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* Almost none of the characters from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' have last names (they probably do, but they have never been stated). Torg is known as The Lastnameless One during the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' parody arcs. He does actually have a last name, although it's not revealed; the "Lastnameless" thing is there to help hide the fact that [[Emergency Impersonation|he's not who everyone thinks he is]].
* The angels in ''[[Misfile]]'' are on an Only One Name basis at the moment. [[Fanon]] has tentatively suggested Gabrielson for Rumisiel and Vashiel's surname, but so far [[Satan]]sniece has not caught on for Cassiel.
* In ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'', Ozy's (adoptive) father is simply known as Llewellyn. His son Ozy inherits the name as a family name. Millie's mother has always been referred to as simply "Ms. Mudd", and her first name was never revealed to the readers until [https://web.archive.org/web/20130825184933/http://ozyandmillie.org/2008/10/01/ozy-and-millie-2114/ this] strip came out.
* ''[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader]'' has a fair few of these, Third, Smic and Crusader. Crusader is the more interesting one, because he was called Crusader and had been called Mr. Crusader by some, until we eventually found he was called Crusader Crusader. Effectively having only one name, as first and last name is the same.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' didn't reveal Sarah's last name (Brown) until 2007. When they ''did'' give Sarah's name, it was a casual toss-out (the principal was yelling at her).
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* [[Pibgorn]]: [http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2007/03/09/ Thorax never asked whether Thorax was his personal or family name; he doesn't like to pry.]
* Members of the ''[[Voodoo Walrus]]'' cast all started off sporting simply one name, but as time and the story have progressed, full names have been revealed. Bowler, Shmeerm, Mirth, and Marron seem to be the only major characters left without last names.
** Its actually been hinted at that Bowler and Mirth are both going by aliases. Its suggested Bowler has a different name [https://web.archive.org/web/20191017132105/http://www1.voodoowalrus.com/?
* Mori of ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'' has only one name because her family's name was literally destroyed with magic. She doesn't remember it and it's vanished from all documents.
* ''[[The Other Grey Meat]]'': Almost every character in the story only has one name. People with last names are typically only those who are referenced before the ''[[Zombie Apocalypse]]''.
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* [[Mr. T|Mister T]] was born Lawrence Tureaud, but had his name legally changed. 'Mister' is now his first name.
* Wrestler Jim "Ultimate Warrior" Hellwig (of [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] fame and [[WCW]] infamy) has legally changed his name to "Warrior".
* [[Cher]]'s full name was Cherylinn Sarkisian until she legally changed it to her single name.
* [[Madonna]]. But unlike Cher, Madonna is only mononymous in terms of her "stage name"; she has not legally changed her name.
* Radio talk show host "Lionel". "Mononymous, like God," he says. It isn't either of his real names, though.
* Renaissance artists often fall into this. Have you ever heard of the painters Senzio, Buonarotti or van Rijn? Yes, you have. {{spoiler|Their first names are Raphael, Michelangelo and Rembrandt, respectively.}}
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* Two Disney actresses, Lalaine Vergara-Paras and [[Zendaya Coleman]], are credited as just Lalaine and Zendaya respectively.
* In French-speaking countries it is a quite common phenomenon for people working in the arts and literature to use made-up names of this type, e. g. playwright [[Moliere]] (born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), writer and philosopher [[Voltaire (philosopher)|Voltaire]] (Francois-Marie Arouet), novelist [[Stendhal]] (Henri Beyle), the architect Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris), actors Fernandel (Fernand-Joseph-Désiré Contadin), Arletty (Léonie Bathiat), Bourvil (André-Zacharie Raimbourg), and Capucine (Germaine Lefebvre), and comics artists Moebius (Jean Henri Gaston Giraud), Morris (Maurice De Bevere) and Tibet (Gilbert Gascard). Among Francophone comics creators there is a particular fashion to use noms-de-plume that are phonetic representations of their initials, a fashion probably started by Hergé (Georges Rémi) that includes Achdé, Peyo, Jijé, Jidéem, etc. Marvano (Marc van Oppen) is a borderline case.
* Before people started making proper armies and
* And now the Welsh, due to a shortage of distinct surnames, are repeating the process, to distinguish, e.g., Tom Jones the baker from Tom Jones the singer.
* Chukchi (Russian Eskimos) traditionally have only one name, but can add Russian names for census purposes, so their Chukchi name could be considered their truest name. For example the true name of Yuri Sergeyevich Rytkheu is simply Rytkheu ("unknown" in Chukchi). He added "Yuri Sergeyevich" when Soviet officials asked him to have a Russian-style name. Other one-name Chukchi include Tenevil (herdman who developed a crude writing system) and Kytymval (officially Antonina Alexandrovna Kytymval, a poetess).
* The nobles of the Heian era of Japan
* The Dutch had no formal system of last names until Napoleon annexed the Kingdom of Holland into his empire in the early 19th century. French officials overseeing Holland insisted on family names, and the Dutch obliged by [[Troll]]ing them with jokes, veiled insults and [[Line-of-Sight Name]]s -- which their descendants were then stuck with.
* One of the authors of the legendary [[Mega Crossover]] fan work ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' legally changed his name to his nickname, which was originally his login ID on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute computer system: [[Megazone 23|MegaZone]]. He now has a nickname based on his nickname, "Zoner".
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