History Main / ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming

* ''MetalGearSolid 3'' plays with this quite a bit. Naked Snake's contact is meant to be [[TheBible ADAM, but turns out to be EVA]]. [[spoiler: In the end, the roles are reversed- the Snake is tempted by EVA.]]

* The Asgard from Stargate SG1 all have names of and were in fact inspiration for the Gobs of Norse Mythology.

** The other three are named after the Roman god of farming (Saturday) and celestial bodies (Sunday and Monday, loosely "sun-day" and "moon-day").

Well..Saturday is named after Saturn, and across most European languages,especially Romance languages, the seven days of the week are named after the Seven celestial bodies that were visible to the Romans. German and English break the pattern and name their days after Norse Gods instead of Roman Gods for four days. Irish breaks the pattern on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday by naming the days after fasting practices- Dé Céadaoin, Déardoin, Dé Aoine meaning the first fast day, the day between fasts, and the day of fasting respectively.

* The sun- Sunday, -changed to "the lord's day" by the French (dimanche),the Irish(Dé Domhnaigh)& the Italians(dominica)
* The moon - Monday, lundi(French), lunedi(Italian) Dé Luan (Irish)
* Mars- mardi(French) Dé Máirt(Irish) martedi(Italian)
* Mercury- mercredi(French) mercoledi(Italian)
* Jupiter/Jove- jeudi(French) giovedi(Italian)
* Venus- vendredi(French)venerdi(Italian)
* Saturn- Saturday, Dé Satharn(Irish), Often changed to "Sabbath day"; samedi(French)sabato(Italian)

* The ''HumanAliens'' from the planet Balmar in several of the ''SuperRobotWars'' games, virtually without exception, have names taken from the Bible, from Judeo-Christian myth, or other Hebrew words. In particular, there is a whole series of clones who are named after the Seven Churches in the Book of Revelation.

*** Except for a few of them: Miranda is named after the character from ''RapeOfTheLock'', and Oberon is a minor male character in ''AMidsummerNightsDream''.

* ''{{Ah! My Goddess}}'', the goddesses Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld are named after the three Norns of Norse mythology, Verdandi, Urd and Skuld.

* ''Ah! My Goddess'', the goddesses Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld are named after the three Norns of Norse mythology, Verdandi, Urd and Skuld.

There's nothing particularly odd about women named Diana, Phoebe, or Cynthia. However, if you see a trio with those names, pay attention - all three names come from GreekMythology, so if you see a group like this, there's probably some ThemeNaming going on (and as all those names can be applied to the same goddess, you might be in for some ''real'' fun). Likewise, a group of men named [[TheBible Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John]] all gathered together indicates that they will probably end up doing something important (especially if they have a friend named [[{{Jesus}} Jesse]]).

The sun- Sunday, -changed to "the lord's day" by the French (dimanche),the Irish(Dé Domhnaigh)& the Italians(dominica)
The moon - Monday, lundi(French), lunedi(Italian) Dé Luan (Irish)
Mars- mardi(French) Dé Máirt(Irish) martedi(Italian)
Mercury- mercredi(French) mercoledi(Italian)
Jupiter/Jove- jeudi(French) giovedi(Italian)
Venus- vendredi(French)venerdi(Italian)
Saturn- Saturday, Dé Satharn(Irish), Often changed to "Sabbath day"; samedi(French)sabato(Italian)

* Sailor Moon. Let's see: Sailor Venus, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Saturn, and Sailor Pluto are all named after Greco-Roman gods (and one goddess). Queen Serenity and Princess Serenity are named after Selene, goddess of the moon. Endymion is named after her human lover.

* The most recent arc of ''{{Detective Conan}}'' (starting with File 743) has a Roman/Greek god theme. The boy who introduces Conan to the mystery is named Apollo, his sister's name is Minerva, their mother's name is Juno, Minerva's ex-boyfriend is named Ares, the criminal is named [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]], and the riddle Conan has to solve involves [[spoiler: Saturn]].

* On ''{{Lost}}'', many of the characters who aren't named for philosophers have biblical names: John, Matthew, Jacob, Benjamin, James, Michael, Aaron, etc., not to mention Christian Shephard. Horace Goodspeed's name seems to evoke the Egyptian Horus.
** Then there's Richard Alpert (after the real name of new age guru Ram Dass), or as some fans would call him, RA.

* The brothers in ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' are named Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, David, Ephraim, Frank, and Gideon, mostly after names in TheBible. The "odd name out" is Frank, short for "Frankincense", as there are no "F" names in the Old Testament, the equivalent sound being represented by the diphthong "ph". Frank, naturally, becomes [[IncrediblyLamePun incensed]] if you call him by his full name. I'm sure he would've preferred his parents to have dipped into the ''New'' Testament and named him "Felix" or "Festus".

* Although it's fairly subtle, in one episode of ''[[XFiles The X-Files]]'', a pair of twins (one of whom is mentally challenged, the other of whom was a rocket scientist) are named Arthur (from the Grail legends) and Roland (from ''The Song of Roland'', an old French epic). The fact that Mulder and Scully didn't make the connection earlier is quite disappointing.

** And there's now - for example features on Jupiter's moon Europa are named after characters and locations in Celtic mythology, while

** It goes deeper than that. Mars' moons are named after his sons Phobos (Fear) and Deimos (Terror). Jupiter's moons are named for his lovers and daughters, Saturn's for Titans, and Neptune's for water divinities.

* ''{{Heroes}}'' has a good many Biblical names, a few being: Peter, Gabriel, Nathan, Noah, Samson, Matt/Matthew, Micah, Benjamin, and Sarah, the last of whom got a [[strike:two]]''three''fer for her alias: Eden [[CainAndAbel McCain]].

* BioShock and its sequel include many areas named after Greek gods or mythological concepts, such as Apollo Square, Arcadia, and Dionysus Park, although the only character named for a god is Atlas.

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* This is played with a few times in the Metal Gear Solid series. There is ADAM, a.k.a. Ocelot, and EVA, who are covert agents working behind the scenes throughout the series. Their names are based off of Adam and Eve from the Biblical story of Genesis where they eat of the Forbidden Fruit of Knowledge that God told them not to, and they live up to their names by going against the Patriots who basically control the world and steal things from them that could be classified as "forbidden fruit". And then there is the codename of Snake used by 4 characters within the series and their lineage is viewed as a clan of "accursed Snakes", which plays off the idea of the Devil working through the Snake to tempt Adam and Eve, and thus they are viewed as monsters who can't live normal lives off of the battlefield and are seen as warmongers.