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Alliterative Name

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"I'm Penny Parker. You can remember that 'cause it's got the same letter at the front of each name. That's important theatrically, you know."
— Penny Parker, MacGyver (1985), "Every Time She Smiles"

In Real Life, an alliterative name is a name in which the first and last names begin with the same sound. In more extreme cases, this can also include the middle name.

Giving a character an alliterative name is one of many ways a writer can make a name more interesting and catchy, which in turn makes the character more memorable to the audience. This is especially important in works with large Ensemble Casts, where extra help is needed to differentiate between them.

In comic books, this is especially true of the names of Super Heroes or their close hangers-on. It was a favorite tool of Stan Lee's, since, swarmed with projects, he often had trouble remembering the characters' names, and the alliteration worked as a mnemonic device. (Although it didn't work perfectly — Lee did err with references such as "Peter Palmer" and "Bob Banner".)

Of note to writers: Overusing this trope dilutes its effect, particularly if multiple characters have the same starting letters in their names.

A variation consists of downplaying the alliteration by having a prefix before the surname. Such as "Alice McAllister" or "Bob O'Brien."

In comic books, the Alliterative Name is often also Two First Names. In cartoons, it goes hand-in-hand with Species Surname.

See Alliterative Title, for work titles that do this. Compare Rhyming Names, in which the character's first and last names ends with the same sound. Repetitive Name is a more extreme variant.

Please note that Japanese names, though many may seem alliterative to an English-speaking audience, may not convey the same "alliterative power" in their original setting; syllables (and vowel sounds) matter more than letters in Japanese.

No Real Life Examples, Please! Even though this is Truth in Television, Real Life examples generally aren't meaningful enough to be added here, not to mention much more common than they are in fiction (even if among of them were alias). On the other hand, real-life examples for Alliterative Families are allowed, as they are much less common.

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    Awesome Advertising 
  • "Victory by Computer": The Purple Palace, an illegal gambling parlor where Supergirl is momentarily held hostage.
  • The Cheetos mascot Chester Cheetah.
  • Front Row Joe's girlfriend, Popcorn Penny.
  • Transport for Greater Manchester ran a 2018 campaign on the topic of antisocial behaviour on their Metrolink trams entitled Metrolink Monsters which revolved around ten monsters with different positive or negative personalities. Eight out of the ten characters have alliterative names: Crumby Chris, Foghorn Fred, Hogger Hal, Kind Kamal, Litter-Lought Lenny, Patient Penny, Sneezy Sally, Vaping Vera.
    Admirably Artistic Asian Animation 
  • BoBoiBoy has Yaya Yah.
  • The primary antagonist of Happy Friends Season 8 along with Big M. and Little M. is named Huo Haha.
  • Noonbory and the Super 7:
    • Babysitterbory and Bakerbory.
    • An interesting example: out of the Super Sensors, only one has their name alliterate with their sense: Totobory, the bory of taste.
  • Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf features an alliterative location name. Green Green Grassland repeats the letter "G".
  • Rat-a-Tat has two examples:
    • The main character is named Doggy Don.
    • Nana the Narrator, which is likely an unintentional example.
  • Simple Samosa:
    • The protagonist's full name is, in fact, Simple Samosa.
    • Samosa's rival, Cham Cham, has his full name revealed to be Cham Cham Chakraboty in the episode "Sollid Survival".
    • One of the recurring background characters is named Kaji Katli.
  • The Big Bad of ViR: The Robot Boy is named Mad Max.
    Amazingly Perfect Audio Plays 
  • Ome Henk: Several characters in this Dutch audioplay series have this kind of name. Examples include: Koos Korswagen, Floris-Jan van Fleppensteyn and Tjabbe Tjibsma.
    Crazily Superb Comic Strips 
  • The Adventures of Prudence Prim: Protagonist Prudence Prim, who has a fling with Will Wildman before marrying a man named Dicky Dare.
  • Arrowhead: Del and Deena Dixon, in the fashion of the superhero genre.
  • Beetle Bailey: The titular character.
  • Blondie (1930): The titular character, Blondie Bumstead.
  • Chuff: Danny Diesel
  • Dilbert: A lot of the oneshot characters have alliterative names that describe their major personality flaws, such as Disgruntled Doug👁 Image
    , Jittery Jeff👁 Image
    , and Medical Mel.👁 Image
  • Gasoline Alley: Walt W'allet.
  • A varient in George and Lynne, where the titular couple know an awful lot of couples whose names begin with the same letter — Tim and Tina, Robbie and Ruthie, Bob and Becky...
