History MeaningfulName / LiveActionFilms

* ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' has a beautifully simple yet meaningful use of this with the two main female characters' names. Luv, the intense NumberTwo of the antagonist Wallace and Joi the sweet {{Hologram}} girlfriend of the protagonist K. Joi as would be expect by her name represents unconditional bliss and happiness as the literal and figurative source of joy in K's life and her own happiness at being treated as "real". Luv on other hand like her namesake is passionate, cruel, impatient, forceful (both stabbing and kissing K) and relentless. [[spoiler: This comes to a head when both artificial women come face to face and "Luv kills Joi". A sentiment rooted within philosophy of the franchise.]]

** "Rey" (first introduced in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'') has a name that's a homonym of "Ray", also hinting at her status as a champion of the Light. Fittingly, [[spoiler: she becomes Luke's apprentice--figuratively becoming the "Ray" descended from Luke's "Light"]].

*** The MUTO Prime in ''Godzilla Aftershock'' is called Jinshin-Mushi, meaning "earthquake-beetle", an accurate description of the creature's anatomy and its effects on the environment.

** [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Apex Cybernetics]] -- the two words in their name refer to their agenda to make humanity the uncontested apex species (as lampshaded by Walter Simmons), and [[HumongousMecha the means they plan to use to accomplish this]].

* ''Film/UpPompeii'':
** '''Voluptua''', '''Tit'''ta, '''Boob'''ia, and '''Big'''gia all have large breasts.
** '''Scrubba''' is a pretty, young, promiscuous girl, while "Scrubber" is slang for a tart.
** '''Villanus''', or "villainous", which fits such a menacing strong-arm man involved in the plot to assassinate UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}.
** '''Rump'''us, similar to "rumpy pumpy" which suits an attendant at Ludicrus Sextus' orgy.
** '''Sutra''', named for the Karma Sutra, fitting of someone trained in all the erotic arts of the East.
** '''Plump'''a is on the heavy side.

** Benny's brother "Dynamite"-Harry became Ragnar's cousin in the adaption, and consequently gained the last name Krut ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS sometimes Kruth]]). This is a legitimate last name that also happens to be a homophone with explosive powders.

* In ''Film/{{Awake}}'', one member of the protagonist's surgical team is a young British woman named Penny ''Carver''.

* The eponymous "true man" of ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' may actually be an ''in-story'' example, as [[spoiler:the entire point of his adoption and upbringing was that he was the most "real" person on television]]. Then there's the fact that the BigBad is named "Christof."

** [[Film/FinalDestination1 the first movie]] goes for a theme of naming characters after directors known for their work in the horror genre, but at least one character's name is significant beyond that: Tod is named after Tod Browning (director of ''{{Film/Freaks}}'' and ''{{Film/Dracula}}''), but "tod" is also German for "death", and he's the first character to die in a film where the plot revolves around people dying in supernatural freak accidents after cheating death.

* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', the outrageously strict principal [[FunHatingConfiscatingAdult Mr. Strickland]] (and how!).

* The ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' series:

* ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' has a beautifully simple yet meaningful use of this with the two main female characters’ names. Luv, the intense NumberTwo of the antagonist Wallace and Joi the sweet {{Hologram}} girlfriend of the protagonist K. Joi as would expect by her name represents unconditional bliss and happiness as the literal and figurative source of joy in K’s life and her own happiness at being treated as “real”. Luv on other hand like her namesake is passionate, cruel, impatient, forceful (both stabbing and kissing K) and relentless. [[spoiler: This comes to a head when both artificial women come face to face and “Luv kills Joi”. A sentiment rooted within philosophy of the franchise.]]