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->''"Howl, Feral, Savage, Ravage, Talon, Wraith. Sensing a theme?"''
-->-- '''Quinlan Vos''', ''Fanfic/TheDesertStorm''

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Authors like to use themes to create a sense of unity or cohesiveness within their work. Some extend themes to the names of the characters, often beyond the similarities that would be expected for characters from the same culture or who all speak the same language. When the author does this, you have Theme Naming. For instance, all the female characters will have names of flowers or plants (occasionally the male characters will get {{Gender Blender Name}}s); all the names start with the same letter or syllable, groups of characters are named after groups of gods, demigods, or mythical heroes. As the list of subtropes demonstrates, there are a ''lot'' of possible themes (and that's not all of them, either)

The {{Recurring Extra}}s, ThoseTwoGuys and CreepyTwins sometimes have thematic names that link them. Theme naming is also common for characters with unusual names as a mnemonic in order to keep track of a huge cast; it's easier to keep track of which character is associated with which other characters if each group uses a theme.

Theme Naming can also be a GeniusBonus if it involves puns or other types of wordplay, names or words from languages other than the language the work is written in, or multiple layers of meaning in the name, or alternate or changed spellings.

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!!Variations:
* FamilyThemeNaming
* LetterMotif
* OddNameOut
* PlanetOfSteves
* ThemeInitials
* ThemeTwinNaming
* UnifiedNamingSystem: Everything important is named following a certain theme or trend.
* VirusAndCureNames: A virus and its cure's names are related.

!!Subtropes include:
* AlliterativeFamily
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming
* AnimalThemeNaming
* ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming
* ColorAnimalCodename
* ColourfulThemeNaming
* CoupleThemeNaming
* DayOfTheWeekName
* EdibleThemeNaming
* FloralThemeNaming
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming
* LocationThemeNaming
* MusicalThemeNaming
* NumericalThemeNaming
* OppositesThemeNaming
* PunnyName
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming
* RhymeThemeNaming
* RockThemeNaming
* ScientificAndTechnologicalThemeNaming
* ShoutOutThemeNaming
* StellarName
* TemporalThemeNaming
* ThemedAliases
* VehicularThemeNaming
* WerewolfThemeNaming
* {{WPUN}}
* YouAreNumberSix
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This page is for examples that don't really fit into any of the above sub-tropes. Those that do should be placed on the appropriate sub-trope's page.

See also MeaningfulName, PropheticNames, WhosOnFirst, StevenUlyssesPerhero, NamesGivenToComputers, ThisIsMyNameOnForeign. See IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming for titles.

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!Examples:

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[[folder:Body Parts]]
* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': ''Wedding March'': Also FamilyThemeNaming: Thorax and Pharynx are implied to be brothers, which is a fact of the source work, and both are named after anatomical areas around the chest.
* The [[VideoGame/{{Arma}} Republic of Chernarus]] has quite a few place names that derive from body parts, like a hill on a castle named "Horn", another castle hill named "Tooth", and a peninsula that is, quite appropriately, named "Head". [[BilingualBonus All in Russian]], of course, with Chernarus being a post-Soviet surrogate and everything.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'', (Rash, Zitz, and Pimple) are named after unpleasant skin phenomena.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents,'' the RoguesGallery of {{superhero}} The Crimson Chin are The Body of Evil, whose members are (naturally) all named for body parts: Bronze Kneecap, Golden Gut, Iron Lung, and Titanium Toenail, among others.
* [[QuirkyMinibossSquad The Seven Primevals]] of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' were named after the body-parts related to their powers (Nails, Liver, Intestine, etc.)
* The mutates from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' are Talon, Claw, Fang and [[OddNameOut Maggie]]. Having been turned into human/animal hybrids, they took a MeaningfulRename that reflected their new anatomy (Maggie just kept her old name).
* The Band of Seven in ''Manga/InuYasha'' have names ending with "kotsu" (骨), meaning "bone", which might signify that they are undead. The other kanji in each of their names also signifies something about each of them.
* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the international agency at the focus of the series is called Nerv (German for "nerve"); its predecessor agency, sharing most of the staff, locations and equipment, was called Gehirn ("brain"); and both are backed and directed in secret by a [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness shadowy]], religious ([[AllThereInTheManual according to the manual]]), organization called Seele ("soul").
* In ''Literature/OnlyTheRingFingerKnows'', all the novels in the series have "hand" or "ring finger" in the title.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[GiantCorpseWorld Seeing how they're located on the corpse of a massive titan]], quite a few locations in the Boiling Isles are named after the body parts they're located at (Bonesborough, the Knee, Lake Lacuna).
* The Org Generals from ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce''. Their counterparts in ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' were designed based on parts of the face, so they were named Retinax, Nayzor and Mandilok (from retina, nasal and mandible).
* ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'': Kumandra splits into five body-part-named tribes: Fang, Heart, Talon, Tail, and Spine.
* In ''Skeleton Krew'', the three playable Krew members are named Spine, Joint and Rib.
* Knuckles' mother in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' seems to have an affinity of naming her children after body parts (Knuckles and his half-brother Kneecapeon "Kneecaps" Mace).
* In ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' the three leads' armor are named Manus, Corus and Octus (hand, heart and eye).
* The Autobot Headmasters in ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' have head- or brain-related names: Chromedome, Hardhead, Highbrow, Brainstorm, and Cerebros. The Decepticon Headmasters Mindwipe, Apeface and Skullcruncher also follow this pattern, but less consistently[[note]]for example, the third Decepticon Headmaster is named [[OddNameOut Weirdwolf]])[[/note]]
* In ''Anime/UFOWarriorDaiApolon'', the three individual robots that form Dai Apolon are named "Header" (which forms the head), "Trungur" (which forms the trunk/torso), and "Legger" (which forms the legs).
* The four main characters of ''Anime/WolfsRain'' are all named for aspects of the wolf; Kiba (Fang), Tsume (Claw), Hige (Whisker), and Toboe (Howl). The pun in the title of the second episode, "Toboe, Who Doesn't Howl", is thus lost in the English translation.
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* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Overlapping with SdrawkcabName in many cases, the Heliorites from U19 are named after different brands of electrical appliances: Eleim (Miele), Xeniloum (Moulinex), Tidar (Radit), Naurb (Braun), Phipsil (Philips), Magsuns (Samsung), Loopwhirl (Whirlpool) and Nedwook (Kenwood).
* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' fandom:
** They usually assigns car brand and model names to characters (original or otherwise) from Districts 6, as their main industry revolves around transportation and it's a convenient way of naming characters. Examples include Camaro and Chevy from ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'', and the similarly-named Chev, Bentley, Porsche, and Honda from ''Fanfic/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived''. ''[[https://thehungergamesfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Guides/Character_Naming The Hunger Games Fanon Wiki]]'' adds names like Audi, Boeing, Cadillac, Delorean, Ford, Jeeper, Kia, Lexus, Mercedes, Prius, Royce, Toyota, and many more obscure car models and brands.
** ''[[https://thehungergamesfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Guides/Character_Naming The Hunger Games Fanon Wiki]]'' also takes it one step further to suggest similar naming patterns for other urban districts, including Bing, Casio, Chrome, Dell, and Google for District 3 (technology).

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* The Sinclairs in ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' are named after the Sinclair oil (fossil fuels) company, which famously uses a ''Brontosaurus'' as its logo and on all its merchandise. Other characters in the show are also named after oil companies, including Earl's friend Roy ''Hess'', boss ''B.P.'' (British Petroleum) Richfield (from Atlantic Richfield, better known as ARCO and now owned by BP) and others.

