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* In Glen Cook's ''[[Black Company]]'' novels, all members of the titular mercenary group are given nicknames upon joining, and their real names are never used again. Sometimes overlaps with [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]].
** Taken to the extreme with Croaker. He once is asked for his real name so that he can be promoted, and he has to spend a little bit just trying to remember what his original name is.
* The [[Mad Max|strangely familiar]] road-warrior dwarf in ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'':
{{quote|"Most people call me Mad."
"Just 'Mad'? That's an ... unusual name."