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Some people are [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]], others are on [[Last-Name Basis]], while some people are primarlyprimarily known to the public by their initials or their initials plus their last name. The reasons may vary. Perhaps they have an [[Embarrassing First Name]] they'd rather not use, and maybe they have an [[Overly Long Name]] that needs to be abbreviated. Others may think it sounds classier, and some may prefer the fact that it is more gender neutral.

* C.C. from ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'' (itsit's pronounced C-two).

* ''[[Angel Beats (Anime)|Angel Beats!]]'' has the American TK.

* T.R. (Thomas Riley) Edwards from ''[[Robotech]]''. Some sources erroneously assume that he has a hyphenated last name (it's true that Riley is usually a last name). However, if this was the case, he would be properly known as T. Riley-Edwards.

* TC from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]''

* H.W. in ''[[There Will Be Blood]]''

* T.S. Quint from ''[[Mallrats]]''

== [[Literature]] ==

* Subverted with Mr. A.E. Pessimal from ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thud|Thud!]]'', as this is actually his full name.

* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''The Number of the Beast''. One of the characters is named D.T. ("Deety") Burroughs. She goes by her initials because she's embarrassed by her real first and middle names: Dejah Thoris (her father Jacob was a fan of the ''[[John Carter of Mars]]'' books).

* TS Garp in ''[[The World According to Garp.]]'' by [[John Irving]]. He's officially [[Dead Guy, Junior|named for his father]]--except—except his mother [[We Hardly Knew Ye|never knew his father's first name]], only his army rank. "TS" stands for "Technical Sergeant." Everyone just calls him Garp.

* Members of the V.F.D. in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' are referred to only by their initials to preserve anonymity. This results in complications, as ''[[Lemony Snicket: theThe Unauthorized Autobiography|The Unauthorized Autobiography]]'' demonstrates during a transcript of a meeting, and in ''The Penultimate Peril'' when a total of three characters have the legitimate and undisguised initials {{spoiler|J.S.}}.

* GOB (George Oscar Bluth) from ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''.

* B. J. Hunnicut from ''[[M*A*S*H (TVtelevision)|MashM*A*S*H]]''. [[Lampshaded]] in an episode where Hawkeye tries to learn what "B. J." stands for, only to find "B. J." on all of his friend's military records. When Hawkeye asks who would name their kid "B. J.", B. J. answers "My mother, Bea and my father, Jay!"

* ''[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj_and_the_bear:Bj and the bear|B.J. and the Bear]]''. The title character B.J. (Billy Joe) McKay.

* B.A. Baracus on ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]''

* JK (pronounced Jake) from ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze (TV)|Kamen Rider Fourze]]''

* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has two: T.J. Johnson from ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', and RJ from ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]''. Their full names are Theodore Jay Jarvis Johnson (as revealed in the "Forever Red" team-up episode), and Robert James (revealed by a children's book and never used on the show), respectively.

* Melanie and Lindsay's (and Michael's, since he's the biological dad) daughter, J. R. (Jenny Rebecca) on ''[[Queer Asas Folk]]''.

* D.B. Russell on ''[[CSI]]''. Kind of justified, since his first name is [[Embarrassing First Name|Diebenkorn]].

* ZP Theart, former lead singer of [[Dragon Force (video game)]]. Rumour has it that "ZP" is legally his first name, though.

* [[Starflyer 59]]. On ''The Fashion Focus'', ''Leave Here a Stranger'',<ref>''Everybody Makes Mistakes'' was released between these two albums, and it didn't follow this pattern</ref>, and every album since then, the various band members have just been credited by their first initial and last name.

* KD[[k.d. Langlang]]. Although in some lyrics to her songs she refers to her actual first name (exe.g. "The Mind of Love": ''"Where is your head, Kathryn?"'')

* R.J in ''[[Over the Hedge (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Over the Hedge]]''

* ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]'' has J.C. Denton, which is actually a code name. This is a hold over from the development when it was an ambiguous name to support the option for a female PC (it was latter dropped to lack of space for the voice acting for her and the he/she brother/sister lines) and as a [[Significant Monogram]].

* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' has [[Player Character|the Rookie]]; the only traces of any kind of name he has are the initials J.D.

* A.J. from ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]''.

== [[WebReal Comics]] and [[Web OriginalLife]] ==

** Professor [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A.R._Barker Barker|M.A.R. (Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman) Barker]], creator of the ''[http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekumel |Empire of the Petal Throne/Tekumel]]'' [[Tabletop RPG]] setting.

** [[GKG. Chesterton (Creator)|GKK. Chesterton]]

** [[EEE. E. Cummings]]

** [[TST. Eliot (Creator)|TSS. Eliot]]

** [[CSC. Lewis (Creator)|CSS. Lewis]]

** [[H.P. Lovecraft (Creator)|HP Lovecraft]]

** [[JRRJ. TolkienR. (Creator)|JRRR. Tolkien]]

** [[A. E. van Vogt|A. E. (Alfred Elton) van Vogt]]

** [[PGP. Wodehouse (Creator)|PGG. Wodehouse]]

** [[AAA. Milne (Creator)|AAA. Milne]]

** [[HGH. Wells (Creator)|HGG. Wells]]

** TV writer D. C. (Dorothy Catherine) Fontana

*** "K. C. Hunter" from the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode where Sisko hallucinates that he's a sci-fi writer in [[The Fifties]] is an homage.

** [[C. L. Moore|C. L. (Catherine Lucille) Moore]]

** [[JKJ. Rowling (Creator)|JKK. Rowling]] - she indeed used initials to hide her sex, she doesn't actually have a middle name.

** [[CJC. Cherryh (Creator)|CJJ. Cherryh]], who also added a gratuitous 'h' to her last name to make it seem less feminine.

** [[KAK. A. Applegate]], author of ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'', ''[[Everworld]]'' and ''[[Remnants]]''

== Real Life -= Other Famous Individuals ===

* [[M. Night Shyamalan]]

* [[W. C. Fields]]