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** Ironically, Rory is actually Lorelai III, as it would be revealed that Lorelai (her mother) is named after her grandmother, who was also named Lorelai but exclusively went by "Trix."
** Luke's full first name is Lucas, and he makes it known that Mia is the only one allowed to use it.


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* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit:'' Dominick Carisi, Jr. goes exclusively by "Sonny" when he's not a LastNameBasis with someone. He's the "son" to [[AncestralName his father's]] Dominick Carisi, Sr. He's only ever referred to as "Dominick" twice: once by [[LoveInterest Amanda]] and once by [[WellDoneSonGuy Olivia]].
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* ''Series/TheNightAgent'': Peter's friend Cisco is only identfied once with his full first name, Francisco, when he calls for backup.
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* DJ Tanner on ''Series/FullHouse'' (and later, ''Series/FullerHouse''). Her real name is Donna Jo.

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* DJ Tanner on ''Series/FullHouse'' (and later, ''Series/FullerHouse''). Her real name is Donna Jo. Additionally, her uncle Jesse's real name is revealed to be Hermes.
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** Three of the humanoid Cylons are known only by their names with their model numbers unmentioned until Season 4: [[spoiler: Cavil is Number One, Leoben is Two and Simon is Four.]]
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* ''Series/DarkWinds'': Bernadette Manuelito is usually nicknamed Bern by other people.
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* The real name of Pudding from ''Series/ItsAwfullyBadForYourEyesDarling'' is "Gillian", only she's hardly ever called that.
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* ''Series/RoomAtTheBottom1967'': While Happy's surname (Brazier) was commonly used, his first name was never used in favour of his nickname.
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* ''Series/HighFidelity'': Rob is only called her full name Robyn occasionally.
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Bobbie was referred to "Barbara Jean" by Luke


* ''Series/GeneralHospital'': Lucas Lorenzo "Lucky" Spencer, Jr. Mainly to differentiate him from his more famous father, the male half of the [[UrExample original]] SuperCouple. His father himself is only known as "Luke". His nephew Lucas, also named after him, is the only one of the three to avert this. Luke also slightly inverts this, being the only one in town to call the women in his life by their real names rather than the nicknames everyone else uses -- sister Bobbie ("Barbara"), niece Carly ("Caroline"), friend Alexis ("Natasha"), and daughter Lulu ("Lesley Lu").

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* ''Series/GeneralHospital'': Lucas Lorenzo "Lucky" Spencer, Jr. Mainly to differentiate him from his more famous father, the male half of the [[UrExample original]] SuperCouple. His father himself is only known as "Luke". His nephew Lucas, also named after him, is the only one of the three to avert this. Luke also slightly inverts this, being the only one in town to call the women in his life by their real names rather than the nicknames everyone else uses -- sister Bobbie ("Barbara"), ("Barbara Jean"), niece Carly ("Caroline"), friend Alexis ("Natasha"), and daughter Lulu ("Lesley Lu").
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* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', Jack O'Neill's real name is apparently Jonathan, but no one calls him anything but Jack.

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