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* ''Webcomic/MoringMarkTOHComics'' does this with Skara, who already shared her name with a city in canon, and extends it out to other members of her family (though without any theme between them beyond all being cities) with [[FanCreatedOffspring her daughter]] being named Milan and her [[{{Familiar}} palisman]] being [[NamedByTheAdaptation given the name]] Cayenne.
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* Most of the characters in ''Manga/KamichamaKarin'' have surnames corresponding to a train line or station ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanazono_Station_%28Kyoto%29 Hanazono]], [[strike:[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Kujyou]]]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujo_Station Kujo]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasuma_Station Kara]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasuma_Line suma]], etc.)

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* Most of the characters in ''Manga/KamichamaKarin'' have surnames corresponding to a train line or station ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanazono_Station_%28Kyoto%29 Hanazono]], [[strike:[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Kujyou]]]][[http://en.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujo_Station Kujo]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasuma_Station Kara]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasuma_Line suma]], etc.)
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** The Human Systems Alliance Navy uses this trope as the naming convention for all of their ships. Dreadnoughts are named for mountains on Earth such as Everest and Kilimanjaro. Cruisers are named for Earth cities such as Madrid and Tokyo. Frigates are named after famous battles in history such as [[CoolStarship Normandy]] and Agincourt. The only exception are Carriers which are named after famous people like Albert Einstein and Benjamin Davis.

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** The Human Systems Alliance Navy uses this trope as the naming convention for all of their its ships. Dreadnoughts are named for mountains on Earth such as Everest ''Everest'' and Kilimanjaro. ''Kilimanjaro''. Cruisers are named for Earth cities such as Madrid ''Madrid'' and Tokyo. ''Tokyo''. Frigates are named after famous battles in history such as [[CoolStarship Normandy]] ''[[CoolStarship Normandy]]'' and Agincourt. ''Agincourt''. The only exception are Carriers which are named after famous people like Albert Einstein ''Albert Einstein'' and Benjamin Davis.''Benjamin Davis''.

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* All of the Wombles in ''Series/TheWombles'' are named after locations in Great Uncle Bulgaria's atlas: thus we have Orinoco, Tomsk, and Wellington, to name but three. For the revival Bulgaria's maps must have shrunk in the wash from an atlas to an A-Z as the new Wombles are named almost exclusively after London Boroughs.


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* All of the Wombles in ''WesternAnimation/TheWombles'' are, as in the books, named after locations in Great Uncle Bulgaria's atlas: thus we have Orinoco, Tomsk, and Wellington, to name but three. For the revival Bulgaria's maps must have shrunk in the wash from an atlas to an A-Z as the new Wombles are named almost exclusively after London Boroughs.
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* In ''[[{{Manga/YanchaGalNoAnjou-san}} Yancha Gal no Anjou-san]]'' all the main characters are named after cities in Aichi prefecture, Seto, Anjou, Toyoda, Chita, Inuyama and Komaki.
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*** The color of the original iMac was called "Bondi blue" after Bondi Beach, Australia.
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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is: Tali'Zorah vas Neema nar Rayya. The Vas prefix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the prefix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar prefix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas prefix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] and have chosen a ship to live on when they return to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas prefix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.

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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is: Tali'Zorah vas Neema nar Rayya. The Vas prefix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the prefix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar prefix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas prefix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] Pilgrimage]] and have chosen a ship to live on when they return to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas prefix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.
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* ''VideoGame/StarTrekArmada'': The Federation dilithium mining vessels share their names with various rivers on Earth, similar to the runabouts from [=DS9=], and the Federation's ''Nebula''-class science ships are named after noted scientists.

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* ''VideoGame/StarTrekArmada'': The Federation dilithium mining vessels share their names with various rivers on Earth, similar to the runabouts from [=DS9=], and the Federation's ''Nebula''-class science ships are named after noted scientists.[=DS9=].
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* ''VideoGame/StarTrekArmada'': The Federation dilithium mining vessels share their names with various rivers on Earth, similar to the runabouts from [=DS9=], and the Federation's ''Nebula''-class science ships are named after noted scientists.
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* According to her spellcards, Alice Margatroid of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' names all of her dolls after mountains, cities and countries. Her most well-known type of doll are the Eerily Luminous Shanghai Dolls, to the point that fandom likes to portray her has having a single, ''unique'' doll ''named'' Shanghai.

