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* ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': Carrie and Bennie are refugees who [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie894/ opted to take English names]] when they moved to the United States in order to better fit in and move beyond their traumatic past. Their previous names were [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie405/ Thei Foh, and Voh respectively.]]
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* ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': Carrie and Bennie are refugees who [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie894/ opted to take English names]] when they moved to the United States in order to better fit in and move beyond their traumatic past. Their previous names were [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie405/ Thei Foh, and Voh respectively.]]]]
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** In the prequel ''Recap/StartOfDarkness'', the BigBad Xykon renames himself because he wants a badass name with XtremeKoolLetterz. We don't learn how he was named before.
** In the same book, [[DragonWithAnAgenda Redcloak]] and Right-Eye take those names after seeing Xykon kill someone for having a name he couldn't remember. They continue calling each other "Older/Younger Brother," however... until [[spoiler:[[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Redcloak kills Right-Eye]], and Right-Eye uses his new name to represent Redcloak choosing Xykon over him]].
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0874.html Malack tells how he has changed his name]] [[spoiler:since becoming a vampire]].
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': When they took Agatha into hiding, [[spoiler: Punch and Judy]] renamed themselves Adam and Lilith Clay and masqueraded as her parents. While Eve was created to serve Adam in the Bible, Lilith intended herself as Adam's equal.
* In ''Gored by Them Things'', Captain Rum of Teal Polka Dots becomes Captain Rum the Aquamarine. For no reason other than causing a giant penguin to get sucked into a giant vacuum cleaner. ([[CloudCuckooLand It's that kind of world]].)
%%* [[http://oneway.juathuur.com/1/?strip_id=87 Soveshei]] of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}''.
* In the backstory of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', Renard changed his name to Reynardine when he left Gillitie wood. Both names have folkloric significance: Renard is an alternate spelling of Reynard, the trickster-fox from the medieval beast fables. Reynardine is the name of a human (or a were-fox, in some later versions) highwayman from a folk song who seduces unwary maidens. It's eventually revealed that Surma was the first person to call him Reynardine--it was [[InterspeciesRomance his infatuation with Surma]] that prompted Rey's name change.
* ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'': [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/i-trust-tina/ Monica proposes one: to Pawn One and Pawn Two]]
* WV, PM, AR, WQ, and WK get these numerous times in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}},'' crossed with IHaveManyNames.
** WV- Wayward Vagabond, Warweary Villein, Wastelandic Vindicator, Wizardly Vassal
** PM- Peregrine Mendicant, Parcel Mistress, [[spoiler: Prospitian Monarch]]
** AR- [[{{Pun}} Aimless]] Renegade, Authority Regulator, Armaments Regent
** WQ- Windswept Questant, [[spoiler: White Queen]]
** WK- [[spoiler: Writ Keeper, White King]]
** This turns out to be standard procedure among Propitians and Dersites:
*** Jack Noir - Scurrilous Straggler and Spades Slick [[spoiler: in the Troll Universe, Sovereign Slayer and Bec Noir in the Human Universe.]] Also an OddNameOut, since he doesn't keep his initials.
*** CD - Courtyard Droll, Clubs Deuce.
*** DD - Draconian Dignitary, Diamonds Droog
*** HB - Hegemonic Brute, Hearts Boxcars
*** And Snowman was formerly [[spoiler: Black Queen and Banished Quasiroyal.]]
** On Alpha Earth, [[spoiler: Jade]] changed her last name to English [[spoiler: after the man she knew her abusive adoptive mother hated and feared the most.]]
** Oddly enough, [[spoiler: Lord English changed his name to that from Caliborn after he suffered his first-ever defeat [[StableTimeLoop at the hands of Jake English, Jade's post-Scratch son.]]]] [[ArcWords Weird]] [[TimeyWimeyBall Plot]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext Shit]] applies.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Endstone}}'', a rocker is known by the overstone he rocks. [[http://endstone.net/2009/02/10/issue-1-page-2/ Kyri is also known as Endstone]]. [[http://endstone.net/comic/issue-1-page-32/ Rousing Lightstone caused the present-day storyline.]]
* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/02-08.html Red feigns to believe that November is asking for this when she asks Red to give her her name.]] She has NoSocialSkills.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Life|2012}}'', Natalie renamed herself Felicia because "Felicia" means "happiness", and she wanted to be happy.
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Dragon_Doctors/5339648/ On the last page of Chapter 13]] of ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'', [[spoiler:Tanica renounces the time she spent as an assassin by giving up her 'working name' and going back to her real name, Elka]].
* In ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', after Bam [[spoiler: gets betrayed and nearly killed by Rachel]], he changes his name to Jue Viole Grace. Now being more sinister, broodier, and possibly quite depressed, it is rather ironic since 'bam' is the Korean word for 'night'.
** Then again, the color violet, being a colour of strong emotion and strong reason, as well as one of great purpose, fits him now as well.
* In ''Webcomic/PennyBlackfeather'', Penelope Blake takes her pirate grandfather's name and becomes Penny Blackfeather when she decides to become an adventurer.
* ''Webcomic/EscapeFromTerra'': at her self-determined adulthood party, the younger Babbette announces that she's sick of being referred to as "Little Babbette" and changes her name to Liberty, [[http://www.bigheadpress.com/eft?page=575 or Libby for short]].
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Immortals often rename themselves after a reset to distance themselves from their previous incarnation. The name they choose reflects their basic nature or just something they consider an AwesomeMcCoolName which [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2010-06-25 leads to a significant number of Immortals named Zeus running around]].
* ''Webcomic/DrFrost'' chose the nickname of Dr. Frost for himself. His real name is [[spoiler: Nambong Baek.]]
* Park Mujin in ''Webcomic/TheGodOfHighSchool''. His original name was Mubong, which means a purely perfect "once-in-a-lifetime genius". [[spoiler:After he lost to Jin Taejin seventeen years before the start of the story, he changed it to "Mujin", because he no [[BreakTheHaughty longer believed that he was the perfect genius that people praised him as after his defeat.]] Sang Mansuk gave his new name "Mujin" meaning -- infinite potential, a man without limits.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': Carrie and Bennie are refugees who [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie894/ opted to take English names]] when they moved to the United States in order to better fit in and move beyond their traumatic past. Their previous names were [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie405/ Thei Foh, and Voh respectively.]]
** In the prequel ''Recap/StartOfDarkness'', the BigBad Xykon renames himself because he wants a badass name with XtremeKoolLetterz. We don't learn how he was named before.
** In the same book, [[DragonWithAnAgenda Redcloak]] and Right-Eye take those names after seeing Xykon kill someone for having a name he couldn't remember. They continue calling each other "Older/Younger Brother," however... until [[spoiler:[[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Redcloak kills Right-Eye]], and Right-Eye uses his new name to represent Redcloak choosing Xykon over him]].
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0874.html Malack tells how he has changed his name]] [[spoiler:since becoming a vampire]].
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': When they took Agatha into hiding, [[spoiler: Punch and Judy]] renamed themselves Adam and Lilith Clay and masqueraded as her parents. While Eve was created to serve Adam in the Bible, Lilith intended herself as Adam's equal.
* In ''Gored by Them Things'', Captain Rum of Teal Polka Dots becomes Captain Rum the Aquamarine. For no reason other than causing a giant penguin to get sucked into a giant vacuum cleaner. ([[CloudCuckooLand It's that kind of world]].)
%%* [[http://oneway.juathuur.com/1/?strip_id=87 Soveshei]] of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}''.
* In the backstory of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', Renard changed his name to Reynardine when he left Gillitie wood. Both names have folkloric significance: Renard is an alternate spelling of Reynard, the trickster-fox from the medieval beast fables. Reynardine is the name of a human (or a were-fox, in some later versions) highwayman from a folk song who seduces unwary maidens. It's eventually revealed that Surma was the first person to call him Reynardine--it was [[InterspeciesRomance his infatuation with Surma]] that prompted Rey's name change.
* ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'': [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/i-trust-tina/ Monica proposes one: to Pawn One and Pawn Two]]
* WV, PM, AR, WQ, and WK get these numerous times in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}},'' crossed with IHaveManyNames.
