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* In ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]'', the members of ACROSS are named for hotel chains, and most everyone else is named for neighborhoods in the city of Fukuoka ("F City, F Prefecture" in which the anime takes place, even if the manga keeps it as "Fukuoka, Fukuoka"). "ACROSS" itself is named after a convention center (one translator said it was like a New York based cult being named "Javits").

* The main band of characters in ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' are named for directions ''Kami''na (above/up), Simon/''Shimo''n (below/under), Yoko (beside), Nia (a play on near), and Rosshiu (an anagram of ''ushiro'', [[LampshadedIf DoubleYou EntendreKnow What I Mean|behind]]). Darry and Gimmy use [[Theme Twin Naming]] to fit nicely into this. (''Dari'' = ''hidari'', or ''left'', ''Gimi'' = ''migi'', or ''right''.) All of these relate to some parts of the main band's personality: Simon looks up to Kamina, Kamina sees Simon as something to help improve himself, Yoko is loyal, Nia is close, Rosshiu is somewhat untrustworthy, and Darry/Gimmy are siblings.

* The four main girls of ''[[Ichigo One Hundred Percent100%]]'' are named after the four cardinal directions: Toujou Aya (''tou''=East), Kitaouji Satsuki (''kita''=North), Nishino Tsukasa (''nishi''=West), and Minamoto Yui (''minami''=South). And, of course, the main character, Manaka Junpei (''naka''=middle).

* Pretty much every character of note in ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''. To begin with, almost all the names initially came from locations and landmarks in the Okayama area. But there are additional meanings within them depending on what variety of Japanese is used to translate them.

* Most of the characters in ''[[Kamichama Karin]]'' have surnames corresponding to a train line or station ([http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanazono_Station_%28Kyoto%29:Hanazono Station (Kyoto)|Hanazono]], <s>[[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|Kujyou]]</s>[http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kujo_StationKujo Station|Kujo]], [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasuma_StationKarasuma Station|Kara]][http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasuma_LineKarasuma Line|suma]], etc.)

* The four main characters in ''[[Zombieland (Film)|Zombieland]]'' identify themselves by the names of their destinations (Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, Little Rock) so as not to form "personal attachments".

* All the characters at the motel in the movie ''[[Identity (film)|Identity]]'' have names like this, based on US States (Ed Dakota, Officer Rhodes, Paris Nevada, etc.) Though it isn't revealed at first until one character is flipping through everyone's IDs with a map on the wall nearby. Seems like just a coincidence until {{spoiler|he also notices they also ALL have the same birthday. Turns out they are all separate personalities of a serial killer with a traumatic past tied to a motel}}

* In ''[[Corner Gas (TV)|Corner Gas]]'', a comedy set and filmed in small-town Saskatchewan, Canada, the last names of all the recurring characters are towns in Saskatchewan.

* [[Survivor]]

* All of the tracks of [[ESE.S. Posthumus]]' ''Unearthed'' are named after ancient cities/locations of varying significance.

* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Superstar [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]]'s trademark moves are called "West Coast Pop", obviously named from West Coast of the United States, and "619", which is the area code of San Diego, California (Also, part of the west coast by the way), his hometown.

* The 1998 [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019214413/http://nameoftheyear.blogspot.com/ Name of the Year] belonged to one L.A. St. Louis. Curiously, finishing in second the same year was Paris London.

* In ''[[Freelancer]]'', set in outer space within the Sirius sector, most of the planets, stations and areas have Terran names, what Nation the house is descended from. Liberty, for example, has Planet Houston, Baltimore Shipyard and the New York system, Bretonia has Planet Manchester, Glasgow Outpost and the Southampton Shipyard, Kusari has the Kansai Research Facility and the Shinjuku Station, while Rheinland has the Dresden system, Planet Stuttgart, and the Battleship Westfalen. All of the "houses" have their capital planet named after their original capital city, adding "New" to the name (New London, New Tokyo, New Berlin), with the exception of Liberty's capital planet (New York). The Border Worlds are usually called <Greek letter>-<Number>, the Zoner bases are usually called Freeport <Number>, the non-Zoner bases in the Border Worlds are named after islands like Helgoland, [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Curacao |Curaçao]], Falkland and Hawaii, and the Outcast and Corsair places have Hispanic names such as Toledo, Cádiz or Moctezuma.

* In the ''[[X (Videovideo Gamegame)|X-Universe]]'', Terran capital ships are named for Japanese cities. We have the Yokohama frigate, the Tokyo carrier, the Osaka destroyer, and -- inand—in ''X3: Albion Prelude'' -- the—the Kyoto battleship.

* The members of the Jones family in the "Cliffhangers" theme in ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' are all named after USA states (a parody of ''[[Indiana Jones (Franchise)|Indiana Jones]]''), including Montana Jones, his father North Dakota Jones, and his grandfather Minnesota Jones.

* In ''[[Fillmore!]]'', a middle-school parody of '70s cop shows, the main characters are all named after streets in San Francisco -- andFrancisco—and ''[[The Streets Of San Francisco]]'' was a classic '70s cop show.

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