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* ''WebAnimation/GirlChanInParadise'' has main character Kenstar and his DistaffCounterpart Maytag, named after brands of washing machines.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'': The Gross Sisters are named after brands of skincare products. Nubia after Nivia, Olei after Olay, and Gina after Neutrogina. Ironically, their skin is so ashy it appears blue.
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[[folder:Classical Elements]]
* The Shiba siblings in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' follow a pattern: Kaien means "sea swallow", Ganju means "rock eagle", and Kuukaku means "sky crane".
* Terra of the Left, Vento of the Front, Acqua of the Back and Fiamma of the Right of ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' are named after the elements as well as the different position you can take in regard to someone.
* Similarly, many characters in ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' have names that reference the elemental powers they possess (Recca = "wild fire", Fuuko = "wind child", and so on).
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' also has a "[[LandSeaSky Sky, Land, Sea]]" motif for three main characters:
** Sora, Riku, and Kairi are in Japanese; Ven(tus), Terra, and Aqua go for a more Latin theme.
** The sea / water theme extends to Naminé ('nami' -- wave), [[spoiler: Kairi's Nobody (sort of)]] and Xion ('shio' -- tide), who looks like a young Kairi with black hair [[spoiler: but turns out to be a Replica of ''Sora'' created from his strongest memories, which are mostly of her.]]
* ''Literature/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes'': All of Apothecary Huang's initial students have two characters in their given names, with the second character being 風/风 (''fēng'', "wind") -- Qu Ling'''feng''' (曲靈'''風'''/曲灵'''风'''), Chen Xuan'''feng''' (陳玄'''風'''/陈玄'''风'''), Mei Chao'''feng''' (梅超'''風'''/梅超'''风'''), Lu Cheng'''feng''' (陸乘'''風'''/陆乘'''风'''), Wu Mian'''feng''' (武眠'''風'''/武眠'''风'''), and Feng Mo'''feng''' (馮默'''風'''/冯默'''风'''). The English translation [[{{Woolseyism}} preserves this theme]] by giving them all wind-themed names, [[DubNameChange renaming them]] Tempest, Hurricane, Cyclone, Zephyr, Galeforce, and Doldrum, respectively.[[note]]The Doldrums is an area of sea near the Equator where ships are unable to move because there is no wind.[[/note]]
* While not universal, many of the elemental witches from the ''VideoGame/LuminousArc'' games have names that reflect their power. In the first game, there's Lucia (based on the Latin word for light), Clair (possibly derived from the French word "éclair," meaning a flash of lightning), and Vivi (maybe from the Spanish word for wind, "viento"). ''VideoGame/LuminousArc2'' has Dia ("día" is Spanish for day, as in daylight), Potpurri (her element is nature, which combines earth and wood), Luna (meaning moon, she is the Tide Witch and the moon affects the tides), and possibly Fatima (sounds like "fatal," referring to her power over darkness).
* In ''Literature/MagicalAnnals'' a lot of the characters have elemental names. Including Windfire, Skyfire and Ravenwater. They are just a few of the examples.
* The heroines of ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' have names that reflect the magical elements they command (Hikaru = "[[PlayingWithFire light/fire]]", Umi = "[[KillItWithWater ocean]]", Fuu = "[[BlowYouAway wind]]").
** The Latin American dub decided to maintain the game, and translated the heroines' names: Hikaru became "Lucy" (derived from Latin ''Lux'' meaning "light"), Umi was renamed Marina (feminine form of Latin ''Marinus'' meaning "of the sea"), and Fuu became Anais (supposedly alluding to her "air" element after a famous perfume, but also seems to point more [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anais to her gracefulness]]).
** The Filipino dub did this one better by going with Luce, Marina, and the more-appropriate Anemone (Greek for "daughter of the wind").
* A lot of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' gym leaders have names that correspond to the type of Pokemon that they use. For instance, Lt. Surge uses electric Pokemon.
* Some of the villains from ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' have a [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] theme naming: Moltor, with his {{Mooks}} the Lava Lizards, and Flurious, with his {{Mooks}} the Chillers. They're also [[FamilyThemeNaming brothers]].
* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': Given that the premise is that the world is reeling from the appearance of fire-wielding mutants, quite a few characters have names related to fire and classical/mythological references to it.
** Said mutants are referred to as Burnish.
** Lio Fotia has this twice over:
*** "Fotia" literally means "fire" in Greek.
*** "Lio" sounds like a variant of "Leo", fitting his proud and leaderlike personality. It is also a fire sign.
** [[InterserviceRivalry Rivals]] Ignis and Vulcan. "Ignis" is Latin for "fire", "Vulcan" is the Roman god of fire and volcanoes. The latter's surname Haestus evokes Vulcan's Greek counterpart, Hephaestus.
** The Ardebit sisters: "Ardebit" is a Latin conjugation of "ardeo" that means "to burn".
** The deceased Professor Prometh, who [[spoiler:was killed for ''not'' wanting to burn up the world to power the Prometech Engine]], evokes Prometheus, the Titan ChainedToARock for giving humanity fire. For bonus points, the names of Kray and Biar, who [[spoiler:are responsible for and likely aware of the truth behind his death, respectively]], [[MythicalMotifs bring to mind Kratos and Bia]], the agents of Zeus who are responsible for Prometheus's torment in ''Theatre/PrometheusBound''.
* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': The five members of the ClassicalElementsEnsemble Team Alchemical each have names derived from their respective element in the AlchemicElementals.
** '''[[BlowYouAway Sylvia Skylark]]''' name comes from "Sylph", a type of mythological wind spirit, and "Skylark", a genus of bird.
** '''[[DishingOutDirt Gwen Morita]]''''s given name is derived from Gnome, the alchemic elemental associated with Earth. Her surname uses the kanji 森 (mori) meaning "forest" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".
** '''[[PlayingWithFire Sally Fintan]]''' is named for the "salamander", which has [[FierySalamander historically been associated with fire]], and Fintan is an Irish surname meaning "white fire".
** '''[[MakingASplash Undine Wells]]''' is named after the water spirit called [[ShapedLikeItself an Undine]], and a well is a structure from which water is drawn.
** '''[[ElementNumberFive Tessa Quinn]]''', rather than being named after an {{Alchemic Elemental|s}}, she's named after ElementNumberFive, also known as the "quintessence".
* The Chateau level names in ''VideoGame/{{Something}}'' are based on the elements in the French language. (Feu, Eau, Vent, and Terre).
* Each "Elemental Lord" in the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game is named in a different language with their respective element. "Grandsoil" (Earth) and "Windrose" (Wind) in English (This could be German too), "Moulinglacia" (Ice) in French, and "Pyrorex" (Fire) in Latin.
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[[folder:Clothes]]
* In ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'', [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/05/09/freaky-things/ Nin Wah takes exception to being part of a crew consisting of "Fluffy," "Socks," and "Mittens."]]
-->'''Nin Wah:''' [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal "...which brings up]] ''[[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal another]]'' [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal freaky thing about this ship!"]]
* All of the Borogravian officers in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Monstrous Regiment'' have clothing related names (Blouse, Froc, Strappi, etc.) This is a fairly obscure reference to Lords Cardigan and Raglan, two of the generals (and sweater designers?) responsible for the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade.
