Picard's and Riker's kids: Nathaniel and Superfly, respectively. 
Name the Captains' kids!
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who the hell is 'richard'? and if that's supposed to be Enterprise captains, it's Rachel not 'rachelle' and you missed out 'Demora'.
Maybe Richard Castillo, who commanded the E-C briefly when it went back in time to Narendra III? Although I doubt main-timeline Picard would be aware of that fact.
Then there's Captain Richard Robau from the new movie, but he was captain of the Kelvin, not the Enterprise.
Robau is so badass that no one can be named after him or their entire body will implode.
Movie spoilers, gentlemen ... please hang on for two more weeks.
--Ted
--Ted
Oops, Mispelled Cpt Garrett's name. When was Demora an Enterprise Captain?!
That was indeed the reference I was going for. Sure, Picard probably wouldn't know of him, but if I was being rational I wouldn't have posted that at all
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As far as Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher's child, I'm holding out hope for "Shecky."
More Captain Sulu. Demora, that is!
^ I'd be happy to help....
This is the first I've heard of either couple having any children (serves me right for not keeping up with Trek lit 
), but I quite like the idea of Jean-Luc and Beverly naming their son Jack (if they have a son, that is). Either that or William. William Jack Picard? Jack William Picard? I think I like the former more.
If it's William, maybe Jean-Luc would want to go with Guillaume, instead. Of course, it's not just his choice.
), but I quite like the idea of Jean-Luc and Beverly naming their son Jack (if they have a son, that is). Either that or William. William Jack Picard? Jack William Picard? I think I like the former more.If it's William, maybe Jean-Luc would want to go with Guillaume, instead. Of course, it's not just his choice.
Maybe I'm just strange, but I wish that characters wouldn't name their children after dead people (or even living friends/relations.) It's one of those things that seems to happen in literature waaay out of proportion to real life.
I'd be ecstatic if Picard and Beverly named their son something just because they liked the sound.
Of course, it'll probably be Jack Rene-Robert or something like that.
I'd be ecstatic if Picard and Beverly named their son something just because they liked the sound.
Of course, it'll probably be Jack Rene-Robert or something like that.
I was given the same middle name as my uncle, who was named after his father. If I'm not mistaken, both of KRAD's middle initials are in honor of family members; I know the A is. Then there's Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Jr., son of Eugene Wesley Roddenberry. Then there's the Barrymore dynasty, including John Barrymore, John Drew Barrymore (who almost played Lazarus in "The Alternative Factor"), and Drew Barrymore.
It would be interesting to know if there was a genuine survey somewhere out there as to how common it was/wasn't in society, or in different segments of society. But even given literature's need for allusion and thematic resonance, I wouldn't guess fictional children are named for (in-world) namesakes significantly more so than real children. Just MHO.
David R. George III says: "No comment."
be glad you're not David H Lawrence XVII!
(actor, plays Doyle the 'puppeteer' villain in Heroes)
(actor, plays Doyle the 'puppeteer' villain in Heroes)
You know, I wonder if the naming-after-relatives thing isn't more common with men (because there's less diversity among male names than female and female names tend to vary more widely with time - i.e. the most common male names tend to stay "John, James, Christopher, William, Joseph, David, Robert, etc." while common female names vary more (while some staples like Catherine, Kristen (and variants), Mary, Elizabeth stay common, others come and go more frequently - Addison being an example of a relatively modern name, while Gertrude hasn't been in fashion for a while.) I also wonder if the trend is most prevalent with firstborn children, again particularly with men, where you can carry an actual full name throughout centuries (as in XVII - that's a frickin' dynasty.)
I guess that it's just not that common in my personal experience. My eldest uncles on both the patrilineal and matrilineal sides have first names for fathers, and my aunt shares my grandmother's name, but other than that, naming-after-relatives seems to confine itself to middle names, when at all.
Other than that, there are only a couple of shared names in acquaintances I can think of, particularly among females. I have a pair of cousins named Jessica Laura and Laura Jessica, but that's what you get for letting a five-year-old name her new sibling. It probably just depends on family tradition (after all, when you get up to XVII, are you really going to break the cycle?)
I would love to see statistics on this. Maybe I'll go searching in a couple days.
I guess that it's just not that common in my personal experience. My eldest uncles on both the patrilineal and matrilineal sides have first names for fathers, and my aunt shares my grandmother's name, but other than that, naming-after-relatives seems to confine itself to middle names, when at all.
Other than that, there are only a couple of shared names in acquaintances I can think of, particularly among females. I have a pair of cousins named Jessica Laura and Laura Jessica, but that's what you get for letting a five-year-old name her new sibling. It probably just depends on family tradition (after all, when you get up to XVII, are you really going to break the cycle?)
I would love to see statistics on this. Maybe I'll go searching in a couple days.
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