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* Oscar François de Jarjayes from ''[[Rose of Versailles]]'' - her father very much wanted a son and decided to name and raise her as a boy.

* Elliot Chandler from ''[[Mai-Otome 0~S.ifr~]]''.

* ''[[Baccano]]!'' inverts this by giving a major male character the distinctly ''female''-sounding name, Claire. This doesn't make him any less [[Badass]].

* ''[[Baccano!]]!'' inverts this by giving a major male character the distinctly ''female''-sounding name, Claire. This doesn't make him any less [[Badass]].

* ''[[The Day of Revolution]]'' has a brother and sister named Makoto and Mikoto (Makoto is the girl.)...and a [[Gender Bender]] protagonist named Megumi as well, though in this case she actually pronounced her name "Kei" when she was a boy. (Isn't kanji fun?)

* In [[Fruits Basket]], Tohru is our main character. In a flashback, her grandfather wonders about her masculine name, and Kyoko says that Katsuya, her father, picked it to 'bring out her hidden flavor', like adding salt to something sweet to enhance the flavor. Indeed, Tohru is something of a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] (if a bit more clumsy and child-like than the norm). Also {{spoiler|Akito}} has a man's name.

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* Jo on ''[[The Facts of Life]]''; while Jo-with-no-E is a girl's name, she was mistaken for a boy in the first episode, and is based off Jo from ''[[Little Women]]''.

* ''[[Eureka]]'' also has a Jo, who gets surly when people call her Josephina.

* "Doctor Mike," a.k.a. Dr. Michaela Quinn, on ''[[Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman]]'' There's actually a purpose to this, though. The writers felt it was necessary to explain why the townspeople accept the woman who is coming to be their doctor: they thought she was a man. Communication being what it was, her name was telegraphed to them, as telegraphs were, with no spaces, upper and lower cases, or punctuation. They're expecting "Michael A. Quinn." If her name had been Alice, or something, the viewer is meant to presume they would have cabled back saying "Forget it."

* "Doctor Mike," a.k.a. Dr. Michaela Quinn, on ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' There's actually a purpose to this, though. The writers felt it was necessary to explain why the townspeople accept the woman who is coming to be their doctor: they thought she was a man. Communication being what it was, her name was telegraphed to them, as telegraphs were, with no spaces, upper and lower cases, or punctuation. They're expecting "Michael A. Quinn." If her name had been Alice, or something, the viewer is meant to presume they would have cabled back saying "Forget it."

* Sara "Mac" Mackenzie of ''[[JAG]]'', an officer in the US Marine Corps.

* Reversed in ''[[The Young Ones]]'', with a male character named Vyvyan. When they go to the pub, where Vyvyan's mum is working behind the bar, Rick jumps at the chance to ask "Why did you give him a girl's name?" At which point Vyv smashes a bottle over Rick's head.