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** Antoine D'Coolette from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''.
** Antoine Doinel from ''Film/TheAdventuresOfAntoineDoinel''.
** Antoine Doinel from ''Film/TheAdventuresOfAntoineDoinel''.
** Louis Bernard in ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooMuch".
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** Claude Frollo from ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.
** Claude Frollo from ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.
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** Gaston Leroux, author of ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.
** Gaston from the duo ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_and_Gaston Alphonse and Gaston]].
** Gaston from the duo ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_and_Gaston Alphonse and Gaston]].
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[[folder:Filipino]]
Well, almost any Spanish name can work for a Filipino character; just remove the diacritics marks except the tilde on the ñ. One can also mix an Anglophone given name and a Spanish given name to come up with a name; John Martinez, for example may be the name of a Filipino. Religious names are common among Filipinos, due to a custom to name their children after Catholic saints and Biblical characters. However, a significant minority of Filipinos are Muslims, so more Arabic-sounding names can be expected. Likewise, a Chinese surname can be used instead for Chinese-Filipinos.
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Juan[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
** Juan, or Juan dela Cruz refers to the common Filipino, and acts as [[MrSmith a placeholder name for Filipino men]].
** Juan "Johnnie" Rico from ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' who was Filipino in the novel but gets a {{Race Lift}} in adaptions.
* Jose[[note]]'Joseph'[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Maria
** Maria, or Maria Clara is the feminine equivalent of Juan (dela Cruz), i.e. [[MrSmith a placeholder name for Filipino women]].
[[AC:Last names]]
* Any name with (dela) or (delos), e.g. Delos Santos
* Cruz
* Flores
* Galang
* Martinez
* Mendoza
* Santos
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[[folder:Finnish]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Eino
* Matti[[note]]'Matthew'[[/note]]
* Mika[[note]]Short form of 'Mikael', the Finnish form of 'Michael'[[/note]]
* Pekka[[note]]'Peter'[[/note]]
* Timo[[note]]'Tim'[[/note]]
** ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': Finland's "human name" [[ShapedLikeItself is Timo]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS or Tino]].
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Laura
** Laura Vanamo, the Finnish singer who covered a Japanese song in Finnish.
* Marja-Liisa[[note]]'Maria-Lisa'[[/note]]
* Saara[[note]]'Sarah'[[/note]]
[[AC:Last names]]
* Anything with "nen" at the end -- ''Kääriäinen'', ''Häkkinen'' etc. ''Eight'' of the 10 most common Finnish surnames end this way.
** Virtanen[[note]]"Stream"[[/note]] is the Finnish "everyman" surname, equivalent to "Smith" in English. It's also the second most common Finnish surname.
* Lahti[[note]]"Bay/Cove"[[/note]]
** Also the name of a city in Finland.
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[[folder:French]]
[[AC:General]]
* Hyphenated first names are common to both sexes -- ''Jean-Luc'', ''Marie-Louise'', etc.
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Antoine[[note]]'Anthony'[[/note]]
** Antoine the French exchange student from ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries''.
* Arsène[[note]]"Virile", from the Ancient Greek name 'Arsenios'[[/note]]
** In Japanese media especially, almost certainly meant to be a ShoutOut to Literature/ArseneLupin -- the most famous, of course, being [[Franchise/LupinIII his supposed grandson]].
* Bernard
* Charles
* Claude
* Didier[[note]]"Longing/Desire", from the Late Roman name 'Desiderius'[[/note]]
* François/Francis[[note]]"Frenchman"[[/note]]
** ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': France's "human name" [[ShapedLikeItself is Francis]].
* Gaston[[note]]Possibly "stranger/guest"[[/note]]
** Gaston from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
* Jacques[[note]]'Jacob'/'James'[[/note]]
* Jean[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
** Jean Valjean from ''Literature/LesMiserables''.
** This is often made the first part of a compound name, ''e.g.'':
*** Jean-Luc Picard of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
*** Jean-Pierre Polnareff of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure''
* Louis
* Marcel[[note]]"Of Mars", from the Ancient Roman name 'Marcellus', etymologically related to 'Mark'[[/note]]
** Marcello in ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' has an Italianized form of the name used in the original novel.
* Maurice: Especially prominent before the TurnOfTheMillennium, thanks to Creator/MauriceChevalier.
** ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'', natually, names its FrenchJerk BigBad ''Meow''rice.
** Belle's father from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is name Maurice
* Michel[[note]]'Michael'[[/note]]
* Philippe[[note]]'Philip'[[/note]]
* Pierre[[note]]'Peter'[[/note]]
** [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]] is called "Pierre Nodoyuna" in the Latin Spanish dub, to go with his French accent.
** ''VideoGame/ReaderRabbit'' features Pierre the Raccoon, a CampCook who fancies himself a [[FrenchCuisineIsHaughty French chef]].
* Rémy[[note]]"Oarsman/Rower"[[/note]]
** The rat protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' is named Rémy.
* René[[note]]"Born again", from the Late Roman name 'Renatus'[[/note]]
** René Mathis, Literature/JamesBond's go-to French contact in the original Creator/IanFleming novels
** René Belloq, Indy's rival in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
* Serge[[note]]Possibly "servant", from the Ancient Roman name 'Sergius'[[/note]]
* Thierry[[note]]"Ruler of the people", a cognate of 'Theodoric' and by extension, 'Derek'[[/note]]
* Xavier[[note]]"The new house", after the Jesuit priest St. Francis Xavier[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Anything with "ette" or "elle" at the end--''Suzette'', ''Rochelle'', etc.
** Suzette La Sweet, French duchess character in ''Toys/{{Lalaloopsy}}''.
* Amélie[[note]]'Amelia'[[/note]]
* Chantal/Chantelle
* Charlotte
* Clémence[[note]]Variant of 'Clémentine', but without the fruit associations[[/note]]
* Colette[[note]]Short for 'Nicolette', a diminutive of 'Nicole'[[/note]]
** Colette Tatou from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}''.
** Colette, French member of the Thea Sisters in the ''[[Literature/GeronimoStilton Thea Stilton]]'' series.
* Didi (French-Canadian)
* Élodie
* Éloïse
** President Eloise Pritchart of [[FantasyCounterpartCulture The Republic of Haven]] from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' novels.
* Françoise[[note]]'Frances'[[/note]]
** Françoise Arnoul, aka [[Manga/Cyborg009 Cyborg 003]]
* Lola
* Maëlys[[note]]"Prince/Chieftan/Lord"[[/note]]
* Madeleine/Madeline[[note]]'[[Literature/TheBible Magdalene]]'[[/note]]
** The title character of ''Literature/{{Madeline}}'', obviously.
* Margot
** Margot Bonvalet from ''Theatre/TheDesertSong''.
* Marie
* Marianne[[note]]the legendary personification of the French Republic[[/note]]
** Marianne Beaunoir from ''The New Moon''.
* Nathalie
* Nicole
* Sophie
** Sophie Neveu from ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode''.
[[AC:Last names]]
* "De" something or "du" something
** Delacroix
** Dubois
** Dupont
*** Dupont and Dupond, original names of [[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Thompson and Thomson]]. (Actually Belgian).
*** ''ComicBook/{{Superdupont}}'', a French parody superhero.
** Durand
* Girard[[note]]From the given name 'Gérard'[[/note]]
* Lémieux (if French-Canadian)
** French-Canadian goalie Denis Lemieux from ''Film/SlapShot''.
* Moreau[[note]]From a diminutive of 'Maurus/Maurice', a possible cognate of 'Moore'[[/note]]
* Perrin/Perrine[[note]]From a diminutive of 'Pierre'[[/note]]
* Roux[[note]]"Red"[[/note]]
* Sauvage[[note]]'Savage'[[/note]]
* Tremblay[[note]]"Aspen"[[/note]] (if French-Canadian)
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's the most common surname in Québec.
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[[folder:German/Austrian]]
Note that almost all of the following names are considered quite old-fashioned by Germans these days. [[http://www.firstnamesgermany.com/ Look no further.]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Adolf/Adolph[[note]]Contraction of Athalwolf, "noble wolf"[[/note]]
** [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Oh, just guess.]]
** Also Adolf Tegtmeyer, the Ruhr Valley persona created by German comedian Jürgen von Manger since 1961.
** The name actually already became less and less popular in German-speaking countries around 1900 (i. e. not long after Hitler was born). It then was given to more boy children during Nazi rule and fell completely out of favour after 1945.
** Adolphus is a common variation in English-speaking countries.
* Dieter/Diether/Deuter/Dietrich[[note]]"Ruler of the people," also the German cognate of Theodoric (but not Theodore)[[/note]]
** Dieter Müller, German goalkeeper from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa''.
** The host of ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Sprockets]]''.
* Franz[[note]]'Francis'[[/note]]
** Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
** Austrian body-builder Franz, teamed up with Hans in ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
** Franz Liebkind in ''Film/TheProducers''.
* Fritz/Friedrich[[note]]'Frederick'[[/note]]
** "Fritz" a standard slang term meaning "German" for quite some time, much like "Ivan" with Russians.
*** "Fridolin", which like "Fritz" is a variant of "Friedrich" (albeit a more antiquated one) was a slang term for "German" in France and the Francophone part of Belgium at least until 1945.
** ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'' has TheIgor {{Determinator}} maniac Fritz as part of the SpotlightStealingSquad.
** Fritz, Victor Frankenstein's [[TheIgor henchman]] in ''[[Film/{{Frankenstein1931}} Frankenstein]]'' (1931).
** Fritz, one of ''ComicStrip/TheKatzenjammerKids''.
** Professor Friedrich Bhaer from ''Literature/LittleWomen''. They do call him Fritz as a nickname, too.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'', the animated movie by Creator/RalphBakshi, has the memorable "[[ComicBook/FritzTheCat They've killed]] [[WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat Fritz]]!" scene.
* Gunther/Günther
** Gunther Hermann from ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* Hans/Hansel[[note]]Short form for 'Johann', or 'John' via its Latin form 'Johannes'[[/note]]
** Look through [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimms' Fairy Tales]]. If the hero of the story has a first name, it's probably Hans.
*** Keeping with the European tradition of the Iohannes-derived names John(Jack)/Johann(Hans)/Jean/Ivan/etc. as a common and/or stock name for characters or everymen.
** Johann Schmidt, civilian name of the [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]], German for "John Smith".
** Hans Gruber, the criminal mastermind in ''Film/DieHard''.
** [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Johann Krauss]].
** Hans, Fritz's cohort in ''ComicStrip/TheKatzenjammerKids''.
** [[Anime/{{Monster}} Johan Liebert]]
** Austrian body-builder Hans, teamed up with Franz in ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
** ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' had the Baroque composer Johann Gambolputty... [[OverlyLongName de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle]]...
** One probable reason "Johann[es]" was cemented as an old-fashioned German name for English-speakers is that it was borne by a ''lot'' of famous musicians and composers -- [[Music/JohannesBrahms Brahms]], [[Music/JohannSebastianBach Bach]], Strauss (three Strausses, actually)... As Rob Paravonian put it, while admitting he didn't know [[PachelbelsCanonProgression Pachelbel]]'s first name, "Probably Johann. They're ''all'' named Johann." (Indeed, Pachelbel ''was'' named Johann.)
* Heinrich[[note]]'Henry'[[/note]]
** Heinrich Himmler.
** Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Krüger) in ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix1965''.
** Heinrich [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] Marzipan of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', basically a G-rated NaziNobleman meant to oppose [[RaidersOfTheLostParody Numbuh 5's many Indy-parody episodes]]. His last appearance reveals [[spoiler:[[GenderBender "his"]] real name to be ''Henrietta''.]]
** Heinz, as in the ketchup brand or [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Heinz Doofenshmirtz]], is one of the many forms derived from Heinrich, along with e.g. Heiner and Henning.
** Heinrich was one of the most common German names since the Middle Ages, thus the German near-equivalent of the English expression "Tom, Dick and Harry"[[note]]Harry is an English form of 'Henry'[[/note]] is "Hinz und Kunz" (short for Heinrich and Konrad, respectively).
* Hermann[[note]]"Army man", a cognate of 'Herman'[[/note]]
** A background villain in ComicBook/ThePunisher named Hermann the German.
** Weiner fast-food chain ''Herman ze German''.
* Karl
** Karl Heinz Schneider, German star soccer player from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa''.
** Creator/KarlMarx, the father of Communism.
* Klaus[[note]]Short for Nikolaus, 'Nicholas'[[/note]]
** The {{g|ermanicDepressives}}rumpy and much put-upon NATO agent in ''Manga/FromEroicaWithLove'' is Klaus von dem Eberbach.
** Klaus Heissler of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', an [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany East-German]] Olympian that [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext swapped brains with a goldfish]].
* Kurt
** Kurt Müller (Hardy Krüger) in ''Film/{{Hatari}}''.
** Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/XMen Kurt]] Wagner was [[FamousNamedForeigner named after Austrian U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim]].
* Ludwig
** Music/LudwigVanBeethoven
** ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': [[NationsAsPeople Germany's]] "human name" is Ludwig, with no surname given. If a surname is needed, fans tend to default to giving him the same surname as his older brother Prussia, Beilschmidt (where "Schmidt" is also a common surname in German and is a component in several surnames).
* Max
** [[Literature/MaxAndMoritz and Moritz]].
** Max, the "hero" of ''Theatre/DerFreischutz''.
** Uncle Max from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''
* Otto
** Dr. Otto Scratchansniff from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''
** Otto Piffl (Horst Buchholz) in ''Film/OneTwoThree''.
** Minor ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' supporting character Professor Otto Schulze in ''The Shooting Star''.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]], DependingOnTheWriter, may have his HerrDoktor aspects played up enough to qualify. Particularly in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries the '90s cartoon]] and ComicBook/SpiderManNoir (where he's an [[StupidJetpackHitler out-and-out Nazi]]).
* Peter
** Literature/{{Heidi}}'s best pal.
** Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}} or "Shockheaded Peter".
** A diminutive form is Peterchen, which becomes "Peterkin" in Robert Southey's "The Battle of Blenheim".
* Rudolf
** [[Literature/ThePrisonerOfZenda King Rudolf of Ruritania]]
* Siegfried
** Siegfried from ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'', of course. A few months after Music/RichardWagner finished ''Siegfried'', he had a son named Siegfried, who grew up to become a composer in his own right.
** Troubled young knight Siegfried Schtauffen of the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
** Siegfried [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] Schroeder of ''Anime/YuGiOh'', who naturally plays an entire Valkyrie-themed deck.
* Wilhelm, also Willy, Willi[[note]]'William'[[/note]]
** Kaiser Wilhelm II (and I, too)
** Wilhelm, Literature/{{Lenore}}'s demon lover in Bürger's ballad.
** Wilhelm, the tragic protagonist of ''Music/TheBlackRider''.
** Willi Schickel (Gert Fröbe), the fastest driver of the Berlin underworld, shanghaied into participating in a race in ''Monte Carlo or Bust!''
* Wolfgang
** Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart
** Wolfgang Grimmer from ''Anime/{{Monster}}''
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Anna/Anne
** Ännchen ("Annie") in ''Theatre/DerFreischutz''.
* Bertha/Berta
* Brunhilde[[note]]"Armor/protection [in/for] battle"[[/note]]: For stout, no-nonsense types.
