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[[caption-width:330: She's also known as [[EmbarrassingMiddleName "Kitty"]].]]

->''So as through a glass, and darkly\\
The age long strife I see\\
Where I fought in many guises,\\
Many names, -- but always me.''\\
-- '''George S. Patton''', ''Through a Glass, Darkly''

->'''Verence:''' Are you Death, fellow?\\
'''Death:''' [[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: I have many names. ]]
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'''Verence:''' Which one are you using at present?\\
-- ''Discworld/WyrdSisters''

The opposite of NoNameGiven: characters with so many names, aliases, and/or titles that it's hard to keep track of them. An attempt to do so ends up with an OverlyLongName.

Gods and whatnot tend to have hundreds of names.

Bonus points if the character lists these names in the form of a BadassBoast.

In a comedy, expect one of the names to be [[OddNameOut noticeably different from the others]], and/or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking somewhat less than impressive]].

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* Yugi's alter-ego recites this line in the ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'' dub (which shouldn't technically count); but he's been referred to as Pharaoh (sometimes Nameless Pharaoh), Yami (for a few dub episodes, this is more often a {{Fanon}} name), Spirit (also for a few episodes), Mou Hitori no Boku (what Yugi calls him in the Japanese version, "the other me"), and his true name, [[spoiler: Atem]].
** On [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries the abridged series]], he gets the classic line: "I have had many names. Once, I was known as Pharaoh. Then, I was the [[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX Artist Formerly Known as Pharaoh.]]"
*** Let's not forget his other name, '''DanGreen!!!!'''
* Both Kenshiro and Raoh have at least two titles on ''FistOfTheNorthStar'': Raoh is known as both Ken-Oh (Fist King) and The Conqueror of the Century's End, and Kenshiro is called The Man With the Seven Scars and The ''Savior'' of the Century's End.
* Van from ''GunXSword'' has a large amount of nicknames, and is referred to by a different one in each episode. The two most frequently used are "Van of the Dawn" and "Van the Nice Guy", although others that people known him by are downright insulting (i.e. "Garbage Can Van").
* Evangeline Athanasia Katherina [=McDowell=] from ''MahouSenseiNegima'' seems to get more and more of these as time goes by. The Dark Evangel, the Magus Nosferatu, the Doll Master, the Queen of the Night. Usually uttered by other mages to emphasize how casual the main group has gotten with her -- and just how much of a figure of terrifying darkness she is to everyone else.
** Subverted shortly after Anya arrives. When she expresses disbelief born of terror that Negi and his girls are training under Evangeline, Yue recites Eva's full roster of aliases in a bored tone to emphasize that yes, Evangeline is indeed ''that'' Evangeline, and yeah, they know all about her reputation.
*** To quote a full list from TheOtherWiki: Evangelina Athanasia Ecaterina [=McDowell=], Dark Evangel, Maga Nosferatu, The Queen of The Night, Eva, The Doll Master, The Apostle of Destruction, The Tidings of Evil, Puppet Master, Dreaded Vampire, The High Daylight Walker Evangeline, The Girl Queen of Darkness, The Visitation of Woe, Evil Sound, The Disciple of Dark Tones, Disciple of Catastrophic Noise, and The Gospel of Darkness. Her classmates call her Eva-chan, Negi usually calls her Evangeline-san when not in training, and Albireo Imma calls her Kitty.
**** Actually there's still even a few missing. The Undying Mage and Dark Evangel.
*** This is parodied by Jack Rakan, who has names like "The Thousand Blades" and "Legendary Hero" among the common people. He is also known as "The Invincible [[IdiotHero Idiot]]" and [[OverlyLongGag "That Damn Guy You Can Stab With Swords All You Like and It Won't Do a Thing, Damnit"]] among those who actually know him.
* L from ''DeathNote'' definitely counts. L isn't his real name (It's [[spoiler:L Lawliet]]). His aliases include Hideki Ryuga (for when he goes to Light's college), Ryuzaki (how the Kira Investigation force refers to him), [[spoiler:Eraldo Coil (the second greatest detective in the world), and Deneuve (the third-greatest detective in the world).]]
* And of course [[TheSlayers Lina Inverse]], who has among her titles: the Bandit Killer, the Enemy Of All Who Live, Lina The Pink, and the Dragon Spooker (in the dub).
* Possibly subverted by ''CoyoteRagtimeShow'' by Mister, who has so ''many'' aliases and false identities that "Mister" is the [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname only thing he can reliably be called]].
* [[{{Baccano}} Claire Stanfield]] a.k.a Vino, [[spoiler:Rail Tracer]], and a number of aliases that he changes about every week or so before finally sticking with [[spoiler:Felix Walken]] for legal reasons like [[spoiler:getting married]]. His stepbrothers are more than a little annoyed with this practice.
* Hei (a name which in itself is an alias) from ''{{Darker than Black}}'' has a number of them, including Li Shenshun, [=BK201=], the Black Reaper, and (thanks to one of his slashfic-writing {{Loony Fan}}s) "the masked man with delicious collarbones"...Hey, he had no control over that last one, okay?
* Yuuko Ichihara from ''{{xxxHoLiC}}'' has gained quite the long list of names over the course of her career, including the Time-Space Witch, the Dimensional Witch, the Far East Witch, and the Girl Witch, and that's just for starters. Even the name she gives Watanuki is just another pseudonym.
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[[folder:Comics]]
* Dream from ''TheSandman'' is a prime example of this trope since he "collects names as others collect friends" (''To wit, Morpheus, Dreamlord, The Sandman, Oneiros, Kai'ckul, Lord L'zoril, Shaper of Forms, and many more'').
** Another NeilGaiman example: Mr. Wednesday [[spoiler:(Odin -- yes, the Norse god)]] introduces himself like this in ''AmericanGods'', and later claims to have as many names as there are ways for a human to die.
* [[TheFantasticFour Galactus]] is said by the Silver Surfer to have many names. We just used his.
* In Marvel's ''[[TheMightyThor Thor]]'', when faced up against the Midgard Serpent when it does not know him, Thor identifies himself with an authentic reeling off of his names from mythology.
* Marvel's Hank Pym has had at least four superhero names, [[RePower usually with slight variation in powers associated with each]]. The first two times were plot-based, but on occasion he's apparently just decided "I'm going to be Yellowjacket today".
