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11	[[quoteright:349:[[VideoGame/SonicRunners https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonic_runners_knuckles.png]]]]
12	[[caption-width-right:349:[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 They don't call him Knuckles for nothing.]]]]
13	->'''Alexandria:''' This "Odious" -- he bad man?\
14	'''Roy:''' Oh yeah.
15	-->-- ''Film/TheFall''
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17	A name that has a direct, barely-hidden meaning to it. The first, second/third/middle/nth, last, or full name says something primal about the character. Often has multiple layers. To hide the meaning a bit, use an alternate spelling or foreign equivalent. Instead of writers having to make up random words or think of real names, they can use mythological names or old words.
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19	As an example, it is common to use for heroic characters names associated with hunting. So, apart from Hunter, which is a valid first and last name in English, you can use a translation to another language (Jäger, or the phonetic Yeager), the name of a predatory animal (Wolf, Hawk), a translation of the latter (Wolfe, Lupin, Lupis, Wulf) or Orion, the constellation of The Hunter. Which is kinda cool, which is why this can double up with AwesomeMcCoolname.
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21	Often, the characters in-universe are completely unaware that a name has any meaning, and act as if the name was just like any other. If this is the case, the name is a sort of UnusuallyUninterestingSight. This can be PlayedForLaughs when the characters are ComicallyMissingThePoint, or alternatively, can become a ChekhovsGun if the name turned out to be an important plot device.
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23	Often, the meaning tells you an important thing about the character, or THE most important thing about the character. If it's the main character, the meaning of their name may tell you about the central conflict in the show.
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25	Sometimes used more subtly; the Meaningful Name only becomes obvious in hindsight, but when the clincher is revealed it's a moment of "Now, how did I miss that?"
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27	[[MeaningfulRename Self-chosen names]] can manifest this naturally, but may make the character look arrogant if the symbolism is too blatant. This can be a problem with [[TheMagnificent bestowed names]] as well; although the character didn't create it, if he ''accepts'' it without [[ThinkNothingOfIt much objection]], the effect is similar.
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29	Very common in [[WesternAnimation cartoons]], where the meaning is most times not hidden at all, except that the target audience may not have the vocabulary to get [[PunnyName the joke.]] Also common in {{Anime}}, since Japanese names have a lot of obvious literal meaning to start with.[[note]]Technically, most Western names do, too, but since a lot of them -- especially those of English speakers -- are meaningful in some ''other'' language such as Hebrew, Latin, or Gaelic, the meanings tend to be missed unless specifically mentioned.[[/note]] See notes at ThemeNaming.
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31	RealLife examples of this are often referred to as "[[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym aptronyms]]". The magazine ''New Scientist'' refers to it as "nominative determinism" in a tongue-in-cheek manner, and encouraged people to send examples in. (Until they got utterly swamped by examples and had to repeatedly beg for readers to stop.) The proper name for this trope is "charactonym".
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33	This goes back to ''Literature/TheBible'' and probably turns up in the books of other religions, due to the way that names in many different cultures had significance beyond the merely cosmetic.
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35	When additions or alterations to names signify stronger versions of said beings, that's TieredByName. Compare NamedAfterSomebodyFamous, TheyCallHimSword. Contrast with NonIndicativeName. Also compare/contrast with IronicName. See also NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast (which is about names indicating power and villainy and heavily overlaps with this trope), PunnyName (which many of these names fall into), and DeadGuyJunior (when the naming is intended to symbolize a deceased in-universe character's legacy in some way).
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37	!![[SubTrope Sub-Tropes]]:
38	[[index]]
39	* AICronym: An artificial intelligence whose name is also an acronym pertaining to its purpose.
40	* DescriptivelyNamedSpecies: When an entire species' name fits its physical description.
41	* ADickInName: A guy named Dick is probably going to be a JerkAss due to [[HaveAGayOldTime the slang meanings of "dick"]].
42	* ADogNamedDog: An animal character gets the very animal's species name as their first name.
43	* EuphemisticNames: When a person's name is a DoubleEntendre.
44	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The character is only known by their job title.
45	** HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The character's real name actually is their job title.
46	* ALizardNamedLiz: an animal character (or a humanoid character with an AnimalMotif) is given a name based on the animal's attribute.
47	* MeaningfulRename: Someone renames themselves/someone else/something into a name with meaning.
48	* NamedAfterTheInjury: A character has a name or a nickname that has to do with an injury they've sustained.
49	* NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom: The name is a full description.
50	* APigNamedPorkchop: An animal is named after the meat, food, or other animal products that could come from it.
51	* PropheticNames: If the name's meaning isn't immediately relevant, it will be.
52	* RiteOfPassageNameChange: When an entire culture has meaningful names, it might be justified this way
53	* SignificantAnagram: When you scramble the letters of their name, it can turn into something meaningful.
54	* SignificantMonogram: The name's initials refer to something meaningful.
55	* SpeciesSurname: An animal character gets the animal name as their last name.
56	* StevenUlyssesPerhero: A person is named after their abilities/powers/occupations.
57	* WealthsInAName: You can tell this character is well-off by their name.
58	* WerewolfThemeNaming: Werebeasts with names alluding to their true nature.
59	* WordOName: A name created by taking a word appropriate to the person, and adding an O or A on the end.
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61	!!Example subpages:
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63	* MeaningfulName/AnimeAndManga
64	** ''MeaningfulName/PrettyCure''
65	** ''MeaningfulName/SailorMoon''
66	* MeaningfulName/ComicBooks
67	* MeaningfulName/FanWorks
68	* [[MeaningfulName/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
69	* [[MeaningfulName/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
70	* MeaningfulName/{{Literature}}
71	** ''MeaningfulName/HarryPotter''
72	* MeaningfulName/LiveActionTV
73	* MeaningfulName/{{Music}}
74	* MeaningfulName/TabletopGames
75	* MeaningfulName/{{Theatre}}
76	* MeaningfulName/VideoGames
77	* MeaningfulName/VisualNovels
78	* MeaningfulName/{{Webcomics}}
79	* MeaningfulName/WesternAnimation
80	[[/index]]
81
82	!!Other examples:
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84	[[foldercontrol]]
85
86	[[folder:Advertising]]
87	* "Advertising/AmericanHondaPresentsDCComicsSupergirl": Sally and Jack's dog is named...Barko.
88	* ''Advertising/ComputerCritters'':
89	** It's pretty lucky for Hacker that he likes computers.
90	** Tabby realises the term "menu" is used because they give the user what they ordered (in that case, by tapping the touch-screen monitor) and Hacker agrees.
