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When characters aren't given official names by their creators, sometimes fan fiction writers will come to pick up the slack.

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Animorphs

  • All Assorted Animorphs AUs:
    • "What if Elfangor and Loren raised Tobias?" gives Mr. Tidwell the first name Frank, Arbron the full name of Arbron-Fraomta-Semiag, and Jake the middle name Elijah.
    • James is given the surname "Connerton" in "What if the Auximorphs joined the team right away?"
    • Most of the Animorphs' background classmates are given surnames in "What if they were caught during their first mission?" and the "What if all the Yeerks suddenly died?" two-parter.
    • In "What if they were in a time loop?", Cassie's surname is Moises, and Tom's second Yeerk is named Ardek 5851.
  • Animorphs: The Reckoning gives surnames to several characters: Marco Levy, Tobias Yastek, Cassie Withers, and David Poznanski.
  • Several human characters are given surnames in DƦmorphing; David's is Finley, Tobias' is Calladan, Marco's is LĆ³pez Chen, Cassie's is Clark, and Loren's is St. Clair. Mr. Tidwell is also given the first name Julian, Tobias' human uncle is called Leo, and the Governor from The Absolute is named Celia Hernandez. Tom's second Yeerk is named Carger 8957 (though it's only mentioned once), Sub-Visser Fifty-One is named Korin 782, Erek's real name is Chee-naxes, and Arbron's full name is Arbron-Roaldwur-Ashul.
  • Eleutherophobia gives Tom's second Yeerk the name Essa 412 and rank Visser Seventeen; Sub-Visser Fifty-One the name Irdiss 435; Marco, Cassie, and Collette the surnames Alvarez, Day, and Wells, respectively; and David's father the name George Little. The Governor of California from #51 (who is now the president) is named June Boatwright.
  • In the Flufferverse, Tobias' surname is Kushner.
  • Rachel The Vampire Slayer: Cassie is given the last name Whistler, Marco the last name Monroe-Cabrera, and Tobias the last name Harris.
  • In What Tomorrow Brings, Tom's second Yeerk is called Feriss 512, Cassie's surname is Hanson, and Taylor's is Ingraham. On a more minor note, the tiger Jake acquired is revealed to be named Arthur, with all the Gardens' big cats named after figures from Arthurian myth.
  • In The Word of Your Body and its sequel, Tobias' surname is Calladan, Marco's is LĆ³pez Cheng (it was written by the same author as Daemorphing), Cass(ie)'s is Johnson, James' is O'Rourke, and Colette's is St. Germain.

Aquaman

Avatar: The Last Airbender

  • Wikibending: The Fire Nation royal family doesn't have a canon family name. Here it's called the Minato Clan.

Bolt

  • The Bolt Chronicles: Several characters who go unnamed in the film get named in this series. For example, the director of the Bolt TV show and the actors who play Dr. Calico and Penny's dad are named after their voice actors (James, Malcolm, and Sean, respectively).

The Brittas Empire

  • True Love Is Never A Straight Path: A few minor characters in the series who go unnamed in the series are given names in this fic. This includes Helen's unseen ex-husbands, who are called Rory and Jonathan, and one of Brittas' stepchildren, who is given the name of George.

Cinderella

  • Royal Relations is a oneshot based on Charles Perrault's version of Cinderella. Cinderella's name is "Elaina" while her step-sisters are named "Lucette" and "Dominique".

Coco

  • In the fanfic Like a Gentle Refrain, a few minor, unnamed characters from the film receive names. This includes the Departures agent that HĆ©ctor tries to sneak past is Helena LĆ³pez, and the mariachi from the beginning of the film is Eduardo Vegaz.

