Line #16 Main/NumericalThemeNaming


1	A strange form of ThemeNaming is to give characters names which either contain numbers, or which ''are'' numbers. Whatever this says about the characters' parents and/or author, it does make it easier to keep track of who's who.
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3	Note that this only applies to proper names. For one who is given a number instead of a name, see YouAreNumberSix. For a more specific sort of numerical theme naming, see OneTwoThreeFourGo, SevenIsNana and GoroawaseNumber. On albums, may overlap with SelfReferentialTrackPlacement. A SubTrope of ScientificAndTechnologicalThemeNaming, as its mathematical branch.
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11	* In ''Baggataway'', the members of the lacrosse team all have a number in their name. Ichizaki Mutsuka (Ichi = 1), Kisaragi Nina (Ni = 2), the Santou sisters, Kanna and Yayoi (San = 3, Tou = 10), Amaai Shiho and Shihatsu Touko (Shi = 4), Gotou Satsuki (Go = 5) Mizushino Rokuna (Roku = 6), Nanase Fumi (Nana = 7), Yaegaki "Hachi" Kazuha (Ya and Hachi = 8), and Nagasako "Kuumin" Kumi (Kyuu/Kuu = 9). Finally, although the main protagonist, Utsugi "Sora" Shizuku, doesn't have one, the character for "Shizuku" can be confused at a glance with the one for 0 (雫 versus 零).
12	** There's even another round of ThemeNaming - all the team members have the name of a month in the traditional Japanese calendar incorporated somehow into their names, which also (mostly) corresponds with their theme number. [[note]]"mutsu" from Mutsuka = Mutsuki (January); Kisaragi (February) is in different kanji; Yayoi (March); Utsugi ≈ Utsuki (April); Satsuki (May) requires no change; "mizu" from Mizushino = Minatsuki (June); Fumi = Fumitsuki (July); "ha" from Kazuha = Hazuki (August); "naga" from Nagasako = Nagazuki (September); Kanna = Kannazuki (October); putting the kanji for "ama" and "ai" in Amaai vertically is "shimo", which = Shimotsuki (November); and Shihatsu ≈ Shiwasu (December).[[/note]]
13	* The Gotoh sisters in ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'' have numbers in their name; the elder Hitori ("one person") and younger Futari ("two people"). This does not only limit to their birth order, but also hinted at their personalities: Hitori has severe [[ShrinkingViolet social anxiety]] and, as a result, [[FriendlessBackground doesn't have a single friend]] for the first 15 years of her life, while Futari is a rather sociable CheerfulChild.
14	* In ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', the Yamura siblings have this. The eldest child is Da''ichi'', the second is ''Fu''taba, the third is ''San''ta, and the fourth is ''Yo''shi.
15	* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'': The Misaka clones are almost exclusively referred to by [[YouAreNumberSix model number]]. However, when Mikoto introduces 10032 to Kongou as her little sister, and 10032 introduces herself by her number, Kongou assumes this is literally her name. "That's a bit of a mouthful, isn't it?" Number names are common in Japanese culture, as seen elsewhere on this page (in real life, "Ichiro" is a very common boy's name, and it literally means "first son"), though having a number ''that high'' would be bizarre. Kongou suggests the nickname "Icchan" ("one"), which 10032 jumps on surprisingly quickly.
16	-->'''Mikoto:''' Hang on, you ''like'' it?
17	* In ''Manga/Change123'', the female protagonist's three [[SplitPersonality Split Personalities]] gave themselves normal Japanese female names Hibiki, Fujiko and Mikiri, but all these names begin with numbers: "hi" = 1, "fu" = 2 and "mi" = 3. These three are also collectively called "[=HiFuMi=]", which also means "1, 2, 3". [[spoiler: Plus, there is a fourth personality, the SuperpoweredEvilSide calling herself "Zero", which is a case of YouAreNumberSix trope.]]
18	* Within the crew of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', four of characters' names each hold a different number of letters from two to five (Spike, Faye, Jet, Ed). And while Ein's name has three letters, it means 'one' in German.
19	* ''Literature/DateALive'': Each Spirit has the kanji for a number in either her first or last name. [[spoiler:So do Shido, Reine and Mio.]]
20	* In ''Anime/DeathParade'', [[ArtificialHumans arbiters]] who are consigned to the task of soul judgement are given names taken from the Latin number for the floor they will be working on. Decim (and previously Quin) works on floor 15 (Quindecim), Ginti works on floor 20 (Viginti), and Nona runs the tower from floor 90 (Nonaginta).
21	* ''Manga/TheFoxAndLittleTanuki'': Both Senzou's (the fox) and Manpachi's (the tanuki) names use older kanji for specific numbers. The "sen" in Senzou's means "thousand", while the "man" in Manpachi's means "ten thousand" which Koyuki suggested be incorporated into his name since Manpachi is "coming after" Senzou as his underling. Additionally, the "pachi" in Manpachi's name means "eight" which is a number often associated with tanuki. Senzou's "follower" Momoji even gets in on it; "momo" means "hundred" in his case.
22	* ''Manga/GohanNoOtomo'' features a pair of siblings named '''Ichi'''ta (one) and '''Ni'''ko (two).
23	* ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}'': Four of the prestigious families in Kamiyama are '''Juu'''monji (10), '''Saru'''suberi (100), '''Chi'''tanda (1000), and '''Man'''ninbashi (10000), and Satoshi unofficially grouped them as "Exponential Four Clans".
24	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
25	** The Nijimura brothers introduced in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' follow a Japanese "myriad" numerical naming scheme: the "oku" (億) in Okuyasu Nijimura's name means 100,000,000 (10^8), while his older brother Keicho has "cho" (兆) in his name, which stands for 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12). Both brothers have "BILLION" and "TRILLION" written on their jackets, respectively.