  • Luann: Avoided for characters in the strip, but this and Rhyming Names gets used for nearly everything else; businesses, places and events all get the treatment. Café TJ, Moony Uni, Quibbling Siblings, Soufflé Lingerié, Kafe Kablooie, Chateau Trio, Fuse Follies... and all these were just since 2014 (the strip was created in 1985.)
  • Moon Mullins
  • Retail: Cooper Costello and Stuart Suchet. Marla used to qualify as well until she married and her last name changed from Masters to Garrison.
  • Snuffy Smith: The titular character.
    Exquisitely Amazing Eastern European Animation 
  • Many of the characters in Brave Bunnies have names beginning with the same letter their species begins with. Besides the bunnies Bop and Boo, the show also has Franny the Fox and Barry the Bear, among others.
  • Fyodor Khitruk: The protagonist of The Story of a Crime is called Vasily Vasilyevich.
    Fans' Worthy Fan Works 
  • Always Visible: Miriam Myron, mother of Jerome. In fact, this surname refers to the famous Soviet actor Andrei Mironov and the name in turn for his daughter Maria.
  • Application 29: Iris Ireton and Jade Jameson, two of the reporters at Macaroni and Tech.
  • Yolanda Yop in The Aristocats' Island.
  • In Cyberpunk Edgerunners: The Rebel Path, Rebecca's last name is Reynolds, which she considers "a shitty last name that makes me sound like some comic-book bimbo".
  • In the Pokémon Peggy Sue fic Ashes of the Past, Ash's last opponent in the Silver Conference is Fred Farrell, whose team consists of Floodwater the Feraligatr, Fuchida the Forretress, Flambé the Flareon, Felicity the Flaaffy, and Fowler the Farfetch'd.
  • The Punch-Out!! fan-blog Ask the Ryans gives Aran Ryan's sister (whose name is never mentioned in the games) the name Rory Ryan.
  • Bait and Switch has LtJG. Warragul Wirrpanda, chief medical officer of the USS Bajor. "Shakedown Shenanigans" reveals his middle name is "William".
  • Bandit's Belt:
    • The doctor's name is Shaun Shepherd.
    • The character who Chilli kills was named Rot Rottweiler.
  • The Black Wrangler's title character is Kaichou Kurosaki. In the original Japanese, it wouldn't count as an example, but this is an English fanfic.
  • but i wrote the words to the swan song: One of Juliet Capulet's aliases is Juliet Jones.
  • In The Flash/Supergirl crossover Call Me Kara, Alexandra Allen, Kara and Barry's daughter.
  • Calvin & Hobbes: The Series:
    • The Monster Maze. Lampshaded by Hobbes:
      "Nice touch."
    • Most of the things that Calvin sells at his stand in "Help Wanted" also count.
  • Snow Storm and Bolt Buck in Cape and Cowl.
  • In Catch Me in Midair👁 Image
     Remus is pregnant with Sirius' child and Sirius deliberately suggests names such as "Antigone Artemis Alistronia Agatha" and "Icarus Ieolus Ilarion Izydorak."
  • Cave Dancers Pretty Cure has Cure Crimson.
  • Child of the Storm: The many characters from DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Norse Mythology, and Harry Potter who all have alliterative names, plus OC Uhtred Ullrson.
  • Saria Speeder from C.I.A.: Agents.
  • Pokémon fanfic Clouded Sky's main protagonist, Tobias Talltree.
  • The new Finisher Boss Blinds in the Balatro mod Cryptid are Vermillion Virus, Lavender Loop, Sapphire Stamp, Obsidian Orb, and Turquoise Tornado.
  • David Dakota, of the Dakota story.
  • Danganronpa, but Everyone Is Okay gives Sayaka a baby sister, Miyu Maizono.
  • Danny Phantom: Stranded: Star Strong. Technically, her first name is actually Estelle, though she prefers to go by Star. As such, it qualifies, with both that and her last name starting in "St".
  • Despair's Last Resort has a few. There's Takara Tsukuda, Miyako Morino, and Saemi Sasagawa. Subverted with Kazumi Katsuya, who reveals that her name is a stage name. Her first name is really Hanako
  • Discord's New Business: Pinkie already canonically has an alliterative name, but chapter 4 takes it a step further when she becomes an alicorn and starts going by Princess Pinkie Pie.
  • Dungeon Keeper Ami has Keeper Mercury and his chief warlock, Torian, create a hair-growing spell from a modified beard spell, the "Beastly Beard Booster" spell.
  • The Duskyverse has the original characters Dusky Down, her parents Windy Ward and Splendid Speech, and mayor Prideful Policy.