Crossovers

  • Amelie in Amity: When Amelie first appeared in her one-shot episode, she was not given a last name. In this story, her last-named is revealed to be Lemieux.
  • Stardust gives Central, Dr. Vahlen and Dr. Shen first names (David, Moira and Charles respectively), missing the fact that the latter was already named Raymond in the game (though not mentioned in cutscenes). The name Moira has been canonized as Dr. Vahlen's first name and now appears in the XCOM 2 database.
  • Makoto's tonfa in the games didn't have a name. In BlazBlue Alternative: Remnant, they are called Unfaltering Butterfly according to Ozpin's student file on her.
  • Boldores And Boomsticks:
  • Breath of the Wild, a standalone episode in the author's greater crossover universe of fanworks, Link and Zelda are given full names.
    • Link is named Link Korzem Reshirama.
    • Zelda is named Zelda Bosphoramus Hyrule. She downplays it, as her father's canon name is King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule, but this fic outright confirms that this version of Zelda carries the name as well.
  • Cave Dancers Pretty Cure gives Doc the real name of Sally Cooper.
  • Codex Equus: The Emperor of Mankind had no name in canon. Here, he's given the name of Golden Scepter along with an Alicorn name, Auriolus Scaeptrum, which was given to him upon becoming Emperor of his first empire. However, he threw that name away after becoming disgusted with the many atrocities he committed under it, and has since readopted his birth name to distance himself from the Alicorns' various flaws and mistakes.
  • Code Geass: Paladins of Voltron
    • Rai's (first) name is stated to be 'Zephyr' by the rescued Galra prisoners. His mother and sister's names are Erina and Sophronia, respectively.
    • The same is true for the Lions, who are each given meaningful names by their respective Paladins.
  • Code Prime: C.C.'s name has never been revealed in any canon source. Here, it's Cera.
  • In The Confectionary Chronicles, when Loki takes Hermione to the early days of Hogwarts, she learns that the Giant Squid was named ā€˜Bertramusā€™ by Helena Ravenclaw, and Helena also suggested naming the Sorting Hat ā€˜Cuthbertā€™.
  • Dairantou Saint Zearth provides the name to quite a few of the Pilots' parents. An example would be Takashi Waku's father Ninten.
  • Demon In Fodlan: The nameless gatekeeper from Fire Emblem: Three Houses is named Harold. Hilariously, only the generally misanthropic Goetia actually remembers his name, and keep trying to remind other people to call him by it without success. Harold for his part is bemused but resigned, and doesn't even bother with proper introductions anymore.
  • Miss Kittyis known by her Stage Name in canon. In Destiny's Kiss, she is named "Katherine".
  • In RWBY: Grimm Eclipse, the Big Bad is only referred to as Dr. Merlot. In The Devil Went Down To Remnant, he is given the full name of Movado Merlot.
  • Fairytales:
    • Snow White's prince is named "Bertram".
    • Cinderella's prince is named "Oscar".
    • The Beast is named "Henri".
  • I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Become the Ultimate Defensive Hero: The Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. characters except for Maple, Sally (who were the only ones ever shown in real life) Syrup and Oboro (who are just animals) are named:
    • Iz: Isuzu Haganeno
    • Kasumi: Kasumi Kensei
    • Mai and Yui: Mai and Yui Kinniku
    • Chrome: Chumon
    • Mii: Kyouma Hououin
    • Shin: Shin Bunretsu
    • Frederica: Tamura
    • Velvet: Torako Raiden
    • Hinata: Hinata Karakuri
  • Infinity Train: Blossomverse: Many characters from the Infinity Train side of the crossover never got names. Some Apex kids are now named (Tiffany and Kenny) while Grace's parents get "Huxley" and "Cecilia".
  • Interdimensional Cartoon Discussion and Support Group: In canon, The Titan was only ever really known as "The Titan" or "Papa Titan". Here, he decides to go by his name he used in life now that he's passed on and is among other Titans in the afterlife, his name revealed to be Eanki.
  • Uncle, whose first name was never revealed in canon, is named Jin in the J-WITCH Series. However, only his former girlfriend Yan Lin calls him by his first name.
  • Jaune Arc, Lord of Hunger:
    • Out of Jaune's seven sisters, six of them are unnamed in canon. In the chapter "Dreams", Jaune mentions in throwaway line that one of his younger sisters is named Amber.
    • In canon, the King of Vale responsible for ending the Great War is never named. The chapter "Legends" gives him the name Osmund.
    • In the epilogue, Jaune's parents are named Jacob and Isabella.
  • In Kindred, the Beast is named "Adam".
  • Mario in Animatronic Horror: As the game was released before the names of the Missing Children were revealed, each of them are given a name. The soul possessing Freddy is Tyler, the soul possessing Bonnie is Buck, the soul possessing Chica is Alex, and the soul possessing Foxy is Kyel. In addition, Elizabeth Afton's name was not revealed, so she is nicknamed "Lisa" instead.
  • The New Recruit: SHIELD gives Matt Garetty the hero name Cyclone once he starts doing field work. In Chronicle, while Matt does say at the end that he's going to be a superhero, it's never revealed what his superhero name was.
  • PokĆ©mon Crossing: Multiple characters get last names in the fic. Special note to Kapp'n (the kappa from Animal Crossing), whose real name is "Kaisho Kobayashi". Grams (his mother) is named Kanako Kobayashi.
  • Power Rangers Clockwork gives the Amalgam from the original Skyrim mod Clockwork the name of "Aricin Velothi", as a result of the latter receiving a backstory before he was turned into the Gilded Amalgam.
  • Stars Above:
    • Stars Above (which crosses over Lucky Star with Puella Magi Madoka Magica), names Konata's unnamed co-workernote  Aya, after Aya Hirano (even though Ayano was already named after her and Hirano herself appears in the source anime and manga at one point each).
    • In an accidentalnote  example on the Puella Magi side of the same fic, Elise Robard might count as well, since Elise and her friends from the mobage scenario The Hollow Little Mermaid (one of whom made an intentional cameo by name) had no canonical surnames.
  • Universe Falls:
    • In "Peridot in the Wild", Celestabellebethabelle's fellow unicorns from "The Last Mabelcorn" are known as Barry and Maurice.
    • In part 1 of "Adventures in the Multiverse", the alien refugees Ford meets in the Nightmare Realm are given the names Yottos, Hocoh, Qharquains, and George.
  • The Silver Raven:
    • In the games, Nero only had one name to go by. Here, he's given a full name: Nero Claudius Clawthorne.
    • The bile sacs attached to witch hearts don't have a name in the show. Here, they're called valknuts.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds A Live: The Sundown Kid doesn't have a canon name in his game, but he reveals to the others that his first name Shane.

