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* The Creator/SandraBoynton book ''15 Pets'' had fourteen animals named Bob, but the turtle has an OverlyLongName.
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* In ''Literature/{{Team Human}},'' Mel doesn't want to tell us her own first name ([[spoiler:[[GivenNameReveal Mellifluous]]), while her younger brother is named Lancelot. She's a little bitter that her older sister, Kristin, was born before her parents decided to get "creative."
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* In ''Literature/HistoriaRegumBritanniae'', king Constantinus (identified with the Roman usurper Constantine III) has three sons, Constans, Aurelius (Ambrosius) and... [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Uther Pendragon]]. Probably because the first two actually existed (though they were not related in real life), while the latter is most likely legendary.
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* In ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants [[LongTitle and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (And The Subsequent Assault Of The Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)]]'', the main villains are three aliens named Zorx, Klax, and Jennifer. The aliens are aware that their names may raise suspicion while disguising themselves as cafeteria ladies, so they go by [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Zorxette, Klaxette, and Jenniferette]].
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* In ''Literature/TheLightlarkSaga'', all the realms and their respective peoples have names ending in "ling", bar one: there's Wildling, Starling, Skyling, Sunling, Moonling and... Nightshade. It's never specified why Nightshade is named differently.
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* The Creator/SandraBoynton book ''15 Pets'' had fourteen animals named Bob, but the turtle has an OverlyLongName.
* ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'': Michael and Rebecca Stearns' children are named Sepharad, Baruch and Kathleen.
* Honey Bear, the youngest of ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', is the only member of the Bear family that has a proper name. Her parents and her older brother and sister are all named after their relationships in the family.
* This one appears in ''Literature/TheBible'', of all places:
** Daniel's three friends, Shadrach, Mesrach, and Abednego. {{Justified|Trope}} as their names were changed by the Babylonians. Their given names were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, which are clearly Jewish. Daniel himself was renamed Belteshazzar, but since he became Prime Minister, he earned the right to be known as Daniel, even in Babylon.
** See also Noah's three sons: Ham, Shem, and Japheth.
** Lamech's three sons were Jabal, Jubal... and Tubal-Cain. The first two were from the same mother, the third -- and his sister, Naamah -- from another. On the other hand, this is only a partial example since Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal rhyme.
** In the New Testament, the five sons of Joseph: UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, James, Joseph, Jude, and Simon.
* In ''Literature/BlandingsCastle,'' Lord Emsworth is revealed to have brothers named [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Lancelot and another named Galahad]] (the former [[PosthumousCharacter deceased]], the other a recurring character). His own first name is Clarence.
* In ''Broken Gate'', of all of the siblings, Miyako's name stands out, as it's not necessarily an animal-related name, as her siblings have names relating to what youkai they so happen to be (as mentioned [[ADogNamedDog/{{Literature}} here]]).
* A set of experimental cannons in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' are collectively called the Prophets and given names: Joan, Bonnye, Anna, Judith, Gregor, Larisa, Nane, and Ami. It's never discussed, but "Gregor" is a male name.
* In ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants [[LongTitle and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (And The Subsequent Assault Of The Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)]]'', the main villains are three aliens named Zorx, Klax, and Jennifer. The aliens are aware that their names may raise suspicion while disguising themselves as cafeteria ladies, so they go by [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Zorxette, Klaxette, and Jenniferette]].
* Elizabeth Hand's novella ''Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol'' features a set of cut-rate Ramones called the Maronis -- Tony, Mony, Pony and Tesla. The real Ramones all had names ending in an -ie sound, except for Elvis. [[AndZoidberg And CJ.]]
* In ''Literature/ChronicleOfADeathForetold'', Angela Vicario is the only member of the Vicario family whose given name doesn't start with a P.
* Major characters in ''Literature/CodexAlera'' include Isana, Amara, Fidelias, Maximus, Araris, Invidia... Tavi? Every Aleran character has an awesome GratuitousLatin name ... except him. [[spoiler:Which, as it happens, is {{foreshadowing}}. His name is short for Oc'''tavi'''an, which is very much in line with the rest.]]
* ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'': Miss Spink and Miss Forcible's four dogs: Hamish, Andrew, Angus, and Jock. Jock is the only one with one syllable instead of two.
* ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'': In ''The Falcon's Malteser'', the main character Nick is kidnapped by four goons called Lenny, Kenny, Benny and Fred.
* The human characters in ''{{Literature/Dinoverse}}'' all are TheNicknamer to some extent, encountering dinosaurs who don't have names of their own. Mr. London names his new Hypsilophodon friends after personality traits that remind him of scientists - and one evil computer. There's Creator/{{Leo|nardoDaVinci}}, named for his creativity, UsefulNotes/{{Al|bertEinstein}} named for [[BrilliantButLazy thinking his way out of having to do any work]], Creator/{{Carl|Sagan}} named for his contemplative nature, and [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Hal]] for how he likes things a certain way and throws fits when routine is disrupted.
* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', five noble families from the Counterweight Continent have been fighting each other for centuries: the Hongs, the Sungs, the Tangs, the Fangs, and the [=McSweeneys=], who are no more important to the plot than any of the other families. A RunningGag is that people have trouble with how the last family don't fit into the pattern.