* Dagmar[[note]]"Day maid"[[/note]]
* Elsa
** The dangerously duplicitous love interest from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''
** Partly thanks to Richard Wagner's ''Theatre/{{Lohengrin}}''.
* Frieda
** Frieda, the German maid in ''Theatre/MarginForError''.
** Frieda Hatzfeld, the Munich primadonna in ''Music in the Air''.
** A German character from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
* Greta/Gretel/Gretchen[[note]]All diminutives of 'Margarethe', or 'Margaret'[[/note]]
** Popularized by the female lead of Goethe's ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'', "Gretchen" seems to be more common in America than in Germany these days. In Germany, "Gretchen" has an association of "young, innocent, naive" -- traits that the eponymous "Gretchen" in Faust possesses and aided by the "-chen" diminutive[[note]]A syllable that indicates something is the "little version" of something -- English does not have such a feature, but a good translation of "Gretchen" would be "little Greta"[[/note]].
** ''Literature/HanselAndGretel''.
** Gretel is the cherubic youngest [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Von Trapp]] daughter.
* Hedwig/Hedy
* Helga: Another stereotypically brawny, and intimidating female character, as per Brunhilde above.
* Hildegard/Hilde
** The deranged Dr Hildegard Lanstrom from ''Series/RedDwarf''.
** Princess Hildegard Von Krone from the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
* Katharina[[note]]'Katherine'[[/note]]
** Also as Kätchen, Käthchen, Kati, Käthe, Kathrin.
** Kathie, the barmaid and LoveInterest of ''The Student Prince''.
* Kunigunde[[note]]"Family/clan war"[[/note]]
** Mostly for stories set in the past, especially the chivalric Middle Ages, as the name fell out of fashion afterwards. This is possibly the reason why Voltaire chose it--in its French spelling Cunégonde--as the name for the Westphalian baron's daughter in ''Literature/{{Candide}}''.
** Kunigunde von Thurneck is the aristocratic antagonist of the commoner Käthchen in Heinrich von Kleist's play ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'' ("Katie of Heilbronn"). They both vie for the affections of the knight Friedrich Wetter von Strahl.
* Lotte[[note]]Short for 'Charlotte'[[/note]]
** Lotte Frank from ''Anime/{{Monster}}''
** Werther's object of desire in ''Literature/TheSorrowsOfYoungWerther''.
* Maria
** Mitzi (sometimes spelled Mizzi) is derived from "Maria".
** At least in the 18th and 19th century the stereotype was that "Maria" (as in UsefulNotes/MariaTheresa) was the preferred form in Catholic regions, while in Protestant regions they preferred the French form "Marie".
** Young novice nun from the beloved classic ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
* Marlene/Marleen[[note]]A combination of 'Maria/Marie' with either 'Magdalene' or 'Helene'[[/note]]
** Well-known not least thanks to Marlene Dietrich and the song ''Lili Marleen''.
** In [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimms' Fairy Tales]], the story of ''Literature/TheJuniperTree'' contains Marleenken, whose name is a Low German diminutive of this (in High German: Marlenchen).
* Minna[[note]]"[[CourtlyLove Love]]", or a short form of 'Wilhelmina/Wilhelmine'[[/note]]
** The titular heroine of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's classic comedy ''Minna von Barnhelm''.
** What is called a "Black Maria" in English, i.e. a police van, is called a ''Grüne Minna'' ("Green Minna") in German slang.
* Ursula/Ursel/Uschi
** The German artist Uschi Undsoweiter, a recurring character from the Dutch comic series ''Franka'' by Henk Kuijpers.
* Wilhelmine (the variant Wilhelmina is more common outside of Germany)
** ''Call Me Madam'' uses Wilhelmina to rhyme with "ocarina".
** Wilhelmine is Kaspar's little granddaughter in Robert Southey's poem ''[[UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession The Battle of Blenheim]]''.
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* Meyer [[note]]an archaic term for 'estate manager'[[/note]]
** Also spelled Mayr, Meier, Mayer, etc.
* Müller [[note]]'miller'[[/note]]
** Also occurs in variants such as Mueller, Möller, Moller, and Miller.
** Kurt Müller (Hardy Krüger) in ''Film/{{Hatari}}''.
** Müller (usually spelled "Muller"), the German-born head of the Indian forestry service in Creator/RudyardKipling's ''In the Rukh'', the short story in which [[Literature/TheJungleBook Mowgli]] first appeared.
** Dr. Müller, a recurring villain from ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''.
** Miller is relatively uncommon as an English surname except as an [[NaturalizedName Anglicization]] of Müller, which is sometimes a plot point. [[note]]In England, Miller had the same ring as "Tax Collector". On the continent, it was just an ordinary name.[[/note]]
* Piefke. What Austrians call Prussians and by extension, people from the Federal Republic of Germany.
* Schultz [[note]]roughly 'sherrif'[[/note]]
** Also Schulz, Schultze, Schulte, Schulze.
** Müller und Schmidt are the two most common names in Germany, with Schultz "only" being the ninth most common.
** Professor Schultze from ''Literature/TheBegumsMillions''.
** ''Series/HogansHeroes'': John Banner played Sergeant Schultz.
** Schulze and Müller were two recurring comical characters from the Berlin satirical weekly ''Kladderadatsch'' (founded in 1848), portrayed as typical Berliners.
** ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' has Professor Otto Schulze in ''The Shooting Star''. In the German translation the "twin detectives" Dupond and Dupont are called Schulze and Schultze.
* Schmidt [[note]]'Smith', though the modern spelling is Schmied[[/note]]
** Which occurs in several variants, e.g. Schmid, Schmitt, Schmitz, Smidt.
** Johann Schmidt (sometimes given the non-German spelling Shmidt), original name of the [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]]. German for "John Smith".
** ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': [[NationsAsPeople Prussia's (and, in fanworks, Germany's)]] "human surname" is Beilschmidt.
* Schneider [[note]]'tailor'[[/note]]
* Schröder [[note]]archaic term for 'tailor'[[/note]]
** Also Schroeder, Schrader, etc.
** [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Schroeder]], a German-American character named after an acquaintance of Charles M. Schulz.
* [[TheVonTropeFamily von Something]]
* Wagner [[note]]'wainwright'[[/note]]
** Seventh most common surname in Germany, also occurs in variants like Wegner, Wegener and Wehner. Some German-Americans changed the spelling to Wagoner.
** Kurt Wagner, civilian name of the ComicBook/XMen's Nightcrawler, he was [[FamousNamedForeigner named after]] Music/RichardWagner.
** As was Igor Wagner, Bianca Castafiore's accompanist from ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''.
* Lehmann [[note]]'liege'[[/note]]
** Journalist Egon Erwin Kisch (a native of Prague) reports that before World War I, it was common in Austria-Hungary to refer to Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany as "Lehmann" and Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary as "Prohaska", using two very common surnames from their respective countries. Which brings us to:
* Czech surnames like Prohaska or Svoboda as a stereotype for Austrians among Germans.
* Polish surnames as a stereotype for inhabitants of the Ruhr Valley.
* In German there was an explosion of double-barrelled names thanks due to the feminist movement of the 1970s, partly because German-speaking countries generally do not have American-type "middle names" (e.g. turning a woman's maiden name into a middle name on marriage), partly because until quite recently, it was generally not allowed for a husband and wife to have completely different surnames (so either one partner had to take the other's surname or combine it double-barrel fashion with their original one). A classic example is former Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger.
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[[folder:Greek]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Aristotelis
** Usually referencing the ancient philosopher Aristotle (of which this is the modern Greek form of) or his namesake, the world famous billionaire Aristotelis Onassis.
* Konstantinos[[note]]'Constantine'[[/note]]
* Kostas[[note]]A short form of 'Konstantinos'[[/note]]
* [[Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding Nick]], Nick, Nick and... Nick
* Spiros/Spyros (or Spiro)[[note]]A short form of 'Spyridon', which means "basket" or "spirit". This is also the name of a saint.[[/note]]
* Stavros (or Stavro)[[note]]"Cross"[[/note]]
* Stelios [[RunningGag (or Stelio)]][[note]]"Pillar", also the name of a saint.[[/note]]
* Yianni/Yiannis/Giannis[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Athina ([[MyNaymeIs note the spelling]])
* Eleni[[note]]'Helen'[[/note]]
* Georgina/Georgia
* Nia
* Petra
* Sophia
* Thalia
* [[Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding Toula]], Tula
* Xena/Xenia[[note]]"Hospitality", a core value in Ancient Greek society. This is also a name of a saint in the Eastern Orthrodox Church.[[/note]]
[[AC:Last names]]
* Anything ending in '-poulos'.[[note]]'-poulos' is a patronymic suffix in Greek, equivalent of '-son' in English. Seeing a pattern with all these European names?[[/note]]
** ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'s nemesis Rastapopoulos, although he is more of an international villain as his first name is Roberto.
* Contostavlos
** As in, Tula Paulina and Costadinos (better known as Tulisa and Dappy of N-Dubz).
* Papadopoulos[[note]]"Son of the priest"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it is one of the most common surnames in Greece.
** [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Apollo's]] surname [[MortalityEnsues as a human]] is Papadopoulos in ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo''.
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[[folder:Hungarian]]
[[AC:Masculine given names]]
* Béla
** Béla Bartòk
** Bela Lugosi, the original Dracula
** Bela de Magpyr of ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', a brazen shout-out to Bela Lugosi
* László[[note]]'Vladislav', also the name of an 11th-century king of Hungary who is venerated as a saint[[/note]]
** This was the birth name of Creator/PeterLorre; he was born in Austria-Hungary
* Zoltán[[note]]Possibly "Sultan"[[/note]]
** [[Literature/BloodFever Zoltan the Magyar]]
** [[Film/DudeWheresMyCar Zoltan, leader of the UFO cult]]
** [[Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch Zoltan Bathory]]
** Film/ZoltanHoundOfDracula
** Zoltan Karpathy, "that dreadful Hungarian" in ''Theatre/MyFairLady''
[[AC:Feminine given names]]
* Bianka/Bianca
** Bianca, the Hungarian representative of the Rescue Aid Society in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers''
* Kata[[note]]'Kate'[[/note]]
* Magdalena
* Tamara
* Zsófia[[note]]'Sophia'; note that in Hungarian, 'zs' is pronounced as "zh", like the French "j" or the 's' in 'vision'[[/note]]
[[AC:Family names (note that in Hungarian these are properly stated FIRST, before the given name)]]
* Horvath[[note]]"Of Croatian descent"[[/note]]
* Kiss[[note]]"Small", pronounced "Kish"[[/note]]
* Kovács/Kovach[[note]]"Blacksmith", pronounced "KO-vatch"[[/note]]
* Nagy[[note]]"Big", pronounced "Nodge"[[/note]]
* Németh[[note]]"German"[[/note]]
* Szabó[[note]]"Tailor", pronounced "SAW-bo"[[/note]]
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[[folder:Icelandic]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Dýri
* Egill[[note]]"Awe, terror"[[/note]]
** Egil/Egill from ''Literature/EgilsSaga''.
** Egill is a possible "human name" given to Iceland in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.[[note]]The creator, Himaruya, gave a list of several names that could be used for him.[[/note]]
* Hjálmar[[note]]"Helmeted warrior", pronounced "KOWL-mar"[[/note]]
* Stefán[[note]]'Stephen'[[/note]]
* Thor/Þór[[note]]"Thunder", also the name of a god from Myth/NorseMythology[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Music/{{Bjork}}[[note]]"Birch tree"[[/note]]
* Dagmar[[note]]"Day maid"[[/note]]
* Freyja[[note]]"Lady", also the name of a goddess from Myth/NorseMythology[[/note]]
* Þórunn[[note]]Either "Thor waves/billows" or "Thor loves"[[/note]]
[[AC:Last names]]
* Anything ending in '-son' for males or '-dottír' for females.
** TruthInTelevision as Iceland uses the UsefulNotes/{{patronymic}} system and most Icelandic people don't have family names (the main exceptions are immigrants and their descendants). See that page and the UsefulNotes.NamingConventions page for more details.
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[[folder:Indian]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Apu
** Apu from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', who in turn was named after Apu from Creator/SatyajitRay's "Apu" film trilogy.
* Raj[[note]]"Empire/Royalty"[[/note]]
** [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Rajesh Koothrappali]].
** Raj from ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'' is an Indian elephant.
** [[Film/DilwaleDulhaniaLeJayenge Raj Malhotra]].
** [[Film/{{Saawariya}} Ranbir Raj]], who is [[TheDanza played by]] Ranbir Kapoor, the grandson of Creator/RajKapoor.
* Ravi[[note]]"Sun", also the name of a Hindu god of the sun[[/note]]
** Usually as a ShoutOut to Music/RaviShankar.
** Ravi Ross from ''Series/{{Jessie}}''.
* Sanjay[[note]]"Completely victorious, triumphant"[[/note]]
** There's a royal official in the Hindu epic the ''Literature/{{Mahabharata}}'' named Sanjaya, an arachic form of the name.
** One of the titular characters of ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig''.
** One of Timmy's "backup friends" in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents''.
** Tim's PenPal in ''VideoGame/StickyBusiness''.
* Sunny
* Taj[[note]]"Crown"[[/note]]
* Vijay[[note]]"Victory", also the name of several figures in Myth/HinduMythology[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Bhavna/Bhavini[[note]]"Producing/Manifesting"[[/note]]
* Indira[[note]]"Beauty", also a name of [[Myth/HinduMythology Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu]][[/note]]
** Possibly made internationally famous by Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi.
** And helped by British Indian actress Indira Varma.
* Padma[[note]]"Lotus"[[/note]]
** Padma Patil from ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.
* Priya[[note]]"Beloved"[[/note]]
** Priya from ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' is of Indian descent.
* Rani[[note]]"Queen"[[/note]]
* Shanti[[note]]"Quiet/Peace/Tranquility"[[/note]]
[[AC:Last names]]
* Gandhi
** UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi.
** Indira Gandhi, again, although "Gandhi" was her married name (and no, her husband wasn't related to Mahatma Gandhi).[[note]]But she ''was'' a daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru.[[/note]]
* Gupta[[note]]"Protected"[[/note]]
* Kapoor
** Kelly Kapoor from the American ''Series/{{TheOffice|US}}''.
* Khan[[note]]"King/Ruler"[[/note]]
* Kumar[[note]]"Boy/Prince"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's one of the most common surnames in India among men.
* Patel[[note]]"Landowner"[[/note]]
* Singh[[note]]"Lion"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's one of the most common surnames in India, especially among the Kshatriya class and Sikhs.
** [[WebVideo/IISuperwomanII Lilly Singh]].
* Or a generally OverlyLongName like Apu Nahasapeemapetilon has.
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[[folder:Irish]]
* See UsefulNotes/IrishNames for more information.
