History Main / NamesToTrustImmediately

%%* And another pair of "tough" feminine names: ''Artemis'' and ''Diana''.
%%** Diana of Themiscyra, better known as ''Franchise/WonderWoman''
%%** ComicBook/{{Artemis}}, an ally and loyal friend of the aforementioned Diana of Themiscyra

%%* Karen Sympathy in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

* Zigzagged in ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Angel, Faith, and Harmony, are both villains and heroes. In Angel's case, it was an ironic name because he was 'the demon with the angelic face'; then he did a HeelFaceTurn and the name ceased to be ironic (except of course for his still being a vampire.)

%%* From Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': "The name's Phoebus. It means Sun God."

%%*** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'': General Sheppard.

%%* Big Brother in ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' uses this for manipulative purposes.

%%* ''Athena'' and her Roman counterpart ''Minerva'' are two more examples of "tough" feminine names. Both are generally on the side of good.
%%** Minerva [=McGonagall=] of ''Literature/HarryPotter''.

* Amitie of the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Fever'' series. As the name implies, she's a very friendly and upbeat girl.

* Rainbow Katelyn [[Series/ICarly Carly Shay]] Sunshine from a "teh bestest fan ficshun ever", even though she is an annoying MarySue.

%%*** Ernest Shepard, illustrator of the Literature/WinnieThePooh books.

* Optimus Prime of ''{{Transformers}}''. And not ''just'' good... "Optimus" means "best". (Prime means "first") A suitable name for the heroic leader who embodies both strength and virtue.

* From [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negima]]: Takane D. Goodman who is indeed one of the good guys, and self-proclaimed Apostle of Justice if a bit overzealous.
* Somewhat zigzagged with the Literature/WhateleyUniverse's Goodkind family. If you're a mutant, they're one of the most prominent in-universe examples of [[TheManIsKeepingUsDown the Baseline keeping you down]]; if you're not, they're just a dynasty of honest, hard-working, and even ethical businessmen and -women whose historical track record is actually one of ''supporting'' emancipation and equality movements. (Precisely what motivates their specifically anti-mutant stance has yet to be revealed; there seems to be a personal reason at work that not even all family members are clued in to.)

%%** Also, Squall Leonhart. The [[AnimalMotifs animal motif]] makes the connotation more one of courage than anything else, but the association remains a positive one.

%%* [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Anya Corazon]], who fights crime as {{Creator/Marvel}} superheroine ''Araña''.

* The Shepherd Derrial Book from ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' could be seen as this because of his profession and spot on the hero team.

%%* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Celestia.]]
%%** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic]]: And there's another character actually named Angel. Zigzagged, however, in that Angel Bunny is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold with more screen-time devoted to the "Jerk" part.

* [[Anime/DominionTankPolice Chaplain]] is generally regarded well by his colleagues (he's a cop, but got his sobriquet due to his religious beliefs, though is seen as naive by the same token).

* [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]] might be a DoubleSubversion -- at first, he's a stoic and ruthless hitman, but he later develops into a stoic HitmanWithAHeart who fights in the name of a future of pacifism.

* The titular character of the Literature/HonorHarrington series. One character insists that her parents must have been clairvoyant.

* Before he became leader of the [[{{Transformers}} Autobots]], Optimus Prime wasn't Optimus Prime. Instead, his name was Orion Pax; Orion the Hunter being a hero from Greek mythology, and "Pax" meaning "peace"... Which means his name could be (very) loosely translated as "hunter of peace", an apt description.

* Very common in Renaissance and Restoration drama which often gave meaningful names to characters. For instance, the hero of ''The Plain Dealer'' is named Manly, and ''Theatre/TheRecruitingOfficer'' has a Worthy as protagonist.
* Peter Perfect from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' is the opposite number of [[DastardlyWhiplash Dick Dastardly]].
* When there's a [[Theatre/TwelfthNight Malvolio]] running around it's usually a safe bet that the local [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Benvolio]] is a nicer person.

* ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'': Buster Friendly and His Friendly Friends, the apparently artificial hosts of a 24-hour propaganda television show.
* In general, this trope [[DiscreditedTrope has been inverted on the name "Friendly" so many times]] that ''Friendly'' is now much closer to a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Name to Run Away From Really Fast]].
* ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'' doubles down on this with the name Truly Scrumptious.

* Jack Manly, the hero of ''Literature/SweetErmengarde'', who fulfils all the requirements of a {{melodrama}} hero, apart from being competent at it.

* Rosa Bud from Creator/CharlesDickens' ''Literature/TheMysteryOfEdwinDrood'' is a straight example.
* As is Walter Hartwright (i.e. heart-right) from Creator/WilkieCollins' ''Literature/TheWomanInWhite''.
* There is also the Rev. Farebrother in Creator/GeorgeEliot's ''Literature/{{Middlemarch}}.''