91	[[/folder]]
92
93	[[folder:Audio Plays]]
94	* When Datu from ''AudioPlay/WereAlive'' meets Samantha in the arena she is very stoic about their fate. She eventually tells him that she "lost Hope." When Datu tries to reassure her, she tells him that she meant her daughter, whose name is Hope. She left her behind when their building got overrun by zombies. Later, [[spoiler:after Samantha's death,]] Datu becomes extremely [[CynicismCatalyst bleak and fatalistic.]] He's doesn't really pull out of it until Michael, Pegs and Kelly return from the Colony, having found Hope.
95	[[/folder]]
96
97	[[folder:Arts]]
98	* ''Website/GrindhouseAndWatercolorsTheRevulsionAndTerrorOfAzaSmith'':
99	** Checkerboard [[spoiler:has a checkerboard pattern on his head.]]
100	** Temper [[spoiler:has a temper.]]
101	** Ebony [[spoiler:is black.]]
102	** Psychopomp [[spoiler:is ''not'' an actual {{Psychopomp}}, but he is ''psycho''.]]
103	** Prinna Domma [[spoiler:is dressed as a stereotypical [[ThePrimaDonna prima donna]].]]
104	** Pumpkinhead [[spoiler:has an orange body, which includes her head.]]
105	** Jesus Frankenstein [[spoiler:is big, green, has a black cross on his back and has a square head just like FrankensteinsMonster]]. His name is also a reference to [[spoiler:the Music/RobZombie song of the same name.]]
106	** Cupcake [[spoiler:is just so adorable!]]
107	** Yen Sid [[spoiler:is blue with a crescent moon and star, a motif that pertains to the sorcerer of the same name from ''Disney/Fantasia''.]]
108	** God [[spoiler:while not ''God'' in the biblical sense, resembles old nature gods with his antlers and green color scheme, and is even implied to be a pagan god of some sort.]]
109	** Goddess [[spoiler: can be seen as God's counterpart.]]
110	** Clown [[spoiler:is a clown.]]
111	** Oz [[spoiler:is green and gold, the color motif commonly associated with the [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz fictional world of the same name]].]]
112	** Mania [[spoiler: is crazy.]]
113	** Shortcake [[spoiler:looks somewhat similar to Cupcake]].
114	** Tulip [[spoiler:keeps a tulip on her head.]]
115	** Lao the Keymaster [[spoiler:works for the Loa as their keymaster.]]
116	** Crossbones [[spoiler:has a skull and crossbones pattern on his body.]]
117	** Bugeyes [[spoiler:has big eyes.]]
118	** Clockwork [[spoiler:has a clock for one of his eyes.]]
119	** Passionpomp and Psychepomp are both tied to [[spoiler:Psychopomp]] in some manner.
120	** Peaches and Cobbler [[spoiler:are both peach-colored.]]
121	** Krystoff [[spoiler:sounds kind of like "Crystal."]]
122	** Cho the Gatekeeper [[spoiler:is the assigned gatekeeper by the loa
123	** Surgery Stan [[spoiler: was made via AppliedPhlebotinum surgery.]]
124	** Don K. Ristmas Parker [[spoiler: is a reference to both ''Christmas'' (the day he - the doll - was made)]] and [[spoiler:Peter Parker, AKA ComicBook/SpiderMan]], whom he shares a color scheme with.
125	** Chamile [[spoiler:is part chameleon.]]
126	** Crossbones II: Skull [[spoiler:mildly resembles Crossbones and has a skull-motif instead.]]
127	** Pimp Daddy Africa [[spoiler:has a black face and wears an extravagant pimp outfit made from leopard and giraffe pelts.]]
128	** Curcurbita [[spoiler:is named after a genus of squash shared with pumpkins.]]
129	** Gila Monster [[spoiler:is a reptilian monster.]]
130	** Each member of team Miasma [[spoiler:is named after an illegal narcotic.]]
131	** Flake [[spoiler:has a snowflake motif.]]
132	** The Spider and the Fly [[spoiler: are references to the old poem ''Literature/TheSpiderAndTheFly''.]]
133	** Zipperback [[spoiler:has a zipper on her back.]]
134	** Fool [[spoiler: is named after the tarot card of the same name. His unpredictable nature and position as leader to the Major Arcana reflects this.]] Pilgrim, being [[spoiler:being an alternate universe counterpart of Fool]] is also a reference to [[spoiler:the Fool Tarot card, one of its alternate names being "The Pilgrim".]]
135	** Madagascar [[spoiler: also goes by the titles "3rd of Cups" (a tarot card) and Agent "Beauty/Beast" (a reference to the french fairy tale ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'').]]
136	** Poppet [[spoiler:is a reference to the poppet, a doll filled with ingredients in modern pagan witchcraft for protection, something that Poppet himself is made for.]]
137	** Bullfrog's name [[spoiler:Jiraiya Gamma]] is a reference to the Japanese sorcerer of the same name.
138	** Ixquana is an [[spoiler:[[FunetikAksent exagerrated]] respelling of ''iguana''.]]
139	** Lavender [[spoiler:is completely purple.]]
140	** Teddie [[spoiler: has a little bear on his chest.]]
141	** Basil Sage [[spoiler: is names after herbs, his last name in-particular being a reference to both the herb and [[BarefootSage the title]].]]
142	** Alpha Draconus [[spoiler:is named after a star, a star that he actually ''is'' in-universe.]]
143	** Samhaina [[spoiler:is named after the old harvest holdiay ''Samhain''.]]
144	** Diesel [[spoiler:works with DieselPunk technology.]]
145	** Couverture [[spoiler:is named after a type of chocolate.]]
146	** Eros [[spoiler: is named after the Greek God of Love.]]
147	** ''Happy Easter!'' was [[WordOfGod made on Easter sunday.]]
148	** ''The Vampire Garlic™''. It is Main/ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
149	** Beelzebaby [[spoiler:is a giant fly in a pair of toddler short-tails.]]
150	** ''The Face of Revulsion and Terror'' is a call-back to the website's full-title "Grindhouse and Watercolors: The Revulsion and Terror of Aza Smith."
151	* ''Art/MarriageALaMode'':
152	** The old Earl of ''Squander''field has done exactly that with his family fortune. Even before he dies, his son and daughter-in-law are living up to the family name with chronic financial irresponsibility; the Viscount gambles and spends money on women, while the Viscountess buys a wide assortment of truly ugly ornaments.
153	** The lawyer drawing up the paperwork for the marriage who has a long-term affair with the bride is seen in ''The Marriage Settlement'' whispering into her ear, his words evidently having a powerful enough effect to attract and keep her attention until their deaths. Silvertongue by name, silver tongue by nature.
