'''Basic Trope''': A tomboy having a boy's name.
* '''Straight''': Samantha is a {{Tomboy}} and wants everyone to call her Sam.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** [[GenderBlenderName Samuel]] is the [[TestosteronePoisoning manliest]] [[TheLadette woman]] alive.
** [[ThatManIsDead Alice calls Samantha by her name, but she says "Samantha is dead. Call me Sam."]]
* '''Downplayed''': Sam has a boy's name, but is [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak not actually too much of a tomboy.]]
* '''Justified''':
** Sam just likes her name that way.
** Sam's parents wanted a boy.
** Sam's parents originally weren't sure what gender she was. So they decided to give her a unisex name.
* '''Inverted''': For some reason, a girly girl is named Bob, so she insists on being called Robertina instead.
* '''Gender Inverted''': [[GenderBlenderName Samuel]], who is InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, is called Sammy.
* '''Subverted''': Sam is very tomboyish, but insists people call her Samantha.
** Samantha is incredibly girly but goes by Sam, despite occasional frustrations with mistaken gender.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until she relents and decides to go by Sam.
** Sam turns out to be a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak.
* '''Parodied''':
** The girl is called "Johnathan James Ironfist".
** A girl has a name so manly that whoever hears it spontaneously becomes more macho, but [[TakeOurWordForIt we never get to hear her name]].
** A {{tomboy}} gets made fun of constantly by [[AlphaBitch Alex]] for "being such a boy" and [[HypocriticalHumor having a boyish name]]. Her name is ''Alice''.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Sam, a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak, is sometimes called Samantha, and sometimes Sam.
* '''Averted''': Samantha, a girly girl, goes by Samantha.
* '''Enforced''':
** "We need to keep the [[AIIsACrapshoot computer's]] gender [[AmbiguousGender ambiguous]] until [[BrainUploading the Reveal]]. Let's give her a name that's slowly becoming unisex."
** Sam was a man in the original work, but the creator or the {{executive|Meddling}} decided to put Sam into GenderFlip process for [[AudienceShift wider range]] [[MultipleDemographicAppeal of demographic]].
** The creators use '''[[SamusIsAGirl Sam]]'''[[SamusIsAGirl us Is A Girl]] to better break preconceived gender notions.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, for...this is the fifth time this week [[ViewerGenderConfusion someone's]] [[{{Bifauxnen}} mistaken me for a guy]]!"
* '''Invoked''': A newborn girl's parents give her a boyish name because they hope their daughter will be a {{tomboy}}.
* '''Exploited''': Sam uses her GenderBlenderName to successfully pull off SamusIsAGirl.
* '''Defied''': Sam doesn't want to be a tomboy, and forces everyone to call her Samantha.
* '''Discussed''': "Honestly Sam, if you went by Samantha you'd probably confuse less people."
* '''Conversed''': "Why do tomboys in these shows always have male-sounding names?"

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