[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
->''"Who am I? One name you might have for me is the World, or you might call me the Universe, or perhaps God, or perhaps the Truth. I am All, and I am One. So of course, this also means that I am You."''
-->-- '''Truth''', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''

->'''Truth:''' Hello.\\
'''Ed:''' Who are you?\\
'''Truth:''' Oh, I'm so glad you asked. I am called by many names. I am the World, I am the Universe, I'm God, I am Truth, I am All, I am One, and I am also You.
-->-- ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist: Brotherhood'', "[[Recap/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhoodE2TheFirstDay The First Day]]"

->''"Uzu Sanageyama, Honnouji Academy's Athletics Committee Chair. Uzu Sanageyama, one of the Honnouji Academy's Student Council Devas. Uzu Sanageyama, a man with so many titles that introducing him has [[BreakingTheFourthWall eaten up this entire preview]]!"''
-->-- ''Anime/KillLaKill''
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
->'''Monica Chang:''' Hey, "Wolf-Bro".\\
'''Victor Mancha:''' What? It's "Skull Boss" now.
-->-- ''ComicBook/AvengersAI''

->'''Moira:''' I think that we shall be great friends. Err... but what's yuir name? I presume ye have one?\\
'''Cable:''' Oh, I have many, Mrs. [=MacTaggert=]... I have many.
-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}''

->''"I've had so many names over the years, and likely will have many more in time, but why don't you just call me [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mr. Dark]], hmm? That's a name to fit any age, and [[DarkIsEvil should do splendidly]], don't you think?"''
-->-- '''Mr. Dark''', ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}''

->'''Carol Danvers:''' You have like fifteen alternate code names, anyway, Monica-Photon-Pulsar-Captain-Marvel-Rambeau!\\
'''Monica Rambeau:''' I'm sorry, did I just hear that right? Am I being judged by, by Ms.-Captain-Warbird-Binary—Marvel...?
-->-- ''ComicBook/MsMarvel''

->''"He has been known by many names; the Prince of Lies, the Director, Lucifer, Belial, and once, at a party, some obnoxious drunk kept calling him 'Dude'."''
-->-- ''Stig's Inferno''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]
->''"The creature that we're referring to goes by many names. The inhabitants of the ancient planet of Gama called it Mictlantecuhtli. The people of Sura called it Erebus. Other races in the common tongue refer to it as Death Bringer. But the race who first encountered this entity in the early days of our universe called it Esdraelon, which translates to 'the one who will end all worlds'."''
-->-- '''King of the Gods Ra''' telling Bardock about Esdraelon, ''Fanfic/DragonballZLegacies''

->''"In this line of work, if you survive, you learn that there's three kinds of [[EvilSorcerer Dark Wizards]]. There's Dark Wizards that have one name. There's Dark Wizards that have two names. And there's Dark Wizards that change names like you and I change clothes."''
-->-- '''Mad Eye Moody''', ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality''

->'''[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]:''' Who are you? What does your-- Dreaming-- need me to do?\\
'''[[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 Dream]]:''' There are more names for me than I can even remember. Perhaps all who dream know me by a name unique to them. But I have been called Kaickul, L'zoril, Shaper, Morpheus--\\
'''Kara:''' ''[covering her mouth]'' The Dreamsmith!
-->-- ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn''

->'''Kyril:''' You have yet to identify yourself.\\
'''The Rat:''' '''My apologies, that was rude wasn't it? My name... hmm, I have so many that even I cannot keep track of them all. Ah well, it is what it is. You may call me the Rat.'''
-->-- ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls, Re-Imagined''

->''There was indeed one of the First Aeldari alive, and she had been hiding under everyone's noses as Lelith Hesperax, the Queen of Knives. After the Mark of Commorragh, it wasn't exactly difficult to reassemble the fragments and find other names: Qa'leh, Mistress of Blades; First Gladiator; First Sword-Bearer; the Uncrowned Empress; Princess of the Hunt; Commander of the Abyssal Fleet; Blood of the First Line.\\
But there is one name above others that is hers and that no one will claim until the stars die and the Aeldari race vanish from memory.\\
She is the Queen of Blades.''
-->-- ''Fanfic/TheWeaverOption'', Extermination 8-4
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
->''"My name is Ben Sobel... --lioni. Ben Sobellioni. I'm also known as, uh, Benny the Groin, Sammy the Schnazz, Elmer the Fudd, Tubby the Tuba, and once as Miss Phyllis Levine."''
-->-- '''Ben Sobel''', ''Film/AnalyzeThis''

->'''Queen Ramonda:''' I am not a woman who enjoys repeating herself! ''Who are you?!''\\
'''[[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]:''' I have many names. My people call me a K'uk'ulkan... ''({{beat}})'' ...but my enemies call me Namor.
-->-- ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever''