154	** The French barber-surgeon whom the Viscount visits in ''The Inspection'' is identified on the documents next to the mechanical contraptions he has invented as Monsieur de la Pillule, which approximately translates as "Mr. Pill". Aptly, he is treating the Viscount and one or both of the ladies for syphilis with mercury pills (the standard treatment for the disease in the 18th century).
155	[[/folder]]
156
157	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
158	* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', the Supermen's nonbiological father is named Doctor H., with the "H" being short for "House" or "Home". In the Chinese original, he's known as Doctor Zhai, with "zhai" being Chinese for "house". He's named this because he prefers to stay in his home and is usually afraid to go outside.
159	* ''Animation/InfinityNado'': In the Chinese original, Jin is named Ye Feng (叶枫), which literally means "leaf in the breeze". Sure enough, his Infinity Nado powers involve [[BlowYouAway air attacks]].
160	* In ''Animation/NanaMoon'', one of Keke's moon genie friends is named Sugar. He has such an intense SweetTooth that others have used candy to [[DeliciousDistraction lure his attention to a trap]] in one episode and [[FoodAsBribe bribe him]] in another, and he's often seen with a [[OralFixation lollipop in his mouth]].
161	[[/folder]]
162
163	[[folder:Card Games]]
164	* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
165	** Mirri the [[CatGirl cat warrior]]. "Mirri" is Finnish for "pussy", and is a popular name given to cats there.
166	** Juzam means "evil" in Arabic; following that, ''Visions'' gave us [[GratuitousJapanese Aku]] Djinn.
167	** Pyrexia is the correct medical term for "controlled hyperthermia," or a fever. Pthisis is the correct term for pulmonary TB or another wasting disease. Phyrexia is where those with phthisis were sent by Yawgmoth. Also, that setting and creatures from it frequently have the Infect special ability.
168	** One of the key battles fought during the Thran-Phyrexian War was at Meghiddon Defile. Meghiddon as in ''Ar''-meghiddon. Especially appropriate given that it featured the use of a [[FantasticNuke stone charger]]. ("Defile" is also somewhat appropriate given that Phyrexia has a pretty solid line in BodyHorror.)
169	* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' has quite a number of meaningful names, although this is a Japanese game so the majority of them are PunnyNames. That being said, some names are merely mentions, homages or references, such as "Ally of Justice [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claiomh_Solais Clausolas]]", "Athena", or "[[Myth/TheLadyOfTheLake [Vivian,] Lady of the Lake]]". Sometimes, AlternateCharacterReading coupled with artistic liberties make for quite meaningful names, such as the Japanese name of "[[https://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/card_search.action?ope=2&cid=10297&request_locale=ja Memory of an Adversary]]", whose base text means "Memory of an Adversary" (好敵手の記憶) but is pronounced "Memory of a Friend" (とものきおく), which denotes a complex relationship of two characters.
170	[[/folder]]
171
172	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
173	* Spot on in ''ComicStrip/TheAdventuresOfPrudencePrim'', where the protagonist was saddled with the Christian name "Prudence" by her mother, and the family name of "Prim." "Prudence" by definition is caution or forethought, and "prim" is uptight, demure, or stiffly formal. The Prims have a reputation as respectable, boring folk, and poor Prudence's full name ends up the comic SharePhrase because she's repeatedly encouraged to live up to both halves of the name. Prudence is expected to exercise discretion in all social situations (''especially'' around men) and act in accordance with the family's traditional values lest she should bring shame upon the Prim name -- expectations that contradict her fun, freewheeling personality. (Prudence even ends the comic with a MeaningfulRename when she marries a gentleman called Dicky Dare, taking his last name as she resolves to live it up.)
174	* In ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'', even though Hammie was named after his great-grandfather, he is a play on "ham", which was mentioned around the time he was finally given a name. Wren's name is a play on "wren" (the actual bird), although Wanda's reasoning of how she came up with the name is a different story.
175	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' are named after philosophers John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes.
176	* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'':
177	** In a very early strip, Odie had an "accident" inside the house and is punished by Lyman. Garfield snarks that they should have called him "Spot" instead. ([[DevelopmentGag That was going to be the name of Odie]], but it was changed due to there being a dog called that in ''ComicStrip/BonersArk''.)
178	** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2010/03/16 Jon believes every name has a meaning.]] Looking his up, he found out it meant "he who gets beat up for his lunch money".
179	* ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'' has Bung, an almost perpetually drunk court jester who is named for a wine cask's stopper.
180	[[/folder]]
181
182	[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
183	* "Literature/LittleRedRidingHood": The titular heroine "always wore a red cloak".
184	* "Literature/HopOMyThumb" and "Literature/{{Thumbelina}}": The title characters are not bigger than a thumb.
185	* "Literature/HansTheHedgehog": Hans is half man, half hedgehog.
186	* "Literature/SnowWhite": She is given that name "because her skin was white as snow".
187	* "Literature/{{Goldilocks}}": The eponymous child "had hair that seemed to be made out of gold".
188	* "Literature/PussInBoots": The protagonist is a boot-wearing cat.
189	* "Literature/KingThrushbeard": The eponymous king is called "King Thrushbeard" because of his long thick beard (or in some versions, a long and pointy chin).
190	* "Literature/{{Donkeyskin}}": The princess wears a donkey's skin to disguise herself.
191	* "Literature/{{Tattercoats}}": The protagonist only owned a tattered coat.
192	* "Literature/TrueAndUntrue": A pair of brothers, one good, one evil.
193	* "Literature/{{Prunella}}": The title character is named after plums.
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder:Others]]
197	* ''Creator/{{Sanrio}}'':
198	** 'Kuromi' can be made with the kanji for 'black beauty'. Black is her signature color.
199	** 'Badtz-Maru' means 'cross-circle'. In Japan, a cross ('badtz') and a circle ('maru', literally meaning 'round') are used to signify a bad answer and a good answer, respectively. These symbols are thus associated with Badtz-Maru and they are often featured alongside him in the franchise.
200	* ''[=SmaPro=]'' features this alongside GoroawaseNumber and SignificantBirthDate.
201	** Ninomiya Mashiro (February) contains the number 'two'. 'Mashiro' means 'pure white', since most of his design is white, including his hair.
202	** Minami Kazuomi (March) has a family name that means 'three waves'. His design is primarily blue.
203	** Usaki Akira (April) is fairly layered despite ''not'' having GoroawaseNumber. First off, 'Usaki' is similar to 'Usagi', hinting at his rabbit AnimalMotifs, but is also spelt with the kanji that is used for April's old name, 'Uzuki'. Perhaps it is meant to reflect both.
