A nameless character is identifiable (as in, their origin is known; there is no need to search for a name), but happens to have no clear name or moniker given.

A nameless character may be...

• A character that appears within a canon piece of media, but has no official name nor a common fan nickname — such as a background character from a cartoon series.
• A character that the artist clearly intends to name (i.e. by referring to them as "that (nameless) guy").
• A character that will likely not receive a name, but is still clearly identifiable across multiple images (sometimes a descriptive moniker is best to create in this case). Alternate versions of the only image they appear in don't count towards this.

Not to be confused with...

• anon — A character who is meant to be a featureless, generic stand-in.
• anthro_anon — As anon, except the generic stand-in more resembles a furry/scalie character.
• anonymous_character — A nameless character should either be from a specific media canon, or be featured in multiple images. Otherwise, use this tag instead.
• unknown_character — A character whose name is not known to the uploader of the post, rather than the character intentionally not having a name.
• unnamed_character — A character which was only drawn for one piece and will never be given a name.