Danganronpa

Danny Phantom

Date A Live

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

  • Blade of Demon Salvation:
    • The girl Muzan was carrying in his arms when he first properly made his appearance in canon is given the name Haruka in this story, whereas her name in canon is never revealed.
    • The Spider Demon Mother was only referred to as "Mother" in canon. Here, following her defection from the family thanks to Tanjiro's mercy, she receives the name Ito from Genya after she tells him that she had long forgotten her name.

Destiny

Digimon

  • In Zero 2: A Revision, all of the Digidestined's parents, even those that don't have a name in the source are given full names.

Donkey Kong

Dragon Ball

Ever After High

  • Queens names several backgrounders, such as "Lita Lindorm" and "Regina Eins".

Fairy Tail

Final Fantasy VII

  • A Flower's Touch: Jessie's mother was not so much as mentioned in the original game, and as of Remake, she is an actual character now, but still doesn't have a name (except a last name, Rasberry). Here she is given a name (Alberta Redman), and an occupation (therapist).

Fire Emblem

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Frozen

  • The Queen of Hearts:
    • The king and queen are called "Jonas" and "Matilda", rather than their later canonized names of "Adgar" and "Iduna".
    • Because the fic predates Tangled: The Series, Rapunzel's parents are called their fan nicknames "Thomas" and "Primrose", not "Frederic" and "Arianna".
  • The Royal Reunion: Agnarr and Iduna are named "Gaspar" and "Malin" because the story predates their names being canonized.

Fullmetal Alchemist

  • In Desert Gold, Scar's name is given as "Asad".
  • In Seven Names Of Envy Angevin, Father (depicted here as a human) is named "Theophrastus" for obvious reasons. This is also a little nod to canon, wherein Father suggested "Theophrastus" as a name for Hohenheim, who at the time was a nameless slave.
  • Phylactery has Mrs. Bradley, who was only known by her last name in canon, being given the name "Lily".

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed

  • An Acceptable Arrangement gives names to the Nie parents: Nie Hongshan as their father, Hou Yue as Huaisang's mother, and Sun Qiu as Mingjue's mother.
  • Forget-me-not (don't leave me behind) names Madam Lan, calling her Yue Liu.
  • Gold Poisons names Mo Xuanyu's mother "Mo Xiulan".
  • If I Had The Strength names Madam Lan Shun Lijuan and Qingheng-jun Lan Weiwen.
  • The Same Moon Shines:
    • Duan Ai: Jin Zixuan's mother
    • Tang Lijuan: Lan Xichen and Lan Wangji's mother
    • Cangse Sanren: Xiao Xiulan
  • Second Bite of the Cherry:
    • Madame Jin is referred as Han Yuyan when she's interacting with her friend Yu Ziyuan.
    • The former Madame Lan's name is revealed to be Zhou Zhiruo when Lan Wangji meets his maternal grandmother.

Harry Potter

Hilda

Hollow Knight

  • To Reclaim a Dream:
    • The Vessels, being raised as children in the new timeline, have all been properly named. Including: Wander (Ghost), Hallow (the Hollow Knight), Atlas (the Greenpath Vessel), Kindred (Broken Vessel/Lost Kin), Champ, Quanta, Whisper...
    • The Mantis Lord family, who are only known by their titles in the game, also receive names: Arla, Vera, Xillya, Gris (Traitor Lord), and Jadia (Traitor's Child).

Honkai Impact 3rd

  • In canon Meiā€™s Herrscher personality was never addressed with a specific name. In Snippets of Sirin Shariac's life itā€™s referred to as Baal, in reference to a chapter of the Escape from Nagazora comic.

How to Train Your Dragon

  • A Thing of Vikings:
    • Snotlout's mother is unnamed in the films and show, here she is named Serena and is Stoick's sister.
    • Likewise, Astrid's parents are given the names HĆ”kon and Gunvor.
    • Ruffnut and Tuffnut's father is given the name Thicknut.
    • In canon Heather's adopted parents were unnamed, here they are named Murray and Griselda.
    • In canon Toothless' nemesis the Whispering Death isn't given a name, here it is named Mold and essentially becomes Mildew's dragon due to their shared distaste for Hiccup and Toothless.
    • In canon the Skrill isn't given a name, here after bonding with William he is named Mjolnir.

Independence Day

Invader Zim

  • For the Glory of Irk:
    • In canon, the Tallest are just called Red and Purple. Here, those turn out to be codenames, with their actual names being Voel and Therron, respectively.
    • While in canon it's never even suggested that Dib's first name is anything else, here it's established to be a nickname, his actual name being Diego Junior. Which, by extension, reveals that Professor Membrane's first name is Diego.
  • The New Adventures of Invader Zim:
    • The host of Mysterious Mysteries was never given a name in canon. Here, he's christened as John Mysterioso.
    • When the hobo Dib talked to in the canon episode "Gaz, Taster of Pork" appears, he's given the name Hobo Joe.
  • Re: My Hostage, Not Yours: Prisoner 777 is canonically never called anything else. Here, he's revealed to be named Jiji.

