Stock Foreign Name / Filipino to Lithuanian

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

Note that many French names are often overlooked, especially by English-speaking writers, mainly for sounding off. For instance "Christophe" is one letter away from "Christopher" and the "e" is actually silent and "Alexandre" for many Europeans, sounds like a mispellling. Some names also use nasal consonnant that aren't found in English.

Compound names are very common in France for both male and female names, while some combinations are more heard of (Jean-Paul, Marie-Louise or Marc-Antoine), more unique ones are also numerous.

Masculine names

• Antoine^note 'Anthony'
  • Antoine the French exchange student from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
  • Antoine D'Coolette from Sonic the Hedgehog.
  • Antoine Doinel from The Adventures of Antoine Doinel.
• Arsène^note "Virile", from the Ancient Greek name 'Arsenios'
  • In Japanese media especially, almost certainly meant to be a Shout-Out to Arsène Lupin — the most famous, of course, being his supposed grandson.
• Bernard
  • Louis Bernard in ''The Man Who Knew Too Much".
• Charles
• Claude:
  • Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• 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 Leroux, author of The Phantom of the Opera.
  • Gaston from the duo ''Alphonse and Gaston.
  • 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 Bohème 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.
  • Belle's father from Beauty and the Beast is name Maurice
• 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.
• Nathalie
• 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.
  • Franz Liebkind in The Producers.
• 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.
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus had the Baroque composer Johann Gambolputty... de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle...
  • One probable reason "Johann[es]" was cemented as an old-fashioned German name for English-speakers is that it was borne by a lot of famous musicians and composers — Brahms, Bach, Strauss (three Strausses, actually)... As Rob Paravonian put it, while admitting he didn't know Pachelbel's first name, "Probably Johann. They're all named Johann." (Indeed, Pachelbel was named Johann.)
• 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
  • 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 ^note an archaic term for 'estate manager'
  • Also spelled Mayr, Meier, Mayer, etc.
• Müller ^note 'miller'
  • 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. ^note In England, Miller had the same ring as "Tax Collector". On the continent, it was just an ordinary name.
• Piefke. What Austrians call Prussians and by extension, people from the Federal Republic of Germany.
• Schultz ^note roughly 'sherrif'
  • 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', though the modern spelling is Schmied
  • 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 'tailor'
• Schröder ^note archaic term for 'tailor'
  • Also Schroeder, Schrader, etc.
  • Schroeder, a German-American character named after an acquaintance of Charles M. Schulz.
• von Something
• Wagner ^note 'wainwright'
  • 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 ^note 'liege'
  • 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
• Petra
• 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.
  • Tim's Pen Pal in Sticky Business.
• 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
  • Possibly made internationally famous by Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi.
  • And helped by British Indian actress Indira Varma.
• 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.
  • Indira Gandhi, again, although "Gandhi" was her married name (and no, her husband wasn't related to Mahatma Gandhi).^note But she was a daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru.
• 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

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...

Masculine names

• Alessandro^note 'Alexander'
• Alfredo/Fredo^note 'Alfred'
• Antonio (or Toni)^note 'Anthony'
  • Tony, the mouse of Italian descent from An American Tail.
  • Antonio "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 (John the Baptist).
  • 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 8½, and Guido Contini in the adaptation Nine (Musical).
  • Guido Orefice in Life Is Beautiful.
  • Guido in Cars, who only speaks Italian (doubles as a Punny Name, since "guido" also means "I drive").
  • Guido di Maggio in Rally Round the Flag, Boys!.
  • Guido Mista in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
• Lorenzo (or Enzo)^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.
  • Uncle Enzo from Snow Crash.
  • Lorenzo "The Magnificent" de' Medici, Renaissance ruler of Florence and Historical Domain Character in works such as Medici or Assassin's Creed II.
• Luciano^note 'Lucian'
  • As in Luciano Pavarotti, famed Opera tenor.
• 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^note "Alexia"
• 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.)
  • The Rose Tattoo and The Saint Of Bleecker Street both have minor characters by this name.
• 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)^note "Carmel"/"Carmen". Given in reference to the Virgin of Mt. Carmel, i.e. it's a Catholic thing.
• 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.
  • Concetta "Cettina", resident maid and "Funny Southerner" from Un Medico In Famiglia.
• 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.
  • The Rose Tattoo mentions the Brothers Romano, who are implied to be a local branch of The Mafia.
• 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 Yamagiwa from Jitsu Squad, who's spelled "Hero". And yes, he's The Hero.
  • 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.
  • Shin Hayata from Ultraman.
• 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 Case Closed'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.
    "Well, we'll passover that."
• 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.