**He is now using [[{{Squick}} his dead wife's codename]]... The man has ''serious'' issues.
*** Not completly. Sure, Hank's not exactly the poster boy for sanity, but this troper took Hank taking "Wasp" as a codename to be quite sweet, kind of a variation on {{Dead Guy Junior}}.
* As immortals, the Eternals have all used numerous names over the millenia, but The Forgotten One, aka Hero, aka Dragon-Slayer, aka Gilgamesh, is the grand champion; he has a ton and can't decide which one to use. Hercules even got into a spat with him for using ''his'' name. Meanwhile his real name is ''still'' unknown, making him NoNameGiven as well.
* ''HeroHotline'' [[TheBigGuy strongman]] Sturgis Butterfield has been Mister Muscle, Muscle Man, Brother Bicep, Mister Mighty, and Flex.
* [[http://hn.iodized.net/16.htm "Some know him as Nester 13, others know him simply as N 13, or Count Onme, or Scooter, but no one really knows his true name."]]
* Superman kind of fits. Although he has two real names: "Kal-El" (or "Kal-L") and "Clark Kent", and one main codename "Superman" he has gone by other names, such as "Nightwing". Then you add all the nicknames, such as "The Man of Steel", "The Big Blue Boy Scout", "The Big Blue Cheese" (a {{Shout Out}} to Captain Marvel), "The Last Son of Krypton", "the Red-Blue Blur" (in ''{{Smallville}}'') and probably more I can't remember.
** Nicknames shouldn't really count, as almost all established superheroes accumulate a passel of them. {{Spider-Man}} has "wall-crawler," "web-slinger," and "Spidey"; {{Batman}} has "the caped crusader," "Bats," "Dark Knight"; etc.
** A better example would be CaptainAmerica/Steve Rogers. At various times in his career, Cap has also gone by "The Captain" and "Nomad" (among others), while his civilian aliases have included "Grant Rogers", "Buck Jones", "Roger Stevens", and "Brett Hendrick".
* Vasquez parodies this with Senor Juan Diablo complaining about all the foolish names humans keep inventing for him, and insisting on his real name. He then compromises and lets JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac call him Mister Satan.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* [[Fanfic/{{Celebrian}} Celebrian]] has several names, nearly all of them NSFW.
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[[folder:Films -- Live Action]]
* ''The Devil's Advocate'' has that immortal exchange:
-->'''Kevin Lomax:''' What are you?\\
'''John Milton:''' Oh, I have so many names!\\
'''Kevin Lomax:''' {{Satan}}.\\
'''John Milton:''' [[LukeIAmYourFather Call me Dad]].
** Or from ''{{Constantine}}:''
--->'''Gabriel:''' Son of Perdition. Little Horn! Most Unclean!\\
'''Satan:''' [[EvillyAffable [nostalgic]]] I do miss the old names.
* In ''{{Ghostbusters}}'', the BigBad Sumerian deity Gozer was also known as "The Traveler", "The Destructor", "Volguus Zildrohar" and "Gozer the Gozerian". (And the Master System game calls him "Gorza", but that's probably just a bad translation.)
** The sequel, ''Ghostbusters II,'' had Vigo the Carpathian. Who also went by "Vigo the Cruel", "Vigo the Torturer", "Vigo the Despised", and "Vigo the Unholy", but not "Vigo the Butch". He claims himself as the "Scourge of Carpathia" and the "Sorrow of Moldavia".
* In ''PansLabyrinth'', the faun tells us that he has had many names, "names that only the trees and the mountains can remember," but he doesn't tell us any of them. The film's English title implies that "Pan" is one of them though the original Spanish title, ''El Laberinto del Fauno'', would be more accurately be translated "The Faun's Labyrinth".
** Although the Faun's description of himself would indeed seem to suggest that he is Pan, the director, Guillermo del Toro, has stated that Pan would have been far too dangerous and fickle for the role. Seeing what the Faun was like, it does bring the question of [[EldritchAbomination how]] del Toro would have depicted Pan, himself.
*** {{Squick}}, to say the least
* [[http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RFHlJ2voJHY David Ryder]] from the SoBadItsGood film ''SpaceMutiny'' had many cheesy names bestowed upon him by [[{{MST3K}} Mike and the 'Bots]]. "Flint Ironstag!" "Bolt Vanderhuge!" ... "[[OddNameOut Bob Johnson! Wait...]]"
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5xhfCGcAYw We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese]]!"
** To save you the trouble, [[http://mst3krollfizzlebeef.ytmnd.com/ Here's]] a (mostly) comprehensive list of all the names given to [[OverlyLongGag Buff Drinklot... I mean, Punch Rockgroin, I mean Lump Beefbroth, I mean Big McLargehuge, I mean...]]
* The TV movie ''Monster Maker'', which was shown on the ''JimHenson Hour'', has a scene with the following quote: "I have many names. I have many faces. Yours too, Matthew Banting."
* ''TheBigLebowski:'' "I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. Or, you know, Duder, or His Dudeness, or El Duderino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing."
* Cary Grant's character in ''Charade'' has a ton of aliases. At the end of the film, he proposes to Audrey Hepburn:
-->'''Hepburn:''' Oh, I love you, Adam, Alex, Peter, Brian, whatever your name is, oh, I love you! I hope we have a lot of boys, and we can name them all after you!
* ''Phantom of the Paradise:''
-->'''Swan:''' Oh this is too much. I guess you're supposed to be [[{{Satan}} the devil]]?\\
'''[[MirrorMonologue Swan's Reflection:]]''' I go by many names.
* ''HeavenlyCreatures'' is the RealLife story about a girl named Pauline Reiper, Paul to her [[SchoolgirlLesbians girl-friend]] Juliet and Yvonne (her middle name) to her parents. She also calls herself Gina, and writes role-playing letters as the fictional King Charles. On top of all that [[spoiler: when she's arrested for murdering her mother it's revealed that her parents never married so she's tried under her mom's name, Parker]]. As for Juliet, she's also known as Deborah [[spoiler: and both obviously used pseudonyms once they were released from prison]]. Also, Pauline renames Bill -- her lovesick suitor -- "Nicholas" because it sounds better.
* The demon who took Alessa's form in the film of ''SilentHill'' claims this.
* Irwin Fletcher, of ''Fletch'', uses an extremely large number of aliases, including Ted Nugent, Gordon Liddy, Don Corleone, and Harry S. Truman.