  • Ed, Edd, Eddy n Edna👁 Image
    : Edna's full name is Edna Esmeralda Espinoza.
  • Enchanted Miracle Pretty Cure has Cure Chameleon, whose real first name is Camilo, as well as Cure Cactus.
  • Family Guy Fanon: Meg's friends follow this trope with their new last names. Patty Patterson, Esther Esthederm, Ruth Rutherford and Beth Bethany.
  • Forum of Thrones has a number of major examples, such as Robert Raylan, Maron Mullendore, Wolfius Woodbark, and the entirety of House Hoare.
  • Glitter Force: Into the Glitterverse:
  • In Harry Potter - Three to Backstep👁 Image
     after McGonagall becomes Headmistress she hires a Transfiguration professor named Belvedere Bartwinkle.
  • In Shazam! fanfiction Here There Be Monsters, Joyce Albright and Chuck Ramsey take up the costumed identities of Midnight Maid and Mister Midnight, respectively.
  • HERZ: This story has Captain Kurumi Kagero, UN Special Investigations Officer.
  • Jaune Arc, Lord of Hunger has Alixandre Arc, Jaune's great-great-grandfather who fought in the Great War. Early in the story, Jaune also mentions having a younger sister named Amber Arc.
  • Junior Officers:
    • Elekai Echidna
    • Deborah Deer
    • Lekona Lion
    • Sarabi Squirrel.
    • Riviera Rottweiler
    • Verdun Vole
    • Zulimar Zebra.
    • Anita Anteater
    • David Deer
    • Gloria Gazelle
    • Mabel Monkey
    • Amanda Antelope
    • Michelle Malamute
    • Luanne Leapord
    • Karina Kangaroo
    • Donna Donkey
    • Mindy Maltese
    • Josephine Jaguar
    • Triton Tiger
    • Robert Raccoon
    • Braden Brown Bear
    • Carolus Caribou
    • Purdy Panther
  • In Kyon: Big Damn Hero, there's a case of alliterative nickname: Kyon is amused during Masao's apology when he addresses him as Kowa-Keigo Kyon.
  • Ma Fille has a downplayed example; Blaine Beaufort-Stevenson.
  • Maple Sugar Pretty Cure features Cure Clover.
  • Marque and Reprisal has Gabriel Gashtar and Alazar Aboudi.
  • Naru-Hina Chronicles: There's Mina Mikon, as well as her mother Miko Mikon.
  • New Vegas Showtime: One of the Ds is called Daniel D. Dalton. It's implied he picked the middle initial and last name himself.
  • Necessary to Win has Yoshiko Yasukouchi and Mizuho Miyanaga.
  • Only two are present in The Night Unfurls: Alicia Arcturus, and Luu-Luu
  • Just like its source material, several characters from Nymeria's War, canon and original, have this type of name, examples include Mors Martell, Benedict Blackmont, Yorick Yronwood, Tomas Toland, Davos Dayne, Laroy Ladybright and more.
  • In Old West, the main heroine's name is Grace Glossy.
  • Oni Ga Shiku Series: On top of the canon case of Kazuma Kiryu, there is also Izuku's grandfather Musashi Midoriya. Izuku's homeroom teacher takes this several steps further, with his name being Subaru Subarashi.
  • Oversaturated World: Oversaturation: Whinneapolis has a "Fair Food Fair", a fair about fair food.
  • Pickles and Depredation: Protagonist Raozya's full name is Rozza Reyo Raozya.
  • PreCure in a Nutshell: Among the many parody names are Yay Yuckyshore (Aya Yukishiro), Korra Killyou (Kaoru Kiryuu), Hihihi Hoho (Hibiki Hojo), Aight Amongus (Ai Omori), Haruka Haruka (Haruka Haruno), Sitonme Salami (Satomi Usami), Emuwu Eyesucky (Emiru Aisaki), Cure Cheesy (Cure Milky), Coat Cantalope (Kotoe Kanamori), Core Cural (Cure Coral), Father Fool (Shousei Fuwa), Cure Caterpillar (Cure Butterfly), and Irony Inunu (Iroha Inukai).
  • Rise of the Minisukas: Sakura Suzuhara's (embarrassing) nicknames for Leader and Shiki: "Scarlet Sistine Superczar" and "Burgundy Buccaneer Blastcaster".
  • Karmen Kons and Estella Erith from the 40k Fanfic Secret War. One name is a pseudonym, it's not hard to guess which one isn't real.
  • Sunsplit Saga: Sunset Shimmer, Sunburst's sister.
  • Superman of 2499: The Great Confrontation has co-protagonist Katherine de Ka'an.
