Stock Foreign Name

Oh, those Russians...

Agent Fitzhugh: State your name.
Sergei Malatov: (says nothing)
McNulty: No name, huh? Well, for now, we'll just call you "Boris".
Sergei: (sighs) "Boris"... Why always "Boris"?

— The Wire

When you have to name a foreign character, you've got three options:

• Just make up some gibberish that sounds vaguely foreign;
• Name them after some famous person from his country;
• Use the most common and well-known name from their country, possibly stereotypically associated with it.

That last option is this trope. Many nations have their analogs of "John Smith" - ridiculously common names, whose "commonness" has become near proverbial. Sometimes, these names become symbols or stereotypes, associated in popular consciousness with the respective countries.

Note that names that were once common in one country often fall out of favour with the passage of time while remaining 'stock', sometimes resulting in an author unintentionally giving a young character an anachronistically old-fashioned name.

Some of these names — such as "Mick", "Taig" or "Guido" — become so closely associated with a particular country that they attain full-on racial epithet status.

Of course, some names that catch on can eventually become 'de-foreignised' as the association with the home country fades. The name 'Kevin' is a great example of this; as recently as a century ago, it was almost entirely unknown outside Ireland, yet at this point, the man on the street is unlikely to even think of it as an Irish name.

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A name should have at least three examples of being used to name a stock foreigner from the respective country (or at least one example that lampshades its use as a Stock Foreign Name). If you add a name, please add at least one work along with it.

Examples:

African

Unisex

• Probably The Unpronouncable
• Names with a -tun sound, like Mutumbo or Tunde
• Names with a click sound
• May also be the same as Middle Eastern names, if they're Muslim, and sometimes if they're not.
• An English first name with a distinctly non-English last name, probably due to famous Africans like Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
• Names starting with an M or an N, directly followed by another consonant — Mbutu or Nkwichi, for example.
• Africans in the British ex-colonies often have rather literal English first names that almost never appear in Britain itself—Goodness, Precious and Thankgod are good examples.
• Similarly, in former French colonies names like Bienfait, Dieudonné, Trésor and Désiré can be encountered.
• Kwame
  • No doubt encouraged by the character from Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
  • The guide from George of the Jungle, despite it being set in a Swahili-speaking country, not in Ghana.
• Kofi, even if the character isn't from Ghana. Likely reinforced by the fame of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
• In many colonial stories, Black Africans will have short names like "Koko" or "Toto".

Albanian

General

• Stock Albanian names tend to be of either Albanian or religious origin, the latter usually being Arabic names as the country has a Muslim majority.

Masculine names

• Ahmet^note "Most commendable/praiseworthy", a cognate form of the Arabic name 'Ahmad/Ahmed'
• Bledi
• Dritan

Feminine names

• Albana
• Anisa^note "Friend/Friendly", the feminine form of 'Anis'
• Dua^note "Prayer"
• Shqiponja
• Shpresa^note "Hope"

Last names

• Anything ending with "xha" or "shi".

American Indian

• Most American Indian names, in English, can be generated here.
• Native Americans in Wild West settings will have names composed of an adjective and a noun, inspired by real life examples as Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud,...
  • "I'm An Indian, Too" from Annie Get Your Gun is a List Song featuring many names of this type.
  • In reference to The Lone Ranger, a "Tonto" might turn up.
  • Or, in reference to Karl May, a "Winnetou".
• A common Anglo-American first name followed by a surname composed of two common English words, often one of them an animal or the word "star" or "foot". E.g. James Proudstar, Danielle Moonstar, Warren Red Cloud, Marilyn Whirlwind, Leah Clearwater, John Redcorn, etc.

Arabian/Middle East

Masculine names

• Ab
  • In Aladdin: The Return of Jafar, one of the villains is named Abis Mal.
• Abdullah^note "Servant of Allah" (or Abdul)^note "Servant of the..." In Arabic-speaking countries, a name beginning with Abdul would be completed with a name of God, e.g. Abdul Aziz ("Servant of the Almighty"). Elsewhere, it may occasionally be a standalone name, but in fiction that's likely to be a research failure.
  • Quest for Glory 1 and 2 have Abdullah Doo, the pudgy merchant from Shapeir. The same game also has a part where if you rob a certain house and are detected, the owner will shout the names of his sons, Kareem, Abdul and Jabbar, respectively.
  • Tintin: Emir Ben Kalish Ezab's Royal Brat son is named Abdullah.
  • Batman: A Death in the Family, in one of its (many) unfortunate moments, has Jason Todd casually using it to mock an Arab terrorist. Later on, The Joker does the same with the aide that Iran's government gave him; the man quietly objects that his name is Yassar, which isn't really much more accurate.
• Abu^note Abu is actually not a name, but means "Father of-", e.g. Abu Yahya, meaning "Father of John"
• Ahmed/Ahmad^note "Most commendable/praiseworthy"
  • Or Achmed.
  • Jingo features 71-Hour Ahmed.^note "That's... er... that's an unusual name." "Not at all. Ahmed is a very common name in my country."
• Ali^note "Lofty/Sublime", also the name of the cousin/son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad
  • 24: In Season 6, there were 10 generic Middle-Eastern characters. Three of them were Abu, Ahmed and Omar. There were also Omars in Season 2 and 4.
  • Parodied in RuneScape which features an entire town where every NPC is named Ali.
  • "Prince Ali, fabulous he..."
• Muhammad/Mohammed:
  • Justified in that it supposedly is the most common name in the world.
  • Hetalia: Axis Powers: Egypt's "human name" by Word of God is Gupta Muhammad Hassan.
  • Jinzō Konchū Kabuto Borg VxV: Taj Mahd Mohamed Al Saud's Overly Long Name includes an alternate spelling of Muhammad, one of the most popular Muslim names, fitting for the UAE representative of the World Championships.
• Mustafa^note "The Chosen One", after an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad
• Omar^note "Populous/Flourishing", also spelt Umar
  • In Four Lions, Omar is the only member of the Jihadists who approaches competence.

Feminine names

• Anything with "eeda", "ifa" or "ina" at the end—Majeeda, Sharifa, Zafina, etc.
• Aisha^note "Living/Alive", also the name of the Prophet Muhammad's third wife
• Fatima/Fatimah^note "To abstain", also the name of a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad
• Jasmine is an odd example. It was originally a Persian name before spreading across the rest of the Middle-East, but is now also very popular in Europe, North and South America.
  • Yasmin/Yasmine, too. This becomes a Brick Joke in Series 1 of How I Met Your Mother, upon Barney's discovering it's Lebanese.
• Noor/Nur^note "Light", from one of the 99 names of Allah
• Nadia^note "Moist/Tender/Delicate", also spelt Nadiyya
  • 24
  • Lost
  • Nadia ...ish.
• Shakira is an Arabic name, most common in Egypt and Lebanon, meaning "thankful" and being the feminine form of the name 'Shakir'. Interestingly, the name's popularity in America/UK/Aus for baby girls dramatically increased for three two-month periods in 1997, 2005, and 2010.
  • Shakira, who is of Arab descent, but has the Spanish middle name Isabel.

Australian

• Aussies will nearly always use abbreviations and diminutives for first names — Steve-o, Bretty, Jakey, Shaz/Shazza etc. Especially if they're The Bogan.

Masculine names

• Barry ("Bazza")
• Bruce
  • As (in-)famously made fun of by Monty Python in their Bruces sketch
• Darren ("Dazza")
• Gary ("Gazza")
• Jarred/Jarrod
• Lance
• Ned (as in Kelly)
• Shane
  • Shane, the Australian engine from Thomas & Friends.

Feminine names

• Jan/Janelle for older Australian women, as the name is now out of style
• Kath/Kim
• Kylie
  • Popularized by singer Kylie Minogue. Considered out of style in Australia.
• Tegan
• Narelle
• Sharon ("Shazza")
• Sheila
  • Sheila The Kangaroo from Spyro: Year of the Dragon.
  • Australian slang for a woman.

Last names

• Cook/Cooke
  • Captain James Cook was an Englishman who proposed the idea of making Australia a British colony.
• Mackenzie

Belgian

General

• All Belgian names will be given the diminutive "-ke" ("little one"). Thus "Jef" becomes "Jefke" ("little Jef").
  • Hergé's comical duo of two Brussels street urchins: Quick and Flupke ("little Philip").
• Most of the time, the names will sound French, despite the fact that Belgium also has a large Dutch-speaking population. On the other hand, many Francophone Belgians have Dutch (Flemish) surnames.

Masculine Names

• Baptist^note After St. John the Baptist
• Charel^note 'Carl/Charles'
• Flup^note Short for Philip
• Gust^note Short for Gustaaf ('Gustav') or Augustus
• Jef^note Short for Jozef
• Lowie^note Diminutive for Lodewijk ('Ludwig')
• Pol^note 'Paul'
• Suske^note Flemish diminutive of François/Franciscus
  • As in Suske en Wiske.

Feminine Names

• Marieke^note Diminutive for Maria/Marie
  • As in Jacques Brel's famous song.
• Wiske^note Flemish diminutive of Louisa/Louise
  • As in Suske en Wiske.

Others

• The Belgian in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was named "Rémy", a possible reference to Hergé's real name Georges Remi. (Steven Spielberg is a Tintin lover.)

Bosnian

Masculine Names

• Adnan^note "Settler", also the name of an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad and the northern Arabian tribes
• Amar^note "Long-lived", a cognate form of the Arabic name 'Ammar'
• Haris^note "Plowman/Cultivator", a cognate form of 'Harith'
• Mehmed^note A cognate form of 'Muhammad'
• Mustafa^note "The Chosen One", after an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad
• Sulejman^note 'Solomon'
• Zlatan^note "Golden"

Feminine Names

• Ajla^note "Moonlight/Halo", a cognate form of the Turkish name 'Ayla'
• Alma
• Amila^note "Valuable"
  • Actually a masculine name in its original Sinhalese.
• Lejla^note "Night", a cognate form of 'Layla'
• Nejra
• Selma^note "Safe", a cognate form of the Arabic name 'Salma'

Family Names

• Any name ending in the standard Slavic -ić, which is a possessive roughly meaning "descendant/member of", often equated with the English "-son". Mostly combined with a name and/or profession, such as:
  • Agić, derived from "Aga" (a generic Ottoman term for "lord" or "master").
  • Imamović, derived from "Imam" (an Islamic leadership position, comparable to a priest).
  • Sometimes, this is bought to (even more) tongue-twisting levels, for instance: Hadzihafizbegovič, which can verbosely be translated as "Descendant of the Muslim governor who memorized The Qur'an and did the pilgrimage to Mecca". Hilarious if you have an atheist friend with that name.
• Surnames that don't fall under the above rule are usually just professions or titles without the possessive:
  • Kovač^note "Smith". Probably the most generic Slavic surname there is.
  • Puškar^note "Gunsmith"
• Even rarer are names that don't have anything to do with professions, titles, given names or possessives. Also, they tend to be somewhat bizarre:
  • Burina^note "Big Storm"
  • Guzina^note "Big-ass"
  • Hot
  • Uzbrdica^note "Uphill"
    • Leading to the hilarious and veritably real name Nagib Uzbrdica, which means "Steep Uphill".

Canadian

General

• Will be French sounding names, representing the large minority of Francophones in Canada (nearly 25% of the population).
• Nicknames and derivatives are extremely popular in Canada, especially among men. If any given name has a popular nickname associated with it, Canadians will refer to a person with that name by the nickname, by default.

Masculine Names

• In terms of Anglophonic names, Logan is especially popular for males.
  • Wolverine, of X-Men fame, a native Canadian, probably popularized this.
• Unpretentious Scottish names tend to be popular, especially among older Canadians, including: Douglas, usually rendered as "Doug" or "Dougie"; and Robert, or "Bob" or "Bobby".
  • Bob and Doug MacKenzie are a great example of this.
  • Many great hockey players are Dougies and Bobbys: Bobby Orr, Bobby Hull, Doug Harvey, Doug Wilson...
• Dudley
  • Dudley DoRight from Rocky and Bullwinkle
  • Sir Dudley DingDong from the Teletoon (a Canadian TV channel), Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong
• Justin
  • Justin Bieber, Canadian singer.
  • Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada.
  • Justin Williams, Canadian professional ice hockey right-winger.

Chinese/Taiwanese/Hongkongese

As a general note, unlike English, Chinese does not have "fixed" names like "Peter" or "Mary". Instead, given names usually consist of one or two Chinese characters (syllables)^note one-word names are usually more common in mainland China while two-word names are more common in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Singapore, but they can be any characters out of thousands as long as the parents like them; many different Chinese names can also become conflated together into one pinyin due to the latter's limitations. Take "Meiling" for example, a stereotypical feminine name. In Mandarin, Mei is most commonly 美 ("beautiful"), but it can also be 梅 ("plum"), 媚 ("charm"), 玫 ("red jade" or the first half of "rose"), and more; Ling can be 靈/灵 ("spirit"), 玲 ("tinkling [of jade]"), 鈴/铃 ("bell"), 羚 ("antelope"), 菱 ("water caltrop"), 齡/龄 ("age"), etc. Moreover, names can be romanized in the same way across multiple different topolects (most famously Mandarin and Cantonese, but also others like Xiang, Southern Min/Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew, etc.), so what seems to be the same name in English can refer to many different combinations in Chinese.

Masculine names

• Long, most commonly 龍/龙 ("dragon") in Mandarin
  • In Hetalia: Axis Powers, one of Hong Kong's possible "human names" by Word of God is Wong Ka Lung (王嘉龍, romanized in Cantonese).
• Wing
  • See the Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator example quoted below.
  • Wing is the romanization of at least three separated characters pronounced similarly in Cantonese (永, 榮/荣 and 穎/颖), which mean 'eternal', 'glory', and 'clever' respectively. While 'eternal' and 'glory' is mainly for males, 'clever' is gender-neutral.^note It is genuinely common, almost generic, in Hong Kong. There is a popular Wuxia Spy Fiction Urban Fantasy book series in Hong Kong with a protagonist only known as 阿Wing (Ah Wing), who is named after the author's old boss' nickname. It is also the nickname of the wife of a famous pop star (黎明).

Feminine names

• Mai-Lee
• Mei-ling (or Meiling)
  • Both Mei and Ling can be used as independent names as well.
  • Mei Lin, Binky's adopted Chinese sister on Arthur.
  • Meiling Li from Cardcaptor Sakura.
  • In Hetalia: Axis Powers, Taiwan's possible "human names" by Word of God are Lin Yi-ling (林乙玲) or Hsiao-mei/Xiao-mei (曉梅). The latter doubles as a Meaningful Name in this case, as the plum blossom (梅花) is Taiwan's national flower.
  • Mei from Overwatch, whose full name is Zhou Meiling (周美靈/周美灵) in Chinese ordering.
  • Meiling Hong from Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
  • Meilin "Mei" Lee, the protagonist of Turning Red.
  • To be fair, Mei-ling (美玲, "beautiful tinkling of jade") genuinely was the second-most common girls' name in Taiwan in The '60s.
  • Even in Chinese-speaking regions themselves, 小美 ("little Mei")^* 'Xiǎoměi' in pinyin Mandarin and 'Siu-mei' in Cantonese and 小玲 ("little Ling")^* 'Xiǎolíng' in pinyin Mandarin and 'Siu-ling' in Cantonese are commonly used as feminine placeholder names—with both using a diminutive prefix.
• Ran, at least in anime, where it is a stock name for an Anime Chinese Girl.
  • In Mandarin, Ran is actually more likely to be a masculine name than a feminine name. Due to Japanese Ranguage, it is much more likely that every time a girl Ran appears in anime, her Chinese given name is Lan, which is usually rendered as "orchid" (蘭/兰) due to having the same transliteration in Mandarin and Cantonese. In Mandarin, the name can also be "mist in the mountains" (嵐/岚), "blue" (藍/蓝), or other words with similar pronunciations.^note Those two words are transliterated as làahm and romanized as "Lam" in Cantonese.
  • Ran Hanamichi (Cure Yum-Yum) from Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure. In the Chinese dubs, her name is given as "orchid" (蘭/兰).
• Soo-Lin
• In Western media, basically any name that is pronounceable and sounds feminine and pretty to a Western ear. Unfortunately, this may fall into As Long as It Sounds Foreign, to the annoyance (if not ire) of Chinese-speakers.

