Which makes you wonder what she signed on the treaty ending the war in WYLB.
Most of his names can be used as first names, Ryan, Connor, even Leslie. In fact, I think some novels do name him Ryan Leslie.
Notable characters who never got a full name (in canon, at least).
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Which makes you wonder what she signed on the treaty ending the war in WYLB.
Most of his names can be used as first names, Ryan, Connor, even Leslie. In fact, I think some novels do name him Ryan Leslie.
FORBIDDEN PLANET, surely a strong influence on STAR TREK, used a lot of naval titles, such as "bosun" (boatswain). The captain referred to him by title throughout the movie, and only once by given name. ("Thank you, Steve" when he brought out the tractor.)
If only the writers had given him a surname, like Higgs...
If only the writers had given him a surname, like Higgs...
To take the opposite approach, my username may be the only Romulan to have two names as opposed to just one.
The infamous Caithlin Dar.
That's a good point, 'cause she definitely signed her name as something. I suppose Salome Jens may have signed her own name just for fun, but that doesn't make sense in universe.
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There's the possibility that it's an alias too, since Q had known her by a different name. Presumably she used a first name while living on 19th Century Earth.
^ Sam Clemens called her Guinan...
Fair enough. So I guess there's two (and a precedent if we're being charitable).
The modern novels go with "John Kyle". And "Winston Kyle" for his mirror counterpart.
I've always thought it was Winston Kyle in the 'real' universe. I guess I was mistaken.
You'd think that Vulcans would logically use more than one name since a language can only have so many syllables. That's my assessment, anyway.
He called her "Miss Guinan," which could be him using a first or last name. With Clemens being from the south Guinan might have been her first name to Clemens knowledge.
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Well, Spock was sometimes referred to as 'Spock, son of Sarek' in a formal manner. Although rarely shown, maybe that's how Vulcan names were meant to work like arabic style patronymics (Name, son of [father] [clan name]), however in informal settings, the full name is abbreviated.
I get the feeling that both Romulns and Cardassians, being rather formal in their demeanour use the family name in all circumstances except very informal moments with their closest friends and family
It even took Garak several years to tell Julian that his first name was Elim.
Enabran Tain however appears to be the exception, in that he was happy to use his full name.
There are of course the Ferengi who seem to use only single names, whick must be given names not family names. Maybe in Ferengi society, any second names, family names etc are reserved entirely for business use and considered inpolite for use in casual conversation.
I get the feeling that both Romulns and Cardassians, being rather formal in their demeanour use the family name in all circumstances except very informal moments with their closest friends and family
It even took Garak several years to tell Julian that his first name was Elim.
Enabran Tain however appears to be the exception, in that he was happy to use his full name.
There are of course the Ferengi who seem to use only single names, whick must be given names not family names. Maybe in Ferengi society, any second names, family names etc are reserved entirely for business use and considered inpolite for use in casual conversation.
I read in one of the Best of Trek books that Kyle's first name is Winston (named after the actor who played him, John Winston).
Of course he has more than one name. Both Amanda and Spock refused to say it, though; it took Amanda many years of practice and she still wasn't perfect at it, and Spock flat-out told Leila she wouldn't be able to pronounce it.
The fanfic series in my sig uses one of the popular fan versions that's been around for at least 30 years, though.
(the pattern is "individual's name, son/daughter of (father's name), of the clan _____")
Dukat's initials were given in one of the episodes where he records a log as S.G.
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