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* According to her spellcards, Alice Margatroid of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' names all of her dolls after mountains, cities and countries. Her most well-known type of doll are the Eerily Luminous Shanghai Dolls, to the point that fandom likes to portray her has having a single, ''unique'' doll ''named'' Shanghai.
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** Salarians have [[OverlyLongName very long names]] that derive from the locations where they were born. A Salarian's full name includes: the planet they were born on, the country, the city, the district, their family name, and finally their given name. An example would be, Gorot II Heranon Mal Dinest Got Inoste Ledra, in this case the first name is "Ledra" and the family name is "Inoste" while the rest are the locations in order from planet down to district.

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** Salarians have [[OverlyLongName very long names]] that derive from the locations where they were born. A Salarian's full name includes: the planet they were born on, the country, the city, the district, their family name, and finally their given name. An example would be, be: Gorot II Heranon Mal Dinest Got Inoste Ledra, in Ledra. In this case case, the first name is "Ledra" and the family name is "Inoste" "Inoste", while the rest are the locations in order from planet down to district.
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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is, Tali'Zorah vas Neema nar Rayya, the Vas prefix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the prefix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar prefix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas prefix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] and have chosen a ship to live on when they return to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas prefix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.

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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is, is: Tali'Zorah vas Neema nar Rayya, the Rayya. The Vas prefix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the prefix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar prefix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas prefix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] and have chosen a ship to live on when they return to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas prefix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.
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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is, Tali'Zorah vas Neema nar Rayya, the Vas suffix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the suffix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar suffix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas suffix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] and have chosen a ship to live on when they return to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas suffix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.

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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is, Tali'Zorah vas Neema nar Rayya, the Vas suffix prefix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the suffix prefix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar suffix prefix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas suffix prefix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] and have chosen a ship to live on when they return to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas suffix prefix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.
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* Characters in ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' have their surnames taken from railway stations in Tokyo:

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* Characters in ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' have their surnames taken from railway stations in Tokyo:
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** The Systems Alliance Navy uses this trope as the naming convention for all of their ships. Dreadnoughts are named for mountains on Earth such as Everest and Kilimanjaro. Cruisers are named for Earth cities such as Madrid and Tokyo. Frigates are named after famous battles in history such as [[CoolStarship Normandy]] and Agincourt. The only exception are Carriers which are named after famous people like Albert Einstein and Benjamin Davis.

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** The Human Systems Alliance Navy uses this trope as the naming convention for all of their ships. Dreadnoughts are named for mountains on Earth such as Everest and Kilimanjaro. Cruisers are named for Earth cities such as Madrid and Tokyo. Frigates are named after famous battles in history such as [[CoolStarship Normandy]] and Agincourt. The only exception are Carriers which are named after famous people like Albert Einstein and Benjamin Davis.
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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is, Tali'Zorah vas Nemma nar Rayya, the Vas suffix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the suffix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar suffix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas suffix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] and have chosen a ship to live on when they return to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas suffix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.

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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is, Tali'Zorah vas Nemma Neema nar Rayya, the Vas suffix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the suffix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar suffix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas suffix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] and have chosen a ship to live on when they return to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas suffix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.
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* In ''Anime/LoveLiveSuperstar'', which takes place (at least partially) in Shibuya, the leader of the group is named Kanon Shibuya. That alone isn't uncommon, but the second season introduces a new rival, Margarete Wien, who is from Vienna.[[note]]The name "Wien" is pronounced identically to how "Vienna" is pronounced in Japanese."[[/note]]
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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is, Tali'Zorah vas Nemma nar Rayya, the Vas suffix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the suffix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar suffix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas suffix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] and have chosen a ship to live on upon returning to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas suffix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.