Family names

• Chan^* usually 陳/陈 in Cantonese, or more rarely, 曾 in Macau Cantonese, 詹 in Wade-Giles Mandarin, or others
  • Its use is justified as it's the most common surname in Taiwan (Romanized as Chen or Tan^* the Romanization in Hokkien), southern China (including Hong Kong and Macau), and Singapore, and fifth-most common in the Mainland overall in 2018.
  • Jackie Chan.
• Chang^* 張/张 or 章 in Wade-Giles Mandarin, 昌 or 常 in both pinyin and Wade-Giles Mandarin, 鄭/郑 in other topolects spoken in Malaysia, etc.
  • Sid Chang from The Casagrandes.
  • "A Chang is hearty to the core. We always come out healthy, that's why there's like a billion of us. You ever tried Googling me? Can't be done." — Ben Chang, Community
    • Funny enough trying to Google him and you will get a confused search of Ben Chang the character with Ben Chang the American diplomat.
  • Cho Chang from Harry Potter. Despite often being held up as a example of such due to the alliteration of the name making it dangerously look like a bit of a slur, Cho Chang is actually an aversion, or at the very least Accidentally Correct Writing. The name is rendered in the more archaic Wade-Giles romanization system (more commonly used by the "old-stock" Chinese diaspora in the UK). Cho Chang converts to "Zhuo Zhang" in modern Pinyin. Zhuo (倬) and other words with similar pronunciations can be fairly common unisex given names in Chinese. The Chinese translations of the novels uses Zhāng Qiū. (Note that "qiū" is also pronounced similarly to "Cho".)
  • The Chang triplets of The Proud Family — also a bit victim to Values Dissonance (only one of them even had a first name revealed), but the revival has somewhat tamped that down.
  • Michelle and Julia Chang from Tekken.
• Chao^* 趙 in Wade-Giles Mandarin, or more rarely, 周 in Macau Cantonese, or other rarer surnames
  • Chao Lingshen of Mahou Sensei Negima!, a wildly stereotypical Anime Chinese Girl (and time-traveler who may or may not actually be Martian.
• Lee (or Li)^* most commonly 李 in many topolects (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, etc.), or more unusually, 呂 in Hokkien or Wu, 黎 in Mandarin, Teochew or Wu, or other rarer surnames
  • The granddaddy of them all, at least in Western media, is of course Bruce Lee — specifically, his identically-named hero in Enter the Dragon.
  • Syaoran Li from Cardcaptor Sakura is from Hong Kong.
  • Rock Lee and Metal Lee from Naruto.
  • Chun-Li from Street Fighter. Rendered as part of the given name in Chinese translation, which is written as the character for 'beautiful' (麗/丽, not the same character as 'Mei').
  • Meilin "Mei" Lee, the protagonist of Turning Red, as well as the rest of her family.
  • The common use of Li is justified as it is the second most common surname in China as of 2018. It is said that the reason of it being so common is that the emperors of the Tang dynasty often gave out their surname, Li, as a reward.
  • Its ubiquity got a Lampshade Hanging in Avatar: The Last Airbender where Piandao suggests to Sokka that "Lee" would be a good fake name because "there are a million Lees".
• Long^* usually 龍/龙 in Mandarin pinyin and Macau Cantonese
  • It is in fact much less common in Real Life, compared either to its first name counterpart or other family names listed here.
• Ng^* 吳 or 伍 in Cantonese, or 黃 in Hokkien or Teochew, but the latter is much less well-known
  • Ana Ng.
  • Billie Ng, a minor character in The Trials of Apollo.
• Wong (particularly common in Anime when a character is from Hong Kong)^* 王 in both Cantonese and Hokkien, or either 黃 or 汪 in just Cantonese
  • "It is very difficult to phone people in China, Mr. President. The country's so full of Wings and Wongs, every time you Wing you get the Wong number." — Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
  • Wong Yun-Fat, Prime Minister of Neo Hong Kong, from Mobile Fighter G Gundam. It should also be noted that his given name comes from Chow Yun-fat.
  • Wong, Doctor Strange's Inscrutable Oriental manservant. Has notably stayed Only One Name from his debut in The '60s all the way to today.
  • The Wongs are a Hong Kong-based triad in Rosario + Vampire, later established as one of the three main powers of the monster world. Note the the official Viz translation romanizes their name as as the Mandarin Huang.
  • Wong is in fact the romanization of two separated yet common surnames pronounced the same in Cantonese (黃 and 王)^* and more which are pronounced similarly but with a different tone, which explains the association of this surname with Hong Kong. However in Pinyin, neither of the surnames is Romanized into Wong, so China is never full of Wongs, instead, it is full of...
• Wang^* 王 or 汪 in Mandarin (黃 would be Huang), or more rarely, 袁 in Teochew
  • The most common version (#1 most common surname in Mainland China in 2018), 王, means "king" (and is pronounced like "warng" with a non-rhotic accent, or "wahng"). Of course, since that certain body part is also called "crown jewels" by English-speakers...
  • Chon Wang, Jackie Chan's character in Shanghai Noon and its sequel.
  • Wang Ai Ling from Stitch & Ai (the last word also being the common Ling).
  • In Hetalia: Axis Powers, China's "human surname" is Wang (as in the "king" one).
• Yao^* 姚 in Mandarin

Colombian

General

• Anything that sounds vaguely Spanish and Middle-Eastern is fair game. There is one caveat, though; there are lots of names. This is because of the tradition of at least one middle name, then taking your father's, mother's and grandparent's surnames for some purposes, of which each relative has both their father's first surname and their mother's first surname.
• For a reference on how Colombian names work in real life, see the UsefulNotes.Spanish Naming Conventions page.

Masculine Names

• Juan^note 'John'
  • Anything double-barreled beginning with Juan, e.g. Juan Carlos, Juan Camilo, Juan Manuel, Juan Antonio, Juan Diego, Juan Pablo.
• Equivalents of English names
  • Alejandro^note 'Alexander'
  • Cristofol
  • David
  • Eduardo^note 'Edward'
  • Jaime^note 'James'
  • José^note 'Joseph'
  • Mateo^note 'Matthew'
  • Ricardo^note 'Richard'
• Santiago, Milan and other non-Colombian Spanish cities.
• Religious names, as they're all Catholic
  • Ángel
  • Cristian^note 'Christian'
  • Moises/Moses
• Javier^note "The new house", a cognate form of 'Xavier', after the Jesuit priest St. Francis Xavier
• Jairo^note 'Jairus', also the name of the father of the young girl brought back to life by Jesus

Feminine Names

• The feminine form of the masculine names
  • Alejandra^note 'Alexandra'
  • Andrea
  • Cristina^note 'Christina'
  • Luisa^note 'Louisa/Louise'
    • Luisa Madrigal from Encanto
  • Manuela^note "God is with us", feminine form of 'Manuel', from 'Emmanuel'
  • Milana
  • Johana^note 'Joanna'
• Some inexplicable Russian names
  • Natalia^note 'Natalie'
  • Tatiana
  • Valentina
  • Yolanda^note "Violet flower"
• Anything with Maria or Ana as the first part of a double-barreled name, e.g. Maria Fernanda, Ana Maria, Ana Sofia, Maria Silvia, Maria Paula, Maria Carolina.
• Catalina^note 'Katherine'
• Isabel
  • Isabela Madrigal from Encanto

Last names

• Anything with an elyeh (ll), doble erre (rr), or that ends with 'ez'.^note The latter is the Spanish equivalent to "-son".
• For women, it is not uncommon to affix her husband's first surname to the end of her own simply with 'de' in front e.g. Rubio Herrera de Días.
• Surnames of Spanish origin:
  • Álvarez^note "Son of Álvaro"
  • Castro^note "Castle"
  • Díaz^note "Son of Diego"
  • Herrera^note "Iron", a cognate of the Galician and Portuguese 'Ferreira'
  • Jaramillo
  • Martínez^note "Son of Martín"
  • Montoya
    • Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
  • Moreno^note "Dark"
  • Restrepo
  • Santo/a -something- (Saint -something-)
  • Valencia^note From the Spanish city 'Valencia'
  • Velasquez^note Possibly "crow", from the medieval Spanish name 'Velasco'
  • Zapata^note "Shoemaker", or "from Zapata"
• Many popular surnames are from immigrants to Atlántico (Barranquilla, etc.), many originate from the Middle East or are Romani but have become widely accepted as Latino:
  • Aristizabal—unknown immigrant origin
  • Arroyo/Arrollo
  • Baena
  • Becerra/Bacca
  • Bordo/Borda
  • Caballero^note "Knight", a cognate of 'Chevalier'
  • Carbonell/Carbo
  • Carmargo
  • Correa^note "Belt/Leather strap", a cognate of 'Correia'
  • Guberek
  • Juliao
  • Karpat
  • Mattar
  • Mebarak/Mubarak
    • Shakira Mebarak Ripoll, using two of the top ten in Barranquilla.
  • Meluk
  • Mendes^note "Son of Menendo"
    • Made more stereotypical as its cognate 'Mendez'
  • Moyano
  • Nasser
  • Pellet
  • Renteria
  • Ripoll — Catalan, not Arabic, but popular because of all the Spanish immigrants.
  • Rubio^note "Red"
  • Salas
  • Vergara
    • Sofía Vergara Vergara, both being Vergara, also in the top ten in Barranquilla.

Danish

Masculine names

• Frederik^note 'Frederick'
• Hans^note 'John', via the Latin form 'Johannes'
  • Prince Hans from Frozen is from the Southern Isles, which is implied to be a Fantasy Counterpart Culture to Denmark.
• Jens^note 'John'
• Lars^note 'Lawrence'
  • Or Lars Ulrich from Metallica.
• Niels^note 'Nicholas'
• Peter
• Søren^note 'Severinus'
  • Or Soren for writers not familiar with the Danish letter Ø.
• Troels^note "Thor's arrow-shaft"

Feminine names

• Anne/Anna/Hanne
• Kirsten^note 'Christina'
• Inge^note From the ancient Germanic fertility god Ing
• Mette^note Diminutive form of 'Margaret' in Danish
• Nanna^note From the Norse goddess of the same name
• Rie^note Short form of 'Maria/Marie'
• Women from the Danish colonies (Greenland and the former Danish West Indies, now the U.S. Virgin Islands) will often have slightly old-fashioned, regal-sounding names like Juliane, Caroline, and Charlotte Amalie. In the case of the Virgin Islands, it's because ships often had the names of Danish queens or princesses, and slaves were frequently named after the ship they arrived in. As for Greenland, it's simply because Inuit women arriving in Denmark were likely to adopt the names of famous Danish women.

Surnames

• Anything ending in '-sen', which is a cognate of the English '-son'.
• Christensen^note "Son of Christen"
• Hansen^note "Son of Hans", a cognate of 'Johnson'
• Jensen^note "Son of Jens", a cognate of 'Johnson'
  • Justified as Jensen is the most common surname in Denmark.
• Rasmussen
  • Former prime ministers Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.

Dutch/Afrikaans

Masculine names

• Dutch names in general are often very unfamiliar to other Europeans (and those in the wider Anglosphere) and look more like quirky sound effects in some instances—witness Jaap, Miep (pronounced "meep") and Pim, for example.
• Hans^note 'John', via the Latin form 'Johannes'
• Henk^note Short form of 'Hendrik', which is a cognate of 'Henry'
• Jaap^note Short form of 'Jacob'
• Jan/Johan^note 'John'
• Karel^note 'Carl/Charles'
• Kees^note Diminutive of 'Cornelis', which is a cognate of 'Cornelius'
• Maarten^note 'Martin'
• Pim^note Diminutive of 'Willem', which is a cognate of 'William'
• Sjaak^note 'Jacques' or 'Isaac'
• Tim
• Willem/Wim^note 'William'
• Stereotypical Afrikaans male names include: Piet/Peet, Vikus, Koobus, Francois.

Feminine names

• Many are highly distinct and do not have direct counterparts in other European countries.
• Anneke/Annie/Annika
  • Annika from Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus.
• Beatrix
• Britt^note Diminutive of cognates of 'Bridget'
• Doutzen
  • The model Doutzen Kroes
• Famke
• Katja^note 'Kate'
• Mies^note Diminutive of 'Maria'
• Marieke^note Diminutive of 'Maria'
• Tina
• Stereotypical Afrikaans female names differ from those of Dutch women and often follow Francophone forms: Charlene/Charlize, Chrizanne/Cezanne, Estelle, Jozette, Suzette, Tania, Vivette, etc.

Last names

• A lot of Dutch/Afrikaner surnames are prefixed with van or van der. If the diphthong "-aa-" can be squeezed in somewhere in the name, that's even better.
• De Something (De Vries, De Jong etc.)
• And for the hat trick, van de something.
  • Mynheer Vanderdendur from Candide.
  • From Titanic: American socialite Rose DeWitt Bukater has a last name that reveals her Dutch Heritage.
• Jansen^note "Son of Jan", a cognate of 'Johnson'
  • Its use as a Stock Name is justified as it's the second most common Dutch surname.
  • Jansen and Janssen, the Dutch and Flemish version of Thompson and Thomson.

English

Masculine names

• Alfred: One of the few actual home-grown English names still in common use^note as opposed to Biblical names—John, Simon, Matthew, etc., and classically-derived names—Philip, Alexander, George, etc., which are much more commonly encountered in modern Britain) — it means "elf council". The diminutive 'Alfie' is extremely popular, always hovering in the top ten boys' names for new babies in England.
  • Undoubtedly derived from much celebrated monarch Alfred the Great.
  • Batman's gentleman butler is the very English Alfred Pennyworth.
  • As it's a name that appears at the top and bottom of England's social scale, there's also cheeky-chappy cockney Alfie Moon from the long-running soap EastEnders.
  • A twist: America from Hetalia: Axis Powers has this as a "human name", but it's justified in that he was raised by England.
  • The psychotic aristocrat Lord Alfred Ashford, one the Resident Evil series' leading villains.
• Arthur
  • Legendary monarch King Arthur. Though Brythonic in origin, his legend has been reassigned to the English since at least Le Morte D Arthur.
  • Hetalia: Axis Powers: England's "human name" is Arthur.
• Charles
  • King Charles
  • One of England's most celebrated authors, Charles Dickens.
  • Charles Widmore, an Evil Brit leader of 'The Others' from Lost.
• Clive
  • Clive from Frasier.
    Frasier: Daphne, a Clive called for you.
    Daphne: Clive? Did he sound British?
    Frasier: No, he was one of those fiery Mexican Clives!
  • Clive Dove from Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.
• Edmund: Another ancient English name still in common use, as per Alfred above.
  • Anti-Hero of the Blackadder comedy series.
  • The duplicitous, but later redeemed younger brother in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
• George
  • Various kings and princes throughout English history.
• Giles/Miles
• Graham: Pronounced "Gray-um", NOT "Gram", as in the US.
• Henry/Harry
  • Prince Harry and historical kings I to VIII.
  • Prince Harry from the first Black Adder series.
  • Harry Potter, probably the best known 'Harry', who combines a first and last name that are both quintessentially English 'nice-boy' in vibe.
  • Henry Hatsworth, protagonist of Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure, combines stock first and last names in his capacity as a stereotype of an English gentleman.
• Humphrey
• Jeremy
• John
  • John Bull the traditional Anthropomorphic Personification of England.
  • 'John Smith'—the most common name in England.
• Keith: A British Rockstar name, as per the four rock-gods below, despite the name's distinctly un-rock n' roll vibe.
  • Keith Emerson
  • Keith Flint
  • Keith Moon
  • Keith Richards
• Montgomery
• Nigel: Very often used for English males appearing in American works:
  • Nigel Jenkins from Disney's Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, who combines both a stereotypically English first name and surname and was played by (somewhat surprisingly) the perennially plummy Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey.
  • Nigel Gearsley, the smooth-talking Aston Martin and UK rep from Cars 2.
  • Nigel Moon, one of the many brothers of the character Daphne Moon from Frasier.
  • Nigel Wolpert from the Harry Potter films.
  • 1992 Formula One and 1993 IndyCar Champ Nigel Mansell.
  • Three separate English characters named Nigel appear in The Simpsons throughout its run.
  • Nigel Tufnel from This is Spın̈al Tap.
  • Sir Nigel Thornberry from The Wild Thornberrys
  • Nigel Uno, aka Numbuh One of Codename: Kids Next Door (whose premise can basically be summed up as: what if Patrick Stewart was James Bond and also a ten-year-old?)
• Oliver: Truth in Television, it's among the most popular names for English males.
  • Oliver Twist: If not a codifier, then definitely a popularizer.
• Reginald: Another name that's both respectable, even upper-class sounding ('Reginald') and cheeky-chappy via the diminutive 'Reggie'.
  • 70s sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, chronicling an English middle-class everyman's (humourous) mid-life crisis.
  • Minor character Reginald "Reg" Cattermole from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
  • Notorious London Gangster Reggie Kray.
  • Reginald Jeeves of Jeeves and Wooster fame — the original Jeeves.
• Robin
  • A stock folklore name, most famously (but by no means limited to) Robin Hood.
• Rupert
  • Rupert Giles of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame, who manages to incorporate two typically English names.
  • Stuffed teddy bear owned by Evil Brit baby Stewie Griffin.
  • Rupert Grint.
  • Titular hero of the venerable English comic strip Rupert Bear.
  • Rupert T. Waxflatter, the mentor of the future detective Sherlock Holmes, created for the 1985 Young Sherlock Holmes.
• Simon
  • The Trope Codifier of Caustic Critic, Simon Cowell.
  • The Saint is the nickname of Simon Templar.
• Winston
  • Winston Churchill, of course.
  • Also the hero of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which was likely not a coincidence on George Orwell's part.
  • The name is often associated with Afro-Caribbean British characters, including Winston from EastEnders.
• For super-sloaney (incredibly posh) English male names, try Algernon/Algie, Crispin, Cuthbert, Rafferty, Rollo, Sefton, Sheridan, Tarquin or Torquil.
  • Tarquin the Fairy from Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom.
  • Cuthbert Binns, the ghostly History of Magic professor from Harry Potter.
• Cornish names represent a distinctive sub-set of English names: Casvelyn, Denzel and Tristan are good male examples.