--->'''Twoflower:''' And the Hongs and the Fangs and the Tangs and the Sungs and the [=McSweeneys=] have been killing one another for thousands of years. It's all part of the royal succession.\\
'''Rincewind:''' [=McSweeneys=]?\\
'''Twoflower:''' Very old established family.
*** This is a ShoutOut to James Clavell's Literature/AsianSaga, a novel series about a Scottish family who founded a business empire in China.
** War's children fit this one, too: Panic, Terror, and, um, ''Clancy''. This may be a ShoutOut to the children of Ares and Aphrodite - sons Phobos (fear) and Deimos (terror) and daughter Harmonia (harmony).
** Leonard of Quirm's inventions include such things as the Going Under the Water Safely Device, the Very Fast Coffee Device, or the '''E'''ngine for the '''N'''eutralizing of '''I'''nformation by the '''G'''eneration of '''M'''iasmic '''A'''lphabets, and the Gonne. It's probably an indicator of how [[ArtifactOfDoom different]] [[FantasyGunControl this invention]] was that he didn't name it something like the "Propelling Pieces of Metal through the Air at High Speed using Chemical Energy Device".
* Also from Creator/JimButcher, ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' books all have two word [[DoubleMeaningTitle Double Meaning Titles]], each with the same number of letters in each word (''Grave Peril'', ''Dead Beat'', ''Summer Knight'')... Except for the twelfth book, which is simply called ''[[WhamEpisode Changes]]''.
* Almost everyone in ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' is ADogNamedDog or simply referred to by their species surname (Mr. Turtle for example). Franklin is an exception, as is his sister Harriet in the cartoons. {{Enforced|Trope}} because WordOfGod says that "Franklin in the Dark" was intended to be a one-shot story with Franklin being the only character. But when she made more stories, she wanted to emphasize the importance of Franklin and that he is the main character by not giving names to the other characters, thus making Franklin unique and important.
* ''Literature/{{Fudge}}'': Unlike his siblings Fudge (real name Farley Drexel) and Tootsie (real name Tamara Roxanne), Peter Hatcher does not have [[EdibleThemeNaming a candy-based nickname]]. This highlights Peter's status as the OnlySaneMan (as Fudge is a {{cloudcuckoolander}} AnnoyingYoungerSibling and Tootsie is, as of the last book, only a toddler).
* In ''Literature/FungusTheBogeyman'', Fungus is the only member of his household (excluding pets) whose name starts with a letter besides "M" (his wife is Mildew and their son is Mould).
* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', the Antichrist and his friends are named Adam, Pepper, Brian, and ''Wensleydale''. [[note]]His name's Jeremy, but nobody uses it.[[/note]]
* From ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Though Brian is a perfectly good old name from the British Isles, it's also, you know, still used. Frequently. In the fifth film, this is PlayedForLaughs when he states his own name, with "Brian" said more quietly and after a slight pause.
** Out of his siblings, he and his brother Aberforth have more traditional out-there wizarding names whereas their sister, Ariana, had a "normal" name.
** Everyone in the Weasley family is named after Arthurian heroes and/or British royalty. The family patriarch is "Arthur", his sole daughter is "Ginny" ("Ginevra", the Italian form of "Guinevere"), and his oldest sons are "Bill" ([[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy "William"]]), "Charlie" ([[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfStuart "Charles"]]), "Percy" (which at least recalls "Percival," [[{{Fanon}} though that's not actually his full name]]), "Fred" ([[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover "Frederick"]]), and "George" (...[[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover "George"]]). The sole exception? The youngest son, "Ron", who considers himself TheUnfavorite of the family, and spends much of the series dealing with the resulting emotional baggage.
** Most members born into the Black family use StellarThemeNaming, but there are a few exceptions. In the case of Narcissa, WordOfGod says that she came up with her name before choosing the theme and didn't feel like changing it. Another exception is the family's [[PosthumousCharacter deceased (but still active)]] patriarch, Phineas Nigellus Black.
** Harry's children are James, Albus and Lily. Albus stands out as the only "odd" name (though apparently he uses "Al" for short) as well as the only one not named after one of Harry's relatives. On the other hand, their middle names are Sirius, Severus and Luna, meaning that Lily is the only one a.) without an "S" name, b.) with an alliterative name, and c.) who isn't a ''double'' DeadGuyJunior. Lily is also the only one without an "S" on the end of her name.
** Ron also follows this trope by being the only one of the trio whose first name doesn't start with an "H".
* Creator/DouglasAdams once said, discussing the title of ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'' that all the titles of the ''Hitchhikers'' books were quotes from [[Literature/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy the first one]]. (His editor wanted to call it ''God's Last Message to His Creation'', but that came from ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'') He followed this pattern with the fifth book ''Literature/MostlyHarmless''. Creator/EoinColfer's sixth book, ''Literature/AndAnotherThing'', takes its title from ''So Long and Thanks'', and even quotes the section at the start. It's possible that he wanted to mark it as different to separate it from "the {{canon}}", as implied by the SelfDeprecating introduction.
* The German guy from ''Literature/{{Hoot}}'' with the four Rottweilers, called [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Max, Karl, Klaus]], and [[FluffyTheTerrible Pookie Face]].