** For bonus points, said Charge was during the Battle of Balaclava.
** And perhaps also to the Duke of Wellington (for non-Brits, this is because "Wellington" is a common term for waterproof boots in the UK).
*** Wellington seems indicated, as it's pointed out that Generals either get items of clothing or culinary dishes named after them. Beef Wellington anyone?
* One major character's entire family in ''Manga/DragonBall'' is named for undergarments (Bulma (whose name when pronounced in Japanese, ''Buruma'', is a homophone to the Japanese word for "Bloomers"), Trunks, Bra, Dr. Briefs, Tights, and Panchy), a joke which for [[SpellMyNameWithAnS various]] [[{{Bowdlerise}} reasons]] is only partially carried over to the English translation.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', the Taguel characters are named after fabric, Panne (a type of crushed velvet) and Yarne.
** This tradition is continued in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', with the fox spirit Kaden and the wolfskin Keaton (both named after Cotton) and their daughters Selkie (silk) and Velouria, respectively.
* Hakkasan group has two restaurants in Las Vegas named Herringbone and Seersucker. Oddly, the names of both of these kinds of fabric are related to food: "herringbone," because of course herring are food fish, and "seersucker," whose name comes from a Persian phrase meaning "milk and sugar."
* A unique example in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'', in that most of the characters introduced in the part are named after clothing ''brands'' or famous designers of said brands. So you have characters like Gwess, Enrico Pucci, Emporio Alnino, Donatello Versus, etc.[[labelnote:namesake]]Guess, Emilio Pucci, Emporio Armani, and Versace's "Versus" line, respectively.[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': all the major characters are named after undergarments. There are also Chuck, Brief, BigBad Corset and the demon sisters Scanty and Kneesocks, Panty uses a gun named Backlace... you get the point.
* ''Fanfic/WhatIfGokuLandedAtCapsuleCorp'': Continuing the Clothes-type Theme Naming from the source work, there's ''Longjohn''.
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[[folder:Cosmetics]]
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* The few members of the Joketsuzoku (or "Amazons") in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' who are named are named after cosmetics: for example, the central trio Cologne, Shampoo, and Mousse.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', many of the [[AmazonianBeauty Gerudo]] characters have names derived from Japanese transliterations of English words relating to beauty and cosmetics. "Riju" comes from "rouge," "Buliara" in the Japanese version is "Beauler" (derived from "beau"), "Essa" comes from "aesthetics," "Fegran" comes from "fragrance," "Kohm" comes from "comb," "Laine" comes from "eye liner," "Isha" comes from "eye shadow," and so on.
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[[folder:Emotions]]
* ''Film/TheAirIBreathe'': All the four main characters are named for a Chinese proverb that sees life as being divided between four emotional cornerstones. Forest Whitaker's character is Happiness, Brendan Fraser's character is Pleasure, Sarah Michelle Gellar's character is Sorrow, and Kevin Bacon's character is Love.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** Spoofed with the Carter family. The daughters are named after virtues: Hope, Chastity, Prudence, and Charity. After that they got confused and thought that the sons should be named after vices: Anger, Jealousy, Bestiality, Covetousness and Deviousness. This being ''Discworld,'' they all have personalities which are the exact opposite of their names. For example, Hope suffers from depression and a sense of the existential alienation and angst, Chastity is a uhh..."Seamstress" in Ankh-Morpork's seedier districts, while Anger is a calm and reasonable fellow and Bestiality is known for his kindness towards animals.
*** From the same region (Lancre), several families have last names which reference professions ("Carter" itself being an example). It's a running joke that none of these families have any members who are actually ''in'' that profession, so if you run into a man in Lancre whose name is, say, Sam Cooper, you can be certain that, whatever his job actually is, it will have absolutely nothing to do with barrels.
** Some dwarfs are named after emotions, as a ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' reference (Cheery Littlebottom being an example).
* In Robin Hobb's ''Literature/{{Farseer}}'' trilogy, royal children and sometimes lesser nobles are named for virtues: Chivalry, Dutiful, Patience, etc.
* The main characters of ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', being personifications of Riley's emotions, are Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust.
* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' concludes each chapter with a boss whose name invokes [[spoiler:the Latin word "odio", meaning "Hate" -- Odo in Prehistory, Ou Di Wan Lee in Imperial China ([[BilingualBonus "Wan" is equivalent to the Japanese word "Oh"]]), Ode Iou in Edo Japan, O. Dio in the Wild West, Odie O'Bright in the present, Odeo in the Near Future, and OD-10 in the Distant Future. This all serves as a hint that all seven of the events aren't unrelated after all, which gets hammered in the [[WhamEpisode Middle Ages]] chapter where the resident ArcVillain; The Lord of Dark ''[[{{Foreshadowing}} doesn't]]'' share this theming, and culminates in an utterly-broken Oersted [[ThenLetMeBeEvil deciding to become the villain]] he's been framed as beyond all hope - [[BigBad the Lord of Dark Odio]].]]
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' names all of Beanbean Kingdom's locations after laughter, such as Hoo Hoo Mountain, Chucklehuck Woods, Woohoo Hooniversity and Teehee Valley. Fittingly, ThatOneLevel, the DiscOneFinalDungeon and place the ThemeNaming comes to a screeching stop, is called Joke's End.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** The majority of the bosses in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' are named after the emotions they "carry into battle," such as The Pain, who is covered in hornets; and The Fear, who loves to stalk his foes and attack with booby traps and ambushes.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', The Beauty and the Beast unit takes this trope one step further, combining the animal names of FOXHOUND and the emotions of the Cobra Unit (for example, combining Vulcan Raven and The Fury to make Raging Raven). This also provides FridgeBrilliance when you realise the name "Old Snake" fits the theme (combination of Liquid Snake and The End).
* The [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Seven Dwarfs]], at least in Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon.
* The names of the Black Siblings in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' all start with ''ki'': Kittan, Kiyoh, Kinon, and Kiyal. If you flip them, you get emotions or states of mind: ''tanki'' means "quick temper", ''youki'' means "cheerfulness", ''nonki'' means various things including "carefree" and "optimistic", and ''yaruki'' means "willingness".
* ''Literature/XWingSeries'': Becomes a plot point when Rogue Squadron is inspecting freighters for contraband. After ''Pride of Contruum'' checks out and is about to do a Hyperspace Jump, Pash Cracken (a Contruum native) insists on doing a more thorough search, because the name is fake. When queried, he explains that Contruum has extremely strict naming conventions for ships, only military capital ships can be named for virtues, and freighters are named after [[LocationThemeNaming rivers]] and [[AnimalThemeNaming beasts of burden]].
* The fallen humans in ''Fanfic/YouCanOnlyUseYourOwn'' all have five-letter names with meanings related to joy.
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* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', people from the Capitol typically have names of ancient Greco-Roman origin, e.g. Effie (Euphemia), Caesar, Cinna, Portia, etc. Many people from District 2 may also have names of ancient Roman origin to reflect the district's close relationship with the Capitol, e.g. Cato, Brutus, etc.