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Aidan/Aiden[[note]]"Little fire"[[/note]]
* Colin[[note]]"Young dog"... in Anglicized [[{{Scotireland}} Scottish Gaelic]][[/note]]
* Liam[[note]]Originally a short form of 'William'[[/note]]
** American voice actor Creator/LiamOBrien
* Mick (or Mickey/Micky)
* Patrick/Pádraig (or Paddy)
** American voice actor Creator/PatrickSeitz is of partial Irish descent. He even has red hair.
* Seán[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
** ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': While Sean's heritage is not discussed on the show, he has an Irish first name AND an Irish last name (Rafferty). Safe to assume that he's Irish.
* Séamus[[note]]'James'[[/note]]
** Seamus Finnigan, a Hogwarts student from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', is implied to be of Irish descent due to his accent.
** Sean and Seamus, Piggley's grandchildren in ''WesternAnimation/JakersTheAdventuresOfPiggleyWinks''.
** Noble prize winning poet [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_Heaney Seamus Heaney]].
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Often TheUnpronounceable to unfamiliar audiences:
** Aoife[[note]]"Beauty", pronounced "EE-fa", also the name of several figures in Myth/CelticMythology[[/note]]
** Caoimhe[[note]]"Dear/Beloved/Gentle", pronounced "KEE-va" or "KWEE-va"[[/note]]
** Maeve/Meadhbh [[note]]"Intoxicating", pronounced "Mayv"[[/note]]
*** Queen Medb from ''Literature/TheCattleRaidOfCooley'' might be one of the reasons this is on the list in the first place.
*** Mebh from ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'', whose name is one of several variant spellings.
** Saoirse[[note]]"Freedom", pronounced "SEER-sha"[[/note]]
*** Saoirse, Ben's sister from ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea''.
*** Irish actress Creator/SaoirseRonan.
** Siobhán[[note]]'Jeanne', pronounced "Shiv-AWN"[[/note]]
*** People from Hong Kong may be familiar with [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Siobhán Haughey]], who is half-Irish.
*** American actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan.
* Bridget/Brigid/Biddy[[note]]The exalted one", also the name of a goddess from Myth/CelticMythology now venerated as a patron saint of Ireland[[/note]], up until recently though the success of the (British) ''Literature/BridgetJones'' books have probably weakened the association with Ireland.
** Bridget the Irish immigrant mouse from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''.
** Irish slave girls would be called "Biddy" even if it wasn't their real name.
* All the "-een" names:
** Colleen[[note]]"Girl"[[/note]]
*** It's actually uncommon in Ireland itself, and more likely to be used by foreigners with Irish heritage in tribute to the motherland.
*** American voice actresses Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard and Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey, though it's hard to tell just by name if the former has any Irish ancestry.
** Aideen/Éadaoin[[note]]Possibly "jealousy/passion"[[/note]]
*** Étaín from the myth ''Literature/TheWooingOfEtain''.
** Eileen[[note]]'Aveline'[[/note]]
** Kathleen/Caitlín[[note]]'Katherine'[[/note]]
*** As in Kathleen ni Houlihan, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Ireland.
* Eithne[[note]]"Kernel/Grain", pronounced "Enya"; Irish spelling is at least opaque as French[[/note]]
* Several figures from Myth/CelticMythology bear this name, most prominently the mother of Lugh Lámfada.
** The birth name of Irish singer Music/{{Enya}}.
* Erin
** Like Colleen, this name is also uncommon in Ireland, because people generally don't name their child after their country. It was actually initially used by people of Irish heritage in America, Canada and Australia.
** Canadian[=/=]American voice actress Creator/ErinFitzgerald.
* Fiona[[note]]"Fair/White"[[/note]]
* Mary/Máire
* Molly
* Rosie
[[AC:Last names]]
* Kelly[[note]]"(Descendant of) Ceallach"[[/note]]
** O'Kelly exists as well.
** [[Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia Charlie Kelly]]
* Kennedy[[note]]"(Descendant of) Cennétig"[[/note]]
** UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy and his family--they're American, but still.
* Murphy[[note]]"(Descendant of) Murchadh", where 'Murchadh' means "sea battle"[[/note]]
** Or O'Murphy, though this version is far rarer in reality.
** In ''Abie's Irish Rose'', the Irish family is named Murphy.
** This one's use is actually {{justified|Trope}} as it's the most common surname in Ireland.
* Kenny
* O'Anything, really. Even [=O'NotARealIrishName=]. Considering the prefix is a patronymic, equivalent to "-son" in English (as per European tradition), it's no wonder. The most prominent examples of actual Irish surnames in this structure:
** O'Brien[[note]]"Descendant of Brien"[[/note]]
*** Or O'Brian, which likewise is a fairly rare variation in real life.)
** O'Donnell[[note]]"Descendant of Domhnall/Donald"[[/note]]
** O'Hara[[note]]"Descendant of Eaghra"[[/note]]
*** American actress Maureen O'Hara
*** The O'Hara family in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', where Scarlett's father Gerald was explicitly described to be an Irish immigrant SelfMadeMan in the original novel.
*** ''Such'' a stereotypical cop name it even has its own trope: OfficerOHara.
** O'Neill[[note]]"Descendant of Neil"[[/note]]
*** Amanda O'Neill from ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia'' is an Irish-American student at [[WizardingSchool Luna Nova Academy]].
*** ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'': "Patty O'Neill. You must be very Irish."
** O'Reilly[[note]]"Descendant of Raghailligh"[[/note]]
*** Creator/BillOReilly from the Fox News Channel.
** O'Shea[[note]]"Descendant of Séaghdha"[[/note]]
** Characters from UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland are more likely to have the 'Mc-' names, as the region historically had more Scottish influence.
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[[folder:Italian]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
Before we begin, it should be pointed out that there are quite a few common Italian male given names that don't see much use in non-Italian media because of [[GenderBlenderName them sounding (or outright being) female in other languages]], such as Andrea, Daniele and Gabriele. That said...
* Alessandro[[note]]'Alexander'[[/note]]
* Alfredo/Fredo[[note]]'Alfred'[[/note]]
* Antonio (or Toni)[[note]]'Anthony'[[/note]]
** Tony, the mouse of Italian descent from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''.
** Antonio "Tonio" Trussardi in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable''.
** Tony (Antonio) Esposito from ''Theatre/TheMostHappyFella''.
* Dino
** It has nothing to do with dinosaurs or ''Franchise/TheFlintstones''. It's just a short form for names that end with '-dino' or '-tino', and there are ''lots'' of Italian names that do.
* Domenico[[note]]'Dominic'[[/note]]
* Francesco, or its shortened form Franco.[[note]]'Francis', 'Frank'[[/note]]
** Its use as a Stock Name is actually {{justified|Trope}}--it's a popular name in both the modern day and the Renaissance.
* Giovanni[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
** Giovanni Battista ([[Characters/TheBible John the Baptist]]).
** Giovanni from Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
* Gino
** Like Dino above, this one's also a short form for names that end with this sound.
** Gino Fernandez, Italian goalkeeper of ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', even though his surname is not very Italian.
* Giuseppe[[note]]'Joseph'[[/note]]
** Giuseppe Garibaldi, [[UsefulNotes/WarsOfItalianIndependence the man who unified the Italian peninsula in the 1800s]].
** Giuseppe Piazzi, the man who discovered the asteroid[=/=]dwarf planet Ceres.
** Music/GiuseppeVerdi, famous opera composer
** The speaker's name in the comedy song "Shaddap You Face" is named Giuseppe, as he informs his listeners in the opening line. Considering the singer and writer is himself of Italian descent, it also doubles as AffectionateParody.
* Guido[[note]]'Guy'[[/note]]
** Guido Anselmi in ''Film/EightAndAHalf'', and Guido Contini in the adaptation ''Theatre/NineMusical''.
** Guido Orefice in ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''.
** Guido in ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'', who only speaks Italian (doubles as a PunnyName, since "guido" also means "I drive").
** Guido di Maggio in ''Literature/RallyRoundTheFlagBoys''.
** Guido Mista in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind''.
* Lorenzo (or Enzo)[[note]]'Lawrence'[[/note]]
** Lorenzo the Opera Engine from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
** The [[DubNameChange Dub Name]] of a one-shot Society of Light duelist in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', who's voiced as an out-and-out ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' parody for no apparent reason.
** [[TheDon Uncle Enzo]] from ''Literature/SnowCrash''.
** Lorenzo "The Magnificent" de' Medici, Renaissance ruler of UsefulNotes/{{Florence}} and HistoricalDomainCharacter in works such as ''Series/{{Medici}}'' or ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''.
* Luciano[[note]]'Lucian'[[/note]]
** As in Luciano Pavarotti, famed Main/{{Opera}} tenor.
* Luigi[[note]]'Louis'[[/note]]
** [[VideoGame/HotelMario Eh]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi?]]
** Luigi, the Italian waiter in ''Theatre/DreamGirl''.
* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]][[note]]Either "of Mars", "male", or the masculine form of 'Maria'[[/note]]
** Mario Lanza, Mario Cuomo, Mario Adorf, Mario Andretti
** [[Film/TheGodfather Mario Puzo]]
** [[Series/{{Raumpatrouille}} Mario de Monti]]
** Mario Cavaradossi from ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}''.
** [[Film/{{Winnetou}} Mario Girotti]], better known as [[Film/{{Trinity}} Terence Hill]]
* Paolo[[note]]'Paul'[[/note]]
* Salvatore[[note]]"Saviour"[[/note]]
** Salvatore "Tory" Belleci from ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''.
** Often used as the first name of "Boss" Maroni, the Mafia boss who scarred [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]], though note that [[NewerThanTheyThink this only dates back]] to 1996, with ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween''.
* Vincenzo[[note]]'Vincent'[[/note]]
** Vinnie/Vinny (stereotypical of Italian-Americans)
* Vito[[note]]"Life"[[/note]]
** Since ''Film/TheGodfather''.
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Alessia[[note]]"Alexia"[[/note]]
* Angela/Angelina
* Assunta[[note]]"Assumption". Given in reference to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, i.e. it's a Catholic thing.[[/note]] (Originally short for Maria Assunta; cf. below.)
** ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'' and ''Theatre/TheSaintOfBleeckerStreet'' both have minor characters by this name.
* Bianca
** Bianca Minola, the "Shrew's" apparently meek sister from ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew''.
** [[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Bianca Castafiore]], the "Milanese Nightingale".
** Bianca di Angelo from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''.
* Carla
* Carmela (mostly southern Italian)[[note]]"Carmel"/"Carmen". Given in reference to the Virgin of Mt. Carmel, i.e. it's a Catholic thing.[[/note]]
* Concetta[[note]]"Conception". Given in reference to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, i.e. [[RunningGag it's a Catholic thing]]. [[/note]]
** The name is usually associated with older Italian women.
** Concetta is one of the many names Neflyte calls Molly in ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'' because he can't remember her real name. This one in particular elicits a FlatWhat reaction from Molly. Most of the names are Italian. Considering his voice actor is Italian-American, it's not surprising. It's possible he even has older female relatives with this name or otherwise knows some women with this name.
** Concetta "Cettina", resident maid and "Funny Southerner" from ''Series/UnMedicoInFamiglia''.
* Francesca
* Gina[[note]]The feminine counterpart of 'Gino' above.[[/note]]
** Gina the Italian engine from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
* Giovanna[[note]]'Joanna'[[/note]]
* Isabella
* Lucia/Luciana
* Lucrezia[[note]]'Lucretia', also the name of a figure from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman mythology]] and the name of a saint[[/note]]
** Lucrezia Borgia
* Maria
** Maria di Angelo, the mother of the aforementioned Bianca, in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''.
** Maria paired with another name, such as Maria Teresa, Maria Cristina, Maria Luisa, Maria Immacolata, etc.
* Nina[[note]]Like 'Gina' above, it's a short form for names that end with '-nina'.[[/note]]
* Rosa[[note]]'Rose', also the name of an Italian saint.[[/note]]
** Rosa Castaldi, the Italian soprano in ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera''.
** Rosa delle Rose in ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo''.
* Sofia
* Teresa/Tessa
[[AC:Last names]]
* Anything ending in '-etti' or '-elli' (both a diminutive suffix)--''Moretti'', ''Firelli'' etc.
** The same with '-ini'.
** Or '-otti'.
*** ''Series/That70sShow'' has the Pinciotti family with a distinctly Italian-sounding last name.
* Capone
** UsefulNotes/AlCapone, who was a son of first-generation Neapolitan immigrants.
* de Luca / de Campo / de Felice etc. Also "di" something.[[note]]"Son/Descendant of [X]", once again.[[/note]]
* Ferrari[[note]]"Iron", an occupational surname equivalent to 'Smith'.[[/note]]
* Genovese[[note]]"From Genoa"[[/note]]
* Grimaldi[[note]]"Descendant of Grimaldo"[[/note]]
** Madame Grimaldi in ''Theatre/BellsAreRinging''.
* Maraschino
* Marino[[note]]There are multiple etymologies, but usually it's "descendant of Marius" or "of the sea"[[/note]]
* Romano[[note]]Either "descendant of Roman" or "from Rome"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's the third-most common surname in Italy.
** ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'' mentions the Brothers Romano, who are implied to be a local branch of TheMafia.
* Rossi or its variants (Rossini, Rossetti, Russo, Lo Russo, etc.)[[note]]"Red"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's the two most common surnames in Italy--Rossi is more common in the North and Central parts of the country, while "Russo" is more common in the South.
** The Russo family from ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''. The dad is explicitly stated to be Italian-American, making the three kids half-Italian (the mom's Mexican-American).
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[[folder:Japanese]]
As a general note, Japanese, unlike English, does not have "fixed" names like "Peter" or "Mary". Instead, given names usually consist of one or more syllables, but they can be ''any'' out of thousands as long as the parents like them; many different Japanese names can also become conflated together into one romanization due to the latter's limitations as well as AlternateCharacterReading. They also tend to have different naming trends than Chinese and Korean (see below for elaboration), although the kanji used in Japanese names are also used in some Sino-Korean names. Meanwhile, Japanese surnames are often topographic in nature and tend to reflect the rural landscape, and are more numerous than Sino-Korean surnames, as their creation and emergence into common use came much later in history than Chinese and Korean ([[https://www.tofugu.com/japan/history-of-japanese-names/ it's complicated]]). For consistency purposes, all names will be listed in Hiragana to reflect pronunciation, with commonly associated kanji and their meanings added if possible.
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Akito (あきと)
* Daisuke (だいすけ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 大輔, meaning "big/great help".[[/labelnote]]
* Hiro (ひろ)[[labelnote:*]]The most commonly associated kanji are 裕, meaning "abundant", 寛, meaning "tolerant/lenient/generous", 浩, meaning "prosperous", and 廣/広, meaning "vast/wide".[[/labelnote]]
** Hiro Hamada from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''.[[note]]The Taiwanese Mandarin and Cantonese dubs translate his name as 廣, while the Mainland Mandarin dub translates his name as 宏, which also means "vast/wide". The Japanese dub just renders his name in katakana.[[/note]]
** Hiro Nakamura from ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.[[note]]The Taiwanese Mandarin dub translates his name as 廣, the Mainland Mandarin goes with 寛, and the Cantonese dub goes with 廣雄. The Japanese dub just renders his name in katakana.[[/note]]
** Hiro Yamagiwa from ''VideoGame/JitsuSquad'', who's spelled "Hero". And yes, he's TheHero.
** [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Hiro Protagonist]] from ''Literature/SnowCrash''.
** Hiro from ''VideoGame/{{SSX}}''.
** Hiro the Japanese Engine from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
* Itō (いとう)
** [[NameOrderConfusion It's a surname]] in RealLife though.
* Kage (かげ). It's often used for ninjas as its most common associated kanji is 影, meaning "shadow".
