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== General ==

* '''Sam'''

** Sam Carter from ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' also got a [[Samus Is a Girl]] moment in her first appearance. When an alien asks what the name means, she replies "My dad wanted a boy."

** In ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', Sam Beckett 'leaped' into a Samantha, who all the other characters addressed as 'Sam'.

** ''[[Without a Trace]]'''s Samantha doesn't like being called "Sam" (or at least didn't at first), in no small part because her last name is [[The Maltese Falcon|Spade]].

** ''[[Metroid]]'' bounty hunter Samus Aran could fit the trope as well. Of course, the manual for the original game ''says'' she's male (the decision to make her female came about halfway through the game's development), but [[Samus Is a Girl]].

** Salome Fredericks in [[Tad Williams]]' ''[[Otherland]]'' gave herself the nickname "Sam" to [[Wholesome Crossdresser|fit in better with the boys]] online. This fact causes Orlando Gardiner to undergo some angst when he seeks his buddy "Sam" out in [[Real Life]] and accidentally uncovers the truth.

 

* '''Alex''':

** ''[[The Secret World of Alex Mack]]''. Alex is a girl.

** ''[[Law and Order SVU]]'' had Alex Cabot and ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' had Alex Eames. Granted, though, they were named after series creator Dick Wolf's niece or grandchild or something who had the name Alex(andra).

*** Kim can be a boy's name too. Just ask [[Rudyard Kipling]].

* [[Jayma Mays]] played girls named Charlie on both ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' and ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' in the same season. Not much chance for confusion, though, since while the ''UB'' Charlie {{spoiler|is a recurring love interest of a main character}}, the ''Heroes'' Charlie {{spoiler|was a one-shot who was killed off by the main villain. She was ''also'' the love interest of a main character though...}}

* Alex Taylor, a female firefighter on ''[[Third Watch]]'' who hates being treated differently due to being female.

* ''MAD TV'' [[The Ditz|airhead]] Dr. Kylie Johnson was the victim of a typo at least once, or rather at least one of her patients was a victim of such.

* ''[[Skins]]'' has Franky, short for Francesca.

* The live-action segments of Disney's "One Saturday Morning" block originally starred a girl named Charlie.

* Somewhat related: in [[Mad About You]], the characters Paul (male) and Jamie (female) are often referred to as "Paulie" and "James".

* ''Picket Fences'' had officer Maxine "Max" Stewart (Lauren Holly).

* In ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'', Charlie and Teddy are used as names for girls. It's even lampshaded in one episode.

* Flashman's Pink Flash is named Lou!

* Since there were several "Makoto"s mentioned in the Anime & Manga section, there should be at least some mention of the one from [[Street Fighter]] III 3rd Strike. [[The Danza|Her VA is also named Makoto, as well.]]

* And yet another Makoto, from the [[The Idolmaster (video game)|IdolM@ster]] series, who becomes an idol in order to find a more feminine side of herself.

* [[Kingdom Hearts|Kairi]]. Though it is technically a gender-neutral name in Japan, it is really rarely used as a girl's name. Yet, the main [[Damsel in Distress]] of the game ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' has this name, and she displayed a somewhat tomboyish personality during the periods in which she was conscious.

** For a male example, Axel's true name before turning into a Nobody was Lea.

* One of [[Mana-Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy|Mana Khemia 2]]'s playable characters is the tomboyish Et, short for Etward. As a child, she decided her little brother's name was better and forced him to switch with her. The fact that this typifies his relationship with her and he grew up as Enna (short for Ennarcia) is only the start of the poor kid's problems.

* Chromie from ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' is a bronze dragon who preferred lesser form is a female gnome. While most female bronze dragons have names ending in "ormi" her full name is Chronormu, and "ormu" is the ending associated with male bronze dragons. This led many to speculate that she was in fact a male dragon who preferred to take femmale shape (which, [[GIRL|given the game]], would be wholly appropriate) but [[Word of God]] eventually clarified that she just had a Tomboyish Name.

* ''Yuugi'' Hoshiguma from ''[[Touhou]]''. The name means "a game", as in chess or go ([[Yu-Gi-Oh!|or cards]]), and it has a masculine tone to it. [[The Ladette|She looks and acts masculine too]], and in fan works is usually [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|contrasted]] against the girly [[Green-Eyed Monster]] Parsee for effect.

** Shou Toramaru. Not only is her given name masculine, her surname uses a male suffix!

 

== [[Visual Novels]] ==

* This was actually a plot point in the final case of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]: Justice For All''. {{spoiler|A female character is accused of murder when the hired gun who did the killing names her as his client. He makes a crucial mistake when he claims that he met his client in person and calls the client a "he". The woman has a masculine name (Adrian Andrews). Phoenix points out that if the killer had actually met Adrian in person, he would've called her a "she".}}

 

* The leader of the Guardians in ''[[WITCH (animation)|W.I.T.C.H.]]'', Will Vandom, is a girl like the others. Depending on the source, it's short for Wilma, or Wilhelmina.

* Subverted in ''[[Recess]]'' with Spinelli, a tomboy who goes by her last name because she's embarrassed about her "girly" first name, Ashley. It's especially "girly" on this show because there's a club consisting entirely of girls with this name (who seem to equate the name with popularity), and one episode was about the consequences when the Ashleys found out her real name and forced her to join their club. Ironically, Ashley was once considered a boy's name (such as in ''Gone With the Wind''), and some well-known guys do have Ashley as a name (like Ashley Cole). [[Evil Dead|Sometimes, they go by "Ash".]]

* Izzy from ''[[Total Drama Island]]'', which may or may not be short for Isabella. ''Revenge of the Island'' has Jo, who is a straight-up tomboy, disliking anything even ''remotely'' girly and is often [[Brawn Hilda|confused for a guy]] by [[Dumb Jock]] Lightning.

* In an episode of ''What's New'' ''[[Scooby Doo]]'', the guys on the gang are excited about meeting a pair of male roller-coaster designers called Chris and Terry, while the girls are unimpressed...until they turn out to be ''sisters'' called Chris and Terri.