* In ''Literature/HuntersMoon1989'', most foxes have names like O-ha, A-ho, A-konkon, O-sollo, O-mitz, and A-cam. Camio is the exception because he's a fox from an American zoo. He refuses to change his name.
* The ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' began with ''Eragon'' and ''Eldest'', both of which start with "E" and have six letters. Fans speculated that the last book in the trilogy would be called ''Empire'', but the author eventually made it a quartet with the final books titled ''Brisingr'' and ''Inheritance'', respectively.
* In ''Literature/TheJoyLuckClub'' by Creator/AmyTan, one of the daughters has four brothers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and Bing. To elaborate, [[spoiler:guess which one tragically dies when the daughter fails to keep an eye on him?]]
* In the ''Literature/KateShugak'' novels, the Grosdidier brothers, who serve as the Park's [=EMTs=], are Matthew, Mark, Luke and Pete.
* All of Lynn Kurland's romance novels are titled after songs, with the exceptions of her novellas (except ''To Kiss In The Shadows'', which was released as a single paperback novel) and her books ''Dreams of Stardust'' and ''Much Ado in the Moonlight''. There doesn't seem to be a particular reason for [=DoS=], but [=MAitM=] is an allusion to the Shakespeare play ''Much Ado About Nothing'' because Shakespeare features heavily in the plot.
* Subverted in Creator/ChristopherMoore's ''Literature/LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff''. All of Balthasar's concubines have elaborately long names usually referring to sex, such as "Tiny Feet of the Divine Dance of Joyous Orgasm" and "Delicate Personage of Two Fu Dogs Wrestling Under a Blanket", with the sole exception of Sue ("Short for Susanna"). Naturally, if any of them are going to be important, it'd be her -- right? [[spoiler:Nope. When the demon Balthasar was keeping sealed gets unleashed and starts killing everyone, it's ''Joy'' (Biff's name for Tiny Feet of the Divine Dance of Joyous Orgasm, because she didn't take kindly to being called "Orgasm") who survives the ordeal and has the biggest role.]]
* In ''Literature/LittleWomen'', of the four March sisters, Amy is the only one to go by her full first name, presumably because it's so short to begin with, while her sisters Meg, Jo and Beth all go by nicknames. She's also the only one whose name is two syllables instead of just one. On the other hand, when we remember Meg, Jo and Beth's full names (Margaret, Josephine, and Elizabeth), then Amy's name stands out as the shortest.
* In the novel ''Murder at Avedon Hill'', the five children in the Avedon family are named Richard, Carin, Edvard, Jon, and Julienne. [[spoiler:Edvard is a vampire-bite victim and Julienne has some sort of magical affinity.]]
* The villains of ''Literature/MyWorkIsNotYetDone'' are named Harry, Barry, Perry, Sherry, Mary, Kerrie and... Richard.
* In ''Nobody, Him, and Me'', Nobody's name has three syllables instead of one.
* ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' is more like "normal name out" with the Curtis brothers: the eldest's name, Darry (short for Darrell), is a bit unusual, but the younger two are [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Sodapop and Ponyboy]]. The latter is the protagonist.
* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, one of the Showtime Fairies, Darcy, is referred to as a Diva instead of a Fairy.
* In ''Literature/RamonaQuimby'', the oldest Quimby sister Beatrice is the only one not to have an R-name. Her sisters are Ramona and Roberta.
* In ''Literature/RoysBedoys'':
** Most of the boys have made-up names (Roys, Loys, Maker, Coder) but then there's the minor character Hopper, and that ''is'' a real boy's name, if rare.
** Likewise, most of the girls have real, if obscure, names -- Wen, Truly, Flora. However, Roys and Loys's sister Joys is the only girl in the series with a made-up name.
* ''Literature/SamTheCatDetective'': The Flying Fangs (former circus cats) are named Wang, Chang, Drang, and Strum. Interestingly, Strum is the only one who doesn't take part in the others' attempts at making rap music, and seems to find the whole thing embarrassing.
* In Daniel Handler's ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'':
** Sunny, Klaus, and Violet Baudelaire. Violet was actually the name of Claus von Bulow's lawyer.
** Isadora, Duncan, and Quigley Quagmire
** Frank, Ernest, and Dewey Denouement.
** While the names of the first 12 books are alliterative, the last book is simply called "The End".
* ''Literature/TheSneetchesAndOtherStories'': Sylvester [=McMonkey=] [=McBean=] is a double whammy-- "Sylvester" is the only one of his names without a "Mc", while "[=McMonkey=]" is the only one that isn't a real name.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** The direwolves are named Nymeria, Ghost, Summer, Lady, Grey Wind, and... Shaggydog, who was named by a three-year old. It's also an ironic name, given that Shaggydog is the most wild and savage. In a different way, Nymeria is also the odd one out, as she is not named after an English word, but rather an in-universe person: Nymeria of the Rhoynar, the historical ancestor of the Martells, who led her people to Dorne.