* [[ClerksII ...the Desolate One! The First of the Fallen, the Spoiler of Virgins, the Master of Abortions!]] ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Let me help you out of your chair, grandma!!!]]''
* In [[FrankZappa 200 Motels]], Rance Muhammitz is just one of the M.C.'s names. Apparently, he also goes by [[WhosOnFirst Opal You Hot Little Bitch]]...
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Milady from ''ThreeMusketeers''. She uses or is referred to by the following names throughout the novel:
** Charlotte Backson (the name Milady's brother-in-law, Lord de Winter, attempts to bestow upon her in his plan to banish her to the colonies)
** Anne de Breuil (the name Athos knew Milady by when he met her)
** Comtesse de La Fère (the title and name Milady assumed when she married Athos, who was Comte de La Fère a the time)
** Milady de Winter, Baroness of Sheffield (the general name Milady is referred to throughout the story)
** Lady Clarick (a variation on the previous name; in some English translations, this is translated as Clarisse or Clarice)
***Athos even makes a sober gibe at that (at least he did in the Russian film): "So many of you and so few of me..."
* ''LesMiserables'': Jean Valjean, being a fugitive, refers to himself as Monsieur Madeleine, Ultime Fauchelevent, Monsieur Leblanc and Urbain Fabre over the course of the work. Javert becomes Monsieur [=DeMasi=], Les Gremlin and Hano'n. Not to mention Euphrasie/Cosette/The Lark.
* Most characters in Russian novels fit this trope, having a first name, patronymic, surname, Russian nickname, and English nickname(s). So in ''AnnaKarenina'', Darya, Darya Alexandrovna, Princess Oblonskaya and Dolly are all the same person, and she may be referred to by all these names in a single conversation. This troper was halfway through ''OneDayInTheLifeOfIvanDenisovich'' before realising that Ivan Denisovich and Shukhov were the same man...
* Randall Flagg in the works of StephenKing has been known as Walter Padick, Walter O'Dim, [[ThemeInitials Richard Fry, Russell Faraday, Robert Franq,]] Marten Broadclaok, The Man In Black, The Walkin' Dude, Maerlyn, and a few others.
** ''The Dark Tower'' reveals Walter Paddick is his real name.
* Gandalf from ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'': "Many are my names in many countries: Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkun to the Dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf, [[{{Mordor}} to the east I go not.]]"
** Don't forget Gandalf Greyhame, Gandalf the Grey, The Grey Pilgrim (a translation of Mithrandir), The White Rider and Gandalf the White. Also Greybeard, Stormcrow and Lathspell (Ill-news) as insults.
** Also hard to forget Aragorn, Elessar, Elfstone, the Dunadan, Strider, Longshanks, Wingfoot, Telcontar, Estel, Thorongil, Son of Arathorn, Gondor's Heir, Heir of Isildur.
*** In the AffectionateParody ''{{Bored of the Rings}}'', Arrowroot son of Arrowshirt, True Son of Araplane -- the Aragorn-analogue -- drops the Trope name while parodying the above scene. His allies heave a long-suffering sigh as they confirm it to be true while at the same time keeping him from actually reciting the names.
** Tom Bombadil is called "Forn" by the dwarves, also known by the Men as Orald. And by the Elves as Iarwain Ben-Adar ("the eldest and fatherless").
** Sauron has many, many names (and titles), the most amusing of which is probably The Nameless One. Depending on how you count, he can easily beat even Aragorn and Gandalf.
** And Nazgul/Black Riders/Ringwraiths/The Nine. Ringwraiths is a translation of Nazgul.
** Even Frodo and Sam got elvish nicknames in the drafts (which translate as Endurance Beyond Hope and Hope Unquenchable).
** Tolkien liked this in general, which is understandable -- it's extremely common in mythology, and he was a mythological scholar.
*** It might also be attributable to the fact that he was a linguist first and foremost. It's generally only in fiction that very old things, places, races, etc., have only one name. In real life, these things accumulate many names from different peoples, languages, and contexts. Tolkien always wrote with the different linguistic contexts in mind.
** Túrin son of Húrin from ''TheSilmarillion'' is also called the Mormegil, the son of Morwen, Adanedhel, Neithan, Gorthol, Agarwaen son of Umarth, Mormegil, Thurin, and Turambar. Played with in that he deliberately chose all but his birth name for himself as part of an attempt to [[ScrewDestiny avoid his destiny]]. [[YouCantFightFate It didn't work.]]
** They look petty after Turin, but one shouldn't forget Galadriel/Galadhriel/Alatáriel (same name with mistaken etymology and therefore spelling ''or'' in a different if related language), also called Artanis, also called Nerwen; her brother Finrod, Findarato, Felagund (Lord of Caves), Nom the Wise, Lord of Nargothrond; or her cousin Nelyafinwë, also called Maitimo, Russandol and Doegred Winstrehand, but more commonly known as Maedhros the Tall. All the sons of Fëanor have a fair share of names for that matter (father name + mother name + Sindarin name + Old English name...not to mention a standard epithet, ie, Curufin the Dark or Celegorm the Fair)
* ''{{Last of the Mohicans}}'' is full of this, as most characters have an English name, a French name, and an Indian name. And sometimes a nickname for good measure. Cora and Alice are exceptions.
** The protagonist (Natty Bumpoo) has gone by many names over his lifetime, but in this particular novel is most often called Hawkeye. The French call him La Longue Carabine.
** [[TheVillain Magua]] is called The Sly Fox, or in French, Le Renard Subtil.
* DirkGently from DouglasAdams's "Holistic Detective" series of books apparently changes his name on a periodic basis for reasons that he [[NoodleIncident rarely explains]]. He started life (apparently) as Svlad Cjelli, but by the time of the first book, he is doing business as Dirk Gently.
* TerryPratchett's Death, as mentioned in the quote. In the ''{{Discworld}}'' book ''Mort'', a list of his titles includes "The Stealer of Souls, Defeater of Empires, Swallower of Oceans, Thief of Years, The Ultimate Reality, Harvester of Mankind" before Death himself gets fed up and interrupts the herald announcing him.
** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Pteppic]], new pharaoh of Djelibeybi in ''Pyramids'', is referred to by his stubbornly traditional high priest Dios when meeting foreign diplomats as "His Greatness the King Pteppicymon XXVIII, Lord of the Heavens, Charioteer of the Wagon of the Sun, Steersman of the Barque of the Sun, Guardian of the Secret Knowledge, Lord of the Horizon, Keeper of the Way, the Flail of Mercy, the High-Born One, the Never-dying King" ''every time'' he opens his mouth.
** It is mentioned in ''Thud!'' and possibly ''The Fifth Elephant'' that a vampire, having plenty of free time because of their long life, tends to spend much of it making up the longest possible names. In ''Discworld/{{Thud}}!'', we're introduced to a new vampire on the Watch, and her name is told to Vimes as, "Salacia...the names go on for a few pages, but they end in 'von Humpding'."
** Or Moist von Lipwig, conman extraordinaire. He was hung under the name Albert Spangler, but he used lots of others, including (apparently) "Ethel Snake".
** Granny Weatherwax is known to the dwarfs as "She Who Is To Be Avoided" and to the trolls as "Go Around the Other Side of the Mountain," titles about which she has mixed feelings.
* Paul Atreides from ''{{Dune}}'' has been called "Muad'Dib", "Usul", "the Emperor", "Kwisatz Haderach", "Mahdi", and "[[spoiler:the Preacher]]".
* Many of the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods in [[HPLovecraft H. P. Lovecraft's]] [[CosmicHorror Cthulhu Mythos]] have many names. Examples include Azathoth ("The Blind Idiot God", "The Nuclear Chaos" or "The Daemon Sultan"), Nyarlathotep ("The Crawling Chaos" or "The Messager and Soul of the Outer Gods"), Shub Niggurath ("The Black Goat in the Woods with a Thousand Young"), and of course Cthulhu ("The Sleeping God", "Master of R'lyeh" or "The Great Priest") himself.
** When it comes to the number of names, Nyarlathotep is pretty much the undisputed champ: he has a thousand different forms, each with its own name. Examples include "The Haunter in the Dark", "The Black Man", "The Dark Pharaoh" and 997 more.
** This tendency is oft-parodied in the ''Discworld'' 'verse. In ''Discworld Noir'', for example, the CosmicHorror summoned up is called Nylonathotep, the Laddering Horror. Who can be contacted using the Necrotelecomnicon.
* Moorcock's EternalChampion often does the actual "I have many names" line, especially John Daker, who got so confused by all the lifetimes he could remember that he often just used Erekosë (the first of the alternate lives he was pulled into) rather than trying to keep track of who he was at the moment.
* Unsurprisingly in a work steeped in myth, lore, and legend, [[TheChosenOne Rand al'Thor]] suffers from this in ''{{The Wheel of Time}}'': he is known as the Dragon Reborn, He Who Comes with the Dawn, the Car'a'carn, and the Coramoor, not to mention all the lands he has become king or lord of, and he's also the reincarnation of Lews Therin Telamon who has ''own'' set of lengthy titles: Lord of the Morning (which may overlap with another title - prince of the dawn), the Dragon, Kinslayer, Ruler of the Nine Rods of Dominion, Wearer of the Ring of Tamyrlin...
** Also, the Dark One, who is known by a different name virtually everywhere, and the Forsaken, who all have at least two names- their birth names, of which we only know a few, and the ones the Dark One gave them, plus all of the aliases they have taken, and the rebirths. For example, we have Elan Morin/Ishamael/Moridin/Ba'alzamon/Destroyer Of Hope/Nae'blis, Mieren/Lanfear/Silvie/Selene/Keille and (True Name Unknown)/Balthamel/Aran'gar/Halima.
* Parodied, like many other tropes, in David Eddings' ''Malloreon'', in the form of another OverlyLongGag:
-->King Belgarion of Riva, Overlord of the West, Lord of the Western Sea, Godslayer, and general all-around hero, had an extended argument with his co-ruler, Queen Ce'Nedra of Riva, Imperial Princess of the Tolnedran Empire and Jewel of the House of Borune. The subject of their discussion hinged on the question of just who should have the privilege of carrying Crown Prince Geran, Heir to the Throne of Riva, hereditary Keeper of the Orb, and, until recently, the Child of Dark.
* Lord Foul from ''The {{Chronicles of Thomas Covenant}}: "I have many names. To the Lords of Revelstone I am Lord Foul the Despiser; to the Giants of Seareach, Satansheart and Soulcrusher. The Ramen name me Fangthane. In the dreams of the Bloodguard, I am Corruption. But the people of the Land call me the Gray Slayer." He is also called the Master and the Maker. Later he picks up another -- A'Jeroth, Lord of the Seven Hells.
** Covenant's response to asking Foul who he is and hearing him reel all of these NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast off? "Forget it." It's probably the [[{{Jerkass}} only moment for the next three books]] that the reader actually likes him.
* [[JohnCWright John C. Wright]]'s Chaos trilogy (''The Orphans of Chaos'', ''The Fugitives of Chaos'', and ''The Titans of Chaos'') makes full use of the many names of the Greek gods who appear as characters in the book. Normally, they are referred to by legitimate but obscure variants, but they can engage in a BadassBoast that rattles them off. The title characters have two sets of names that they know of, and additional ones when they escape their LaserGuidedAmnesia; in a IKnowYourTrueName situation, a villain tries to invoke all three sets of names to use magic on them, and is foiled because one of them hid one of his names.
* The titular character of ''{{The Bartimaeus Trilogy}}'' does this a lot. However, only the main one seems to have power over him. Additionally none of them are his true name, but Bartimaeus is forced onto his nameless essence to summon him.
* In the John Brunner fantasy novel ''The Traveler in Black'', the title character is described as "having many names, but only one nature".
* In {{Robert A Heinlein}}'s novel ''GloryRoad'', the female lead actually uses this phrase when she tells narrator/main character Oscar Gordon:
-->"{{I have many names}}... Would you like to call me 'Etarre'? ... Or it could be 'Esther' just as closely. Or 'Aster.' Or even 'Estrellita.'"
* Sam, the protagonist of RogerZelazny's ''Lord of Light'', lists some of his many names in the opening of the book. Of course, he is the self-styled Buddha of his world, and the Buddha also had many names. It's never revealed whether Sam is also his original given name, or just something English-sounding that he fashioned from the title Mahasamatman.