->'''Gabriel:''' Son of Perdition! Little Horn. Most Unclean.\\
'''Lucifier:''' I do miss the old names.
-->-- ''Film/Constantine2005''

->'''Kevin Lomax:''' What are you?\\
'''John [[LouisCypher Milton]]:''' ''[chuckles]'' Oh, I have so many names!\\
'''Lomax:''' {{Satan}}.\\
'''Milton:''' ...Call me "[[LukeIAmYourFather Dad]]".
-->-- ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate''

->''"I go by many names. None of which you are worthy of pronouncing."''
-->-- '''Muriel the Grand Black Witch''', ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters''

->''"Me? I've had so many names... old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the woods, and the earth. I am... I am a faun."''
-->-- '''The Faun''', ''Film/PansLabyrinth''

->'''"God":''' Brave souls, welcome.\\
'''Dr. Leonard [=McCoy=]:''' Is this the voice of God?\\
'''"God":''' One voice. Many faces.
-->-- ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]
->''"I have many names, almost as many names as I have years. ''[...]'' You only have one name so far. In time [[{{Foreshadowing}} you may get another]] -- or [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard even several]]. Some people collect names as they go along through their lives. Sometimes names [[ThatManIsDead wear out]] just like clothes."''
-->-- '''Belgarath the Sorcerer''', ''Literature/TheBelgariad: Pawn of Prophecy''

->''"'''I have worn many names. Earth Terror and Ground Shaker, World Ripper and Night's Fire. I am the Betrayal of Foundations, the Toppler of Cities. I was there when Kharolaen burned and its people choked in burning ash, I laughed as Ynalra drowned in laughter.''' ''[chuckles]'' '''[[TomTheDarkLord Yes, call me Old Man]].'''"''
-->-- '''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent The Old Man]]''', ''Literature/AChorusOfDragons: The Ruin of Kings''

->'''Thomas Covenant:''' Who are you?\\
'''Lord Foul:''' I have had 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 name me the Grey Slayer.\\
'''Covneant:''' [[LampshadeHanging Forget it]].
-->-- ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant: Lord Foul's Bane''

->''I said, "Are you Elmek?"\\
"Elmek or Asmorod or Kaphis. We have more names than nights that have passed since the Crucifixion. Don't think that [[IKnowYourTrueName your book can identify us]] because it won't."''
-->-- ''The Devils of D-Day'', by Creator/GrahamMasterton

->''"The first name I was given," the old man started.\\
Trava interrupted him. "We only need one," she said. "Get to the story."''
-->-- ''Literature/DragonQueen''

->'' said Kotov.\\
"That is but the most recent of my names. I have had many in my long life. Akasha, Kaban, Beirurium, Veda, Grammaticus, Yggdrasil, Providentia... a thousand times a thousand more in all the long aeons I have existed."''
-->-- ''Literature/ForgesOfMars''

->''"Many are my names in many countries, Mithrandir among the elves, Tharkûn among the dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the west that is forgotten, in the south Incánus, in the north Gandalf; [[{{Mordor}} to the east I go not]]."''
-->-- '''Gandalf the Grey''', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''

->''Every museum and history has a section dedicated to [[TheDreaded Orj]], and we were no exception. Orj the Consumer, Orj the [[TheSocialDarwinist Great Descendant]], Orj the Inheritor, and Orj the [[MonstrousCannibalism Eater of his own Progeny]].''
-->-- ''The Museum of Unnatural History'', by David M. Henley

->'''Catherine:''' The Firstborn named me Losara, the Queen of Lost and Found. To the Wasteland I was the Squire, the [[BlackKnight Carrion Lord]]'s sole apprentice. [[TheFairFolk The fae]] knew me by many names, though the last I ever bore was Sovereign of Moonless Nights. On this side of the Whitecaps, though? It's a simple name I am known by.\\
'''Tancred:''' The Black Queen. The leader of the Woe.
-->-- ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''

->''"People call us many things. Targeteers, Contractors, The Business, The Wizards of Armageddon. The last was intended as an insult [[AppropriatedAppellation but we rather like it]]."''
-->-- '''The flat-voiced man''', ''Literature/TheSalvationWar''
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
->''"Do you know me? Do you know what I am? Do you want to know my name? This is what I am called. I am called Glad-O-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-eyed. I am also called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and the Hooded One. I am All-Father, Gondlir, Wand-bearer. I have as many names as there are winds. As many titles as there are ways to die. My ravens are Huginn and Muninn. Thought and Memory. My wolves are Freki and Geri. My horse is the gallowed. I am '''Odin!'''"''
-->-- '''Wednesday''', ''Series/AmericanGods2017''

