History Main / TemporalThemeNaming

** Twilight Sparkle's immediate {{family|ThemeNaming}} has names based on times of day: Twilight and her mother Twilight Velvet are both named after twilight, while her father Night Light is named after common sleep aides used at night.

* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM'' has the unit High Joker, who is a group of high school friends with a seasonal motif. The unit consists of '''Haru'''na wakazato, '''Natsu'''ki Sakaki, Haruto '''Aki'''omi, Jun '''Fuyu'''mi, and their vocalist '''Shiki''' Iseya.

* ''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 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).

* ''LightNovel/TokyoRavens'': Four of the MainCharacters: Harutora (Spring), Natsume (Summer), Akino (Fall), Touji (Winter).

* The four female protagonists in ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'', Sakurano (Cherry-Blossom-Field) Kurimu = Spring. Shiina Minatsu (Deep-Summer) = Summer. Akaba (Red-Leaves) Chizuru = Autumn. Shiina Mafuyu (True Winter) = Winter. [[spoiler:That's when Ken first met them and they helped him get over his HeroicBSOD]].

* The original Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' had its towns named after holidays. The protagonist's hometown is Mother's Day, and there is also Thanksgiving, Halloween, Easter, and Valentine. The prototype English version of the game (known as ''Videogame/EarthboundBeginnings'') had these names changed, but the translator for the FanTranslation kept the holiday-themed names.

* The hub worlds in the second and third ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' games correspond to a different type of temporal theme:

* In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series (starting with ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha]]''), the Dolls that serve [[DubNameChange M. Bison/Vega]] form a complete calendar roll-call in their native (usually) languages - in order: Enero (January, Spain), Février (February, France), März (March, Germany), Aprile (April, Italy), Satsuki (May, Japan), Juni & Juli (June and July, Germany again), Santum (August, Vietnam), Xiayu and Yanyu (September and October, China), Noembelu (November, Mexico), and Decapre (December, Russia).

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* The four female protagonists in ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'', Sakurano (Cherry-Blossom-Field) Kurimu = Spring. Shiina Minatsu (Deep-Summer) = Summer. Akaba (Red-Leaves) Chizuru = Autumn. Shiina Mafuyu (True Winter) = Winter. [[spoiler:That's when Ken first met them and they helped him get over his HeroicBSOD]].
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** In ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'', the antagonistic Time Jackers derive their names from words related to time...which is complicated by [[SpellMyNameWithAnS uncertain translations]]. We have [[DarkChick Ora/Hora]] (the Italian and Spanish words for "hour" respectively), [[EnfantTerrible Huere/Uhr]] (the French and German words for "hour"), and leader Swortz (whose name is theorized to be a combination of "quartz" and "''schwartz''", the German word for black). The movie-exclusive Tid/Tiid is the OddNameOut.

* WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck's nieces April, May and June.

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

* ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' - 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)

* In ''Manga/SevenSeeds'', the five teams are each named after a season, and all the team members were chosen to have names related to their team's season.

* WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck's nieces April, May and June.

* ''Manga/SwapSwap'' uses the same theme naming for its four [[spoiler:body-swapping leads]] as ''Manga/HaruNatsuAkiFuyu'': ''Haru''ko ("haru" is Japanese for "spring"), ''Natsu''ko ("summer"), ''Fuyu''ki ("winter"), ''Aki''ho ("autumn").
* In ''Anime/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.
* The Hinata family in ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has a seasonal convention (Fuyuki=Winter Tree, Natsumi=Summer Beauty, Aki=Autumn). The DisappearedDad (Haru=Spring) completes the set.

* Film example: the sisters in ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' are named "Satsuki" and "Mei"; the word "satsuki" is the old Japanese name for the month of May. Their sharing a month is apparently a reference to the two of them being a single character in early drafts of the script.
* In ''Manga/SevenSeeds'', the five teams are each named after a season, and all the team members were chosen to have names related to their team's season.
* In ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', the school that the characters attend is named Tomobiki, and there are occasional mentions of another school named Butsumetsu. These names are from the ''rokuyō'', a cycle of six days (similar to the seven-day week) in the Japanese lunisolar calendar. Butsumetsu is considered the unluckiest day of the ''rokuyō'' (it symbolizes the day Buddha died), so most of the students from that school are {{delinquents}}.

