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* ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'''s Meredith Hemmings, or as she prefers to be called, Pandora Black. According to her it's her "soul name".

* Parodied in ''SamAndMax: Night of the Raving Dead'', where, while singing in a Goth nightcub, you can have Sam and Max use the stage names Count Cryptwind Deathgrasp and Baron Bat-Anguish von Nightmare.

* Stephanie in ''SkulduggeryPleasant'' becomes Valkyrie.

* In {{6Teen}} Jude turns goth for a day and says his name is now Judas.

* When [[TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] tried being a goth for a while, I believe her new name of choice was Ravenwing Neversmiles.

* The Goth family from ''TheSims'': Mortimer, Bella, and their daughter Cassandra. Bella doesn't really count, since the game came out in 2000, years before ''{{Twilight}}'' was around to link the name with vampires.

* Raven from ''TeenTitans''

* Abby Normal (Abnormal) from ''BloodsuckingFiends''. Subverted in that her [[strike: real]] "day slave" name is Allison.

* Lampshaded and parodied by Agnes Nitt of the ''{{Discworld}}'' series, who develops an alter-ego named Perdita X. Nitt to invoke this trope.

In fiction, a [[MeaningfulName character's name is often tied to their personality]]. And, let's face it, it's hard to sound [[DarkIsEdgy dark and edgy]] with a name like "Stacey Merryweather". {{Goth}}s and other [[DarkIsNotEvil shadowy characters]] in fiction tend to have dark-tinted {{Awesome McCool Name}}s. Usually, they have these names from birth, although, a goth with an [[EmbarrassingFirstName inappropriately cheerful name]] may change their name, or insist on people calling them by a nickname. Many goths also tend to have an exotic middle name or three.

* '''Ebony'''- popular first name for female goths. Usually [[PaleSkinnedBrunette matches their hair colour]].

* [[strike: Enoby]] Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way from ''MyImmortal''- probably the MostTriumphantExample.

** Pretty much everyone in the Black and Malfoy families has a name like this. Nymphadora Tonks might be a humorous lampshade, since she has the kind of name a fanfic Sue might have and she [[EmbarrassingFirstName hates it]]. In fact, when questioned why she doesn't go by her middle name, Rowling answered that it was Vulpecula. Seriously, bad naming is InTheBlood or something.

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* Autumn Langevin from ''ANightOnElmStreet: The Dream Dealers''.

In fiction, a [[MeaningfulName character's name is often tied to their personality]]. And, let's face it, it's hard to sound [[DarkIsEdgy dark and edgy]] with a name like "Stacey Merryweather". Goths in fiction tend to have dark-tinted {{Awesome McCool Name}}s. Usually, they have these names from birth, although, a goth with an [[EmbarrassingFirstName inappropriately cheerful name]] may change their name, or insist on people calling them by a nickname. Many goths also tend to have an exotic middle name or three.