** Well, given that "Mahasamatman" is supposed to translate as "Great-souled Sam", ''this'' troper suspects that "Sam" is his real name, given that "maha" is Sanskrit for "great" and "atman" is Sanskrit for "soul".
* The [[{{Satan}} Lone Power]] of ''YoungWizards'' seems to have at least one name from every type of being It's ever involved Itself with. And since Its role in the universe is to run around trying to corrupt ''everyone''...
** Machu Picchu (Peach), the helpful parrot, also turns out to have had *cough* a few previous names.
* Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Nine Billion Names of God".
* Sovereigns in Fiona Patton's ''Tales of the Branion Realm'', patterned after medieval Britain, are styled: "Aristok of Branion, Heathland, Kormandeux, Aquilliard and Roland, Gracious Sovereign of the Triarchy, Most High Patron of the Knights of the Sword, Hereditary Earl of the Columbas Islands, and Vessel of the Living Flame." Not only do these titles increase (since the series spans several centuries), the Aristok is required to repeat them all during her coronation ceremony.
* In ''The Vor Game'', by {{Lois McMaster Bujold}}, after uncovering a ''third'' alias Victor Rotha / Lord Vorkosigan / Admiral Naismith has been using, Cavilo asks "How many people are you, anyway?"
* Almost ''every freaking major character'' in ''TheActsOfCaine''.
* No one's put [[HarryPotter He Who Must Not Be Named]] yet?
** ''[[SpeakOfTheDevil Shh!]]''
* In P.C. Hodgell's ''{{Chronicles of the Kencyrath}}'', heroine Jame picks up many names. Her real name is Jamethiel, but that's an ill-fated name to give anyone because of the infamy of its last bearer, so she's Jame -- but many people try and back-form the nickname to Jameth, since it's the only name in her culture except for the bad one that would have that abbreviation. She is called Talisman in the thieves' guild, the B'Tyrr (which also means Talisman) as a tavern dancer, and Jamie by her old tutor. Her epithets include Priest's Bane and Lordan of Ivory.
* Jack Shaftoe of NealStephenson's ''TheBaroqueCycle'' is known as Half-Cocked Jack (for [[CrazyAwesome two]] [[NightmareFuel reasons]]), ''L'Emmerdeur'', the King of the Vagabonds, Ali Zaybak, Quicksilver, Sword of Divine Fire, and Jack the Coiner.
* Lovecraft sometimes plays this straight (especially with passages from ''TheNecronomicon'') but often subverts it by having any given story be internally consistant with the name, but using a variation of the name or title in other stories.
* [[GoodOmens Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan and Lord of Darkness]]
** a.k.a. Adam.
* TheShadow had numerous alternate identities such as John Haverson, Henry Arnaud, Lamont Cranston, George Clarendon, Fritz, Clifford Gage, etc. Of course, anonymity was ''much'' more his MO than it usually is with masked heroes. The Gray Seal had the alternate identity of Larry the Bat. The Spider had the alternate identity of Blinky [=McQuade=].
* In the XWingSeries, Gara Petothal/Lara Nostil/Kirney Slane once says in the narration that she can't clearly remember all the names she's had, or what she's done in each identity. She's a form of DeepCoverAgent, and deeply messed up.
* From AlteredCarbon, Takeshi Lev Kovacs, variously known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mamba Lev, The Icepick, One Hand Rending]].
* In IncarnationsOfImmortality Peirs Anthony's character Satan is also known as the lord of lies, master of evil, lord of the flies, Belezebub, Luficer, and Parry.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* The Doctor from ''DoctorWho'' is a more unusual version of the trope. He has many nicknames, aliases, and titles, but his real and/or original name is unknown to most people, including the viewers.
** It was confirmed that he does in fact know his name in the recent episode "Forest of the Dead". This also confirmed that one other person knew it.
** Dalek name for him: "Ka Fariq Gatri" -- The Destroyer of Worlds.
*** There's also the slightly more often-quoted nickname courtesy of the Daleks -- "The Oncoming Storm".
** A more standard use of the trope comes from "Impossible Planet", where the Ood declare of the Beast:
--->"Some may call him Abaddon. Some may call him Krop Tor. Some may call him Satan. Or Lucifer. Or the King of Despair. The Deathless Prince. The Bringer of Night. And these are the words that shall set him free."
*** Sutekh the Destroyer in "Pyramids of Mars" also has many names, one of which is Satan. And he's played by Gerald Woolf who was also the voice of the Beast. [[WMG/DoctorWho Coincidence?]]
*** Strangely enough, the ''{{Torchwood}}'' Season 1 finale featured a completely different demonic creature named Abaddon.
** [[http://meshyfish.com/~roo/docwho4.html This page]] shows, about half way down, a very impressive list of names for the Doctor. It approaches fifty.
* Anyone else remember the Spy-Comedy ''Spy Game''? (Heck, it's been so long, that may not even be the title.) I think it was on CBS. The two main characters -- a bickering spy OddCouple -- needled one another about their names from time to time. Then, the male half of the duo is called by five different and dirt-common male names in the space of five minutes by different people. It became a RunningGag for that episode, as I recall.
* Parodied in ''TheMightyBoosh'', where one of the minor characters has so many names it becomes an OverlyLongGag. In the stage version, most of the names are AdLib.
-->'''Rudi:''' Some call me... Mystery Man. Others know me as the Shadow Dweller. Some call me Secret Peter -- where is he hiding, in a shoe, in a bush, in a rock, in a side cupboard, in a lane? No! He is inside your self. Some call me Miraculous Mark, diviner of mysteries. Others call me Hreeerereereeerereereeeereeereeereereer Smith. Some call me Hammer-ah-ooooooooooooooh Eep... it's my surname. Other know me as Domino.... the bounty hunter. Some call me Titty Titty Bramen, but others know me as Clive. I... am sometimes called Peppercorn... by the Dutch. (to Vince) You could step in here at any point, you know. You don't have to leave me dangling like a tit in the breeze.\\
'''Vince:''' Go on, do one more.\\
'''Rudi:''' Some call me Cillit Bang. ''(audience cheers)'' But you may call me... Rudi.
* Sweet, the dancing demon from ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'''s MusicalEpisode, claims to have had a hundred names, though he doesn't tell us any of them -- even "Sweet" we only get from the credits.
* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' has Lwaxana Troi, Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, and Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed. She is also Deanna Troi's mother, a chief ambassador for Betazed, and a great thorn in Captain Picard's side. In one episode, Deanna exasperatedly points out that at least some of those titles are obsolete, and "The Sacred Chalice of Rixx is an old [[strike:cup]] clay pot with mold growing in it." The first series of her titles eventually became a BadassCreed in an ExpandedUniverse novel when Lwaxana ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beat the snot out of Q]]''
** Punctuating each title with a kick or a smack, no less.
** ''TNG'' also had an alien who claimed to be a plethora of devils of various worlds, including Fek'lhr ('Fek-lar' to those who need vowels to pronounce words), the being who torments dishonored warriors in Klingon hell -- Worf comments "You are ''not'' Fek'lhr." The alien, a woman, then proceeds to turn into a [[{{Satan}} big red man]] and then Fek'lhr.
* ''StarTrek'' had Flint, whose aliases from Earth history included Methuselah, Solomon, Alexander the Great, Lazarus, Merlin, and Leonardo da Vinci, just to name a few.
** ''StarTrek'' also had the episode "Wolf in the Fold", which included an entity whose names included Beratis, Kesla, Redjac, and [[spoiler:Jack the Ripper]].
* From ''{{Lost}}'':
-->'''Cooper:''' A conman goes by many names, friend. I've been Adam Seward, Anthony Cooper, Ted [=MacLaren=], Tom Sawyer, Louis Jackson, and Paul...
* The ''{{Farscape}}'' villain Maldis has many seperate identities and names; these include Igg (a street-corner jester), Haloth (a benevolent old wizard) and Kyvan (a dealer in trinkets).
-->'''Maldis:''' By the way... my name is Maldis. ''(in Haloth's reedy old voice)'' But you can address me as Haloth if you like. ''(in Igg's broad Cockney accent)'' I got a lotta names, Johnboy; call me whatever pops your cork.\\
'''Crichton:''' Yeah, right. You're a regular Lawrence Olivier.
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[[folder:Music]]
* A small example from The Beatles' "Rocky Raccoon":
-->''Her name was [=McGill=]\\
And she called herself "Lil",\\
But everyone knew her as "Nancy".''
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[[folder:Mythology]]
* Pick a mythological figure. This gets especially bad in, say, the [[GreekMythology Greek pantheon]], where each deity has a wide range of different varieties based on region. When this intersects with SpellMyNameWithAnS, it gets even worse. So this is OlderThanDirt.
* A variant of this, used especially in NorseMythology, is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenning "kenning"]], a descriptive or metaphorical phrase used instead of a regular noun or name.
* In Hindu Mythology, some major gods have [[OneHundredAndEight 108 or 1008]] names, depending on who you ask, and reciting all of these names is a religious ritual for some.
* [[http://www.islamisanat.net/esma/01.html This page]] lists and explains the 99 names of Allah known to man. It's said that only the camel knows the 100th one.
* There are posters in Christian bookstores listing the many titles of the Christian God.
* TheBible on {{Jesus}}: "And he shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace..."
** Not to mention that He has a name "that no-one knows but Himself."
*** Christians also consider him synonymous with Emmanuel. Jews, not so much.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* The first terminal on "Kill Your Television" in the game ''{{Marathon}}'' displays what appears to be a critical piece of text, although who it identifies is still [[http://marathon.bungie.org/story/kytterm.html subject to debate:]]
-->"I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh. I have been called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the world goes dim and cold. I am hero."
** Then there is its hybrid descendant, found in the MegaCrossover FanFic ''[[http://www.eyrie-productions.com/NXE/nxe3-9.txt Neon Exodus Evangelion]]'' by Eyrie Productions Unlimited, which starts off as a set of ArcWords at first, and then eventually evolves into a BadassBoast:
--->"Know you that I am he who was once Longinus, centurion of the Tenth Legion. I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh. I have been called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the world goes dim and cold. I have been killed a thousand times and every time I return. I fight for truth. I fight for glory. I fight for love. I fight for beauty. I am Hero. I will return."
* ''{{R-Type}}'''s iconic xenomorph-like repeating boss is officially called Dobkeratops, but has also previously gone by Subtom, Subkeratom, Krill, Doppleganger and Gladiator.
* Some VideoGames -- particularly those released in multiple regions -- tend to hold several names. For example, the European arcade release of ''{{Contra}}'' is known as ''Gryzor'', and the European NES release is known as ''Probotector''.
** The obscure top-down shooter ''[=RayForce=]'' is one of the bigger offenders. The Japanese and American arcade versions are called ''[=RayForce=]'', the European arcade version is called ''Gunlock'', the Japanese console version is called ''Layer Section'', and the American console version is called ''Galactic Attack''. Whew!
* M. Bison also says this in ''{{Street Fighter}} Alpha 3'' when you face him with Guy.
** Which is true, because the character known as "M. Bison" in America was Vega in Japan.
* At one point in ''[[PlanescapeTorment Planescape: Torment]]'', you can find a list of titles the Nameless One has gone by at some point: "Lost One, Immortal One, Incarnation's End, Man Of A Thousand Deaths, The One Doomed To Life, Restless One, One Of Many, The One Whom Life Holds Prisoner, The Bringer Of Shadows, The Wounded One, Misery-Bringer, Yemeth, Adahn, [[spoiler: And you thought I was going to say the real one!]]".
* It's pretty vague in ''StarCraft'', but [[spoiler: Samir Duran claims to have had many names over the millennia. Then again, the only name we know for sure is Samir Duran.]]
* [[SuperMarioBros Bowser]]'s cohort in the ''MarioParty'' series was known as Baby Bowser in the first three games, then subsequently Koopa Kid.
* Tchernobog, The One That Binds, The Dreaming God, The Sleeping God, The Devourer of Souls. This troper really needs to stop putting ''{{Blood}}'' references everywhere.
* April Ryan, of ''TheLongestJourney'' and ''Dreamfall'', accumulates these as her story goes on, one for each culture she encounters. By the end of ''Dreamfall'' her names include: April Ryan; Venar Kan-ang-la; April Bandu-embata of the Banda; Waterstiller; Windbringer; (a) Wave; The Raven; and The Scorpion.
