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* In ''Literature/OutOfSight'', Karen's father Marshall is a retired US Marhsal.

* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' case 1-3 an angry janitor not letting Phoenix and Maya inside the studio ends up with an "Oldbag" byname, even called so in her speech bubbles. Then she is called in court as a witness for it to be revealed that it's her ''actual'' surname. Her full name is [[PunnyName Wendy Oldbag]]. The lawyers take an awkward pause to bring themselves to address her. At one point during the trial, Phoenix mistakenly calls her "old bag."

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', Minion's name is actually Minion.

* Many French people were shocked to find that UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle really ''was'' named that. They'd assumed it was a ''nom de guerre'', taken from Gaul, the historical name of France. As it were, his full name essentially means Charles (as in the revered ancient French ruler Charlemange..) [[IAmTheNoun The France]].

* ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]]'s full name is "Victor Von Doom".

* In the ''Comicbook/XMen'' StorybookEpisode "Kitty's Fairy Tale", the version of Wolverine in Kitty's story is known as The Fiend With No Name. He keeps telling people "I'm Mean!" but it's not until the end of the story that it turns out he's trying to tell them what his name is.

* For the ''[[Franchise/{{Doom}} Doom]]'' series, ''Creator/JohnRomero'' himself actually put the debate to rest on Doomguy's canon name. What is it? [[https://twitter.com/romero/status/1314667748769910784?s=20 "Doom Guy".]] [[WordOfGod Yes, that is literally his legal name.]]

* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'': Going hand-in-hand with AscendedMeme from the content creators' fanbases by nature of the series.[[note]]Most of the characters on the SMP are played by content creators who typically share a name/nickname with them, meaning that every perspective character is TheDanza.[[/note]]

* On ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' this seems to be the case with [[AlienInvasion the Reach]]: of its three main agents, two are known only as the Ambassador and the Scientist. The third is called the Warrior, though oddly, his colleagues sometimes call him Black Beetle, a name we first hear applied to him by ComicBook/WonderGirl because of his resemblance to ComicBook/BlueBeetle. Apparently either she guessed well or [[AppropriatedAppellation he just decided to run with.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', the title of 'Kenpachi' is given to the captain of the Gotei 13's 11th Division, referring to them as one of the strongest Soul Reapers. The holder of the title during the timeframe of the series, Kenpachi Zaraki, was actually named that ''prior'' to taking the title. [[spoiler: Because he was NeverGivenAName, he named himself - 'Zaraki', his family name is his hometown, the [[WretchedHive district of Soul Society with the worst standard of living.]] 'Kenpachi Zaraki' effectively means 'the strongest Soul Reaper from Zaraki'.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' comic, everyone keeps calling Dean Tightbill "Dean" even after he isn't the dean of St. Canard University anymore. Darkwing considers this weird until Bushroot reveals Dean is in fact Tightbill's actual first name, meaning that while he was dean of the university he was [[RepetitiveName Dean Dean Tightbill]].
* ''Creator/MarvelComics'' has a few examples.
** Dr. Strange's full name really is "Stephen Vincent Strange", and he really is a (medical) doctor.
** Doctor Doom's full name is "Victor Von Doom".

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* ''Literature/{{Ravensong}}'': From Chapter Fifteen: Stacey asks her Momma's name:
--> "Momma," she whispered hoarsely into her mother's shoulder, “I don't know your name.” Momma bent double with laughter so suddenly Stacey resented it.\\
"Momma is my name." She laughed so hard the words were hardly intelligible. She recovered enough to finish. “It was the first word your Gramma learned. She thought it was a name. Imagine having Momma for a name." Both broke into hysterics. “If I'd stayed in school, them nuns would have changed it.”

* In one Christmas episode of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' has a kid and his dad refer to the mom in the story as "Mother", making Linkara wonder if "Mother" is really her name.

In real life, this is one of the ways family names began, by an original ancestor actually having that profession, with such prominent examples like Creator/KeanuReeves ("reeve" was a title for some government authorities in medieval England) or Michael Schumacher ("Schumacher" being German for "shoemaker"). Once such surnames started to become passed down to descendants whether they had that profession or not, it became more notable when people actually ''did'' have the profession they were named after.

* Used in various ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'' videos, where the titles that the characters have (WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, etc.) are the characters' names and not just their titles. Which leads to a few AerithAndBob situations during crossovers.

-->He sent for a playwright friend of his and he said to him "Look, kid.." ''(audience laughs)'' That was his name: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kyd Kyd]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' comic, everyone keeps calling Dean Tightbill "Dean" even after he isn't the dean of St. Canard University anymore. Darkwing considers this weird until Bushroot reveals Dean is in fact Tightbill's actual first name, meaning that while he was dean of the university he was [[RepetitveName Dean Dean Tightbill]].

* The GoldenAge ComicBook/MrTerrific's butler, at least in Michael Chabon's version: "His name really is Butler. That's how long they've been doing it in his family."

** [[spoiler: Taskmaster's real name is Tony ''Master'']].

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': The Sovereign of Aquaria changed his name to "Sovereign" when he founded the Aquarian Alliance.

--> '''Doctor Princess''': [[spoiler:The truth is... I'm not technically a doctor. I don't even have a medical degree. I just came in here one day for an X-ray, and my first name is Doctor, so, well, [[NoodleIncident one thing led to another]].]]

* Many French people were shocked to find that UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle really ''was'' named that. They'd assumed it was a ''nom de guerre'', taken from Gaul, the historical name of France. As it were, his full name essentially means Charles (as in the revered ancient French ruler Charlemange..) [[IAmTheNoun The France]].

* Series/{{Lost}}: The Other who kidnaps Walt at the end of Season 1 was nicknamed "Mr. Friendly" by writers and fans for his [[AffablyEvil polite demeanour]], and this nickname persisted after his real name was revealed to be Tom, until eventually the showrunners decided to [[AscendedFanon just run with it]] and announced his full name was Tom Friendly.