History DubNameChange / EnglishToForeign

** Duke to Grunt and back to Duke in ''TheMovie''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}'' to ''Halcones Galacticos'' (literally "Galatic Hawks")

** Steelwill to Acerino
** Steelheart to Acerina
** Bluegrass to Vaquero (literally "Cowboy")

** Commander Stargazer to Capitán Telescopio (literally "Captain Telescope")
* ''WesternAnimation/SilverHawks'' (Latin America)
** Quicksilver to Rayo De Plata (Silver Beam)

** Steelheart to Acerina (Female Steel)
** Steelwill to Acerino (Male Steel)

* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' -- Most names of the elves are usually faithful Dutch translations of the original English names (like ''Snijder'' for ''Cutter''). However, one obvious Dub Name Change of a character in a one-shot issue was needed to avoid an UnfortunateName. The character Acorn was translated as ''Eekhoorn'' (''Squirrel''), because the Dutch translation of acorn (''eikel'') is also used as a strong insult (referring to the top part of the penis).

** Dr. Eggman to [[UnfortunateNames Dr. Huevo]]

*** Dark Mind to Psychédiablik

** King Dedede to Roi Dadidou

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* ''Series/MrBean'' to ''Mr. Pea''
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Katie and Sadie become Lindy and Cindy
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*** Guepardo ([[WesternAnimation/XMen '90s TV series]] and ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', the newest TV series, ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' and the [[Film/XMen1 live-action movie]] involving him keeps his English name intact.) "Cheetah".

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': In the European Portuguese dub [[DuelingDubs that was aired on RTP 2]] nearly all characters names were changed to portuguese names or nicknames that ressembled the original ones. The cast of the first two seasons on said dub is made of Beta (Beth), Graça (Gwen), Dinis (DJ), Golias (Geoff), Linda (Lindsay), Helga (Heather), Durval (Duncan), Tobias (Tyler), Álvaro (Harold), Telmo (Trent), Brígida (Bridgette), Noé (Noah), Lucrécia (Leshawna), Cátia (Katie), Célia (Sadie), Ezequiel (Ezekiel), César (Cody), Olavo (Owen), Carmo (Courtney), Justino (Justin) and Isa (Izzy). Chris [=McLean=] becomes Cristiano Meneses and Chef Hatchet becomes Chefe Cutelo. Only Eva keeps her name.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama: Revenge of the Island'':
** Lightning became Relâmpago in Brazil and Raios in Portugal. Other European name changes include Sam to Zeca, Cameron to Crispim, Dakota to Dalila, Scott to Tony, Staci to Tatá, Dawn to Áurea, Mike to Mico, Zoey to Zilda, Jo just changes her O to Jô, Brick to Bruno, and Anne Maria to Ana Maria. B doesn’t change his name.

** Two cases caused by OneSteveLimit related to a similarly named Marvel character:[[note]]While DC and Marvel are competitors in their original country, they're licenced to a same Brazilian publihser at least since the 1980s. It was Editora Abril until 2002, and Panini Brasil (a subsidiary of the Italian publisher Panini Comics) from then on. That's why the Brazilian translators put characters from both DC and Marvel under the OneSteveLimit care, unless when they already have the same name in English (both DC and Marvel Scarecrows were literally translated as "Espantalho"). [[/note]] Doomsday to Apocalypse
(the correct spelling of the word, in Portuguese, is Apocal'''i'''pse, but the translator [[XtremeKoolLetterz replaced the "i" with "y"]] because the name "Apocalipse" was already used to name [[ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} the Egyptian X-Men villain]]) and Doctor Fate to Senhor Destino (Mister Destiny, because the literal translation "Doutor Destino" was with Selfdemonstrating/DoctorDoom).

* ''Creator/MarvelComics'' – as with the DCU above, the names below refer to the comics versions. Adaptation to older media, especially in the past, used to have different translations (current translators tend to be more faithful to the comics naming).

