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* The twin princesses Dawn and Eve in the ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' series.

* [[Conjoined Twins]] Nora (noir/black) and Blanche (white) Olney from Shelley Jackson's novel ''Half Life''. Their middle names are Gray and Grey respectively.

* ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'' has a character whose mother tried to follow the tradition of naming daughters after virtues, but got very confused about it: her daughters had the names of virtues, so she reasoned that her sons should have the names of vices. Meanwhile, all her children completely lacked the traits they were named for. Her daughters had names like Charity (a miser), Hope (chronically depressed), and Chastity ([[Unusual Euphemism|a lady of negotiable affection]]). She named her sons after vices, such as Anger (a kind and nonviolent man), [[But You Screw One Goat|Bestiality]] (very kind to animals), and Deviousness (an honest and straightforward chap).

* ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'' has a character whose mother tried to follow the tradition of naming daughters after virtues, but got very confused about it: her daughters had the names of virtues, so she reasoned that her sons should have the names of vices. Meanwhile, all her children completely lacked the traits they were named for. Her daughters had names like Charity (a miser), Hope (chronically depressed), and Chastity ([[Unusual Euphemism|a lady of negotiable affection]]). She named her sons after vices, such as Anger (a kind and nonviolent man), [[But You Screw One Goat!|Bestiality]] (very kind to animals), and Deviousness (an honest and straightforward chap).

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

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* In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', the main couple is named oppositely: Tidus is a romanization of "Tidaa", which is Okinawan for "sun"; Yuna, on the other hand, is Okinawan for "night".

* The two blue-skinned assassins in ''[[Ghost Trick]]'' are named Jeego and Tengo. Jeego's name comes from 'jigoku', and Tengo's name from 'tengoku', Japanese words meaning 'hell' and 'heaven', respectively.

* Trish's twin handguns in the ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' are [[I Call Her Vera|named Luce and Umbra]] ("Light" and "Shadow" in Italian) and are appropriately colored.

* Trish's twin handguns in the ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' are [[I Call Her "Vera"|named Luce and Umbra]] ("Light" and "Shadow" in Italian) and are appropriately colored.

** Dante's handguns are named "Ebony" and "Ivory."

* ''Vocaloid'' has Rin and Len Kagamine. Their names are a pun on the words "right" and "left", respectively.