History Main / TemporalThemeNaming

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

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* The Hinata family in ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has a seasonal convention (Fuyuki =Winter Tree, Natsumi=Summer Beauty, Aki=Autumn).

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* The original Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' had its towns named after holidays. The prototype English version of the game had these names changed, but the translator for the FanTranslation kept the holiday-themed names.

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* '"Franchise/Pokemon'':

* To compliment their inclusion of a real-time clock, ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' feature seven brothers and sisters (Monica, Tuscany, Wesley, Arthur, Frieda, Santos, and Sunny) which give the player a special item on their respective day of the week.

* People born in the 2nd half of December often have Christmas-related names. Examples: Sir Noël Coward (16 December 1899), Noel Edmonds (22 December 1948), Noele Gordon (25 December 1919), Carol Smillie (23 December 1961), Carol Vorderman (24 December 1960), Holly Madison (December 23, 1979), Robin Gibb (December 22, 1949), Natalie Grant (December 21, 1971), Christmas Abbott (December 20, 1981), Caroline Aherne (December 24, 1963), Jesus Silva (December 24, 1971).

* Fate and Chrono from ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. It almost counts as {{Foreshadowing}} since Fate is adopted by Chrono's mother at the end of ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs A's]]'', resulting in FamilyThemeNaming.

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* ''Yattodetaman'', one of the ''Anime/TimeBokan'' series based on the theme of TimeTravel, has the good main characters named Toki Wataru (literally "goes through time"), Himeguri Koyomi (both "himekuri" and "koyomi" are a reference to a type of calendar) and Princess Karen (Karen sounds like "karenda", or "calendar"). The Italian dub brings this UpToEleven, having renamed the good guys Beppe Ieri (ieri = yesterday), Tina Domani (domani = tomorrow) and Principessa Domenica (= Princess Sunday), and the TerribleTrio as well: Principessa Lunedì (Princess Monday), Primo Settembre (September the First) and Due Ottobre (October the Second).

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* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'', the Dolls that serve [[DubNameChange M. Bison/Vega]] form a complete calendar roll-call in their native (usually) languages - in order: Enero (Spain), Février (France), März (Germany), Aprile (Italy), Satsuki (Japan), Juni & Juli (Germany again), Santum (Vietnam), Xiayu and Yanyu (China), Noembelu (Mexico), and Decapre (Russia).

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* People born in the 2nd half of December often have Christmas-related names. Examples: Sir Noël Coward (16 December 1899), Noel Edmonds (22 December 1948), Noele Gordon (25 December 1919), Carol Smillie (23 December 1961), Carol Vorderman (24 December 1960), Holly Madison (December 23, 1979), Robin Gibb (December 22, 1949), Natalie Grant (December 21, 1971), Christmas Abbott (December 20, 1981), Caroline Aherne (December 24, 1963), Jesus Silva (December 24, 1971).

* The [[KatanasOfTheRisingSun Imperial Japanese Navy]] named destroyers after, among other things, months and times of day.

* People born in the 2nd half of December often have Christmas-related names. Examples: Sir Noël Coward (16 December 1899), Noel Edmonds (22 December 1948), Noele Gordon (25 December 1919), Carol Smillie (23 December 1961), Carol Vorderman (24 December 1960), Holly Madison (December 23, 1979).

* The first ''{{Dragonlance}}'' series, starting with ''Dragons of Autumn Twilight'', then ''Dragons of Winter Night'', etc -- which earned them FanNickname "Demi-season Dragons".

* On ''MarriedWithChildren'', one of Kelly's friends was named April May June.

* TheNewPornographers: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcA9vv3zn24 Get thee/Back to the old truth/July Jones]]." (Ignore the oddly-dressed fellow).

* SummerGlau.
* There's also January Jones, of ''MadMen'' fame.

* There are several characters in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' named after seasons: Summer Rose, Cinder Fall, and Winter Schnee.

* In ''[[GURPSSettings GURPS Banestorm]],'' the advisors to the Heavenking of Sahud are known as the Eyes of Heaven. They are named Vision of Budding Flowers, Perception of Bountiful Growth, Glimpse of Falling Leaves, and Sight of Bone-White Snow, thus corresponding to the four seasons.

* In ''StreetFighter Alpha'', the Dolls that serve [[DubNameChange M. Bison/Vega]] form a complete calendar roll-call in their native (usually) languages - in order: Enero (Spain), Février (France), März (Germany), Aprile (Italy), Satsuki (Japan), Juni & Juli (Germany again), Santum (Vietnam), Xiayu and Yanyu (China), Noembelu (Mexico), and Decapre (Russia).

* In ''ForBetterOrForWorse'', the younger Patterson daughter is named April, after her birth month.

* {{Disney}}'s Daisy Duck has three nieces named April, May, and June, {{Distaff Counterpart}}s to Donald's nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

* One episode of ''NedsDeclassified'' had a group of girls named after months like April and May. The third girl was named Julie, though.

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

* The ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' [[Anime/Persona3TheMovie movie trilogy]]: #1 - '''Spring''' of Birth, #2 - A Mid'''summer''' Knight's Dream, and #3 - '''Fall'''ing Down.

* ''Manga/{{xxxHolic}}'' - Watanuki, based on an alternate reading of April 1.
* ''{{Softenni}}'' gives all the main characters a surname with a seasonal kanji in it. Asuna ''Haru''kaze, Kotone Sawa''natsu'', Chitose ''Aki''yama and Kurusu ''Fuyu''kawa.

* In ''{{tsuritama}}'' the boys are named after the seasons — Yuki ("snow" for winter), Haru ("spring"), Natsuki (natsu/"summer"), and Akira (aki/"autumn").

* The [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Jellyfish Air Pirates]] from ''VideoGame/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).