204	** Igarashi Nagi (May)'s name contains 'fifty' in his family name. Granted, it's not 'five' alone, but it's still there.
205	** Kuga Edward Chiaki (September)'s last name means 'thousand autumn'. 'Kuga' is spelled with 'nine'.
206	** Togami Shigure (October) has his name inferred to by the 'ten' in his name. 'Shigure' is a seasonal word signifying a late autumn rain shower.
207	[[/folder]]
208
209	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
210	* Happens quite frequently in Literature/TheBible.
211	** The name of {{God}}, [[TheUnpronounceable YHWH/Yahweh/Jehovah]] means "[[IAmWhatIAm I Am Who I Am]]".
212	** [[AdamAndEvePlot The first man]], Adam, is derived from Adamah, meaning ground. [[{{God}} Yahweh]] formed Adam from the earth.
213	** Sodom and Gomorrah, for example, mean [[KillItWithFire "Scorched"]] and [[WretchedHive "Trash Heap"]].
214	** Joshua and Jesus are both the same name, a few thousand years apart and translated: both are derived from the Hebrew Yehoshua--later shortened to Yeshua--meaning "Yeho (i.e. YHWH) saves/is salvation". Joshua is the name of the Founder's protege, Elisha is the Prophet's student, and (if you're Christian) Jesus is the Son of God.
215	** Jacob's name, after a lifetime of struggling beside and against God and epic wrestling match with the same (or one of his best angels), is switched to Israel which means "Struggles with God". But Abraham was once named Abram before God switched his name to Abraham (which means Father of Nations). Jacob's original name (meaning "supplanter") was appropriate enough, considering he exchanged a bowl of soup for his brother's birthright -- which entitled him to inherit the family patriarchy and 2/3 of Father Isaac's possessions.
216	** Hannah decided to give her son, Samuel, one. 'Samuel' means 'God heard my prayer'.
217	** [[Literature/BooksOfSamuel I Samuel 25]] records the story of Nabal, whose name means "villain".
218	** Satan is derived from ha-satan, which translates to "the accuser" or "the adversary" in ancient Hebrew. The former fits his role of cosmic prosecutor, accusing people of sin, and the latter fits his role of being the adversary to God and mankind.
219	** This is almost the universal naming rule for biblical characters. Take angels, for example; at least as far as the most prominent ones go, their Hebrew names explicitly characterize them as God's living extensions and/or specific traits: Gabriel ("Strength of God" or "God is my strength"), Michael ("Who is like God?", a rhetorical question -- which expects an answer in the negative -- meant to ascertain God's superiority before all of Creation), Uriel ("Light of God" or "God is my light"), Rafael ("It is God who heals" or "God heals").
220	* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
221	** Deianeira means "Husband Destroyer". She indirectly caused her husband Heracles' death.
222	** Perseus is thought to be derived from ''pérthein'', "destroy," making his name "Destroyer." Perseus is best-known for killing monsters.
223	** Gregory Nagy has claimed that Achilles' name derives from ''akhos'' ("grief") and ''laos'' ("people," "army") and indicates how his actions bring grief to both his own army and his enemy's over the course of the Iliad.
224	** Machaon is an example of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin who somehow also borders on NonIndicativeName: His name means "warrior" and he ''is'' a warrior, but his distinguishing trait is that he's TheMedic.
225	* Most mythology is like this-- Odin meaning something like "fury, excitement, poetry"; Aphrodite, "sea foam", as in what she was born out of; Ra means probably "sun" or "creator"; Amaterasu-ōmikami is "the great august deity who shines in the heaven"; Shiva, "The Auspicious One", was originally a euphemistic nickname for Rudra, "the Roarer". Meaningful names were the only names people had for most of history.
226	** In fact, the few times the trope is averted in mythology are when the name is a corruption of a previous meaningful name. Zeus is just nonsense, but put it together with Pater, meaning "father", and it goes back to the previous deity Dyeus Pater, "sky father." The Romans would later corrupt Zeus Pater into Jupiter.
227	* UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}: The seventh Sunday after Easter is formally called Pentecost, because the following day is the 50th ''day'' after Easter, and "pentecosa" is Greek for "fifty". Not only that, but priests traditionally wear white robes on Pentecost, leading to its informal name of "White Sunday" -- or "Whitsun" for short.
228	* Myth/NartSagas: Argwana, whose name in Circassian may be broken down etymologically as "to stuff the vagina", reflecting his role as Setenaya's rapist. Interestingly, his name has been linked to that of the Gorgons, and it is hypothesized that the Greek word is ultimately of Northwest Caucasian origin.
229	* In Myth/NorseMythology, Loki means "knot," "tangle" or "loop." This works both literally and figuratively, as Loki is credited in-universe as the inventor of fishing nets, and he's the TricksterGod in the Norse pantheon who "ensnares" others with his mischievous and chaotic nature.
230	%%** Odin - ''The Furious One''/''The Spirit''
231	%%** Thor - ''Thunder''
232	%%** Tyr - ''God''
233	%%** Sol - ''Sun''
234	%%** Máni - ''Moon''
235	%%** Freyja - ''Lady''
236	%%** Freyr - ''Lord''/''Fertile''
237	%%** Rán - ''Robber''
238	%%** Baldr - ''Brave One''
239	%%** Hødr - ''Strife''
240	%%** Mimir - ''The Wise One''
241	[[/folder]]
242
243	[[folder:Podcasts]]
244	* Some ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' characters have them. Yukiko, aka Yuki aka Winter, contains "Yuki", the Japanese word for snow. Hannah, aka Spring's name is phonetically the same as "Hana", meaning blossom in Japanese. And of course her last name is also Flowers.
245	[[/folder]]
246
247	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
248	* ''[[Wrestling/KiaStevens Kharma]]'', who beats up heel Divas. In other words, Kharma's a bitch, and it comes back to bite you in the ass.
249	** One of her signature moves is the "Implant Buster", where she picks a woman up into the air, flips them onto their stomach, and drops them ''straight down'' onto their... face. Among other things.
250	* ''Wrestling/SinCara'' means No Face. This has a double meaning; not only does his mask completely hide his face, but due to legal necessity, he left his previous identity as Místico behind when he signed with Wrestling/{{WWE}} -- in other words, he is now without the "face" he has wrestled under his entire career.
251	* A man of mystery: ''Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr''. Doubles that in Spanish his name is King Mystery or King of Mystery.
