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== Literature ==
* [[Trope Namer]]: Voldemort from ''[[Harry Potter]]''. His real name is Tom Riddle. He hates it, in part because of this trope - though more accurately it's because it's not very interesting or unique <ref>In an aversion of [[One Steve Limit]], there is another two characters named "Tom": Voldemort's father, and the [[No Last Name Given]] owner of The Leaky Cauldron.</ref>, rather than not very evil.
** The Death Eater who betrayed Harry's parents to Voldemort was named "Peter".
* From ''[[Discworld]]'': Dr. Hix, the University [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|totally-not-a-necromancer]], whose real name is actually [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Hicks]]. However, he's not really a threat, as his acts of evil fall squarely into [[Poke the Poodle]] territory [[Running Gag|by university statute]].
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* The most significant villain in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' is named Seymour. The name's not treated as embarrassing in the story, it's not a completely plain name even if it is in use in real life, and it's not an ironically cute name. But it probably still fits this trope.
** It's probably worth mentioning that in Japan Western names are considered exotic in much the same way that Eastern names are in the US. The renaming of Tina to Terra in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' was a way to avert this; in the case of ''Final Fantasy X'' they simply may not have cared. In addition, Seymour's initial appearances are benign, and a clear villain name would have spoiled the surprise later.
* Fleming, Lord of the Demons from ''[[Shadows of the Damned]]''.
* In the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series, The Illusive Man -- the leader of the pro-human rogue paramilitary group Cerberus and part of the [[Big Bad Ensemble]] with Harbinger in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' -- never has his name revealed in-game. However, if you read the tie in comics, it's revealed that his name is actually {{spoiler|Jack.}}
* The main villain of ''[[Silent Hill 4]]'' is... Walter Sullivan. Common name for a guy who looks
== Web Comics ==
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* From ''[[Looking for Group]]'', there is a character whose titles include "Chief Warlock of the Brothers of Darkness, Lord of the Thirteen Hells, Master of the Bones, Emperor of the Black, Lord of the Undead, King of the Dance, Mistress of Magma (he's a... man... he's undead, but he was a man in life) and mayor of a little village up the coast (read that as "village of flesh-eating, undead hell-beasts in humanoid form")." The character's name? Richard. This is constantly mocked in the comic. The protagonist Cale is fond of referring to him as Dick just to get on his nerves.
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' we have "Chaz," an unstoppable sword also known as the Unholy Evil Death Bringer, forged in the most insidious of flame by the blacksmith known only as... Bob.
* ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'' gives us the Conspirator, Greater Daemon of the Patterner... Kevin.
{{quote|'''Jamilla:''' Wait, ''Kevin?''
'''Kevin:''' "Kevin" is not my real name, since that is unpronounceable in your feeble mortal tongue. If you were able to pronounce it, [[Brown Note|the skies themselves would shatter]]!
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** Galactic Overlord Mitch. [[I Have Many Names|Some people call him "Big Mitch".]]
* ''[[Yin Yang Yo!]]'' has Carl the Evil Cockroach Wizard.
* In ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'', there is Chuckles the [[Killer Rabbit|silly piggy]].
* Simon from ''[[Trollz]]''.
* At the third ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius|Jimmy]]/[[The Fairly OddParents|Timmy]] [[Crossover|Power Hour]]'', there was a ''male'' villain named "Shirley".<ref>"Shirley" was a male name, though, until [[Shirley Temple]] popularized it for girls almost a century ago.</ref>
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