Feminine names

• Alice (stock name for a smart, heroic English girl)
  • The eponymous heroine from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
  • The titular hero's brave, true-hearted Love Interest, Alice Fitzwarren, from perennial Pantomime classic, Dick Whittington and His Cat
  • Alice Ford of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
• Anne
  • A prominent royal name; Princess Anne, Queen Anne, Anne Boleyn.
  • William Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway.
• Camilla: Some divergent examples:
  • Camilla, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom
  • Camilla "Chummy" Fortescue Cholmondeley-Browne from Call the Midwife.
  • Bombshell MI-6 agent Cammy White of Street Fighter fame.
• Charlotte
  • Charlotte Brontë, 1/3 of the Bronte Sisters.
• Elizabeth
  • Most famously former Queen Elizabeth II, her mother, and her ancestor Elizabeth I.
  • Elizabeth Swann of the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
  • Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet, heroine of the seminal Pride and Prejudice.
  • Dr Elizabeth Shaw, the main character in Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
• Emma/Emily
  • Emily Waltham, Ross Geller's short-term English fiancee from Friends.
  • Emma Watson.
• Evelyn/Evie/Evy
  • The first playable female assassin in Assassin's Creed Syndicate is Londoner, Evie Frye.
  • Heroine of 1920s-era BBC drama The House of Eliott.
  • Heroine of The Mummy Trilogy.
• Felicity
• Hermione
  • Hermione Makepeace (AKA Minnie the Minx) from venerable British comic, The Beano.
  • Most prominently with Hermione Granger, heroine of Harry Potter.
  • The marvellously named Hermione Trumpington-Bonnet, a character in the TV series Monarch of the Glen.
• Jane
  • Jane Seymour (Royalty).
• Jessica
• Kate (and the full name Catherine)
  • Catherine, Princess of Wales
  • Three of Henry VIII's wives were named some form of the name—Catherine of Aragon (originally named Catalina as she's from what we now call Spain), Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
  • Supermodel Kate Moss.
  • Oft noted English Rose, Kate Winslet.
• Margaret
  • Britain's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.
  • The original Rebellious Princess, Princess Margaret.
• Mary
  • Lady Mary Crawley of the mega-hit Downton Abbey.
  • Practically perfect Magical Nanny, Mary Poppins.
  • Mary Lennox.
• Olivia
• Penelope/Penny
  • Penelope Clearwater from Harry Potter.
• Rose
  • English Rose: The national flower and traditionally the ideal standard of beauty and character in a young English woman.
  • Variations include Rosie, Rosemary, Rosalind and Rosamund.
  • The Gender Flip version of England (in a canonical AU) in Hetalia: Axis Powers is given the "human name" of Rose (or Rosa, as initially suggested by Himaruya, the creator of the series), though she is also referred to as "Alice" or other, oft-stereotypical English names.
• Sophie
• Sybil: Multiple examples include:
  • The beautiful youngest sister from Downton Abbey.
  • The irascible Sybil Fawlty from Fawlty Towers.
  • Professor Trelawney of Harry Potter.
• Victoria
  • One of the nation's most famous monarchs, Queen Victoria.
  • Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham of 90s supergroup, Spice Girls.
  • The aptly named Victoria Waterfield, a young Victorian girl who was one of The Doctor's 60s-era companions.
• For super-sloaney (incredibly posh) English female names, try: Arabella, Araminta, Binky, Jemima, Pandora, Petronella, Cressida and yes, Cordelia.
  • You'd have to had gone to a really good school to pull off "Binky".
  • Arabella Figg from Harry Potter.
• Cornish names represent a distinctive sub-set of English names, often incorporating the rarely-seen letter 'z': Demelza, Karenza and Tamzin are classic female examples.

Last names

• Certain surname structures are unmistakably English-sounding:
  • Anything with "-kins" (literally "family") at the end — Atkins (little 'Tommy Atkins', the nickname of the typically brave, humble English soldier during both World Wars) or Jenkins ("Jenkins, chap with the wings there, five rounds rapid") are perfect examples.
  • Anything with "-worth" ("estate") at the end—Ashworth, Blidworth, Harmsworth, Pennyworth etc.
  • Anything with "-hurst" ("wood/thicket") at the end—Bathurst, Hazelhurst, etc.
• Brown
  • Father Brown
• Fletcher
• Green
• Kensington (stereotypically posh)
  • Other place-names also sound posh; Hastings, Buckingham, Oxford, Crawley, Grantham.
• Jackson
• Johnson
• Smith
  • 'John Smith', the most commonly occurring name in the Anglosphere.
• Thompson
  • Thompson and Thomson, English names of Dupont and Dupond.
  • Recurring Tintin villain Allan has the surname Thompson in the original French.
• Walker
• White
  • Cammy White of Street Fighter fame.
• Wood(s)
  • Oliver Wood from Harry Potter.
• Wright
  • All of the above are amongst the most common surnames in England.
• Cholmondeley ('Chum-ly')
• Two surnames hyphenated, or just two surnames, (double-barreled)^note Not all double-barreled surnames are hyphenated, e.g. Jessica Brown Findlay and Sacha Baron Cohen, which is stereotypically upper-class, as are certain spelling idiosyncrasies, e.g. Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in To the Manor Born.^note The first surname is Welsh, clearly indicated by the double 'f', which is found in no other language.
  • Wesley Wyndham-Price.
  • Brigadier Sir Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
  • Marjory Stewart-Baxter and Barbara Logan-Price from Salad Fingers.
  • Jacobi Richard Penn Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe provides a rather lovely real life example of a triple-barelled English surname.
  • TV Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, just beating out Heston Blumenthal to have the most pretentious name in the business.
  • Many come from people incorporating annoying middle names into their surname. These middle names did sound like surnames, though, as they were often the person's mother's maiden name. (Jessica Brown Findlay's grandfather's middle name was Brown, his mother's maiden name.) Thus, many Brits have both parents' surname, whether through this method or by being given both at birth, similar to in Spanish naming conventions but with the mother's name usually being put first.
• Ramsbottom/Postlethwaite/Braithwaite/Higginbottom; all traditionally Northern English.
  • According to supplementary material for Harry Potter, Sybill Trelawney's brief marriage ended because she refused to take her husband's surname of 'Higgenbottom'.
  • Pete Postlethwaite and family — Pete being an exception to the masculine names rule above, always insisting on Pete and not Peter.
• As the saying goes: "By 'Tre-', 'Pol-' and 'Pen-' thou shalt know the Cornishmen."
  • Squire Trelawney from Treasure Island.
  • Poldark.
  • Susan Penhaligon, a British actress.

Estonian

Masculine names

• Eduard^note 'Edward'
  • Estonia from Hetalia: Axis Powers has the "human name" of Eduard von Bock.
• Kaspar/Kasper^note 'Jasper'
• Tarmo^note "Vigour/Energy/Drive"

Feminine names

• Anna
• Helena
• Lagle^note "Goose"
• Leena^note Short form for 'Helena'
• Piret^note 'Bridget'

Last names

• Anything ending in '-sepp', e.g. Raudsepp

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.

Masculine names

• Juan^note 'John'
  • Juan, or Juan dela Cruz refers to the common Filipino, and acts as a placeholder name for Filipino men.
  • Juan "Johnnie" Rico from Starship Troopers who was Filipino in the novel but gets a Race Lift in adaptions.
• Jose^note 'Joseph'

Feminine names

• Maria
  • Maria, or Maria Clara is the feminine equivalent of Juan (dela Cruz), i.e. a placeholder name for Filipino women.

Last names

• Any name with (dela) or (delos), e.g. Delos Santos
• Cruz
• Flores
• Galang
• Martinez
• Mendoza
• Santos

Finnish

Masculine names

• Eino
• Matti^note 'Matthew'
• Mika^note Short form of 'Mikael', the Finnish form of 'Michael'
• Pekka^note 'Peter'
• Timo^note 'Tim'
  • Hetalia: Axis Powers: Finland's "human name" is Timo or Tino.

Feminine names

• Laura
  • Laura Vanamo, the Finnish singer who covered a Japanese song in Finnish.
• Marja-Liisa^note 'Maria-Lisa'
• Saara^note 'Sarah'

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" is the Finnish "everyman" surname, equivalent to "Smith" in English. It's also the second most common Finnish surname.
• Lahti^note "Bay/Cove"
  • Also the name of a city in Finland.

French

General

• Hyphenated first names are common to both sexes — Jean-Luc, Marie-Louise, etc.

Masculine names

• Antoine^note 'Anthony'
  • Antoine the French exchange student from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
• Arsène^note "Virile", from the Ancient Greek name 'Arsenios'
  • In Japanese media especially, almost certainly meant to be a Shout-Out to Arsčne Lupin - the most famous, of course, being his supposed grandson.
• Bernard
• Charles
• Claude
• Didier^note "Longing/Desire", from the Late Roman name 'Desiderius'
• François/Francis^note "Frenchman"
  • Hetalia: Axis Powers: France's "human name" is Francis.
• Gaston^note Possibly "stranger/guest"
  • Gaston from Beauty and the Beast.
• Jacques^note 'Jacob'/'James'
• Jean^note 'John'
  • Jean Valjean from Les Misérables.
  • This is often made the first part of a compound name, e.g.:
    • Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation
    • Jean-Pierre Polnareff of Jojos Bizarre Adventure
• Louis
• Marcel^note "Of Mars", from the Ancient Roman name 'Marcellus', etymologically related to 'Mark'
  • Marcello in La Bohčme has an Italianized form of the name used in the original novel.
• Maurice: Especially prominent before the Turn of the Millennium, thanks to Maurice Chevalier.
  • Gay Purr-ee, natually, names its French Jerk Big Bad Meowrice.
• Michel^note 'Michael'
• Philippe^note 'Philip'
• Pierre^note 'Peter'
  • Dick Dastardly is called "Pierre Nodoyuna" in the Latin Spanish dub, to go with his French accent.
  • Reader Rabbit features Pierre the Raccoon, a Camp Cook who fancies himself a French chef.
• Rémy^note "Oarsman/Rower"
  • The rat protagonist of Ratatouille is named Rémy.
• René^note "Born again", from the Late Roman name 'Renatus'
  • René Mathis, James Bond's go-to French contact in the original Ian Fleming novels
  • René Belloq, Indy's rival in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
• Serge^note Possibly "servant", from the Ancient Roman name 'Sergius'
• Thierry^note "Ruler of the people", a cognate of 'Theodoric' and by extension, 'Derek'
• Xavier^note "The new house", after the Jesuit priest St. Francis Xavier

Feminine names

• Anything with "ette" or "elle" at the end—Suzette, Rochelle, etc.
  • Suzette La Sweet, French duchess character in Lalaloopsy.
• Amélie^note 'Amelia'
• Chantal/Chantelle
• Charlotte
• Clémence^note Variant of 'Clémentine', but without the fruit associations
• Colette^note Short for 'Nicolette', a diminutive of 'Nicole'
  • Colette Tatou from Ratatouille.
  • Colette, French member of the Thea Sisters in the Thea Stilton series.
• Didi (French-Canadian)
• Élodie
• Éloïse
  • President Eloise Pritchart of The Republic of Haven from the Honor Harrington novels.
• Françoise^note 'Frances'
  • Françoise Arnoul, aka Cyborg 003
• Lola
• Maëlys^note "Prince/Chieftan/Lord"
• Madeleine/Madeline^note 'Magdalene'
  • The title character of Madeline, obviously.
• Margot
  • Margot Bonvalet from The Desert Song.
• Marie
• Marianne^note the legendary personification of the French Republic
  • Marianne Beaunoir from The New Moon.
• Natalie
• Nicole
• Sophie
  • Sophie Neveu from The Da Vinci Code.

Last names

• "De" something or "du" something
  • Delacroix
  • Dubois
  • Dupont
    • Dupont and Dupond, original names of Thompson and Thomson. (Actually Belgian).
    • Superdupont, a French parody superhero.
  • Durand
• Girard^note From the given name 'Gérard'
• Lémieux (if French-Canadian)
  • French-Canadian goalie Denis Lemieux from Slap Shot.
• Moreau^note From a diminutive of 'Maurus/Maurice', a possible cognate of 'Moore'
• Perrin/Perrine^note From a diminutive of 'Pierre'
• Roux^note "Red"
• Sauvage^note 'Savage'
• Tremblay^note "Aspen" (if French-Canadian)
  • Justified as it's the most common surname in Québec.

German/Austrian

Note that almost all of the following names are considered quite old-fashioned by Germans these days. Look no further.

Masculine names

• Adolf/Adolph^note Contraction of Athalwolf, "noble wolf"
  • 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)
  • Dieter Müller, German goalkeeper from Captain Tsubasa.
  • The host of Sprockets.
• Franz^note 'Francis'
  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
  • Austrian body-builder Franz, teamed up with Hans in Saturday Night Live.
• Fritz/Friedrich^note 'Frederick'
  • "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.
  • Brain Dead 13 has The Igor Determinator maniac Fritz as part of the Spotlight-Stealing Squad.
  • Fritz, Victor Frankenstein's henchman in Frankenstein (1931).
  • Fritz, one of The Katzenjammer Kids.
  • Professor Friedrich Bhaer from Little Women. They do call him Fritz as a nickname, too.
  • Wizards, the animated movie by Ralph Bakshi, has the memorable "They've killed Fritz!" scene.
• Gunther/Günther
  • Gunther Hermann from Deus Ex.
• Hans/Hansel^note Short form for 'Johann', or 'John' via its Latin form 'Johannes'
  • Look through 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 Red Skull, German for "John Smith".
  • Hans Gruber, the criminal mastermind in Die Hard.
  • Johann Krauss.
  • Hans, Fritz's cohort in The Katzenjammer Kids.
  • Johan Liebert
  • Austrian body-builder Hans, teamed up with Franz in Saturday Night Live.
• Heinrich^note 'Henry'
  • Heinrich Himmler.
  • Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Krüger) in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965).
  • Heinrich von Marzipan of Codename: Kids Next Door, basically a G-rated Nazi Nobleman meant to oppose Numbuh 5's many Indy-parody episodes. His last appearance reveals "his" real name to be Henrietta.
  • Heinz, as in the ketchup brand or 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' is "Hinz und Kunz" (short for Heinrich and Konrad, respectively).
• Hermann^note "Army man", a cognate of 'Herman'
  • A background villain in The Punisher named Hermann the German.
  • Weiner fast-food chain Herman ze German.
  • Karl Heinz Schneider, German star soccer player from Captain Tsubasa.
  • Karl Marx, the father of Communism.
• Klaus^note Short for Nikolaus, 'Nicholas'
  • The grumpy and much put-upon NATO agent in From Eroica with Love is Klaus von dem Eberbach.
  • Klaus Heissler of American Dad!, an East-German Olympian that swapped brains with a goldfish.
• Kurt
  • Kurt Müller (Hardy Krüger) in Hatari!.
  • Marvel Comics' Kurt Wagner was named after Austrian U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.
• Ludwig
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Hetalia: Axis Powers: 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
  • and Moritz.
  • Max, the "hero" of Der Freischutz.
  • Uncle Max from The Sound of Music
• Otto
  • Dr. Otto Scratchansniff from Animaniacs
  • Otto Piffl (Horst Buchholz) in One, Two, Three.
  • Minor Tintin supporting character Professor Otto Schulze in The Shooting Star.
  • Otto Octavius, Depending on the Writer, may have his Herr Doktor aspects played up enough to qualify. Particularly in the '90s cartoon and Spider-Man Noir (where he's an out-and-out Nazi).
• Peter
  • Heidi's best pal.
  • Struwwelpeter or "Shockheaded Peter".
  • A diminutive form is Peterchen, which becomes "Peterkin" in Robert Southey's "The Battle of Blenheim".
• Rudolf
  • King Rudolf of Ruritania
• Siegfried
  • Siegfried from The Ring of the Nibelung, of course. A few months after Richard Wagner 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 Soul Series.
  • Siegfried von Schroeder of Yu-Gi-Oh!, who naturally plays an entire Valkyrie-themed deck.
• Wilhelm, also Willy, Willi^note 'William'
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II (and I, too)
  • Wilhelm, Lenore's demon lover in Bürger's ballad.
  • Wilhelm, the tragic protagonist of The Black Rider.
  • Willi Schickel (Gert Fröbe), the fastest driver of the Berlin underworld, shanghaied into participating in a race in Monte Carlo or Bust!
• Wolfgang
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster

Feminine names

• Anna/Anne
  • Ännchen ("Annie") in Der Freischutz.
• Bertha/Berta
• Brunhilde^note "Armor/protection [in/for] battle": For stout, no-nonsense types.
• Dagmar^note "Day maid"
• Elsa
  • The dangerously duplicitous love interest from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Partly thanks to Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.
• Frieda
  • Frieda, the German maid in Margin for Error.
  • Frieda Hatzfeld, the Munich primadonna in Music in the Air.
  • A German character from Thomas & Friends.
• Greta/Gretel/Gretchen^note All diminutives of 'Margarethe', or 'Margaret'
  • Popularized by the female lead of Goethe's 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".
  • Hansel and Gretel.
  • Gretel is the cherubic youngest 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 Red Dwarf.
  • Princess Hildegard Von Krone from the Soul Series.
• Katharina^note 'Katherine'
  • Also as Kätchen, Käthchen, Kati, Käthe, Kathrin.
  • Kathie, the barmaid and Love Interest of The Student Prince.
• Kunigunde^note "Family/clan war"
  • 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 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'
  • Lotte Frank from Monster
  • Werther's object of desire in The Sorrows of Young Werther.
• Maria
  • Mitzi (sometimes spelled Mizzi) is derived from "Maria".
  • At least in the 18th and 19th century the stereotype was that "Maria" (as in Maria Theresa) was the preferred form in Catholic regions, while in Protestant regions they preferred the French form "Marie".
  • Young novice nun from the beloved classic The Sound of Music.
• Marlene/Marleen^note A combination of 'Maria/Marie' with either 'Magdalene' or 'Helene'
  • Well-known not least thanks to Marlene Dietrich and the song Lili Marleen.
  • In Grimms' Fairy Tales, the story of The Juniper Tree contains Marleenken, whose name is a Low German diminutive of this (in High German: Marlenchen).
• Minna^note "Love", or a short form of 'Wilhelmina/Wilhelmine'
  • 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 The Battle of Blenheim.

