More people with unusual names?

Would it make sense if more anglo-saxons would have Japanese names, some japanese would have polish names and some people from Scandinavia would have sub-saharan names?

I know it sounds confusing at first but wouldn't there be a lot more diversuty on those terms in a truly cosmopolitan Federation?

 

One of my cousins is of Japanese ancestry, he was adopted into the family as a orphan baby, and has a Japanese first name (Katsu) and a Portuguese family name (Espada).

It would make a lot of sense that by the time a few more centuries roll by that family names would be "mixed up."

 

And lets not forget the white British Khan Noonian Singh.

 

Interesting, i rarely pay attention to castingin my Trek when it comes to the TV shows.

He was almost del Toro, but nice catch.

 

As opposed to the Mexican one?

I admit that, as a kid, I didn't pick up on the fact that Leila Kalomi was a Hawaiian name. It just sounded like another exotic alien name like Elaan or Shahna . . . or Dejah Thoris!

 

Princess of Helium.

I've alway wondered if she spoke in a high squeaky voice.

 

That would've made for a very different movie!

 

Harry Kim- English and Korean

Hirkaru Sulu-Japanese and Filipino

B'Elanna Torres- Klingon and Spanish

Jose Tyler-Spanish and English

Donald Cory- Asian with an English name.

Arik Soong-Scandinavian and Chinese

Malik-A European with an Arabic Name

Julian Bashir- European and Arabic

and of course

Khan Noonien Soong- A European (in both incarnations) with a name that mixes Central Asian and Chinese who practiced Sikhism.

 

What about the names Drago-Kazov, Ain Jalut, Lt. Cheka Wey, Zardoza and Jiangnan Freak?

I mean, there's diversity and then there's sock puppetry...

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