26	** Additionally, while their father wasn't named in the manga and anime, the live action movie adaptation gave him the name "Mansaku", with the "man" (万) meaning 10,000 (10^4).
27	** Kei Nijimura, introduced in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion Jojolion]]'', similarly follows suit: "kei" (京) stands for 10,000,000,000,000,000 (10^16).
28	* All the major characters in ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}'' include a kanji for the numbers 1-4 in their surnames, plus Yashima's name using the kanji for 8.
29	* In ''Manga/KissHimNotMe'', Serinuma's suitors all have a number in their last names: '''Nana'''shima is 7, I'''ga'''rashi is 5, '''Mu'''tsumi is 6, '''Shi'''nomiya is 4 and '''Ni'''shina is 2. This plays into the ship names [[YaoiFangirl she]] comes up with for them, like 7/5.
30	* In ''Manga/KOn High School'', Nao's younger quadruplet brothers give their names; while the first and last of the four are not named according to a theme, the middle two are named as seen under Real Life.[[hottip:*:However, the scene, displayed in one set of those after-chapter sketches, is explicitly noted to be fictional (probably meaning non-canon).]]
31	* In ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', there's the Takanashi sisters Rikka (six flowers) and Touka (ten flowers).
32	** Tsuyuri Kumin's name is basically a nanori (name-specific reading of kanji) from what is otherwise "Gogatsu Nanoka", which literally means "Seventh Day of the Fifth Month", or, May 7th.
33	* The [[HollywoodCyborg Numbers]] of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' fall somewhere between this and YouAreNumberSix, having both numbers (1-12), and names that are their numbers in Italian. The two are used interchangeably.
34	** Five of the same Numbers have Japanese names that still follow this theme in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaInnocent'': '''Ichi'''ka (Uno), '''Ni'''no (Due), '''Mitsu'''ki (Tre), '''Shi'''ina (Quattro), and '''Nana'''o (Sette).
35	* In Creator/RumikoTakahashi's manga/anime ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'', set in a boarding house, the various tenants all have names that reflect the numbers of their rooms (Mrs. Ichinose and her son in room 1, or "ichi"; Godai in room 5, "go", and so on). Even characters that don't live in Ikkoku-kan have numbered surnames, e.g. Mitaka ("mi", 3), Nanao ("nana", 7), etc.
36	* In ''Manga/MamotteLollipop'', all of the magical examinees follow this pattern. The first two examinees Nina (ni means 2 in Japanese) meets are Zero and Ichi (1 in Japanese), then San (3) and Forte (4), and so on. Their magical registration numbers also correspond with their names.
37	* The [[GoldfishPoopGang Warumo Dan]] from ''Mirumo de Pon!'': Ichiro (1), Jiro (2), Saburo (3), Shiro (4), and Goro (5).
38	* The three Marui sisters in ''Manga/{{Mitsudomoe}}''. All their names are spelled with the [number]-[kanji for "leaf"] combination. ''Mitsu''ba (three), ''Futa''ba (two) and ''Hito''ha (one).
39	* In the anime ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', many characters (including the FiveManBand) have names based on numbers which are used by fans as abbreviations (e.g., '2' for Duo Maxwell). This naming scheme also serves as a shorthand for [[{{Shipping}} pairings]] in the fandom.
40	** Just going with the primary cast: Heero = 1 (from "hitotsu" -Japanese for "one" or "first"- Yuy from "yuitsu"-Japanese for "alone" or "only"), Duo = 2 (meaning a pair), Trowa = 3 (from 'trois' French for "three"), Quatre = 4 (French for "four"), Wu Fei = 5 ("wu" Chinese for "five"), Zechs = 6 (German for "six"), Noin = 9 (German for "nine"), Une = 1 (French for "one"), Treize = 13 (French for "thirteen"), Miliardo = 1,000,000,000 (Italian for "million"). Several minor characters carry the theme, and it even extends into sidestories like ''G-Unit''[=/=]''Last Outpost'', where protagonist Adin's name also represents the number 1, just in a different language (Russian) than Heero or Une.
41	* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' has the Sakura siblings '''Chi'''yo (thousand) and '''To'''wa (ten).
42	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a subtle version that uses homophones instead of blatantly spelling it out: [[spoiler:Each user of One For All has their "order number" somewhere in their names: All Might's mentor '''[[SevenIsNana Nana]]''' Shimura was the seventh, All Might himself (Toshinori '''Ya'''gi) was the eighth, and Izu'''ku''' Midoriya is the ninth.]]
43	** [[spoiler: Their newest addition also holds true to this trend: the '''first''' user, Yo'''ichi''' Shigaraki, the '''fourth''' user, Hikage '''Shi'''nomori, and '''fifth''' user, Dai'''go'''ro Banjo.]]
44	* In ''Anime/MyHime'', Yuuichi's name contains the kanji for "one". The other kendo club members' given names, as seen on nametags in episode 2, are Tamaji, Kouzou, Shirou and Gosaku -- containing the kanji for "two", "three", "four" and "five" respectively.
45	* ''Manga/MyRoommateIsACat'': A woman named Nana (7) has two cats named Roku (6) and Hachi (8).
46	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has Averruncus series: [[PosthumousCharacter Primum]], [[PsychoElectro Secundum]], [[AntiVillain Tertium]], [[AxCrazy Quartum]], [[FauxAffablyEvil Quintum]] and [[TokenGirl Sextum]]. [[PlayingWithFire Nii]] and [[AnIcePerson Septendecim]] similarly fit.
47	* In ''Manga/OnePiece'':
48	** Five tiny mermaid quins are named ''Ichi''ka, ''Ni''ka, ''San''ka, ''Yon''ka and... ''[[OddNameOut Yonka Two]]''.
