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These come in various flavors, some of them used by [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]] of the [[Badass]] variety from the [[Dark Age of Supernames]] and villains of the fearsomely competent and world destroying kind, for whom the mere [[The Scottish Trope|mention of their name]] can bring down [[Dramatic Thunder]].
 
Note that this is different from all those characters who got their names ''[[Red BaronSobriquet|''because]]'' [[Red Baron|they are a badass.]] It's one thing to be called Blade because you use one on vampires; it's another when a deadly fighter has the birth name "Blade" for no in-story reason.
 
So basically, when the villain's name hints towards some sort of disaster in history, mythological monster, or just means something bad, this trope applies.
 
See also [[Red BaronSobriquet]] (also known as [[Badass Nickname]]), [[He Who Must Not Be Named]], [[Meaningful Titles]], [[The Master (trope)|The Master]], [[Name of Cain]], [[My Hero Zero]], [[Alice Allusion]], [[The Magnificent]], [[One Bad Mother]], [[The Group]], [[Awesome McCoolname]], and [[What Did You Expect When You Named It?]]? Contrast [[Names to Trust Immediately]]. Compare [[Fluffy the Terrible]] and [[Tom the Dark Lord]], where the name fails to describe the nastiness, and [[Deathbringer the Adorable]], where the nastiness fails to live up to the name. For location names, see [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place]].
 
'''When adding examples, keep in mind:''' It's not enough when a character just has a name of any of the following types. This trope applies only when the name is an indicator of the character's true nature, and if the character thus described is evil, deceptive, dangerous or (if not evil) in other ways commanding fear or respect. As always, [[Averted Trope|aversions]] are usually not worth listing.
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