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* For a show set in New Mexico, ''Series/BreakingBad'' has an awful lot of characters with German last names in it, like Hank Schrader, Elliot Shwartz[[note]]even becomes a minor plot point as his name means "black" in German, which he combines with Walter White to name his company Grey Matter[[/note]], Mike Ehrmantraut[[note]]lampshaded in the prequel when a German character translates his last name for him[[/note]], Gale Boetticher, Gus Frings, Ted Beneke, Dan Wachsberger, and Jack Welker. While the White family themselves has no German name, Walt uses the very German "Heisenberg" as his work alias.

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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'': In the Western release, most gangs have members with English names, but some gangs are exceptions:
** The Internationals gang is described in the manual as a gang of foreign exchange students, and thus they all have non-English names. They are: Akbar, Andre, Boris, Fuji, Hans, Juan, Lars, Wang, Yemi (NES version), or: Baka, Chang, Ein, Faiz, Franz, Hans, Kim, Kurt, Tama, Wai, [[FamousNamedForeigner Putin]], Boris (GBA remake).
** The Dragons gang (exclusive to the GBA remake) has members with Japanese names: Ferio, Kunio, Largo, Oni, Pala, Piro, Raika, Riki, Sudou, Tatsu.

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* The main cast of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' almost all have [[AncientGrome Classical Roman, Greek]] or [[Literature/TheBible Biblical]]-themed names.
** [[TheHero Ezra]] is named for a Jewish prophet, and [[TheMentor Kanan]] is pronounced like [[ThePromisedLand 'Canaan']] (and his real name is [[spoiler: Caleb, another Biblical figure]]).
** [[ActionGirl Sabine]] is named for the Sabines, an Italian tribe that opposed Rome. [[TheBigGuy Zeb]]'s last name, Orrelios, resembles "Marcus ''Aurelius''", a Roman Emperor. [[TeamMom Hera]] is named for a Greek goddess. There are also Imperial characters named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great Konstantine]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus Titus]].
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[[folder:Foreign Language Words]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Bamse}}'' has Skutt's siblings... All of which are named for Swedish synonyms for "jumping" (he has ''a lot of them'', being a rabbit).
* In ''WebAnimation/HanazukiFullOfTreasures'', the [[PlantPeople Moonflowers]] all have vaguely Japanese-sounding names (Hanazuki, Kiazuki, Kiyoshi, etc).
* [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Giftia]] in ''Anime/PlasticMemories'' mostly have western names like "Max" and "Zack", in contrast to the Japanese names of the human characters.
* In Creator/DavidDrake's ''Literature/{{RCN}}'' series, the so-called Alliance of Free Stars is not especially German in its ethnicity -- but '''many''' major Alliance warships have German names: the cruiser/minelayer ''Bremse'', battleships ''Der Grosser Karl''[[note]]and every ship in its squadron had a name that at least '''could''' be German[[/note]], ''Siegfried'', and ''Direktor Friedrich'', cruisers ''Bluecher'' and ''Scheer''...
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'': Every single one of Innes' artes are in French.
* ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'': Some Little Tokyo streets have a Japanese theme: Yin Dr. and Yang St, Kimono Ln, Sumo Dr, Tokyo Way.
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* The second ''Manga/CaseClosed'' movie ''[[Anime/DetectiveConanFilm02TheFourteethTarget The Fourteenth Target]]'' centers around a series of attacks on a group of people, with the order based on the numerical element in the kanji or pronunciation of the target's name based on playing cards (starting at Joker and working down). The English dub, obviously unable to use an allusion that strongly centers around Japanese language, dropped that theme and [[DubNameChange changed several names]], basing the necessary allusions on their careers instead, such as how many patents an inventor had filed, or a professional golfer's national ranking.
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots GoBots]]'' had a gestalt character called Puzzler, and the robots who combined to form him all had puzzle-related names: Crossword, Jig Saw, Pocket, Rube, Tic Tac and Zig Zag. Just in case a few of those escape you, Zig Zag was a puzzle manufacturer in the early part of the 20th century, and Creator/RubeGoldberg is famous for his complicated devices.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4''[='=]s Nero uses techniques named mostly after gambling terms.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'' has characters named after cards -- Ace, Queen, King, Jack, and the rest of the cast named after numbers in various languages.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' has Shin's four playing card-themed henchmen (known as the Four Jacks in the anime adaptation), who are Spade, Diamond, Club, and Heart. Shin's alias of "King" comes from the highest rank in playing cards, making Yuria his (reluctant) "Queen". The anime introduces the FillerVillain Joker, although the other members of Shin's army later introduced completely averts the theme naming altogether.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' - In the Japanese version, we have Spade, Heart, and Ace; an Ace is the most valuable card in a suit, with Spades and Hearts being two of them in a standard deck of playing cards. Switching to the English version, a tarot deck uses twenty-two cards known as Major Arcana (Arcanus). The Minor Arcana, likewise, are divided into suits, two of which are swords (Blados) and cups (Chalis). Kraden explains this proper upon a certain {{Reveal}}.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The Midnight Crew of the Intermission (''Spades'' Slick, ''Hearts'' Boxcars, ''Diamonds'' Droog, and ''Clubs'' Deuce) are named after suits of cards. The Felt, themed after billiard balls, have names and powers related to their number (i.e. #1 -- ''ichi'', romanized Japanese for 1 -- "Itchy", #7 -- looks kind of like a crowbar -- "Crowbar", #13 -- baker's dozen -- "Biscuits").
* In ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'', the various boss monsters are named after [[TarotMotifs Tarot cards of the Major Arcana]]. Some of these names fit the description of the zombie (Strength from ''House of the Dead 2'' is a hulking giant armed with [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw]]), others not so much (Chariot from the first game is an armored humanoid with a spear)
* In the playing card-themed ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'', there are Spade Ace, Dia Jack, Heart Queen and Clover King.
* The female members of the Higashikata family in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure JoJolion]]'' are named after the four (Japanese names for the) suits of playing cards -- Mitsuba (Club), Daiya (Diamond), Hato (Heart), and Tsurugi (Spade). In addition, all the family's Stands have the word "King" in their names.
* ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' uses the card motif for all of the main characters, Kazuma Kenzaki/Kamen Rider Blade (Spade), Hamjime Aikawa/Kamen Rider Chalice (Heart), Sakuya Tachibana/Kamen Rider Garren (Diamond) and Mustuki Leangle/Kamen Rider Leangle (Club). The title character also uses the Ace and Jack forms in battle.
** This was given a reference in ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' where it also uses the suits of cards motif for the five main characters, Mana Aida/Cure Heart (Heart), Rikka Hishikawa/Cure Diamond (Diamond), Alice Yotsuba/Cure Rosetta (Club; the name Alice likely being an AliceAllusion due to that story's association with cards), Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword (Spade) and Aguri Madoka/Cure Ace (Ace). The English dub, ''Anime/GlitterForceDokiDoki'', takes it a little further by changing Cure Rosetta and Cure Sword to Glitter Clover and Glitter Space.
* ''VideoGame/LaCordaDOro Starlight Orchestra'': Characters from Seisō Academy ''except the PlayerCharacter and Sakuya Kujō'' are named after TabletopGame/{{Shogi}} terms: ''Gin''ga Ichinose (Silver General), Hayate ''Ryū''zaki (Dragon King), Rei ''Kō''saka (Lance), Tomoharu ''Naru''miya (promotion).
* [[RockPaperScissors Ronk, Papes, and Snips]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' fit into this category.
* In the [[ShowWithinAShow Movie-Within-A-Show]] of ''[[Pinball/LightsCameraAction Lights... Camera... Action!]],'' the characters are named after playing card ranks — "Ace", "King", "Queen" , "Jack", and "10". This was because the game originally had a card game motif that was changed midway through development.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce 3'' game had an obvious playing card theme: Jack, Queen Tia, A.C. Eos -- better known as Ace, King, Joker, Heartless, and the name of the evil organization, Dealer.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' has an M9 gun, SEAL Team 10, Raiden (real name "Jack"), Fortune (nicknamed "Queen"), Solidus (nicknamed "King"), and Solid Snake (referred to multiple times as the 'ace in the hole'). Together, they make a straight flush. (This also fits how the game is about the difference between games and reality.)
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Every location in Santa Destroy is named after a pro wrestling maneuver; Body Slam Beach, Rounding Body Press Station, Atomic Drop Ward, Suplex Pizza, etc.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'': The Charjabug you meet during the fifth Island Challenge are named Onejabug, Twojabug, Threejabug, Fourjabug, Fivejabug, Sixjabug, Sevenjabug, Eightjabug and Ninejabug.
* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'': The protagonist is named Olimar, a near-perfect palindrome of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. In the Japanese version, his name actually is a palindrome. Fittingly enough, his companion in ''Pikmin 2'' is named Louie, a corruption of Luigi's name.
* Among the Inlays in ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'', the different classes are named after chess pieces (pawns=infantry, rooks=tanks, etc.).
* [[VideoGame/SuikodenIII Geddoe's]] mercenaries are: Jacques, Queen, Ace, and Joker. Ace refers to Geddoe at one point as King.
* The ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card game has the [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Archfiend Archfiend archetype]], in which the main monsters that are part of it are themed after chess pieces, each with a demonic-themed slant (Terrorking, Infernalqueen, Darkbishop, Desrook[[note]]Any card with the word 'Death' in the title of their original Japanese form was {{bowdlerise}}d to 'Des' in the English translation[[/note]], Shadowknight and Vilepawn).
** The [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Speedroid Speedroid archetype]] consist of monsters whose names are based on various toys and games.
* Music/JohnZorn has composed "game pieces", which are best described as musical {{Improv}} under a series of strict rules. He literally named several of these game pieces after sports, including ''Track & Field''(1974), ''Baseball'' (1976), ''Lacrosse'' (1976), ''Dominoes'' (1977), ''Curling'' (1977), ''Golf'' (1977), ''Hockey'' (1978), ''Cricket'' (1978), ''Fencing'' (1978), ''Pool'' (1979), and ''Archery'' (1979).
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[[folder:Government Agencies]]
* The ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' villain [=KGBeast=] is so named because he was empowered by the KGB. Other products of the same program are the [=NKVDemon=] (named after the Stalin-era StateSec) and the [=SVRmiger=] (named after the Russian Federation's intelligence service, combined with a slightly forced play on "armiger" - arms-bearer in Latin).
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[[folder:Grammatical Terms]]
* Admittedly, a fairly loose theme, but every character in ''Webcomic/ArtificialTimeXS'' just has a verb as a name. This starts with the main group of Sheath, Float, Tear and Feed and extends to everyone with the exceptions of the three Void Knights.
* [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Asterix and Obelix]] are named after the punctuation marks designating first and second footnotes.
* From ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', the robot TrueCompanions Quote and Curly Brace are named for punctuation commonly used in coding (the " and } symbols, respectively). According to the end credits, the four Mimigas that Curly adopted went by the last name Colon.
* The townsfolk in holiday specials ''The Gift of Winter'' and ''Witch's Night Out'' almost all have {{Significant Name}}s in the form of paired adjectives or adverbs -- Small and Tender, Goodly and Nicely, and Rotten and Malicious. The only exception who appears in both specials is Gazooey -- he might have the OddNameOut because he's more of a laid back bohemian type.
* All the secret agent higher-up characters in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (such as Major Monogram, Admiral Acronym and Inspector Initials) not only share the {{alliterative nam|e}}ing scheme, but they are all also named after glossary terms in language and typography.
* In ''ComicBook/ThePro'', the villains are named after grammatical terms (The Noun, The Verb, The Adverb, and The Adjective), because all the other names were taken.
* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Unlimited'' has all of its levels (except for Edwin's Farm) named after things that have to do with writing (St. Asterisk Hospital, Bullet Point Bayou, Ruins of Ellipsis, etc.)
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[[folder:Household Objects]]
* Every character in ''Webcomic/SteamgearInc'' is named after a common tool or household appliance - examples are Ax, Nell (named for nails), Hatch (named for hatchets), Ro Terry (named for rotary saws), Washer, Dryer, and Chisel.
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[[folder:Jobs and Occupations]]
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[[folder: Fan Works ]]

* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': A version of ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' is played as a form of gambling in ''Wedding March'', and uses the same ColorfulThemeNaming as in the game, but also mixing AlliterativeName and "job title" ThemeNaming in as well:
--> “J’accuse … Commodore Cerise… in the coal cellar … with ...” The jenny checked the cards in the clefts of her hooves before finishing with “ … a very small and exceptionally pointy unicorn.”\\
[...]\\
“So many potential enemies, this victim,” [...] “Last time, it was Granny Glaucous in the walk-in wardrobe with a half-brick in a sock, and before that, it was Inspector Infrared in the billiards room with a forthrightly-appendaged fertility statue.

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[[folder: Comics ]]

* In ''ComicBook/ElCazador'', Lady Sin's first two pirate ships are ''El Cazador'' ("The Hunter") and ''El Sabueso'' ("The Bloodhound"). Had the series run longer, subsequent ships would undoubtedly have followed the same pattern.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'': The rats have compound names, usually violent -- Ripred, Gorger, Makemince.
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[[folder:Light]]
* The Earth Alliance of ''Series/BabylonFive'' named various class of ships from the sun and light, giving us the ''Nova''-class dreadnoughts and starfuries, the ''Hyperion''-class heavy cruisers (named after the titan of the sun) and the Aurora-class starfuries.
* The Sabrewing sisters from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. Lena is Greek for "Torch" or "Light", while Violet's middle name Apollonia means "Belonging to Apollo". Violet's first name, while clearly being a case of ADogNamedDog, may also be a reference to ultraviolet light.
* In ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'', the names Hikaru, Akira and Akari are all related to light.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', most of the important members of the Hyuga (Toward the Sun) clan follow this sort of theme naming with [[ThemeTwinNaming Hiashi (Daytime), Hizashi (Sunlight)]], Hinata (Sunny Place), Hanabi (Fireworks) with Neji (Screw) being the OddNameOut. [[spoiler:Hinata's daughter Himawari (Sunflower) joins the Hyuga's ThemeNaming while her son Boruto matches both Neji's and her husband Naruto's spiral theme naming]].
* ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'': The protagonists have names that reference light in both Japanese and English. In Japanese, "Hikari" means "light", while the "Kou" in "Kouki" is an alternate reading of it. In English, they are ''Dawn'' and ''Luc''as, and are joined by the villain ''Cyrus'', whose name relates to the sun.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In addition to most of the characters being grouped and theme named within the group, there are two academies known as Beacon and Signal.
* From ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', "Ikki" and "Shun", brothers, mean "Gleam" and "Twinkle" respectively, reflecting not just their relationship but also the shine of the Phoenix's flame and of the Nebula Chain.
* Three of the four Organoids in the ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury'' anime have names related to light effects: Shadow, Ambient and Specular. Note that Zeke and Shadow are not the original names of those Organoids; those names were given later by humans. Their original names could well have been Diffuse and Emissive.
* Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer and Luster Dawn from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''; all four are unicorns with a particular talent for magic and all follow the same sky-and-light related theme.
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[[folder:Luck]]
* Aside from the AnimalThemeNaming for the main cast in ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'', the Nezu siblings' given names are based on varying degrees of luck.
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[[folder:Memory]]
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[[folder: Live-Action TV ]]

