In name of Trek?

[Warped9]

Does anyone know someone or of someone who was named after a Trek character?

Any real world Uhuras or Hikarus or Odonnas or Shanas or James Tiberius' or whatever out there?

 

[Greg Cox]

I know an Aeryn who was named after the character on FARSCAPE. Does that count?

 

[Tom]

An old co-worker of mine named he daughter Rygel due to Star Trek

 

[BillJ]

I sneaked a 'Benjamin' past my wife for our third child.

Plus we have a cat named 'Tucker', my wife named him that figuring the odds were better that I'd let her keep him. It worked.

 

[Duncan MacLeod]

Well there was this physician named Spock.

But I'm pretty sure his parents didn't name him after the Star Trek character.

 

[1001001]

Our son's middle name is Archer.

Not TOS, but answers the question.

 

[BillJ]

Our son's middle name is Archer.

Not TOS, but answers the question.

Love your signature.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I know a couple who named their daughter "Seven."

Seriously. It's quite a charming and rather dignified name to say, once you get over the initial WTF.

 

[BillJ]

I know a couple who named their daughter "Seven."

Seriously. It's quite a charming and rather dignified name to say, once you get over the initial WTF.

They get it from Trek or the Seinfeld episode?

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[Tora Ziyal]

Do pets count? I once named a fish -- a mini koi -- James Tiberius Koik. Called him Tiberius.

 

[T'Girl]

The actor Kirk Cameron was named after Captain Kirk.

 

[Gary7]

I know a couple who named their daughter "Seven."

Seriously. It's quite a charming and rather dignified name to say, once you get over the initial WTF.

Woman: "What a nice little girl! And how old are you?"
Seven: "I'm seven."
Woman: "And what's your name?"
Seven: "I'm Seven."
Woman: "No, your name dear not your age."
Seven: "Mommy!"

 

[ToddPence]

In a book from the 1970's called "Letters to Star Trek", there is the story of a couple who named their daughter Miri, after that episode. I can only imagine the monstrously awful schoolhood that poor girl must have had. ("No, it's not Mary . . . it's Miri . . . no Miri . . . well see, my parents named me after a Star Trek episode . . . please stop laughing . . .")

 

[Timewalker]

Do pets count? I once named a fish -- a mini koi -- James Tiberius Koik. Called him Tiberius.

That's cute!

I named one of my cats after a character in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novel.

And another cat was named Gussy; people thought it was in honor of my grandfather, whose name was Gustav. But only I knew he was really named after Augustus Caesar.

In a book from the 1970's called "Letters to Star Trek", there is the story of a couple who named their daughter Miri, after that episode. I can only imagine the monstrously awful schoolhood that poor girl must have had. ("No, it's not Mary . . . it's Miri . . . no Miri . . . well see, my parents named me after a Star Trek episode . . . please stop laughing . . .")

It would be annoying if people didn't hear it correctly and made the wrong assumption. I get that all the time with my middle name.

But "Miri" could simply be a shortened form of "Miriam." It's a perfectly good name.

At least they didn't name her after a character in the Gor novels (I didn't know how to react the day I met a college kid named "Tarl." He was rather embarrassed to admit that yes, his parents read Gor books, and I tried very hard not to laugh as he was definitely not anybody's vision of a swashbuckling wencher...).

 

[GeorgeKirk]

When I was a kid, I had a friend named Kirk. His parents were major Trekkies.

 

[Avro Arrow]

We used to have a cat who I named Tribble.

A family member of a friend gave their son the first name Riker.

 

[T'Bonz]

No humans, but my 13-year-old cockatiel is named Dax.

What's amusing is that the first year, we thought he was a she.

Turns out the name was apt. It could fit either sex!

 

[Ssosmcin]

Me. My name is Scott.

 

[Gary7]

When I was a kid, I had a friend named Kirk. His parents were major Trekkies.

Every once in a while, did you call him "friend Kirk"?



Love the "Dax" name choice for your cockatiel, T'Bonz.
About the only sci-fi pet naming I'd ever seen when I was a kid was the neighbors cat, named "Muffit" after Boxy's daggit from BSG. Too close to "muffin" to really be noticed. My neighbors named one of their dogs "Gizmo" (nod to the Gremlins movie).

 

[Lee Enfield]

Do pets count? I once named a fish -- a mini koi -- James Tiberius Koik. Called him Tiberius.

But "Miri" could simply be a shortened form of "Miriam." It's a perfectly good name.

I agree. But I see how a Seven would be laughed at with calling her Number Seven. Even the Trekkies could join in, because she is nowhere near being Number One.