Re: Vulcan names
Steven Boozer 
Thu, 08 Oct 1998 14:32:52 -0500

: If you consider Voyager canon, I could cite that one episode where
: they got letters from home, remember? T'Pel mentioned that their new
: granddaughter was named T'Mina. Since Voyager hasn't been gone for
: seven years, I assume T'Mina is still an infant or a toddler and
: therefore wouldn't have been betrothed.
: 
: T'Zaq

It was spelled T'meni in the Closed Captions to "Hunters".

But you're right, T'Pel wrote Tuvok that his "first son, Sek, had passed
though
the pon farr, mated, and had a daughter whom he named T'meni, in honor of his
grandmother" -- presumably Tuvok's mother.

Here's a list of the /T'/ names I know of from the episodes and movies:

 T'Lar    high priestess at Mt. Selaya (ST3)
 T'meni   Tuvok's mother (Hunters)
 T'meni   Tuvok's granddaughter (Hunters)
 T'Paal   "Romulan" Tallera's real name (Gambit)
 T'Para   ancient Vulcan teacher in Raal according to Falor's Journey
   (VOY: episode name not recorded; anyone remember?)
 T'Pau    elder of Sarek's House, a descendent from Surak (Amok Time)
 T'Pel    Tuvok's wife (Hunters, et al.)
 T'Pring  Spock's betrothed (Amok Time)

Add to this the kohlinahr High Master at Gol, seen talking to acolyte Spock in
ST:TMP, whose name escapes me.

And remember that just as not all men have /S/ names (e,g. Xon, Vorick and
Tuvok), not all women's names begin with /T'/.  There was Dr Selar from TNG
and, IIRC, a Vulcan Maquis agent who wanted to buy weapons from Quark on DS9. 
Anyone remember any others?


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