* Ken (けん)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji is 健, meaning "healthy/strong".[[/labelnote]]
* Kenji (けんじ)
** Kenji Kon from ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous''.
** Kenji Ookami, Tooey's father in ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali''.
** Kenji the Japanese Rail Zeppelin from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
* Masashi (まさし)
* Ryū (りゅう)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 竜/龍, meaning "dragon".[[/labelnote]]
** [[Anime/ArgentoSoma Ryu Soma]]
** Ryu from ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.
** Ryu Hayabusa from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' and ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''.
** Every single ''Franchise/BreathOfFire''.
** Ryuichi Naruhodo, or Phoenix Wright from ''Franchise/AceAttorney''.
* Sasuke (さすけ)
** Like Kage above, it is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} also for ninjas]].
* Shin (しん)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji is 真, meaning "real/genuine".[[/labelnote]]
** Shin Seijuro from ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}''.
** Shin Hayata from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
* Shinji (しんじ)
** Shinji Ikari from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* Tarō (たろう)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 太郎, meaning "big/great son".[[/labelnote]]
** This is often added at the end of a name to make it masculine. Examples include [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro]] and [[{{Anime/Hamtaro}} Hamtaro]].
** Combine this with the surname Yamada (やまだ/山田), and you have [[MrSmith the Japanese equivalent of John Smith]].
** Taro Yamada from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator''.
* Toshi/Toshiro (とし/としう)
* Yoshi (よし)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 吉, meaning "auspicious/good luck", 義, meaning "righteous", and 良, meaning "good/virtuous/respectable", respectively.[[/labelnote]]
** Yoshi from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.
** [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Yoshi]][[VideoGame/SoulSeries mitsu]].
** Hamato Yoshi from ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''
** WWE's Wrestling/YoshiTatsu.
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Any Japanese name ending in "ko" (こ/子). Justified as "-ko" is a near-exclusively feminine name-ending in Japanese (its kanji means "child"), which isn't used in such a way in Chinese, Korean, or Vietnamese.[[note]]For a Western equivalent, think of a LazilyGenderFlippedName with suffixes like "-a", "-ina", "-ette", etc.; the "-ko" is that suffix.[[/note]]
** Kiko from ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins''.
** Akko from ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia'' ([[ReferencedBy or before her]], Akko from ''Manga/HimitsuNoAkkoChan'').
* Asami (あさみ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 麻美, meaning "beautiful hemp".[[/labelnote]]
** Asami Sato from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.
* Haruka (はるか)
* Kasumi (かすみ)
** Common for female {{Ninja}}, one of its associated kanji, 霞, means "mist".
** Canadian voice actress Creator/KazumiEvans is of Japanese descent.
** Misty, the gym leader of Cerulean City in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', is named Kasumi in the original Japanese version.
* Kimiko (きみこ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 貴美子/君子, meaning "valuable, beautiful child" and "lord/noble child", respectively.[[/labelnote]]
** Creator/KimikoGlenn.
** Kimiko Tohomiko, of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''.
* Kumiko (くみこ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 久美子, meaning "long-time beautiful child".[[/labelnote]]
* [[SevenIsNana Nana]] (なな)
** See the linked page for examples with the common associations with the name.
* Sakura (さくら)
** Most commonly associated with the kanji 桜 ("[[CherryBlossomGirl cherry blossom]]"), see the linked page for examples with the common associations with the name.
** The fanon "human given name" for [[GenderFlip Nyotalia]] [[NationsAsPeople Japan]] in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' is Sakura.
* Shizuka (しずか)
** Another common female ninja name, as the kanji most commonly associated with ''shizu'', 静, means "silent/quiet".
** Shizuka Minamoto (源静香) from ''Franchise/{{Doraemon}}''.
** The nurse from ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' is named Shizuka Marikawa, and she's the only non-combatant among the series' main cast. Though it doesn't stop her from obtaining an insanely high body-count by ramming a schoolbus into hordes of zombies.
** ''VideoGame/{{Musya}}'' has the DamselInDistress you're tasked with rescuing, named Shizuka.
* Tomoko (ともこ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 智子, meaning "wise/intelligent child", and 朋子, meaning "friend child", respectively.[[/labelnote]]
* Yōko (ようこ) [[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 陽子/洋子, meaning "light/sun child" and "ocean child", respectively.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Music/TheBeatles Yoko Ono]]'s [[YokoOhNo popularity]] has probably helped this.
** Yoko from ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''.
** ComicBook/YokoTsuno
* Yumi/Yumiko (ゆみ/ゆみこ)
** Yumiko from ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'', a Japanese Kitsune Spirit.
** ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi''.
** Yumi Ishiyama of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''.
[[AC:Family names]]
* Hamada (浜田/濱田, はまだ)[[labelnote:*]]"Beach Field/Rice Paddy"[[/labelnote]]
** Cass, Tadashi and Hiro Hamada from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' are Japanese-American.
* Hashimoto (橋本, はしもと)[[labelnote:*]]"Base/Root of the Bridge"[[/labelnote]]
* Honda (本田, ほんだ)[[labelnote:*]]"Base/Root of the Field/Rice Paddy"[[/labelnote]]
** Renee Honda from Franchise/{{Barbie}}.
** [[NationsAsPeople Japan's]] "human name" is Kiku Honda in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.
** [[VideoGame/PunchOut Piston Honda]] ([[ScrewedByTheLawyers later changed to Piston Hondo due to legal issues]]).
** Film director Creator/IshiroHonda, who is best known for creating the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise.
* Matsumoto (松本, まつもと)[[labelnote:*]]"Base/Root of the Fir/Pine Tree"[[/labelnote]]
* Miyamoto (宮本, みやもと)[[labelnote:*]]"Base/Root of the Palace/Shrine/Temple"[[/labelnote]]
** UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, who is considered as one of the most iconic {{Samurai}} in history.
** Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, one of the most well-known video game developers working at Creator/{{Nintendo}}.
* Nakamura (中村, なかむら)[[labelnote:*]]"Middle of the Town/Village"[[/labelnote]]
** Ethan Nakamura, a supporting character in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''.
** Hiro Nakamura from ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
* Satō (佐藤, さとう)[[labelnote:*]]"Helping/Aiding Wisteria", or indirectly "Helping/Aiding the Fujiwara clan"[[/labelnote]]
** [[MrSmith Often used as a default surname much like "Smith" or "Doe" in America]] as it's the most common surname in Japan.
** Asami Sato from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.
* Suzuki (鈴木, すずき)[[labelnote:*]]"Bell Tree/Wood"[[/labelnote]]
** Like Satō, its use as a Stock Name is {{justified|Trope}} as it's the second most common surname in Japan.
* Takahashi (高橋, たかはし)[[labelnote:*]]"Tall/High Bridge"[[/labelnote]]
** Like Satō and Suzuki, its use as a Stock Name is {{justified|Trope}} as it's the third most common surname in Japan.
* Tanaka (田中, たなか)[[labelnote:*]]"Middle of the Field/Rice Paddy"[[/labelnote]]
** Gundham Tanaka from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''.
** [[AlphaBitch Drew Tanaka]] from ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' and ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles''.
* Watanabe (渡辺, わたなべ)[[labelnote:*]]"Place of Crossing/Ferries"[[/labelnote]]
** Possibly lampshaded in ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', where every chapter has a character with that name.
* Yamada (山田, やまだ)[[labelnote:*]]"Mountain Field/Rice Paddy"[[/labelnote]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as this is the surname used for a Japanese [[MrSmith placeholder name]], i.e. the local equivalent "Smith" or "Doe" in English-speaking countries.
* Yamaguchi (山口, やまぐち)[[labelnote:*]]"Mouth/Entrance of the Mountain"[[/labelnote]]
* Yamauchi (山内, やまうち)[[labelnote:*]]"Inside the Mountain"[[/labelnote]]
* Yamamoto (山本, やまもと)[[labelnote:*]]"Base of the Mountain"[[/labelnote]]
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[[folder:Jewish/Hebrew/Israeli]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Aaron
* Abe/Abie/Abraham
* Benjamin
* Bernard/Bernie
** UsefulNotes/BernieSanders.
* Boris (particularly in Russia)
* Chaim[[note]]"Life"[[/note]]
** Chaim Rosenzweig, the Israeli super-scientist from ''Literature/LeftBehind''.
* Daniel
* David
* Herschel/Hershel[[note]]"Deer", diminutive form of the German-Yiddish name 'Hirsch'[[/note]]
** [[VideoGame/ProfessorLayton Professor Hershel Layton.]]
** Creator/{{Funimation}}'s DubNameChange for ''Manga/CaseClosed'''s [[AbsentMindedProfessor Hiroshi Agasa]], hammering in the [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein Einstein]] parody even further.[[note]]If you're curious, "Hiroshi" is meant to be a pun on the Japanese word for "professor"[[/note]]
* Howard
** Howard Wolowitz from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
* Hyman/Hymie[[note]]"Life", Yiddish variant of 'Chaim'[[/note]]
** Hymie, Clara Weiss's deceased husband in the musical ''Milk and Honey''.
* Ira[[note]]"Watchful", also the name of King David's priest[[/note]]
* Irving
* Isaac/Yitzhak
* Isidore/Isadore (older Jewish men)
* Jacob
* [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Lawrence]]/[[Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack Larry]]
* Milton
* Moe/Moses
* Mordecai
* Nathan
* Nir[[note]]"Plowed field"[[/note]]
* Sam/Samuel
* Saul
* Simon
** May also be a last name, as in George Simon from Elmer Rice's play ''Counsellor-at-Law''.
* Sol/Solomon
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Chaya[[note]]"Life", feminine form of 'Chaim'[[/note]]
* Esther
* Francine
** Francine Frensky from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''
** Francine "Fran" Drescher
* Golda/Goldie
** Golda Meir
** Goldie Hawn
* Hannah
* Judith/Judy
* Miriam
** Miriam from ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' is AmbiguouslyJewish.
* Naomi
* Rachel
** In James [=McBride=]'s autobiography, he describes how his Jewish mother actually changed her name from Rachel (itself being an Anglicized form of her birth name, Ruchel) to Ruth in order to sound more American.
* Rebecca/Rivka
** Rebecca from ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}''.
* Ruth
** Ruthie Rivkin, the nice Jewish girl in ''I Can Get It For You Wholesale''.
* Sarah/Sadie
* Yael
* Yentl[[note]]"Noble/Aristocratic", diminutive form of 'Yente'[[/note]]
** Yente from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.
[[AC:Family names (Ashkenazi)]]
* Generally names that are German or Slavic in origin.
* Cohen
* Diamond
* Names starting with "Gold" (e.g. Goldberg, Goldman, Goldblatt, or just Gold)
** Gieber Goldfarb from the musical ''Girl Crazy''.
** The titular Jewish family from ''Radio/TheGoldbergs''.
* Kaplan
** The Kaplan family from ''Theatre/StreetScene''.
* Katz
* Levy
** In ''Abie's Irish Rose'', the Jewish family is named Levy.
** In ''Film/TheCocoanuts'', Groucho talks about the levees along the riverfront, and Chico identifies them as the Jewish neighborhood.
--->"Well, we'll passover that."
* Marx
** Creator/KarlMarx
** The Marx family of entertainers: Groucho, Chico, etc.
* Reuben/Rubin
** Rebecca Rubin from the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection''.
* Names starting with "Rosen" (e.g. Rosenstein, Rosenblatt, or just Rosen or Rose)
* Shapiro
** A lawyer in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' is heavily suspected of being Jewish because his last name is Shapiro, but his background is unimportant to his character overall and he never confirms nor denies the assumption.
** Mrs. Shapiro from ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill''.
** Isabella Garcia-Shapiro from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is Mexican-Jewish.
* Names starting with "Silver" (e.g. Silverberg, Silverman, Silverblatt or just Silver). Usually an Anglicisation of German "Silber".
* Names consisting of a place name, especially if there is an additional "-er" suffix, e.g. Frankfurter, Haller, Berliner, Wendriner, etc. In some cases, the name was reshaped into Hebrew or Yiddish, e.g. Shapiro/Schapiro refers to the city of Spire (German: Speyer) and Dreyfus to Trier (French: Trèves).
* Any German surname ending in "-berg", "-stein", or "-man(n)"
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Korean]]
As a general note, Korean names are fairly similar to Chinese names and unlike English, does not have "fixed" names like "Peter" or "Mary". Instead, given names usually consist of one or two syllables, but they can be ''any'' characters out of thousands as long as the parents like them; many different Korean names can also become conflated together into one Hangul due to the latter's limitations. However, although Sino-Korean names that have corresponding Hanja (Chinese characters) are predominant, a fair number of native Korean names that usually don't have corresponding Hanja are still in use. It should also be noted that Korean romanization systems can be inconsistent, most commonly between the North and the South, so what appears to be many names can actually be the same name romanized different ways (e.g. Bak, Pak, and Park are all valid romanizations of the surname 박, or 朴 in Hanja).
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Cho
* Jin
[[AC:Family names]]
* Kim (김/金)
** Kim Il-sung or Kim Jong-il
** Lots of K-pop idols, including Jennie and Jisoo of ''Music/BlackPink''
** Crime boss Eddie Kim, of ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'' fame
* Kwon/Gwon (권/權/勸/㩲/券)
* Lee (李, 리 in the North, 이 in the South)
** It is alternatively romanized as Ri/Rhee in the North and Yi/[[OneLetterName I]] in the South.
* Pak/Park (박/朴)
** In fact, 45% of all Koreans are named either Kim, Lee, or Park.
** Adam Park from the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''
** Japanese seiyuu Creator/RomiPark is of Korean descent
** Willow Park from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''.
** Chloe Park from ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears''.
** Min-Gi Park from ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain''
** ''Music/BlackPink'' member ROSÉ's full name is Roseanne/Chaeyoung Park.
** Abby Park from ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lithuanian]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Artūras[[note]]'Arthur'[[/note]]
* Mindaugas[[note]]Roughly translates to "Thinks/remembers a lot"[[/note]]
** The first known Grand Duke and the only crowned King of Lithuania was named Mindaugas.
* Vytautas[[note]]Roughly translates to either "Chase/Drive away nations" or "See people/nations"[[/note]]
** This was the name of a 15th-century Grand Duke of Lithuania, who is revered as a national hero in the country.
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Rūta[[note]]'Ruth' or [[FlowerMotifs 'Rue', which is a national symbol of Lithuania]][[/note]]
[[AC:Surnames]]
* Surnames ending in "-aitis": Adomaitis, Laurinaitis, Zemaitis, etc.