* ''Anime/CoyoteRagtimeShow'' has 12 ElegantGothicLolita robot assassins each named after a month of the year.
* The [=MI6=] agents in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' all have {{code name}}s relating to months and days, such as April, July, February, November 11, and August 7.
* The hentai series ''Kanojo x Kanojo x Kanojo'' has ''Haru''omi the protagonist, ''Natsu''mi the eldest girl, ''Aki''na the middle sister, and Ma''fuyu'' the youngest of the three. Those names contain the Japanese words for the four seasons.
* A more meta example, all of Creator/HiroMashima's manga series have a protagonist named after a season. ''Manga/RaveMaster'' stars ''Haru'' (spring), ''Manga/FairyTail'' has ''Natsu'' (summer), the short-lived ''Manga/MonsterSoul'' has ''Aki'' (autumn), the one-shot ''Fighting Group Mixture'' has Ma''fuyu'' (winter), and both ''Manga/MonsterHunterOrage'' and ''Manga/EdensZero'' have ''Shiki'' (four seasons).
** Speaking of ''Fairy Tail'', [[spoiler:the powerful wizard August used to be an unnamed orphan who then met Zeref. The little August's face reminded him of his late lover Mavis and he named the boy after the month when Zeref and Mavis had made love. Little he knew that August was his and Mavis's son]].
* ''{{Manga/Loveless}}'' - Ritsuka and Seimei are named after seasons.
* ''Manga/XxxHolic'' - Watanuki, based on an alternate reading of April 1.

* ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' - 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)
* ''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 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).
* ''LightNovel/TokyoRavens'': Four of the MainCharacters: Harutora (Spring), Natsume (Summer), Akino (Fall), Touji (Winter).
* The ''VideoGame/Persona3'' [[Anime/Persona3TheMovie movie tetralogy]]: #1 - '''Spring''' of Birth, #2 - A Mid'''summer''' Knight's Dream, #3 - '''Fall'''ing Down, and #4 - '''Winter''' of Rebirth.
* ''Manga/FamilyComplex'' has the siblings Harumi, Natsuru, Akira and Fuyuki who were born in that order and are named for the seasons, starting with spring.
* Fate and Chrono from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Doubles as FamilyThemeNaming since Fate was adopted by Chrono's mother at the end of ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs A's]]''.
* In ''Manga/TheElderSisterLikeOne'', Yuu's name comes from "yuugure," meaning "twilight", so Shub-Niggurath chooses the name Chiyo, meaning "a thousand nights" to complement Yuu's name as an invoked case of FamilyThemeNaming.

* The opening cast of ''Manga/BlendS''. For those who know kanji, ''Ka''ho, ''Aki''zuki and Ma''fuyu'' refers to summer, autumn and winter respectively. Maika Sakuranomiya's case is less obvious, but recall ''sakura''--or CherryBlossoms--are the ultimate symbol of spring in Japanese culture.
* In ''Manga/{{Given}}'', all four main characters each have kanji relating to one of the four seasons in their given names. Made especially obvious by their band actually being called Seasons before it's renamed.
** Mafuyu's name (真冬) has the kanji for "winter" (冬).
** Ritsuka's name (立夏) has the kanji for "summer" (夏).
** Haruki's name (春樹) has the kanji for "spring" (春).
** Akihiko's name (秋彦) has the kanji for "fall" (秋).
* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' has a day to night theme naming for most of the characters. Of the adult cast, we have Loid (codename Twilight), Yor (a bastardization of '''yoru''', night), and Agents Daybreak and Nightfall.
* In the ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics'' Snow White episodes the Dwarfs are named after the days of the week.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', the 14 highest-ranking female members of the organization Baroque Works are required to have a code name, composed by "Miss" followed by a day or a reference to a holiday.

* Daisy Duck's nieces April, May and June.

* The title girl in ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer''. At the end, the boy meets another girl named Autumn.

* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', Princess Aurora.

* In ''Literature/TheSecretLifeOfBees'', 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 title characters from Robin Benway's teen fantasy book, ''The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June.'' They were born thirteen months apart.

* The first ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' series, starting with ''Dragons of Autumn Twilight'', then ''Dragons of Winter Night'', etc.

* The ''Literature/OctoberDaye'' series: So far, in addition to October, the protagonist, 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. [[spoiler: There's also August, who's October's older half-sister who vanished years before October was born.]]
** Gillian means "July". Word of God says this is deliberate.
** Let's not forget Evening Winterrose.
* In ''Literature/ThisIsNotAWerewolfStory,'' Dean Swift has three teenage daughters named April, May and June.
* Creator/JohnVarley's ''Literature/{{Titan}}'' novels include two clone-sisters, April and August Polo, each named for the month in which she was "born." They have three other clone-sibs named in the same style: May, June, and July. April and August's captain, Cirocco Jones, thinks that the names alone prove that scientists should not be allowed to fool around with experiments that sleep and breathe and cry.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', some prefixes that Clan names use are based on time (e.g. Dawncloud, Nightstar, Morningflower, Duskfur). Midnight the Badger's name is also confused as a time when they're told to "listen to what Midnight tells you". The books of ''The New Prophecy'' are also named after a time: ''Midnight'', ''Moonrise'', ''Dawn'', ''Starlight'', ''Twilight'', ''Sunset''.
* In the short story "Tuesday of the Other June" by Norma Fox Mazer, the protagonist, her mother, and grandmother are named June, April, and May, respectively. The story deals with the protagonist being bullied by another girl who is also named June.