** Stannis Baratheon is the only one of his siblings not to have an R name: Robert (older) and Renly (younger).
** The bastard surnames of every Kingdom: Flowers from the fertile Reach, Sands from the deserts of Dorne, Hill from the rocky Westerlands, Snow from the freezing North, Stone from the mountainous Vale, Waters from the Crownlands, Storm from the Stormlands, Rivers from the Riverlands... and Pyke from the Iron Islands. It's marginally justified, since Pyke is the name of the largest Iron Island, but it still doesn't fit with the theme; bastards from the Reach aren't called "Highgarden". Something like "Salt" or "Sea" would fit the pattern much better.
** Dorne is the only region of the Seven Kingdoms not named after an English word, and it is therefore always capitalized.
** Prince Duncan Targaryen is the only member of the royal family ever to have a non-Valyrian name, as he was named for his father's commoner best friend.
** Rhaenyra Targaryen's children are named Jacaerys, Lucerys, Joffrey, Aegon, and Viserys. Out of these five, only Joffrey had a non-Valyrian name, since he was named after his father's friend and probable lover, Joffrey Lonmouth, whose house was of native Westerosi origin.
** Daenerys' three dragons, in a way. Two of them (Rhaegal and Viserion) are named after Targaryen figures, hence their names are technically Valyrian. The other one, Drogon, is named after her late husband, who hailed from a foreign culture, the Dothraki.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': Wookiees, across both canon and ''Legends'', generally have OnlyOneName (Chewbacca, Tarfful, Gungi, etc)... except for Burryaga Agaburry from ''[[Franchise/StarWarsTheHighRepublic The High Republic]]'', who has a last name for some reason.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** Comes up in the ''Literature/XWingSeries'' novel ''Wedge's Gamble''. A pilot sees a freighter named ''Contruum's Pride'' and knows it's not legit because it doesn't fit that planet's [[ThemeNaming naming system]]. There are holes in his theory — couldn't this ship be ignoring tradition, or not an official Contruum ship? — but as it turns out it's full of TIE fighters.
--->'''Cracken:''' Contruum's my homeworld. Naming conventions for ships restrict virtues to capital ships. Transports are named for beasts of burden and rivers.
** Han and Leia's children: [[ThemeTwinNaming Jacen, Jaina]], and [[DeadGuyJunior Anakin?]] Not intentional, just that the people behind ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'' didn't know Jacen and Jaina existed.
* In ''Literature/{{Superfolks}}'', the narration says: "Beyond Edgeville the land gradually flattened, and was covered, in turn, by Nearville, Fairville, Floralville, Gardenville, Oakville, Pleasantville, Vistaville, Sunnyville, Strongville, Roseville, Middleville, Townville, Ladyville, Robinville, Flatville, Spudville, Branchville, Farville, Tideville, Oceanville, and Parsons Corners."
* ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit'': Peter Rabbit's sisters were named Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail. This gives us two examples in one family: "Peter" as the only rabbit sibling with a human name and "Cottontail" as the only sister without an "-opsy" name.
** Parodied in ''ComicBook/TomStrong'', where Tom's FunnyAnimal counterpart, [[AnimalSuperheroes Warren Strong]] has three daughters (Tesla's counterparts) called Topsy, Turvy, and Fluffytail. Fluffytail prefers to be called Delilah.
** Also parodied in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'''s {{filler}} side story, with Flopsy, Mopsy, and [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche Nietzsche]].
* Similarly, in ''Literature/TheTaleOfTomKitten'', Tom is the only kitten who has a human name; his sisters are Moppet and Mittens. His name is also a MeaningfulName, since "tom" can mean "male cat" and he's the only boy.
* In ''Literature/{{Team Human}},'' Mel doesn't want to tell us her own first name ([[spoiler:[[GivenNameReveal Mellifluous]]), while her younger brother is named Lancelot. She's a little bitter that her older sister, Kristin, was born before her parents decided to get "creative."
* ''Literature/ThursdayNext'': In ''First Among Sequels'', Thursday's children are Friday, Tuesday, and Jenny. [[spoiler:Except that Jenny doesn't actually exist -- the villain from one of the previous novels planted fake memories of her in Thursday's brain.]]
* ''Literature/TortallUniverse'': Princess Vania of Conté, youngest of Jon and Thayet's six children, is the only one of her siblings, and indeed the only one of the known children of any of the series' various protagonists, who is not in some fashion a DeadGuyJunior or named in honour of a deceased character. Her older siblings are named after, in order, her paternal grandfather (Roald), her maternal grandmother (Kalasin), her great-grandfather (Jasson), the late Shang Dragon (Liam) and her paternal grandmother (Lianne).
* Creator/JohnRingo's ''Literature/TroyRising'': In ''Live Free or Die'', on an alien space station that no human has ever heard of or been to:
-->"What do you mean you can't keep up? It's just Ingr, Gurcaur, Hathan, Fandent, and Bob. How much can they be drinking?"
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', the majority of the 1000+ characters have compound names like Bluestar, Mudclaw, Russetfur, Cedarpelt, Whitestorm, etc., due to the Clans' naming format. So when there's a cat living in the Clans with a name like Boulder, Daisy, or Millie, it sticks out and signifies that the cat isn't originally from the Clans and feels strongly enough about their identity not to change their name.