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** In addition to a family name, Quarian names are also based on both the ship they were born on and the ship they currently live in. For example, Tali's full name is, Tali'Zorah vas Nemma nar Rayya, the Vas suffix denotes the ship they currently live on which in this case is the "Neema", and Nar is the suffix for the ship they were born on, in this case Tali was born on the "Rayya". All Quarians automatically have the Nar suffix name when they are born, however, they do not receive the Vas suffix name until they've completed their [[RiteOfPassage Pilgramage]] and have chosen a ship to live on upon returning when they return to the Migrant Fleet. The Vas suffix name can also change if a Quarian changes ships, whether done of their own volition or forced upon them, such as when Tali was under trial in her LoyaltyMission and had her ship name forcibly changed from vas Neema to vas Normandy.
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* The 1998 version of ''[[VideoGame/Battlezone1998 Battlezone]]'' has the US-backed NSDF name their Recyclers (the backbone unit of their base-building activities) after US states, mimicking the US Navy's practice for battleships in the early to mid 20th century. Among others, the ''Montana'' is rushed in to defend the NSDF's main base on the Moon from an unexpected CCA (the Soviet counterpart) attack early in the war; later on Venus the ''Texas'' and ''Colorado'' are sent to prepare a two-pronged assault on a CCA base [[spoiler:when the ''Colorado'' is destroyed along with the rest of the base by a squad of the CCA's new Golem walker units.]]
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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' has a few, such as Noriaki Kakyoin (Kakyōin is a town in the Sendai ward Aoba-ku) and Koichi Hirose (named for the Hirose river).

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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a few, such as Noriaki Kakyoin (Kakyōin is a town in the Sendai ward Aoba-ku) and Koichi Hirose (named for the Hirose river).

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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' has a few, such as Noriaki Kakyoin (Kakyōin is a town in the Sendai ward Aoba-ku) and Koichi Hirose (named for the Hirose river).



* Characters in ''Anime/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' have their surnames taken from railway stations in Tokyo:

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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a non-character example: All Might tends to name his attacks after the different states of America, such as "Detroit Smash". Midoriya sometimes does the same, due to being a huge fan of All Might. [[spoiler: Fittingly, his ultimate move, used as the FinishingMove for his final battle with his longtime ArchEnemy, is "United States of Smash".]]
* Characters in ''Anime/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' have their surnames taken from railway stations in Tokyo:



* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a non-character example: All Might tends to name his attacks after the different states of America, such as "Detroit Smash". Midoriya sometimes does the same, due to being a huge fan of All Might. [[spoiler: Fittingly, his ultimate move, used as the FinishingMove for his final battle with his longtime ArchEnemy, is "United States of Smash".]]
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' has a few, such as Noriaki Kakyoin (Kakyōin is a town in the Sendai ward Aoba-ku) and Koichi Hirose (named for the Hirose river).



* "Fanfic/ShakedownShenanigans": The USS ''Bajor'' is part of a production run of 28 ''Galaxy''-class starships, all of which are named after Federation homeworlds. Andoria, Cait, Earth, Vulcan, Trill, Coridan, Benzar, and Zakdorn are also mentioned.



* ''Fanfic/ShakedownShenanigans'': The USS ''Bajor'' is part of a production run of 28 ''Galaxy''-class starships, all of which are named after Federation homeworlds. Andoria, Cait, Earth, Vulcan, Trill, Coridan, Benzar, and Zakdorn are also mentioned.



* In ''Film/HotelArtemis,'' when a patient is admitted, they get assigned to a specific room, which all have names of different cities, and they take on that name as an alias as they're being treated. At the start of the film, there's already a Mr. Albequerque and a Ms. Nice (as in France). When the bank robbers are admitted, the one in the most dire straits is assigned the Honolulu room, and becomes Honolulu. His brother, in less trouble but still needing treatment, is dubbed Waikiki. Even the orderly is dubbed Everest (likely because he's a mountain of a man), but the lady in charge is just [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Nurse.]]
* All the characters at the motel in ''Film/{{Identity}}'' have names like this, based on US States (Ed Dakota, Officer Rhodes, Paris Nevada, etc.) Though it isn't revealed at first until one character is flipping through everyone's [=IDs=] with a map on the wall nearby. Seems like just a coincidence until [[spoiler: he also notices they also ALL have the same birthday. Turns out they are all separate personalities of a serial killer with a traumatic past tied to a motel]]
* ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' has many characters named after cities from the director's native Minnesota (Cass Lake, Fergus Falls, Orono, Bagley, Fridley), a twofer in the case of Hibbing Goodhue (the former a city, the latter a county).



* All the characters at the motel in ''Film/{{Identity}}'' have names like this, based on US States (Ed Dakota, Officer Rhodes, Paris Nevada, etc.) Though it isn't revealed at first until one character is flipping through everyone's [=IDs=] with a map on the wall nearby. Seems like just a coincidence until [[spoiler: he also notices they also ALL have the same birthday. Turns out they are all separate personalities of a serial killer with a traumatic past tied to a motel]]
* In ''Film/HotelArtemis,'' when a patient is admitted, they get assigned to a specific room, which all have names of different cities, and they take on that name as an alias as they're being treated. At the start of the film, there's already a Mr. Albequerque and a Ms. Nice (as in France). When the bank robbers are admitted, the one in the most dire straits is assigned the Honolulu room, and becomes Honolulu. His brother, in less trouble but still needing treatment, is dubbed Waikiki. Even the orderly is dubbed Everest (likely because he's a mountain of a man), but the lady in charge is just [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Nurse.]]
* ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' has many characters named after cities from the director's native Minnesota (Cass Lake, Fergus Falls, Orono, Bagley, Fridley), a twofer in the case of Hibbing Goodhue (the former a city, the latter a county).