* In the dinosaur-themed ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'', the three core rangers' surnames are Hakua, Sanjou and Itsuki, which are puns on the Japanese words for the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic epochs (which was when the dinosaurs lived).
** This was [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] during the cross over Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger VS Abaranger, when the Dekarangers find recite the names of Ryouga, Ranru and Yukito... on their ''business cards.''

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' gained one thanks to ''[[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade]]'' and the OneSteveLimit. ''Decade'''s female lead is named Natsumi (Summer), but so is a character from ''Series/KamenRiderBlade''. When the latter appears in ''Decade'', she is presented as an AlternateUniverse version named Haruka (Spring). ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' follows the trend with female lead Akiko (Fall[=/=]Autumn) and one-shot character Fuyumi (Winter).
** In ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'', the antagonistic Time Jackers derive their names from words related to time...which is complicated by [[SpellMyNameWithAnS uncertain translations]]. We have [[DarkChick Ora/Hora]] (the Italian and Spanish words for "hour" respectively), [[EnfantTerrible Huere/Uhr]] (the French and German words for "hour"), and leader Swortz (whose name is theorized to be a combination of "quartz" and "''schwartz''", the German word for black). The movie-exclusive Tid/Tiid is the OddNameOut.
* On ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', one of Kelly's friends was named April May June.
* One episode of ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' had a group of girls named after months like April and May. The third girl was named Julie, though.
* ''Series/SquareOneTV''[='=]s ''Mathnet'' segments had Kate Monday and her replacement upon season 4, Pat Tuesday, based upon ''Series/{{Dragnet}}''[='=]s Joe Friday.

* ''Series/{{Ezel}}'': The children adopted by the House of Seasons (which [[ChildrenForcedToKill shaped them into future guns-for-hire]]) were given new names, all themed after the months of the year.
--> '''Ali:''' All these fucking bastards named after months...

* ''[[http://christophertin.com/callingalldawns.html 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 ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series (starting with ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha]]''), the Dolls that serve [[DubNameChange M. Bison/Vega]] form a complete calendar roll-call in their native (usually) languages - in order: Enero (January, Spain), Février (February, France), März (March, Germany), Aprile (April, Italy), Satsuki (May, Japan), Juni & Juli (June and July, Germany again), Santum (August, Vietnam), Xiayu and Yanyu (September and October, China), Noembelu (November, Mexico), and Decapre (December, Russia).
* April May, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Redd White]]'s secretary from ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', is named after the fourth and fifth months of the year.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' features the Duodecim, twelve ruling families named after the months of the Japanese lunar calendar

* Crono, of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', whose name is a prefix relating to concepts of time.
* The tenth ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game, ''Mountain of Faith'', introduces the Aki (Autumn) sisters, Shizuha and Minoriko, [[JustifiedTrope so named because]] they're gods whose roles are heavily associated with autumn; Shizuha is a god of dead leaves, while Minoriko is a harvest god.

* The four CuteSportsClubManager in ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' series are named after Japanese seasons: Aki, Natsumi, Haruna, and Fuyuka.
* Steamboat Ski Resort has time-themed names for runs off the Sundown Express lift on Sunshine Peak.
* The original Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' had its towns named after holidays. The protagonist's hometown is Mother's Day, and there is also Thanksgiving, Halloween, Easter, and Valentine. The prototype English version of the game (known as ''Videogame/EarthboundBeginnings'') had these names changed, but the translator for the FanTranslation kept the holiday-themed names.

* In ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseWorldEdition'', Angela Douglas, TheCoroner of the Bureau, and her husband Lars, the forensic lab chief of the Bureau, have triplet daughters named April, May, and June.
* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM'' has the unit High Joker, who is a group of high school friends with a seasonal motif. The unit consists of '''Haru'''na wakazato, '''Natsu'''ki Sakaki, Haruto '''Aki'''omi, Jun '''Fuyu'''mi, and their vocalist '''Shiki''' Iseya.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Route148}}'', there are characters named June and April.