49	--->'''Usopp:''' [[LampshadeHanging Shouldn't it be Goka?!]]
50	** The names of the Vinsmoke children, who are four quadruplet boys and their older sister: [[spoiler:''Rei''ju (0), ''Ichi''ji, ''Ni''ji, ''San''ji and ''Yon''ji.]]
51	** The Beasts Pirates have the Numbers, a group of ten failed clones of ancient giants. The members are Inbi (1), Fuga (2), Zanki (3), Jaki (4), Goki (5), Rokki (6), Nangi (7), Hatcha (8), Kunyun (9), and Juki (10). They fit into the Beasts Pirates' overall [[PlayingCardMotifs card game motif]] by representing the ten number cards in each suit of a standard deck.
52	* Is used a lot in ''Manga/{{Nanbaka}}'':
53	** Jyugo means 'fifteen'.
54	** Niko is strictly spelled in the series in katakana and means 'twenty-five' but [[spoiler: you can also render his name with the kanji for 'second child', which [[SplitPersonality means something else]]]].
55	** Rock's name is western like Uno's, but you can render it a certain way (as ro-ku) where it means 69.
56	** Kiji's family name has 'three' in it.
57	** The first kanji of Kenshirou's family name is 'four'.
58	** Unusually, Momoko has two kanji in her name that are the exact same but have a different pronunciation, the one that means 'hundred' (百)
59	** Musashi is a combination of mu-sa-shi, aka 634.
60	* A minor character in ''Literature/OkamiSan'' is modeled after Snow White, with the seven dwarfs represented by her seven younger siblings, all with this naming convention.
61	* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', Takeshi's ([[DubNameChange Brock]]) younger siblings all follow numerical theme naming from Jirou (the second eldest) down to Touko (the ''tenth'' child), this is effectively tossed out in the dub where there's no real theme to their naming at all.
62	* In ''Manga/Reborn2004'' almost every character has a number that corresponds to their name. For example Gokudera is 59 (Go=5, Ku=9). Some other examples include Tsuna (27), Yamamoto (80), and Hibari (18).
63	* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' has numbers for all four main characters (frequently used for {{Shipping}} abbreviations), two of whom actually have numerical kanji in their names:
64	** Genjyo ''San''zo = 3
65	** Sha ''Go''jyo = 5
66	** Son Go''ku'' = 9
67	** Cho ''Ha''kkai = 8
68	* Many names in ''Manga/SgtFrog'' are shown as 3-numbered codes because the syllables sound like numbers. It's Japanese l33t-speak from around 1999, when the manga first came out. This makes for especially [[GratuitousEnglish odd English titles]].
69	* The cast in ''Manga/SlowStart'' have names that have magnitudes of ten in their surname: ''Ichi''nose (1), ''To''kura (10), ''Momo''chi (100), ''Sen''goku (1,000), and ''Han''nen (10,000).
70	* ''Anime/SolBianca'' has planets named Uno and Tres.
71	* In ''Manga/VampireKnight'', the two twins are named Zero and Ichiru (old Japanese word for one).
72	* The cast of ''Anime/VividredOperation'' combine this with ColourfulThemeNaming. Akane and Momo '''I'''sshiki, Aoi '''Futa'''ba, Wakaba '''Sa'''egusa, Himawari '''Shi'''nomiya, and '''Rei''' Kuroki (the only one with the number in her fisrt name).
73	* Manjoume's "Thunder" nickname in ''Anime/YugiohGX'' came from him demanding everyone at North Academy refer to him by "Manjoume san da", the latter two being honorifics. Now given that "man" is also 10,000 in Japanese, this led to the following chant: "Ichi (1)! Jyu (10)! Hyaku (100)! Sen (1000)! Manjyoume Sanda (10000)!"
74	** In ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'', a set of brothers go by the names III, IV, and V. The English dub kept the meanings by modifying the names to Trey, Quattro, and Quinton.
75	** In ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'', the Kamaitachi brothers of the Yosenju had this theme. In order: Kama'''i'''tachi (one), Kama'''ni'''tachi (two) and Kama'''mi'''tachi (three).
76	* In ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'', the titular quintuplets are named after numbers, each in their order of birth: ''Ichi''ka (1), ''Ni''no (2), ''Mi''ku (3), ''Yotsu''ba (4), and ''Itsu''ki (5). Their late mother was called ''Rei''na (0).
77	* All the [[FamilyThemeNaming Yozakura siblings]] from ''Manga/MissionYozakuraFamily'' has a number in their names:
78	** Kyo'''ichi'''ro as in "One".
79	** '''Futa'''ba as in "Two".
80	** Shin'''zo''' as in "Three".
81	** '''Shi'''on as in "Four".
82	** Ken'''go''' as in "Five".
83	** '''Mutsu'''mi as in "Six".
84	** '''Nana'''o as in "Seven".
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88	* ''Animation/BoonieBears'': The bears' original Chinese names are in their birth order, with Briar being "Big Bear" (i.e. "Eldest/Firstborn Bear") and Bramble being "Second Bear".
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92	* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': Instead of naming the Infernoid archetype directly after demons in the TCG, they gave them names based on the numbers in differing languages.
93	** Pirmais - 1
94	** Antra - 2
95	** Harmadik - 3
96	** Patrulea - 4
97	** Piaty - 5
98	** Sjette - 6
99	** Seitsemas - 7
100	** Attondel - 8
101	** Devyaty - 9
102	** Onuncu - 10
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106	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferdinand}}'' features three hedgehog siblings named Una, Dos and Cuatro (One, Two and Four), who also have a disappeared sibling named Trés (Three).
