October's name is somehow connected with September Torquill, January's mother.

* The Akan peoples of Ghana and the Ivory Coast have a tradition of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_names#Day_names Day Names]]", given on the basis of the day of the week on which the child was born; this custom has spread to other West African peoples under the influence of the Akan. The most famous day names are Kwame ("born on Saturday"), from the Ghanaian president and pan-African activist Kwame Nkrumah, and Kofi ("born on Friday"), from the Secretary General of the UnitedNations Kofi Annan.

* The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast have a tradition of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_names#Day_names Day Names]]", given on the basis of the day of the week on which the child was born; this custom has spread to other West African peoples under the influence of the Akan. The most famous day names are Kwame ("born on Saturday"), from the Ghanaian president and pan-African activist Kwame Nkrumah, and Kofi ("born on Friday"), from the Secretary General of the UnitedNations Kofi Annan.

* Aztecs were named after the day of their birth, consisting of a month name [[YouAreNumberSix plus a number]].

* A more meta example, all of Hiro Mishima's manga series have a protagonist named after a season. ''RaveMaster'' stars ''Haru'' Glory, ''FairyTail'' has ''Natsu'' Dragonil, and the short-lived ''MonsterSoul'' had ''Aki''.

The most common form is to name characters after months or seasons, but other types occasionally appear. See also DayOfTheWeekName.

* xxxHolic - Watanuki, based on an alternate reading of April 1.

* May "Mayday" Parker and her clone sister April in ''Spider-Girl''.

!!Examples:

* In ''SolBianca'', the all-woman crew of the starship Sol Bianca bear the English names of months, or simple variations thereon: Janny, Feb, April, May, and June.

[[AC:Comic Books]]

* The protagonist of Jasper Fforde's ''ThursdayNext'' series, as well as much of her immediate family. Inverted with her brothers Anton and Joffy.

* On ''{{Fringe}}'', [[MysteriousWatcher the Observers]] use months as names.

** This was [[{{LampshadeHanging}} Lampshaded]] during the cross over TokusouSentaiDekaranger VS Abaranger, when the Dekarangers find recite the names of Ryouga, Ranru and Yukito... on their ''business cards.''

[[AC:Music]]

* SummerGlau.

* ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'''s protagonist is Princess November, daughter of King January and Queen [[BilingualBonus Avril]]. Her sisters are August and September. (WordOfGod addresses the lack of an October [[http://www.forthewicked.net/about.html on the sixth Frequently Asked Question]]).

* The BigBad of the film version of ''TheAvengers'' is named August de Winter; it's mentioned he has three sisters named April, May, and June.

* [[{{TMNT}} April O'Neal]] and her uncle Augie (August).

* The title girl in [[FiveHundredDaysOfSummer (500) Days of Summer]]. At the end, the boy meets another girl named Autumn.

* The [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Jellyfish Air Pirates]] from ''GuiltyGear'' are all named after months of the year, similar to the ''SolBianca'' example above. Janis (January), Febby (February), March, April, May, June, July, Augus (August), Sephy (September), Octy (October), Novel (November), Dizzy (December) and Leap (leap year).