* Melinda Summers of ''Literature/ChronoHustle''.

* [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 April O'Neil]] and her uncle Augie (August).

* ''The Offbeats'', a short series that ran on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} during SNICK and later ''[[WesternAnimation/{{KaBlam}} KaBlam!]]'', had August and his dog September.

* ''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).

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': All females with seasonal names are very plot significant, whether connected to the Four Maidens or for another reason. An ancient fairy tale details four sisters whose compassion helped a callous old hermit. In gratitude, the old man blessed the sisters with great mystical power to help and guide humanity, which would be inherited across many generations of young women called "Maidens". These Maidens are known as the "Seasons": Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall (sometimes coded as Autumn).
** Autumn is introduced in Volume 3 as the code name for Amber, the Fall Maiden who is attacked by [[TheHeavy Cinder Fall]] to steal her power. In Volume 5, Raven correctly guesses that Cinder gave herself the name "Fall" to show off the fact that she is the Fall Maiden.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': All females with seasonal names are very plot significant. An in-universe fairy tale that has existed for thousands of years details four sisters whose compassion helped a callous old hermit. In gratitude, the old man blessed the sisters with great mystical power to help and guide humanity, which would be inherited across many generations of young women called "Maidens". These Maidens are known as the "Seasons": Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall (sometimes coded Autumn). Not every seasonal-themed character is directly connected to this fairy tale, but if they're not, they're plot significant in another way instead.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The seasons are important to the background and mythology of the setting, so it is no surprise that anyone named after a season is important. Summer Rose (Ruby's mother) is a plot-important MissingMom, Cinder Fall (TheHeavy) is a woman after the powers of the [[PersonOfMassDestruction Fall Maiden]] and is noted to have probably chosen that name herself, Winter Schnee (Weiss's sister) is a Specialist with the Atlas military and a junior member of the BenevolentConspiracy, and Vernal (one of Raven's bandits) has a name meaning "pertaining to spring" and is the Spring Maiden. [[spoiler:Or a decoy, anyway]].
** In Volume 7 it's revealed that Winter has been chosen to [[spoiler: become the next Winter Maiden (though she ultimately doesn't).]]

* 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 worldwide 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 UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Kofi Annan.
* It is was also relatively common in some countries to name a child after the Patron Saint of the day it was born. For example, someone born on the 30th of June would've been called Marcial.

** Protagonists of [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo ''Black Book'' and ''Red Book'']] are Mirai, meaning "future", and Setsuna, meaning "instant", or a smallest unit of time possible. Setsuna has a brother, Nagahisa, whose name is comprised of characters for "eternal" and "long time".

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

The most common form is to name characters after months or seasons, but other types occasionally appear; it also works to name characters after times of day like Dawn, Aurora, Eve, and Twilight. See also DayOfTheWeekName.

* The hentai series ''Kanojo x Kanojo x Kanojo'' has ''Haru''omi the protagonist, ''Natsu''mi the eldest girl, ''Aki''na the middle sister, and Ma''fuyu'' the youngest of the three. Those names contain the Japanese words for the four season.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' [[Anime/Persona3TheMovie movie tetralogy]]: #1 - '''Spring''' of Birth, #2 - A Mid'''summer''' Knight's Dream, #3 - '''Fall'''ing Down, and #4 - '''Winter''' of Rebirth.

* A ChristmasSpecial of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' features three homeless kittens whose names are Spring, Summer and Autumn. They mention having a brother who is already adopted and whose name Garfield expects to be Winter, but it's [[OddNameOut Philip]].

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

* In the ''Series/StreetFighter'' series (starting with ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha]]''), the Dolls that serve [[DubNameChange M. Bison/Vega]] form a complete calendar roll-call in their native (usually) languages - in order: Enero (January, Spain), Février (February, France), März (March, Germany), Aprile (April, Italy), Satsuki (May, Japan), Juni & Juli (June and July, Germany again), Santum (August, Vietnam), Xiayu and Yanyu (September and October, China), Noembelu (November, Mexico), and Decapre (December, Russia).

* In the ''[[Series/StreetFighter]]'' series (starting with ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha]]''), the Dolls that serve [[DubNameChange M. Bison/Vega]] form a complete calendar roll-call in their native (usually) languages - in order: Enero (January, Spain), Février (February, France), März (March, Germany), Aprile (April, Italy), Satsuki (May, Japan), Juni & Juli (June and July, Germany again), Santum (August, Vietnam), Xiayu and Yanyu (September and October, China), Noembelu (November, Mexico), and Decapre (December, Russia).

* 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).

* The title characters from Robin Benway's teen fantasy book, ''The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June.''