->''"The Doctor has walked in blood through all of time and space. The Doctor has many names. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd The Destroyer of Worlds]]. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens The Imp of the Pandorica]]. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe The Shadow of the Valeyard]]. [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor The Beast of Trenzalore]]. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent The Butcher of Skull Moon]]. [[CrypticBackgroundReference The Last Tree of Garsennon]]. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks The Destroyer of Skaro]]. He is the Doctor of War."''
-->-- '''Testimony''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]"

->''"I have been awake since before the breaking of the First Silence. In that time, I have had many names."''
-->-- '''Sauron''', ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
->''"Yeah, I go by a few names. Johnny Reubonic, Don Rubio... Cool the Underdog."''
-->-- '''John Reuben''', "Sing It Like You Mean It"
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Poetry]]
->''"So as through a glass, and darkly\\
The age long strife I see\\
Where I fought in many guises,\\
Many names, -- but always me."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton''', ''Through a Glass, Darkly''
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
->''A thousand names and faces bob like flotsam in [[RealityWarper Nissiku]]'s wake. I hear the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Gangrel]] mutter "Iktomi," and I think of Nissiku. I hear the [[LooksLikeOrlok Nosferatu]] grumble the name "Malk Content," and I think of Nissiku. Iktomi, Malk Content, Devil Hanse, the Babylonian, Fool-Eater, Old Man Hate -- they all catch at the same memory. I am certain that the Clever Prince has survived to modern times...''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade -- Clanbook: Malkavian (Revised)''

->''We call this bizarre deity [[GodOfEvil Tzeentch]], but in fact of all the gods of men and daemons, He has more names and guises than any other. Tzeentch ''is'' change, said to personify every mortal's recognition of, and desire and for, change. His face and form shifts and warps from eternity unto eternity. To the [[TheHorde hairy savages]] [[GrimUpNorth north of our great Empire]], Tzeentch is most commonly known and worshiped as ''Tchar'': the Great Eagle. [[HordesFromTheEast In the east, the dread horsemen]] of the Man-Chu, Kuj and Khazags know Tzeentch as ''Chen Chi-En'': Lord of the Shifting Breeze. And it is said that in the [[HungryJungle hellish jungles]] south of the Old World, the Changer of ways is known simply as ''Shunch.'' Yet whatever the real and whomever the people, Tzeentch is known always as the ''Great Schemer''; [[TheChessmaster a manipulative and politicking god]] who should be feared as much as He should not be trusted.''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Liber Chaotica''

->''For generations, this Vampire has moved among the living, masquerading as one of them whilst feeding upon young, innocent victims. He has many guises: to the criminal underclass, he is the [[DiabolicalMastermind Master of Shadows]]; the ruling elite of the city know him as the reclusive [[IdleRich Baron von Karsparlund]]; to traders he is the Secretary of the Merchant's Guid, [[CorruptBureaucrat Daimler Voltz]]; secretive cultists fear him as the [[SinisterMinister Magister of the Temple Ascendant]]. With these multitudinous personae to hide his true nature, the Master of the Shadows continues to weave his plots, growing in strength and influence year by year.''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Vampire Counts Army Book (7th edition)''

->''Perpetually driven by his own vile ambitions, [[MadScientist Fabius Bile]] has travelled the galaxy more widely than any other man. He has committed so many atrocities that he is outcast even from his own Traitor Legion -- even the [[SenseFreak sensation-seeking]] Emperor's Children will not truck with him, for they know the risks well. On Dimmamar, Bile was known as the [[MasterPoisoner Chem-master]], for there he changed the atomic composition of the air until the population was forced to ingest his [[SuperSerum transformative serums]] or slowly suffocate. On Arden IX and in the Bray system he is [[FlayingAlive Manflayer]], for there he would [[GenuineHumanHide wear the skins of those who opposed him as a great stitched cloak]], forcing the skinless survivors to carry the garment behind him like a bridal train. To the wretched tribes living among the ravaged hives of Paramar V he is the Clonelord, for he vat-grew obedient twins of every firstborn child and [[KillAndReplace replaced them with their doppelgangers]] the better to guide the planet's descent into darkness.\\
To Bile himself, there is only one title that does his magnificence justice -- [[EvilutionaryBiologist the Primogenitor]].''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Champions of Chaos''
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[[folder:Video Games]]
->''"I am the Bookbinder, but I have many names. Keeper of the Dead, Lord of Dreams, Hades, Echo Master, [[OddNameOut That Crazy Dude Who Talks to Zombies]]. Hehe. People, so creative."''
-->-- '''Bookbinder''', ''VideoGame/Code7'', "Episode 3: Backdoor"

->'''Aveline:''' I know what she is: the Witch of the Wilds.\\
'''Flemeth:''' Some call me that. Also Flemeth. Asha'belannar. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking An old hag who talks too much]].
-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''

->''"I have been Freyja. I have been Thanatos. I have been Maman Brigitte. I have been Anubis, Izanami-No-Mikoto, Erishkigal, Hades, Santa Muerte, Azrael, Daena, Ankou, and more."''
-->-- '''[[{{Psychopomp}} Morena]]''', ''VideoGame/NocturneInYellow''