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110	* A Filipino film, ''Ang Tanging Ina'', has a mother of 12 name her children as thus: '''Juan''', '''Tu'''dis, Dimi'''tri''', '''Por'''cia, '''Pip'''[[note]]sounds like "fifth", also a possible reference to ''[[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Five Orange Pips]]''[[/note]], '''Six'''to, '''Seve'''ri'''n'''a, C'''ate''', '''Shammy''' ('siyam' being Filipino for nine), '''Ten'''-'''ten''', and two unnamed baby twins.
111	* ''Film/TheMatrix'' includes characters Cypher (zero), the One, Switch (two), Trinity (three), and Dozer (twelve).
112	* ''Film/{{Ran}}'' has the three sons of Lord Hidetora, named (in somewhat typical Japanese fashion) Tarō, Jirō (second son), and Saburō (third son).
113	* The [[AllThereInTheScript never spoken]] names of the Monstars of ''Film/SpaceJam'' all relate to zero (fitting because before their change they were small subservient creatures, and after the change they wear jerseys with the number 0): Pound, Bang, Nawt, Blanko and Bupkus - the first four even more when they were Zilch, Null, Nada, and Void.
114	* ''Film/{{Stardust}}'': As in [[Literature/{{Stardust}} the book]], the heirs to the throne of Stormhold are all named to reflect the order of thier birth (Primus, Secundus, Tertius and so on). The princes all wear clothing with motifs of the Roman numeral that matches their name, which is how Tristan identifies Septimus when they meet during the climax.
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118	* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' Yeerk names seem to contain a "name" followed by a three-digit number; since Yeerks are born with hundreds of siblings, fans speculate this is their birth order. If the Yeerks are twins, the last digit is doubled (for example, Esplin 9466 primary of the Sulp Niar pool, twin of Esplin 9466 secondary of the Sulp Niar Pool). Higher-up Yeerks usually go by rank, which is ''also'' numbered, at least for Vissers and Sub-Vissers (e.g., Visser Three, Visser One).
119	* In Creator/JohnCWright's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos'', the children were originally named Primus, Secunda, etc. When they are told to chose names, Quentin decides that he's fine as he is.
120	* The male descendants of the House of Gaius in ''Literature/CodexAlera'' are all named in this fashion: Gaius Primus, Gaius Secundus, Gaius Tertius et cetera. Curiously, the fifth is named Gaius Pentius rather than Gaius Quintus.
121	%%* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' [[ImperialChina Agatean]] [[FantasyCounterpartCulture names]] also work like this.
122	* In Creator/JulieKagawa's ''Literature/TheIronKing'', the Iron King's knight include Quintus and Tertius. (Given there are five, we can guess the other names.)
123	* In ''Literature/TheLockedTomb'' series, House surnames are almost exclusively themed on puns based on the numbered House they belong to, though they range from the obvious (Palamedes ''Sextus'' is from the Sixth House) to the obscure (Protesilaus ''Ebdoma'', which is a latin term for a week, is from the Seventh House).
124	* In the book ''Merlin's Mistake'' one of the protagonists is named Tertius. His two brothers are named Primus and Secundus. It is mentioned their father wasn't very creative.
125	* In Creator/AaronDembskiBowden's ''Literature/NightLords'' series, [[VillainProtagonist Talos]], like most other Night Lords, takes captives for the purpose of [[MadeASlave enslaving them]]. Unlike most of their slaves, Talos takes slaves that are particularly useful as his personal slaves rather than to serve on their ship. His slaves are renamed, presumably after High Gothic numerals, starting with Primus, then Secundus, and so on. The current slaves he holds in the story are [[BadassNormal Septimus]] and [[FishOutOfWater Octavia]][[note]]Seven and Eight[[/note]], and later another slave, [[ActionSurvivor Maruc]] is taken. While he would have been number 9, only Talos' best friend and squadmate [[AffablyEvil Cyrion]] refers to him as "Nonus", and on only the one occasion where a member of [[TheSquad First Claw]] calls him by name "onscreen" after his capture.
126	* In the ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' series, the Blue Meanies / the Children are all named by the system (Number) (Positive adjective) (Geographic feature), e.g., "Four Sacred Streams," "One Divine Mountain."
127	* In ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' the titular character is the [[MagicalSeventhSon seventh son of a seventh son]].
128	* Septimus and Octavia of ''[[Literature/NightLords The Covenant]]'' ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} of Blood]]'', are somewhere between this and YouAreNumberSix mixed with MeaningfulRename. Their master renames all his slaves with ordinal High Gothic names. When he charged into a stronghold of his enemies to save Octavia from her abductors, she accepted the change from Eurydice. Maruc, Septimus' assistant, is trying valiantly to avoid becoming Nonus in the eyes of his masters.
129	* In Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Literature/{{Stardust}}'', the King of Stormhold followed the ancient Roman method in the naming of his sons: Primus, Secundus, Tertius, Quartus, Quintus, Sextus, and Septimus. There's a daughter named Una, too. Had there been more daughters, they'd surely follow a similiar trend.
130	* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'': the first three Elves to awake were called Imin, Tata and Enel, that is One, Two, and Three. Much later, we have Nelyafinwë, that is, Third Finwë (after his grandfather Finwë and his father Curufinwë...quite possibly in an attempt by said father to spite his own brother, yet another Finwë.)
131	** It is assumed Celebrimbor's father name is Nelyacurufinwe ("Third Skillful Finwe") ... after his grandfather Curufinwe Fëanaro (Feanor) and father Curufinwe Atarinkë (Curufin). So his whole name in Quenya would be Tyelperinquar Nelyacurufinwe Curufinwion.
132	* In ''Literature/TheWonderfulAdventuresOfNils'', the wild geese that the protagonist travels with are named Yksi, Kaksi, Kolme, Neljä, Viisi and Kuusi - which are simply the numbers between one and six in Finnish.