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Vergessen is German for "to forget," and Nepenthe in Greek mythology is a drug of forgetfulness.
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[[folder:Nature]]
* ''Film/AssassinsCreed2016'': In keeping with previous protagonists with bird-themed names, Aguilar means "eagle house" in Spanish (as in "pigeon house"), coming from the Spanish word for "eagle" (águila), while Callum means "dove" in Scottish and Irish Gaelic (as in "Hawk and Dove").
* In ''WesternAnimation/BenAndHollysLittleKingdom'', all the fairies are named after plants (Holly, Daisy, Poppy, King Thistle, Nanny Plum, etc.) and the elves are not. Lampshaded in the episode "Spies": Strawberry, pretending to be an elf, gives her name as "Strawberry– I mean Alice" and Barnaby, pretending to be a fairy, gives his as "Barnaby– I mean Bamboo." Tarquin the fairy and Nettle the elf seem to be the only exceptions.
* ''Fanfic/BeyondTheWall'': Because the village is located in the middle of a forest, all the villagers are named after something that occurs in nature -- Whisperleaf, Fungal Bloom, Beetle Bark, Blackberry, Strongoak, etc.
* Citizens of Viron, the main city in Gene Wolfe's ''Literature/{{Book of the Long Sun}}'' follow a strict naming convention. Men are named after animals, or animal-derived substances: Bison, Auk, Silk, Horn, Blood. Women are named after plants or plant-derived substances: Mint, Rose, Chenille. Robots are named after minerals: Marble, Sand, Molybdenum. Family members will have similar names (Auk and Bustard are two brothers named after large birds, and the family that controls the city council are all named after lesser primates: Lemur, Loris, Potto). [[GeniusBonus At various points, a sufficiently alert reader can figure out that certain people are related by the similarity of their names, which is relevant to the plot in a number of cases.]] [[spoiler:For instance, the city's former ruler was named Tussah, a type of expensive fabric, and the protagonist is named Silk...]]
* In ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'', nature-talent fairies commonly have names related to whatever aspect of nature they're associated with. Rosetta is a garden-talent fairy, Silvermist is a water-talent fairy, Fawn is an animal-talent fairy, Iridessa is a light-talent fairy, and so on.
* In the Dragonlands, from Mayfair Games' vintage 3rd-party D&D supplement ''Dragons'', all human natives' surnames are derived from trees or parts thereof (Ashwood, Oakheart, Thorndale, etc).
* In ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'', the main cast is named after [[FloralThemeNaming flowers and plants]] (ex. Azami means "thistle", Yuzuriha means "false daphne", Tsutsuji means "azalea", Akamatsu means "red pine", Kuroki means "black wood", etc.)
* In ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'' Hyacinth and her sisters are named after flowers (Daisy, Rose, and Violet),
* ''Literature/MagicalAnnals'' gets another mention for nature names like Nightshade, Riverrose, Mistwillow and Silverwolf.
* The third and fourth generation of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games had widespread nature-themed portmanteaus for town names. This also happens with the Professors, [[FloralThemeNaming all of whom are named after trees.]]
* The [[FourIsDeath Four Heavenly Kings]] of the Devil Gundam in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' seem to be named for the terrain on which they fight best: Grand (a corruption of "ground"), Walter (corruption of "water"), Heaven's Sword (sky). Master Gundam doesn't quite fit the theme, but its pilot is indeed a master martial artist (nicknamed Master Asia) who can fight well no matter where he is, so the theme is still somewhat preserved.
* ''Literature/PortraitInSepia'': Lynne Sommers delivers her baby at dawn and names her Aurora, Spanish (and Latin) for "dawn". Aurora's grandfather Tao Chi'en gives her the Chinese name Lai-Ming[[note]]in traditional Chinese, 黎明 (Lí-Míng)[[/note]].
* As part of their MeaningfulRename, all of the citizens of Refuge in ''Film/{{Purgatory}}'' take nature names. Forest, Glen, Ivy, Rose, Woods, Lamb.
* ''Film/RiddleOfFire'': Fitting with the fantasy theme of the otherwise modern setting, all of the main characters have pastoral surnames. Hazel and Jodie are from the A'Dale family, meaning "from the valley." The Enchanted Blade Gang is composed of the Hollyhocks (a type of flower) and John Redrye, (rye of course being a type of grass).
* In ''Manga/TalesOfWeddingRings'', many of the characters are named for gemstones and minerals, often of the same color associated with their nation's element. Hime's real name, Krystal, needs no explanation, while her sister Morion is named for a type of smoky quartz. Nefritis is derived from nephrite, while her brother is named Jade, the elder is named Peridot, and her aunt Smaragdi is derived from smaragdine, another name for the emerald. Granart may be derived from garnet. Saphir and her sister Saphira are obviously named for the sapphire. And Amber is another no-brainer.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'', almost all the Toadlets are named after types of mushrooms (Panther Cap, Oyster, Puffball, Shaggy Mane, Earth Star).
* The cats from ''Literature/WarriorCats'' have names made of two words strung together. ''Very'' often, parts of their names are things found in nature. Throughout the books, you'll find names containing animals, plants, rocks, landforms, natural phenomena, celestial bodies, weather, etc.
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[[folder:Phrases]]
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[[folder: Puppet Shows ]]

* ''Series/StBearsDollsHospital'': Pins and Needles, a pair of Russian engineers who work for St. Bear's Dolls Hospital, have names that are a reference to the phrase "walking on pins and needles."
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[[folder:Powers]]
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[[folder: Anime ]]

* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'''s characters foreshadow their destiny. "Seiya" means "Star Arrow" (in reference to his signature "Pegasus Meteor Fist" attack). "Shiryu" means "Violet Dragon" (and he becomes the Bronze Dragon Saint). "Hyoga" means "Glacier" (his attacks revolve around freezing the opponent, and he trained in the North Pole).
* Interestingly enough, the dub names of the female leads in ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' complement with the types of deck that the protagonist in their respective series use. Tea means Gift of God, referring to Yugi's God Cards. Alexis means defender, referring to Jaden's Elemental Heroes, Akiza is likely named after Akiva which means to protect, referring to Yusei's Junk
* The surnames of the senshi from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' refer to their respective powers of their [[MagicalGirl Magical Girl]] sides.
** (Usagi) Tsukino means "of the Moon". her Senshi name, "Sailor Moon, is fitting.
** (Ami) Mizuno means "of water". Her powers are water based.
** (Rei) Hino means "of fire". Her powers are fire based.
** (Makoto) Kino means "of trees", signifying her Oak Evolution attack
** (Minako) Aino means "of love". She's Sailor Venus so that's self explanatory.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'' has Door and her family, who have a reputation in London Below as "openers." In addition to her, there's Arch, Ingress, and her father, Lord Portico.Warriors and Stardust Dragon, Tori means Victory, referring to Yuma's Number 39: Utopia, and Zuzu is named after Susan Boyle, an opera singer and type of performer, just like Yuya.

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[[folder: Live-Action TV ]]

* For the magic-themed ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'', the core five are members of the "Ozu" (as in ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'') family.
** The first sibling is Makato, which means "sower" (he is a gardener by trade) and "logs" (his element as a magician is earth).
** The second sibling is Houka, which means "fragrance" and mirrors her girly demeanour.
** The third sibling is Urara, which means "bright" and "beauty". It is also a pun on Uranai (fortune telling), which is her special talent as a magician.
** The fourth sibling is Tsubasa, which means "wings". His motif is that of a garuda.
** The fifth sibling is Kai, which means "leader" (he is the leader of the team). The Japanese symbol for "fire" (his element) is read as "ka".
** Finally, take the first syllable of each sibling's name and arrange them from oldest to youngest, and you get "mahoutsukai", which is Japanese for "magician", and is the word used to translate "wizard" in several Japanese adaptations of ''The Wizard of Oz''.

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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Most type of beholderkin are named after a synonym for "beholder" (gazer, spectator, examiner, watcher, observer, etcetera).

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[[folder: Time ]]

* ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}'' is about characters who are [[MoeAnthropomorphism personifications]] of months. The boys' side members' family names are all the classical Japanese names for the months -- Shiwasu, Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Yayoi, Uzuki, Satsuki, Minazuki, Fuzuki, Hazuki, Nagatsuki, Kannazuki, Shimotsuki. Of the girls' side, only February's Kisaragi Ai (Kisaragi Koi's twin sister) has one of these.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', newly-created Huragok (aka Engineers) are named for the way they float immediately after they are created, resulting in names such as "Lighter Than Some", "Quick To Adjust", and "Prone To Drift". Their ability to seemingly ''never'' run out of words to describe their buoyancy qualities is even lampshaded in ''Literature/HaloMortalDictata''.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': Except for Bloom (whose search for her power source is a major thread in S1 while her powers are ''blooming'') and Aisha (the newcomer in S2), the Winx girls have names that recall their power source (that is, the theme of their attacks): Stella (sun and moon, although most of her attacks are solar), Musa (music), Tecna (technology), and Flora (plants).
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[[folder:Proverbs]]
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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'': The Swordmaster job's attacks are named after various proverbs and koans, such as "Nothing Ventured" or "Before Swine".
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' has the secret boss, [[spoiler: Solomos]] have artes that are basically Japanese sayings like "因果応報", retribution or Karma, or "天衣無縫", ten'i muhou, the clothing of the heavens is seamless, i.e. flawless, etc.
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[[folder:Resistance]]
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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': The five multiplayer [[DownloadableContent DLC]] packs employ both a theme ([[{{Determinator}} resistance against hopeless odds]]), assonance, and OneWordTitle: "Resurgence", "Rebellion", "Earth" (the OddNameOut but also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin), "Retaliation", and "Reckoning". Doubles as AlphabeticalThemeNaming.
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[[folder:Royalty]]
* Toyota tends to give their sedans names with connections to royalty, starting with their flagship Crown model and continuing with the Corona ("crown" in Latin, exported at one point to the US as the Tiara), the Corolla (Latin for "little crown"), the Camry (derived from ''kanmuri'', the Japanese word for crown and a type of headgear worn by adult men in the Japanese imperial court), the Scepter (an accessory to the crown and the first Japanese [[MarketBasedTitle market name]] for the mid-size Camry the other countries got), and the Avalon (named after the mythical island of [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian legend]] and the US equivalent to the Crown from 1994 to 2022).
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[[folder:Scents]]
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[[folder: Fanfic ]]