252	* Pompous Brit: Wrestling/WilliamRegal
253	* Insane woman: Wrestling/{{Luna\|Vachon}}
254	* Destructive giant from India: Wrestling/TheGreatKhali [sic]
255	* Pain-bringing WildSamoan warrior: ''Wrestling/{{Umaga}}'' ("The End")
256	* Corrupt taxman: ''[[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]]'' [sic]
257	* [[DepravedDentist Evil dentist]] (yes, dentist): Isaac ''Yankem''. Who later became jealous, murderous brother ''Wrestling/{{Kane}}''.
258	* Angry Scotsman: [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper Roddy]] ''[[Wrestling/RoddyPiper Piper]]''
259	* Japanese silent warrior with facepaint: The Great ''Kabuki''
260	* [[WrestlingDoesntPay Adult film star]]: ''Wrestling/ValVenis'' ([[{{Pun}} Rhymes with...]])
261	* Texan cowboy brothers: Wrestling/{{Billy\|Gunn}} and Bart ''Gunn''
262	* Gothic vampire: ''[[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]]'' (They even gave White Wolf credit for the name when licensing it!)
263	* Music/LittleRichard-style flamboyant rock'n'roller: ''[[Wrestling/MarcMero Johnny B. Badd]]''
264	* That said, that heel with all the pizazz was really named [[Wrestling/RicFlair Ric (Richard) Fliehr]] upon his adoption as an infant[[labelnote:*]]He doesn't know his actual birth name; he was adopted through an agency that, unknown to its clients, obtained children by means ranging from shady to outright illegal.[[/labelnote]], and the egotistical [[Wrestling/RickRude Ravishing Rick Rude]] was actually named Richard Rood. (Wrestling/BobbyRoode -- no relation, but similar gimmick -- also uses his real name.)
265	* Buffed out hero. ''Wrestling/HulkHogan'' (Licensed from Marvel, even.)
266	* Treacherous Brother: ''Judas Mesias''
267	* Mexican wrestling legend ''Dos Caras'' (Two Faces) was so named because he was one of Lucha's first prominent [[WildCard tweeners]]; on any given night, he could be a {{face}} or a {{heel}}. The same can be said for [[Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio Dos Caras Jr.]], but without his mask he's almost always a heel.
268	* Out of their minds luchadores who will put their bodies on the line: Wrestling/{{Psicosis}} and Wrestling/SuperCrazy
269	* A pair of incredibly beautiful twins of Mexican and Italian ancestry: ''Wrestling/BellaTwins'' (bonus points for "bella" meaning beautiful in both Spanish and Italian.)
270	* [[Wrestling/KaiKatana Wani]]'s name referred to a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]] or SeaMonster from Myth/JapaneseMythology though it could also be translated as [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile crocodile]].
271	* Kind of a coincidence, but Wrestling/JohnNord played a Viking and his last name is ''Nord''.
272	* African-American woman from UsefulNotes/NewOrleans: ''[[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]]''
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
276	* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
277	** The fairy-in-training Abby Cadabby is named after the term "abracadabra", a phrase commonly used by magicians, referring to her magic nature.
278	** For the "Abby's Flying Fairy School" segments, Abby's shy classmate Gonnigan has the ability to become invisible... which he does quite often.
279	** Big Bird is well, what you'd expect, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a big bird.]]
280	** Count von Count loves counting things.
281	** The character Mr. Noodle from the "Elmo's World" segment has to use his noodle -- or brain -- to find out the answer to the question Elmo got from his goldfish Dorothy.
282	[[/folder]]
283
284	[[folder:Radio]]
285	* In Radio 4's "Radio/BleakExpectations" it is subverted with Mr Skinflint Parsimonious and Mr Gently Benevolent, both of whom have names that are the exact opposite of their personalities (Benevolent's full name is revealed to be 'Gently Lovely Kissy Nice-Nice Benevolent'). Done straight with the Hardthrashers, who run St Bastards, and their cousins, the Sternbeaters and Whackwhallops. Also played straight with the love interests Ripely Fecund and Sweetly Delightful, not to mention the parody of Dora Spenlow in David Copperfield: Flora Dies-Early.
286	* In the ''Radio/CabinPressure'' episode "Qikiqtarjuaq", Arthur is highly enthusiastic about flying to the eponymous community to look at polar bears. According to Website/TheOtherWiki, there is a theory that "Arthur" means "watcher of the bear".
287	** Carolyn's name is a feminine derivative of "Charles" which means "free man". Carolyn is very glad to be free of her rotten ex-husband Gordon.
288	* Spoofed in ''Radio/{{Nebulous}}'', with an evil race of flame beings called Infernons. Rory is puzzled by this and asks if they infer things -- "or infer nothing?". Later lampshaded when they start setting fire to things and he announces, "Oh, like 'inferno'."
289	[[/folder]]
290
291	[[folder:Roleplay]]
292	* ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'': Corporal Thomas Stern is as his surname suggests, stern.
293	* ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'':
294	** Mirielle's name is French for 'miracle'. She was named such by her adoptive parents when they [[DoorstopBaby found her on their doorstop]], thinking it a miracle that a child had been brought to them.
295	** Ivy calls her drone Ziz, which is the same name of her beloved ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' {{OC}} that she made when she was younger. Both got their name in turn from the mythological bird Ziz, since they're both capable of {{flight}}.
296	* Vizeadmiral Schneider from v2 of ''Roleplay/OpenBlue'', whose CoolShip had a special cannon that fired [[AbnormalAmmo shells loaded with circular sawblades for shrapnel]]. FYI, Schneider is German for "Cutter".
297	* The Triarians in ''Roleplay/VoidOfTheStars'' ''love'' this trope. All their names seem to have a meaning.
298	[[/folder]]
299
300	[[folder:Software]]
301	* "C++" is a computer language that's an improved version of the [[MediaNotes/TheCLanguage "C"]] computer language. The Meaningful Name, as well as {{Pun}} (if you understand the computer language) kicks in when you know "++" is an affix within "C" that when attached to a variable, ''increases its value''. Thus the name "C++" means "C improved/taken up a notch" -- which it is.
302	** Similarly C# (pronounced C Sharp) has two interpretations. First is from the musical term, where a sharp is a "higher" pitch version of the tone, and so C# is a higher version of C. Or you can take two "++" operators and stack them, producing the # character. Or "C++ improved".
303	** An improved version of COBOL has been mooted, called ADD 1 TO COBOL GIVING COBOL. It is not thought to have been implemented.
304	[[/folder]]
305
306	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
307	* Ride/DisneyThemeParks: ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination'''s Figment (who is considered a mascot of Epcot in Walt Disney World) is named after the phrase "a figment of [one's] imagination"; his creator Dreamfinder finds and collects dreams as fuel for inspiring new ideas.