** WV- Wayward Vagabond, Warweary Villein, Wastelandic Vindicator, Wizardly Vassal
** PM- Peregrine Mendicant, Parcel Mistress, [[spoiler: Prospitian Monarch]]
** AR- [[{{Pun}} Aimless]] Renegade, Authority Regulator, Armaments Regent
** WQ- Windswept Questant, [[spoiler: White Queen]]
** WK- [[spoiler: Writ Keeper, White King]]
** This turns out to be standard procedure among Propitians and Dersites:
*** Jack Noir - Scurrilous Straggler and Spades Slick [[spoiler: in the Troll Universe, Sovereign Slayer and Bec Noir in the Human Universe.]] Also an OddNameOut, since he doesn't keep his initials.
*** CD - Courtyard Droll, Clubs Deuce.
*** DD - Draconian Dignitary, Diamonds Droog
*** HB - Hegemonic Brute, Hearts Boxcars
*** And Snowman was formerly [[spoiler: Black Queen and Banished Quasiroyal.]]
** On Alpha Earth, [[spoiler: Jade]] changed her last name to English [[spoiler: after the man she knew her abusive adoptive mother hated and feared the most.]]
** Oddly enough, [[spoiler: Lord English changed his name to that from Caliborn after he suffered his first-ever defeat [[StableTimeLoop at the hands of Jake English, Jade's post-Scratch son.]]]] [[ArcWords Weird]] [[TimeyWimeyBall Plot]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext Shit]] applies.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Endstone}}'', a rocker is known by the overstone he rocks. [[http://endstone.net/2009/02/10/issue-1-page-2/ Kyri is also known as Endstone]]. [[http://endstone.net/comic/issue-1-page-32/ Rousing Lightstone caused the present-day storyline.]]
* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/02-08.html Red feigns to believe that November is asking for this when she asks Red to give her her name.]] She has NoSocialSkills.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Life|2012}}'', Natalie renamed herself Felicia because "Felicia" means "happiness", and she wanted to be happy.
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Dragon_Doctors/5339648/ On the last page of Chapter 13]] of ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'', [[spoiler:Tanica renounces the time she spent as an assassin by giving up her 'working name' and going back to her real name, Elka]].
* In ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', after Bam [[spoiler: gets betrayed and nearly killed by Rachel]], he changes his name to Jue Viole Grace. Now being more sinister, broodier, and possibly quite depressed, it is rather ironic since 'bam' is the Korean word for 'night'.
** Then again, the color violet, being a colour of strong emotion and strong reason, as well as one of great purpose, fits him now as well.
* In ''Webcomic/PennyBlackfeather'', Penelope Blake takes her pirate grandfather's name and becomes Penny Blackfeather when she decides to become an adventurer.
* ''Webcomic/EscapeFromTerra'': at her self-determined adulthood party, the younger Babbette announces that she's sick of being referred to as "Little Babbette" and changes her name to Liberty, [[http://www.bigheadpress.com/eft?page=575 or Libby for short]].
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Immortals often rename themselves after a reset to distance themselves from their previous incarnation. The name they choose reflects their basic nature or just something they consider an AwesomeMcCoolName which [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2010-06-25 leads to a significant number of Immortals named Zeus running around]].
* ''Webcomic/DrFrost'' chose the nickname of Dr. Frost for himself. His real name is [[spoiler: Nambong Baek.]]
* Park Mujin in ''Webcomic/TheGodOfHighSchool''. His original name was Mubong, which means a purely perfect "once-in-a-lifetime genius". [[spoiler:After he lost to Jin Taejin seventeen years before the start of the story, he changed it to "Mujin", because he no [[BreakTheHaughty longer believed that he was the perfect genius that people praised him as after his defeat.]] Sang Mansuk gave his new name "Mujin" meaning -- infinite potential, a man without limits.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': Carrie and Bennie are refugees who [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie894/ opted to take English names]] when they moved to the United States in order to better fit in and move beyond their traumatic past. Their previous names were [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie405/ Thei Foh, and Voh respectively.]]