* In ''Fanfic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy'', a motif of scents stretches itself through the Cures and the mascots (Lavvie is short for lavender, and Pittan's name is supposed to be derivated from the Brazillian name of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenia_uniflora Eugenia uniflora]]). Even [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia Raflesina]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ylang_ylang monsters]] fall under this.
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[[folder:Sleep]]
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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', every place (and many characters) are named after sleep and things associated with it. Pi'illo Island/Castle and the Pi'illo Kingdom, Dozing Sands, Wakeport, Mount Pajamaja... heck the main professor guy is even called Professor Snoozemore (who keeps falling asleep), the other ExpositionFairy is called Prince Dreambert and the third giant Luigi opponent is called Earthwake.
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[[folder:Temperature]]
* Frieza and his family in ''Manga/DragonBall'' are all named after English terms for cold or cooling kitchen appliances (King Cold, Cooler, etc.). Fittingly in ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' the villainous family attempting to usurp Frieza are called the Heaters and are named after fuel sources: Elec[tricity], Gas, Oil, and Maki (Japanese for firewood).
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[[folder:Titles and Occupations]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', there's a very AerithAndBob style convention: Either you're Jake, Billy, Harold, etc., or you have a noble title (Lumpy Space Princess, Ice King, [[StealthPun Duke of Nuts]], Princess Bubblegum, etc). This is particularly in view with the princesses, who make up [[GratuitousPrincess easily a quarter of the show's cast]].
* Creator/ErinHunter: Mixed with IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming and OneWordTitle for her series'. However, most are commonly known by their title plus the species the work is themed around (including on this Wiki) for convenience's sake:
** ''Literature/{{Warrior|Cats}}s''
** ''Literature/{{Seeker|Bears}}s''
** ''Literature/{{Survivor|Dogs}}s''
* In ''Film/HotFuzz'', all of the characters have trade or occupation-related surnames (Paver, Reaper, Draper, Butterman, Messenger, and, yes, Angel). These names tend to fit with the character's current profession. Simon Pegg has stated that the use of old-fashioned trade-related names was to serve as an indication of how insular, endogamous and xenophobic Sandford had become. There are no Patels in Sandford, because anyone named Patel who tried to move there would be encouraged to seek his/her fortunes elsewhere.
* In ''ComicBook/ThePro'', the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague League of Honor]] are each named for medieval titles: [[Franchise/{{Superman}} The Saint]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Knight]], The Squire, [[Franchise/WonderWoman The Lady]], [[Franchise/GreenLantern The Lime]], and [[Franchise/TheFlash Spe]][[OddNameOut edo]].
* ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'': The surnames of the five lead characters are King, Knightley, Prince, Chamberlain and Page. Additionally, Guy Shepherd [[spoiler: tries to guide the main characters into accepting fate and becoming alien replicants (i.e. sheep).]]
* In the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh TCG'', the Igknight names were changed to place more emphasis on the "knight" part of the name, rather than "ignite", by naming the members after medieval military positions (or other terms related to chivalric ideas).
* RealLife example: The main north-south streets in central Lancaster, UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}} are called Prince Street, Queen Street, and Duke Street, and they are all crossed by King Street in the heart of downtown; the intersection of King and Queen is the notional "center" of Lancaster.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': All dragon names are derived from English words related to dark concepts. Across the game and its sequel, we have Seath (As in "To ''seethe'' in anger"), Kalameet (''Calamity''), Sinh (''Sin'') and Midir (''Murder'').
* Dread Emperors/Empresses of the Dread Empire of Praes in ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'' mostly pick ruling names derived from unpleasant traits. Examples include:
** for Emperors: Atrocious, Foul, Nihilis, Terribilis, Vile
** used by Emperors and Empresses alike: Malignant, Vindictive
** for Empresses: Malificient, Malicia, Sanguinia, Sinistra, Sulphurous
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* The majority of ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'' characters follow a naming theme based off where they live. In the Ripple Kingdom they have sea-based names.
* Most characters in ''Manga/DesertPunk'' have surnames or nicknames that refer to water in some form, with characters such as 'mizu' (水, ''water''), 'kawa' (川, ''river'') and 'ike' (池, ''pond, lake'') being common across names. This also makes for a whole cast of {{Ironic Name}}s, as they are all stuck in a post-apocalyptic ThirstyDesert.
* The names of recent companions in ''Series/DoctorWho'' seem to be following this trend: Jackson Lake, Adelaide Brook, River Song, Amy Pond... It might be symbolic, or then again, it might just be a coincidence. It turns out [[spoiler:that River and Amy isn't a coincidence; "River Song" is a mistranslation of "Melody Pond"]].
* ''VisualNovel/HashihimeOfTheOldBookTown'': Tamamori's, Minakami's, Kawase's, Hanazawa's and Professor's real names all contain water-related kanji in them.
* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', people from District 4 tend to have aquatic names, e.g. ''Fin''nick, Annie ''Crest''a, etc.
* The Venezuelan SoapOpera ''[[http://www.telenovela-world.com/archives/show.php?N=llovizna1997 Llovizna]]'' named most of its characters either with water-related names, or things related to the Guayana and Gran Sabana region (for example, the namesake protagonist has a name who means "light rain"; the [[LoveTriangle rivals on the protagonist love]] are named Orinoco and Caroni after the two main rivers of the region; one of them has the surname "Ferrer", who alludes to the iron and steel industry traditionally established there). Many of those characters have the surname "Fuego" ("fire"), which combined with the water-trend on first names gave birth to silly combinations as "Nieves Fuego", "Snow Fire". Another character has the sillier name "Soledad Barranco" ("Solitude Precipice"), which continues the theme naming (since the table mountains and their lonely deep precipices are common in the region) and also doubles as a PropheticName and a MeaningfulName.
* ''Anime/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' uses puns on the girls' origins ("Noel" from the Arctic, "Coco" from the South Pacific) sometimes, and just about every name in the series has a reference to the sea somewhere.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is filled with people named after Japanese warships from WWII and pieces of nautical equipment.
* Most of the major characters in ''Manga/SazaeSan'' are named after what you would find in the sea: Sazae (the horned turban, a type of sea snail), Wakame (seaweed), Katsuo (Skipjack tuna), Namihei (tidal wave), Fune (boat), Masuo (from "masu", Japanese for trout), Tarao (from "tara", Japanese for Gadidae fish).
* Most of the principle characters from ''Series/{{Stingray|1964}}'' have a water/sea theme going: Captain Tempest, Commander Shore and his daughter Atlanta, Phones (from "hydrophones"), Marina, Sub-Lieutenant Fisher and so on.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats,'' [=RiverClan=] cats are often named after water-related things in nature (Graypool, Lilystem, Lakeshine, Rippleclaw, Rainflower, Stormfur, Rainstorm, Silverstream) or aquatic animals (Piketooth, Troutstream, Ottersplash, Voleclaw).
* ''Webcomic/{{Waterworks}}'' :
** The Blue Boys gang in all have plumbing-themed names: Slick, José (Hose), Flush and Tubs.
** [[spoiler:The codenames of the subjects wearing diving suits are all water-related: Slick, Mist, Typhoon, Surge, Hydride and Mariner. Laze seems to be an exception.]]
* The boarding schools from ''Literature/{{Woodwalkers}}'' and ''Literature/{{Seawalkers}}'' are named Clear''water'' High and Blue ''Reef'' High.