** Played for laughs in ''Graystripe's Vow''. A group of kittypets has decided to form their own Clan, and have given themselves new Clan-style names for when they hang out together: Monkeystar, Clawwhistle, Fireface, Bugeater, Bigteeth... and Chester. Due to Graystripe's bemused reaction, Chester explains that having two names was too much to bother with and that he's happy with keeping it as-is.
* In ''Literature/WingsOfFire'', the six queens of the [=RainWings=] are named Magnificent, Splendor, Dazzling, Grandeur, Exquisite, and Fruit Bat. Kinkajou [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this when introducing them to Glory.
* In ''Literature/TheWitcher'' there's a passing mention of royal quadruplets from Ebbing, called Putzi, Gritzi, Mitzi and Juan Pablo Vassermiller.
* ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'': Michael and Rebecca Stearns' children are named Sepharad, Baruch and Kathleen.
* Honey Bear, the youngest of ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', is the only member of the Bear family that has a proper name. Her parents and her older brother and sister are all named after their relationships in the family.
* This one appears in ''Literature/TheBible'', of all places:
** Daniel's three friends, Shadrach, Mesrach, and Abednego. {{Justified|Trope}} as their names were changed by the Babylonians. Their given names were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, which are clearly Jewish. Daniel himself was renamed Belteshazzar, but since he became Prime Minister, he earned the right to be known as Daniel, even in Babylon.
** See also Noah's three sons: Ham, Shem, and Japheth.
** Lamech's three sons were Jabal, Jubal... and Tubal-Cain. The first two were from the same mother, the third -- and his sister, Naamah -- from another. On the other hand, this is only a partial example since Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal rhyme.
** In the New Testament, the five sons of Joseph: UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, James, Joseph, Jude, and Simon.
* In ''Literature/BlandingsCastle,'' Lord Emsworth is revealed to have brothers named [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Lancelot and another named Galahad]] (the former [[PosthumousCharacter deceased]], the other a recurring character). His own first name is Clarence.
* In ''Broken Gate'', of all of the siblings, Miyako's name stands out, as it's not necessarily an animal-related name, as her siblings have names relating to what youkai they so happen to be (as mentioned [[ADogNamedDog/{{Literature}} here]]).
* A set of experimental cannons in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' are collectively called the Prophets and given names: Joan, Bonnye, Anna, Judith, Gregor, Larisa, Nane, and Ami. It's never discussed, but "Gregor" is a male name.
* In ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants [[LongTitle and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (And The Subsequent Assault Of The Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)]]'', the main villains are three aliens named Zorx, Klax, and Jennifer. The aliens are aware that their names may raise suspicion while disguising themselves as cafeteria ladies, so they go by [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Zorxette, Klaxette, and Jenniferette]].
* Elizabeth Hand's novella ''Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol'' features a set of cut-rate Ramones called the Maronis -- Tony, Mony, Pony and Tesla. The real Ramones all had names ending in an -ie sound, except for Elvis. [[AndZoidberg And CJ.]]
* In ''Literature/ChronicleOfADeathForetold'', Angela Vicario is the only member of the Vicario family whose given name doesn't start with a P.
* Major characters in ''Literature/CodexAlera'' include Isana, Amara, Fidelias, Maximus, Araris, Invidia... Tavi? Every Aleran character has an awesome GratuitousLatin name ... except him. [[spoiler:Which, as it happens, is {{foreshadowing}}. His name is short for Oc'''tavi'''an, which is very much in line with the rest.]]
* ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'': Miss Spink and Miss Forcible's four dogs: Hamish, Andrew, Angus, and Jock. Jock is the only one with one syllable instead of two.
* ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'': In ''The Falcon's Malteser'', the main character Nick is kidnapped by four goons called Lenny, Kenny, Benny and Fred.
* The human characters in ''{{Literature/Dinoverse}}'' all are TheNicknamer to some extent, encountering dinosaurs who don't have names of their own. Mr. London names his new Hypsilophodon friends after personality traits that remind him of scientists - and one evil computer. There's Creator/{{Leo|nardoDaVinci}}, named for his creativity, UsefulNotes/{{Al|bertEinstein}} named for [[BrilliantButLazy thinking his way out of having to do any work]], Creator/{{Carl|Sagan}} named for his contemplative nature, and [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Hal]] for how he likes things a certain way and throws fits when routine is disrupted.
* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', five noble families from the Counterweight Continent have been fighting each other for centuries: the Hongs, the Sungs, the Tangs, the Fangs, and the [=McSweeneys=], who are no more important to the plot than any of the other families. A RunningGag is that people have trouble with how the last family don't fit into the pattern.
--->'''Twoflower:''' And the Hongs and the Fangs and the Tangs and the Sungs and the [=McSweeneys=] have been killing one another for thousands of years. It's all part of the royal succession.\\
'''Rincewind:''' [=McSweeneys=]?\\
'''Twoflower:''' Very old established family.
*** This is a ShoutOut to James Clavell's Literature/AsianSaga, a novel series about a Scottish family who founded a business empire in China.
** War's children fit this one, too: Panic, Terror, and, um, ''Clancy''. This may be a ShoutOut to the children of Ares and Aphrodite - sons Phobos (fear) and Deimos (terror) and daughter Harmonia (harmony).