*** ''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming:'' Alex Shepherd is a nice guy, [[spoiler:just cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs and only ''thinks'' he's in the military.]] His father's an aversion, though.
*** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'': General Sheppard.
*** ''VideoGame/HalfLife1: Opposing Force'': Corporal Adrian Shephard

*** ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': Colonel Sheppard

*** Ernest Shepard, illustrator of the Literature/WinnieThePooh books.
*** President Andrew Shephard in ''Film/TheAmericanPresident''.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s Nurse Joy. Applicable only in English, though - since ''Joi'' simply means "female doctor" in Japanese, making the original a case of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* On ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'', Dharma once ran for public office against a woman named [[PunnyName Karen Love]].

* The case which made inter-racial marriage legal across all of the United States? [[http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/loving.html Loving v. Virginia]]
* Love Momozono from ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure''. Yes, [[MultiethnicName that is her actual first name]] due to [[InvokedTrope her grandfather's insistence]] because he wanted her to be full of love and that more people would recognize the English word rather than "Ai".
* ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'': Miyuki [[StellarName Hoshizora]]'s first name has several meanings, and one of them refers to happiness. Her MagicalGirl alias is Cure Happy.
* ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' has a baby MentorMascot named Ai due to PokemonSpeak. It turns out that "Ai" means love.

* Big Brother in ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'' uses this for manipulative purposes.

* In the children's book ''The Fire Cat'', Pickles is looked after by a cat-loving woman named Mrs. Goodkind.
* The real name of Sky High in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' is Keith Goodman.
* Miss Ima Goodlady from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. Subverted in that she's actually Sedusa in disguise.
* General Arthur Goodman of the A-LAWS from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', better known to fans as [[SubvertedTrope General Fatbastard.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'', the patrol's home city, Adventure Bay, is run by a woman named Mayor Goodway.

* ComicStrip/DickTracy's love interest is Tess Trueheart.
* Played absolutely straight in the ''Literature/InDeath'' series with NYPSD Officer Troy Trueheart.

** Also, Squall Leonhart. The [[AnimalMotifs animal motif]] makes the connotation more one of courage than anything else, but the association remains a positive one.

* Tenderheart Bear from the ''Franchise/CareBears''.
* Heart Aino from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''.
* TheProtagonist of ''Manga/BlackCat'' is named Train Heartnet

* [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Anya Corazon]], who fights crime as {{Creator/Marvel}} superheroine ''Araña''.

* Lucy Heartfilia from ''Manga/FairyTail''.

** As NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast pointed out, "Angel" is one of the few "tough" feminine names.
* ''Athena'' and her Roman counterpart ''Minerva'' are two more examples of "tough" feminine names. Both are generally on the side of good.
** Minerva [=McGonagall=] of ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
* And another pair of "tough" feminine names: ''Artemis'' and ''Diana''.
** Diana of Themiscyra, better known as ''Franchise/WonderWoman''
** ComicBook/{{Artemis}}, an ally and loyal friend of the aforementioned Diana of Themiscyra
* From Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': "The name's Phoebus. It means Sun God."
** Although he's far less than trustworthy in [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame the original novel]].

* Subverted with Jenna Angel from ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga''.
* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Celestia.]]
** And there's another character actually named Angel. Zigzagged, however, in that Angel Bunny is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold with more screen-time devoted to the "Jerk" part.
* [[GodIsEvil Subverted]] to Hell and back with ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'''s Chakravartin, whose name in Myth/HinduMythology means Ideal Universal Ruler.
* ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' has Inori Yamabuki whose first name is Japanese for prayer.

* While it's set in the CrapsackWorld that is ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' has Captain (later Chapter Master) ''Gabriel Angelos''.
** By extension, a lot of the "[[BlackAndGreyMorality good guy]]" characters in SpaceMarine chapters with a religious naming scheme can fall under this, for example: [[Literature/BloodAngels Sanguinus and Lord Commander Dante]]

** Lange's loyal girlfriend is named [[BeMyValentine Valentine]].

* [[WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight Dudley Do-Right]] is a notable parody.

* Hiro in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''

* The video game ''VideoGame/MiniNinjas'' also features a Hiro.
* ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' also has a Hiro.

* ''Literature/{{Thud}}'': The coming leader of the trolls, "Mr. Shine, him diamond!"

* Karen Sympathy in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
* Loial (pronounced "loyal") in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''. The [[PunnyName pun]] is {{lampshaded}} often.

* [[Creator/PiersAnthony Piers Anthony's]] ''Bio of a Space Tyrant'' brings us Hope Hubris, and his sisters Faith and Charity.

* From ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Raya means 'friend' in Hebrew, and Tomo means 'friend' in Japanese.
* In crossover ''Fanfic/PointMeAtTheSkyrim'', Victoria Dallon. Someone remarks on her name being derived of ''Victory''.

* ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'': Trudy Trueheart.
* Parodied in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' with Adora Belle Dearheart, who's a good person but is also [[GoodIsNotNice a snarky, badass, chain-smoking]] BrokenBird. (And what else could she be with a name like that?)
** She ''was'' nicknamed [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Killer]] by her brother.
** Also parodied by the Carter family of Lancre, whose parents didn't quite get how this was supposed to work. All of the girls ended up named after virtues: Hope, Prudence, Chastity, and Charity. The boys, on the other hand, were all named after vices: Anger, Jealousy, Covetousness, and Bestiality. Ironically, all the kids ended up as inversions of their name, so Chastity for example ended up as a "[[UnusualEuphemism seamstress]]" in [[WretchedHive Ankh-Morpork]], while Bestiality Carter was always very kind to animals. Covetousness Carter is described as "generous to a fault."

* Many of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' have a MeaningfulName that doubles as this.
** Who ''wouldn't'' happily leave their kids with a teacher named "Cheerilee"?
** Who ''wouldn't'' expect someone named "Fluttershy" to be a sweetheart?
** Who ''wouldn't'' imagine good things about a "Princess Celestia"?
** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicManeFamilyMembers Shining Armor]] is the best big brother you could hope for [[spoiler: (at least when he isn't being mind-controlled)]], a [[HappilyMarried great husband]], [[TheCaptain Captain]] of the Royal Guard, and a powerful BarrierWarrior who never backs down from an enemy if it means protecting the ones he loves.

* ''ComicBook/NewGods'': Subverted by Granny Goodness.

* ''Anime/PrettyCure'' has some compounded variations too.
** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' has Mana Aida (Mana and Ai both mean love), and her MagicalGirl name is Cure Heart which also plays into the show's [[ThemeNaming card suit theme]].
** Megumi Aino from ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' was [[PropheticNames practically born]] to be a MagicalGirl. Her first name either means "Goddess" or "Blessing", and her last name features "Ai" as well. She transforms into Cure ''Love''ly.

By contrast, such tropes as HonestJohnsDealership, PeaceAndLoveIncorporated, and FluffyTheTerrible show that this concept can be invoked by less than trustworthy characters.

*** NASCAR driver Morgan Shepherd once apprehended a robber.

* Inverted by the legendary Mother Leeds, who was so sick of having had a dozen children that cursed her thirteenth and (perhaps inadvertently) caused it to transform into TheJerseyDevil.

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* From Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': "The name's Phoebus. It means Sun God."

* ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'': The coming leader of the trolls, "Mr. Shine, him diamond!"

* Jack Manly, the hero of ''Literature/SweetErmengarde'', who fulfills all the requirements of a {{melodrama}} hero, apart from being competent at it.

* Jack Manly, the hero of ''Literature/SweetErmintrude'', who fulfills all the requirements of a {{melodrama}} hero, apart from being competent at it.

* The main character's daughter Glory Goldie Sunnycastle in ''TheEmperorOfPortugallia''. First played straight as the young Glory Goldie is a FriendToAllLivingThings, then subverted as she leaves for the city and becomes a prostitute.

* ''[[VideoGame/AdventureQuest Mechquest]]'' also used Hugh Munn as the name of one of the students in Advanced Mecha Theory.

* Many of the characters in WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic have a MeaningfulName that doubles as this.

->''"In wrestling, as in life, things are not always what they appear to be. Take for example, this latest Grudge Match. One would logically [[SubvertedTrope expect]] a lass bearing the moniker of Hailey Hatred to be a vile, rule-breaking heel while her opponent, one [[Wrestling/KellyKlein Mary Elizabeth Monroe]] would be a force for all that is sweetness and light."''

* As the page quote implies, the Rated G Super Star [[Wrestling/KellyKlein Mary Elizabeth Monroe]] made her PGWA debut as a vicious corner cutting child hater. (wrestling being what it is though, she eventually had a {{face}} turn and played this trope straight)

->''"In wrestling, as in life, things are not always what they appear to be. Take for example, this latest Grudge Match. One would logically [[SubvertedTrope expect]] a lass bearing the moniker of Hailey Hatred to be a vile, rule-breaking heel while her opponent, one Mary Elizabeth Monroe would be a force for all that is sweetness and light."''

* As the page quote implies, the Rated G Super Star Mary Elizabeth Monroe made her PGWA debut as a vicious corner cutting child hater. (wrestling being what it is though, she eventually had a {{face}} turn and played this trope straight)

* Hikari Yagami of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''. [[LightIsGood ''Oh'' so very much]] a MeaningfulName, almost to ridiculous extremes. Even her dub name counts.

*** ''VideoGame/HalfLife1: Opposing Force'': Corporal Adrian Shepherd

* ''Literature/SnowCrash'' has Hiro {{Protagonist}}. It's his hacker handle.

* Parodied in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' with Adora Belle Dearheart, who is in fact a snarky, badass, chain-smoking BrokenBird. (And what else could she be with a name like that?)

* A player character in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' had his name changed to Amiti (Amity, friendship) in English-language releases. It's clearly meant in this case to be a PunnyName, especially since his late mother's name was Veriti (Verity, [[IronicName truth]]), but it's also [[SpoiledSweet completely appropriate to his personality]].