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136	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' had this for a stretch: [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade]] ('''1'''0), [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Double]] ('''2'''), [[Series/KamenRiderOOO OOO]] ('''3'''), and [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Fourze]] ('''4'''0). The number related names dropped off after that; some fans argue that the theme continues in some of the Riders' visual aspects, but it's impossible to tell if it's intentional or merely FanWank.
137	** ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'' plays this straight with Zi-O and his upgraded forms. Zi-O Decade Armor ('''1'''0), Zi-O II ('''2'''), Zi-O Trinity ('''3'''), and [[spoiler:Grand Zi-O]]('''4''').
138	** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' has the Igarashi siblings. Their names, sorted by birth, are as follows: '''I'''kki (first), Dai'''ji''' (second), and '''Sa'''kura (third).
139	*** It is also the same order which the siblings become Kamen Riders: Ikki/Revi being the first (alongside Vice to form Revice), Daiji/Live second (discounting Kagero taking over his body to become Evil), and Sakura/Jeanne third.
140	* ''Series/UtopiaFalls'': All of the characters names are followed with a number: Aliyah 5, Bodhi 2, Tempo 3, Brooklyn 2 etc.
141	* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' does this often:
142	** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' has Raptor 283 (which reads as "Raptor Hayami") referring to the fact she's a speedy eagle.
143	** ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' has the Noto generals, each of which are named after their numerical hierarchy, all with the "Sono" prefix: Sono'''i''' (1), Sono'''ni''' (2), Sono'''za''' (3), Sono'''shi''' (4), Sono'''go''' (5), Sono'''roku''' (6), Sono'''na''' (7), and Sono'''ya''' (8).
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147	* All the members of Music/{{Slipknot}} assume numbers as their stage names.
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151	* ''The Adding Machine'' has Zero and his nearly identical friends, One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six. Their equally uniform wives uniformly take their husbands' names.
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155	* ''Art of Fugue'' has characters named Een, Twee, Drie and Vier.
156	* In ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', the names of Gunvolt's guns all have some relation to how many enemies they can tag. They're also all serpent-themed in some form or another, with one exception.
157	** '''Orochi''', '''Naga''', '''Mizuchi''', and '''Vasuki''' all refer to mythological serpents with varying numbers of heads. They can tag eight, five, one, and four enemies respectively.
158	** '''Cerberus''' was named after the three-headed hellhound from Greek mythology. It can tag three enemies. While the Cerberus is a canine, it's sometime depicted with a serpent's tail and a mane of snakes, which admittedly stretches the serpent theme a bit. In the Japanese version the gun was actually named after '''Ghidorah''', Toho's three-headed giant dragon best known for being one of Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'s recurring foes.
159	** '''Technos''' is a reference to the defunct game company best known for ''Franchise/DoubleDragon''.[[note]]In the Japanese version, the gun's name is spelled 双截龍 in kanji and テクノス in kana, which makes the intended reference a bit more obvious.[[/note]] It can tag two enemies.
160	** Lastly, a '''Dullahan''' was a headless knight, and it is the only weapon that cannot tag enemies. [[OddNameOut It is also the only one that doesn't fit the serpent themed naming.]]
161	* A sidequest in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' features a quartet of assassins named Oney, Wot, Reeth, and Rouf.
162	* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' has a mixture of Latin and Spanish numbers for the Vita boss: Vita Unus, Vita Dos, and Vita Tres. Yes, we are aware that Vita Unus is not proper grammar.
163	* Most major characters in ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'' are named after numbers. The intoner sisters run from One to Five, with our heroine [[MyHeroZero Zero]] being their older sister [[spoiler:and PatientZero of the evil flower on her eye]]. Two to Five have Disciples whose name are non-English numbers: Two's Cent (hundred), Three's Octa (eight), Four's Decadus (ten) and Five's Ditto (close enough to Duo: two).
164	* In ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound\|1994}}'', the towns are named Onett, Twoson, Threed, and Fourside. Likely unintentional, but adding those four numbers together gives you 10, which is funny considering that the game was on the Super Nin'''ten'''do.
165	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'': The members of Class Zero have names related to cards in a deck, resulting in numerical naming - Ace, Deuce, Trey, Cater, Cinque, Sice, Seven, Eight, Nine, Tiz (Hungarian for ten), Jack, Queen, King, and Joker.
166	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': In the post-patch content of the Endwalker expansion, [[spoiler: after entering the Thirteenth, the Scions meet a voidsent that acted as [[BigBad Zenos Viator Galvus's]] spirit partner for reaping. Given that she is free now, and has no name after centuries of not needing one, the Scions elect to name her "Zero" to both represent her emptiness from the Void and the start of a new beginning.]]
167	* ''VideoGame/PennyArcadeAdventures'': The Academic Symposium has a quartet of scientists named Dr. Uno, Dr. Twee, Dr. Drei and Dr. Quatromain [[note]]Spanish, Dutch, German and Portuguese(kinda) for One, Two, Three and Four, respectively.[[/note]]. A later sidequest involves getting all the Symposium's attendees to sign a petition, and because of the various grudges, rivalries and prejudices they have for one another, they need to be approached in a certain order. Guess what it is. [[spoiler:The catch is that the numbers are somewhat of a RedHerring; while ''those specific'' scientists must be spoken to in the order their names suggest, there are two other scientists whose names don't fit the convention and one of them must sign between Uno and Twee to get the proper order.]]
168	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
169	** The legendary birds of Kanto, first introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', are named (in National Pokédex order) Artic'''uno''', Zap'''dos''' and Mol'''tres'''.[[note]]The first three numbers in Spanish.[[/note]] Averted in the Japanese version, where they are named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Freezer, Thunder, and Fire]] respectively.
