History OnlyKnownByTheirNickname / Webcomics

* In ''Webcomic/{{Boyfriends}}, the titular character refers each other with nickname based on their character archetypes, this including their [[SpearCounterpart Spear Counterparts]]. However, according to WordOfGod they have canon names (Jock is Anthony, Nerd is Adrian, Prep is Vincent, and Goth is Felix) although their canon names aren't used in the main series aside from [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]] spinoffs.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Boyfriends}}, the titular character refers each other with nickname based on their character archetypes, this including their [[SpearCounterpart SpearCounterparts]]. However, according to WordOfGod they have canon names (Jock is Anthony, Nerd is Adrian, Prep is Vincent, and Goth is Felix) although their canon names aren't used in the main series aside from [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]] spinoffs.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Boyfriends}}, the titular character refers each other with nickname based on their character archetypes, this including their SpearCounterparts. However, according to WordOfGod they have canon names (but not surnames) however their canon names aren't used in the main series aside from [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]] spinoffs.

** Everybody calls [=DiDi=] solely by that nickname -- except Sandra, who usually calls her Desirée. Again, "[=DiDi=]" is a sort of contraction of her real name, but it's both slightly unusual and [[GagBoobs highly descriptive]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Omoriboy}}'', Omori briefly mentions his name is actually short for {{Hikikomori}}.

* ''Webcomic/TheQueenAndTheWoodborn'': Danica's husband is usually just referred to as "the king" or "your father" (when speaking with their son). She calls him "Peter" during her FreakOut after experiencing {{hallucinations}} of their son calling her, but it's pretty easy to miss.

** The Giant Flying Turtle Shell refused to give Mr. Verres their real name because [[IKnowYourTrueName it could be used to summon them]]. Mr. Verras insisted on giving them a name, and decided on "Steve".

* In ''Webcomic/{{Life}}'', the male lead is not actually named Edward -- but Felicia, and everyone who knows him through Felicia, calls him that.

** Tony's obsessively PoliticallyCorrect friend is similarly only known to the readers by the username he uses to comment on online videos and even that is only because Tony [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2014-02-20 calls him by it once]].

* ''{{Webcomic/Unsounded}}'': Vampire does not use or share his name because if the state knew it they could use it to magically assassinate him through the Dammakhert. Roger does call him Mallory once, but otherwise he sticks with the pseudonym.

* ''{{Webcomic/Unsounded}}'': Vampire does not use his name and others (besides Roger) do not know it because if the state knew it they could use it to magically assassinate him through the Dammakhert. Roger does call him Mallory once, but otherwise he sticks with the pseudonym.

** Grape doesn't like being called by his real name, and it isn't even revealed until the end of the arc that he's first involved in- instead he gets called Grape all the time due to his curly, purple hair.

* In ''Webcomic/GoGetARoomie'' Roomie and WOC have not had their real names revealed to date.

* Riff from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' is actually named "Riffington." No one except his mother has ever actually called him that, except to tease him.

* Redcloak from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. He gives himself and his one-eyed brother Right-Eye easy-to-remember nicknames after witnessing their soon-to-be-partner Xykon murdering a lizardman for having an [[TheUnpronounceable Unpronounceable]] OverlyLongName. Sort of evolves into a MeaningfulRename over time. Even Thor only calls him "The Dark One's high priest, who you know as Redcloak" in a conversation with Durkon.
* "Fox" Maharassa of ''Webcomic/FriendlyHostility'' [[BerserkButton reacts with violence]] to being called by his real name -- "Kailen". WordOfGod is that this is due to years of having to listen to people mispronounce it (it's supposed to be something like "Ka-ee-len", not "Kay-len".)
* Riff from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' is actually named "Riffington." No one except his mother has ever actually called him that, except to tease him.
* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'':
** Syrus "The Virus" Zuviel is generally only referred to as Virus, unless the person referring to him is either far lower-ranking or far higher-ranking.
** Ryoushi Nekittou ("Rogue") is only called Ryoushi by other Daemon Hunters.
* Smic from ''[[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader]]'' is known to all, including his girlfriend, as Smic, which is an abbreviation, apparently, of Strange Man in Cupboard. His real name is Sir Reginald Vladimir Gregory Maximillian Augustus Posthumus Alexander Nicholas Derby, the third Earl of Derbyshire. Apparently the name Smic was adopted for convenience.
* ''Webcomic/PathToGreaterGood'' - the mannequin-like creature which apparently saved Tobi writes "3" as its answer to any question... so that's what Tobi calls it.
* In ''Webcomic/SoDamnBright'', Anxiety's name is actually Ana Cortez, but "only relatives are allowed to call [her] that."
* [[Webcomic/CrowbarBenson "Crowbar" Benson]]. His real first name is unknown to readers, due to the fact that he is only ever referred to by his nickname.

* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'':
** [=PeeJee=], whose real name is Penelope Jennifer Shou. Aubrey and Jason's daughter, Pamela Joycelyn Chorde, is called [=PamJee=] or "Little [=PeeJee=]" after her.
** [[OverlyLongName Shazam Wil-Wheaton Dowden-Patel's]] name is usually shortened either some variant of his first name (usually by his father) or middle name (by his mother).
* Vauxhall from ''Webcomic/ATaleOfFiction'' is known only as 'Room' to his roommate Harper for a very long time.
* In ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'', Jason "Fooker" Barker is initially known only by his nickname to Ki until she interviews at GPF.
* Vulture of ''Webcomic/MyLifeAtWar'' (at least we think that isn't his given name) and to a lesser extent Big Al.
* Used as a major plot point when [[Webcomic/SluggyFreelance Teddy Weddy]] becomes a character in ''Webcomic/OneOverZero'', as speaking his real name will awaken him from the dead. [[spoiler:He finally comes alive when Zadok realizes his real name was Theodore.]]
* A variation in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. Jade's penpal ([[spoiler: Jake English]]) was only known by his initial, J. After his full name was revealed, J itself turned out to be a nickname for him from one of his friends. Similarly, other characters referred to [[spoiler: Roxy Lalonde]] and [[spoiler: Dirk Strider]] by [[LastNameBasis their last names]], their initials, [[spoiler: Ro-Lal for Roxy and Di-Stri and Bro for Dirk]] before their proper introductions. This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by the narration.
** As revealed on [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005520 this page]], "Doc Scratch" is only a nickname.
** "Lord English" is likewise pointed out to just be a title, and is what the character was known as for the majority of the comic. His true name is eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:Caliborn]].
* Shroomy is the only ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland'' character whose real name doesn't show up in the official [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/newbiestuff/electricwonderland.html bios]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Life}}'', the male lead is not actually named Edward -- but Felicia, and everyone who knows him through Felicia, calls him that.
* Shadowpalm in ''Webcomic/LsEmpire'' is an example played for laughs. When your [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 1709 year old brother]], who has known you his entire life, doesn't even know your real name, you qualify.
* There is a minor villain in ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'', who introduced herself as "Odile", when she debuted in an arc based heavily on ''Theatre/SwanLake'' (and ''{{Film/Inception}}'') so this isn't her name, it was her [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep part]]. She kept the name for convenience later so it's more this trope nowadays.
* ''Webcomic/KarinDou4koma'': Inukai Suzume is almost exclusively known by her [[PunnyName punny nickname]], Catherine ("[[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid Fire-bird-dog]]" �> "Ka-Tori-Inu" �> "Catherine")
* Buddy Champ Oven from ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}''...sorta. [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep That's actually his]] [[RuleOfFunny full name.]] [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/05/23 Blame his dad Joseph.]]
* Amical, Curio, Adrestia and Flux from [[{{Webcomic/Morphe}} morphE]] are only known by their Mage names. Also, Asia Ellis didn't choose a Shadow name with the others because Asia is not her birth name and so cannot be [[IKnowYourTrueName magically used against her]].
* In ''Webcomic/GoGetARoomie'' Roomie and WOC have not had their real names revealed to date.
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has some minor examples:
** Zii notes in [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/i_just_blew_it an early strip]] that her real name is Suzi, but nobody ever calls her that. Strictly speaking, "Zii" is just a contraction of her real name, but it's unusual enough to count.
** Everybody calls [=DiDi=] solely by that nickname -- except Sandra, who usually calls her Desirée. Again, "[=DiDi=]" is a sort of contraction of her real name, but it's both slightly unusual and [[GagBoobs highly descriptive]].
** A one-character-only version; Gary was originally referred to by Yuki solely as "Violator-San". However, after he gave her flowers (made out of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mushrooms]] and drum sticks), she started [[FirstNameBasis calling him by his real name]]. [[http://www.ma3comic.com/d/20110407.html Or not.]]
* Zig Zag from ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'' has only got angry a few times, one of which was when Sabrina addressed her as 'Miss Zumbrowski'. She very firmly established that her name is ''Zig Zag'', and that Zumbrowski was just the name she gave the IRS.
** She seems to have got it changed by deed poll. Later in a courtroom a lawyer questions the fact that they're calling her Zig Zag and she states she "...has the paperwork and everything".

* In ''Webcomic/TheSilverEye'', Melete Dolan is referred to as "Blue" or "Blue Dolan" by everyone except Bhatair.
* The villain of the "Family Tree" storyline in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is only known by his [[OnlineAlias forum handle]], "Tengu". He actually tries to announce his real name several times, but no-one cares. Even when other characters who know his real name arrive, they never actually use it. Since the closest he got to saying is name was [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2013-07-15 stating]] that it was not "Tengu", the character has become known as "Not-Tengu" even by Dan in TheRant.

