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* In ''WesternAnimation/BenAndHollysLittleKingdom'', all the fairies are named after plants (Holly, Daisy, Poppy, King Thistle, Nanny Plum...) and the elves are not.
** Lampshaded in the episode Spies: Strawberry, pretending to be an elf, gives her name as "Strawberry - I mean Alice" and Barnaby, pretending to be a fairy, gives his as "Barnaby - I mean Bamboo."
** Tarquin the fairy and Nettle the elf seem to be the only exceptions.
*** Tarquin will have a problem if he needs a new wand, since the Wise Old Elf says fairies' wands come from the plant they're named after.

* ''Fanfic/BeyondTheWall'': Because the village is located in the middle of a forest, all the villagers are named after something that occurs in nature -- Whisperleaf, Fungal Bloom, Beetle Bark, Blackberry, Strongoak, etc.

* The names of the Black Siblings in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' all start with ''ki'': Kittan, Kiyoh, Kinon, and Kiyal. If you flip them, you get emotions or states of mind: ''tanki'' means ''quick temper'', ''youki'' means ''cheerfulness'', ''nonki'' means various things including ''carefree'' and ''optimistic'' and ''yaruki'' means ''willingness''.

* The majority of the bosses in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' are named after the emotions they "carry into battle," such as The Pain, who is covered in hornets; and The Fear, who loves to stalk his foes and attack with booby traps and ambushes.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', The Beauty and the Beast unit takes this trope one step further, combining the animal names of FOXHOUND and the emotions of the Cobra Unit (for example, combining Vulcan Raven and The Fury to make Raging Raven).
*** This also provides FridgeBrilliance when you realise the name "Old Snake" fits the theme (combination of Liquid Snake and The End).

* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', people from the Capitol typically have names of ancient Greco-Roman origin, e.g. Effie (Euphemia), Caesar, Cinna, Portia, etc.
** Many people from District 2 may also have names of ancient Roman origin to reflect the district's close relationship with the Capitol, e.g. Cato, Brutus, etc.

* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': The LivingFigurehead presumably, sister ships, basing off the one example and knowing all three of their names, are partially named off partially non-English weather terms and feminized with a "-ea" suffix: Princesses Ouragonea, Typhonea, and Kyklonea. Ouragan is French for Hurricane, Typhoon, and Cyclone.

* The names of recent companions in ''Series/DoctorWho'' seem to be following this trend: Jackson Lake, Adelaide Brook, River Song, Amy Pond... It might be symbolic, or then again, it might just be a coincidence.
** It turns out [[spoiler: that River and Amy isn't a coincidence; "River Song" is a mistranslation of "Melody Pond"]].

* The Blue Boys gang in ''Webcomic/{{Waterworks}}'' all have plumbing-themed names: Slick, José (Hose), Flush and Tubs.

* WesternAnimation/AngelsOfJarm: All the four angels have names related to biblical archangels. Gabrielle is the feminine form of Gabriel, Mick and Rafe are diminutives for respectively, Michael and Raphael, and Ellie has "el", the suffix in many archangels' names.

* Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer and Starlight glimmer from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''; all three are unicorns with a particular talent for magic and all follow the same sky-and-light related theme.

* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': ''Wedding March'': Also FamilialThemeNaming: Thorax and Pharynx are implied to be brothers, which is a fact of the source work, and both are named after anatomical areas around the chest.

* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' concludes each chapter with a boss whose name invokes [[spoiler:the Latin word "odio", meaning "Hate" -- Odo in Prehistory, Ou Di Wan Lee in Imperial China ([[BilingualBonus "Wan" is equivalent to the Japanese word "Oh"]]), Ode Iou in Edo Japan, O. Dio in the Wild West, Odie O'Bright in the present, Odeo in the Near Future, and OD-10 in the Distant Future. This all serves as a hint that all seven of the events aren't unrelated after all, which gets hammered in [[WhamEpisode Middle Ages]] chapter where the resident ArcVillain The Lord of Dark ''doesn't'' share this theming, and culminates in an utterly-broken Oersted [[ThenLetMeBeEvil deciding to become the villain]] he's been framed as beyond all hope - [[BigBad the Lord of Dark Odio]].]]

* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' concludes each chapter with a boss whose name invokes the Latin word "odio", meaning "Hate" -- Odo in Prehistory, Ou Di Wan Lee in Imperial China ([[BilingualBonus "Wan" is equivalent to the Japanese word "Oh"]]), Ode Iou in Edo Japan, O. Dio in the Wild West, Odie O'Bright in the present, Odeo in the Near Future, and OD-10 in the Distant Future.

* Most named characters in ''Manga/DesertPunk'' have surnames or nicknames that refer to water in some form, with characters such as 'mizu' (水, ''water''), 'kawa' (川, ''river'') and 'ike' (池, ''pond, lake'') being common across names. This also gives us a whole cast of {{Ironic Name}}s, as the setting is a vast, post-apocalyptic ThirstyDesert.

** ''Scarlet''[=/=]'s Paradox Pokémon, which hail from the distant past, have two-word names that describe specific features of the ancient Pokémon that make them so dangerous, including "Great Tusk" (an ancient Donphan, so named for its giant tusks), "Scream Tail" (an ancient Jigglypuff, so named for its long lock of hair and its powerful voice), and "Brute Bonnet" (an ancient Amoonguss, so named for its wide-brimmed mushroom cap and aggressive demeanor).
** ''Violet''[=/=]'s Paradox Pokémon, which hail from the distant future, all have "Iron" in their name, followed by a word that describes a prominent feature of their body. These include "Iron Treads" (a futuristic Donphan so named for its long trunk that can wrap around its body and rotate like a tank tread), "Iron Bundle" (a futuristic Delibird, so named for the spherical device it carries that can fire water and ice), and "Iron Hands" (a futuristic Hariyama, so named for its hands, which are disconnected from its body and capable of independent movement).

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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', the Paradox Pokémon have unique naming conventions of their own.
** ''Scarlet''[=/=]'s Paradox Pokémon, which hail from the distant past, have two-word names that describe specific features of the ancient Pokémon that make them so dangerous, including "Great Tusk" (an ancient Donphan, so named for its giant tusks), "Scream Tail" (an ancient Jigglypuff, so named for its long lock of hair and its powerful voice), and "Brute Bonnet" (an ancient Amoonguss, so named for its wide-brimmed mushroom cap and aggressive demeanor).
** ''Violet''[=/=]'s Paradox Pokémon, which hail from the distant future, all have "Iron" in their name, followed by a word that describes a prominent feature of their body. These include "Iron Treads" (a futuristic Donphan so named for its long trunk that can wrap around its body and rotate like a tank tread), "Iron Bundle" (a futuristic Delibird, so named for the spherical device it carries that can fire water and ice), and "Iron Hands" (a futuristic Hariyama), so named for its hands, which are disconnected from its body and capable of independent movement).

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': The five members of the ClassicalElementsEnsemble Team Alchemical each have names derived from their respective element in the AlchemicalElements.

* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': The five members of the FourElementEnsemble Team Alchemical each have names derived from their respective element.

** '''[[ElementNumberFive Tessa Quinn]]''', rather than being named after an {{Alchemic Elemental|s}}, has a PunnyName derived from the word "quintessence".

* Terra of the Left, Vento of the Front, Acqua of the Back and Fiamma of the Right of ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' are named after the elements as well as the different position you can take in regard to someone.

* UsefulNotes/RPGMaker MV's default Actors' names' initials spell out HTML: Harold, Therese, Marsha, and Lucius.