Last names

• Meyer
  • Also spelled Mayr, Meier, Mayer, etc.
• Müller
  • Also occurs in variants such as Mueller, Möller, Moller, and Miller.
  • Kurt Müller (Hardy Krüger) in Hatari!.
  • Müller (usually spelled "Muller"), the German-born head of the Indian forestry service in Rudyard Kipling's In the Rukh, the short story in which Mowgli first appeared.
  • Dr. Müller, a recurring villain from Tintin.
  • Miller is relatively uncommon as an English surname except as an Anglicization of Müller, which is sometimes a plot point.
• Piefke. What Austrians call Prussians and by extension, people from the Federal Republic of Germany.
• Schultz
  • 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 The Begum's Millions.
  • Hogan's Heroes: 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.
  • 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'
  • Which occurs in several variants, e.g. Schmid, Schmitt, Schmitz, Smidt.
  • Johann Schmidt (sometimes given the non-German spelling Shmidt), original name of the Red Skull. German for "John Smith".
  • Hetalia: Axis Powers: Prussia's (and, in fanworks, Germany's) "human surname" is Beilschmidt.
• Schneider^note A cognate of 'Snyder'
• Schröder
  • Also Schroeder, Schrader, etc.
  • Schroeder, a German-American character named after an acquaintance of Charles M. Schulz.
• von Something
• Wagner
  • 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 X-Men's Nightcrawler, he was named after Richard Wagner.
  • As was Igor Wagner, Bianca Castafiore's accompanist from Tintin.
• Lehmann.
  • 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.

Greek

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'
• Kostas^note A short form of 'Konstantinos'
• 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.
• Stavros (or Stavro)^note "Cross"
• Stelios (or Stelio)^note "Pillar", also the name of a saint.
• Yianni/Yiannis/Giannis^note 'John'

Feminine names

• Athina (note the spelling)
• Eleni^note 'Helen'
• Georgina/Georgia
• Nia
• Sophia
• Thalia
• 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.

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?
  • ''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"
  • Justified as it is one of the most common surnames in Greece.
  • Apollo's surname as a human is Papadopoulos in The Trials of Apollo.

Hungarian

Masculine given names

• Béla
  • Béla Bartòk
  • Bela Lugosi, the original Dracula
  • Bela de Magpyr of Carpe Jugulum, 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
  • This was the birth name of Peter Lorre; he was born in Austria-Hungary
• Zoltán^note Possibly "Sultan"
  • Zoltan the Magyar
  • Zoltan, leader of the UFO cult
  • Zoltan Bathory
  • Zoltan, Hound of Dracula
  • Zoltan Karpathy, "that dreadful Hungarian" in My Fair Lady

Feminine given names

• Bianka/Bianca
  • Bianca, the Hungarian representative of the Rescue Aid Society in The Rescuers
• Kata^note 'Kate'
• Magdalena
• Tamara
• Zsófia^note 'Sophia'; note that in Hungarian, 'zs' is pronounced as "zh", like the French "j" or the 's' in 'vision'

Family names (note that in Hungarian these are properly stated FIRST, before the given name)

• Horvath^note "Of Croatian descent"
• Kiss^note "Small", pronounced "Kish"
• Kovács/Kovach^note "Blacksmith", pronounced "KO-vatch"
• Nagy^note "Big", pronounced "Nodge"
• Németh^note "German"
• Szabó^note "Tailor", pronounced "SAW-bo"

Icelandic

Masculine names

• Dýri
• Egill^note "Awe, terror"
  • Egil/Egill from Egil's Saga.
  • Egill is a possible "human name" given to Iceland in Hetalia: Axis Powers.^note The creator, Himaruya, gave a list of several names that could be used for him.
• Hjálmar^note "Helmeted warrior", pronounced "KOWL-mar"
• Stefán^note 'Stephen'
• Thor/Þór^note "Thunder", also the name of a god from Norse Mythology

Feminine names

• Björk^note "Birch tree"
• Dagmar^note "Day maid"
• Freyja^note "Lady", also the name of a goddess from Norse Mythology
• Þórunn^note Either "Thor waves/billows" or "Thor loves"

Last names

• Anything ending in '-son' for males or '-dottír' for females.
  • Truth in Television as Iceland uses the 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.Naming Conventions page for more details.

Indian

Masculine names

• Apu
  • Apu from The Simpsons, who in turn was named after Apu from Satyajit Ray's "Apu" film trilogy.
• Raj^note "Empire/Royalty"
  • Rajesh Koothrappali.
  • Raj from Camp Lazlo is an Indian elephant.
  • Raj Malhotra.
  • Ranbir Raj, who is played by Ranbir Kapoor, the grandson of Raj Kapoor.
• Ravi^note "Sun", also the name of a Hindu god of the sun
  • Usually as a Shout-Out to Ravi Shankar.
  • Ravi Ross from Jessie.
• Sanjay^note "Completely victorious, triumphant"
  • There's a royal official in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata named Sanjaya, an arachic form of the name.
  • One of the titular characters of Sanjay and Craig.
  • One of Timmy's "backup friends" in The Fairly Oddparents.
• Sunny
• Taj^note "Crown"
• Vijay^note "Victory", also the name of several figures in Hindu Mythology

Feminine names

• Bhavna/Bhavini^note "Producing/Manifesting"
• Indira^note "Beauty", also a name of Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu
• Padma^note "Lotus"
  • Padma Patil from Harry Potter.
• Priya^note "Beloved"
  • Priya from Turning Red is of Indian descent.
• Rani^note "Queen"
• Shanti^note "Quiet/Peace/Tranquility"

Last names

• Gandhi
  • Mahatma Gandhi.
• Gupta^note "Protected"
• Kapoor
  • Kelly Kapoor from the American TheOffice.
• Khan^note "King/Ruler"
• Kumar^note "Boy/Prince"
  • Justified as it's one of the most common surnames in India among men.
• Patel^note "Landowner"
• Singh^note "Lion"
  • Justified as it's one of the most common surnames in India, especially among the Kshatriya class and Sikhs.
  • Lilly Singh.
• Or a generally Overly Long Name like Apu Nahasapeemapetilon has.

Irish

• See Irish Names for more information.

Masculine names

• Aidan/Aiden^note "Little fire"
• Colin^note "Young dog"... in Anglicized Scottish Gaelic
• Liam^note Originally a short form of 'William'
  • American voice actor Liam O'Brien
• Mick (or Mickey/Micky)
• Patrick/Pádraig (or Paddy)
  • American voice actor Patrick Seitz is of partial Irish descent. He even has red hair.
• Seán^note 'John'
  • Ready Jet Go!: 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'
  • Seamus Finnigan, a Hogwarts student from Harry Potter, is implied to be of Irish descent due to his accent.
  • Sean and Seamus, Piggley's grandchildren in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks.
  • Noble prize winning poet Seamus Heaney.

Feminine names

• Often The Unpronounceable to unfamiliar audiences:
  • Aoife^note "Beauty", pronounced "EE-fa", also the name of several figures in Celtic Mythology
  • Caoimhe^note "Dear/Beloved/Gentle", pronounced "KEE-va" or "KWEE-va"
  • Maeve/Meadhbh ^note "Intoxicating", pronounced "Mayv"
    • Queen Medb from The Cattle Raid of Cooley might be one of the reasons this is on the list in the first place.
    • Mebh from Wolfwalkers, whose name is one of several variant spellings.
  • Saoirse^note "Freedom", pronounced "SEER-sha"
    • Saoirse, Ben's sister from Song of the Sea.
    • Irish actress Saoirse Ronan.
  • Siobhán^note 'Jeanne', pronounced "Shiv-AWN"
    • People from Hong Kong may be familiar with 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 Celtic Mythology now venerated as a patron saint of Ireland, up until recently though the success of the (British) Bridget Jones books have probably weakened the association with Ireland.
  • Bridget the Irish immigrant mouse from An American Tail.
  • Irish slave girls would be called "Biddy" even if it wasn't their real name.
• All the "-een" names:
  • Colleen^note "Girl"
    • 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 Colleen Clinkenbeard and Colleen O'Shaughnessey, though it's hard to tell just by name if the former has any Irish ancestry.
  • Aideen/Éadaoin^note Possibly "jealousy/passion"
    • Étaín from the myth The Wooing of Étaín.
  • Eileen^note 'Aveline'
  • Kathleen/Caitlín^note 'Katherine'
    • As in Kathleen ni Houlihan, the Anthropomorphic Personification of Ireland.
• Eithne^note "Kernel/Grain", pronounced "Enya"; Irish spelling is at least opaque as French
• Several figures from Celtic Mythology bear this name, most prominently the mother of Lugh Lámfada.
  • The birth name of Irish singer 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 Erin Fitzgerald.
• Fiona^note "Fair/White"
• Mary/Máire
• Molly
• Rosie

Last names

• Kelly^note "(Descendant of) Ceallach"
  • O'Kelly exists as well.
  • Charlie Kelly
• Kennedy^note "(Descendant of) Cennétig"
  • John F. Kennedy and his family—they're American, but still.
• Murphy^note "(Descendant of) Murchadh", where 'Murchadh' means "sea battle"
  • 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 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"
    • Or O'Brian, which likewise is a fairly rare variation in real life.)
  • O'Donnell^note "Descendant of Domhnall/Donald"
  • O'Hara^note "Descendant of Eaghra"
    • American actress Maureen O'Hara
    • The O'Hara family in Gone with the Wind, where Scarlett's father Gerald was explicitly described to be an Irish immigrant Self-Made Man in the original novel.
    • Such a stereotypical cop name it even has its own trope: Officer O'Hara.
  • O'Neill^note "Descendant of Neil"
    • Amanda O'Neill from Little Witch Academia is an Irish-American student at Luna Nova Academy.
    • The Moon is Blue: "Patty O'Neill. You must be very Irish."
  • O'Reilly^note "Descendant of Raghailligh"
    • Bill O'Reilly from the Fox News Channel.
  • O'Shea^note "Descendant of Séaghdha"
  • Characters from Northern Ireland are more likely to have the 'Mc-' names, as the region historically had more Scottish influence.

Italian

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 them sounding (or outright being) female in other languages, such as Andrea, Daniele and Gabriele. That said...

• Alessandro^note 'Alexander'
• Alfredo/Fredo^note 'Alfred'
• Antonio (or Toni)^note 'Anthony'
  • Tony, the mouse of Italian descent from An American Tail.
  • Tonio Trussardi in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.
  • Tony (Antonio) Esposito from The Most Happy Fella.
• Dino
  • It has nothing to do with dinosaurs or The Flintstones. 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'
• Francesco, or its shortened form Franco.^note 'Francis', 'Frank'
  • Its use as a Stock Name is actually justified—it's a popular name in both the modern day and the Renaissance.
• Giovanni^note 'John'
  • Giovanni Battista
  • Giovanni from Pokémon.
• Gino
  • Like Dino above, this one's also a short form for names that end with this sound.
  • Gino Fernandez, Italian goalkeeper of Captain Tsubasa, even though his surname is not very Italian.
• Giuseppe^note 'Joseph'
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi, the man who unified the Italian peninsula in the 1800s.
  • Giuseppe Piazzi, the man who discovered the asteroid/dwarf planet Ceres.
  • Giuseppe Verdi, 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 Affectionate Parody.
• Guido^note 'Guy'
  • Guido Anselmi in 8˝, and Guido Contini in the adaptation Nine (Musical).
  • Guido Orefice in Life Is Beautiful.
  • Guido in Cars, who only speaks Italian.
  • Guido di Maggio in Rally Round the Flag, Boys!.
  • Guido Mista in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
• Lorenzo^note 'Lawrence'
  • Lorenzo the Opera Engine from Thomas & Friends.
  • The Dub Name of a one-shot Society of Light duelist in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, who's voiced as an out-and-out Goodfellas parody for no apparent reason.
• Luciano^note 'Lucian'
  • As in Luciano Pavarotti.
• Luigi^note 'Louis'
  • Eh, Luigi?
  • Luigi, the Italian waiter in Dream Girl.
• Mario^note Either "of Mars", "male", or the masculine form of 'Maria'
  • Mario Lanza, Mario Cuomo, Mario Adorf, Mario Andretti
  • Mario Puzo
  • Mario de Monti
  • Mario Cavaradossi from Tosca.
  • Mario Girotti, better known as Terence Hill
• Paolo^note 'Paul'
• Salvatore^note "Saviour"
  • Salvatore "Tory" Belleci from Mythbusters.
  • Often used as the first name of "Boss" Maroni, the Mafia boss who scarred Harvey Dent, though note that this only dates back to 1996, with The Long Halloween.
• Vincenzo^note 'Vincent'
  • Vinnie/Vinny (stereotypical of Italian-Americans)
• Vito^note "Life"
  • Since The Godfather.

Feminine names

• Alessia
• Angela/Angelina
• Assunta^note "Assumption". Given in reference to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, i.e. it's a Catholic thing.
  • Originally short for Maria Assunta; cf. below.
• Bianca
  • Bianca Minola, the "Shrew's" apparently meek sister from The Taming of the Shrew.
  • Bianca Castafiore, the "Milanese Nightingale".
  • Bianca di Angelo from Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
• Carla
• Carmela (mostly southern Italian)
• Concetta^note "Conception". Given in reference to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, i.e. it's a Catholic thing.
  • The name is usually associated with older Italian women.
  • Concetta is one of the many names Neflyte calls Molly in Sailor Moon Abridged because he can't remember her real name. This one in particular elicits a Flat "What" 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.
• Francesca
• Gina^note The feminine counterpart of 'Gino' above.
  • Gina the Italian engine from Thomas & Friends.
• Giovanna^note 'Joanna'
• Isabella
• Lucia/Luciana
• Lucrezia^note 'Lucretia', also the name of a figure from Roman mythology and the name of a saint
  • Lucrezia Borgia
• Maria
  • Maria di Angelo, the mother of the aforementioned Bianca, in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
  • 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'.
• Rosa^note 'Rose', also the name of an Italian saint.
  • Rosa Castaldi, the Italian soprano in A Night at the Opera.
  • Rosa delle Rose in The Rose Tattoo.
• Sofia
• Teresa/Tessa

Last names

• Anything ending in '-etti' or '-elli' (both a diminutive suffix)—Moretti, Firelli etc.
  • The same with '-ini'.
  • Or '-otti'.
    • That '70s Show has the Pinciotti family with a distinctly Italian-sounding last name.
• Capone
  • Al Capone, 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.
• Ferrari^note "Iron", an occupational surname equivalent to 'Smith'.
• Genovese^note "From Genoa"
• Grimaldi^note "Descendant of Grimaldo"
  • Madame Grimaldi in Bells Are Ringing.
• Maraschino
• Marino^note There are multiple etymologies, but usually it's "descendant of Marius" or "of the sea"
• Romano^note Either "descendant of Roman" or "from Rome"
  • Justified as it's the third-most common surname in Italy.
• Rossi or its variants (Rossini, Rossetti, Russo, Lo Russo, etc.)^note "Red"
  • Justified 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 Wizards of Waverly Place. The dad is explicitly stated to be Italian-American, making the three kids half-Italian (the mom's Mexican-American).

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 Alternate Character Reading. 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 (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.

Masculine names

• Akito (あきと)
• Daisuke (だいすけ)^* The most common associated kanji are 大輔, meaning "big/great help".
• Hiro (ひろ)^* The most commonly associated kanji are 裕, meaning "abundant", 寛, meaning "tolerant/lenient/generous", 浩, meaning "prosperous", and 廣/広, meaning "vast/wide".
  • Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6.^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.
  • Hiro Nakamura from 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.
  • Hiro Protagonist from Snow Crash.
  • Hiro from SSX.
  • Hiro the Japanese Engine from Thomas & Friends.
• Itō (いとう)
  • It's a surname in Real Life though.
• Kage (かげ). It's often used for ninjas as its most common associated kanji is 影, meaning "shadow".
• Ken (けん)^* The most common associated kanji is 健, meaning "healthy/strong".
• Kenji (けんじ)
  • Kenji Kon from Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.
  • Kenji Ookami, Tooey's father in Molly of Denali.
  • Kenji the Japanese Rail Zeppelin from Thomas & Friends.
• Masashi (まさし)
• Ryū (りゅう)^* The most common associated kanji are 竜/龍, meaning "dragon".
  • Ryu Soma
  • Ryu from Street Fighter.
  • Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive.
  • Every single Breath of Fire.
  • Ryuichi Naruhodo, or Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney.
• Sasuke (さすけ)
  • Like Kage above, it is also for ninjas.
• Shin (しん)^* The most common associated kanji is 真, meaning "real/genuine".
  • Shin Seijuro from Eyeshield 21.
• Shinji (しんじ)
  • Shinji Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
• Tarō (たろう)^* The most common associated kanji are 太郎, meaning "big/great son".
  • This is often added at the end of a name to make it masculine. Examples include Jotaro and Hamtaro.
  • Combine this with the surname Yamada (やまだ/山田), and you have the Japanese equivalent of John Smith.
  • Taro Yamada from Yandere Simulator.
• Toshi/Toshiro (とし/としう)
• Yoshi (よし)^* The most common associated kanji are 吉, meaning "auspicious/good luck", 義, meaning "righteous", and 良, meaning "good/virtuous/respectable", respectively.
  • Yoshi from Super Mario World.
  • Yoshimitsu.
  • Hamato Yoshi from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • WWE's Yoshi Tatsu.

