Guess Number One's name

[Nerys Myk]

I'd love it if Number One's last name was all consonants.

So we're back to Welsh?

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Romjin Lettis

 

[Dark Gilligan]

They have no reason to follow that, they'll ignore it if they want to. A majority of fans probably don't even know that side lore.

What self-respecting fan doesn't honor the work of D.C. Fontana?

 

[Nerys Myk]

What self-respecting fan doesn't honor the work of D.C. Fontana?

I'm more of a Marvel fan... wait, what?

 

[Tuskin38]

What self-respecting fan doesn't honor the work of D.C. Fontana?

It’s not dishonouring it if they don’t know it exists.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Romjin Lettis

Can I get some salad dressing with that?

 

[Jayson1]

Mary Sue Connolly Trump. Just to confuse the Hell out of everyone as to any political nature of the character!

Jason

 

[DaveyNY]

Mary Sue Connolly Trump. Just to confuse the Hell out of everyone as to any political nature of the character!

Jason

She can't be a Trump, they look like this...

 

[guyute03]

Picking an ex-girlfriend from my Catholic High School's name.
Don't ask why, it's just in my head for some reason.

Collette.

 

[F. King Daniel]

What self-respecting fan doesn't honor the work of D.C. Fontana?

A show that gave Spock a human sister?

 

[F. King Daniel]

Picking an ex-girlfriend from my Catholic High School's name.
Don't ask why, it's just in my head for some reason.

Collette.

No. Coilette.

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

So we're back to Welsh?

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[Jackson_Roykirk]

Carl.

But two Carls on the same ship (Carl Spock being the other) would be confusing for TV.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

This reminds of Seinfeld when everyone was trying to guess Kramer's first name.

Good answer; "Cosmo" it is!
Considering she's the first officer on a Starship, Cosmo is a perfect name

 

[cultcross]

But two Carls on the same ship (Carl Spock being the other) would be confusing for TV.

Carl Spock don't get confused for no homie.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

I like the idea that the name is unpronounceable. Maybe Burnham looks at a pad with her name on it and asks, "How the Hell do you pronounce that?!" Then Pike says, "Don't even try, Commander. I just call her Number One."

We have a winner.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

Jane.

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[Takeru]

Ernestine Hobbes.

But I don't really care as long as it's not a play on "one". Una and Primus are both bad because it's so obvious whoever came up with them thought they were being clever except it's as clever as making Crusher's middle name Medicina.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

Ernestine Hobbes.

But I don't really care as long as it's not a play on "one". Una and Primus are both bad because it's so obvious whoever came up with them thought they were being clever except it's as clever as making Crusher's middle name Medicina.

Agree. It would be like Chief engineer Tinkerton Scott or Dr. Hippocrates McCoy (he'd be of mixed Greek-Irish heritage).

EDIT TO ADD:
...Then again, maybe Pike calls her "Number One" partly because her name is Una. Maybe it's a little play on her name + the fact she is the first officer.

 

[Takeru]

EDIT TO ADD:
...Then again, maybe Pike calls her "Number One" partly because her name is Una. Maybe it's a little play on her name + the fact she is the first officer.

That's the after the fact retcon explanation to justify it in universe, but we all know the actual reason.