Naming practices in Trekverse

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

What first names(akes) are popular? Lots of little Jameses, Kirks, etc? Are alien first names popular with people, too?

Do people take on new last names when they settle a planet, ones which reflect their jobs? Do we have somebody surnamed, "Warpman" or "Transporter", or someone born on a ship named "Enterpriseson/Priseson"?

 

[marlboro]

Lots of little Jameses, Kirks, etc?

With as much as the captain of the Enterprise got around, I'd say that's a safe bet.

 

[Kilana2]

Leonard James Akaar!

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Short names that start with J are popular in every scifi and every action universe. Jim, Jack, John, Jeff.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Are alien first names popular with people, too?

Could be, could be.

There was a DSC episode with a human named T'Shen Kovil. He could have a Vulcan relative, or perhaps his parents named him after a Vulcan they knew (or simply liked the name).

Do people take on new last names when they settle a planet, ones which reflect their jobs? Do we have somebody surnamed, "Warpman" or "Transporter", or someone born on a ship named "Enterpriseson/Priseson"?

The Kzinti do.

In TAS' "The Slaver Weapon" the Kzin commander is called "Chuft Captain". His rank is part of his name, as per standard Kzinti naming conventions.

 

[F. King Daniel]

American names are the most popular in the future.

 

[Sgt_G]

Define "American name". Garcia and Rodriguez are the sixth and ninth most-common last names in USA. So if by "American" you mean WASP names from England, that's not really true. Lots of German sounding names in my home area, including my own name.

Personally, I make a concerted effort to give a decent mix of names in my fiction writing. Here's the list of the humans in the crew on the ship in my latest fiction stories:

Robert James Patrick Weatherford
Dennis Albert Hammerstrom
Otis David Gunderson, Sr
Jeffery Adam "Jazz" Zhou
Juan Vasquez
Albert Yazzie
Ethan Springer
Daniel Levinstein
John Anuniaq
Arthur Peterson
Timothy Paul Hoffman
Thomas McCormack
Zachary Zimmerman
Stanley Christov
Walter Armstrong
Tao Chen
Darrell Jefferson, Jr.
James Smith
Ryan Ochoa
David Wong
Kyle Luke Miller
Ivan Blazek
Richard "Ricky" Pak
Kevin Paul Fitzpatrick
Jon Pace
Jack Henry Nunez
Phillip Argyros
Eric Mosley
Ernesto Sanchez
Bradley Greenwood
Jason Littleton
Geovanni Raphael DeLuca
Michael Gilbert Olsen
Joseph Michael “Mike” Martinez
Nazif Kobal
Charles Morango
Theodore "Ted" Alexander Flynn
William "Bill" Grimm
Nathaniel "Nate" James Wright
Marcus John Nagbe
Christopher Juan Rios
Preston James Winslow, III
David Scott Young
Paul Harrington
Toby Dalagon
Pierre Lambert
Steven Eichenlaub
Robert "Bob" David Carpenter
Fredrick Youngblood
Sergio Baltazar
Caroline Wiggins
Amanda Carr
Ariya Raja
Olivia Joy Swanson
Lorelei Pixie Everhart
Yvonne Elsa Christensen
Vanessa Sue Taylor
Michelle Moretti
Suzette Clarabelle DuBois
Laci Tran
Shannon Kennedy
Susan Tanaka
Pamela Edith Rutledge
Brenda Sinclair
Delilah Elizabeth Jaeger
Daisy Xiang
Marilyn de Groot
Rachael Overton
LaToya Robinson
Kim Leonani Alohilani
Rose Calhoun
Lisa Kingsman
Melissa Jane Black
Ann Kolinski
Zoe Kolinski
Linda May Holliday
Sarah Jane Winters
Debora Lovejoy
Dianne Booker
Amy-Lynn Szczr

Don't worry, I do not intend on writing every single character into my stories. I just wanted a list handy in case I need to mention the night-shift maintenance tech that bumps into the captain when he's going for a midnight snack.

 

[Veronica Hobbes]

When I'm creating characters for any of my stories I usually tend to use family names, surnames anyway. I have a list of surnames that crop up on my mum's side of the family, It's quite a long list and I've not used them all, but I might have to use some in the Discovery fic I'm working on.

I won't list them all but these are some of my favourites or that I want to use: (for humans if it's Star Trek)

Bloxell
Bowditch
Roser
Pink
Harding
Gatland
Saxbee
Sawyer
Sillick
Hitchcock
Tuckney
Verral
Wraight
Holland
Holmes
Huggett
Knight
Legge
Luff
Lyon
Marchant
Noble

I've used my own surname, which is Molloy but it's from my dads side, once or twice.

I imagine though there are some quite unique names in the 23/24 century's. I guess it depends on the character. But I quite like the name Amaranthea, Amara for short, I don't know if it's a particularly spacey name, but I've used it before in a Star Wars type RP.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Short names that start with J are popular in every scifi and every action universe.

Short names in general because they're easy and quick to say.

 

[Kor]

Zaphod would be an interesting name.

Kor

 

[Veronica Hobbes]

Ages ago I found a LOTR name generator where you put yours or another name in and it gave you an elven name. But I’m pretty sure I also found one for Star Trek. That would be a good resource though if you’re struggling to come up with a Star Trek related name or one that would fit.

 

[FormerLurker]

What you do with such a thing is load in actual Star Trek names and see what it spits out in return. Could be interesting.

 

[Veronica Hobbes]

What you do with such a thing is load in actual Star Trek names and see what it spits out in return. Could be interesting.

I never thought of that, I’ll have to try that. I’ll have a look for it when I get home and have a go. It could be interesting though.