* The mystery of ''Literature/TheWestingGame'' is unraveled when the ThemeNaming is worked out: [[spoiler:Windy Windkloppel, Samuel Westing, Barney Northrup, Sandy [=McSouthers=] and Julian Eastman]] are all the same person.
* Tom Holt's ''Barking''. The werewolf law firm is named Ferris and Loop (after Fenris and Lupine) while the vampire firm is named Crosswoods (cross: trans. Woods: sylvania).
* In ''Literature/TheSavannahReidMysteries'', Savannah and her siblings are all named after Georgia towns: Savannah, Alma, Waycross, Jesup, Atlanta, Cordele, Vidalia, Macon, and Marietta.

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* The mystery of ''Literature/TheWestingGame'' is unraveled when the ThemeNaming is worked out: [[spoiler:Windy Windkloppel, Samuel Westing, Barney Northrup, Sandy [=McSouthers=] and Julian Eastman]] are all the same person.
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Creator/TomHolt's ''Barking''. The werewolf law firm is named Ferris and Loop (after Fenris and Lupine) while the vampire firm is named Crosswoods (cross: trans. Woods: sylvania).
* In ''Literature/TheSavannahReidMysteries'', Savannah and her siblings are all named after Georgia towns: Savannah, Alma, Waycross, Jesup, Atlanta, Cordele, Vidalia, Macon, and Marietta.
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* In ''Literature/TheSavannahReidMysteries'', Savannah and her siblings are all named after Georgia towns: Savannah, Alma, Waycross, Jesup, Atlanta, Cordele, Vidalia, Macon, and Marietta.
* The mystery of ''Literature/TheWestingGame'' is unraveled when the ThemeNaming is worked out: [[spoiler:Windy Windkloppel, Samuel Westing, Barney Northrup, Sandy [=McSouthers=] and Julian Eastman]] are all the same person.



* ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': Georgia is a Southerner whose name's that of a Southern state. Her daughter has the full name Virginia, another Southern state (who [[DoNotCallMePaul only likes her nickname Ginny]]).



* All of the Wombles in ''Series/TheWombles'' are named after locations in Great Uncle Bulgaria's atlas: thus we have Orinoco, Tomsk, and Wellington, to name but three. For the revival Bulgaria's maps must have shrunk in the wash from an atlas to an A-Z as the new Wombles are named almost exclusively after London Boroughs.
* Every season of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' is named after its location[[note]]until the series permanently settled in Fiji from season 33 (2016) onward, making this unfeasible[[/note]], and the teams are often named after a feature of the place - in ''Tocantins'', one is the region ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microregion_of_Jalap%C3%A3o Jalapao]]) and the other a local tribe ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbira_language Timbira]]).



* In ''Series/MoneyHeist'', each of the robbers, except for The Professor, has a city as their code name. At the start of the series, the gang features Tokyo, Berlin, Nairobi, Moscow, Denver, Rio, Oslo and Helsinki. Those who join it for the second heist also get such names, such as Stockholm and Palermo.



* Every season of ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' is named after its location[[note]]until the series permanently settled in Fiji from season 33 (2016) onward, making this unfeasible[[/note]], and the teams are often named after a feature of the place - in ''Tocantins'', one is the region ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microregion_of_Jalap%C3%A3o Jalapao]]) and the other a local tribe ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbira_language Timbira]]).



* In ''Series/MoneyHeist'', each of the robbers, except for The Professor, has a city as their code name. At the start of the series, the gang features Tokyo, Berlin, Nairobi, Moscow, Denver, Rio, Oslo and Helsinki. Those who join it for the second heist also get such names, such as Stockholm and Palermo.
* ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': Georgia is a Southerner whose name's that of a Southern state. Her daughter has the full name Virginia, another Southern state (who [[DoNotCallMePaul only likes her nickname Ginny]]).