170	** Generation I also introduced Doduo and its evolution Dodrio, named after the amount of heads they have; plus Dug'''trio''', which is composed of three Digletts.
171	** And in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', we have D'''ein'''o, '''Zwei'''lous, and Hy'''drei'''gon, which are one headed, two headed, and three-headed dragons respectively.[[note]]The first three numbers in German.[[/note]] Unlike the legendary birds, this naming scheme is also present in the Japanese version: the dragons are named '''Mono'''zu, '''Di'''head, and '''Sa'''zandora.[[note]]From Japanese for three, "sa"/"san".[[/note]]
172	** ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' introduces H'''one'''dge (a possessed sword) and '''Doubl'''ad'''e''' (two possessed swords). Their Japanese names are '''Hitotsu'''ki (hitotsu: one) and '''Ni'''dangill (ni: two).
173	** Qwilfish's Japanese name, Harysen, is derived from 針千本 ''harisenbon'' (Japanese for "porcupinefish"), with the 千 ''sen'' part of its name literally meaning "thousand". ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' introduces its evolution, Overqwil, whose Japanese name of Haryman continues the theme, replacing the ''sen'' with 万 ''man'', meaning "ten thousand" or "myriad".
174	* Gehn, the villain of ''VideoGame/{{Riven}}'', and one of the novelisations, numbers everything he has control of, most notably his Ages, [[YouAreNumberSix and the people in them]]. Because Riven is his Fifth age, much of his property within it has that number on it somewhere.
175	* [[ArtificialHuman Seth]], from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', has the codename I-5; the number '5' is equivalent to the roman numeral 'V', thus, Seth's "number" is related to the game he first appears in.
176	* In ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', side character Hieda no Akyuu is a one-person version of this, being a person who dies and {{Reincarnat\|ion}}es every ten to twenty years but retains her PhotographicMemory of every life. A'''kyuu''' is the ninth reincarnation; for bonus points, her original incarnation was the RealLife historian [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieda_no_Are Hieda no Are]], whose name can be seen as representing zero[[note]]Though the real Are's name is written with entirely different kanji[[/note]].
177	* {{Terraform}}er ships in ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X3: Terran Conflict]]'' and ''Albion Prelude'' are given a four-letter designation that proves to be a number in base 16. Some examples: #deca (57,034 in base 10), #fade (64,222), #cafe (51,966).
178	* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', the soldiers of Colony 0 are all [[YouAreNumberSix given numbers instead of names]]. After helping them break away from Moebius control and move the location of their base to friendlier territories, Sena, wanting to further humanise them, elects to give them all names based on their number (to help ease them into the transition of their new designations), just as she had originally done for Segiri.[[note]]Segiri was originally number 7; the 'giri' part of her new name comes from the fact that she enjoyed Sena's homemade onigiri[[/note]] This results in number 3 getting named 'Trini, number 6 being christened 'Ix', number 9 becoming 'Fline', and so on.
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182	* ''VisualNovel/ChronoClock'' has three of its heroines -- Miu, Michiru, and Misaki -- who are specifically said to be a trio of friends, with names all starting with "mi", a Japanese word for 3.
183	* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' has Miyo Takano and Professor Hifumi Takano. Hifumi can be written as 一二三 (123), Miyo can be 三四 (34), which continues the sequence. Would be a stretch, except that it's pointed out in the anime when the two characters first meet.
184	* ''VideoGame/Idolish7'' All of the [=IDOLiSH7=] and TRIGGER members incorporate 1-7 and 8-10 in their names, respectively.
185	* The characters in ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' use code names based on the numbers on the bracelets they have been forced to wear as part of the Nonary Game; see the CodeName article for the list. In addition, a few of their ''real'' names are numerically-themed, [[spoiler:which allows Clover to use her real name during the game]].
186	* ''VisualNovel/TimeHollow'' has characters with the last names Onegin, Twombly, Threet, Fourier, Fivet, Sixon, Seven, Eights, Niner, Tenneson, Eleven and Twelves.
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190	* From the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' Midnight Crew intermission, we have the Felt, a gang of billiards-themed thugs, who are named as follows (copy-pasted from the article proper):
191	-->From the bottom up, we have Itchy (from ichi, Japanese for one), Doze (from dos, Spanish for two), Trace (from tres, Spanish for three), Clover ({{four leaf clover}}), Fin (slang term for a five-dollar bill), Die (six-sided die), Crowbar (from the crooked shape of a 7), Snowman (from the shape of an 8), Stitch (...in time saves nine), Sawbuck (slang term for a ten-dollar bill), Matchsticks (two straight lines, as in 11), Eggs (a dozen eggs), Biscuits (a baker's dozen), Quarters (quatorze, French for fourteen), and Cans (quinze, French for fifteen).
192	* № 1 and № 4 from ''Webcomic/{{Hellp}}''. They have real names too, but prefer to go by the nicknames.
193	* Tetras, from ''Webcomic/TheMotleyTwo''. Obsessed with the number four, has a fitting name (the prefix tetra-).
194	* Twenty-Fifth Bam from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. His name means that he was born on the 25th Night.
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198	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' does this to some extent. The names of the main characters are a reference to their numbers. Nigel Uno / Numbuh 1 (uno = 1, Spanish), Hoagie Gilligan Jr. / Numbuh 2 (Jr. after a name = 2nd in the family to use such name; also, Gilligan was second in command of the Minnow on ''Series/GilligansIsland''), Kuki Sanban / Numbuh 3 ("sanban" = third, Japanese), Wallabee Beetles / Numbuh 4 (Music/TheBeatles = Fab Four, and for his horrible luck due to [[FourIsDeath the number four being unlucky]]), Abigail Lincoln / Numbuh 5 (UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln = US $5 bill), and the first names of Numbuhs 1, 3 and 4 are a reference to their country of origin (England, Japan, and Australia respectively), the first name of Numbuh 2 is another name for a club sandwich (perhaps a reference to his size), but the first name of Numbuh 5 is just a name, unrelated to her French national origin. (Although it does resemble Abe, as in Abraham Lincoln.)