** Leonard of Quirm's inventions include such things as the Going Under the Water Safely Device, the Very Fast Coffee Device, or the '''E'''ngine for the '''N'''eutralizing of '''I'''nformation by the '''G'''eneration of '''M'''iasmic '''A'''lphabets, and the Gonne. It's probably an indicator of how [[ArtifactOfDoom different]] [[FantasyGunControl this invention]] was that he didn't name it something like the "Propelling Pieces of Metal through the Air at High Speed using Chemical Energy Device".
* Also from Creator/JimButcher, ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' books all have two word [[DoubleMeaningTitle Double Meaning Titles]], each with the same number of letters in each word (''Grave Peril'', ''Dead Beat'', ''Summer Knight'')... Except for the twelfth book, which is simply called ''[[WhamEpisode Changes]]''.
* Almost everyone in ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' is ADogNamedDog or simply referred to by their species surname (Mr. Turtle for example). Franklin is an exception, as is his sister Harriet in the cartoons. {{Enforced|Trope}} because WordOfGod says that "Franklin in the Dark" was intended to be a one-shot story with Franklin being the only character. But when she made more stories, she wanted to emphasize the importance of Franklin and that he is the main character by not giving names to the other characters, thus making Franklin unique and important.
* ''Literature/{{Fudge}}'': Unlike his siblings Fudge (real name Farley Drexel) and Tootsie (real name Tamara Roxanne), Peter Hatcher does not have [[EdibleThemeNaming a candy-based nickname]]. This highlights Peter's status as the OnlySaneMan (as Fudge is a {{cloudcuckoolander}} AnnoyingYoungerSibling and Tootsie is, as of the last book, only a toddler).
* In ''Literature/FungusTheBogeyman'', Fungus is the only member of his household (excluding pets) whose name starts with a letter besides "M" (his wife is Mildew and their son is Mould).
* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', the Antichrist and his friends are named Adam, Pepper, Brian, and ''Wensleydale''. [[note]]His name's Jeremy, but nobody uses it.[[/note]]
* From ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Though Brian is a perfectly good old name from the British Isles, it's also, you know, still used. Frequently. In the fifth film, this is PlayedForLaughs when he states his own name, with "Brian" said more quietly and after a slight pause.
** Out of his siblings, he and his brother Aberforth have more traditional out-there wizarding names whereas their sister, Ariana, had a "normal" name.
** Everyone in the Weasley family is named after Arthurian heroes and/or British royalty. The family patriarch is "Arthur", his sole daughter is "Ginny" ("Ginevra", the Italian form of "Guinevere"), and his oldest sons are "Bill" ([[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy "William"]]), "Charlie" ([[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfStuart "Charles"]]), "Percy" (which at least recalls "Percival," [[{{Fanon}} though that's not actually his full name]]), "Fred" ([[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover "Frederick"]]), and "George" (...[[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover "George"]]). The sole exception? The youngest son, "Ron", who considers himself TheUnfavorite of the family, and spends much of the series dealing with the resulting emotional baggage.
** Most members born into the Black family use StellarThemeNaming, but there are a few exceptions. In the case of Narcissa, WordOfGod says that she came up with her name before choosing the theme and didn't feel like changing it. Another exception is the family's [[PosthumousCharacter deceased (but still active)]] patriarch, Phineas Nigellus Black.
** Harry's children are James, Albus and Lily. Albus stands out as the only "odd" name (though apparently he uses "Al" for short) as well as the only one not named after one of Harry's relatives. On the other hand, their middle names are Sirius, Severus and Luna, meaning that Lily is the only one a.) without an "S" name, b.) with an alliterative name, and c.) who isn't a ''double'' DeadGuyJunior. Lily is also the only one without an "S" on the end of her name.
** Ron also follows this trope by being the only one of the trio whose first name doesn't start with an "H".
* Creator/DouglasAdams once said, discussing the title of ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'' that all the titles of the ''Hitchhikers'' books were quotes from [[Literature/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy the first one]]. (His editor wanted to call it ''God's Last Message to His Creation'', but that came from ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'') He followed this pattern with the fifth book ''Literature/MostlyHarmless''. Creator/EoinColfer's sixth book, ''Literature/AndAnotherThing'', takes its title from ''So Long and Thanks'', and even quotes the section at the start. It's possible that he wanted to mark it as different to separate it from "the {{canon}}", as implied by the SelfDeprecating introduction.
* The German guy from ''Literature/{{Hoot}}'' with the four Rottweilers, called [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Max, Karl, Klaus]], and [[FluffyTheTerrible Pookie Face]].
* In ''Literature/HuntersMoon1989'', most foxes have names like O-ha, A-ho, A-konkon, O-sollo, O-mitz, and A-cam. Camio is the exception because he's a fox from an American zoo. He refuses to change his name.
* The ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' began with ''Eragon'' and ''Eldest'', both of which start with "E" and have six letters. Fans speculated that the last book in the trilogy would be called ''Empire'', but the author eventually made it a quartet with the final books titled ''Brisingr'' and ''Inheritance'', respectively.
* In ''Literature/TheJoyLuckClub'' by Creator/AmyTan, one of the daughters has four brothers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and Bing. To elaborate, [[spoiler:guess which one tragically dies when the daughter fails to keep an eye on him?]]