** [[Comicbook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]] to Lince Negra (black lynx)

** [[Comicbook/XMen Juggernaut]] to Fanático (Fanatic)

** Man Ray to Homem Raio (Beam Man. Theorically, Ray ''could'' be translated as "Raio", but ''only'' in the context of electromagnetic emissions, as in "ray of light" or "gamma rays"; when referring to the fish, the correct translation would be "Arraia" or the lesser-used but still correct "Raia")

** [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]] to Cruela Cruel

** Doomsday to Apocalypse
*** The correct spelling of the word, in Portuguese, is Apocal'''i'''pse, but the translator [[XtremeKoolLetterz replaced the "i" with "y"]] because the name "Apocalipse" was already used to name [[ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} the Egyptian X-Men villain]]. [[note]]While DC and Marvel are competitors in their original country, they're licenced to a same Brazilian publihser at least since the 1980s. It was Editora Abril until 2002, and Panini Brasil (a subsidiary of the Italian publisher Panini Comics) from then on. That's why the Brazilian translators put characters from both DC and Marvel under the OneSteveLimit care, unless when they already have the same name in English (both DC and Marvel Scarecrows were literally translated as "Espantalho"). [[/note]]

* The brazilian dub of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' changes the main characters names to ''Du, Dudu e Edu'', all nicknames of Eduardo similarly to how Ed, Edd and Eddy are nicknames of Edward. It was done probably to make it easier for the audience to differentiate the characters, however, since all the other characters keep their English names, it also creates a case of AerithAndBob.

** [[Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} Songbirg]] to Soprano; her old moniker Screaming Mimi was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbina Colombina]], after her costume (the dub of ''WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingBattleOfTheBands'' even added a joke that she was lacking a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierrot Pierrot]])

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' to Bob Esponja Calça Quadrada (which means the same thing, though the show is simply ''Bob Esponja'' and he's usually referred to as 'Mr. Sponge' instead of 'Mr. Squarepants' like in the original)

* Another Creator/{{Disney}} example, this time from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon: the Brazillian dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' changes Flynn Rider's real name from Eugene Fitzherbert to José Bezerra.

** Shadow Ava to [[KingArthur Morgana]] [[note]] A reference to Morgan(a) le Fay. [[/note]]

** When the original novels were translated into Japanese [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan during the Meiji era]], [[https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A1388/datastream/OBJ/view/_You_are_the_one_fixed_point_in_a_changing_age_.pdf the cast was given Japanese names]]: i.e., Holmes was named "Tairoku Komuro", while Watson became "Shinichi Wada". This is [[http://www3.mangafreak.net/Read1_Detective_Conan_983_16#gohere lampshaded]] in the {{meitantei}} series ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', [[spoiler: when a suspect uses "Shinichi Wada" as a fake name.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' to ''Vaiana''

* ''[[NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom Classical Native American names]]'': First, an explanation: Due to the way how both Cantonese & Chinese languages work, many classical Native American names, when translated literally to either language, rather than being transcribed phonetically compared with non-Native names, could make them sound like stereotypical names for Chinese warriors straight from either a Wuxia film or from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Keep in mind all these names are literal translations, unless stated otherwise.

* ''[[NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom Classical Native American names]]'': First, an explanation: Due to the way how both Cantonese & Chinese languages work, many classical Native American names, when translated literally to either language, rather than being transcribed phonetically compared with non-Native names, could make them sound like stereotypical names for Chinese warriors straight from either a Wuxia film or from Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Keep in mind all these names are literal translations, unless stated otherwise.

* UsefulNotes/McDonalds: Ronald [=McDonald=]'s name was changed to...[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Donald McDonald]], due to the lack of the clear "r" sound in the Japanese language.

* UsefulNotes/McDonalds: Ronald McDonald's name was changed to...[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Donald McDonald]], due to the lack of the clear "r" sound in the Japanese language.

* [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ronald McDonald]] to Donald [=McDonald=], due to the lack of the clear "r" sound in the Japanese language.