What was Star Trek character Uhura's first name? Was it ever said during the series or movies?
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Uhura's first name, if she has one, has never been definitively established in Star Trek canon. However, three names have been suggested as possible first names for Uhura: "(U)Penda", "Nyota" and "Samara". In many appearances at Star Trek conventions, Nichols has indicated that the character is "Nyota (U)penda Uhura".2 The non-canon book The Best of Trek suggests that Uhura's first name is "Penda", coined when a group of fanzine authors suggested it to her at an early convention. When writing the licensed tie-in, Star Trek II Biographies for Pocket Books, author William Rotsler contacted Nichelle Nichols and sought her approval for using the name "Nyota", and this name started appearing in original Star Trek novels, such as Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan. "Nyota" was also used as Uhura's first name when Nichols reprised the character in the fan film Star Trek: Of Gods and Men. That "Nyota" is the Swahili word for "star" is mentioned by William Shatner in his book, Star Trek Memories. Startrek.com uses the name Nyota on their character biography page for the Animated Series but not on the TOS biography page. According to FASA's deprecated Star Trek RPG, Uhura's first name is "Samara".
Generally, because Nichols stated that the correct name is "Nyota", this is considered the correct name.
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M$You could also contrast this with most (all?) Vulcans in the star trek series, (Spock, Tuvok, T'Pol, numerous guest characters,) and numerous other races, such as Klingons, Ferengi, and countless others.
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http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Uhura
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M$I didn't quite catch it clearly but it is definitely something like Nyota
oddly her name in Avatar is similar; Neytiri
BTW; Uhura means freedom in Swahili
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Although the name has not appeared in the Star Trek canon, in many appearances at Star Trek conventions, Nichols has indicated that the character is "Nyota (U)penda Uhura". The non-canon book "The Best of Trek" suggests that Uhura's first name is "Penda", coined when a group of fanzine authors suggested it to her at an early convention. When writing the licensed tie-in, "Star Trek II Biographies" for Pocket Books, author William Rotsler contacted Nichelle Nichols and sought her approval for using the name "Nyota", and this name started appearing in original Star Trek novels, such as "Uhura's Song" by Janet Kagan. That "Nyota" is the Swahili word for "star" is mentioned by William Shatner in his book, "Star Trek Memories". Startrek.com uses the name Nyota on their character biography page for the Animated Series but not on the TOS biography page. According to FASA's non-canon Star Trek RPG, Uhura's first name is "Samara".
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