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 Lazily Gender-Flipped Name with suffixes like "-a", "-ina", "-ette", etc.; the "-ko" is that suffix.
  • Kiko from Doc McStuffins.
  • Akko from Little Witch Academia (or before her, Akko from Himitsu no Akko-chan).
• Asami (あさみ)^* The most common associated kanji are 麻美, meaning "beautiful hemp".
  • Asami Sato from The Legend of Korra.
• Haruka (はるか)
• Kasumi (かすみ)
  • Common for female Ninja, one of its associated kanji, 霞, means "mist".
  • Canadian voice actress Kazumi Evans is of Japanese descent.
  • Misty, the gym leader of Cerulean City in Pokémon Red and Blue, is named Kasumi in the original Japanese version.
• Kimiko (きみこ)^* The most common associated kanji are 貴美子/君子, meaning "valuable, beautiful child" and "lord/noble child", respectively.
  • Kimiko Glenn.
  • Kimiko Tohomiko, of Xiaolin Showdown.
• Kumiko (くみこ)^* The most common associated kanji are 久美子, meaning "long-time beautiful child".
• 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 ("cherry blossom"), see the linked page for examples with the common associations with the name.
  • The fanon "human given name" for Nyotalia Japan in Hetalia: Axis Powers 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 Doraemon.
  • The nurse from Highschool of the Dead 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.
  • Musya has the Damsel in Distress you're tasked with rescuing, named Shizuka.
• Tomoko (ともこ)^* The most common associated kanji are 智子, meaning "wise/intelligent child", and 朋子, meaning "friend child", respectively.
• Yōko (ようこ) ^* The most common associated kanji are 陽子/洋子, meaning "light/sun child" and "ocean child", respectively.
  • Yoko Ono's popularity has probably helped this.
  • Yoko from Timothy Goes to School.
  • Yoko Tsuno
• Yumi/Yumiko (ゆみ/ゆみこ)
  • Yumiko from Brawlhalla, a Japanese Kitsune Spirit.
  • Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.
  • Yumi Ishiyama of Code Lyoko.

Family names

• Hamada (浜田/濱田, はまだ)^* "Beach Field/Rice Paddy"
  • Cass, Tadashi and Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6 are Japanese-American.
• Hashimoto (橋本, はしもと)^* "Base/Root of the Bridge"
• Honda (本田, ほんだ)^* "Base/Root of the Field/Rice Paddy"
  • Renee Honda from Barbie.
  • Japan's "human name" is Kiku Honda in Hetalia: Axis Powers.
  • Piston Honda (later changed to Piston Hondo due to legal issues).
  • Film director Ishir⁠ō Honda, who is best known for creating the Godzilla franchise.
• Matsumoto (松本, まつもと)^* "Base/Root of the Fir/Pine Tree"
• Miyamoto (宮本, みやもと)^* "Base/Root of the Palace/Shrine/Temple"
  • Miyamoto Musashi, who is considered as one of the most iconic Samurai in history.
  • Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the most well-known video game developers working at Nintendo.
• Nakamura (中村, なかむら)^* "Middle of the Town/Village"
  • Ethan Nakamura, a supporting character in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
  • Hiro Nakamura from Heroes.
• Satō (佐藤, さとう)^* "Helping/Aiding Wisteria", or indirectly "Helping/Aiding the Fujiwara clan"
  • 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 The Legend of Korra.
• Suzuki (鈴木, すずき)^* "Bell Tree/Wood"
  • Like Satō, its use as a Stock Name is justified as it's the second most common surname in Japan.
• Takahashi (高橋, たかはし)^* "Tall/High Bridge"
  • Like Satō and Suzuki, its use as a Stock Name is justified as it's the third most common surname in Japan.
• Tanaka (田中, たなか)^* "Middle of the Field/Rice Paddy"
  • Gundham Tanaka from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
  • Drew Tanaka from The Heroes of Olympus and The Kane Chronicles.
• Watanabe (渡辺, わたなべ)^* "Place of Crossing/Ferries"
  • Possibly lampshaded in Live A Live, where every chapter has a character with that name.
• Yamada (山田, やまだ)^* "Mountain Field/Rice Paddy"
  • Justified as this is the surname used for a Japanese placeholder name, i.e. the local equivalent "Smith" or "Doe" in English-speaking countries.
• Yamaguchi (山口, やまぐち)^* "Mouth/Entrance of the Mountain"
• Yamauchi (山内, やまうち)^* "Inside the Mountain"
• Yamamoto (山本, やまもと)^* "Base of the Mountain"

Jewish/Hebrew/Israeli

Masculine names

• Aaron
• Abe/Abie/Abraham
• Benjamin
• Bernard/Bernie
  • Bernie Sanders.
• Boris (particularly in Russia)
• Chaim^note "Life"
  • Chaim Rosenzweig, the Israeli super-scientist from Left Behind.
• Daniel
• David
• Herschel/Hershel^note "Deer", diminutive form of the German-Yiddish name 'Hirsch'
  • Professor Hershel Layton.
  • Funimation's Dub Name Change for Detective Conan's Hiroshi Agasa, hammering in the Einstein parody even further.^note If you're curious, "Hiroshi" is meant to be a pun on the Japanese word for "professor"
• Howard
  • Howard Wolowitz from The Big Bang Theory.
• Hyman/Hymie^note "Life", Yiddish variant of 'Chaim'
  • Hymie, Clara Weiss's deceased husband in the musical Milk and Honey.
• Ira^note "Watchful", also the name of King David's priest
• Irving
• Isaac/Yitzhak
• Isidore/Isadore (older Jewish men)
• Jacob
• Lawrence/Larry
• Milton
• Moe/Moses
• Mordecai
• Nathan
• Nir^note "Plowed field"
• Sam/Samuel
• Saul
• Simon
  • May also be a last name, as in George Simon from Elmer Rice's play Counsellor-at-Law.
• Sol/Solomon

Feminine names

• Chaya^note "Life", feminine form of 'Chaim'
• Esther
• Francine
  • Francine Frensky from Arthur
  • Francine "Fran" Drescher
• Golda/Goldie
  • Golda Meir
  • Goldie Hawn
• Hannah
• Judith/Judy
• Miriam
  • Miriam from Turning Red is Ambiguously Jewish.
• 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 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'
  • Yente from Fiddler on the Roof.

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 The Goldbergs.
• Kaplan
  • The Kaplan family from Street Scene.
• Katz
• Levy
  • In Abie's Irish Rose, the Jewish family is named Levy.
  • In The Cocoanuts, Groucho talks about the levees along the riverfront, and Chico identifies them as the Jewish neighborhood.
• Marx
  • Karl Marx
  • The Marx family of entertainers: Groucho, Chico, etc.
• Reuben/Rubin
  • Rebecca Rubin from the American Girls Collection.
• Names starting with "Rosen" (e.g. Rosenstein, Rosenblatt, or just Rosen or Rose)
• Shapiro
  • A lawyer in 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 Little Bill.
  • Isabella Garcia-Shapiro from Phineas and Ferb 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)"

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).

Masculine names

• Cho
• Jin

Family names

• Kim (김/金)
  • Kim Il-sung or Kim Jong-il
  • Lots of K-pop idols, including Jennie and Jisoo of BLACKPINK
  • Crime boss Eddie Kim, of Snakes on a Plane 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/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 Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
  • Japanese seiyuu Romi Park is of Korean descent
  • Willow Park from The Owl House.
  • Chloe Park from We Bare Bears.
  • Min-Gi Park from Infinity Train
  • BLACKPINK member ROSÉ's full name is Roseanne/Chaeyoung Park.
  • Abby Park from Turning Red.

Lithuanian

Masculine names

• Artūras^note 'Arthur'
• Mindaugas^note Roughly translates to "Thinks/remembers a lot"
  • 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"
  • This was the name of a 15th-century Grand Duke of Lithuania, who is revered as a national hero in the country.

Feminine names

• Rūta^note 'Ruth' or 'Rue', which is a national symbol of Lithuania

Surnames

• Surnames ending in "-aitis": Adomaitis, Laurinaitis, Zemaitis, etc.
  • In Hetalia: Axis Powers, while Lithuania's "human given name" is the highly uncommon Tolys^* 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, his "human surname" is Laurinaitis.

Maltese

First names

• Any English or Italian name.

Last names

• Farrugia
• Galea

Mexican/Chicano

• For a reference on how Mexican names work in real life, see the UsefulNotes.Spanish Naming Conventions page.

Masculine Names

• Having the initials J.C.
  • J.C in Bordertown
• Jesús/Chuy/Chucho
• José^note 'Joseph'
• Juan^note 'John'
• Manuel/Manny^note "God is with us", from 'Emmanuel'
  • Handy Manny.
• Miguel^note 'Michael'
• Pablo^note 'Paul'
• Tito

Feminine Names

• Adelita^note "Noble", it's a diminutive form of 'Adela'
  • Adelita is the personification of Mexico.
• Carmen
  • Carmen Mariposa from Let's Go Luna!
• Frida^note "Peace"
  • Frida Kahlo
• Guadalupe/Lupe/Lupita
  • It's the most common on Mexican characters due to the Lady of Guadalupe being the patron saint of Mexico.
  • Lupita Nyong'o was born in Mexico City to Kenyan parents, and was named as such because she was born in Mexico.

Last Names

• García
  • Justified as it's the second most common surname in Mexico, just behind Hernández.
  • Isabella Garcia-Shapiro from Phineas and Ferb.
• Gonzales/González^note "Son of Gonzalo"
  • Speedy Gonzales.
• Hernández^note "Son of Hernando", technically a cognate of the similarly common surname 'Fernández' since 'Hernando' is just a medieval form of 'Fernando'
  • This is actually the most common surname in Mexico, so its use is justified, as is the use of García for Spanish characters due to the same reason.
• Juárez^note "Son of Suero"
  • Benito Juarez, who was a lawyer, politician, and 26th President of Mexico with a Rags to Riches origins and life.
• Rodríguez^note "Son of Rodrigo"
  • Bender "Bending" Rodríguez from Futurama, who was made in a robot-making factory in Tijuana, Baja California.
  • Slowpoke Rodríguez from Looney Tunes

Norwegian

Masculine names

• Bjørn^note "Bear"
  • Bjorn the Fell-Handed, Bjorn Stormwolf
• Erik^note "Ever ruler", or 'Eric'
  • Many Viking characters; it may be an example of Famous-Named Foreigner [1]. See examples at the Famous-Named Foreigner page.
• Gunnar^note "War army" or "war warrior", also the name of a figure in Norse Mythology and a cognate of Günther in the German section above
• Leif^note "Descendant/Heir"
  • Leif Erikson, the son of Erik the Red and thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North America.
    • "Hey everybody, it's Leif Erikson Day! Hinga Dinga Durgen!"
  • Former Teen Idol Leif Garrett, who boasts half-Norwegian ancestry.
• Olaf^note "Ancestor's descendant"
  • This was the name of five kings of Norway.
  • Olaf from Blackhawk, though he was actually Swedish in the original series, then Danish after the continuity reboot. Py yimminy, that's close, though, isn't it?
  • Olaf from Frozen.
• Ole^note Cognate of 'Olaf'
  • The classic "Ole and Lena" or "Sven and Ole" jokes from the American Upper Midwest. Sven is often Swedish; sometimes all of them are Swedish, depending on the neighborhood.
• Sven^note "Boy"
  • Sven the reindeer from Frozen.

Feminine names

• Astrid
  • Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon.
• Freya
• Inger^note A variant of either 'Ingrid', meaning "Ing is beautiful", or 'Ingegerd', meaning "Ing's enclosure"
• Ingrid
  • Ingrid from Once Upon a Time.
• Kari^note Short form of 'Katarina'
• Marit^note 'Margaret'

Last names

• Andersen^note "Son of Anders", cognate of 'Anderson'
• Hansen^note "Son of Hans", a cognate of 'Johnson'
• Johansen^note "Son of Johan", a cognate of 'Johnson'
• Larsen^note "Son of 'Lars", a cognate of the Dutch 'Laurens' or the English 'Lawson' or 'Lawrence'
• Olsen^note "Son of Ole"

Polish

Masculine names

• Jan^note 'John', pronounced "Yan"
• Karol^note 'Carl/Charles'
  • Karol Józef Wojtyła, birth name of Pope John Paul II.
• Lech^note Pronounced "Lekh", based on the Slavic tribe of Lendians
  • The founder of the Polish people is named Lech, according to Slavic legends.
  • The Polish president Lech Wałęsa (1943-).
• Marian^note Yes, that's a male name in Poland, it's derived from the name 'Marianus' or is a masculine form of 'Maria'
• Piotr^note 'Peter'
• Stanislaus/Stanislaw/Stanisław^note "Become glory", cognates of the name 'Stanislav' but the first form is the Latinized form, the second form is Polish without diacritics, and the third is the Polish form
  • Stanislaus from Blackhawk.
  • Stanisław from Ciconia: When They Cry.
• Thaddeus/Tadeusz
  • Tadeusz Soplica from Pan Tadeusz.
• Tomasz^note 'Thomas', pronounced "TAW-mash" where the first syllable is nasal
• Zygmunt^note 'Sigmund'
• Diminutive forms ending in '-ek', such as Piotrek, Tomek.
  • Before World War II in Germany, there were a lot of jokes about "Antek und Frantek", two stock characters from the Polish-speaking part of Upper Silesia.

Feminine names

• Agnieszka^note 'Agnes', pronounced "Ag-NYESH-ka"
• Karolina^note 'Carolina/Charlotte'
• Kasia^note 'Kate', pronounced "Kasha", a diminutive of 'Katarzyna'
• Monika^note 'Monica', note that the Polish "c" is roughly pronounced "ts"
• Stanisława^note The feminine form of 'Stanisław'
• Svetlana^note "Light/World"
  • Literally every other immigrant Polish girl working in housekeeping/food-service in London is called Svetlana, so it seems. Which, incidentally, isn't a Polish name at all; it's used in the former Soviet Union instead. So unless we know for a fact that our Svetalana was born in Ukraine (which is actually quite plausible due to the rising index of Ukrainian immigration into Poland), few people will buy her Polish cover.
  • Basically, if you want your Polish female character to have a convincing name, don't go for anything Slavic-sounding (such as anything ending with a "-sława") unless she's at least in her sixties. For some reason, girls in Poland were virtually stopped being given Slavic names back in the 1970s. A similar phenomenon can be observed nowadays in regard to boys, however your chances of running into a young man with a Slavic name are infinitely higher than they are when it comes to women.

Last names

• Names ending in '-ski' or '-cki' in general. The suffix used to mean "member of the nobility" or is an equivalent of the German 'von' or the English 'of', however as the low nobility (szlachta) in olden times accounted for no less than 10% of the population of Poland, there are an awful lot of people with a name ending in '-ski' or '-cki'.
  • Just to make it clear: not every Polish name ends in '-ski/-cki'. 'Nowak' is an excessively common example, to the point it's the most common surname in Poland. They aren't recognized enough to be used as a Stock Name, though.
  • Also, '-ski' and '-cki' are masculine suffixes. The Distaff Counterpart is '-ska' and '-cka', respectively. Many Polish women in diaspora communities (i.e. America, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, etc.) use the '-ski' ending (e.g. Lana and Lilly Wachowski).
  • Similar suffixes also occur in other Slavic languages, although there the spelling is often different (one notable difference is that in Russian, the feminine version ends in "-kaya", not "-ka").
  • Polish-American voice actors Mark X. Laskowski, Brittney Karbowski, and Audrey Wasilewski.
• Names ending in '-ek'.
  • Edward Gierek, former first secretary of the Polish communist party.
  • Toni Turek, goalkeeper of the West German football team that won the 1954 World Cup.
• Names endining in '-wicz'.^note Prononced "-veech", it is, once again, a patronymic suffix equivalent to '-son' in English.
  • English actor Peter Serafinowicz.
  • In Hetalia: Axis Powers, Poland's "human surname" is Łukasiewicz, pronounced "Wook-a-shye-veech".
• Kowalski^note "Of the blacksmith"
  • According to The Other Wiki, currently the second most common Polish surname and formerly the most common. Kowal (which also exists as a surname in its own right) means "blacksmith", for the suffix '-ski' see above.
  • Walt Kowalski of Gran Torino.
  • Stanley Kowalski from A Streetcar Named Desire is of Polish descent, but insists he's an American, not a "Pollack".
  • A weekly magazine jointly produced and broadcast by German and Polish television and dealing with life on both sides of the German-Polish border is entitled Kowalski & Schmidt.
  • Kowalski from The Penguins of Madagascar.

Romanian

Masculine names

• Alexandru^note 'Alexander'
• Bogdan^note "Given by God"
• Ion^note "John", pronounced "ee-ON"
• Mircea^note "Peace/World", pronounced either "MEER-chya" or "MEER-cha"
• Radu^note "Happy/Willing"
  • Radu is the name of The Igor in Transylvania 6-5000.
• Vlad^note 'Ruler', from Slavic
  • Vlad the Impaler, of course, and countless fictional characters inspired by him.
• Vladimir^note "Great/Famous ruler", also folk etymologized as "peaceful ruler" or "world ruler"

Feminine names

• Adriana
• Ana^note 'Anna/Anne'
• Andreea^note 'Andrea'
• Ioana/Oana^note 'Joanna'
• Ludmila^note "Favour of the people"
• Maria
• Rodica^note "Fertile", pronounced "roe-DEE-ka"
• Simona

Last names

• Anything ending in '-escu'.^note Yet another patronymic suffix equivalent to the English '-son'
  • Nicolae Ceaușescu, late Romanian dictator.
  • Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, the sexy but terrifying lead villainess from Resident Evil Village.
  • Mayor Lepescu in Transylvania 6-5000.
• Ionescu^note 'Johnson'
• Moldovan
• Popescu^note "Son/Descendant of the priest"
  • Justified as it's the second most common surname in Romania.
• Răducan
• Rădulescu
• Tudor^note 'Theodore', most likely a surname derived from a given name

Russian/Ukrainian/Belarusian

• For a reference on how Russian names work in real life, see the UsefulNotes.Russian Naming Convention page for reference.