* The Dreaming Dome teachers in ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'' do give their names at the beginning of the lesson, but after that, both them, other characters and the narrative refer to them as Dee and Dum.

* Cog Kleinschmidt from ''Webcomic/{{Clockwork}}'' goes exclusively by the nickname his sister gave him as a baby, as it has more meaning attached to it than his real name for him after his father and sister began calling him it.
* The {{Super Soldier}}s from ''WebComic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' don't have "real" names so much as serial numbers, so they mostly go by self-selected monikers. For example, the main character's serial number is "D37-9E-B52", so he called himself [[Music/TheB52s Rock Lobster]] (it was both more humble and more accurate than "Love Shack"), and his siblings/batchmembers/squadmates are "D37-9E-A53" (Ace), "D37-9E-J37" (Jet) and "D37-9E-C47" (Cat). Jet is HappilyMarried to V47-KR-A43 (Angel). However, Rock Lobster is very rarely referred to by either name or serial number. Most people adress him by as "Commander" or, more fully "Commander Badass".
* In ''Webcomic/TheBackOBeyond'', Sawbones is only ever referred to by his job title.
* In ''Webcomic/BoyfriendOfTheDead'' due to GhostAmnesia N has no idea what his name was while alive. He does have a business card with his face on it, but a combination of being ripped up then taped back together and covered in bloodstain's has rendered it illegible, save for the first letter of his name: "N". [[OneLetterName So that's what they call him]].
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** Played with when Dimo and Violetta describe the Storm King's favorite weapons. Dimo calls the sword "Slasher" and the mace "Smasher", while Violetta corrects him with "Archimedes' Lever" and "The Platonic Solid". They both agree that both weapons were extremely powerful, and their full abilities were unknown.
** It's a long time before the reader learns that "Grandmother's" actual given name is [[spoiler:Terebithia]].
** The old fighter who used to ride with the Jägers and is now a sandwich maker is called 'Old Man Death' which is unlikely to be his given name but the only other thing he's addressed as (by his granddaughter) is 'Grandpa'.
* In ''Webcomic/ValAndIsaac'', only Minnow's parents and sometimes her girlfriend really call her "Melody", and Space Dread's true name is completely secret (the setting's BlackMagic works on IKnowYourTrueName, and apparently Space Dread's real name is worth a ''fortune'' to some of her enemies).

* Magical Girls in ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' often have nicknames or titles that they go by when "on the job", but typically use their real names among themselves or when not transformed. One exception to this is Heartful Punch, who prefers to go by her Magical Girl title, or HP for short, over her real name, Kokoro, because she doesn't like how cute her real name is. It's treated almost like a BerserkButton by other characters, who call it the "Forbidden Name" and Undine is the only person with permission to use it. One character who approaches HP realizes she doesn't even ''know'' her real name and ends up calling her "Miss Punch". Even the comic website's character sheet calls her "Heartful Punch a.k.a. Kokoro" when everyone else has it the other way around.

* In ''Webcomic/TheBoyfriendOfTheDead'' due to Ghost Amnesia N has no idea what his name was while alive. He does have a business card with his face on it, but a combination of being ripped up then taped back together and covered in bloodstain's has rendered it illegible, save for the first letter of his name: "N". [[OneLetterName So that's what they call him]].

* Magical Girls in ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' often have nicknames or titles that they go by when "on the job", but typically use their real names among themselves or when not transformed. One exception to this is Heartful Punch, who prefers to go by her Magical Girl title, or HP for short, over her real name, Kokoro, because she doesn't like how cute her real name is. It's treated almost like a BerserkButton by other characters, who call it the "Forbidden Name" and Undine is the only person with permission to use it. One character who approaches HP realizes she doesn't even ''know'' her real name and ends up calling her "Miss Punch". Even the comic website's character sheet calls her "Heartful Punch a.k.a. Kokoro" when everyone else has it the other way around.

* Redcloak from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. He gives himself and his one-eyed brother Right-Eye easy-to-remember nicknames after witnessing their soon-to-be-partner Xykon murdering a lizardman for having an [[TheUnpronounceable Unpronounceable]] OverlyLongName. Sort of evolves into a MeaningfulRename over time.

* The villain of the "Family Tree" storyline in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is only known by his [[OnlineAlias forum handle]], "Tengu". He actually tries to announce his real name several times, but no-one cares. Even when other characters who know his real name arrive, they never actually use it. Since the closest he got to saying is name was [[egscomics.com/comic/2013-07-15 stating]] that it was not "Tengu", the character has become known as "Not-Tengu" even by Dan in TheRant.

* The villain of the "Identity" arc in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is only known by his forum handle. He actually tries to announce his real name several times, but no-one cares. Even when other characters who know his real name arrive, they never actually use it.