199	* ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters''. The seven monsters all have numbers for names, and as a result if they hear any mention of a number above seven, then they will all immediately break into song about numbers higher than seven.
200	* In ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', the six best assassins in the world use One, Dos, Trey, IV, Five and Six as their names.
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204	* Several characters in ''[[https://amifa.co.jp/smpr/ SMAPRO]]'', a mascot group of 12 male idols by retail chain Amifa, have numbers in their names representing the month in which they were born. Normally, it is the number of their month.
205	** ''Ni''nomiya Mashiro ('''二'''之宮真白) represents February.
206	** ''Mi''nami Kazuomi ('''三'''波和臣) represents March.
207	** Igarashi Nagi ('''五'''十嵐凪) represents May, although the first two numbers in his name actually mean fifty and not five.
208	** Akakuma ''Nana''ya (赤熊 '''七'''奈也) represents July.
209	** ''Ba''dur has the Chinese pronunciation of the number 8 in his name, and he represents August.
210	** ''Ku''ga Edward Chiaki ('''九'''家・エドワード・千秋) represents September.
211	** ''To''gami Shigure ('''十'''守時雨) represents October.
212	** ''Juuni''ya Kotaro ('''十二'''夜小太郎) represents December.
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216	* Indonesian children sometimes get names based on numbers: Eka (one, pronounced ''ay-ka''), Dwi (two, pronounced ''dwee''), Tri (three, pronounced ''tree''), Catur (four, pronounced ''chah-tour''), and Panca (five, roughly pronounced ''pahn-cha''). While Catur and Panca is quite rare nowadays, the first three is still quite common. Oddly, while Eka is considered an androgynous name, Dwi is considered more feminine than masculine (perhaps due to closeness to another female Indonesian name, Dewi), while Tri is considered more masculine than feminine.
217	** Japan has a similar scheme available for male given names; Ichirō ("One" + "Son"), "Jirō" ("Two") Saburō ("Three"), and so forth.[[note]]''Film/{{Ran}}'' in Film above is a particularly famous fictional example, albeit with "Tarō" substituted for Ichirō[[/note]] A DeadHorseTrope was to have Asian stereotype characters use a BlindIdiotTranslation and refer to "Number-one Son".
218	** That was pretty common in Ancient Rome for families with many children too. Quintus was a name for the 5th son, Sixtus the 6th, Septimus the 7th, etc. Oh, and while we're at it, the Indonesian example given uses numbers taken from Sanskrit, a language of more historical/cultural significance (the Indonesian equivalents would be Satu, Dua, Tiga, etc.).
219	** Similarly, Jung Chang mentions in ''Literature/WildSwans'' that her great-grandmother had the name Second Daughter.
220	* This was popular in ancient Rome, with the first, second, third, fourth and fifth sons very frequently being named Primus, Secundus, Tertius, Quartus and Quintus. Similar schemes have also been popular in Sweden, such as naming a third son "Trisse" or an eighth daughter "Ottilia". Naturally obsolete nowadays when few families have more than two children. In Finnish, "Ensio" (first) and "Toini" (second) are still in use.
221	* Oglala children got this as well:
222	** Boys: Caske, Hepan, Hepi, Catan, Hake, Hakata, Cekpa
223	** Girls: Witokape, Hapan, Hepistanna, Wanska, Wihake, Hakata, Cekpa
224	* Aztecs were named after the day they were born.
225	* Major Benjamin Stickney, a major player in the "Toledo War" between Ohio and the Michigan territory, named his sons One and Two. Two Stickney caused the only casualty in the War when he stabbed Monroe deputy Joseph Wood.
226	* Most cities in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates are at least partially planned and thus exhibit numerical theme naming in their streets running in a particular direction, usually measuring the distance in blocks (typically about 1/10 of a mile) from some major street that marks "one" or "zero." The most common street name in America is "2nd Street," as what would otherwise be "1st Street" is usually given some other name (most commonly "Main Street," "High Street," "State Street," "Broad Street," "Market Street," or--when it runs along a river or other waterfront--"Front Street").
227	** The largest city with this kind of arrangement is of course UsefulNotes/{{New York\|City}}, with its famous numbered streets under the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 running up the island of Manhattan and up into the Bronx--but it's incomplete. The system was established well after the city, and so it has to contend with the rather less-orderly network that prevailed before the plan came into effect. The end result is that 1st Street is a short and rather insignificant thoroughfare in the Bowery (the important street in the area is Houstoun), and the first numbered street in Manhattan to run all the way across the island is 14th (13th comes close, but is interrupted at the intersection with 8th Avenue). Incidentally, the same Commissioners' Plan that gave Manhattan and the Bronx their famous numbered streets is also responsible for New York's great avenues running perpendicular to the numbered streets; these were originally all numbered (except for the "[[AlphabeticalThemeNaming Alphabet City]]" avenues kludged in because Manhattan bulges eastward a bit before tapering off at the south end), but two (Lexington and Madison Avenues) have been added in between and one (Park Avenue) has gained a name. (Brooklyn and Queens have areas with numbered streets, but they're not nearly as famous as Manhattan's.)