** In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', while [[NationsAsPeople Lithuania's]] "human given name" is the highly uncommon Tolys[[labelnote:*]]The names were given in katakana, which led to some confusion among fans that his name might have been "Toris", but that isn't a real Lithuanian name[[/labelnote]], his "human surname" is Laurinaitis.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Filipino]]
Well, almost any Spanish name can work for a Filipino character; just remove the diacritics marks except the tilde on the ñ. One can also mix an Anglophone given name and a Spanish given name to come up with a name; John Martinez, for example may be the name of a Filipino. Religious names are common among Filipinos, due to a custom to name their children after Catholic saints and Biblical characters. However, a significant minority of Filipinos are Muslims, so more Arabic-sounding names can be expected. Likewise, a Chinese surname can be used instead for Chinese-Filipinos.
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Juan[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
** Juan, or Juan dela Cruz refers to the common Filipino, and acts as [[MrSmith a placeholder name for Filipino men]].
** Juan "Johnnie" Rico from ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' who was Filipino in the novel but gets a {{Race Lift}} in adaptions.
* Jose[[note]]'Joseph'[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Maria
** Maria, or Maria Clara is the feminine equivalent of Juan (dela Cruz), i.e. [[MrSmith a placeholder name for Filipino women]].
[[AC:Last names]]
* Any name with (dela) or (delos), e.g. Delos Santos
* Cruz
* Flores
* Galang
* Martinez
* Mendoza
* Santos
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Finnish]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Eino
* Matti[[note]]'Matthew'[[/note]]
* Mika[[note]]Short form of 'Mikael', the Finnish form of 'Michael'[[/note]]
* Pekka[[note]]'Peter'[[/note]]
* Timo[[note]]'Tim'[[/note]]
** ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': Finland's "human name" [[ShapedLikeItself is Timo]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS or Tino]].
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Laura
** Laura Vanamo, the Finnish singer who covered a Japanese song in Finnish.
* Marja-Liisa[[note]]'Maria-Lisa'[[/note]]
* Saara[[note]]'Sarah'[[/note]]
[[AC:Last names]]
* Anything with "nen" at the end -- ''Kääriäinen'', ''Häkkinen'' etc. ''Eight'' of the 10 most common Finnish surnames end this way.
** Virtanen[[note]]"Stream"[[/note]] is the Finnish "everyman" surname, equivalent to "Smith" in English. It's also the second most common Finnish surname.
* Lahti[[note]]"Bay/Cove"[[/note]]
** Also the name of a city in Finland.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:French]]
[[AC:General]]
* Hyphenated first names are common to both sexes -- ''Jean-Luc'', ''Marie-Louise'', etc.
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Antoine[[note]]'Anthony'[[/note]]
** Antoine the French exchange student from ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries''.
* Arsène[[note]]"Virile", from the Ancient Greek name 'Arsenios'[[/note]]
** In Japanese media especially, almost certainly meant to be a ShoutOut to Literature/ArseneLupin -- the most famous, of course, being [[Franchise/LupinIII his supposed grandson]].
* Bernard
* Charles
* Claude
* Didier[[note]]"Longing/Desire", from the Late Roman name 'Desiderius'[[/note]]
* François/Francis[[note]]"Frenchman"[[/note]]
** ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': France's "human name" [[ShapedLikeItself is Francis]].
* Gaston[[note]]Possibly "stranger/guest"[[/note]]
** Gaston from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
* Jacques[[note]]'Jacob'/'James'[[/note]]
* Jean[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
** Jean Valjean from ''Literature/LesMiserables''.
** This is often made the first part of a compound name, ''e.g.'':
*** Jean-Luc Picard of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
*** Jean-Pierre Polnareff of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure''
* Louis
* Marcel[[note]]"Of Mars", from the Ancient Roman name 'Marcellus', etymologically related to 'Mark'[[/note]]
** Marcello in ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' has an Italianized form of the name used in the original novel.
* Maurice: Especially prominent before the TurnOfTheMillennium, thanks to Creator/MauriceChevalier.
** ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'', natually, names its FrenchJerk BigBad ''Meow''rice.
** Belle's father from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is name Maurice
* Michel[[note]]'Michael'[[/note]]
* Philippe[[note]]'Philip'[[/note]]
* Pierre[[note]]'Peter'[[/note]]
** [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]] is called "Pierre Nodoyuna" in the Latin Spanish dub, to go with his French accent.
** ''VideoGame/ReaderRabbit'' features Pierre the Raccoon, a CampCook who fancies himself a [[FrenchCuisineIsHaughty French chef]].
* Rémy[[note]]"Oarsman/Rower"[[/note]]
** The rat protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' is named Rémy.
* René[[note]]"Born again", from the Late Roman name 'Renatus'[[/note]]
** René Mathis, Literature/JamesBond's go-to French contact in the original Creator/IanFleming novels
** René Belloq, Indy's rival in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
* Serge[[note]]Possibly "servant", from the Ancient Roman name 'Sergius'[[/note]]
* Thierry[[note]]"Ruler of the people", a cognate of 'Theodoric' and by extension, 'Derek'[[/note]]
* Xavier[[note]]"The new house", after the Jesuit priest St. Francis Xavier[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Anything with "ette" or "elle" at the end--''Suzette'', ''Rochelle'', etc.
** Suzette La Sweet, French duchess character in ''Toys/{{Lalaloopsy}}''.
* Amélie[[note]]'Amelia'[[/note]]
* Chantal/Chantelle
* Charlotte
* Clémence[[note]]Variant of 'Clémentine', but without the fruit associations[[/note]]
* Colette[[note]]Short for 'Nicolette', a diminutive of 'Nicole'[[/note]]
** Colette Tatou from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}''.
** Colette, French member of the Thea Sisters in the ''[[Literature/GeronimoStilton Thea Stilton]]'' series.
* Didi (French-Canadian)
* Élodie
* Éloïse
** President Eloise Pritchart of [[FantasyCounterpartCulture The Republic of Haven]] from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' novels.
* Françoise[[note]]'Frances'[[/note]]
** Françoise Arnoul, aka [[Manga/Cyborg009 Cyborg 003]]
* Lola
* Maëlys[[note]]"Prince/Chieftan/Lord"[[/note]]
* Madeleine/Madeline[[note]]'[[Literature/TheBible Magdalene]]'[[/note]]
** The title character of ''Literature/{{Madeline}}'', obviously.
* Margot
** Margot Bonvalet from ''Theatre/TheDesertSong''.
* Marie
* Marianne[[note]]the legendary personification of the French Republic[[/note]]
** Marianne Beaunoir from ''The New Moon''.
* Nathalie
* Nicole
* Sophie
** Sophie Neveu from ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode''.
[[AC:Last names]]
* "De" something or "du" something
** Delacroix
** Dubois
** Dupont
*** Dupont and Dupond, original names of [[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Thompson and Thomson]]. (Actually Belgian).
*** ''ComicBook/{{Superdupont}}'', a French parody superhero.
** Durand
* Girard[[note]]From the given name 'Gérard'[[/note]]
* Lémieux (if French-Canadian)
** French-Canadian goalie Denis Lemieux from ''Film/SlapShot''.
* Moreau[[note]]From a diminutive of 'Maurus/Maurice', a possible cognate of 'Moore'[[/note]]
* Perrin/Perrine[[note]]From a diminutive of 'Pierre'[[/note]]
* Roux[[note]]"Red"[[/note]]
* Sauvage[[note]]'Savage'[[/note]]
* Tremblay[[note]]"Aspen"[[/note]] (if French-Canadian)
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's the most common surname in Québec.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:German/Austrian]]
Note that almost all of the following names are considered quite old-fashioned by Germans these days. [[http://www.firstnamesgermany.com/ Look no further.]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Adolf/Adolph[[note]]Contraction of Athalwolf, "noble wolf"[[/note]]
** [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Oh, just guess.]]
** Also Adolf Tegtmeyer, the Ruhr Valley persona created by German comedian Jürgen von Manger since 1961.
** The name actually already became less and less popular in German-speaking countries around 1900 (i. e. not long after Hitler was born). It then was given to more boy children during Nazi rule and fell completely out of favour after 1945.
** Adolphus is a common variation in English-speaking countries.
* Dieter/Diether/Deuter/Dietrich[[note]]"Ruler of the people," also the German cognate of Theodoric (but not Theodore)[[/note]]
** Dieter Müller, German goalkeeper from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa''.
** The host of ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Sprockets]]''.
* Franz[[note]]'Francis'[[/note]]
** Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
** Austrian body-builder Franz, teamed up with Hans in ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
** Franz Liebkind in ''Film/TheProducers''.
* Fritz/Friedrich[[note]]'Frederick'[[/note]]
** "Fritz" a standard slang term meaning "German" for quite some time, much like "Ivan" with Russians.
*** "Fridolin", which like "Fritz" is a variant of "Friedrich" (albeit a more antiquated one) was a slang term for "German" in France and the Francophone part of Belgium at least until 1945.
** ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'' has TheIgor {{Determinator}} maniac Fritz as part of the SpotlightStealingSquad.
** Fritz, Victor Frankenstein's [[TheIgor henchman]] in ''[[Film/{{Frankenstein1931}} Frankenstein]]'' (1931).
** Fritz, one of ''ComicStrip/TheKatzenjammerKids''.
** Professor Friedrich Bhaer from ''Literature/LittleWomen''. They do call him Fritz as a nickname, too.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'', the animated movie by Creator/RalphBakshi, has the memorable "[[ComicBook/FritzTheCat They've killed]] [[WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat Fritz]]!" scene.
* Gunther/Günther
** Gunther Hermann from ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* Hans/Hansel[[note]]Short form for 'Johann', or 'John' via its Latin form 'Johannes'[[/note]]
** Look through [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimms' Fairy Tales]]. If the hero of the story has a first name, it's probably Hans.
*** Keeping with the European tradition of the Iohannes-derived names John(Jack)/Johann(Hans)/Jean/Ivan/etc. as a common and/or stock name for characters or everymen.
** Johann Schmidt, civilian name of the [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]], German for "John Smith".
** Hans Gruber, the criminal mastermind in ''Film/DieHard''.
** [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Johann Krauss]].
** Hans, Fritz's cohort in ''ComicStrip/TheKatzenjammerKids''.
** [[Anime/{{Monster}} Johan Liebert]]
** Austrian body-builder Hans, teamed up with Franz in ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
** ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' had the Baroque composer Johann Gambolputty... [[OverlyLongName de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle]]...
** One probable reason "Johann[es]" was cemented as an old-fashioned German name for English-speakers is that it was borne by a ''lot'' of famous musicians and composers -- [[Music/JohannesBrahms Brahms]], [[Music/JohannSebastianBach Bach]], Strauss (three Strausses, actually)... As Rob Paravonian put it, while admitting he didn't know [[PachelbelsCanonProgression Pachelbel]]'s first name, "Probably Johann. They're ''all'' named Johann." (Indeed, Pachelbel ''was'' named Johann.)
* Heinrich[[note]]'Henry'[[/note]]
** Heinrich Himmler.
** Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Krüger) in ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix1965''.
** Heinrich [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] Marzipan of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', basically a G-rated NaziNobleman meant to oppose [[RaidersOfTheLostParody Numbuh 5's many Indy-parody episodes]]. His last appearance reveals [[spoiler:[[GenderBender "his"]] real name to be ''Henrietta''.]]
** Heinz, as in the ketchup brand or [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Heinz Doofenshmirtz]], is one of the many forms derived from Heinrich, along with e.g. Heiner and Henning.
** Heinrich was one of the most common German names since the Middle Ages, thus the German near-equivalent of the English expression "Tom, Dick and Harry"[[note]]Harry is an English form of 'Henry'[[/note]] is "Hinz und Kunz" (short for Heinrich and Konrad, respectively).
* Hermann[[note]]"Army man", a cognate of 'Herman'[[/note]]
** A background villain in ComicBook/ThePunisher named Hermann the German.
** Weiner fast-food chain ''Herman ze German''.
* Karl
** Karl Heinz Schneider, German star soccer player from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa''.
** Creator/KarlMarx, the father of Communism.
* Klaus[[note]]Short for Nikolaus, 'Nicholas'[[/note]]
** The {{g|ermanicDepressives}}rumpy and much put-upon NATO agent in ''Manga/FromEroicaWithLove'' is Klaus von dem Eberbach.
** Klaus Heissler of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', an [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany East-German]] Olympian that [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext swapped brains with a goldfish]].
* Kurt
** Kurt Müller (Hardy Krüger) in ''Film/{{Hatari}}''.
** Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/XMen Kurt]] Wagner was [[FamousNamedForeigner named after Austrian U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim]].
* Ludwig
** Music/LudwigVanBeethoven
** ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': [[NationsAsPeople Germany's]] "human name" is Ludwig, with no surname given. If a surname is needed, fans tend to default to giving him the same surname as his older brother Prussia, Beilschmidt (where "Schmidt" is also a common surname in German and is a component in several surnames).
* Max
** [[Literature/MaxAndMoritz and Moritz]].
** Max, the "hero" of ''Theatre/DerFreischutz''.
** Uncle Max from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''
* Otto
** Dr. Otto Scratchansniff from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''
** Otto Piffl (Horst Buchholz) in ''Film/OneTwoThree''.
** Minor ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' supporting character Professor Otto Schulze in ''The Shooting Star''.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Otto Octavius]], DependingOnTheWriter, may have his HerrDoktor aspects played up enough to qualify. Particularly in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries the '90s cartoon]] and ComicBook/SpiderManNoir (where he's an [[StupidJetpackHitler out-and-out Nazi]]).
* Peter
** Literature/{{Heidi}}'s best pal.
** Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}} or "Shockheaded Peter".
** A diminutive form is Peterchen, which becomes "Peterkin" in Robert Southey's "The Battle of Blenheim".
* Rudolf
** [[Literature/ThePrisonerOfZenda King Rudolf of Ruritania]]
* Siegfried
** Siegfried from ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'', of course. A few months after Music/RichardWagner finished ''Siegfried'', he had a son named Siegfried, who grew up to become a composer in his own right.
** Troubled young knight Siegfried Schtauffen of the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
** Siegfried [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] Schroeder of ''Anime/YuGiOh'', who naturally plays an entire Valkyrie-themed deck.
* Wilhelm, also Willy, Willi[[note]]'William'[[/note]]
** Kaiser Wilhelm II (and I, too)
** Wilhelm, Literature/{{Lenore}}'s demon lover in Bürger's ballad.
** Wilhelm, the tragic protagonist of ''Music/TheBlackRider''.
** Willi Schickel (Gert Fröbe), the fastest driver of the Berlin underworld, shanghaied into participating in a race in ''Monte Carlo or Bust!''
* Wolfgang
** Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart
** Wolfgang Grimmer from ''Anime/{{Monster}}''
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Anna/Anne
** Ännchen ("Annie") in ''Theatre/DerFreischutz''.
* Bertha/Berta
* Brunhilde[[note]]"Armor/protection [in/for] battle"[[/note]]: For stout, no-nonsense types.