Masculine names

• Alexander/Aleksandr, as well as its diminutive, Sasha/Sacha
  • Truth in Television and justified, it's the most popular male name in Russia.
  • Alexander "Sasha" Kovalev from 2010: Odyssey Two.
• Alexey is a commonly-known related name.
  • These two names are indeed etymolgically related, with both of them being of Ancient Greek origin: they respectively derive from Alexandros ("protector of men") and Alexios (simply "protector").
• Boris
  • Thanks to Boris Yeltsin, Boris Godunov, and Boris Badenov.
  • The second season of The Wire introduces us to Sergi Malatov (who's actually Ukrainian, and not Russian, but that's another story), an enforcer and driver for an international criminal syndicate which smuggles both drugs and unlucky women to the streets of Baltimore. As soon as any locals hear him speak, they're sure that he's Russian and insist on calling him Boris, much to his confusion. Lampshaded the second time it happens, as quoted above.
    Sergei: Why am I Boris? I don't understand this. Everywhere I am Boris.
  • Boris Badenov, the villainous spy from the nation of Pottsylvania, which is surely an Expy for the USSR.
  • Parodied in Final Crisis Aftermath: RUN, when the Human Flame mockingly calls a Kyrgyzstani mafioso "Boris" before killing him, but finds out upon stealing the mafioso's wallet that "Oh, your name actually is Boris."
  • War Junkie by Jon Steele. After a conversation on this trope, Jon calls a random Russian he's met on the plane "Boris". The man replies, "How did you know my name is Boris?"
  • Yuri Gagarin had a younger brother named Boris.
• Dmitri^note 'Demetrius'
  • Dimitri from Anastasia.
• Igor^note "Ing's warrior"
• Ivan^note 'John', pronounced "ee-VAHN"
  • Ivan was a stereotypical name for Russians for such a long time, it's used as such even by Real Life Russians. This probably has something to do with 90% of Russian folk heroes being named Ivan (Ivan the Tsar's son, Ivan the peasant's son, Ivan the cow's son, etc.), not to mention five tsars.
  • Played with in Kukushka. Veikko inadvertently guesses Ivan's name correctly while asking for it, misinterprets the answer ("Get lost!") as his actual name, and, when finally corrected, replies along the lines of "You're all called Ivan."
  • "Conn, Sonar! Crazy Ivan!"
  • This is the "human (given) name" for Russia in Hetalia: Axis Powers, with his "human surname" being Braginsky (no patronymic given, though).
• Nikolai/Nikola/Niko^note 'Nicholas'
  • There were two czars named Nicholas/Nikolai.
  • Nikolai Jakov is head of the KGB in Archer.
  • Also common in Serbia, such as Niko Bellic from Grand Theft Auto IV.
  • Nikolai Gogol, a Russian dramatist of Ukrainian origin
  • Nikolai Lantsov, prince (and later king) of Ravka in The Grishaverse
  • Nikolai Ternovsky, Dr. Chandra's Russian counterpart and partner, from 2010.
• Sergei^note 'Sergius'
  • Sergei Asimov, the mortal father of Lavinia Asimov from The Trials of Apollo.
• Vladimir
  • Often shortened to Vlad, though Russians actually use Vlad as a short for Vladislav, and Volodya or Vova for Vladimir.
  • Lenin and Putin: two famous Russian leaders.
  • The Ukrainian counterpart would be Volodymyr, much like actor turned politician, Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Servant of the People fame.
  • Cory in the House had a one-off Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Schuzoff. Any resemblance to actual heads of state is, of course, totally coincidental.
• Yuri^note 'George'
  • Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.
  • Yuri Piletsky and Yuri Katsuki (the latter Japanese) from Yuri!!! on Ice.
  • Yuri Lowenthal, an American VA of Russian/German/Jewish descent.
  • Yuri Ismaylov from Stranger Things.

Feminine names

• Aleksandra/Alexandra, along with its diminutive, Sasha/Sacha
• Anastasia
  • The famous Grand Duchess and daughter of Nicholas II of Russia, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova.
• Anna, along with its diminutive, Anya
  • In Anastasia, the titular protagonist (the aforementioned Grand Duchess) is renamed "Anya" after losing her memories.
  • The Gender Flip version of Russia (in a canonical AU) in Hetalia: Axis Powers is given the "human name" of Anya by the fandom, which Himaruya, the creator of the series, has shown approval towards.
  • Anna Karenina.
• Elena/Lena/Alina ^note "Light/Bright/Shining"
  • Elena in Egg And Spoon
  • Alina Starkov in The Grishaverse (she’s Ravkan).
• Irina^note 'Irene'
• Katya^note 'Kate'
  • Katya from Archer
  • And who can forget everyone's favorite Russian bisexual transvestite hooker Katya.
• Natasha
  • Natasha Fatale, the villainous spy from the nation of Pottsylvania, which is surely an Expy for the USSR.
  • Black Widow from the Avengers.
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
  • It's also a diminutive, not a full name, that being Natalia/Natalya.
    • Boris and Natalya?
    • In Hetalia: Axis Powers, this is Belarus' "human name". Some fanfics have characters call her Natasha as a nickname.
• Oksana^note "Hospitality"
  • A Ukrainian form of 'Xenia'—the usual Russian form (also used in Ukraine and Belarus) is 'Kseniya'. Popularized by Ukrainian ice skater Baiul.
• Olga^note "Holy/Blessed", also the Russian form of 'Helga'
  • Olga Orly from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.
  • In War Junkie by Jon Steele, Jon's ITN producer claims that 55% of the women in Russia are called Olga, the other 55% are named Natasha and the other 55% are called Svetlana.
• Svetlana^note "Light/World"
  • One of Mike's alter egos in Total Drama.
• Tamara
• Tanya
  • Short for Tatiana.
  • Tatiana "Tanya" Orlova, captain of the Alexei Leonov in 2010.

Last names

• Dragunov, Kalashnikov, and Makarov
  • Each of these last names is associated with a firearm, making them an especially popular pick for Russian villains.
• Ivanov^note 'Johnson', and yes, '-ov' is yet another patronymic suffix equivalent to '-son' in English
  • Babylon 5 gives us Susan Ivanova.
  • Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple has Boris Ivanov.
• Popov^note "Son of the priest"
  • Oleg Popov, a world-famous clown.
  • A brand of vodka.
• Smirnov^note "Quiet/Peaceful/Timid"
  • Another brand of vodka.
  • The principal characters of Anton Chekhov's play "The Bear" are named Smirnov and Popova.
  • According to 2006 research by Balanovskaya, Smirnov is indeed the most common Russian surname. Ivanov is the second common, Popov is the fourth.
  • Yakov Smirnoff, popularizer of the Russian Reversal. In actuality, the stage name of Yakov Naumovich Pokhis.
• Romanov—a royal family name, still widespread in Russia.
• Any name ending in '-vich' or '-ov' or '-in' or '-ko' (see UsefulNotes.Russian Naming Convention).
  • Note that '-vich' is actually the ending of (masculine) Russian patronymics, but also the ending of Belarusian surnames.
  • '-ko' and '-chuk' are the common suffixes in Ukraine.
    • Hetalia: Axis Powers: While Ukraine doesn't have a canonical designated "human name", Word of God gives her the surname 'Chernenko'.

Scottish

Masculine names

• Alistair (if you're posh). That's the Anglicized form, actually—the Scottish Gaelic form is 'Alasdair', and it's overall a cognate of 'Alexander'.
  • Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart from Doctor Who — "Terror of the Zygons" even features him wearing a kilt while in Scotland for a mission.
• Angus^note Possibly "One strength": Possibly the stock Scottish boy's name.
  • Angus Podgorny, the first Scotsman to win Wimbledon in Monty Python's Flying Circus.
  • Angus Young of AC/DC, born in Scotland but immigrated to Australia at a young age.
  • Angus Dagnabbit from Mad Jack the Pirate.
  • Dougal McAngus from Black Adder — it's in the surname form, sure, but the surname is patronymic in nature, indicating Dougal is a "descendant of Angus".
    • Edmund's Scottish cousin in the third series has a daughter, Angus MacAdder. Edmund thought she was a boy, and it's implied to not just be because of her name.
  • Angus MacMoran, brother of Groundskeeper Willie in The Simpsons comic "License to Kilt."
  • Angus "Pothole" McDuck, Scrooge's uncle from The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.
• Donald
  • Donald Trump; his mother's Scottish (as in directly from Scotland)
  • Donald Duck is also of Scottish descent.
  • Donald the Scottish Engine from Thomas & Friends.
• Fergus^note "Man of vigour/strength"
  • King Fergus from Western Animation/Brave.
• Hamish^note 'James'
  • Hamish and Dougal.
  • Hot-Shot Hamish.
• James, often shortened to Jim/Jimmy
• Jock^note 'Jack'
  • Among the English, this is a slang term for a Scotsman.
  • The Scottish terrier from Lady and the Tramp.
  • The mock-Scottish Nac Mac Feegle aka The Wee Free Men really like this name, as attested by the presence of a Not-As-Big-As-Medium-Sized-Jock-But-Bigger-Than-Wee-Jock Jock.
• Malcolm^note "Disciple of Saint Columba"
  • Malcolm Young of AC/DC, brother of the above Angus; also born in Scotland but immigrated to Australia at a young age.
  • Scotland had four Medieval kings of this name, the third of whom was the basis for Duncan's heir in Macbeth.
• Willie
  • Groundskeeper Willie in The Simpsons.

Feminine names

• Ailsa
• Elspeth^note 'Elizabeth'
• Fiona^note 'Fair/White'
• Flora
• Margaret/Meg
  • Meg Brockie in Brigadoon.
  • The aforementioned Young brothers' mother and sister were both named Margaret.
• Kirsty^note A diminutive of 'Kirsteen' or 'Kirstin', both of which are forms of 'Christina'
• Mòrag^note A diminutive of 'Mòr', which is derived from the medieval Irish 'Mór', either meaning "great" or used as an alternative for 'Mary'
  • The mother of Angus MacAdder referenced above.

Last names

• Buchanan/Buchannon^note "House of the canon"
• McCloud/MacLeod^note "Son/Descendant of Leod". As noted in the Irish section, 'Mac-/Mc-' is the Scottish equivalent of '-son'
• MacDonald^note "Son/Descendant of Donald"
  • Kelly Macdonald, voice of Merida in Brave.
• MacDougal^note "Son/Descendant of Dougal"
  • Trey MacDougal, Charlotte's first husband on Sex and the City.
• McTavish^note "Son/Descendant of Tàmhas"
  • John "Soap" McTavish from Modern Warfare.
  • Hamish McTavish in Daniel Pinkwater's The Last Guru.
  • Ogden Nash: "No McTavish / Was ever lavish."
• MacSomethingNotObviouslyIrish
  • Brave has secondary characters with the last names of MacIntosh and MacGuffin.
• Taggart^note "Son of the priest"
  • Dr. Moira MacTaggert of X-Men fame (the spelling varies Depending on the Writer).
  • So ubiquitous, it got its own cop show!

Serbian

Masculine names

• Darko^note "Gift"
  • Darko Brevic from Grand Theft Auto IV.
  • One of the bank robbers from Money Heist.
• Dragan^note "Precious"
  • Fittingly, The Dragon from Layer Cake is a Serbian hit-man named Dragan.
• Dušan^note "Soul/Spirit", pronounced "Dushan"
  • The name of the most powerful medieval Serbian emperor.
  • Also the name of the Big Bad from The Peacemaker.
• Goran^note "Mountain man", pronounced "Goh-ran"
  • A Bosnian Serb soldier from Savior.
• Jovan^note 'John', pronounced "Yoh-van"
• Lazar^note 'Lazarus'
  • An important ruler in Serbian history.
• Mihajlo^note 'Michael', pronounced "Me-high-loh"
  • A character under that name appeared in Las Vegas. Not once did they pronounce his name correctly.
• Miroslav^note "Peace/World Glory"
  • The Big Bad from Behind Enemy Lines.
• Nenad^note "Unexpected"
  • In the Serbian folk song Predrag and Nenad, this is the name of Predrag's brother.^note For anyone wondering, Predrag's name means "most precious" and is etymologically related to 'Dragan' above.
• Ratko^note "War/Battle"
  • Another one of the bank robbers from Money Heist (misspelled as Radko).
• Slobodan^note "Freedom"
  • The infamous Slobodan Milosevic.
• Vlado^note "Rule"
  • 'Vlado' indicates a Bosnian Serb, whereas 'Vlada' or 'Vladan' would indicate someone from Serbia. All of them are shortened versions of common Slavic 'Vladimir' or other names starting with the element vladeti.
  • The Dragon from The Peacemaker.
• Vuk^note "Wolf"
  • The leader of the Yugoslav partisans from Codename Panzers is called Vuk.
• Zoran^note "Dawn/Aurora"
  • The Big Bad from Uncharted 2, a former Serbian black ops commander.

Feminine names

• Ana^note 'Anna/Anne'
• Bojana^note "Battle", pronounced "Boh-yana"
• Dragana^note "Precious", feminine form of 'Dragan' above
• Jelena^note 'Helen', pronounced "Yelena"
• Jovana^note 'Joanna', pronounced "Yoh-vana"
• Katarina^note 'Katherine'
• Kristina^note 'Christina'
• Mirjana^note Possibly a form of 'Miriam', pronounced "Meer-yana"
• Natalija^note 'Natalie', pronounced "Nataliya"
• Nataša^note Pronounced "Natasha"
• Nevena^note "Marigold"
• Simonida^note Possibly a feminine form of 'Simonides'
• Stana^note "To stand/become", a short form of 'Stanislava' or other names that start with the element stani
• Teodora^note 'Theodora'
• Tijana^note "Quiet", pronounced "Tiana"
• Vesna^note "Spring"

Family Names

• Any name ending in the standard Slavic -ić (pronounced "-ich"), which is a possessive roughly meaning "descendant/member of", often equated with the English '-son' (again). Most frequent family names are:
  • Aleksić
  • Antonijević^note "Son of Antonije", pronounced Antonyevich"
  • Jovanović^note 'Johnson', pronounced "Yoh-vanovich"
  • Krstić^note "Son of Krsto"
  • Lazarević^note "Son of Lazar"
  • Marković^note "Son of Marko"
  • Mihajlović^note "Son of "Mihajlo" or 'Michaelson/Michaels', pronounced "Mee-haylovich"
  • Milošević^note "Son of Miloš"
  • Petrović^note "Son of Petar" or 'Peterson/Peters'
    • Monster likely had a minor character with this last name, but he was Czech, not Serbian.
  • Popović^note "Son of the priest"
  • Ristić^note "Son of Risto", where 'Risto' is a short form of 'Christopher'
  • Stanković^note "Son of Stanko", where 'Stanko' is a diminutive of 'Stanislav'
  • Vuković^note "Son of Vuk"
  • Family names which have appeared in Western fiction and are accurate, but somewhat rare:
    • Dragić^note "Son of Drago"—Money Heist
    • Gavrić^note "Son of Gavrilo", where 'Gavrilo' is a cognate of 'Gabriel'—The Peacemaker
    • Mirić—The Peacemaker
• It should be noted that there are exceptions. There are Serbs whose family names end with '-ov' and '-in', similar to Russian family names. Also, Serbs from Bosnia and Croatia sometimes have family names which end with '-a' (Peurača, Počuča, Salapura, Torbica, etc.). For example, Nikola Tesla was a Serb, born in what is today Croatia.

Spanish/Hispanic/Latin American

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• Also see Colombian and Mexican/Chicano above, and U.S. Puerto Rican below.
• For a reference on how Hispanic names work in real life, see the UsefulNotes.Spanish Naming Conventions page for reference.

Masculine names

• Alejandro^note 'Alexander'
  • Song of the same name by Lady Gaga.
  • Alejandro Vargas from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
• Alfonso
  • Thirteen Spanish kings were named Alfonso, the 13th of them being the last king before the ill-fated Second Spanish Republic.
• Carlos^note 'Carl/Charles'
  • Carlos from The Magic School Bus.
  • The Carlos O'Kelly's chain of Mexican restaurants.
  • Carlos the Mexican Engine from Thomas & Friends.
• César^note 'Caesar'
• Diego
  • The titular character from Go, Diego, Go!.
• Felipe^note 'Philip'
  • The current King of Spain is Felipe VI.
• Fernando^note 'Ferdinand'
  • Ferdinand.
  • No less than seven Spanish kings were called Fernando.
• Francisco (or its diminutive 'Paco')
  • The current Pope is called 'Francisco (or 'Francis' in English). He is from Argentina.
• Jesús
• José^note 'Joseph' (or its diminutive 'Pepe')
  • José Carioca, whose Brazilian comic book series is swimming with characters named José, mostly his relatives.
    • Its Brazilian diminutive, Zé.
• Juan^note 'John'
• Julio^note 'Julius'
  • The song "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard''.
• Manuel^note "God is with us", from 'Emmanuel'
  • 'Manny' is the English diminutive. In Spain at least, its diminutive is 'Manu' or 'Manolo'.
  • ¿Qué?
• Miguel^note 'Michael'
  • Maya & Miguel.
• Pablo^note 'Paul'
• Pedro^note 'Peter'
  • Pedro the immigrant from Excel♡Saga, though his exact county of origin remains unclear.
• Tito^note 'Titus'
  • Stereotypical in Latin America, practically unused in Spain.
• Victor
  • Victor the Cuban Engine from Thomas & Friends.