* Princess Garnet til Alexandros XVII, princess [[spoiler:and later queen]] of the kingdom of Alexandria and the female lead of ''FinalFantasyIX''. After being kidnapped (under ''her'' request), her "captor" suggests that she drop her royal bearing and adopt an alias, which she chose Dagger. Lastly, it turns out that Garnet is not her real name, [[spoiler:nor is she the real Alexandrian princess. She is in fact [[LastOfHisKind one of the last remaining summoners]] in the world]], and her original name was Sarah.
* Frank Jaeger from the ''MetalGear'' series has more aliases than any other character in the series (which is saying something considering the number of aliases Solid Snake and Revolver Ocelot has): he has went by "Gray Fox", "Frank Hunter", the "Cyborg Ninja", "Deepthroat", and "Null".
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* From ''[[http://www.drunkduck.com/Crossoverlord/?p=438586 The Crossoverlord]]'':
-->'''Stranger:''' Thank you for answering my call for aid. I am the last of a race that tended to the Multiverse.\\
'''{{Mindmistress}}:''' What do we call you?\\
'''Stranger:''' I am known by infinite names. Webmaster, the Centurion, Omenlord...\\
'''{{Dasien}}:''' Anyone ever call you [[TheBeatles Ringo]]?\\
'''Stranger:''' ... There is a dimension in which I am called Ringo, yes. The indigenous [[TheBeatles Kukuchaku]] of [[TheBeatles Revolution #9]] refer to me in this way. Although they pronounce it...\\
'''Dasien:''' '''''Fine!''''' Then you're Ringo!
* Meet [[LookingForGroup Richard]], Chief Warlock of the Brothers of Darkness, Master of the Bones, Emperor of the Black, Lord of the Thirteen Hells, Lord of the Undead, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mayor of a little village up the coast]]. It's very scenic in springtime.
** Don't forget Lord of The Dance.
** And now Mistress of Magma.
* Dan of ''{{Dan and Mabs Furry Adventures}}'', has earned [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_127.php his own list as an adventurer]]:
-->"My name is Daniel Ti'Fiona: Warrior for Hire, Slayer of the [=DoomKnights=], Bringer of Peace, Friend to Beer Wenches!"
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Parodied in ''TheSimpsons''; in an episode where Marge has amnesia, Homer attempts to reeducate her, saying "This is the Sun. It goes by many names -- Apollo's lantern, Daymoon, Ol' Blazey -- but the important thing is ''never to touch it''." On another occasion, Homer prays to the god of the sea for mercy, proclaiming "The Greeks call you Poseidon; the Romans... Aquaman."
* In ''CodeLyoko'', Aelita is first called "Maya" when awakened as an amnesiac AI, before finding her true first name. Once materialized on Earth, she went by the name "Aelita Lyoko" at first, then "Aelita Stones". It is finally found that her name is "Aelita Hopper", although her birth name was "Aelita Schaeffer". Not counting her nickname of "Princess" (or "Mrs. Einstein" for Sissi).
** So all in all, her name is Aelita (Maya) Lyoko/Stones/Schaeffer-Hopper.
* "[[BigBad I've]] had many names during my life, but my favorite... is [[{{The Spectacular Spider-Man}} Tombstone]]."
* ''{{Phineas and Ferb}}, The Chronicles of Meap'': "I am known by many names. Well, two really: Mitch, and some of the guys call me Big Mitch!"
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* TruthInTelevision: for one, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Sun_Yat-sen Sun Yat-sen]], leader of Nationalist China, with as many as thirty names.
* Naoki Maeda, of ''DanceDanceRevolution'' fame. He has produced songs for Konami's Bemani franchise under many, many pseudonyms, most of which he only uses once or twice. It's been rumored that "Naoki Maeda" is not his real name, and is just yet another pseudonym; "Naoki M" is an anagram of "Konami," and some argue that it's too much of a coincidence that his real name would be an unintentional ShoutOut to Konami.
** Just to list a few: Naoki, Naoki Underground, De-Sire, RevenG, Z, ZZ, Omega, Crystal Aliens, d-Complex, Factor-X, NM...
** Custom stepfile maker Chuck Enck, a.k.a. [[http://familyfarce.net/staff.html Family Farce]], takes this trope and runs it into the ground. Here we go: Family Farce, Hypernov8, dj foreshanks, F+F, Nullify, KLiNK, Sidewinder, ASSIMILATION, Yawaraka, The Grind, Tidal Da Wave, Sun Buddha, radiograph, Rampage Superstars, Hulisi-Ska, Nadeshiko feat. H8!, PIPN, PIPN UNDERGROUND, PIPN SPEEDVIBE, Kurio, SideFX, DJ Analytic Hum, E519, 375U, APT.204, Gunhat, Snatcher, Pointy, Radical Minds, Avin, Reigun Overdose, Eversedative, Omega Phlegm, DJ Rezolution, Tri-Umvirate, Ni-MH, Chaarusu, NOMA VAE VICTIS, H.S.M Recovery Team, Miasma, Culture-Slum, Project Anilox, Riksmaal, Agnostix, FL@_line, Devonshire, Nessus, MC Turista, Digital Chaos, Okui Hun, e.n.d, Rick Victims, Magway, DJ Nedved, Victor-E, Mr. Pill, Sound Pressure, Jimmy Presto, Cetro, XY-Cycle, ROBO MOJO vs. EE330, A.B.O.F.A, C&E, EZKL, Final Gasp, Retsu Group, Automatic Allisto feat. Angela, DJ Torq, S.Hazard, Two Faced Trio, Sevensleuth, Tune Out.
* Dance musicians LIVE off this trope.
** Max Coveri, famous for the song Running in the 90s (used in the [[http://steamsteamlol.ytmnd.com/ LOL, Internet]] YTMND), also used the names Casanova, David Essex (and similarly, D-Essex and D. Essex), Niko, 7th Heaven, Kevin Johnson, Mad Max, Marko Polo, Morris, Oda, and last but not least, his real name, Maurizio de Jorio
** Similarly, the vocalist known as "Cherry" also goes by Leslie Parrish (not to be confused by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Parrish this person]]), Suzy Lazy, and previously Vanessa and Linda Ross. Her real name is Clara Moroni.
** Ferry Corsten. Besides his real name, he has used the names System F, Moonman, Albion, Gouryella (collaborating with Tiesto), Veracocha (collaborating with Vincent de Moor), and a few others.
** Paul Oakenfold. Sometimes he's credited by his full name, sometimes by his last name, and sometimes he goes by Grace, Virus, or Perfecto Allstarz.