  • Tales of the Hunger Games has a couple among the OC Victors and tributes (both focus and non-focus) including Jason Jennings, Linnet Laurier, Lavender LeBlanc, Sandy Sellick, Delphine Dubois, Victoreen Vattenfall, Pixel Plummer, Link Larson, Broda Bernhardt, and Dina Dalton.
  • Tales of the Otherverse: In the "A New Generation" story arc, Cora Zir-El goes by the assumed name Katrine Kent.
  • The SuperStarr Chronicles gives the obscure Marvel superheroine Star Sign👁 Image
    , who first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #18 (August 2008), the birth name Lisa Leialoha. She was never given a birth name in the comics. Her surname is also an additional Shout-Out to Native Hawaiian comic artist Steve Leialoha👁 Image
    .
  • The Twilight Child has Twilight Twinkle, and her great-grandmother, who is also called Twilight Twinkle (she was named after her).
  • Vale's Underground: In addition to the canon examples from RWBY (see those below), there are:
    • the original characters:
      • Jacob Jackson
      • Harvey Hart.
    • Glynda's Adaptation Name Change doesn't affect her status as this since her surname was changed from "Goodwitch" to "Goodridge."
    • Cinder's real name, Kenna Carter, counts phonetically.
  • Frozen fanfic What About Witch Queen? has three cases:
  • Viridian: The Green Guide: Izuku is nicknamed the Green Guide by the Pro Heroes who know him.
  • In With this Ring... (Green Lantern), Hector Hammond names his current super-villain team the "Triumvirate of Terror", although the name fails to terrify — or impress — Hal Jordan.
    Hector Hammond: "Now, Green Lantern, be sure to tell your fellow Corpsmen on the other side that the last foes you fought were known, collectively, as the Triumvirate of Terror."
    Hal Jordan: "Go to hell, Hammond."
  • In Silent Trio 4: Harry and the Return of Sirius Black👁 Image
     Harry, his friends and their guardians start an anti-Voldemort organization called the Order of V. Everyone takes turns suggesting what the V could stand for before Luna goes to town with it.
    Luna: How about the Venerable Vanquishers for the Veritable Vendetta of Vengeance, Victory and Vindication Of Veritas over the Vile, Venal and Vicious Villain Voldemort? Or do you think that's too short?
  • Skylanders: Return to the Ruins:
    • Cloudbreaker Island:
      • The first area is called Misty Meadows.
      • The Hat in this chapter is called a feather fedora.
    • Chompy Caverns.
  • The Palaververse: A version of Clue is played as a form of gambling in Wedding March, and uses the same Colorful Theme Naming as in the game, but also mixing alliterative and "job title" Theme Naming in as well:
    "J'accuse... Commodore Cerise... in the coal cellar... with..." The jenny checked the cards in the clefts of her hooves before finishing with "... a very small and exceptionally pointy unicorn."
    [...]
    "So many potential enemies, this victim," [...] "Last time, it was Granny Glaucous in the walk-in wardrobe with a half-brick in a sock, and before that, it was Inspector Infrared in the billiards room with a forthrightly-appendaged fertility statue."
    • In one chapter, Joker mockingly calls Komachi "Miss Minty".
  • PreCure in a Nutshell:
    • Aya Yukishiro gets the parody name of Yay Yuckyshore.
    • Kaoru Kiryuu, who already has an alliteration name, gets renamed to Korra Killyou.
  • Kedabory's Elmore Chronicles feature a Sophie Small.
  • Return to Krocodile Isle: According to the post-credits scene, K. Rool's full name and title runs King Keith Krudd "K." Rool.
  • The Seventh Son: Booker Bridges.
  • Superman: House of El: Par for the course for a DC/Superman universe. "Clark Kent" is not technically alliterative, but close enough. L is extremely popular, with Lana Lang, Lex Luthor, Lena Luthor, Lionel Luthor, Lori Lemaris, and Lois Lane. Since she was adopted by the Kents as well, Kara goes by Keira Kent, adding her to the list. In Chapter 29, Clark meets Zatanna Zatara. In Chapter 30, on being introduced to Lana and Lori, she lampshades it.
    Collecting women with matching initials, Mr. Kent? Should I be worried? Or do you just have a thing for the letter L?
  • In Chapter 12 of the Titanic (1997) fanfic Best Damn Titanic, Jesus gives passengers nicknames like "Betting Betty" and "Gambling Gabe".
  • Weirder Things: Patrick Pines.
    Fun Films — Astonishing Animation 
  • An American Tail: Tony Toponi, which doubles as a Bilingual Bonus name, meaning "Tony mouse" in Italian.
  • DreamWorks' Antz has Colonel Cutter.