* In the ''Literature/KateShugak'' novels, the Grosdidier brothers, who serve as the Park's [=EMTs=], are Matthew, Mark, Luke and Pete.
* All of Lynn Kurland's romance novels are titled after songs, with the exceptions of her novellas (except ''To Kiss In The Shadows'', which was released as a single paperback novel) and her books ''Dreams of Stardust'' and ''Much Ado in the Moonlight''. There doesn't seem to be a particular reason for [=DoS=], but [=MAitM=] is an allusion to the Shakespeare play ''Much Ado About Nothing'' because Shakespeare features heavily in the plot.
* Subverted in Creator/ChristopherMoore's ''Literature/LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff''. All of Balthasar's concubines have elaborately long names usually referring to sex, such as "Tiny Feet of the Divine Dance of Joyous Orgasm" and "Delicate Personage of Two Fu Dogs Wrestling Under a Blanket", with the sole exception of Sue ("Short for Susanna"). Naturally, if any of them are going to be important, it'd be her -- right? [[spoiler:Nope. When the demon Balthasar was keeping sealed gets unleashed and starts killing everyone, it's ''Joy'' (Biff's name for Tiny Feet of the Divine Dance of Joyous Orgasm, because she didn't take kindly to being called "Orgasm") who survives the ordeal and has the biggest role.]]
* In ''Literature/LittleWomen'', of the four March sisters, Amy is the only one to go by her full first name, presumably because it's so short to begin with, while her sisters Meg, Jo and Beth all go by nicknames. She's also the only one whose name is two syllables instead of just one. On the other hand, when we remember Meg, Jo and Beth's full names (Margaret, Josephine, and Elizabeth), then Amy's name stands out as the shortest.
* In the novel ''Murder at Avedon Hill'', the five children in the Avedon family are named Richard, Carin, Edvard, Jon, and Julienne. [[spoiler:Edvard is a vampire-bite victim and Julienne has some sort of magical affinity.]]
* The villains of ''Literature/MyWorkIsNotYetDone'' are named Harry, Barry, Perry, Sherry, Mary, Kerrie and... Richard.
* In ''Nobody, Him, and Me'', Nobody's name has three syllables instead of one.
* ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' is more like "normal name out" with the Curtis brothers: the eldest's name, Darry (short for Darrell), is a bit unusual, but the younger two are [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Sodapop and Ponyboy]]. The latter is the protagonist.
* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, one of the Showtime Fairies, Darcy, is referred to as a Diva instead of a Fairy.
* In ''Literature/RamonaQuimby'', the oldest Quimby sister Beatrice is the only one not to have an R-name. Her sisters are Ramona and Roberta.
* In ''Literature/RoysBedoys'':
** Most of the boys have made-up names (Roys, Loys, Maker, Coder) but then there's the minor character Hopper, and that ''is'' a real boy's name, if rare.
** Likewise, most of the girls have real, if obscure, names -- Wen, Truly, Flora. However, Roys and Loys's sister Joys is the only girl in the series with a made-up name.
* ''Literature/SamTheCatDetective'': The Flying Fangs (former circus cats) are named Wang, Chang, Drang, and Strum. Interestingly, Strum is the only one who doesn't take part in the others' attempts at making rap music, and seems to find the whole thing embarrassing.
* In Daniel Handler's ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'':
** Sunny, Klaus, and Violet Baudelaire. Violet was actually the name of Claus von Bulow's lawyer.
** Isadora, Duncan, and Quigley Quagmire
** Frank, Ernest, and Dewey Denouement.
** While the names of the first 12 books are alliterative, the last book is simply called "The End".
* ''Literature/TheSneetchesAndOtherStories'': Sylvester [=McMonkey=] [=McBean=] is a double whammy-- "Sylvester" is the only one of his names without a "Mc", while "[=McMonkey=]" is the only one that isn't a real name.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** The direwolves are named Nymeria, Ghost, Summer, Lady, Grey Wind, and... Shaggydog, who was named by a three-year old. It's also an ironic name, given that Shaggydog is the most wild and savage. In a different way, Nymeria is also the odd one out, as she is not named after an English word, but rather an in-universe person: Nymeria of the Rhoynar, the historical ancestor of the Martells, who led her people to Dorne.
** Stannis Baratheon is the only one of his siblings not to have an R name: Robert (older) and Renly (younger).
** The bastard surnames of every Kingdom: Flowers from the fertile Reach, Sands from the deserts of Dorne, Hill from the rocky Westerlands, Snow from the freezing North, Stone from the mountainous Vale, Waters from the Crownlands, Storm from the Stormlands, Rivers from the Riverlands... and Pyke from the Iron Islands. It's marginally justified, since Pyke is the name of the largest Iron Island, but it still doesn't fit with the theme; bastards from the Reach aren't called "Highgarden". Something like "Salt" or "Sea" would fit the pattern much better.
** Dorne is the only region of the Seven Kingdoms not named after an English word, and it is therefore always capitalized.
** Prince Duncan Targaryen is the only member of the royal family ever to have a non-Valyrian name, as he was named for his father's commoner best friend.
