Why Burnham is named Michael.

[Mad Jack Wolfe]

Let's not forget Lindsey Buckingham

I mean that guy is one of the coolest ever.

Definitely one of the most underrated guitarists.

 

[StarMan]

I would have gone with Bernard.

 

[Neumann]

What if there was a religious undertone?

Captain Gabriel, CO Michael. Where's Raphael?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Then there's Leslie Nielsen and Marion Morrison (John Wayne) to consider. Just saying.

And Leslie Towns Hope better known as "Bob".

 

[Big Data]

Maybe because the Vulcans named her and they have a hard time distinguishing between human males and females.

 

[Big Data]

We have name days in Sweden, and today is Michael.

Oh sweet. We also have this in Game of Thrones.

 

[Xhiandra]

Okay, guys, get this: George Michael. His birth first name is Γεώργιος, which in Latin characters is spelled Georgios - one letter off from Georgiou. And the timing is about right for the names to be in honor of his passing?

Confirmed: Burnham is going to serve under captain Georges Oscar Bluth next.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Maybe because the Vulcans named her and they have a hard time distinguishing between human males and females.

Pretty sure it's the same as the differences between Vulcan males and females.

 

[Tuskin38]

Maybe because the Vulcans named her and they have a hard time distinguishing between human males and females.

She wasn't named by the Vulcans.

 

[Jack Watkins]

Going as record

Let's not forget Lindsey Buckingham

I mean that guy is one of the coolest ever.

Let the man speak, Diondre!

 

[DamarsKanar]

My first instinct was she was named by Vulcans and so they couldn't really distinguish male or female names for humans but they had heard the name Michael and just went with it.
However having seen the first two epissed, I suspect she as indeed named by humans. In which case, my guess is its a hint at gender neutrality in the future or something like that.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

Why Burnham is named Michael.

Because that’s the name of one of her grandparents?
Because that’s the name her godfather and/or parents chose for her?
Either reply is acceptable in Greek culture.