  • Barry B. Benson from Bee Movie.
  • Big Hero 6 has Hiro Hamada, which was changed from Hiro Takachiho.
  • The Boss Baby:
    • Ted Templeton Jr., who is the titular Boss Baby.
    • Tim Templeton, Ted Jr.'s older adoptive brother.
    • Ted Templeton Sr., Tim and Ted Jr.'s father (biologically and adoptively, respectively).
    • The Big Bad Francis E. Francis. Doubles as having a Repetitive Name and possessing Two First Names.
  • Pixar's Cars series has several examples, such as Axle Accelerator, Aiken Axler, Bernie Banks, Bruce Boxmann, Benny Brakedrum, Bruiser Bukowski, Bertha Butterswagen, Chuck Choke Cables, Charlie Checker, Chief Chick, Cora Copper, Kathy Copter, Dirkson D'Agostino, Derek "Decals" Dobbs, Galloping Goose, Green Gremlin, Hank Hallsum, Hudson Hornet, Kimura Kaizo, Miles "Meattruck" Malone, Mach Matsuo, Matthew McCrew, Marlon McKay, Misti Motorkrass, Piccolo Perry, Polly Puddlejumper, Petrol Pulaski, Rod Redline, Rusty RustEze, Sarah Safestreet, Timothy "Timezone" Truecoat, Tony Trihull, Timothy Twostroke, and Valerie Veate.
  • Cats Don't Dance: Darla Dimple.
  • Chicken Little (2005): There's Chloe Cluck, who is Buck's late wife and the titular character's late mother.
  • The Emoji Movie: This applies to both of Gene Meh's parents: Mel and Mary Meh.
  • The protagonist of Disney's Encanto is Mirabel Madrigal.
  • Only applies in Home (2015) with Gratuity Tucci's nickname — Tip Tucci.
  • How to Train Your Dragon:
    • The protagonist Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III.
    • There's one half of the Thorston twins: Tuffnut Thorston.
    • The Hidden World introduces Grimmel the Grisley.
  • Hogarth Hughes from The Iron Giant.
  • Kung Fu Panda:
    • There's the titular protagonist Po Ping. Averted with his birth name, Lotus Shan.
    • Two of the Furious Five's members are Masters Monkey and Mantis.
    • Kung Fu Panda 3 has Lei Lei and Mei Mei, both of whom are pandas who are from the Panda Village. Also counts as being Repetitive Names.
  • The LEGO Movie: Various background characters like Cardio Carrie, Sir Stackabrick, Gallant Guard, Sharon Shoehorn, Frank the Foreman, and likely others too.
  • Lilo & Stitch: Dr. Jumba Jookiba.
  • Madagascar:
    • Melman the giraffe of the Zoosters, whose full name is revealed to be Melman Mankiewicz III (as shown on a will he wrote in the first film).
    • There's Private the Penguin.
    • Escape 2 Africa has the Fat and Proud Moto Moto, whose name is said to mean "hot hot" in an African language. Doubles as a Repetitive Name.
    • Dave from the spinoff Penguins of Madagascar can be titled as Dr. Dave, given his scientific history.
  • Meet the Robinsons: According to an earlier script, Franny Robinson's full maiden name is Francesca "Franny" Framagucci.
  • The title character of Megamind, as well as his nemesis Metro Man and Love Interest Roxanne "Roxie" Ritchie. The latter may be a nod to Lois Lane, given their similarities. There's also Music Man, so that Metro Man could keep the "MM" logo.
  • Mr. Peabody & Sherman has Penny, Paul and Patty Peterson.
  • NIMONA (2023) has its male lead, Ballister Boldheart.
  • Ratatouille: The protagonist Remy the Rat.
  • Prince John in Robin Hood (1973) is apparently fond of alliterative nicknames. He creates at least five of them for Sir Hiss ("silly serpent", "reluctant reptile", "cowardly cobra", "aggravating asp" and "procrastinating python") and has one for Friar Tuck ("corpulent cleric").
  • Shrek:
  • Illumination's Sing has Nana Noodleman (and yes, Nana is her name).
  • Tangled:
    • One of the Pub Thugs' members is named Hook Hand.
    • There's also Sideburns Stabbington, one half of the Stabbington brothers.
  • Treasure Planet: Dr. Delbert Doppler.
  • Trolls:
    • Queen Poppy, the ruler of the Pop Trolls, used to be Princess Poppy.
    • From World Tour:
      • There's Delta Dawn, a Country Troll who's the Mayor of Lonesome Flats.
      • One of the K-Pop Trolls' members is Baby Bun, who is distinguished by her pink color scheme.