->''"I promised you my name. There are ''so many'' names: once upon a time, a prophet forced me to admit the seventeen names I used to sow mischief. Say My Name: Abeko. Abito. Amizo. Say my name! Batna. Eilo. Ita. Izorpo. Kea. Kali. ''Say My Name!'' Odam. Kokos. Partasah. Patrota. Podo. Satrina. Talto. ''[...]'' Can you guess my final name? '''[[spoiler:Lilith]].'''"''
-->-- ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
->'''Hecate:''' I am Trimorphe, the Gatekeeper, the Light-giver, Lady of the Below, and She Who Turns Away. But you, Persephone, can call me Hecate. Everyone underground does.\\
'''Persephone:''' [[LampshadeHanging That is an awful lot of titles]].\\
'''Hecate:''' The longer you live, the more you get. Mortals are incredibly fond of naming things.
-->-- ''[[http://100don.smackjeeves.com/comics/1853598/page-28/ A Hundred Days of Night]]''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Original]]
->''"Although SCP-507 has an already-established name due to its unremarkable upbringing, it seems to find entertainment in forcing those it meets to give it a nickname in lieu of divulging this information. Thus SCP-507 will now respond to the names Tommy, Steve, Bruto, Guy, Houdini, and Grabnok the Destroyer."''
-->-- ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-507 SCP-507]]

->''"I am known by many names. 'Mountain Slayer'. 'Thunder Lion'. '[[OddNameOut The Chocolate Axe]]'. But you? You may call me... [[RealMenWearPink Tiffany]]."''
-->-- '''Agil/Tiffany''', ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''

->'''Uno:''' Legend has it the Grey Men are walking around.\\
'''Ragan:''' The Soulless.\\
'''Masema:''' The Shadowsoulled.\\
'''Lan:''' The Shadow-eyed.\\
'''Moiraine:''' The Shadow-walkers.\\
'''Min:''' The Soul Brothers?\\
'''Uno:''' The Soul Masters.\\
'''Min:''' Oh, the Funky Shadow Dancers.\\
'''Moiraine:''' The Dark Soul Chorus.\\
'''Lan:''' The Dark One's Ensemble of Evil-Souled Dark Nightwalkers.\\
'''Min:''' I wonder if they'll show up later in the story.\\
'''Lan:''' Probably not.
-->-- [[http://pop.wheeloftime.org/index.php?topic=635.0 A mock summary]] for ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''

->''"C.Wizzy, Chad Daddy. I go by many different names. Big Poppy, a'ight..."''
-->-- '''Chad Warden''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEJRBBni7J8 Why the PS3 is better than the Wii and 360]]'', "part 2"
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Video]]
->'''Krillin:''' [[PersonaNonGrata Turns out Master Roshi is banned from over Five-Hundred Victoria's Secret locations]]. I don't get it, how are [[DirtyOldMan you]] not on some kind of list?''\\
'''Master Roshi:''' You think "Master Roshi" is my real name?
-->-- ''[[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM9 Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Super Android 13]]''

->''"Signed, ([[PlayedForLaughs with all my aliases]]),\\
Big T\\
Tommy\\
T Dog\\
T Money\\
T Fella\\
Mr T\\
Mr Huge T\\
Huge T\\
T Gun\\
T Gunner\\
T Shot\\
Shot Big T\\
Tall T\\
T T T\\
T MAN\\
T Gamer\\
Master T\\
Influencer\\
King T\\
Massive T\\
Big T Bomb\\
T Bomb\\
Thankful T\\
Friend of Bruno\\
Gracious T\\
T Baby\\
T Money\\
T $\\
T $$$\\
T YA\\\
[[Characters/DreamSMPTommyInnit TommyInnit]]"''
-->-- "homework 1", ''WebVideo/DreamSMP''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
->''"You speak my name, but you do not know me. I am Ch'rell, Oroku Saki, Duke Acureds: the '''ONE TRUE SHREDDER!''' I am a destroyer of worlds, and I fear NO ONE!"''
-->-- '''Shredder''', ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Real Life]]
->''"The most famous hero of the story of the New York City underworld is Edward Delaney, alias William Delaney, alias Joseph Marvin, alias Joseph Morris -- alias Monk Eastman, the leader of a gang of twelve hundred men.\\
Those shifting 'dodges' (as tedious as a game of masks in which one can never be certain who is who) fail to include the man's true name -- if we allow ourselves to believe that there is such a thing as 'a man's true name.' The fact is, the name given in the Records Division of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn is Edward Ostermann, later Americanized to Eastman."''
-->-- '''Creator/JorgeLuisBorges''', ''AUniversalHistoryOfIniquity'', "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities"
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