Inuyasha

Jem

  • Ultimate Misfits:
    • Pizzazz's mother is named Evelyn.
    • Techrat is named Terry Peters.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

  • Star-Crossed Crusaders:
    • The teacher seen in a still that Jotaro is mentioned to have never come back to class because of him in the anime appears in his expanded backstory, and he's named Mr. Okamoto.
    • One other teacher happens to be the mother of Giorno Giovanna, and her name is Shiori.
    • The original version of the story has Vins, whose real identity is Ms. Bluemarine. In her backstory, her first name is Delia.
  • Unbreakable Diamond, Protean Rain:
    • The boys murdered by Angelo are given names: Makoto Kanno, Haruto Yamada, and Shinichi Fujimoto, who was the cousin of Fubuki Kurosawa.
    • In addition to being given some additional appearances, the delinquent who got his nose messed up by Josuke at the beginning, and Koichi's class representative are both given names: Yusen and Sanae (with the former returning as an Arc Villain for the Bangles arcnote ). These also double as Casting Gags, since their names are taken from their japanese voice actors: Isamu Yusen and Sanae Kobayashi.
    • Also being an Ascended Extra, the waiter who gets his uniform ripped during the Sheer Heart Attack arc is called Mashiro Teshigahara.
  • Lacrime D'oro del Vento Aureo:
    • Giorno's stepfather is named Jacopo Giovanni. Additionally, it's stated that Giorno goes by "Giovanna" as his last name to spite him.
    • The mobster that helped Giorno in return for saving his life is named Tony Dieci, and he's also given a bigger role than he originally had. His subordinate from the anime also appears, named Donato.
    • Burro is one of the gangsters seen discussing Polpo's death in the anime (bald and wearing white). This is alluded to at the start of Chapter 11 with a line taken from the same scene.
    • Vino is a Composite Character of two extras. He's not only the kid who Mista mentioned to have had his eye scratched out from the litter of four kittens, but also the kid from the anime who chased after the mobster Giorno saved with a gun after he killed Vino's drug dealing father.
    • Caesar's siblings (who mostly appear in flashbacks), are all given names as they were all unnamed in canon but play a part in the world of this fanfic and the other two before it.

Jurassic Park

  • In "My Father's Sins", Maisie Lockwood discovers the Indoraptor while she's exploring and bonds with the creature, which 'recognises' her as Sister due to their shared origin as clones. When Maisie found the Indoraptor, she overheard the scientists working on it compare the creature to Jack the Ripper, and so she assumed that 'Jack' was the Indoraptor's name.
  • "A Dangerous Curiosity" also features Maisie Lockwood bonding with the Indoraptor when it's still an infant, Maisie naming the raptor 'Indiana Bones' although regularly calling him 'Indy' for short.

Kingdom Hearts

  • Oathkeeper's Awakening:
    • Kairi's last name is revealed in the Sloth DMV scene to be Uchida.
    • The name of Kairi's grandmother is revealed to be Youko. Her true name is Vor.

Kung Fu Panda

  • In the Kung Fu Panda 2 fic The Vow, Lord Shen's parents are named Lord Goa and Lady Jing, the Soothsayer is named Ah-Ma, and the Wolf Boss is named Zhan.

The Legend of Korra

  • In The Legend of Genji, Fire Lord Izumi's unnamed daughter from canon is given the name Shizuka.

The Lorax (2012)

  • Fanfics of the 2012 adaptation of The Lorax tends to give Ted's mother the name "Helen".

The Loud House

  • What is a Person Worth?: The nameless kid who opposed Lincoln in the episode "Cereal Offender" is an important side character in this fic, and given the name Conner Pingrey.
  • Lincoln's Memories: Liam's canonically-unnamed sister is called Amy here, and the magician at Lincoln's birthday party is named Alexander.
  • Star Spark: Stella's grandmother has the name of Aimee in this fanfic, rather than being an unseen nameless character in canon.

Luca

Lucky Star

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

  • Rain Code: New Game Plus: Several unnamed characters from canon get real names here, and some characters whose surnames are never revealed get them in this story.
    • The Priest, the Nun, the Servant, and the Worshipper are given the names Elijah, Elizabeth, Matthew, and Jason respectively.
    • Aiko, Kurane, Yoshiko, Waruna, and Karen are given the surnames Gracewill, Ravencroft, Nocturne, Stormbreaker, and Stromwell respectively.
    • Some of the unnamed students of Aetheria Academy are given names in this story. In particular, there is Kari the props manager, Kotomi the production manager (the student who alerted everyone to Karen's death), and Miiko the girl who asked Kurumi to help her backstage before the performance.
    • Yakouā€™s late wife is given the name Serika.

Metal Gear

  • A fan-translation of the Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake manual names Master Miller's ex-wife Nadine. The actual Japanese manual simply mentions that he's divorced and living with his daughter.