228	** Another large city where the numbered naming is in full display is UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}. The numbered streets are numbered west from Front Street (which takes the place of a "1st Street"), which is (or was, at any rate)[[note]]Reclamation and other things have meant that some streets, etc., have been built closer to the river[[/note]] on the waterfront of the Delaware, running parallel to its course in Center City (that's downtown). The major exception to this rule is Broad Street, which would be 14th Street but it was designated by William Penn as marking the main north-south artery through the city. Because the river bends fairly sharply eastward a little bit north of Center City, Front Street (which just keeps going in a straight line almost all the way to the city limit at Cheltenham Avenue) gets pretty far from the waterfront in North Philly; in some areas, they have [[AlphabeticalThemeNaming lettered streets]] going eastward from Front Street. (Streets perpendicular to the numbered ones in Philadelphia are largely named after [[FloralThemeNaming trees and plants]] in Center City, with names after what appear to be people but also other random things outside Center City, e.g., one substantial area in the northern part of the city where it's all [[LocationThemeNaming Pennsylvania counties]].)
229	** The most peculiar instance is probably UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, which has ''two'' of many numbered streets. The numbered streets go north-south, with "0th Street" being Capitol Street (which runs north-south from [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the United States Capitol]]) and the numbers increasing as you go further east or west. The east-west streets are [[AlphabeticalThemeNaming lettered]], with, um, Capitol Street as the baseline (a different street, this one running east-west; it and the A Streets do not exist west of the Capitol, being replaced by the National Mall), with the exception of the B Streets (which are replaced with Constitution Ave. for the one north of the Capitol and Independence Ave. for the one south of it). This is why you always write addresses in DC with the quadrant letters: 11th and K NW and 11th and K SE (for example) refer to two different intersections involving ''four'' different streets and the areas around them are entirely different from each other in character (11th and K NW is in the heart of downtown, features nice hotels, and is where lobbyists hang out, or at least used to; 11th and K SE, although still in Capitol Hill, is a quiet residentialish area and features a Papa John's). (These lettered and numbered streets do not include the District's famous avenues, like [[TheWhiteHouse Pennsylvania Avenue]]--those are [[LocationThemeNaming named after states]] and run at an angle relative to the grid of lettered/numbered streets.)
230	** UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, with its large-scale street grid, still uses numbers for almost all east-west streets on the South Side. (Near the center axis, a "great person" naming scheme takes priority; Roosevelt Road,[[note]]Named for UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt[[/note]] Cermak Road,[[note]]Named for Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago 1931-33. A great reformer and a champion of the interests of Chicago's immigrant working class (being himself a Czech immigrant), he was killed during an assassination attempt on FDR and has been revered in Chicago ever since[[/note]] and Pershing Road[[note]]After the great general[[/note]] are 20th-century rebrands of 12th, 22nd and 39th Streets.) Many of the north-south avenues on the West Side were originally assigned numbers as well; they have all been renamed by the city, but the avenue numbers persist in street addresses and in a few western suburbs.
231	** A very unusual instance among large cities is possibly UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}, where most of the east-west arterial (Public Land Survey System section line) roads, both within the city and in the western and especially northern suburbs, are numbered, but with "Mile Road" suffixes, increasing as you go further north from downtown Detroit. The east-west roads closer to downtown, however, take on different naming schemes; Michigan Avenue within the city (or Ford Road in the western suburbs) takes the place of "0 Mile Road", Warren Avenue instead of "1 Mile Road", and so forth (though a 3 Mile ''Drive'', possibly unrelated to this scheme, exists on the far east side), up to and including Fenkell Avenue[[note]]Named for George Fenkell, who was Detroit Water Commissioner at the time of the road's rebranding, 1925[[/note]] and [=McNichols=] Road[[note]]Named for John [=McNichols=], President of the University of Detroit (now University of Detroit Mercy) from 1921 to his 1932 death, who was instrumental in relocating the university to its present-day location at the road's intersection with Livernois Avenue[[/note]] (which are 20th-century in-city rebrands of 5 and 6 Mile Roads), resulting in 7 and 8 Mile Roads ([[Film/EightMile yes,]] ''[[Film/EightMile that one]]'') being the only ones to retain their number within Detroit itself; and in the northern suburbs, mile roads north of 14 Mile also change from numbers in Macomb County to different names in Oakland County. Making this scheme even more perplexing, there's also some numbered "½ Mile Roads" between the main "Mile Roads", and even Detroit itself, as well as several of its suburbs, have traditionally numbered streets as well (Detroit's scheme runs perpindicular to [though does not intersect, aside from 2nd and 3rd Avenues, which intersect [=McNichols=] Road/6 Mile Road, 14th Street, which intersects Fenkell Avenue/5 Mile Road, and 12th Street[[note]]now Rosa Parks Boulevard[[/note]], which intersects both Fenkell and [=McNichols=]] the "Mile Roads" and does start at 1st Street [a short downtown street]).
232	* In Estonian, the weekdays are named from ''esmaspäev'' ("first day", Monday) to ''nelipäev'' ("fourth day", Thursday). Friday is ''reede'', Saturday is ''lauapäev'' (washing day) and Sunday is ''pühapaev'' (holy day). Similarly in Portuguese, where days from Monday to Friday are numbered (''segunda-feira'' to ''sexta-feira'') whilst Saturday is ''Sábado'' (Sabbath) and Sunday is ''Domingo'' (Lord's Day). Or in Polish, with "wtorek" ("second day", Tuesday), "czwartek" ("fourth day", Thursday) and "piątek" ("fifth day", Friday) [the rest is, sadly, a lot less consistent].
233	* Porsche vehicles are generally named with a three letter number starting with a "9".
234	* In Sai Ying Pun, a suburb of UsefulNotes/HongKong, there are four streets known as First Street, Second Street, Third Street, and [[OddNameOut High Street]]. The latter was initially named Fourth Street, but FourIsDeath in traditional Chinese culture, so it was renamed. Averted with most of the other streets in the city, though.
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