Names - Interesting names in Star Trek, etc.

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[quoteost_uid0="Nan"][color=#000000ost_uid0]in the novels Uhura was given the first name Nyota ("star")[/colorost_uid0][/quoteost_uid0]
[color=#000000ost_uid0]Hmmm... I remember reading a novel in which her first name was Penda ("freedom" in Swahili, I think), and that's what always stuck in my head. I think this is the same source as Hikaru, which was made official in the movies. But this was probably a very early novel, perhaps one of the Vonda McIntyre novelizations...[/colorost_uid0]