* Dagmar[[note]]"Day maid"[[/note]]
* Elsa
** The dangerously duplicitous love interest from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''
** Partly thanks to Richard Wagner's ''Theatre/{{Lohengrin}}''.
* Frieda
** Frieda, the German maid in ''Theatre/MarginForError''.
** Frieda Hatzfeld, the Munich primadonna in ''Music in the Air''.
** A German character from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
* Greta/Gretel/Gretchen[[note]]All diminutives of 'Margarethe', or 'Margaret'[[/note]]
** Popularized by the female lead of Goethe's ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'', "Gretchen" seems to be more common in America than in Germany these days. In Germany, "Gretchen" has an association of "young, innocent, naive" -- traits that the eponymous "Gretchen" in Faust possesses and aided by the "-chen" diminutive[[note]]A syllable that indicates something is the "little version" of something -- English does not have such a feature, but a good translation of "Gretchen" would be "little Greta"[[/note]].
** ''Literature/HanselAndGretel''.
** Gretel is the cherubic youngest [[Film/TheSoundOfMusic Von Trapp]] daughter.
* Hedwig/Hedy
* Helga: Another stereotypically brawny, and intimidating female character, as per Brunhilde above.
* Hildegard/Hilde
** The deranged Dr Hildegard Lanstrom from ''Series/RedDwarf''.
** Princess Hildegard Von Krone from the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''.
* Katharina[[note]]'Katherine'[[/note]]
** Also as Kätchen, Käthchen, Kati, Käthe, Kathrin.
** Kathie, the barmaid and LoveInterest of ''The Student Prince''.
* Kunigunde[[note]]"Family/clan war"[[/note]]
** Mostly for stories set in the past, especially the chivalric Middle Ages, as the name fell out of fashion afterwards. This is possibly the reason why Voltaire chose it--in its French spelling Cunégonde--as the name for the Westphalian baron's daughter in ''Literature/{{Candide}}''.
** Kunigunde von Thurneck is the aristocratic antagonist of the commoner Käthchen in Heinrich von Kleist's play ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'' ("Katie of Heilbronn"). They both vie for the affections of the knight Friedrich Wetter von Strahl.
* Lotte[[note]]Short for 'Charlotte'[[/note]]
** Lotte Frank from ''Anime/{{Monster}}''
** Werther's object of desire in ''Literature/TheSorrowsOfYoungWerther''.
* Maria
** Mitzi (sometimes spelled Mizzi) is derived from "Maria".
** At least in the 18th and 19th century the stereotype was that "Maria" (as in UsefulNotes/MariaTheresa) was the preferred form in Catholic regions, while in Protestant regions they preferred the French form "Marie".
** Young novice nun from the beloved classic ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
* Marlene/Marleen[[note]]A combination of 'Maria/Marie' with either 'Magdalene' or 'Helene'[[/note]]
** Well-known not least thanks to Marlene Dietrich and the song ''Lili Marleen''.
** In [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimms' Fairy Tales]], the story of ''Literature/TheJuniperTree'' contains Marleenken, whose name is a Low German diminutive of this (in High German: Marlenchen).
* Minna[[note]]"[[CourtlyLove Love]]", or a short form of 'Wilhelmina/Wilhelmine'[[/note]]
** The titular heroine of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's classic comedy ''Minna von Barnhelm''.
** What is called a "Black Maria" in English, i.e. a police van, is called a ''Grüne Minna'' ("Green Minna") in German slang.
* Ursula/Ursel/Uschi
** The German artist Uschi Undsoweiter, a recurring character from the Dutch comic series ''Franka'' by Henk Kuijpers.
* Wilhelmine (the variant Wilhelmina is more common outside of Germany)
** ''Call Me Madam'' uses Wilhelmina to rhyme with "ocarina".
** Wilhelmine is Kaspar's little granddaughter in Robert Southey's poem ''[[UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession The Battle of Blenheim]]''.
[[AC:Last names]]
* Meyer [[note]]an archaic term for 'estate manager'[[/note]]
** Also spelled Mayr, Meier, Mayer, etc.
* Müller [[note]]'miller'[[/note]]
** Also occurs in variants such as Mueller, Möller, Moller, and Miller.
** Kurt Müller (Hardy Krüger) in ''Film/{{Hatari}}''.
** Müller (usually spelled "Muller"), the German-born head of the Indian forestry service in Creator/RudyardKipling's ''In the Rukh'', the short story in which [[Literature/TheJungleBook Mowgli]] first appeared.
** Dr. Müller, a recurring villain from ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''.
** Miller is relatively uncommon as an English surname except as an [[NaturalizedName Anglicization]] of Müller, which is sometimes a plot point. [[note]]In England, Miller had the same ring as "Tax Collector". On the continent, it was just an ordinary name.[[/note]]
* Piefke. What Austrians call Prussians and by extension, people from the Federal Republic of Germany.
* Schultz [[note]]roughly 'sherrif'[[/note]]
** Also Schulz, Schultze, Schulte, Schulze.
** Müller und Schmidt are the two most common names in Germany, with Schultz "only" being the ninth most common.
** Professor Schultze from ''Literature/TheBegumsMillions''.
** ''Series/HogansHeroes'': John Banner played Sergeant Schultz.
** Schulze and Müller were two recurring comical characters from the Berlin satirical weekly ''Kladderadatsch'' (founded in 1848), portrayed as typical Berliners.
** ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' has Professor Otto Schulze in ''The Shooting Star''. In the German translation the "twin detectives" Dupond and Dupont are called Schulze and Schultze.
* Schmidt [[note]]'Smith', though the modern spelling is Schmied[[/note]]
** Which occurs in several variants, e.g. Schmid, Schmitt, Schmitz, Smidt.
** Johann Schmidt (sometimes given the non-German spelling Shmidt), original name of the [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Red Skull]]. German for "John Smith".
** ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': [[NationsAsPeople Prussia's (and, in fanworks, Germany's)]] "human surname" is Beilschmidt.
* Schneider [[note]]'tailor'[[/note]]
* Schröder [[note]]archaic term for 'tailor'[[/note]]
** Also Schroeder, Schrader, etc.
** [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Schroeder]], a German-American character named after an acquaintance of Charles M. Schulz.
* [[TheVonTropeFamily von Something]]
* Wagner [[note]]'wainwright'[[/note]]
** Seventh most common surname in Germany, also occurs in variants like Wegner, Wegener and Wehner. Some German-Americans changed the spelling to Wagoner.
** Kurt Wagner, civilian name of the ComicBook/XMen's Nightcrawler, he was [[FamousNamedForeigner named after]] Music/RichardWagner.
** As was Igor Wagner, Bianca Castafiore's accompanist from ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''.
* Lehmann [[note]]'liege'[[/note]]
** Journalist Egon Erwin Kisch (a native of Prague) reports that before World War I, it was common in Austria-Hungary to refer to Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany as "Lehmann" and Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary as "Prohaska", using two very common surnames from their respective countries. Which brings us to:
* Czech surnames like Prohaska or Svoboda as a stereotype for Austrians among Germans.
* Polish surnames as a stereotype for inhabitants of the Ruhr Valley.
* In German there was an explosion of double-barrelled names thanks due to the feminist movement of the 1970s, partly because German-speaking countries generally do not have American-type "middle names" (e.g. turning a woman's maiden name into a middle name on marriage), partly because until quite recently, it was generally not allowed for a husband and wife to have completely different surnames (so either one partner had to take the other's surname or combine it double-barrel fashion with their original one). A classic example is former Federal Minister of Justice Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger.
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[[folder:Greek]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Aristotelis
** Usually referencing the ancient philosopher Aristotle (of which this is the modern Greek form of) or his namesake, the world famous billionaire Aristotelis Onassis.
* Konstantinos[[note]]'Constantine'[[/note]]
* Kostas[[note]]A short form of 'Konstantinos'[[/note]]
* [[Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding Nick]], Nick, Nick and... Nick
* Spiros/Spyros (or Spiro)[[note]]A short form of 'Spyridon', which means "basket" or "spirit". This is also the name of a saint.[[/note]]
* Stavros (or Stavro)[[note]]"Cross"[[/note]]
* Stelios [[RunningGag (or Stelio)]][[note]]"Pillar", also the name of a saint.[[/note]]
* Yianni/Yiannis/Giannis[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Athina ([[MyNaymeIs note the spelling]])
* Eleni[[note]]'Helen'[[/note]]
* Georgina/Georgia
* Nia
* Petra
* Sophia
* Thalia
* [[Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding Toula]], Tula
* Xena/Xenia[[note]]"Hospitality", a core value in Ancient Greek society. This is also a name of a saint in the Eastern Orthrodox Church.[[/note]]
[[AC:Last names]]
* Anything ending in '-poulos'.[[note]]'-poulos' is a patronymic suffix in Greek, equivalent of '-son' in English. Seeing a pattern with all these European names?[[/note]]
** ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'s nemesis Rastapopoulos, although he is more of an international villain as his first name is Roberto.
* Contostavlos
** As in, Tula Paulina and Costadinos (better known as Tulisa and Dappy of N-Dubz).
* Papadopoulos[[note]]"Son of the priest"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it is one of the most common surnames in Greece.
** [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Apollo's]] surname [[MortalityEnsues as a human]] is Papadopoulos in ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo''.
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[[folder:Hungarian]]
[[AC:Masculine given names]]
* Béla
** Béla Bartòk
** Bela Lugosi, the original Dracula
** Bela de Magpyr of ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', a brazen shout-out to Bela Lugosi
* László[[note]]'Vladislav', also the name of an 11th-century king of Hungary who is venerated as a saint[[/note]]
** This was the birth name of Creator/PeterLorre; he was born in Austria-Hungary
* Zoltán[[note]]Possibly "Sultan"[[/note]]
** [[Literature/BloodFever Zoltan the Magyar]]
** [[Film/DudeWheresMyCar Zoltan, leader of the UFO cult]]
** [[Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch Zoltan Bathory]]
** Film/ZoltanHoundOfDracula
** Zoltan Karpathy, "that dreadful Hungarian" in ''Theatre/MyFairLady''
[[AC:Feminine given names]]
* Bianka/Bianca
** Bianca, the Hungarian representative of the Rescue Aid Society in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers''
* Kata[[note]]'Kate'[[/note]]
* Magdalena
* Tamara
* Zsófia[[note]]'Sophia'; note that in Hungarian, 'zs' is pronounced as "zh", like the French "j" or the 's' in 'vision'[[/note]]
[[AC:Family names (note that in Hungarian these are properly stated FIRST, before the given name)]]
* Horvath[[note]]"Of Croatian descent"[[/note]]
* Kiss[[note]]"Small", pronounced "Kish"[[/note]]
* Kovács/Kovach[[note]]"Blacksmith", pronounced "KO-vatch"[[/note]]
* Nagy[[note]]"Big", pronounced "Nodge"[[/note]]
* Németh[[note]]"German"[[/note]]
* Szabó[[note]]"Tailor", pronounced "SAW-bo"[[/note]]
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[[folder:Icelandic]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Dýri
* Egill[[note]]"Awe, terror"[[/note]]
** Egil/Egill from ''Literature/EgilsSaga''.
** Egill is a possible "human name" given to Iceland in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.[[note]]The creator, Himaruya, gave a list of several names that could be used for him.[[/note]]
* Hjálmar[[note]]"Helmeted warrior", pronounced "KOWL-mar"[[/note]]
* Stefán[[note]]'Stephen'[[/note]]
* Thor/Þór[[note]]"Thunder", also the name of a god from Myth/NorseMythology[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Music/{{Bjork}}[[note]]"Birch tree"[[/note]]
* Dagmar[[note]]"Day maid"[[/note]]
* Freyja[[note]]"Lady", also the name of a goddess from Myth/NorseMythology[[/note]]
* Þórunn[[note]]Either "Thor waves/billows" or "Thor loves"[[/note]]
[[AC:Last names]]
* Anything ending in '-son' for males or '-dottír' for females.
** TruthInTelevision as Iceland uses the UsefulNotes/{{patronymic}} system and most Icelandic people don't have family names (the main exceptions are immigrants and their descendants). See that page and the UsefulNotes.NamingConventions page for more details.
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[[folder:Indian]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Apu
** Apu from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', who in turn was named after Apu from Creator/SatyajitRay's "Apu" film trilogy.
* Raj[[note]]"Empire/Royalty"[[/note]]
** [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Rajesh Koothrappali]].
** Raj from ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'' is an Indian elephant.
** [[Film/DilwaleDulhaniaLeJayenge Raj Malhotra]].
** [[Film/{{Saawariya}} Ranbir Raj]], who is [[TheDanza played by]] Ranbir Kapoor, the grandson of Creator/RajKapoor.
* Ravi[[note]]"Sun", also the name of a Hindu god of the sun[[/note]]
** Usually as a ShoutOut to Music/RaviShankar.
** Ravi Ross from ''Series/{{Jessie}}''.
* Sanjay[[note]]"Completely victorious, triumphant"[[/note]]
** There's a royal official in the Hindu epic the ''Literature/{{Mahabharata}}'' named Sanjaya, an arachic form of the name.
** One of the titular characters of ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig''.
** One of Timmy's "backup friends" in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents''.
** Tim's PenPal in ''VideoGame/StickyBusiness''.
* Sunny
* Taj[[note]]"Crown"[[/note]]
* Vijay[[note]]"Victory", also the name of several figures in Myth/HinduMythology[[/note]]
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Bhavna/Bhavini[[note]]"Producing/Manifesting"[[/note]]
* Indira[[note]]"Beauty", also a name of [[Myth/HinduMythology Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu]][[/note]]
** Possibly made internationally famous by Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi.
** And helped by British Indian actress Indira Varma.
* Padma[[note]]"Lotus"[[/note]]
** Padma Patil from ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.
* Priya[[note]]"Beloved"[[/note]]
** Priya from ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' is of Indian descent.
* Rani[[note]]"Queen"[[/note]]
* Shanti[[note]]"Quiet/Peace/Tranquility"[[/note]]
[[AC:Last names]]
* Gandhi
** UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi.
** Indira Gandhi, again, although "Gandhi" was her married name (and no, her husband wasn't related to Mahatma Gandhi).[[note]]But she ''was'' a daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru.[[/note]]
* Gupta[[note]]"Protected"[[/note]]
* Kapoor
** Kelly Kapoor from the American ''Series/{{TheOffice|US}}''.
* Khan[[note]]"King/Ruler"[[/note]]
* Kumar[[note]]"Boy/Prince"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's one of the most common surnames in India among men.
* Patel[[note]]"Landowner"[[/note]]
* Singh[[note]]"Lion"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's one of the most common surnames in India, especially among the Kshatriya class and Sikhs.
** [[WebVideo/IISuperwomanII Lilly Singh]].
* Or a generally OverlyLongName like Apu Nahasapeemapetilon has.
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[[folder:Irish]]
* See UsefulNotes/IrishNames for more information.
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Aidan/Aiden[[note]]"Little fire"[[/note]]
* Colin[[note]]"Young dog"... in Anglicized [[{{Scotireland}} Scottish Gaelic]][[/note]]
* Liam[[note]]Originally a short form of 'William'[[/note]]
** American voice actor Creator/LiamOBrien
* Mick (or Mickey/Micky)
* Patrick/Pádraig (or Paddy)
** American voice actor Creator/PatrickSeitz is of partial Irish descent. He even has red hair.
* Seán[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
** ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': While Sean's heritage is not discussed on the show, he has an Irish first name AND an Irish last name (Rafferty). Safe to assume that he's Irish.