** Rhaenyra Targaryen's children are named Jacaerys, Lucerys, Joffrey, Aegon, and Viserys. Out of these five, only Joffrey had a non-Valyrian name, since he was named after his father's friend and probable lover, Joffrey Lonmouth, whose house was of native Westerosi origin.
** Daenerys' three dragons, in a way. Two of them (Rhaegal and Viserion) are named after Targaryen figures, hence their names are technically Valyrian. The other one, Drogon, is named after her late husband, who hailed from a foreign culture, the Dothraki.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': Wookiees, across both canon and ''Legends'', generally have OnlyOneName (Chewbacca, Tarfful, Gungi, etc)... except for Burryaga Agaburry from ''[[Franchise/StarWarsTheHighRepublic The High Republic]]'', who has a last name for some reason.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** Comes up in the ''Literature/XWingSeries'' novel ''Wedge's Gamble''. A pilot sees a freighter named ''Contruum's Pride'' and knows it's not legit because it doesn't fit that planet's [[ThemeNaming naming system]]. There are holes in his theory — couldn't this ship be ignoring tradition, or not an official Contruum ship? — but as it turns out it's full of TIE fighters.
--->'''Cracken:''' Contruum's my homeworld. Naming conventions for ships restrict virtues to capital ships. Transports are named for beasts of burden and rivers.
** Han and Leia's children: [[ThemeTwinNaming Jacen, Jaina]], and [[DeadGuyJunior Anakin?]] Not intentional, just that the people behind ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'' didn't know Jacen and Jaina existed.
* In ''Literature/{{Superfolks}}'', the narration says: "Beyond Edgeville the land gradually flattened, and was covered, in turn, by Nearville, Fairville, Floralville, Gardenville, Oakville, Pleasantville, Vistaville, Sunnyville, Strongville, Roseville, Middleville, Townville, Ladyville, Robinville, Flatville, Spudville, Branchville, Farville, Tideville, Oceanville, and Parsons Corners."
* ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit'': Peter Rabbit's sisters were named Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail. This gives us two examples in one family: "Peter" as the only rabbit sibling with a human name and "Cottontail" as the only sister without an "-opsy" name.
** Parodied in ''ComicBook/TomStrong'', where Tom's FunnyAnimal counterpart, [[AnimalSuperheroes Warren Strong]] has three daughters (Tesla's counterparts) called Topsy, Turvy, and Fluffytail. Fluffytail prefers to be called Delilah.
** Also parodied in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'''s {{filler}} side story, with Flopsy, Mopsy, and [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche Nietzsche]].
* Similarly, in ''Literature/TheTaleOfTomKitten'', Tom is the only kitten who has a human name; his sisters are Moppet and Mittens. His name is also a MeaningfulName, since "tom" can mean "male cat" and he's the only boy.
* In ''Literature/{{Team Human}},'' Mel doesn't want to tell us her own first name ([[spoiler:[[GivenNameReveal Mellifluous]]), while her younger brother is named Lancelot. She's a little bitter that her older sister, Kristin, was born before her parents decided to get "creative."
* ''Literature/ThursdayNext'': In ''First Among Sequels'', Thursday's children are Friday, Tuesday, and Jenny. [[spoiler:Except that Jenny doesn't actually exist -- the villain from one of the previous novels planted fake memories of her in Thursday's brain.]]
* ''Literature/TortallUniverse'': Princess Vania of Conté, youngest of Jon and Thayet's six children, is the only one of her siblings, and indeed the only one of the known children of any of the series' various protagonists, who is not in some fashion a DeadGuyJunior or named in honour of a deceased character. Her older siblings are named after, in order, her paternal grandfather (Roald), her maternal grandmother (Kalasin), her great-grandfather (Jasson), the late Shang Dragon (Liam) and her paternal grandmother (Lianne).
* Creator/JohnRingo's ''Literature/TroyRising'': In ''Live Free or Die'', on an alien space station that no human has ever heard of or been to:
-->"What do you mean you can't keep up? It's just Ingr, Gurcaur, Hathan, Fandent, and Bob. How much can they be drinking?"
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', the majority of the 1000+ characters have compound names like Bluestar, Mudclaw, Russetfur, Cedarpelt, Whitestorm, etc., due to the Clans' naming format. So when there's a cat living in the Clans with a name like Boulder, Daisy, or Millie, it sticks out and signifies that the cat isn't originally from the Clans and feels strongly enough about their identity not to change their name.
** Played for laughs in ''Graystripe's Vow''. A group of kittypets has decided to form their own Clan, and have given themselves new Clan-style names for when they hang out together: Monkeystar, Clawwhistle, Fireface, Bugeater, Bigteeth... and Chester. Due to Graystripe's bemused reaction, Chester explains that having two names was too much to bother with and that he's happy with keeping it as-is.
* In ''Literature/WingsOfFire'', the six queens of the [=RainWings=] are named Magnificent, Splendor, Dazzling, Grandeur, Exquisite, and Fruit Bat. Kinkajou [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this when introducing them to Glory.
* In ''Literature/TheWitcher'' there's a passing mention of royal quadruplets from Ebbing, called Putzi, Gritzi, Mitzi and Juan Pablo Vassermiller.