Feminine names

• Ana/Anita^note 'Anne/Annie'
• Carmen
  • Portuguese-Brazilian Carmen Miranda.
  • Carmen Sandiego
• Chiquita^note Technically a diminutive of 'Francisca'
• Dolores/Lola^note "Sorrows", taken from the Spanish Marian title María de los Dolores, meaning "Mary of the Sorrows". It's a Catholic thing.
  • Dolores Huerta.
  • Dolores Madrigal.
• Elena^note 'Helen'
  • Elena from Elena of Avalor.
  • Elena from One Day at a Time (2017).
  • Elena from Diary of a Future President.
• Felicia
• Gabriela
  • Gabriella from High School Musical.
  • Gabriela from Sid the Science Kid.
• Isabel^note The Spanish default form of 'Elizabeth'
  • Rosario Dawson's middle name is Isabel.
  • Isabella is a variant, also common. One example is Isabella from Phineas and Ferb.
• Juanita^note Technically a diminutive of 'Juana', which is the Spanish form of 'Joanna'
• Lucía^note 'Lucy'
• María
  • María Rodríguez from Sesame Street.
  • María de la Cualquier Cosa^note "María of (the) Anything". María is used as a prefix for many female names.
• Pilar^note "Pillar", from the Spanish Marian title María del Pilar, meaning "Mary of the Pillar". It's a Catholic thing.
• Ramona^note The feminine form of 'Ramón', which is a Spanish cognate of 'Raymond'
• Rosario^note "Rosary", from the Spanish Marian title Nuestra Señora del Rosario, meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary". It's a Catholic thing, and it's a masculine name in Italian.
  • Rosario Dawson.
• Rosita^note 'Rosie', a diminutive of 'Rosa'
  • Rosita from Sesame Street.
• Selena
  • Became popular in the 1990s due to Texas-based singer Selena Quintanilla.
  • Selena Gomez is one famous example of this.

Unisex

• Cubans and Dominicans in particular are stereotyped as having creative names like Usnavi ("US Navy") or names starting in Y, such Yesenia or Yunior.
  • Endemic in American baseball due to a lot of players coming from Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands like Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. A couple of examples are Yadier Molina (Puerto Rican) of the St. Louis Cardinals and Yoenis Cespedes (Cuban) of the New York Mets.

Last names The Hispanic surnaming tradition involves two surnames, the father's surname first and the mother's father's surname second. The '-ez' suffix happens on surnames that have a patronymic origin: 'Hernández' means "son of Hernán", and 'González' means "son of Gonzalo".

• Chávez^note Actually from the name of the Portuguese city Chaves, which has a name derived from the Ancient Roman 'Flavius'
• Cruz^note "Cross"
• Fernández^note "Son/Descendant of Fernando"
• García
  • Justified as it's the most common surname in Spain and similarly common in other Spanish-speaking countries.
• Gómez^note "Descendant of Goma"
  • Gomez from The Addams Family.
  • The aforementioned Selena Gomez.
• González^note "Son/Descendant of Gonzalo"
• Santos^note "Saints"
• Hernández^note "Son/Descendant of Hernán"
  • This is actually the most common surname in Mexico, so its use is justified, as is the use of García for Spanish characters due to the same reason.
• Gutiérrez^note "Son/Descendant of Gutierre", where 'Gutierre' is a cognote of 'Walter'
• López^note "Son of Lope"
  • George Lopez and by extension the family in The George Lopez Show.
• Martínez^note "Son/Descendant of Martín"
  • Mexican-American voice actress Cynthia Martinez
  • David Martinez from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
• Mendes/Méndez^note "Son/Descendant of Menendo"
  • Mexican-American voice actress Erica Mendez
• Mendoza^note "Cold mountain", from Basque
• Pérez^note "Son/Descendant of Pedro", cognate of 'Peterson/Peters'
  • If you pair it with Juan you get the equivalent of John Smith.
  • Christopher Perez, husband of the late Selena Quintanilla-Perez.
• Quiñónez
• Rodríguez^note "Son/Descendant of Rodrigo"
• Sánchez^note "Son/Descendant of Sancho", where 'Sancho' is a name meaning "Holy/Saintly"

Swedish

Masculine names

• Anders^note 'Andrew'
• Björn^note "Bear"
• Erik^note 'Eric'
• Lars^note 'Lawrence'
  • Lars Umlaut from Guitar Hero.
  • Lars Alexandersson from Tekken 6.
• Sven^note "Boy"
  • Architecture firm 'Sven' of How I Met Your Mother is run by three men called Sven.

Feminine names

• Gudrun^note "God's secret lore", also the name of a figure in Norse Mythology
• Helga^note "Holy/Blessed"
• Ingrid/Inga^note "Ing (is beautiful)"
  • "Hello I am Inga, from Sweden!"
  • Ingrid from Let's Go Luna! is Swedish. For bonus points, her last name is Svensson-Benson, mentioned below.
• Ulla^note Diminutive of 'Ulrika' and 'Hulda'

Last names

• Andersson^note "Son of Anders", cognate of 'Anderson'
• Eriksson^note "Son of Erik"
  • As in Sven-Göran Eriksson, not Sony Ericsson, the Swedish being spelt with a 'k'.^note Well, some Swedes spell it with a 'c', like inventor Lars Magnus Ericsson, founder of the telecom company that was eventually bought up by Sony and turned into their mobile division under the name Sony Ericsson. The 'k'-spelling is more common, though.
• Johansson^note "Son of Johan", cognate of 'Johnson'
  • This is the most common Scandinavian surname; and Scarlett Johansson's.
• Svensson^note "Son of Sven"
• A common error among Anglophones is to spell -son surnames with one "s" (e.g. Anderson), whereas Swedes spell them with a doubled "s" (Andersson). The first "s" is a genitive marker, the second the first letter of the word "son" (compare this to the English phrase "Ander's son"). And names that end with an "s" do not take an extra genitive "s", because triple consonants aren't used. Most people of Swedish descent in the United States anglicize their surnames by spelling them with one 's', so the error is forgivable.
• Skarsgård and anything else with that funny Ikea circle above a vowel. It's not pronounced "scars-guard" as many believe thanks to Stellan, Alexander Johan Hjalmar and the rest of the family, but "skawsh-gourd".

Swiss

Masculine names

• Alain^note 'Alan'
  • As in Federal Council Member Alain Berset.
• Beat^note "Blessed", the Swiss German form of the Late Roman name 'Beatus'
  • According to legend, Saint Beatus was ordained a priest by Saint Peter and evangelized in Switzerland.
• Hans^note 'John', via the Latin form 'Johannes'
  • Often hyphenated as Hans-Ruedi or Hans-Peter. Sometimes the hyphen is even omitted entirely.
• Janick/Yanick^note 'Johnny', via the Breton name 'Yann'
• Pirmin, originating from the Rhaeto-Romance language, which is, along with German, French and Italian, one of Switzerland's four official languages.
• Remo^note 'Remus'
• René^note "Born again", from the Late Roman name 'Renatus', even in non-French speaking parts of Switzerland
• Reto^note "Of Rhaetia", where Rhaetia is a region in eastern Switzerland
• Roman
• Ruedi^note Short for 'Rudolf'
• Sepp^note Short for 'Josef/Joseph'
• Willhelm^note 'William'
  • As in Wilhelm Tell.
  • Often shortened to 'Willi'.
• Ueli, short for Ulrich^note "Prosperity and power"
  • As in Federal Council Member Ueli Maurer.
  • Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531), also known as Huldrych, the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland.
• Urs^note "Bear", the German cognate of 'Ursus'
• Walter, often shortened to Walti
• Werner, often shortened to Werni

Feminine names

• Chiara^note A Italian cognate of 'Clara'
• Céline/Célina
• Fabienne^note "Bean"
• Heidi
  • Popularized by the novel Heidi.
  • The Gender Flip version of Switzerland (in a canonical AU) in Hetalia: Axis Powers is given the "human name" of Adelheid (as initially suggested by Himaruya, the creator of the series), with the nickname "Heidi", most likely in tribute to Heidi.
• Laura
• Lisa
• Lorena^note 'Lorraine'
• Michelle
• Monika
• Regula^note "Rule"
  • This was the name of a 3rd-century Swiss martyr, the patron saint of Zurich.
• Sandra
• Trudi, short for Gertrud/Gertrude
• Vreni, short for Verena
  • Saint Verena was a 3rd-century Egyptian-born nurse who went with the Theban Legion to Switzerland. After the legion was massacred, she settled near Zurich, which probably explains how the Swiss got the name.

Unisex names

• Andrea is used for both men and women. However, 'Andreas' is masculine only.

Turkish

Masculine names

• Abdul^note "Servant of-", usually the first part of a compound name
  • In World War I, ANZAC troops used this as slang for a Turkish soldier.
• Hakan^note "Emperor/Ruler"
  • Street Fighter's Turkish rep is the hulking oil-wrestler, Hakan.
• Hasan^note "Handsome", also the name of the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad
• Mehmet^note A cognate form of 'Muhammad', pronounced "mehh-MEHT"
• Murat^note "Wish/Desire", pronounced "moo-RAT"
• Mustafa^note "The Chosen One", after an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad
  • In De Kiekeboes album Konstantinopel in Istanboel, a Running Gag is that every Turkish man is named Mustapha.
• Osman^note "Baby bustard", also the Turkish form of 'Uthman', a companion of the Prophet Muhammad who married two of his daughters and was the third caliph of the Muslims
  • Osman Ghazi, founder and namesake of the Ottoman Empire.

Feminine names

• Aisha/Ayşe^note "Living/Alive"
  • Monster has a minor Turkish character who's a prostitute named either Aishe or Aisha.
• Sinem^note "My bosom/breast"
• Yeliz

U.S. General

General

• Many given names which are popular in the U.S. are much less common in other parts of the world. For more information and examples of that, see the Trope page Wacky Americans Have Wacky Names.

Masculine names

• Bill
• Bob (Bobby)
• Brad
• Brandon
  • Brandon Rogers.
• Chad (typically associated with Jerk Jock, Surfer Dude, Fratbro, and similar types)
• Chuck
• Dan/Danny
• Earl
• Hank
  • Hank Hill from King of the Hill.
  • Thomas & Friends: Hank is an engine from America, specifically Pennsylvania.
• Jack: Almost a prerequisite name for The Hero. Hell, there's a whole archetype of folktales known as "Jack Tales"!
  • Jack Dawson
  • Jack Burton
  • Jack Ryan
  • Jack Bauer
  • Jack Shepherd
  • Jack Colton
  • ...and so many more.
• Jason
  • Jason Grace from The Heroes of Olympus and its sequel series The Trials of Apollo, though he was explicitly named after the hero from Classical Mythology. The prequel series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, also mentions a one-off character called "Jason".
• Jimmy
  • Jimmy Mahoney from The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.
  • A classic name for The All-American Boy — "little Jimmy's trapped down the well!"
• Joe
• John/Johnny
  • John Doe, the usual male placeholder name in American legal proceedings.
• Justin/Dustin
• Kyle
• Larry
• Todd
• Travis
• Tyler

Feminine names

• Ann/Anne
• Ashley
• Betty
  • Betty Rubble
  • Betty Boop
  • In '90s classic Clueless, Cher and her gal-pals refer to any beautiful girl as a "total Betty".
  • Betty White.
  • Betty Cooper from Archie Comics.
• Brianna—like Candace and Marcia below, a name that's common in the US, but much more rarely encountered in the wider Anglosphere.
• Britney (particularly this spelling of it)
  • Britney Spears
• Candace/Candy—much rarer in the rest of the Anglosphere
  • Candace Flynn from Phineas and Ferb
• Chelsea
• Chris (short for Christine, Christina, or occasionally Crystal). The Stock Name for American girls, or any Western girl, in Japan and, by way of cultural osmosis, Korea, China, and Taiwan.
  • Ironically, within the US itself, it's primarily seen as a boy's name or at least a unisex Tomboyish Name, as it's also short for 'Christopher'.
  • Christine "Chris" Hargensen from Carrie.
• Debbie
  • '80s Teen Idol Debbie Gibson.
• Jane
  • Jane Doe, female equivalent of John Doe.
• Jennifer—always a (hot) girlfriend
• June
  • June Cleaver from Leave It to Beaver, the archetypal 50s suburban housewife
  • June Foray, an American veteran of radio and voice acting
• Kimberley/Kimberly
  • Kimberly Ann Possible from Kim Possible
• Madison
  • It was formerly an uncommon boys' name and a presidential surname, until Splash.
• Marcia/Marsha—like Candace above, much rarer in the rest of the Anglosphere
• Mary
• Misty/Missy
  • Misty from Pokémon.
• Nancy
  • Nancy Reagan, a former president's wife
  • Nancy Drew
• Taylor
  • Taylor Swift
• Tiffany
  • '80s Teen Idol Tiffany Darwish (usually known by just her first name)

Surnames

• Brown
• Buchanan (popular family name in sitcoms/soaps)
• Davis
• Henderson
  • An archetypal 'family next door' — "We owe the Hendersons a dinner!"
• Jones
  • In Hetalia: Axis Powers, America's "human surname" is Jones.
  • Fred Jones, as befitting the archetype (and ex-Trope Namer!) for The Generic Guy.
  • The other archetypal 'family next door' name, if the idiom 'keeping up with the Joneses' is anything to go by.
• Johnson, the second most common last name in the US.
• Miller
  • Invoked by the fake "All-American" family headlining We're the Millers
• Scott
• Smith, which happens to be the most common last name in the US.
  • Probably codified with its All-American cred by Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
• Wilson

U.S. African-Americans

• See Ghetto Name for more information.
• Many African-Americans may choose to adopt non-Western invented names or names of African origin to distance themselves from their 'slave' roots. For similar reasons, with the rise of The Nation of Islam among Black Americans with its focus upon Black advocacy (and its lasting effects), expect to see more 'Islamic' names, often of Arabic origin, on the list.
• The reason many French names appear on this list is because Creoles of color (mixed-race Creoles born from the French/Spanish settlers intermarrying with Africans or from freed slaves) historically had classical French names.

Masculine names

• Andre
  • This is a plot point in Blackish when Andre Jr. wants to go by "Andy" to sound more white and his father Andre objects.
  • Andre Harris from Victorious.
• Antoine/Antwan
• Dante
• Darius
  • Darius from Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.
• Darnell
• Darryl
• Demetrius
• DeAnything
• Dizzy
  • As in Dizzy Gillespie.
• Dwayne
  • As in Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
• Jamal^note "Beauty" in Arabic
• Jerome
• Lamar
• Lamont
• Leroy (or Leeroy)
  • No, not that Leeroy.
• LeSomething
• Malcolm
  • As in Malcolm X, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, etc.
• Malik^note "King" in Arabic
• Marcus
• Patrice
• Ray-Ray
• Reginald
• Rufus
• Rayshawn/DeShawn
• Tyrone/Ty
• Terrell
• Terrance

Feminine names

• Anything ending in '-isha' (Keisha, Kenisha, Tanesha, etc.)
  • Keesha of The Magic School Bus.
• Aaliyah^note "High/Lofty/Sublime"
• Aisha, Monique and Neice (and combination with just about any word)
  • Aisha from Winx Club.
  • Little Bill: Ms. Murray's first name is Aisha, as revealed in the wedding episode.
• Alexus (or Mercedes)
• Angela
  • As in Angela Davis, Angie Stone, etc.
• Deja^note "Already", from the French phrase déjà vu
• Ebony, Raven and other color-signifying names
• Imani^note "Faith" in Swahili, an East African language
• Jazmine
• Lasquweesha
• LaSomething
• Lula^note From names that start with 'Lu-', e.g. 'Louise'
• Mae
  • Usually associated with older Black women.
• Monique/Monica
• Nia^note "Purpose/Aim" in Swahili
• Peaches
• Phyllis/Phillis, in period works.
• Shanice
  • As well as Shaniqua, Shalissa, Shanay, Shanaynay, and anything with the prefix 'Sha-'
• Tangerine/Tangie)

Unisex

• Conventional names with creative spellings or pronunciations, for example the Urban Legend about Le-a pronounced "Le-dash-a".
• Names of luxury cars, such as Bentley, Lexus, or Mercedes
• Line of Sight Names
• Pookie (usually used in a stereotypical way)
• Ray-Ray (similar to Pookie in usage)

Last names

• The color names, Black/White/Brown/Grey/Green, mostly the first three.
• Freeman
  • Morgan Freeman
  • Huey Freeman
• Goodman
• Jackson
  • Justified as 53.04% of U.S. Americans with the surname 'Jackson' are Black, and it's the sixth most common surname among Black Americans as a whole.
• Jefferson
  • Jefferson Pierce
  • Justified as 74.24% of U.S. Americans with the surname 'Jefferson' are Black.
• Jones
  • Justified as it's the fourth most common surname among African-Americans.
  • As in The Emperor Jones, Carmen Jones and Cleopatra Jones.
• Washington
  • Justified as 87.53% of U.S. Americans with the surname 'Washington' are Black.
  • Detective Isaac Washington.
  • Allegedly, when DC Comics was pitched the idea of an African-American Green Lantern, editor Julius Schwartz wanted to call him "Lincoln Washington" until Neal Adams pointed out this was the most stereotypical "slave" name imaginable and changed it to John Stewart.
• Williams
  • Justified as it's the most common surname among African-Americans.
  • Craig of the Creek has Craig Williams and his family.

