Name A name was a word or combination of words that identified a specific person or subject . Having a name was preferable than being addressed by one ' s position , according to The Doctor . As of 2372 , he had " " reviewed historical , literary and anthropological databases from over five hundred world s " " to no avail . Kes suggested some Ocampa names to him , such as Benaren ( her father ' s name ) Elrem ( her uncle ) and Tarrik ( a boy she once knew ) . ( ) The EMH considered several names of famous medical doctor s , such as Pyong Ko , Schweitzer , Jarvik and Pasteur , believing it might encourage the crew of the to treat him with more respect than if they merely referred to him as " Doctor " or " Hey , you " . ( ) ( The latter echoed Leonard McCoy ' s sentiment over a hundred years previous that referring to the Minaran woman as " Gem " was better than " Hey you " . ( ) First name . A first name , or given name , was the name that was usually assigned to an individual by one ' s parent s . The waitress had had names picked out for her future children since she was 10 year s old , and had decided to marry the first man who guessed them correctly . In 2143 , guessed " Cyrus " , " " , and " Rosalie " , but none were on her list . ( ) In 2153 , several crewmen on suggested names for the mimetic simbiot later known as Sim , including Steven , Enriquez , and Dennis . Dr . Phlox seemed to care little for the last one . ( ) In 2267 , James T . Kirk , after initially accepting Zefram Cochrane ' s introduction to him as merely " Cochrane " , asked for his first name . ( ) Calling someone by their first name generally indicated a close relationship between the two parties . In 2266 , the " evil " half of Kirk asked Janice Rand to call him " Jim " , referring to her as " Janice " . ( ) In 2267 , when Spock referred to Christine Chapel as " Miss Chapel " , she reminded him of her first name . ( ) In 2268 , the Romulan female squadron commander reminded Spock that she had a first name . When she whispered it to him , he declared it " " rare and beautiful . " " ( ) When William T . Riker was given Q powers in 2364 , he began to refer to Jean - Luc Picard as " Jean - Luc " , as Q often did . ( ) " Kirk attempted unsuccessfully to learn ' s first name three times : " " His eventual knowledge of her first name came secondhand ; just prior to Kirk and ' s transporting over to the supposed cargo bay of the " Narada " , he overheard Spock call her " Nyota " . When Kirk asked Spock if it was her first name , he declined to comment . " ( ) In 2364 , ' s failure to use Riker ' s first name proved that he was not who he claimed to be ( he was actually a hologram ) . ( ) In 2370 , Jason Vigo asked the officer guarding him what her name was . When she replied with " " Lieutenant Rhodes " " , he clarified by saying he meant her first name . She told him it was Sandra . ( ) In 2376 , after re - gaining their individuality , former Borg drone s Icheb and Mezoti recalled their given names . Mezoti thought her name to be pretty . ( ) Occasionally , inanimate objects were also given names . Julian Bashir recalled once that some American frontiersmen gave their rifle s names , prompting Miles O ' Brien to quip , " " Maybe I ' ll start calling my tricorder Sally . " " ( ) Middle name . A middle name is a name that can optionally be added in between first and last names . Middle names were often shortened to initials only . William T . Riker never cared much for his middle name . In 2369 , his transporter double took it as a first name , leading Will to comment on how different they were . ( ) Middle names could be given to honor a relative . In 2372 , Ensign Samantha Wildman considered giving her unborn baby the middle name " Greskrendtregk " after her Ktarian father . ( ) Icheb was named after his father ' s middle ( " second " ) name . ( ) Surname . A surname , family name or last name is a name added on to the given name of individuals , often to indicate a family or clan relationship . Vulcan family names are nearly unpronounceable by Humans . ( ) Kzinti surnames were titles added to their names over their careers . ( ) Human women traditionally change their surnames to that of their husband upon marriage , such as Keiko O ' Brien did . ( ) Most Klingons were addressed by their given names , and their full names had a patronymical surname , such as " son of Mogh " or " daughter of W ' mar " . ( ; ) The Trill are born with family last names . Once joined , they adapt their symbiont ' s name as their surname . ( ) Many Bajoran s , who have their family names as first names , have " distorted " their names in order to more easily acclimate to Starfleet and Federation norms . ( ) In 2369 , Data found it odd that Orton ' s family dropped the prefix " Pel " from their surname , as having such a prefix denoted nobility . He suggested that social change towards a more egalitarian society might be responsible for the alteration . ( ) Members of Vilix ' pran ' s species are addressed by the second part of their name . For example , Vilix ' pran is addressed as " Pran . " ( ) The Miradorn , seem to have a surname as a hyphenated part of their own name . Evidence of this is Ah - Kel and Ro - Kel . ( ) Charles Tucker referred to Feezal as " Mrs . Phlox , " likely confusing Human custom with Denobulan customs . ( ) The Ferengi do not appear to use surnames , although they have occasionally been heard to use " son of . . . " or " daughter of . . . " in a similar fashion to the Klingons . ( ) " Upon first meeting in the alternate reality , initially mistook ' s last name for her first name , as she gave no other . ( ) " A maiden name was a woman ' s surname prior to marriage , when she would often take her spouse ' s surname . " In 2259 of the alternate reality , used the alias " Carol Wallace " , which combined her real first name with her mother ' s maiden name . ( ) Stella Mudd ' s maiden name was Grimes . ( ) Last name surnames . Societies with apparent last name surnames include : Societies where individuals were addressed by their second name include : First name surnames . Societies with first name surnames include : Namesakes . Sometimes a person or animal was named after another to honor the former . " In the alternate reality , was named after his maternal grandfather , instead of his paternal grandfather ( The latter provided his middle name ) . ( ) " As a result of Benjamin Finney ' s close friendship with James Kirk , the former ' s daughter Jame Finney was named after the captain . ( ) Eleen named her son Leonard James Akaar after McCoy and Kirk , respectively . ( ) In Barash ' s holoprogram , Jean - Luc Riker was named after Picard . ( ) Eline named Batai after a deceased friend of her husband Kamin . ( ) Dax , son of Kang was named after Curzon Dax . ( ) Kirayoshi O ' Brien was named after his surrogate mother Kira Nerys . ( ) " In an alternate timeline where the was stranded on Gaia in the 22nd century , Molly and several other Mollys descended from Miles O ' Brien and Rita Tannenbaum were named after Molly O ' Brien . ( ) " Sek named his daughter after his grandmother . ( ) Reginald Barclay named his cat after ' s Talaxian morale officer , a gesture that The Doctor said would make him feel honored . ( ) Icheb was named after his father ' s second name , a fact he recalled in 2376 after re - gaining his individuality . ( ) Abaddon was named after his father , who in turn was named after his grandfather . ( ) Individuals could also have ships and inanimate objects named after them . Among Human s , it was customary to name something of note after its discoverer . In 2153 T ' Pol suggested that a nebula discovered by her and Jonathan Archer be named the Robinson Nebula , in honor of A . G . Robinson . ( ) Lwaxana Troi once had a star named after her by a astronomer from Rigel IV . ( ) Tom Paris named a ship he purchased , after Alice Battisti . ( ) Miral Paris was named after B ' Elanna Torres ' s mother Miral , something John Torres felt she would have liked . ( ) Background information . Several characters and starships in various " Star Trek " iterations have been named after famous individuals or members of the production team . This is particularly true when okudagram s feature the names of characters only mentioned in writing , such as the Raymond family tree , or names on a dedication plaque . In an attempt to reconcile two or more alternate names given to characters in Trek lit , later books have often combined the apparently conflicting names to create one complete name , such as in the case of Black . Characters lacking portions of their name in canon have also been named after the actors who played them when they appear in lit , such as , named " Beggs Hansen " in the TOS novel Best Defense , after Hagan Beggs , the actor who played him in .