History NamesToRunAwayFrom / AncientDeadLanguages

* ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} from the ComicBook/XMen is also referred to as "En Sabah Nur". That's 30th century BC Egyptian for "Kick Your Ass." Or "Good morning" or "The First One", depending on who is translating. Or "Uncle Nur from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabah Sabah]]", in 21st century CE Malaysian.

* Semi-exception: [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus]] are ancient by human standards, but a few million years is pretty standard for a giant alien robot, and they're nice folks. But extremely badass nonetheless.

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytophthora Phytophthora]]'', the genus of the pathogen responsible for the Irish Potato Famine, is Greek for "plant destroyer", which is pretty much what the organism does.

* [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Janos]] is an alternate spelling of Janus, the Roman god best known for being two-faced. It is also the name of the commander of the King's Landing city watch who betrays Ned Stark in ''Literature/GameOfThrones''.

* Elektra: The DarkChick in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', and [[Film/{{Elektra}} a film starring the Marvel heroine of the same name]].

* All but one of the end-of-chapter bosses in ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' are named in some way after "odio," Latin for "hatred." This ranges from a Tyrannosaurus Rex named O-D-O, to a wrestler named Odie Oldbright, to a computer program codenamed [=0D-10=]. [[spoiler: Naturally, that's because they're all different forms of the [[ManBehindTheMan Demon King Odio]], whom you face in the final chapter. And the reason one of the chapters doesn't end with fighting an Odio incarnation is because ''[[TomatoSurprise you're playing as the man]] who [[FallenHero eventually becomes him]]''.]]

* In ''Literature/DragonBones'' Stygian, after the river Styx in in the underworld of Myth/ClassicalMythology. The horse of that name [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt killed its first owner.]] The second owner renamed it "Pansy", and treated it much better, thus acquiring a CoolHorse.

** Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco Malfoy. 'Lucius' is from the same root as 'Lucifer'; 'Narcissa' is the feminine of 'Narcissus', a beautiful, but poisonous flower, itself named for a vain mythological character, the root of 'narcissism'; 'Draco' means 'Dragon'; 'Malfoy' means 'Treachery', literally 'bad faith'. Considering that JK Rowling got her degree in Classical & Romance Languages, it is not surprising that many of her character's names follow this trope.

* From the same author, there's the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' series, which has [[UpToEleven every]] name derived from Latin. The absolute crowner, however, has to be [[spoiler: Gaius Tavarus Magnus, which translates into ''Lord Wolverine The Great''. He's not a bad guy, but he certainly earns it.]]

* TyrannosaurusRex literally means "Tyrant Lizard King", which is a pretty apt description of a 9 ton, 40 foot long reptilian super predator with jaws that could warp steel.