Mega Man

MonsterVerse

  • AbraxasVerse: The Timeline reveals the Hollow Earth's energized material (which was nameless in Godzilla vs. Kong) is temporarily named Zohar here, and the temple built by Kong's and Thor's species is dubbed the Citadel.

The Muppets

  • Kedabory's Muppet Mania:
    • The Swedish Chef is christened Tom Breiner, and his wife, who is The Ghost in canon, appears in person and is named Kirsten.
    • Rather than having just one name, Beaker is given a surname. It's Honeydew.
    • In The Muppets Mayhem, Zoot's name was revealed to be a shortened version of his surname, Zootowski. This fic builds on that and gives him the first name Andre.
    • Lips' full name is given as Russell Mc Gill.

My Hero Academia

  • As All For One's real name is never revealed in canon outside the notion that "Shigaraki" is his surname, along with the implication he doesn't actually have a first name due to his origins and how he named Yoichi, many fanfics opt to give him a name, usually a Meaningful Name.
  • Crimson and Emerald: As of the story's publishing, Hawks' civilian name hasn't been revealed. The author dubs Hawks Sora Takashiro meaning "Sky White Hawk."
  • In From Muddy Waters, Sir Nighteye, whose civilian name was never revealed in canon at the time of writing, is given the name "Enishi", which means "a fate or destiny that binds two people together", referring to both his Foresight and his obsession with finding All Might a successor. His real name, Mirai Sasaki, would be revealed in canon afterwards.
  • Viridian: The Green Guide: The unnamed ponytailed reporter that harassed the students before the USJ attack is given the name Hina Yu.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

  • A Diplomatic Visit:
    • Chapter 4 of the sequel Diplomat at Large gives Ocellus's mother the name Stemma. Chapter 5 of Diplomacy Through Schooling gives her father the name Ommatidium.
    • Chapter 12 of the sequel Diplomat at Large reveals that Ahuizotl from the show is not actually a case of A Dog Named "Dog"; his real name is Teomitl.
    • Chapter 7 of Diplomacy Through Schooling gives Sunburst's late father the name Sunspot.
    • Chapter 8 of Diplomacy Through Schooling gives Moondancer's sister the name "Morning Espresso".
    • Cadance's adoptive parents have no names or appearances in canon, other than being Earth ponies. When they appear in chapter 4 of The Diplomat's Life, they're named Caramel Lilly (mother) and Silver Vision (father).
    • Chapter 9 of The Diplomat's Life names Granny Smith's father as Sherwood Apple, after the maiden name of Maria Ann "Granny" Smith, a British-Australian orchardist responsible for the cultivation of the Granny Smith apple.
  • Pony POV Series: Sunset Shimmer's she-demon form is called Nightmare Inferno.
  • Flurry Heart's Story: The Sphinix is given the name of Anatanka. Somnambula mentions not many ponies know her name as it's believed to be bad luck to say it out loud.

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Naruto

  • Kitsune no Ken: Fist of the Fox does this with several characters. Among other examples, Tenten and Karui are given the surnames Tamura and Komatsu, respectively (derived from the names of their voice-actresses), Jugo gets the surname Tenbin (derived from his canon epithet "Tenbin no Jugo" or "Jugo of the Scales") and Yashamaru is given the surname Sabaku (derived from Gaara's epithet "Sabaku no Gaara" or "Gaara of the Sand Waterfall"). There's also the Kira brothers, Ay and Hachi (the Raikage A and Killer Bee, respectively, blood brothers who were never given proper names and who weren't biologically related in canon).
  • Son of the Sannin:
  • True Potential:
    • Hiashi's father had no name in neither the manga nor the anime. This fic gives him the name "Yoshikane".
    • Hiashi's wife is given the name Hitomi.
    • The Kumo-nin who tried to kidnap Hinata is named Yotsuki Kashikoi.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Numberjacks

OMORI

  • Time to Disinfect:
    • None of the friend group in canon are given last names. This fic names Mari and Sunny's family as Takahashi, Hero and Kel's as Rodriguez, and Basil (or at least his grandmother) as Abner.
    • Hero and Kel's unnamed parents are called Elena and AarĆ³n, and Mari and Sunny's mother is referred to as Rin.

Persona Franchise

  • The female protagonist from Persona 3 Portable, when not given her eventual canon name Kotone Shiomi, is generally named Minako (a feminine variant of Minato, the male protagonist's manga name) or Hamuko (made by splitting the radicals of the last character in "protagonist"/äø»äŗŗ公 and interpreting them as katakana; i.e. 惏惠/"hamu" instead of 公/"kou"). Fans in Japan once used the name Kimiko (a pun on "kimi" also meaning "you"), but it has largely fallen out in favor of the other two.
  • Hours 'Verse:

PokƩmon

  • The Captain of the Virtual Console names Red's parents, Rose and Glehn Spruce.
  • The oneshot Confrontation gives James the full name of "James Miles William Roseworth". His rich parents are named George and Evangeline.
  • Denounce the Evils:
    • Jessie's full name is "Jessica Rosalyn Miyamoto". In canon, it's only known that her first name is "Jessica".
    • James is given the last name 'Sasaki' to match.
    • Miyamoto is given a Dub Name Change of "Jane Miyamoto".
  • Essence:
    • Charmander's trainer Damian is given the surname of "Ross".
    • Bill's surname is "Montgomery".
    • Lance's surname is "Wataru".
    • Wallace's surname is "Mikuru".
    • Erika's surname is "Mori".
  • Gym Leader Wiki:
    • Brock is named "Brock Slate".
    • Misty is named "Misty Waterflower".
    • Lt. Surge is named "Mayfield Surge".
    • Erika is named "Erika Aoyama".
    • Koga is named "Koga Shimizu". Similarly, his daughter Janine is named "Janine Shimizu".
    • Sabrina is named "Sabrina LaFay".
    • Blaine is named "Blaine O'Donnell".
    • Giovanni is named "Giovanni Pavesi".
    • Falker is named "Falkner Jausch".
    • Bugsy is named "Bugsy Silvestri".
    • Whitney is named "Whitney di Marco".
    • Morty is named "Morty Levin".
    • Chuck is named "Chuck Morris".
    • Jasmine is named "Jasmine Diamante"
    • Pryce is named "Pryce Howard".
    • Clair is named "Clair Lee".
    • Lorelei is named "Lorelei von Kleinheardt".
    • Bruno is named "Bruno Jacobs".
    • Agatha is named "Agatha Christiansen".
    • Lance is named "Lance Chevalier".
    • Will is named "Will Powers".
    • Karen is named "Karen RĆ©nard".
  • In The Myamoto Project, James' last name is "Rochester", befitting his wealthy parentage.
  • The oneshot Of Construction and Seduction gives Jessie's mother Miyamoto the surname of "Munasai".
  • PokĆ©mon: Clefairy Tales takes Word of Saint Paul regarding Brock's surname (Harrison, according to Eric Stuart, his English voice actor) and runs with it. The existing fanon for Misty's surname and Lt. Surge's given name (respectively, Waterflower and Mathias) was also applied here. The series also gives Erika's and Sabrina's respective surnames as LaFleur (in keeping with Erika's Green Thumb thematic) and D'Avalon (inspired by Sabrina's French name, derived from a certain Arthurian character, "Dee-AH-va-LAWN").
  • PokĆ©mon Reset Bloodlines and several of its tie-in oneshots have done this to several characters:
    • Characters such as Kanto Champion Lance, Elite Four member Flint and Frontier Brain Noland are given their respective Japanese names as surnames.
    • Arnold's mother, who didn't get a proper name in her anime episode, is named Anna in this story.
    • Serena's full name is revealed as Serena Yvonne Gabena, thanks to a Full-Name Ultimatum from Grace.
    • Kiawe's grandfather is given the name Koa.
    • Several characters of the day are given full names when they star in their own sidestories. Examples include A.J from the original series, who is given the name Akira Jouda, and Sho from the D&P saga, whose name is actually short for Shotaro Inazuma.
    • In PokĆ©mon FireRed and LeafGreen, an unnamed Rocket Admin runs a Team Rocket cell based on the Sevii Islands. The Red Five Island Interlude gives him the name Deacon, following the trend of the other Rocket Admins named after space or warfare rocket devices.
  • Team Rocket Roots gives Miyamoto a Dub Name Change by shortening her name to "Miya". Miyamoto has no official English name because her only appearance is in a Japanese-only radio drama.
  • "Ellen" is the name the unused female lead of PokĆ©mon Red and Blue assumes in Unwilling Service, and the male lead of Gold, Silver, and Crystal assumed the name Jamie*before eventually having it reverted to Jimmy. (NSFW)
  • Similar to the Gym Leader Wiki example above, several characters in Legends Collide! Alola's House of Champions! are given surnames.
    • Red and Leaf are depicted as siblings and given the surname "Yamaguchi", as a reference to an unused default name from the original PokĆ©mon Red and Blue. The author mentions in another fic that this is due to "Yamaguchi" meaning "mountain entrance", which reminded him of Red's climactic battle on Mount Silver.
    • Some of the player characters have their surnames referencing the games they're from: Ethan Gold, Dawn Diamond and Lucas Pearl, Touya Black, Rosa White etc. Nora Armour fits the pattern as well, albeit more in spirit.
    • Calem's surname is given as "Reyes", due to the author headcanoning him as Filipino (or the PokĆ©mon equivalent thereof) and Reyes having a "Y" in it (as in PokĆ©mon Y).
    • Yuki's surname is "Miyamoto", the same as his mother Jessie.
    • Some of the other Champions have surnames like that as well; Lance's is "Amachi", Cynthia's is "Hart" and Wallace's is "Stone" (since he's Happily Married to Steven Stone in this fic).

Pretty Cure

Punch-Out!!

  • Ask the Ryans names Aran Ryan's sister Rory Ryan.
  • Home Sick (NoonboryKedabory) gives Disco Kid the first name Thomas.
  • Ma Fille:
    • Glass Joe's full name is Joseph Beaufort.
      • By extension, Gabby Jay is Gabriel Jay Beaufort.
    • The referee is named Pierce Adamson.
    • Von Kaiser's first name is Viktor.
    • Great Tiger's full name is Amar Khan.