    • As revealed in Band Together, Branch used to be part of a Boy Band named BroZone, where his old stage name is Bitty B.
  • Turning Red: Miriam Mendelsohn.
  • Roger Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
  • Wreck-It Ralph has Wreck-It Ralph, Fix-It Felix Jr. and King Candy.note Not to be confused with "King Kandy" from the post-1984 version of Candy Land. Felix is the only one with the same letters, but all three manage an alliterative sound.
  • Zootopia:
    • There's Gideon Grey.
    • We also have Jerry Jumbeaux Jr.
    Fabulous Films — Lively Live-Action 
    Majestic Manhua 
    Marvelous Music 
  • Pretty much every group and band name that you could think of are this (Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, etc.).
  • The title and eponymous restaurant in "Billionaire Buffet", as well as some of the latter's dishes, particularly Corruption Crème Brûlée, Fascism Fries, Oligarchy Omlette, Robber Baron Roast Beef, Tyrant Tiramisu, and Voter Suppression Vanilla Shake.
  • Billy Bragg: He used to be known as Steve Bragg, but William was his middle name and he decided Billy was a better name for a singer.
  • The lead singer of Breaking Benjamin, Benjamin Burnley.
  • Carolina Crown, the drum & bugle corps that won the 2013 DCI Championship and remains a perennial finalist.
  • Two Dark Angel vocalists: Don Doty and Ron Rinehart.
  • Mike Mangini of Dream Theater.
  • Eminem's real name is Marshall Mathers. While he didn't pick it, since he often likes to imagine himself as a comic book superhero (a type of character that frequently has alliterative names), it suits him well.
  • Pale Saints drummer Chris Cooper.
  • Suede: "Metal Mickey" and Bernard Butler.
  • Sufjan Stevens.
  • Main vocalist of the kpop band BTS, Jeon Jungkook. Als the band's other names such as "Bulletproof Boyscouts" and "Bangtan Boys" also fit this.
  • The Argentine rapper Nicki Nicole.
  • Timothy Jude Smith plays the trumpet, making him Timmy Trumpet.
    Mysterious Myths & Remarkable Religion 
  • In Norse Mythology, Loki is generally referred to as "Loki Laufeyjarson." This is interesting because Laufey was the name of his mother, while his father was called Fárbauti. Most scholars assume that the Norse poets gave him a matronymic simply for the alliteration, as pretty much every other character uses their father's name. This actually makes some sense in the context of modern Icelandic use of the naming convention, the parents will usually go with whichever of their names sounds better when paired with -son and -dottir, so alliteration is likely a perfectly valid reason for Loki to be referred to that way, assuming the tradition held from an older one.
    Proud Pinballs 
  • Played with: No Good Gofers has two characters named Bud and Buzz.
  • Gottlieb's Tee'd Off has Gunther Gophernote Full name: Gunther the Dancing Gopher
  • The pop bumpers in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Data East), according to a flyer, are called "Bronco Bumpers".
  • In addition to the name of White Water itself, many of the in-game locations have alliterative names, such as Disaster Drop, Boomerang Bend, and Wet Willie's River Ranch.
    Playful Podcasts 
  • Trials & Trebuchets has alliterative names in droves. This includes the four Player Characters: Serinepth Sinderman, Winsler Wallaby, Integrity Idleberry, and Mira Marchand, as well as several NPCs such as Artis Artisian, Aira Allaro, and Bailey Blue, among others.
    Pretty Sweet Puppet Shows 
  • Played with in The Magic House. While some characters, like PC Pot and Kitty Kettle, have alliterative names, others, like Uncle Teapot and Grandpa Clock, do not.
  • The Muppet Show: The Great Gonzo (but is usually just called "Gonzo").
    • Rizzo the Rat, who doesn't appear in the series proper, but later appears in some of the movies and TV specials.
  • Oobi: Frieda the Foot.
  • Sesame Street: Big Bird.
    • And Baby Bear.
    • The human character Mr. Hooper was eventually revealed to have the first name "Harold" and "H" as a middle initial.
    Radical Roleplay 
  • Dawn of a New Age: Oldport Blues features multiple characters with alliterative names, such as Edward Eisen, Finn Flannagan, Jae Jung, and Sebastian Smith, which fits with the overall comic-book inspiration of the roleplay. Sebastian notes that while his name isn't particularly fancy, it does sound good for an aspiring author.
  • In DC: United We Stand, in addition to the canon characters with alliterative names, we also have Detective Warren White.