* Séamus[[note]]'James'[[/note]]
** Seamus Finnigan, a Hogwarts student from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', is implied to be of Irish descent due to his accent.
** Sean and Seamus, Piggley's grandchildren in ''WesternAnimation/JakersTheAdventuresOfPiggleyWinks''.
** Noble prize winning poet [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_Heaney Seamus Heaney]].
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Often TheUnpronounceable to unfamiliar audiences:
** Aoife[[note]]"Beauty", pronounced "EE-fa", also the name of several figures in Myth/CelticMythology[[/note]]
** Caoimhe[[note]]"Dear/Beloved/Gentle", pronounced "KEE-va" or "KWEE-va"[[/note]]
** Maeve/Meadhbh [[note]]"Intoxicating", pronounced "Mayv"[[/note]]
*** Queen Medb from ''Literature/TheCattleRaidOfCooley'' might be one of the reasons this is on the list in the first place.
*** Mebh from ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'', whose name is one of several variant spellings.
** Saoirse[[note]]"Freedom", pronounced "SEER-sha"[[/note]]
*** Saoirse, Ben's sister from ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea''.
*** Irish actress Creator/SaoirseRonan.
** Siobhán[[note]]'Jeanne', pronounced "Shiv-AWN"[[/note]]
*** People from Hong Kong may be familiar with [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Siobhán Haughey]], who is half-Irish.
*** American actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan.
* Bridget/Brigid/Biddy[[note]]The exalted one", also the name of a goddess from Myth/CelticMythology now venerated as a patron saint of Ireland[[/note]], up until recently though the success of the (British) ''Literature/BridgetJones'' books have probably weakened the association with Ireland.
** Bridget the Irish immigrant mouse from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''.
** Irish slave girls would be called "Biddy" even if it wasn't their real name.
* All the "-een" names:
** Colleen[[note]]"Girl"[[/note]]
*** It's actually uncommon in Ireland itself, and more likely to be used by foreigners with Irish heritage in tribute to the motherland.
*** American voice actresses Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard and Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey, though it's hard to tell just by name if the former has any Irish ancestry.
** Aideen/Éadaoin[[note]]Possibly "jealousy/passion"[[/note]]
*** Étaín from the myth ''Literature/TheWooingOfEtain''.
** Eileen[[note]]'Aveline'[[/note]]
** Kathleen/Caitlín[[note]]'Katherine'[[/note]]
*** As in Kathleen ni Houlihan, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Ireland.
* Eithne[[note]]"Kernel/Grain", pronounced "Enya"; Irish spelling is at least opaque as French[[/note]]
* Several figures from Myth/CelticMythology bear this name, most prominently the mother of Lugh Lámfada.
** The birth name of Irish singer Music/{{Enya}}.
* Erin
** Like Colleen, this name is also uncommon in Ireland, because people generally don't name their child after their country. It was actually initially used by people of Irish heritage in America, Canada and Australia.
** Canadian[=/=]American voice actress Creator/ErinFitzgerald.
* Fiona[[note]]"Fair/White"[[/note]]
* Mary/Máire
* Molly
* Rosie
[[AC:Last names]]
* Kelly[[note]]"(Descendant of) Ceallach"[[/note]]
** O'Kelly exists as well.
** [[Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia Charlie Kelly]]
* Kennedy[[note]]"(Descendant of) Cennétig"[[/note]]
** UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy and his family--they're American, but still.
* Murphy[[note]]"(Descendant of) Murchadh", where 'Murchadh' means "sea battle"[[/note]]
** Or O'Murphy, though this version is far rarer in reality.
** In ''Abie's Irish Rose'', the Irish family is named Murphy.
** This one's use is actually {{justified|Trope}} as it's the most common surname in Ireland.
* Kenny
* O'Anything, really. Even [=O'NotARealIrishName=]. Considering the prefix is a patronymic, equivalent to "-son" in English (as per European tradition), it's no wonder. The most prominent examples of actual Irish surnames in this structure:
** O'Brien[[note]]"Descendant of Brien"[[/note]]
*** Or O'Brian, which likewise is a fairly rare variation in real life.)
** O'Donnell[[note]]"Descendant of Domhnall/Donald"[[/note]]
** O'Hara[[note]]"Descendant of Eaghra"[[/note]]
*** American actress Maureen O'Hara
*** The O'Hara family in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', where Scarlett's father Gerald was explicitly described to be an Irish immigrant SelfMadeMan in the original novel.
*** ''Such'' a stereotypical cop name it even has its own trope: OfficerOHara.
** O'Neill[[note]]"Descendant of Neil"[[/note]]
*** Amanda O'Neill from ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia'' is an Irish-American student at [[WizardingSchool Luna Nova Academy]].
*** ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue'': "Patty O'Neill. You must be very Irish."
** O'Reilly[[note]]"Descendant of Raghailligh"[[/note]]
*** Creator/BillOReilly from the Fox News Channel.
** O'Shea[[note]]"Descendant of Séaghdha"[[/note]]
** Characters from UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland are more likely to have the 'Mc-' names, as the region historically had more Scottish influence.
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[[folder:Italian]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
Before we begin, it should be pointed out that there are quite a few common Italian male given names that don't see much use in non-Italian media because of [[GenderBlenderName them sounding (or outright being) female in other languages]], such as Andrea, Daniele and Gabriele. That said...
* Alessandro[[note]]'Alexander'[[/note]]
* Alfredo/Fredo[[note]]'Alfred'[[/note]]
* Antonio (or Toni)[[note]]'Anthony'[[/note]]
** Tony, the mouse of Italian descent from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail''.
** Antonio "Tonio" Trussardi in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable''.
** Tony (Antonio) Esposito from ''Theatre/TheMostHappyFella''.
* Dino
** It has nothing to do with dinosaurs or ''Franchise/TheFlintstones''. It's just a short form for names that end with '-dino' or '-tino', and there are ''lots'' of Italian names that do.
* Domenico[[note]]'Dominic'[[/note]]
* Francesco, or its shortened form Franco.[[note]]'Francis', 'Frank'[[/note]]
** Its use as a Stock Name is actually {{justified|Trope}}--it's a popular name in both the modern day and the Renaissance.
* Giovanni[[note]]'John'[[/note]]
** Giovanni Battista ([[Characters/TheBible John the Baptist]]).
** Giovanni from Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
* Gino
** Like Dino above, this one's also a short form for names that end with this sound.
** Gino Fernandez, Italian goalkeeper of ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', even though his surname is not very Italian.
* Giuseppe[[note]]'Joseph'[[/note]]
** Giuseppe Garibaldi, [[UsefulNotes/WarsOfItalianIndependence the man who unified the Italian peninsula in the 1800s]].
** Giuseppe Piazzi, the man who discovered the asteroid[=/=]dwarf planet Ceres.
** Music/GiuseppeVerdi, famous opera composer
** The speaker's name in the comedy song "Shaddap You Face" is named Giuseppe, as he informs his listeners in the opening line. Considering the singer and writer is himself of Italian descent, it also doubles as AffectionateParody.
* Guido[[note]]'Guy'[[/note]]
** Guido Anselmi in ''Film/EightAndAHalf'', and Guido Contini in the adaptation ''Theatre/NineMusical''.
** Guido Orefice in ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''.
** Guido in ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'', who only speaks Italian (doubles as a PunnyName, since "guido" also means "I drive").
** Guido di Maggio in ''Literature/RallyRoundTheFlagBoys''.
** Guido Mista in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind''.
* Lorenzo (or Enzo)[[note]]'Lawrence'[[/note]]
** Lorenzo the Opera Engine from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
** The [[DubNameChange Dub Name]] of a one-shot Society of Light duelist in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', who's voiced as an out-and-out ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' parody for no apparent reason.
** [[TheDon Uncle Enzo]] from ''Literature/SnowCrash''.
** Lorenzo "The Magnificent" de' Medici, Renaissance ruler of UsefulNotes/{{Florence}} and HistoricalDomainCharacter in works such as ''Series/{{Medici}}'' or ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''.
* Luciano[[note]]'Lucian'[[/note]]
** As in Luciano Pavarotti, famed Main/{{Opera}} tenor.
* Luigi[[note]]'Louis'[[/note]]
** [[VideoGame/HotelMario Eh]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi?]]
** Luigi, the Italian waiter in ''Theatre/DreamGirl''.
* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]][[note]]Either "of Mars", "male", or the masculine form of 'Maria'[[/note]]
** Mario Lanza, Mario Cuomo, Mario Adorf, Mario Andretti
** [[Film/TheGodfather Mario Puzo]]
** [[Series/{{Raumpatrouille}} Mario de Monti]]
** Mario Cavaradossi from ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}''.
** [[Film/{{Winnetou}} Mario Girotti]], better known as [[Film/{{Trinity}} Terence Hill]]
* Paolo[[note]]'Paul'[[/note]]
* Salvatore[[note]]"Saviour"[[/note]]
** Salvatore "Tory" Belleci from ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}''.
** Often used as the first name of "Boss" Maroni, the Mafia boss who scarred [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dent]], though note that [[NewerThanTheyThink this only dates back]] to 1996, with ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween''.
* Vincenzo[[note]]'Vincent'[[/note]]
** Vinnie/Vinny (stereotypical of Italian-Americans)
* Vito[[note]]"Life"[[/note]]
** Since ''Film/TheGodfather''.
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Alessia[[note]]"Alexia"[[/note]]
* Angela/Angelina
* Assunta[[note]]"Assumption". Given in reference to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, i.e. it's a Catholic thing.[[/note]] (Originally short for Maria Assunta; cf. below.)
** ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'' and ''Theatre/TheSaintOfBleeckerStreet'' both have minor characters by this name.
* Bianca
** Bianca Minola, the "Shrew's" apparently meek sister from ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew''.
** [[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Bianca Castafiore]], the "Milanese Nightingale".
** Bianca di Angelo from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''.
* Carla
* Carmela (mostly southern Italian)[[note]]"Carmel"/"Carmen". Given in reference to the Virgin of Mt. Carmel, i.e. it's a Catholic thing.[[/note]]
* Concetta[[note]]"Conception". Given in reference to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, i.e. [[RunningGag it's a Catholic thing]]. [[/note]]
** The name is usually associated with older Italian women.
** Concetta is one of the many names Neflyte calls Molly in ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'' because he can't remember her real name. This one in particular elicits a FlatWhat reaction from Molly. Most of the names are Italian. Considering his voice actor is Italian-American, it's not surprising. It's possible he even has older female relatives with this name or otherwise knows some women with this name.
** Concetta "Cettina", resident maid and "Funny Southerner" from ''Series/UnMedicoInFamiglia''.
* Francesca
* Gina[[note]]The feminine counterpart of 'Gino' above.[[/note]]
** Gina the Italian engine from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
* Giovanna[[note]]'Joanna'[[/note]]
* Isabella
* Lucia/Luciana
* Lucrezia[[note]]'Lucretia', also the name of a figure from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Roman mythology]] and the name of a saint[[/note]]
** Lucrezia Borgia
* Maria
** Maria di Angelo, the mother of the aforementioned Bianca, in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''.
** Maria paired with another name, such as Maria Teresa, Maria Cristina, Maria Luisa, Maria Immacolata, etc.
* Nina[[note]]Like 'Gina' above, it's a short form for names that end with '-nina'.[[/note]]
* Rosa[[note]]'Rose', also the name of an Italian saint.[[/note]]
** Rosa Castaldi, the Italian soprano in ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera''.
** Rosa delle Rose in ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo''.
* Sofia
* Teresa/Tessa
[[AC:Last names]]
* Anything ending in '-etti' or '-elli' (both a diminutive suffix)--''Moretti'', ''Firelli'' etc.
** The same with '-ini'.
** Or '-otti'.
*** ''Series/That70sShow'' has the Pinciotti family with a distinctly Italian-sounding last name.
* Capone
** UsefulNotes/AlCapone, who was a son of first-generation Neapolitan immigrants.
* de Luca / de Campo / de Felice etc. Also "di" something.[[note]]"Son/Descendant of [X]", once again.[[/note]]
* Ferrari[[note]]"Iron", an occupational surname equivalent to 'Smith'.[[/note]]
* Genovese[[note]]"From Genoa"[[/note]]
* Grimaldi[[note]]"Descendant of Grimaldo"[[/note]]
** Madame Grimaldi in ''Theatre/BellsAreRinging''.
* Maraschino
* Marino[[note]]There are multiple etymologies, but usually it's "descendant of Marius" or "of the sea"[[/note]]
* Romano[[note]]Either "descendant of Roman" or "from Rome"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's the third-most common surname in Italy.
** ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'' mentions the Brothers Romano, who are implied to be a local branch of TheMafia.
* Rossi or its variants (Rossini, Rossetti, Russo, Lo Russo, etc.)[[note]]"Red"[[/note]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as it's the two most common surnames in Italy--Rossi is more common in the North and Central parts of the country, while "Russo" is more common in the South.
** The Russo family from ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''. The dad is explicitly stated to be Italian-American, making the three kids half-Italian (the mom's Mexican-American).
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[[folder:Japanese]]
As a general note, Japanese, unlike English, does not have "fixed" names like "Peter" or "Mary". Instead, given names usually consist of one or more syllables, but they can be ''any'' out of thousands as long as the parents like them; many different Japanese names can also become conflated together into one romanization due to the latter's limitations as well as AlternateCharacterReading. They also tend to have different naming trends than Chinese and Korean (see below for elaboration), although the kanji used in Japanese names are also used in some Sino-Korean names. Meanwhile, Japanese surnames are often topographic in nature and tend to reflect the rural landscape, and are more numerous than Sino-Korean surnames, as their creation and emergence into common use came much later in history than Chinese and Korean ([[https://www.tofugu.com/japan/history-of-japanese-names/ it's complicated]]). For consistency purposes, all names will be listed in Hiragana to reflect pronunciation, with commonly associated kanji and their meanings added if possible.
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Akito (あきと)
* Daisuke (だいすけ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 大輔, meaning "big/great help".[[/labelnote]]
* Hiro (ひろ)[[labelnote:*]]The most commonly associated kanji are 裕, meaning "abundant", 寛, meaning "tolerant/lenient/generous", 浩, meaning "prosperous", and 廣/広, meaning "vast/wide".[[/labelnote]]
** Hiro Hamada from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''.[[note]]The Taiwanese Mandarin and Cantonese dubs translate his name as 廣, while the Mainland Mandarin dub translates his name as 宏, which also means "vast/wide". The Japanese dub just renders his name in katakana.[[/note]]
** Hiro Nakamura from ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.[[note]]The Taiwanese Mandarin dub translates his name as 廣, the Mainland Mandarin goes with 寛, and the Cantonese dub goes with 廣雄. The Japanese dub just renders his name in katakana.[[/note]]
** Hiro Yamagiwa from ''VideoGame/JitsuSquad'', who's spelled "Hero". And yes, he's TheHero.
** [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Hiro Protagonist]] from ''Literature/SnowCrash''.
** Hiro from ''VideoGame/{{SSX}}''.
** Hiro the Japanese Engine from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
* Itō (いとう)
** [[NameOrderConfusion It's a surname]] in RealLife though.
* Kage (かげ). It's often used for ninjas as its most common associated kanji is 影, meaning "shadow".