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* In ''Series/MoneyHeist'', each All of the robbers, except for The Professor, has a city as their code name. At the start of the series, the gang features Tokyo, Berlin, Nairobi, Moscow, Denver, Rio, Oslo Wombles in ''Series/TheWombles'' are named after locations in Great Uncle Bulgaria's atlas: thus we have Orinoco, Tomsk, and Helsinki. Those who join it for the second heist also get such names, such as Stockholm and Palermo.
* ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': Georgia is a Southerner whose name's that of a Southern state. Her daughter has the full
Wellington, to name Virginia, another Southern state (who [[DoNotCallMePaul only likes her nickname Ginny]]).but three. For the revival Bulgaria's maps must have shrunk in the wash from an atlas to an A-Z as the new Wombles are named almost exclusively after London Boroughs.






* The [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness first installment]] of the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series named quite a few of its primary characters after volcanos, including Etna, Vulcanus (From Vulcano, Italy), Maderas (La Madera), Krichevskoy (Kliuchevskoi), and Lamington. Laharl is named after a type of pyroclastic mudslide that occurs after eruptions.



* The [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness first installment]] of the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series named quite a few of its primary characters after volcanos, including Etna, Vulcanus (From Vulcano, Italy), Maderas (La Madera), Krichevskoy (Kliuchevskoi), and Lamington. Laharl is named after a type of pyroclastic mudslide that occurs after eruptions.
* According to her spellcards, Alice Margatroid of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' names all of her dolls after mountains, cities and countries. Her most well-known type of doll are the Eerily Luminous Shanghai Dolls, to the point that fandom likes to portray her has having a single, ''unique'' doll ''named'' Shanghai.



* In the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'', Terran capital ships are named for Japanese cities. We have the Yokohama frigate, the Tokyo carrier, the Osaka destroyer, and -- in ''X3: Albion Prelude'' -- the Kyoto battleship.



* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'' names the cattle characters after USA states. In addition to the playable fighter Arizona, there's her father, named Texas, and mother, named Minnesota.



* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': The bosses (the three Game Masters and the Conductor) have last names relating to directions: Yodai ''Higashi''zawa (east), Sho ''Minami''moto (south), Mitsuki Ko''nishi'' (west) and Megumi ''Kita''niji (north).



* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'' names the cattle characters after USA states. In addition to the playable fighter Arizona, there's her father, named Texas, and mother, named Minnesota.
* According to her spellcards, Alice Margatroid of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' names all of her dolls after mountains, cities and countries. Her most well-known type of doll are the Eerily Luminous Shanghai Dolls, to the point that fandom likes to portray her has having a single, ''unique'' doll ''named'' Shanghai.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': The bosses (the three Game Masters and the Conductor) have last names relating to directions: Yodai ''Higashi''zawa (east), Sho ''Minami''moto (south), Mitsuki Ko''nishi'' (west) and Megumi ''Kita''niji (north).
* In the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'', Terran capital ships are named for Japanese cities. We have the Yokohama frigate, the Tokyo carrier, the Osaka destroyer, and -- in ''X3: Albion Prelude'' -- the Kyoto battleship.



* The UK stop motion series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPortlandBill'' was about a lighthouse keeper named Portland Bill and his assistants Ross and Cromerty. Portland Bill is a narrow promontory off the coast of Dorset, and at the other end of the country, Ross and Cromerty is an area of the Scottish Highlands. Both have notable lighthouses. Most of the other characters had names that would be equally familiar to listeners of the Shipping Forecast.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', a middle-school parody of '70s cop shows, the main characters are all named after streets in San Francisco -- and ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'' was a classic '70s cop show.



* [[WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos José Carioca]]: His last name is a demonym for people from the state of Rio de Janeiro, which he is (so he's literally "Joe from Rio"). Brazilian writer Renato Canini decided to go with this when naming José cousins whose [[OneSteveLimit first names are all José]], and their last names (mostly) describe where they are from.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', a middle-school parody of '70s cop shows, the main characters are all named after streets in San Francisco -- and ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'' was a classic '70s cop show.
* The UK stop motion series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPortlandBill'' was about a lighthouse keeper named Portland Bill and his assistants Ross and Cromerty. Portland Bill is a narrow promontory off the coast of Dorset, and at the other end of the country, Ross and Cromerty is an area of the Scottish Highlands. Both have notable lighthouses. Most of the other characters had names that would be equally familiar to listeners of the Shipping Forecast.

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