  • The JoJo's OC Tournament, across its several editions, has featured many teams, characters and Stands with Alliterative Names:
    • Shining Sandstorm: the Blues Brothers, Franz Ferdinand and his Stand Evil Eye, Theo "Teller" Telling, Liam G's Stand Soft Shock, Pit Prentice.
    • Worldwind Tour: Dana Davis, Stefania Sandu, David Delasoul, Nermin Reeds's Stand Spooky Skeleton, Christina "Chris" Carlisle, the Diamond Dogs, Jason Jukes, Dr. Francesca Marvel's Stand Ting Tings, Cassandra Corazon, Gami's Stand Haru Haru, Dr. Floyd Feelgood.
    • The Grand Tour: Jaded Justice, Bikini Bottom, Furo Raida's Stand Right Round, Clarence Creedwater, the Crimson Chiefs, Marco F. Caine's Stand Gas Gas Gas, Babylon By Bus, the Ultraviolet Underground, Seido Shuto, Stu Steele, Flori Dada's Stand Golden Gal, Dr. Australis Anguilla.
    • Urban Uprising: The Fairy Fellers, Sofía Alicia Romero Pérez's Stand Lilywhite Lilith, Bhangra Mehndi's Stand Tunak Tunak Tun, Darwin Glermen's Stand Metal Man, Tunde Ó Santos's Stand Miracle Masterpiece, Captain Killian Keyes, Jeremiah Peacekeeper's Stand Stone Sour, Scott "Strange" Summers and his Stand Suicide Solution, Zack Bernett's Stand Get Got, Alexander Abhez.
    • Fortune's Reach: Father Blue Brother, Antonio Alexandria, UltraNebula67's Stand Pixel Peeker Polka, London Lovett, Manta Malaise, Lemon Demon's Stand Touch-Tone Telephone, Bang "Boogie" Bronson, Pemburu's Stand Bungalow Bill, Ian Rains's Stand Wow Wow, Jesse Jefferson.
    • Dead Drop Bay: Echo's Stand Umbral Ultimatum, Eshe Senme's Stand Shining Star, Rigatte Rosso, Janus Jack, Damon Dare, Diane Dilligen, Marina Michelle.
    • Garden of Vermillion: The Matte Money, Ouroboros's Stand Still Standing, Charvet Champagne, Sonika Singha, Reese McGuffin's Stand Magenta Mountain, Vasant Verve, Villu Vilduveta, Aatan Ayam, Baingan Bharta, Minali Meteora, Susie Eve-Black's Stand Happy House, Cross Blues's Stand Cosmic Castaway.
  • The League of Intergalactic Cosmic Champions has Rocket Ranger, Crimson Crossbow, Tammy Tembar...
  • Survival of the Fittest has this in SPADES: Aiden Ambrose, Waldo Woodrow, Paris Persphone, Adam Amato, Andi Ayala, Brendan Bedard, Christian Cohen, Debrah and Deliah Dollop, Wade Wilson (not THAT Wade Wilson, Nicholas Nutbrown, Mary McKay, Denise Dupuis, Branca "IT'S A STEAK" Braunstein, Jessica Jones, Bobby Barron, Jonathan Jarocki, Christoper Carlson (a self-insert of Cody Cromarty, his handler), Mike Maszer, Mike Moretti, Gary Griffith, Joss "Jojo" Joiner, Carla Conners, Frankie Fiametta, and Miranda Merchant.
    Sensational Sports 
  • The Red Baron titles given to boxers in promotional materials for their matches usually apply this trope - for instance, Jack Dempsey was also known as the Manassa Mauler, while Chuck Wepner, whose fight with Muhammad Ali inspired the first Rocky movie, had the comparatively less intimidating moniker of "The Bayonne Bleeder".
  • Formula One has Thai-British driver Alex Ansusinha, professionally known as Alexander Albon, born with the name Alexander Albon Ansusinha.
  • There are plenty of sports clubs that have an alliterative name, way more than to even give an even remotely extensive list. Just some examples:
    • US pro sports: LA Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards (all basketball), Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans (American football), Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins (hockey), Columbus Crew, Seattle Sounders (soccer),...
    • Football/soccer: Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City, Coventry City (England), Alemannia Aachen, Dynamo Dresden, Wehen Wiesbaden (Germany), Litex Lovetch (Bulgaria),...
    • US college sports:
      • Alliterative school name and nickname: Baylor Bears, Belmont Bruins, Bryant Bulldogs, Bucknell Bison, Buffalo Bulls, Butler Bulldogs, Drexel Dragons, Duquesne Dukes, Lafayette Leopards, Pitt Panthers, Portland Pilots, Troy Trojans, Utah Utes,... Honorable mention to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.
      • Alliterative nickname only: Maine Black Bears, Minnesota Golden Gophers,...
