History Main / NameOrderConfusion

* In the final episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', [[spoiler: the Child is formally adopted and renamed Din Grogu]], implying that Din Djarin uses the Eastern name order. Mandalorians are not otherwise shown to use that order. (e.g. Boba Fett is the son of Jango Fett).

* The English version of''VideoGame/ProjectSekai'' has the names of the Virtual Singers in Japanese order (except for MEIKO and KAITO, who have OnlyOneName) while the rest of the cast are in Western order.

* Being a Japanese agency, the vast majority of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'''s talents have their names officially written (as in, whenever their full names are written in any kind of official context) in Japanese order (Familyname Givenname), even if they are from one of the non-Japanese branches (hololive Indonesia and hololive English). Despite this, a few of the non-Japanese members, such as Calliope and Amelia of Holo EN Generation 1 prefer to use the Western order (Givenname Familyname) of their names ("Calliope Mori" and "Amelia Watson", respectively), at least when saying them out loud. Prior to the introduction of Holo EN Generation 3, where all its members have their names officially written in Western order, the seven existing members whose names were officially written in Western order all hailed from a branch other than the English branch of Hololive Productions.[[labelnote:List of members]]Aki Rosenthal and La+ Darknesss of hololive Japan, Astel Leda from holostars Japan, and Moona Hoshinova, Anya Melfissa, Kaela Kovalskia and Kobo Kanaeru of hololive Indonesia.[[/labelnote]] Further complicating the Indonesian examples is that officially, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_names#Naming_forms Indonesia does not distinguish between a given name and family name,]] so there's technically ''nothing'' to be (re)ordered on. Their "given names" are just part of their full name they prefer to be called with.

* Being a Japanese agency, the vast majority of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'''s talents have their names officially written (as in, whenever their full names are written in any kind of official context) in Japanese order (Familyname Givenname), even if they are from one of the non-Japanese branches (hololive Indonesia and hololive English). Despite this, a few of the non-Japanese members, such as Calliope and Amelia of Holo EN Generation 1 prefer to use the Western order (Givenname Familyname) of their names ("Calliope Mori" and "Amelia Watson", respectively), at least when saying them out loud. Prior to the introduction of Holo EN Generation 3, where all its members have their names officially written in Western order, there were seven members whose names are in Western order, but are from an English branch of Hololive Productions. These seven members are: Aki Rosenthal and La+ Darknesss of hololive Japan, Astel Leda from holostars Japan, and Moona Hoshinova, Anya Melfissa, Kaela Kovalskia and Kobo Kanaeru of hololive Indonesia. Further complicating the Indonesian examples is that officially, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_names#Naming_forms Indonesia does not distinguish between a given name and family name,]] so there's technically ''nothing'' to be (re)ordered on. Their "given names" are just part of their full name they prefer to be called with.

* Being a Japanese agency, the vast majority of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'''s talents have their names officially written (as in, whenever their full names are written in any kind of official context) in Japanese order (Familyname Givenname), even if they are from one of the non-Japanese branches (hololive Indonesia and hololive English). Despite this, a few of the non-Japanese members, such as Calliope and Amelia of Holo EN Generation 1 prefer to use the Western order (Givenname Familyname) of their names ("Calliope Mori" and "Amelia Watson", respectively), at least when saying them out loud. Ironically enough, there ''are'' seven members whose names ''are'' officially written in Western order, but none of them are from an English branch of Hololive Productions. These seven members are: Aki Rosenthal and La+ Darknesss of hololive Japan, Astel Leda from holostars Japan, and Moona Hoshinova, Anya Melfissa, Kaela Kovalskia and Kobo Kanaeru of hololive Indonesia. Further complicating the Indonesian examples is that officially, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_names#Naming_forms Indonesia does not distinguish between a given name and family name,]] so there's technically ''nothing'' to be (re)ordered on. Their "given names" are just part of their full name they prefer to be called with.

* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'': Nanoha and Yuuno, who come from Japan and Mid-Childa (where names are in Western order) respectively, defy this. Nanoha, points out that "[[FirstNameBasis (her) friends call (her) Nanoha]]", and Yuuno specifies the order of his given and family names.

* Being a Japanese agency, the vast majority of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'''s talents have their names officially written (as in, whenever their full names are written in any kind of official context) in Japanese order (Familyname Givenname), even if they are from one of the non-Japanese branches (hololive Indonesia and hololive English). Despite this, a few of the non-Japanese members, such as Calliope and Amelia of Holo EN Generation 1 prefer to use the Western order (Givenname Familyname) of their names ("Calliope Mori" and "Amelia Watson", respectively), at least when saying them out loud. Ironically enough, there ''are'' seven members whose names ''are'' officially written in Western order, but none of them are from an English branch of Hololive Productions. These six members are: Aki Rosenthal and La+ Darknesss of hololive Japan, Astel Leda from holostars Japan, and Moona Hoshinova, Anya Melfissa, Kaela Kovalskia and Kobo Kanaeru of hololive Indonesia. Further complicating the Indonesian examples is that officially, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_names#Naming_forms Indonesia does not distinguish between a given name and family name,]] so there's technically ''nothing'' to be (re)ordered on. Their "given names" are just part of their full name they prefer to be called with.

* Being a Japanese agency, the vast majority of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'''s talents have their names officially written (as in, whenever their full names are written in any kind of official context) in Japanese order (Familyname Givenname), even if they are from one of the non-Japanese branches (hololive Indonesia and hololive English). Despite this, a few of the non-Japanese members, such as Calliope and Amelia of Holo EN Generation 1 prefer to use the Western order (Givenname Familyname) of their names ("Calliope Mori" and "Amelia Watson", respectively), at least when saying them out loud. Ironically enough, there ''are'' six members whose names ''are'' officially written in Western order, but none of them are from an English branch of Hololive Productions. These six members are: Aki Rosenthal and La+ Darknesss of hololive Japan, and Moona Hoshinova, Anya Melfissa, Kaela Kovalskia and Kobo Kanaeru of hololive Indonesia. Further complicating the Indonesian examples is that officially, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_names#Naming_forms Indonesia does not distinguish between a given name and family name,]] so there's technically ''nothing'' to be (re)ordered on. Their "given names" are just part of their full name they prefer to be called with.

* Despite being in a rather Western style setting and [[TranslationConvention implications that the characters are speaking English]], most characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'' have their names in Eastern order. For example, Monkey D. Luffy as opposed to Luffy D. Monkey. This is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] when a reader brought up this point in one of [[Creator/EiichiroOda the author]]'s question corners in volume 6, and he confirmed the characters surnames are first.