308	* Ride/UniversalStudios:
309	** EVAC in ''Ride/TransformersTheRide'' is an Autobot that handles evacuations.
310	** The fire and ice dragons in ''Ride/DuelingDragons'' are named Pyrock and Blizzrock, respectively.
311	** Cindy Caine from ''Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights'' has a twofer, though the second meaning is most likely a coincidence. 1) It sounds like '''Sin'''dy, and she's just as much of a CreepyChild as that implies. 2) It resembles the word "cinder", and her second and third backstories both involve fire (being burned to death when an angry mob torched her father's home in the second, burning down the orphanage she lived at herself in the third).
312	* Ride/WeekiWacheeSprings. "Weeki Wachee" means "Little Spring" or "Winding River" in Seminole Indian.
313	[[/folder]]
314
315	[[folder:Toys]]
316	* Franchise/{{LEGO}} in 2001 caused a controversy for using words from the Maori language as ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' names without the Maori's approval. The most troublesome was Tohunga, the name of the resourceful villagers. The word literally means craftsman or expert, but unknown to LEGO at the time, Tohunga were real-life traditional medical practitioners who had been discriminated against by Western settlers, thus the word carried a sensitive cultural-historical meaning. Worse, LEGO and Creator/{{Nintendo}} intended to trademark a Platform/GameBoyAdvance game called ''Tales of the Tohunga'', which nearly lead to a lawsuit. Other borrowed but less sensitive names were Toa (champion, name of the heroes), Turaga (village chief), Kanohi (face, used as masks in ''BIONICLE''), and a collection of others. After the controversy forced LEGO to change a few of these names (most famously Tohunga to Matoran), they began using made-up words. The online games occasionally still took meaningful words from existing languages like Finnish, Egyptian, Hawaiian, Hungarian or Japanese, however when these words were used on products, they at least had their spelling changed. A lot of the made-up names also have clear meanings:
317	** Axonn: carries a mighty axe
318	** Brutaka: a brutal brute
319	** Barraki: undersea mutants, named after barracuda:
320	*** Kalmah: calamari ("kalmah" is also a Karelian word roughly meaning "to the grave")
321	*** Ehlek: eel
322	*** Mantax: manta ray
323	*** Carapar: crab with a carapace
324	*** Pridak: not to sharks, but a [[{{Pride}} prideful]] warlord [[SatanicArchetype who was damned for letting it consume him]]
325	** Hydraxon and Hydruka: in reference to the underwater setting
326	** Spinax: a spiny creature
327	** the Phantoka Makuta have bat-themed names:
328	*** Antroz: ''Antrozous pallidus'' or pallid bat
329	*** Chirox and his Matoran partner Kirop: chiroptera, the order of the bats
330	*** Vamprah: vampire
331	** most of the Light and Shadow Matoran have light-based names:
332	*** Tanma: tan
333	*** Radiak: radiation
334	*** Photok: photon
335	*** Solek: Sol, or Sun
336	** Vultraz, an evil Matoran manning a black-and-gray jet: vulture
337	** Mistika: fighters in the mist
338	** Bitil and Krika, two Makuta suffering ModeLock as insects: beetle and cricket
339	** Mutran, a Makuta specializing in [[{{Portmanteau}} mutations and transformations]]
340	** Icarax: Icarus -- in the sense that he liked to aim too high, not that his wings stopped working
341	** Ignika, a mask used to re-ignite the life of Mata Nui
342	** Voya Nui, a floating island: voyage
343	** Karda Nui, Mata Nui's heart-chamber: cardiac
344	** Rockoh: a jet operated by Pohatu, a Stone-element character
345	** Jetrax: another jet
346	** Axalara: accelerate
347	** Umbra: real Latin name that has the same meaning in-universe, darkest part of a shadow. Actually a deceptive name, since he has light-powers
348	** Skirmix: a steed used in skirmishes
349	** Fero: a ferocious bandit
350	** Boxor: a mech that punches
351	** Bara Magna, the desert planet: from "barren"
352	** Aqua Magna, the water planet (literally means "great/powerful water")
353	** Bota Magna, the jungle planet
354	** Solis magna, Bara magna's sun - Literally, "great sun"
355	** a lot of elemental suffixes are meaningful:
356	*** Ba-: gravity, from the Greek baros (weight)
357	*** Bo-: green, again from botanics
358	*** Ce-: psionics, from cerebrum (brain)
359	*** De-: sonics, from decibel
360	*** Fa-: magnetism, from Michael ''Fa''raday, who studued electromagnetism
361	*** Fe-: iron
362	*** Su-: plasma, from ''su''perheating (kind of a stretch, but that's the official explanation)
363	** And of course almost ''all'' the names have their own in-universe meanings in the fictional ''BIONICLE'' languages.
364	* ''Toys/StretchArmstrong'': The titular toy is an action figure that was designed to stretch over long distances.
365	[[/folder]]
366
367	[[folder:Web Animation]]
368	* ''WebAnimation/AnAdventureOfSheepAndChicken'': The titular characters' names refer to their species.
369	* ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation'': Names have power, literally. A stick figure created by [[PhysicalGod the]] [[ArtAttacker Animator]] would be given a name, and their strength and power would be equal to how badass their name sounds. A character named ''[[CombatPragmatist Victim]]'' would be a weak, throwaway character, meant only to be killed, while characters named ''TheChosenOne'' or ''TheDarkLord'' would be powerful enough to destroy the world--or save it.
370	* Alfred Alfer, the mentally disturbed pitbull from ''WebAnimation/AlfredsPlayhouse'' takes his name from the Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler, diagnostician of the inferiority complex.
371	* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'':
372	** Molly Blyndeff's Epithet is "Dumb"...as in "blind, deaf and dumb". Her father and sister, who take her for granted, are also blind to her needs and deaf to her complaints.
373	** Phoenica ''Fleecity'' is constantly compared to and [[AnimalMotifs associated with]] sheep, particularly lambs.
374	** "Potage" is a particularly thick form of soup. Giovanni Potage is often, [[GeniusDitz although not always]], very stupid in some fairly important ways, and has power over soup.
375	** Sylvie Ashling's surname derives from "Aesling", a name that means "dream".
376	** Percival King's name derives from a Knight of the Round Table, fitting for a sword-wielding character whose whole deal is upholding the law.
377	** Minor villain Arnold Markdown has power over coupons and is obsessed with savings and being a smart shopper.
378	** Mera Salamin's first name calls to mind "mirror", and her surname is Tagalog for "glass". [[spoiler:Her powerset is based on fragility, and her motivation is related to mitigating the ways it affects her.]]