      • School name and nickname separately alliterative: Texas Tech Red Raiders. Honorable mention to the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (that school's men's teams, however, are Bulldogs).
  • The NCAA college basketball tournament has alliterative names for teams that advance beyond the second round. The first round consists of 64 teams, which then becomes 32 teams in the second round. The second round winners are known as the Sweet Sixteen. The teams that advance to the quarterfinals are the Elite Eight, and the semifinalists are known as the Final Four.
    Totally Glorious Tabletop Games 
  • This is common practice for mercenary units in BattleTech, using the commander's name and a suitably snappy noun with the same leading letter, such as Miller's Marauders, Able's Aces, Duncan's Demons, and Camacho's Caballeros.
  • Sentinels of the Multiverse, being inspired by superhero comics, has its share of these, both in civilian identities and in codenames.
    • America's Finest Legacy is Paul Parsons VIII (yes, the eighth). His daughter Pauline Parsons prefers to go by her middle name of Felicia, but then adopts the civilian alias of Felicia Fields (since the Parsons family's connection to the Legacy line is public knowledge, and by this time, she's taken up the mantle as America's Newest Legacy).
    • The Wraith is Maia Montgomery.
    • Anthony Drake is the Argent Adept, Virtuoso of the Void. The Virtuosos are a long line of magical musicians, and they have all had alliterative titles.
    • Hugh Lowsley is Captain Cosmic.
    • Portja Kir-Pro is Sky-Scraper.
    • On the villainous side of things, Ivan Ramonat is Baron Blade.
    • Minor villain Heartbreaker is Tony Taurus.
    • Sergeant Steel's real name is Jack Steel. His subordinate, Becky Blast, also qualifies.
    • The identity of Glamour has been held by a few different characters throughout Sentinel Comics' fictional history, and no fewer than three of them qualify:
      • The first one was Madame Marjorie Mittermeier, creator of Madame Mittermeier's Fantastical Festival of Conundrums and Curiosities.
      • The second one came about because a writer needed to use Glamour's real name for something, couldn't remember it, and was unwilling or unable to look it up. "Well, it's something with M's... Melissa... Morris... yeah, that's it!" The Sentinel Comics editors didn't catch the mistake until it was too late to do anything about it, and eventually decided that Madame Mittermeier was still around and allowing Melissa Morris to use the name for whatever reason.
      • When Melissa Morris was found murdered in the 1980s, it was unclear for a while who was using the Glamour name now. The answer was eventually revealed to be Aislin Allen, who had been the hero The Shrieker for a brief time in the '50s (in fact, part of the original Freedom Four/Freedom Five) before being basically forgotten when that team fell apart.
    • Other alliteratively named characters or groups include Professor Pollution, the Green Grosser, the Crackjaw Crew, and the Southwest Sentinels.
    Thrilling Theatre 
    Tremendous Toys 
  • A set of 1960s astronaut action figures:
    • The leader, "Major Matt Mason, Mattel's Man in Space,"
    • Lieutenant Long, whose given name is Jeff, though.
    • Sergeant Storm
    • Civilian astronaut Doug Davis
  • Holly Hobbie and Friends: Holly Hobbie.
  • Lalaloopsy:
    • Spot Splatter Splash, and her sister, Scribbles Splash.
    • Tippy Tumblelina and her sister, Twisty Tumblelina.
    • Misty Mysterious.
    • Pepper Pots 'n' Pans.
    • Peppy Pom Poms.
    • Charlotte Charades.
    • Cherry Crisp Crust.
    • Scraps Stitched 'n' Sewn.
    • Sprouts Sunshine.
    • Confetti Carnivale.
    • Tinny Ticker.
    • Noelle Northpole.
    • Squiggles 'n' Shapes.
    • Seed Sunburst.
    • Sweater Snowstorm.
  • In the Monster High world, there's Jackson Jekyll/Holt Hyde and Scarah Screams.
  • Pinkie Cooper and the Jet Set Pets has Pepper Parson.
  • Polly Pocket: Polly Pocket.
  • Wacky Packages:
    • Potty Pocket.
    • Strawberry Shortfuse.
    • Their two Lalaloopsy parodies are given the box names of "Crusty Carol" (Lalaleprosy) and "Kooky Karla" (Lalaloopy).
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Mr. Popper's assistant Pippi has a preference for words prefaced with a P. At the end, she falls for a cop named Quint who has a preference for words prefaced with a Q.

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Mr. Popper's assistant Pippi has a preference for words prefaced with a P. At the end, she falls for a cop named Quint who has a preference for words prefaced with a Q.

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