* Ken (けん)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji is 健, meaning "healthy/strong".[[/labelnote]]
* Kenji (けんじ)
** Kenji Kon from ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous''.
** Kenji Ookami, Tooey's father in ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali''.
** Kenji the Japanese Rail Zeppelin from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
* Masashi (まさし)
* Ryū (りゅう)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 竜/龍, meaning "dragon".[[/labelnote]]
** [[Anime/ArgentoSoma Ryu Soma]]
** Ryu from ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.
** Ryu Hayabusa from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' and ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''.
** Every single ''Franchise/BreathOfFire''.
** Ryuichi Naruhodo, or Phoenix Wright from ''Franchise/AceAttorney''.
* Sasuke (さすけ)
** Like Kage above, it is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} also for ninjas]].
* Shin (しん)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji is 真, meaning "real/genuine".[[/labelnote]]
** Shin Seijuro from ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}''.
** Shin Hayata from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
* Shinji (しんじ)
** Shinji Ikari from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* Tarō (たろう)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 太郎, meaning "big/great son".[[/labelnote]]
** This is often added at the end of a name to make it masculine. Examples include [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro]] and [[{{Anime/Hamtaro}} Hamtaro]].
** Combine this with the surname Yamada (やまだ/山田), and you have [[MrSmith the Japanese equivalent of John Smith]].
** Taro Yamada from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator''.
* Toshi/Toshiro (とし/としう)
* Yoshi (よし)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 吉, meaning "auspicious/good luck", 義, meaning "righteous", and 良, meaning "good/virtuous/respectable", respectively.[[/labelnote]]
** Yoshi from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.
** [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Yoshi]][[VideoGame/SoulSeries mitsu]].
** Hamato Yoshi from ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''
** WWE's Wrestling/YoshiTatsu.
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Any Japanese name ending in "ko" (こ/子). Justified as "-ko" is a near-exclusively feminine name-ending in Japanese (its kanji means "child"), which isn't used in such a way in Chinese, Korean, or Vietnamese.[[note]]For a Western equivalent, think of a LazilyGenderFlippedName with suffixes like "-a", "-ina", "-ette", etc.; the "-ko" is that suffix.[[/note]]
** Kiko from ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins''.
** Akko from ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia'' ([[ReferencedBy or before her]], Akko from ''Manga/HimitsuNoAkkoChan'').
* Asami (あさみ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 麻美, meaning "beautiful hemp".[[/labelnote]]
** Asami Sato from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.
* Haruka (はるか)
* Kasumi (かすみ)
** Common for female {{Ninja}}, one of its associated kanji, 霞, means "mist".
** Canadian voice actress Creator/KazumiEvans is of Japanese descent.
** Misty, the gym leader of Cerulean City in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', is named Kasumi in the original Japanese version.
* Kimiko (きみこ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 貴美子/君子, meaning "valuable, beautiful child" and "lord/noble child", respectively.[[/labelnote]]
** Creator/KimikoGlenn.
** Kimiko Tohomiko, of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''.
* Kumiko (くみこ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 久美子, meaning "long-time beautiful child".[[/labelnote]]
* [[SevenIsNana Nana]] (なな)
** See the linked page for examples with the common associations with the name.
* Sakura (さくら)
** Most commonly associated with the kanji 桜 ("[[CherryBlossomGirl cherry blossom]]"), see the linked page for examples with the common associations with the name.
** The fanon "human given name" for [[GenderFlip Nyotalia]] [[NationsAsPeople Japan]] in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' is Sakura.
* Shizuka (しずか)
** Another common female ninja name, as the kanji most commonly associated with ''shizu'', 静, means "silent/quiet".
** Shizuka Minamoto (源静香) from ''Franchise/{{Doraemon}}''.
** The nurse from ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' is named Shizuka Marikawa, and she's the only non-combatant among the series' main cast. Though it doesn't stop her from obtaining an insanely high body-count by ramming a schoolbus into hordes of zombies.
** ''VideoGame/{{Musya}}'' has the DamselInDistress you're tasked with rescuing, named Shizuka.
* Tomoko (ともこ)[[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 智子, meaning "wise/intelligent child", and 朋子, meaning "friend child", respectively.[[/labelnote]]
* Yōko (ようこ) [[labelnote:*]]The most common associated kanji are 陽子/洋子, meaning "light/sun child" and "ocean child", respectively.[[/labelnote]]
** [[Music/TheBeatles Yoko Ono]]'s [[YokoOhNo popularity]] has probably helped this.
** Yoko from ''WesternAnimation/TimothyGoesToSchool''.
** ComicBook/YokoTsuno
* Yumi/Yumiko (ゆみ/ゆみこ)
** Yumiko from ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'', a Japanese Kitsune Spirit.
** ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi''.
** Yumi Ishiyama of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''.
[[AC:Family names]]
* Hamada (浜田/濱田, はまだ)[[labelnote:*]]"Beach Field/Rice Paddy"[[/labelnote]]
** Cass, Tadashi and Hiro Hamada from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' are Japanese-American.
* Hashimoto (橋本, はしもと)[[labelnote:*]]"Base/Root of the Bridge"[[/labelnote]]
* Honda (本田, ほんだ)[[labelnote:*]]"Base/Root of the Field/Rice Paddy"[[/labelnote]]
** Renee Honda from Franchise/{{Barbie}}.
** [[NationsAsPeople Japan's]] "human name" is Kiku Honda in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.
** [[VideoGame/PunchOut Piston Honda]] ([[ScrewedByTheLawyers later changed to Piston Hondo due to legal issues]]).
** Film director Creator/IshiroHonda, who is best known for creating the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise.
* Matsumoto (松本, まつもと)[[labelnote:*]]"Base/Root of the Fir/Pine Tree"[[/labelnote]]
* Miyamoto (宮本, みやもと)[[labelnote:*]]"Base/Root of the Palace/Shrine/Temple"[[/labelnote]]
** UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, who is considered as one of the most iconic {{Samurai}} in history.
** Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, one of the most well-known video game developers working at Creator/{{Nintendo}}.
* Nakamura (中村, なかむら)[[labelnote:*]]"Middle of the Town/Village"[[/labelnote]]
** Ethan Nakamura, a supporting character in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''.
** Hiro Nakamura from ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
* Satō (佐藤, さとう)[[labelnote:*]]"Helping/Aiding Wisteria", or indirectly "Helping/Aiding the Fujiwara clan"[[/labelnote]]
** [[MrSmith Often used as a default surname much like "Smith" or "Doe" in America]] as it's the most common surname in Japan.
** Asami Sato from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''.
* Suzuki (鈴木, すずき)[[labelnote:*]]"Bell Tree/Wood"[[/labelnote]]
** Like Satō, its use as a Stock Name is {{justified|Trope}} as it's the second most common surname in Japan.
* Takahashi (高橋, たかはし)[[labelnote:*]]"Tall/High Bridge"[[/labelnote]]
** Like Satō and Suzuki, its use as a Stock Name is {{justified|Trope}} as it's the third most common surname in Japan.
* Tanaka (田中, たなか)[[labelnote:*]]"Middle of the Field/Rice Paddy"[[/labelnote]]
** Gundham Tanaka from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''.
** [[AlphaBitch Drew Tanaka]] from ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' and ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles''.
* Watanabe (渡辺, わたなべ)[[labelnote:*]]"Place of Crossing/Ferries"[[/labelnote]]
** Possibly lampshaded in ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', where every chapter has a character with that name.
* Yamada (山田, やまだ)[[labelnote:*]]"Mountain Field/Rice Paddy"[[/labelnote]]
** {{Justified|Trope}} as this is the surname used for a Japanese [[MrSmith placeholder name]], i.e. the local equivalent "Smith" or "Doe" in English-speaking countries.
* Yamaguchi (山口, やまぐち)[[labelnote:*]]"Mouth/Entrance of the Mountain"[[/labelnote]]
* Yamauchi (山内, やまうち)[[labelnote:*]]"Inside the Mountain"[[/labelnote]]
* Yamamoto (山本, やまもと)[[labelnote:*]]"Base of the Mountain"[[/labelnote]]
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[[folder:Jewish/Hebrew/Israeli]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Aaron
* Abe/Abie/Abraham
* Benjamin
* Bernard/Bernie
** UsefulNotes/BernieSanders.
* Boris (particularly in Russia)
* Chaim[[note]]"Life"[[/note]]
** Chaim Rosenzweig, the Israeli super-scientist from ''Literature/LeftBehind''.
* Daniel
* David
* Herschel/Hershel[[note]]"Deer", diminutive form of the German-Yiddish name 'Hirsch'[[/note]]
** [[VideoGame/ProfessorLayton Professor Hershel Layton.]]
** Creator/{{Funimation}}'s DubNameChange for ''Manga/CaseClosed'''s [[AbsentMindedProfessor Hiroshi Agasa]], hammering in the [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein Einstein]] parody even further.[[note]]If you're curious, "Hiroshi" is meant to be a pun on the Japanese word for "professor"[[/note]]
* Howard
** Howard Wolowitz from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
* Hyman/Hymie[[note]]"Life", Yiddish variant of 'Chaim'[[/note]]
** Hymie, Clara Weiss's deceased husband in the musical ''Milk and Honey''.
* Ira[[note]]"Watchful", also the name of King David's priest[[/note]]
* Irving
* Isaac/Yitzhak
* Isidore/Isadore (older Jewish men)
* Jacob
* [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Lawrence]]/[[Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack Larry]]
* Milton
* Moe/Moses
* Mordecai
* Nathan
* Nir[[note]]"Plowed field"[[/note]]
* Sam/Samuel
* Saul
* Simon
** May also be a last name, as in George Simon from Elmer Rice's play ''Counsellor-at-Law''.
* Sol/Solomon
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Chaya[[note]]"Life", feminine form of 'Chaim'[[/note]]
* Esther
* Francine
** Francine Frensky from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''
** Francine "Fran" Drescher
* Golda/Goldie
** Golda Meir
** Goldie Hawn
* Hannah
* Judith/Judy
* Miriam
** Miriam from ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' is AmbiguouslyJewish.
* Naomi
* Rachel
** In James [=McBride=]'s autobiography, he describes how his Jewish mother actually changed her name from Rachel (itself being an Anglicized form of her birth name, Ruchel) to Ruth in order to sound more American.
* Rebecca/Rivka
** Rebecca from ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}''.
* Ruth
** Ruthie Rivkin, the nice Jewish girl in ''I Can Get It For You Wholesale''.
* Sarah/Sadie
* Yael
* Yentl[[note]]"Noble/Aristocratic", diminutive form of 'Yente'[[/note]]
** Yente from ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.
[[AC:Family names (Ashkenazi)]]
* Generally names that are German or Slavic in origin.
* Cohen
* Diamond
* Names starting with "Gold" (e.g. Goldberg, Goldman, Goldblatt, or just Gold)
** Gieber Goldfarb from the musical ''Girl Crazy''.
** The titular Jewish family from ''Radio/TheGoldbergs''.
* Kaplan
** The Kaplan family from ''Theatre/StreetScene''.
* Katz
* Levy
** In ''Abie's Irish Rose'', the Jewish family is named Levy.
** In ''Film/TheCocoanuts'', Groucho talks about the levees along the riverfront, and Chico identifies them as the Jewish neighborhood.
--->"Well, we'll passover that."
* Marx
** Creator/KarlMarx
** The Marx family of entertainers: Groucho, Chico, etc.
* Reuben/Rubin
** Rebecca Rubin from the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection''.
* Names starting with "Rosen" (e.g. Rosenstein, Rosenblatt, or just Rosen or Rose)
* Shapiro
** A lawyer in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' is heavily suspected of being Jewish because his last name is Shapiro, but his background is unimportant to his character overall and he never confirms nor denies the assumption.
** Mrs. Shapiro from ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill''.
** Isabella Garcia-Shapiro from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is Mexican-Jewish.
* Names starting with "Silver" (e.g. Silverberg, Silverman, Silverblatt or just Silver). Usually an Anglicisation of German "Silber".
* Names consisting of a place name, especially if there is an additional "-er" suffix, e.g. Frankfurter, Haller, Berliner, Wendriner, etc. In some cases, the name was reshaped into Hebrew or Yiddish, e.g. Shapiro/Schapiro refers to the city of Spire (German: Speyer) and Dreyfus to Trier (French: Trèves).
* Any German surname ending in "-berg", "-stein", or "-man(n)"
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[[folder:Korean]]
As a general note, Korean names are fairly similar to Chinese names and unlike English, does not have "fixed" names like "Peter" or "Mary". Instead, given names usually consist of one or two syllables, but they can be ''any'' characters out of thousands as long as the parents like them; many different Korean names can also become conflated together into one Hangul due to the latter's limitations. However, although Sino-Korean names that have corresponding Hanja (Chinese characters) are predominant, a fair number of native Korean names that usually don't have corresponding Hanja are still in use. It should also be noted that Korean romanization systems can be inconsistent, most commonly between the North and the South, so what appears to be many names can actually be the same name romanized different ways (e.g. Bak, Pak, and Park are all valid romanizations of the surname 박, or 朴 in Hanja).
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Cho
* Jin
[[AC:Family names]]
* Kim (김/金)
** Kim Il-sung or Kim Jong-il
** Lots of K-pop idols, including Jennie and Jisoo of ''Music/BlackPink''
** Crime boss Eddie Kim, of ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'' fame
* Kwon/Gwon (권/權/勸/㩲/券)
* Lee (李, 리 in the North, 이 in the South)
** It is alternatively romanized as Ri/Rhee in the North and Yi/[[OneLetterName I]] in the South.
* Pak/Park (박/朴)
** In fact, 45% of all Koreans are named either Kim, Lee, or Park.
** Adam Park from the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''
** Japanese seiyuu Creator/RomiPark is of Korean descent
** Willow Park from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''.
** Chloe Park from ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears''.
** Min-Gi Park from ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain''
** ''Music/BlackPink'' member ROSÉ's full name is Roseanne/Chaeyoung Park.
** Abby Park from ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''.
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[[folder:Lithuanian]]
[[AC:Masculine names]]
* Artūras[[note]]'Arthur'[[/note]]
* Mindaugas[[note]]Roughly translates to "Thinks/remembers a lot"[[/note]]
** The first known Grand Duke and the only crowned King of Lithuania was named Mindaugas.
* Vytautas[[note]]Roughly translates to either "Chase/Drive away nations" or "See people/nations"[[/note]]
** This was the name of a 15th-century Grand Duke of Lithuania, who is revered as a national hero in the country.
[[AC:Feminine names]]
* Rūta[[note]]'Ruth' or [[FlowerMotifs 'Rue', which is a national symbol of Lithuania]][[/note]]
[[AC:Surnames]]
* Surnames ending in "-aitis": Adomaitis, Laurinaitis, Zemaitis, etc.
** In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', while [[NationsAsPeople Lithuania's]] "human given name" is the highly uncommon Tolys[[labelnote:*]]The names were given in katakana, which led to some confusion among fans that his name might have been "Toris", but that isn't a real Lithuanian name[[/labelnote]], his "human surname" is Laurinaitis.
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