tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 21 10:05:53 1997
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On Klingon names
On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Stefan (SovwI) wrote:
|<SovwI> came about when a friend asked me how her name would sound in
|<tlhIngan Hol> her name is Sophie, well I came out with <SovwI> and really
|liked the way it sounded, then I found <SuvwI'> & <SovwI'> in TKD, but I
|suppose it really does not matter if my name has meaning in <tlhIngan Hol>
|or not so long as it's not offensive.
Not that a Klingon would particularly care if it were offensive.
I like this story. "Sophie" is, of course, from the Greek {sophia} "wise".
"Sophia" is also used in English for "wisdom, knowledge" (according to the
OED, specifically Divine Wisdom, frequently personified). In Klingon, {Sov}
is a noun meaning "knowledge." A perfect name... for your friend. {{:-)
Our name - Steven/Stefan - is derived from Greek {stephanos} meaning, I
believe, "crown." I think the KSRP Hamlet used {ta' mIv} "emperor's helmet"
for this. I don't like it, but I couldn't think of an alternative, so I
just made up my own Klingon-sounding name.
-- Voragh