379	** Indus Tarbela, [[RunningGag whose Epithet is "Barrier"]], is named after the Tarbela Dam on the Indus River, which is quite a large barrier.
380	* Dr. Upsetrose of ''Webcomic/GarnetAndGure'' is a mad scientist who, in his appearance in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOLlMDkVEWc&feature=plcp Super Effective]], furiously declares how "upset" he is.
381	* Most if not all characters from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'', sometimes to the point of double meanings. Nutty is an insane, hyperactive squirrel, Handy is a skilled carpenter and mechanic who happens to [[IronicName lack hands]], The Mole [[ADogNamedDog is]] a mole, has a mole, and [[StealthPun works as a spy]], and the list goes on.
382	* WebAnimation/HomestarRunner is a "terrific athlete". Strong Bad has boxing glove hands and a wrestling mask head, and is a "bad guy". Strong Mad and Strong Sad are DumbMuscle and TheEeyore, respectively. The Cheat loves to cheat. Pom Pom is a big round ball.
383	* ''WebAnimation/LuckyDayForever'': "Proles" are most likely derived from the word "proletariat", and the Whites have porcelain doll-white skin. "Sasiadka" literally means "neighbor" in Polish.
384	* Random Comment Guy from the ''WebAnimation/PimpLando'' series is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's later revealed that his name is actually [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep Guy]] Bergeson ([[FridgeLogic though in an earlier episode he was revealed to be Ricardo Montalban]]).
385	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': Leonard Church. Means nothing at first, but in ''Reconstruction'', [[spoiler:after Church is revealed to be an [=AI=], we hear the Director of Project Freelancer narrate an EpilogueLetter about how all [=AIs=] are based off of a human mind. He then signs off with his own name, [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor]] Leonard Church.]]
386	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
387	** A GreatOffScreenWar eighty years ago led to the world adopting a tradition of giving children names that are connected in some way to colour to celebrate diversity instead of destroying it. Save the BigBad and BigGood, every character have names that, in-universe, evoke colours. This can be obvious (Ruby Rose, red), obscure (Caroline Cordovin, a shade of burgandy called cordovan), indirect (Arthur Watts, the yellow of electricity), or even puns (Cyril Ian... cerulean).
388	** Qrow Branwen is named after crows. He was given this name because crows are usually a sign of bad luck, and he was regarded as a harbinger of misfortune. [[spoiler:His Semblance causes [[TheJinx misfortune]], and he [[PowerIncontinence cannot always control it]]. It's useful for battle, but makes it difficult for him to spend any time around friends or family.]]
389	** When Raven Branwen learns Cinder Fall's full name, she accuses Cinder of making up her surname to reflect her abilities, something both Cinder and Watts imply is true. [[spoiler:Cinder Fall became the Fall Maiden by hunting down the previous one and killing her to obtain the power. As a result, her surname is broadcasting that she is the Maiden of the autumn season.]]
390	** Raven's subordinate, Vernal, has a name that references springtime. Along with her tattoo of a phoenix rising from flowers, it advertises her as the Spring Maiden. [[spoiler:The reason Raven spotted Cinder Fall's ridiculously appropriate name is because Vernal's name has the same purpose; Raven trained Vernal to be a decoy to protect the real Spring Maiden from Salem.]]
391	** The twins, Qrow and Raven Branwen, have hidden meaning to their names that Nora spots in Volume 5. [[spoiler:In Volume 5, the heroes learn that the twins can shapeshift into their namesake birds, a magical ability bestowed upon them by [[BigGood Ozpin]] so that they could help him gather intel and locate lost Maidens. Nora concludes that Ozpin turned them into birds because of their names.]]
392	* ''WebAnimation/TheLegendOfKorah'' has this to the point of being ridiculous. Even the World's name, Terra Altsoba means Earth at War.
393	[[/folder]]
394
395	[[folder:Web Original]]
396
397	* ItWebOriginal/DinaMarino has the character Trixie Maialini. "Maialini" means little pigs in italian. It reflects both Trixie's cute appearance and mannerisms (small pigs are adorable) and her drug use and crazy sex life (pigs are often a symble of both gluttony and lust).
398	* Some of the ''Website/GaiaOnline'' labtechs have meaningful ''numbers''. 247 was a workaholic (to the point where he actually got a cot for his office so he could be there [[DontExplainTheJoke 24/7]]), 101 was [[{{Subject101}} not very intelligent]] for a professional scientist, and [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 013]] was killed off at the beginning, among others.
399	* The name of the BigBad in ''Literature/GreekNinja'' is Creon. Creon is also the name of the antagonist in Antigone.
400	* ''Website/{{Killerbunnies}}'':
401	** Experiment [=XI0014101=]'s alternative name "Marigold" is rather fitting in that it is a sunny flower and that she is known for her rather sunny personality. Floral symbolism wise, it serves as an IronicName, as marigolds tend to symbolize grief or sorrow.
402	** Oleander Cloris's name is both names meaning very much green (oleander is known to be an evergreen shrub and Cloris literally means green) as she does wear a green dress and has green eyes. On a note, according to her profile, she is known for spewing venom, however, this also doubles as a Flower Motif, in that oleanders symbolize honesty, something that she is.
403	** Shiyu's name could translate to "red jade", which is interesting, seeing as she wears red and she also wears something made of jade. Like Shiyu, Kanran's name allude to her clothing, which makes her look like a cabbage.
404	** Cerise's real name "Hyacinth" is a purple cluster of flowers and her hair is purple.
405	** Eira's name in itself is winter or ice-related, which has something do with where she's from or, rather, presumably, how she died, which was stated to be in "one of the coldest parts of the world".
406	** Ardie's name is somewhat of a reference to her color scheme, as begonias are pink flowers and Pinkerton is a surname with the word pink in it. Likewise, Turquoises' name alludes to her color scheme.
407	** Arachne's name is a allusion to her spider motif that she wears.
408	* Parodied in an episode of ''Literature/TheLiamSmithShow'' that parodied ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': a console explosion results in the deaths of Ensign Deadmeat, Ensign Numbersup, Ensign Futurecorpse and Ensign Imgoingtodieahorribledeathonanawaymissonorwhenastationimatexplodes. (He's Dutch.) However, Ensign Expendable, introduced earlier in the episode, doesn't die.
409	* Tornadoes and Blood Scouts in ''Literature/LightningDust'', due to wind powers/swirling misty lower bodies and being minor {{BloodKnight}}s, respectively.
410	* Literature/ALittleVice: All of the cast, most glaringly Temperance Atwater, who becomes Saint Temperantia and has water powers.