Ranma Ā½

  • There was one Ranma Ā½ fanfic whose name is currently lost to the deep recesses of the Internet, that gave a name to the otherwise nameless Posthumous Character of Mrs. Tendou, Sou'un Tendou's wife and mother to Akane, Nabiki, and Kasumi Tendou. That name, "Kimiko Tendou", somehow managed to be elevated to fanon status, where a huge portion of the fandom genuinely believes it to be her official name.

Rick and Morty

RWBY

  • RWBY: Scars:
    • Middle names are given to certain characters. For example, Pyrrha's full name is "Pyrrha Diana Nikos".
    • Raven and Qrow's mother is named "Ebony".
    • Weiss' mother was named "Willow" before it was officially canonized.
    • Cinder's original name is given as ""Chujo".
    • Lil' Miss Malachite's name is given as "Ianthe Malachite".
  • In most RWBY fanworks involving Weiss Schnee's mothernote , she was usually given the name "Willow" before the name was canonized. One exception to this is RWBY Zero, where she is named "Crystal" instead.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

  • In Purple, Wrong Hordak took on the nickname the fandom gave him "Kadroh" (which is just "Hordak" spelled backwards).
  • In canon, the First Ones were never given a name besides being called the First Ones. In Yin-Yang, their race was originally known as the Hok before being lost to time due to the Great Separation and Etheria's exile into Despondos.

A Song of Ice and Fire

  • The King Nobody Wanted:
    • Gregor and Sandor Clegane's father (Tytos), sister (Scylla), mother (Yseult), and grandfather (Gregor the elder).
    • Tytos Lannister's mistresses, Nelyse or "Nell" and Elspeth or "Elsie".
    • Shella and Walter Whent's children: Willem, Allan, Olyvar, Symond, and Alysanne.
    • Victarion's first wife, Ute Goodbrother.
    • Quellon Greyjoy's wives: Gudron Stonetree (mother to Harlon, Quenton, and Donel), Ingraboda Sunderly (mother to Balon, Euron, Victarion, Urrigon and Aeron), and Desdemone Piper (mother to Robin and Yara, who in canon was stillborn and, as such, also unnamed).
    • Robert and Stannis's widowed maternal cousin, Adrya Tudbury Wensington.
    • Janos Slynt's wife, Asynda, and his butcher father, Olyvar.
  • My Father's Son: Arthur and Ashara's brother, the canon father of Edric Dayne who's unnamed in canon, is called Aleric in story.
  • Robb Returns: The direwolf mother, who survives and is partnered with Ned in this fic, is named Frostfyre.

Sonic the Hedgehog

The Smurfs

  • The nameless thief of Abelagot from The Smurfs comic book story "The Jewel Smurfer" was named Vincent Devereaux in the Empath: The Luckiest Smurf adaptation "Empath The Bandit Smurf".

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Stardew Valley

Story of Seasons

  • All The Wrong Reasons:
    • Karen's surname is given as "Lucine".
    • Rick's surname is "Emerson".
  • Do You Believe in Fairies?:
    • Kathy's full name is given as "Kathy Leigh Brass".
    • Luna's surname is "Snyder".
    • Phoebe's surname is "Kettles".
    • Renee's family is the "Horn" family.
    • Selena's family is the "Toucan" family.
    • Calvin's surname is "Jones".
    • Gill's family is the "Goldstein" family.
    • Julius' surname is "Rosens".
    • Luke's family is the "Carpenter" family.
    • Owen's family is the "Gravel" family.
    • Toby's last name is "Fisher".
    • Irene's surname is "Erble".
    • Mira's surname is "Finer".
  • There Is No Song In My Heart:
    • Lumina is given the full name of "Lumina Wyndham".
    • Mary's family has the surname of "Brunell".
  • In Pretty Ore gives Gray and Claire the surnames "Hollins" and "Haynes".

Teen Titans (2003)

  • To Catch A Raven: The HIVE members are given names: Jinx is named "Kamala Malti", (frequently shortened to "Kammie"), Gizmo is named "Mike", and Mammoth is named "Baran".

