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Why Burnham is named Michael.

It's not part of the story, it supposed to speak to our times. To remind us let go of our preconceptions regarding gender. Names, roles, etc. It's probably the most Star Trek thing about this sad production so far.

There's always 2-3 people who take their shot...no matter what the topic...they gutta take their shot.
 
There are men who's names are pronounced Michelle so,

I don't think anyone was trying to make a huge point with the name. I mean writers care about names, there is usually a back story, writers have an imagination. No one cares THAT much about names but apparently, the names in the first draft of the Alien script were so stupid they were re-written.

But beyond that, I don't think the name matters. Her name could be Shera or Dan....
 
I think most people agree it's just a Bryan Fuller thing, which given his tendency to do it again and again feels like a bit of an old gimmick by this point but it's really not a big deal.
I just don't get why he never does it the other way around. Sally Lorca should be a thing.
 
I think most people agree it's just a Bryan Fuller thing, which given his tendency to do it again and again feels like a bit of an old gimmick by this point but it's really not a big deal.
I just don't get why he never does it the other way around. Sally Lorca should be a thing.
I don't know, Sally's a terrible name to go with Lorca. Maybe something like Helen, or Heather Lorca, maybe Sonya Lorca. Hmm, I'm not sure those work either. Lorca's a hard name to work out with anglicized first names.
 
Have you ever heard A Boy Named Sue?
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I still want a line about it being a family name and she's named after her grandmother.
Sure, maybe...
...or named after her grandfather. Why not?

Or it's imply her name, along with some other real-life females named Michael, such as actresses Michael Lerner and Michael Michelle.

The name Michael for females is not that common today, but there was a time in the early 1900s that it was relatively common - and in the future (such as 2256), maybe it will become relatively common again....Or not. But it would still be a "not unheard of" name for females.
 
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