411	* Common with the ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'', especially as many agents are {{Only Known by Their Nickname}}. ShoutOut names are common, and some agents are from continua where symbolic or prophetic (such as with [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Tolkienverse elves']] mother-names) names are widespread.
412	* ''Literature/{{Reasoning}}'' has an antagonist named the Venator. "Venator" is latin for "hunter," and the Venator spends the story hunting human beings for sport.
413	* The eponymous hero's name in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' has [[http://www.crossdressing.pl/main.php?lv1_id=3&lv2_id=47&lv3_id=462 a meaning to female impersonators and]] [=MtF=] transsexuals.
414	* ''Website/ScrubClub'' has Hot Shot whose persona is based around heat, Chill whose persona is based around cold, Squeaks who turns into soap (and is named that because soap makes squeaking noises), PT who turns into a '''p'''aper '''t'''owel, Sniffles, Hack, and Sweats who cause the flu (and those are flu symptoms), Gel-Mo who's made of gel-based hand sanitizer, and BAC, who's a ''bac''terium.
415	* ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' has half-demon protagonist Mackenzie Blaise, whose first name can be read to mean "fire-born" and [[spoiler:her unknown brother, Aidan, whose name means "fiery".]] Other characters have significance in their names, to the point where some readers look up the name of every new character who appears. Indeed, there can be frustration and complaint if a juicy new name appears and linguistic analysis doesn't quickly follow in the comments section.
416	* ''Literature/WhatIsThisBlackMagicYouCallScience?'''s heroine, Chryseis. She vomits egyptian plagues via her womb connecting to her throat, and can decimate ''planets''. Ironic in that she is actively trying to save people.
417	* Plenty of supers in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'':
418	** Notorious supervillain Dr. Diabolik (Leonides Diabliku) and his children, Jadis Diabolik and Mal Diabolik. Jadis even moreso, because she suspects that their MissingMom is actually the superheroine White Witch, and Jadis is the name of the White Witch from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''.
419	** Wyatt Cody (Kodiak), an Avatar bonded with the spirit of the Kodiak bear (it later turns out that it's more complicated than that).
420	** Paine Deth, who naturally enough grew up to get a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate in MadScience.
421	** Stella Woolfe (Lupine), who is the incarnation of a wolf spirit; [[http://crystalhall.wikia.com/wiki/Lupine as explained in her entry in the fan wiki]], both of her parents were distant descendants of a Native American tribe that had made a pact with the spirit centuries earlier to provide the spirit with a human host, but neither of them knew about it until after she was born.
422	** Harry Wolfe (Techwolf, no relation to Stella) and his father Red Wolfe, who suffer from a family curse. Whether the curse is their werewolf-like appearance or their terribly punny names is up for debate.
423	** Jay Blue Lake (Bluejay), an Avatar with the spirit of the Bluejay. However, given that he is a member of the Medawhila tribe, and was already chosen to study under [[MagicalNativeAmerican Totem]] as the tribe's lorekeeper when he manifested, this may have been arranged rather than by chance.
424	** June Summers (Majestic), the Incarnation of Hera/Juno. Again, given how the Olympians chose their human forms, it is possible Hera influenced her parent's choice of name.
425	* As in most {{superhero}} fiction, this kind of thing is common in ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' -- the best example is probably Accord, whose name means "agreement or harmony of things in general"[[note]]Definition drawn from [[http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=accord&oldid=20056739 Wiktionary]][[/note]], and whose most basic desire in life is [[ObsessivelyOrganized the harmonious order of everything]].
426	** In terms of real names, rather than just codenames, both of the Cauldron boogeymen have this -- Contessa's first name is Fortuna, as in lucky, and Number Man's surname is Wynn, like 'win'. Very appropriate for two capes with some of the most absurdly broken powers in the series.
427	[[/folder]]
428
429	[[folder:Web Videos]]
430	* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': The name of the sentient sword "Craven Edge" is an anagram of "Vecna Greed", alluding to the evil god of secrets and the weapon's perpetual hunger for blood.
431	* In ''{{WebVideo/Decker}}'', the characters Decker and Kington are named for their actors, Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington.
432	* Mr. and Mrs. Dead from ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' are, well, dead.
433	* ''WebVideo/DoorMonster'': ''The Guards Themselves'' has the character Lincoln, who creates pennies from thin air. [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway Just pennies]].
434	* {{WebVideo/Doraman}}: Just from reading his name, you know Doraman is into ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''.
435	* ''WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms'' has such characters as [[TooDumbToLive Johnny Quickdeath]] and [[http://5secondfilms.com/watch/dealbreaker_jones Dealbreaker Jones]]:
436	-->''"Damn you Dealbreaker Jones, that wasn't part of the DEAAAALLLLL!"''
437	* ''{{WebVideo/Gameboys}}'': Discussed in-universe.
438	** Cairo -- Aside from the FamilyThemeNaming, it also means "one who is victorious" Fitting for a live-stream gamer with a competitive streak in various aspects of life.
439	** Gavreel -- "the Angel of Peace". Though he jokingly says it's the name of the motel he was conceived at.
440	* LetsPlay/{{Lilsimsie}}, a [=YouTuber=] who makes Sims 4 videos, is ''actually'' named ''Kayla Sims''.
441	* Big Shine, a clone of WebVideo/MatthewSantoro, has that name because he's TheBigGuy.
442	* ''Series/{{Noob}}'':
443	** In French gaming speak, the word "Kevin" has a meaning that can overlap with that of "{{Noob}}". The titular guild has an actual {{Noob}} in it and his real-life first name was probably the easiest one to choose for the series creator. Kevin's last name is "Lepape", which would be like being called "[=ThePope=]" in English; his character is a priest.
444	** Kary, if only phonetically so. The way her OnlineAlias is pronounced in French makes is sound just like the word for a tooth cavity. Since, story-wise, she ends up existing for the sole purpose of [[spoiler:eventually putting Arthéon in a state of mind that makes him disband the Noob guild and briefly question his friendship with his former guildmates]], it sounds awfully appropriate.
445	* Dr. Tease, a character in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's show, is a sexy scientist. What a shock.
446	* Curiosa from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' is the only one curious enough to hear Critic out instead of attempting to kill him.
447	* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'': Schlatt & Co. means Schlatt & Co[mpany], obviously, but it can also mean Schlatt & Co[nnor].
448	* "Wormwood" is the name of a plant whose oil contains a poison that can induce violent seizures. The ''WebVideo/WormwoodInstitute'' can be seen as a poison that affects everyone who attends the school.
449	[[/folder]]
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