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

Thomas & Friends

Total Drama

  • Total Drama Comeback Series: The characters that appear without last names in canon are given last names The Kobold Necromancer comes up with. These include:
    • Beth's last name is Yensten.
    • Bridgette's last name is Summers.
    • Courtneys last name is Satella.
    • Devon Joseph "DJ"'s last name is Benson.
    • Duncan's last name is Tarun.
    • Eva's last name is Garren.
    • Ezekiel's last name is Miller.
    • Geoffrey "Geoff" last name is Algolen.
    • Gwendolyn "Gwen" last name is Ingrid.
    • Heather's last name is Kasuga.
    • Izzy's last name is Connelly.
    • Justin's last name is Batofel.
    • Katie's last name is Uratu.
    • Leshawna's last name is Olongola.
    • Lindsay's last name is Top.
    • Noah's last name is Sterecra.
    • Owen's last name is Waterflower.
    • Sadie's last name is Unda.
    • Trenton "Trent" last name is Cooper.
    • Tyler's last name is Kenard.
  • Unbreakable Red Silken Thread: The characters that appear without last names in canon are given the last names of the people who provided their voices for the canon series. These include:
    • Heather's last name is Wilson, named after her voice actress Rachel Wilson.
    • Gwen's last name is Fahlenbock, named after her voice actress Megan Fahlenbock.
    • Lindsay, along with her older sister Paula have the last name Mills, named after Lindsay's voice actress Stephanie Anne Mills.
    • Duncan's last name is Nelson, named after his voice actor Drew Nelson.
    • Sierra's last name is Obonsawin, named after her voice actress Annick Obonsawin, although as of now she is The Ghost, as although she has been mentioned a few times, she has yet to appear, although her last name is mentioned.
    • Jo's last name is Elliot, named after her voice actress Laurie Elliot.
    • Zoey's last name is Mamabolo, named after her voice actress Barbara Mamabolo.
    • Dawn's last name is Medrek, named after her voice actress Caitlynne Medrek.
    • Shawn's last name is Bennett, named after his voice actor Zachary Bennett.
    • Jasmine's last name is Bergin, named after her voice actress Katie Bergin.
    • Scarlett's last name is Friday, named after her voice actress Kristi Friday.
    • Both Amy and Sammy's last name is McAuley, named after the voice actress for both of them, Bryn McAuley.
    • Ella's last name is Muse, named after her voice actress Sunday Muse. Similar to Sierra above, she is only mentioned, and never appears in person, although her full name is mentioned.
    • Sky's last name is Podemski, named after her voice actress Sarah Podemski.
    • Sugar's last name is Wilson, named after her voice actress Rochelle Wilson, not to be confused with the similarly named Rachel Wilson. Lampshaded by Jo, as she mentions to Heather that she thought the two of them were related at first.
  • Total Drama Legacy, There are several instances where FlamingMercury5's headcanons about the campers' full names are incorporated into the story, whether through the campers themselves or through their Fan-Created Offspring.
    • In regards to first names, "Cruel Britannia" reveals that Topher's name is short for Christopher, and "Not-So-Perfect Storm" reveals that Brick's real name is Gunther.
    • In regards to surnames, 8 of the campers' kids have their surnames stated in the fic itself. If one puts aside the 3 of those whose surnames have basis in canon (Serena McGradynote , Emilia Burromuertonote , and Storm Jackson-Wilkinsnote ), one can use these to figure out the surnames of at least one of their parents. Thus, it can be inferred that Duncan's surname is Byrnes, Ezekiel's surname is Hoffmann, Leonard's is Drake, Mike's is Valerio, Jo's is Maynard, and Anne Maria's is Capelli.

Turning Red

Warhammer 40,000

  • Nobledark Imperium: The God-Emperor of Mankind is usually called just that (or a variety of derogatory nicknames) in canon, with his true name being lost to history. Here, his name is Oscar.

The Wicked Years

  • The Eternity Effect gives Pfannee the surname of "Symes".
  • Verdigris: Glinda's mother is named Edlyn Arduenna Upland and her father is named Allard Upland.

Winx Club

  • Paradoxus: In canon, everyone has Only One Name. Here, everyone gets a surname, often borrowed from or flavored by some Real Life cultures to indicate which planet is the Fantasy Counterpart Culture of what. Aisha and her parents' is Nerein; Bloom, Daphne, and their parents' is OĆ°rsson; Flora, Miele, and their parents' is Eyten; Musa and her father's is Saionji; Roxy and Morgana's is LeFay; Stella and her father's is Seren; Tecna and her parents' is Diem; Bradon's is Nimek; Darko's is Laurent; and Sky and his parents' is Melnik.

W.I.T.C.H.

Xenoblade Chronicles

  • Where We Don't Belong:
    • Nia's human "sister" never received a name in the original XC2. In this story, she's named Fille.
    • Number 13 never received a proper name during the original XC3, here she's referred to as Fugiri.

X-Men: Evolution

  • In The SuperStarr Chronicles, Lila Cheney's full name is Delilah Chopra-Cheney. That's because this version was given a Race Lift from being white in the comics to British-Indian.
    • One of the flash-forwards in the first chapter features a cameo by Gabriel the Devil-Hunter. The story reveals that his name here is John Gabriel due to the comics never revealing his full name. The comics have gone back and forth on whether "Gabriel" is his first or last name!
    • In chapter nine, a couple of the members of the obscure Marvel superteam known as the First Line from the miniseries Marvel: The Lost Generation get fully named. One member, Firefall, is established to be Native Hawaiian and had the civilian name Tandy Waihe'e. A second member, Positron, is given the full name "Veronica Grier" as an homage to actress Pam Grier. In the comics, Positron's surname was never established.

Yo-kai Watch

  • Strong and Steady gives Eddie's parents' names as George and Miriam.
  • Yokai Watch Re! names Kyubi's human form "Kaden Kit McCloud". In the anime, he just goes by "Kyubi" either way.

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