** Armin van Buuren has released tracks as Rising Star, Gig, Gaia, Major League, Alibi, and Perpetuous Dreamer.
** [[In The Groove]] staff composer Kyle Ward. KaW, KBit, Inspector K, :) (Smiley), Banzai, Symphonious.
*** Rappers are quite fond of this as well; most have at least a few nicknames they like to drop.
* Richard D. James (more commonly known as Aphex Twin) has used several different aliases such as AFX, Blue Calx, Bradley Strider, Caustic Window, DJ Smojphace, GAK, Martin Tressider, Polygon Window, Power-Pill, Prichard D. Jams, Q-Chastic, Tahnaiya Russell, The Dice Man, and Soit P.P.
* Not to forget the Tsars: "We, ------ by the grace of God, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, of Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, Tsar of Poland, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Tauric Chersonesos, Tsar of Georgia, Lord of Pskov, and Grand Duke of Smolensk, Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia, and Finland, Prince of Estonia, Livonia, Courland and Semigalia, Samogitia, Belostok, Karelia, Tver, Yugra, Perm, Vyatka, Bulgaria, and other territories; Lord and Grand Duke of Nizhni Novgorod, Sovereign of Chernigov, Ryazan, Polotsk, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Beloozero, Udoria, Obdoria, Kondia, Vitebsk, Mstislavl, and all northern territories; Sovereign of Iveria, Kartalinia, and the Kabardinian lands and Armenian territories -- hereditary Lord and Ruler of the Circassians and Mountain Princes and others; Lord of Turkestan, Heir of Norway, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, Dithmarschen, Oldenburg, and so forth, and so forth, and so forth."
** So ''that's'' why they got rid of the Romanovs...
*** DudeNotFunny.
* "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith". And that's the short version. The long version lists all of Her other Realms and Territories, the Commander-in-Chief of about a dozen armies, Duke of Lancaster, Lord of Mann, Duke of Normandy, and about a hundred others...
** Rumor has it that if the Queen is late to an appearance, the person announcing her will continue to recite her names and titles until she arrives.
** This list has actually ''shortened'' over time, since the British monarchs also claimed to be: Emperor/Empress of India, King/Queen of South Africa, numerous former colonies, and ''France''. Many of these have been dropped over the years as many former colonies (India, Pakistan, South Africa, etc.) chose to become republics.
* No list of bombastic royal titles would be complete without the Hapsburgs! Take Franz Joseph I, for example:
** His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, Franz Joseph I, By the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, King of Lombardy-Venetia,[5] of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria and Illyria; King of Jerusalem etc., Archduke of Austria; Grand Duke of Tuscany and Cracow, Duke of Lorraine, of Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and of the Bukovina; Grand Prince of Transylvania; Margrave of Moravia; Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, of Auschwitz, Zator and Teschen, Friuli, Ragusa (Dubrovnik) and Zara (Zadar); Princely Count of Habsburg and Tyrol, of Kyburg, Gorizia and Gradisca; Prince of Trent (Trento) and Brixen; Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria; Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg, etc.; Lord of Trieste, of Cattaro (Kotor), and in the Windic march; Grand Voivode of the Voivodeship of Serbia etc.
*** Mind you the titles above are after the family split between the Spanish and Austrian Lines and after the fall of the Holy Roman Emperor. Charles the 1st would of had several more pages between German, Italian, and Spanish titles, before starting on the colonial titles...
* The cougar is also known as a puma, catamount, panther, mountain lion, and mountain screamer.
* Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Province of Rome, Sovereign of the State of Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God, and last, but not least, Joseph Ratzinger. The scary thing is, that's missing some of the old titles -- "Patriarch of the West", "Vicar of the Apostolic See", and "Vicar of Peter" were all used in the past, for example. Really, all the ancient heads of state did this, to some greater or lesser extent. See Queen Elizabeth II and the Tsars above, for example.
** [[spoiler:Dark Lord of the Sith.]]
* How about Suleiman? Although this is more of BadassBoast.
** "Slave of God, powerful with the power of God, deputy of God on earth, obeying the commands of the Qur'an and enforcing them throughout the world, master of all lands, the shadow of God over all nations, Sultan of Sultans in all the lands of Persians and Arabs, the propagator of Sultanic laws (Nashiru kawanin al-Sultaniyye ), the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Khans, Sultan, son of Sultan, Suleyman Khan. Slave of God, master of the world, I am Suleyman and my name is read in all the prayers in all the cities of Islam. I am the Shah of Baghdad and Iraq, Caesar of all the lands of Rome, and the Sultan of Egypt. I seized the Hungarian crown and gave it to the least of my slaves."
* Some college sports teams have more than nickname. Army is known as the Cadets and the Black Knights. North Texas is the Eagles and the Mean Green. Virginia Tech can be the Hokies or the Gobblers, although Gobblers isn't used much anymore. The LSU Tigers are often called the Bayou Bengals. Sometimes the womens teams will have different nicknames than the men: USC's men teams are the Trojans, while the women are the Women of Troy.
* Rudy Ray Moore. The King of the Party Records. The Human Tornado. The Avenging Disco Godfather. Petey Wheatstraw. The Devil's Son-In-Law. Dolemite, ''muthafucka!''
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe%2B585,_Senior This guy.]] When you have one first name starting with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet, I guess you just pick your two favorites to use as a first and middle name. Then there were [[SpellMyNameWithAnS all of the various misspellings of]] [[OverlyLongName his last name...]]
* The city of Jerusalem has seventy names.
* Voice Actor KirkThornton has been credited as Ronald Allen, Ron Allen, Sparky Allen, Todd Crump, Donald Lee, Robert Lloyd, Sean Roberts, Spanky Roberts, Sparky Roberts, Kurt Thornton, Sean Thornton, Sparky Thornton, Sparly Thornton, Starky Thornton, Kirk Thorton, Sean Thorton and Sparky Thorton.
* Babe Ruth was known as Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Jr. (his real name), "The Babe", "The Bambino", "The Sultan of Swat", "Caliph of Clout", "The King of Swing", "Rajah of Rap", "The Terrible Titan", "The Home Run King", "The Colossus of Clout", "The Wazir of Wham", the "Maharajah of Mash", the "Blunderbuss", "the Monarch of Maul" and "Behemoth of Bust". And those are just ''some'' of them.
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