U.S. Amish

Masculine names

• Ezekiel
  • The below-mentioned Weird Al Yankovic quote.
• Jebediah
  • Played straight in "Weird Al" Yankovic's Amish Paradise:
    At 4:30 in the morning I'm milkin' cows
    Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows... fool
    And I've been milkin' and plowin' so long that
    Even Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone!
• Jeremiah
• Jacob
  • Used by Amish in For Richer or Poorer, "The Outsiders" episode of MacGyver, "Murder, Plain and Simple" episode of Murder, She Wrote, A Murder in Fulham County, a theater production "Jacob's Choice" and Harvest of Fire. In the musical Plain and Fancy, Jacob Yoder is not a unique name.
• Samuel
  • Used by Amish in Witness, For Richer or Poorer, and Harvest of Fire.
  • Also one of the top five Amish masculine names according to John A. Hostetler (the others are John, Amos, Daniel and David).

Feminine names

• Mary, Katie and Annie round out the top five Amish feminine names according to John A. Hostetler.
• Rebecca
  • Used by Amish in Kingpin, For Richer or Poorer, "Murder, Plain and Simple" episode of Murder, She Wrote, and an episode of Picket Fences.
• Sarah
  • Used by Amish in Aaron's Way, Jodi Picoult's "Plain Truth", "Murder, Plain and Simple" episode of Murder, She Wrote, A Stoning in Fulham County, and Harvest of Fire.

Surnames

• Lapp
  • Used by Amish in Witness, For Richer or Poorer, "Murder, Plain and Simple" episode of Murder, She Wrote, Harvest of Fire and The Shunning. Also one of the top five Amish surnames according to John A. Hostetler (the four others are Stoltzfus, King, Fisher and Beiler).
• Yoder
  • Used by Amish in For Richer or Poorer and the musical Plain and Fancy.
  • Also associated with a brand of "Amish" dairy products and with the important Mennonite theologian, John Howard Yoder.
• Zook
  • Plain and Fancy: "Also families like Yoder, only more. We got twenty-four families Zook."

U.S. Latter-Day Saints

General

• Given their faith, the tendency to use names derived from The Book of Mormon is pretty much exclusive to them. Context for religious figures exclusive to this book will be provided.
• Mormons are known for choosing strangely- or uniquely-spelled names (or otherwise unconventional names) for their children.
  • The actual reason behind this practice varies, with some saying it's to seek individuality in a highly conformist and culturally-homogenous environment, while others explain it can theoretically help to keep the peace between expectant mothers who want to preserve a One-Steve Limit of sorts.^note For the context for the latter reason, see the Real Life folder on the My Nayme Is page for more details.
  • A Saturday Night Live skit aired on March 3, 2012 impersonating Mitt Romney and his five sons parodies this and features the sons introducing themselves as Tagg, Tanner, Tictac, Targalack, and Tiggit. Only the first of the five names is real.

Masculine names

• Alma, not to be confused with the feminine name in Spanish^note In The Book of Mormon, Alma the Elder was the priest of an evil king who converted to the faith and was cast out by said evil king for standing up for his religion, and later founded and became the Head of the LDS Church. His son, Alma the Younger, was a Former Teen Rebel who converted to the Church after being put in a coma and became a preacher later in life.
• Brigham
  • Usually named after Brigham Young, the successor of Joseph Smith (see below).
• Heber^note In the Old Testament of The Bible, this name is borne by a great-grandson of Jacob and also by the husband of Jael.
• John
• Joseph
  • Most likely named after Joseph Smith, the founder and first Head of the LDS Church.
• Moses
• Moroni^note Pronounced "moh-ROH-nigh" or /moʊˈroʊnaɪ/. In The Book of Mormon, Moroni was the name of two religious figures—the leader of the Nephite army who led them in battle during the war with the Nephites (basically the Book of Mormon equivalent of Chuck Norris), and the son of Mormon and the last Nephite, who completed his father's compilation of the Nephite records onto golden plates and then buried them in the Hill Cumorah, then later appeared as an angel to Joseph Smith and led him to them.
• Nephi^note In The Book of Mormon, Nephi was the son of Lehi who remained unwaveringly faithful to God and became a prophet like his father.
• Spencer

Feminine names

• Emma
• Molly
  • "Molly Mormon" is a term for the popular stereotype of a female member of the LDS Church, i.e. "the perfect Mormon woman".

Last names

• Browning
• Call
• Hatch
• Osmond
  • The Osmonds, a family of musicians who enjoyed mainstream success in The '70s.
• Romney
  • George Romney, former Governor of Michigan, and his son Mitt, former Governor of Massachusetts.
• Young

U.S. Puerto Rican

Masculine names

• Angel
• Jesús
• José^note 'Joseph'

Feminine names

• María
  • MARIAAA, I'VE JUST MET A GIRL NAMED MARIAAA...

U.S. Wealthy

• See Preppy Name for more information.

Masculine

• Any "stuffy" British-derived names—often named after UK locations, e.g. Wentworth Miller.
• Blaine: A very popular choice for preppy guys.
  • Blaine Anderson from Glee.
  • Blane McDonagh, the rich guy Molly Ringwald's Wrong Side of the Tracks heroine falls for in Pretty in Pink.
  • Blaine Bingham, played by Christopher Reeve in the 80s remake of the classic The Front Page.
  • Blaine O'Hare, the other guy in Barbie's life.
• Blake
  • Blake Carrington, patriarch of the mega-rich Carrington clan from Dynasty (1981).
• Bryce
• Chace/Chase
• Chad
• Chip (mostly in parodies)
• Dexter
  • Wealthy musician and leading man Dexter Haven from The Philadelphia Story.
  • Dexter Morgan, titular lead from Dexter.
  • "Dex" Dexter, Alexis' dashing squeeze from Dynasty (1981).
• John
• Quincy
• Warner
  • Warner Huntington III (whose name is almost a Preppy Name parody), Elle's ex from Legally Blonde.

Feminine

• Traditionally male names such as 'Spencer' or 'Dylan'.
• Alexis
• Ashley
  • 'The Ashleys', a clique of snobby, fashion-obsessed girls (all called Ashley) from Recess. In keeping with the preppy theme, they also each have a younger sister called Brittany.
  • Ashley and Ashlyn, archetypal rich, ditzy girls from Final Destination 3.
  • Ashley Banks, youngest child of the wealthy Banks family from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
• Blair
  • Glossy young New Yorker Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl.
• Brittany (not "Britney")
• Brenda
  • Strangely enough, given that in the UK, where it originates, this is seen as a frumpy, rather common old lady name.
  • Popularized in the US by Brenda Walsh of 90210 fame.
• Bunny/Bitsy/Buffy/Muffy
  • Usually used by older up-scale women.
  • Muffy from Arthur, though she's a young girl
  • Bunny Caldwell, Cecile's intimidating mother from Cruel Intentions.
  • Bunny McDougal, Charlotte's mother-in-law-from-hell from Sex and the City.
  • Bitsy von Muffling, also from Sex and the City.
• Heather, which firmly cemented its place after Heathers debuted.
• Parker
• Whitney

Last names

• Any British-heritage derived last name, required to lend that all-important WASPy flavour, especially those ending in '-ton', '-worth' or '-more' — for example Kensington, Buffington, Lexington, Whitworth, Widmore, etc.
• Dutch surnames also tend to denote high social class in the US — Van de Kamp, for example.
  • In a German name, "von" really is an aristocratic prefix; the similar sounding "van" in Dutch names, however, is common as dirt. (The Dutch-descended Ludwig van Beethoven tried to pull a fast one on the Austrian nobles by way of this confusion.) However, what's being signaled with the Dutch names isn't that the ancestors were aristocrats in the Netherlands, but rather that the family has been in America—especially New York—for a very long time (probably since the 17th century). A prime example of this is the Roosevelt family, whose name isn't particularly distinctive in the Netherlands (it means "rose field") but sounds upper-crust to Americans (and would even if the family hadn't produced two presidents).
• Roman numerals at the end: e.g. John Buffington III
  • William Henry Gates III, better known as Bill Gates. Note that Gates was from the wealthy family right from the start.
• A middle name that is the person's mother's maiden name.

U.S. Southern States

See Hayseed Name for more information.

Masculine names

• Names that were originally used (and still are) as British occupational surnames — Tucker, Parker, Hunter, Carter, Cooper etc. Justifiable in that they might have been the mother's maiden name.
• Androgynous names like Ashley or Beverley, leading to jokes when juxtaposed with masculine-sounding female names like Billie Jo.
• Semi-obscure biblical names, especially if they end with "-iah" (or short forms of names that do).
  • Jebediah/Jeb
  • Jedidiah
    • The Beverly Hillbillies: "Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Jed..."
  • Jethro
  • Zebediah
  • Zeke. Though the full name, Ezekiel, is kind of rare.
• Compound names, e.g. Billy-Bob, Billy-Joe, Joe-Bob, etc.
  • Carmageddon had a racer called Billy Joe Jim Bob who was a stereotypical hillbilly.
  • The Dreadheads from G.I. Joe all have codenames along these lines, even though their actual names are upper-class old money affairs; Joe-Bob, for example, is really named Winston.
  • Dave Barry Slept Here jokes that Jamestown, Virginia was eventually renamed JimBobtown.
  • A twofer: Brain of Pinky and the Brain once posed as a country western singer under the name Bubba Bo Bob Brain.
  • Clem, Zeke, Rufus, Jeke, Billy Billy Bo-Illy Banana Fanna Fo-Filly, Doug, Enos, Julio, Fletcher McGee, Rainchild, Zeke Junior...
• Abner
  • Abner Yokum from Li'l Abner.
• Bubba
  • Bubba from Redneck Rampage.
• Buck
• Cletus
  • Cletus, The Slack-Jawed Yokel
• Clyde
• Elmer
  • Gibbs.
  • Bodine.
• Jimbo
• Kevin
• Peyton
• Reuben/Rube

Feminine names

• Compound names, e.g. Mary-Lou, Peggy-Sue, etc.
  • Peggy Sue Got Married.
  • Betty Lou Fleckum, the baton-twirling champion of Pickett, Arkansas in A Face in the Crowd.
  • Cindy Lou Bethany, the Southern Belle of Kiss the Boys Good-Bye, though her family name sounds like the Old Money it is.
  • Billie Jo Casta, Queen of the Rodeo in P.D.Q. Bach's Oedipus Tex.
• Irish-sounding names—Lurleen, Rayleen, Darleen, etc.
• Names that end in -belle
  • Jessiebelle from Pokémon.
  • Lulubelle from Heathcliff.
• Austin
• Brandy/Brandi
• Darla
• Dixie^note Derived from the Mason-Dixon Line, 'Dixie' in itself is a nickname for the Southern United States
• Dolly
• Dusty
• Jenny (at least in Texas)
• Taylor

Vietnamese

General

• Note that in Vietnam it's customary to address a stranger by their given name, not a family name. Võ Nguyên Giáp, a famous North Vietnam general (the guy died in October 2013, BTW), is thus correctly addressed as "General Giáp", not "General Võ".
• Most Vietnamese names are word names like Chinese, Korean, and (some) Japanese names, e.g. 'Trung', "Loyal"; 'Vân', "Cloud", etc. If a name is Sino-Vietnamese in nature (i.e. has a Chinese cognate form), corresponding Chữ Hán (Chinese characters) are provided for reference.^note This will not include all corresponding Chữ Hán, as that would be impossible. However, the transcriptions given will be relatively common.

Masculine names

• Dũng^* Commonly corresponds to 勇, meaning "brave"
• Minh^* Commonly corresponds to 明, meaning "bright"
  • This was an adopted name of the communist revolutionary Hồ Chí Minh (1890-1969).
• Sơn^* Commonly corresponds to 山, meaning "mountain/hill"
• Thanh^* Commonly corresponds to 聲, meaning "sound/voice/tone", among others
• Tuấn^* Commonly corresponds to 俊, meaning "handsome"

Feminine names

• Mỹ^* Commonly corresponds to 美, meaning "beautiful"
• Ngọc^* Commonly corresponds to 玉, meaning "jade/gemstone"
• Thảo^* Commonly corresponds to 草, meaning "grass/herbs"
• Thi^* Commonly corresponds to 詩, meaning "poetry"
• Thị (note the diacritic)^* Commonly corresponds to 氏, meaning "clan/family/maiden name"
  • In this case, it's justified, as it's a middle name (note: not a given name) used for virtually every Vietnamese woman before the mid-1970s.
• Thu^* Commonly corresponds to 秋, meaning "autumn"
• Trâm^* Commonly corresponds to 簪, meaning "hairpin", or 𣠱 (note: a rarely-used and very obscure Chinese character), referring to some species of plant

Unisex names

• An^* Commonly corresponds to 安, meaning "safe/secure"
• Dương^* Commonly corresponds to 陽, meaning "male/virile", or 楊, meaning "willow"
• Giang^* Commonly corresponds to 江, meaning "river"

Family names

• They're technically first names, as Vietnamese follow the common Asian tradition of putting the family name first.
• Nguyễn^* Transcribed as 阮, referring to a musical instrument similar to a lute
  • Justified as about 39% of the Vietnamese population has this surname—and for good reason, as many events in Vietnamese history have contributed to the name's prominence, including and not limited to various royal families changing their surnames after their dynasties collapsed (either being forced to do so or to avoid retribution by the new monarch), the Nguyễn Dynasty (the last Vietnamese dynasty, 1802-1884) awarding people the surname during their rule (much like how 'Li/Lee' became common in China), criminals changing their names to avoid persecution, etc.
  • Tila Nguyen, better known as Tila Tequila.
  • Tyler Nguyen-Baker from Turning Red is part-Vietnamese.
• Trần^* Transcribed as 陳, meaning "old/ancient" and by extension, "display/exhibit", also a cognate of 'Chen/Chan/Tan/etc.' in the Chinese section
  • Also justified as it's the second most common surname in Vietnam (about 11%).
  • DR. TRAN'S GIVING AWAY THE HOT DICKINGS.
• Lê^* Transcribed as 黎, meaning "black"
  • Also justified as it's the third most common surname in Vietnam (about 10%).
• Phạm^* Transcribed as 范, meaning "bee"
  • Also justified as it's the fourth most common surname in Vietnam (about 7%).

Welsh

Masculine Names

• Aled^note From a Welsh river
• Dafydd/Dewi^note 'David'
  • Saint Dewi, the patron saint of Wales, was a 6th-century bishop of Mynyw.
• Dai^note A diminutive form of 'Dafydd', so basically 'Dave'
• Dylan
  • Dylan Thomas.
• Geraint
  • This was the name of a figure in various Welsh legends.
  • Geraint and Enid, an Arthurian romance added to Mabinogion.
  • Geraint Wyn Cooper in Torchwood.
• Glyn/Glyndwr^note 'Valley (water)'
  • Usually in honour of Owain Glyndwr (or Glyn Dŵr, Anglicized as Glendower), a 14th-century Welsh patriot who led a revolt against England.
• Hugh/Huw
• Ioan^note 'John'
• Lloyd^note Actually from a Welsh surname meaning "grey"
• Owain/Owen
• Rhys^note "Ardour/Enthusiasm"
  • Rhys Davies was the father of actor John Rhys-Davies below.

Feminine names

• Angharad^note "Much loved"
  • In the medieval Welsh romance Peredur son of Efrawg, Angharad Golden-Hand is the lover of the knight Peredur.
• Bronwyn^note "White/Fair/Blessed breast"
  • It has been used as a given name in Wales since the 19th century.
• Carys/Cerys^note "Love", pronounced "Coris"
  • This is actually a relatively modern Welsh name, in common use only since the middle of the 20th century.
• Delyth^note "Pretty"
  • This name is actually a recent creation.
• Dilys^note "Genuine"
• Gwen (and various derivatives thereof)^note "White/Fair/Blessed"
• Haf^note "Summer", pronounced "Hav"
  • It's more commonly used as a middle name.
• Myfanwy^note "My fine/delicate (one)" or "my woman", pronounced "muh-VAH-nwee"
• Seren^note "Star"
  • This name is actually a recent creation.

Last names

• Davis/Davies
  • John Rhys-Davies.
• Evans
  • Sir Hugh Evans in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
• Jones
  • Lampshaded in The Very World of Milton Jones: In the midst of (Welsh) choir practice, the teacher bellows, "JONES!" to which everyone answers, "Which one?". Milton tries asking, "Which one?" again in Fiji later, but it doesn't work 'cos there's only him.
  • If you listen carefully to the roll call in Zulu, you can hear several calls of "Jones [service number]". This was common practice in Welsh regiments due to the sheer number of Joneses.
  • Alec, Aled, and Alex Jones are all Welsh presenters in Britain—and often presenting the same things, most commonly The One Show.
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones was born Catherine Zeta Jones, with Zeta as simply her middle name. Growing up in Wales, however, meant she had to include "Zeta" to distinguish herself. Her early film and TV credits lacked the hyphen.
  • Bryn Terfel Jones likewise treats his middle name as a last name.
  • Tom Jones went the opposite way. He was born Thomas John Woodward.
• Lloyd
• Llewellyn^note A name with variable etymologies, pronounced "shuh-WEH-lin" in Welsh
• Thomas
• Williams

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