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* Fiat has a few vehicles named after old coins, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducat Ducato]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin Fiorino]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubloon Doblo]].
* Those from District 1 in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' typically have names related to luxury. Canonical examples of this include Cashmere, Glimmer, and Gloss.
* ''VideoGame/ConwaysGameOfLife'' has oscillators known as Rich's p16, Rob's p16, and Charity's p16. The latter has also been referred to as "Rity's p16", for AddedAlliterativeAppeal.
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* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'': The Homunculi are named after various types of clouds. The basic footsoldiers are Stratus, their larger units are Floccus, the first boss is Iridescent, and so on.
* In ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', the Three Storms, [[BigBad Lo Pan's]] [[QuirkyMinibossSquad elite servants]], are named Thunder, Rain, and Lightning. These names vaguely conform with their abilities. Well, [[PsychoElectro it's pretty obvious with Lightning]].
* TheHero of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is named Squall. His mother is named Raine. His father is called Laguna. The odd one out is his adoptive sister, Ellone.
** Extending beyond that game, there's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]]. Zack Fair was given his last name as a play on "fair weather" to contrast Cloud.
* The family names of the descendents of the Storm King in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. The two main branches of the family are the Sturmvorauses, meaning "Storm Ahead" and the von Blitzengaards, meaning "Lightning Manor".
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'' has Emporio ''Alniño''. This is a subtle hint towards his possession of Weather Report near the end of the story.
* The Taiwanese girl group 4 in Love have the stage names Rainie, Windie, Sunnie, and Cloudie.
* In RealLife, both Maserati and Volkswagen have a wind-based theme to naming cars. Despite this, they've only shared one model name: Bora. [[note]] The Volkswagen Bora is sold in some markets as the Jetta or Vento. [[/note]]
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' the Winds of Destruction are all named after various winds. Mistral, Monsoon and Sundowner. In the case of Sam, his official designation is Minuano but he's more commonly known as Jetstream Sam.
* Pegasi from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' often have weather-inspired names like Rainbow Dash, Lightning Dust, Thunderlane, Cloudchaser, Zephyr Breeze, etc.
* Almost everyone in ''Manga/NabariNoOu'' has a name relating to weather. Raikou and Raimei mean "lightning" and "thunder", Gau means "rain shower", Yoite means "evening breeze", Kumohira means "calm cloud", and Fuuma means "wind demon". Yukimi, Kouichi, and Miharu have the characters for "snow", "rainbow", and "clear weather", respectively.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Unova's towns are named after clouds, such as Accumula (cumulus) and I''cirrus''.
* The Imperial Japanese Navy was big on theme naming. Destroyers were usually named after weather phenomena or [[TemporalThemeNaming times of the year]]. Individual classes or sub-classes of destroyers sometimes had themes within the theme, such as the Minekaze-class and Kamikaze-class destroyers which were all named after types of wind.
* ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'': Three of the Rangers have the names of their respective arsenal/Zords based on the name of a weather phenomenon ("lightning" for the Red Ranger, "thunder" for the Green Ranger, "wind" for the Pink Ranger).
* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': The LivingFigurehead presumably, sister ships, basing off the one example and knowing all three of their names, are partially named off partially non-English weather terms and end with "-onea": Princesses Ouragonea, Typhonea, and Kyklonea. Ouragan is French for Hurricane, Typhoon, and Cyclone.
* The Tendos in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' are named after clouds, which also represent their personalities. "Tendo" (or "Tendou", depending on the romanization) can mean "Way to Heaven" or "Path of Heaven." "Akane" means "crimson," "Nabiki" means "to sway" (which her victims tend to do) and "Kasumi" means "mist," referring to her wispy nature. "Soun" means "fast cloud."
* [[SantaClaus Donner and Blitzen]] are named after the German words for thunder and lightning.
* Sports teams tend to be named after animals or badass human titles, but a somewhat common alternative is weather names. Cities that use it thematically include Miami (the Heat and the Hurricanes) and Tampa Bay (the Storm and the Lightning).
* At Steamboat Ski Resort in Colorado, which uses a lot of theme naming for different parts of the mountain, the runs on Storm Peak have weather-themed names.
* In the original Japanese version (but not the English dub) of ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'', the members of the Build Team are named Build Hurricane, Build Cyclone and Build Typhoon (their leader Build Boy is the OddNameOut), with the alt modes of their [[CombiningMecha combined form]] following the same theme.
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* ''Animation/TobotGalaxyDetectives'': The members of [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Team Mayhem]] are Eeny (the female in charge), Meany (the squat guy), Miney (the big buff guy), and Moe (their giant lizard mech).
* UsefulNotes/RPGMaker MV's default Actors' names' initials spell out HTML. The English version's names being: Harold, Therese, Marsha, and Lucius, with the expanded cast adding a FIVE to the end, with Fred, Ilia, Vice, and Eliza
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', the Paradox Pokémon have unique naming conventions of their own.
** ''Scarlet'''s Paradox Pokémon, which hail from the distant past, have two-word names that describe specific features of the ancient Pokémon that make them so dangerous, including "Great Tusk" (an ancient Donphan, so named for its giant tusks), "Scream Tail" (an ancient Jigglypuff, so named for its long lock of hair and its powerful voice), and "Brute Bonnet" (an ancient Amoonguss, so named for its wide-brimmed mushroom cap and aggressive demeanor).
** ''Violet'''s Paradox Pokémon, which hail from the distant future, all have "Iron" in their name, followed by a word that describes a prominent feature of their body. These include "Iron Treads" (a futuristic Donphan so named for its long trunk that can wrap around its body and rotate like a tank tread), "Iron Bundle" (a futuristic Delibird, so named for the spherical device it carries that can fire water and ice), and "Iron Hands" (a futuristic Hariyama, so named for its hands, which are disconnected from its body and capable of independent movement).
* ''Literature/HarrysMad'': Madison the parrot was so called because he was his original (American) owner's fourth parrot, who named all of his birds after the Presidents of the United States. "Washington died in his sleep, Adams caught pneumonia and Jefferson tangled with the cat."
* The Darkin from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' all have a distinctive 'aa' double lettering in their name. The only exception is Varus, because he originally had nothing to do with them and was retconned into being a Darkin warrior. This is lampshaded by Aatrox, who tells him he's breaking the theme, and Varus responding that 'The double-a thing is ridiculous and you know it'.
* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'': Each gang has members named after a specific theme. They include:
** The Generic Dudes: In the NES version, all of their names end with "-ary", "-arry" or "-erry" (except for [[OddNameOut Ralph]]). In the GBA version, they simply have generic first names with ''no'' obvious theme--as befitting the name of the gang.
** The Mob: Their names are stereotypical mafioso monikers: Lefty, Louie, Manny, Marco, Max, Mouse, Sid, Tony, Vinny (NES version) or Blaze, Clive, Guido, Hoffa, Ralph, Ugly, Tony, Viggo, Vinny, Vito (GBA remake).
** The Squids: They all have stereotypical nerdy names: Berni, Byron, Erwin, Felix, Herb, Howie, Linus, Morty, Waldo.
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