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* Henry James seemed to like creating heroines without names in his short stories—such as the heroine of "In The Cage" and the governess of "The Turn of the Screw"—despite naming other major characters such as their co-workers and family.
* [[The Dresden Files|John Marcone]] is an alias, albeit one he's adopted so permanently he says he rarely thinks of his real name.
* In [[Jasper Fforde]]'s ''[[Thursday Next|Lost In A Good Book]]'', Thursday's father. She [[
* Used twice in Hodgson's ''[[The House on the Borderland]]'', in which neither the fisherman from the [[Framing Device]] nor the writer of the journal are named. A footnote refers to the latter only as "The Recluse".
* In ''The Nanny Diaries'', hardly any of the main characters get a real name: the titular nanny's name [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"|is Nanny]], the last name of the family for whom she works is X, and her love interest who lives in the building is merely nicknamed "Harvard Hottie" or "H.H.," even once they enter a relationship. (This changes in the sequel, ''Nanny Returns.'')
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