Names

A name is used to address a person, or sometimes also an animal (1). In Klingon, it is not possible to derive the gender from a name. With other words: There are no typical male or female Klingon names. (2)

List of canon Klingon names

This list contains canon names, that means approved by Marc Okrand written in Klingon spelling. Please note that entries with question marks are not confirmed, and may be incorrect here.

Non-Klingon and Terran names

English	Klingon	Source	Note
Barbara March	barbara' ma'rIch	Star Trek Communicator #104, p. 17	actress of Lursa
Gwynyth Walsh	ghuwI'nItlh wa'lIS	Star Trek Communicator #104, p. 17	actress of B'Etor
John Colicos	jan qalI'qoS	Star Trek Communicator #104, p. 17	actor of Kor
Michael Ansara	mayqel 'anSa'ra	Star Trek Communicator #104, p. 17	actor of Kang
Michael Dorn	mayqel Do'rIn	Star Trek Communicator #104, p. 17	actor of Worf
James Kirk	jemS tIy qIrk	HolQeD 8:4	Star Trek character
Robert O'Reilly	rabe'rIt 'o'raylIy	Star Trek Communicator #104, p. 17	actor of Gowron
Roxann Biggs-Dawson	raqSan bIQ-DawSon	Star Trek Communicator #104, p. 17	actress of B'Elanna
Spock	SIpoq	Kauderwelsch Klingonisch	Star Trek character

Klingon names

The names from Star Trek: Discovery where transcribed by dialogue translator Robyn Stewart and were vetted by Okrand at qepHom 2019.

The names in this list are sorted by Klingon alphabetical order.

English	Klingon	Source	Appearance	Note
Barot	barot	KGT p. 182	DSN	father of T'vis
B'Etor	be'etor	SBC #26	TNG, DSN, ST7
Chang	cheng	KGT p. 52	ST6
D'Ghor	Daghor	qepHom 2019	DSC
Dennas	DennaS	qepHom 2019	DSC
Duras	DuraS	HolQeD 5.3	TNG, ENT
Gowron	ghawran	SBC #25	TNG, DSN
Grafk	gha'vIq	qepHom 2019	DSC
Grilka	ghIrIlqa'	KGT p. 41	DSN
Gorkon	ghorqan	Mailing list(3)	ST6	son of Toq, house of Makok
Gorkon	ghorqon	Mailing list(4)	Hamlet	ancient spelling, used in Hamlet
Huss	HuS	TKD	DSN	daughter of A'trom
L'Rell	lIr'el	qepHom 2019	DSC
Lukara	luqara'	paq'batlh	DSN	love of Kahless
Lursa	lurSa'	SBC #26	TNG, DSN, ST7
Mara	mara	TKD p. 58	TOS
Martok	martaq	KGT p. 198	DSN
Maltz	matlh	TKD p. 58	ST3
M'Lind	mI'lInnID	KAW, qepHom 2014		father of K'Ratak
Mogh	mogh	KGT p. 41	TNG, DSN
Molor	molor	KGT p. 130	TNG
Mo'Kai	mo'qay	qepHom 2019	DSC
Pok	paq	KCD		son of Torghn
Kargan	qarghan	SBC #7	TNG
Kang	qeng	TKD p. 58	TOS, DSN
Kahless	qeylIS	TKD p. 58	TOS, TNG, DSN
K'mpec	qI'empeq	HQ v10n2	TNG
Kol	qol	qepHom 2019	DSC
Koloth	qolotlh	TKD p. 58	TOS, TAS, DSN
Kor	qor	TKD p. 58	TOS, TAS, DSN
Korax	qoreQ	TKD p. 58	TOS, TAS
Ko(r)tar	qotar	DSN, VOY	paq'batlh	the ferryman on the mythical Barge of the Dead
Ko'lek	qo'leq	KGT p. 41
Kras	QaS	TKD p. 58	TOS
K'ratak	Qa'taq	KAW, qepHom 2014		an important and well known klingon author, son of M'Lind
Krell	Qel	TKD p. 58	TOS, ENT
Krenn	Qen	KCC p. 37		Captain of IKV Fencer in "The Final Reflection"
Krotmag	Qotmagh	KGT p. 17		powerful leader, Krotmag region named for him
Kruge	Qugh	TKD p. 58	ST3
Ruk'evet	ruq'e'vet	KGT p. 17		legendary warrior, Ruk'evet city named for him
Silrek	SIlreq	qepHom 2019	DSC
T'kuvma	tIquvma	qepHom 2019	DSC
T'vis	tI'vIS	KGT p. 182	DSN	son of Barot
Torg	torgh	TKD p. 58	ST3
Torghn	torghen	KCD		father of Pok
Klaa	tlha'a	KGT p. 52	ST5
Klavek	tlha'veq	KAW, qepHom 2014		a klingon author who presumably wrote parts of the ancient paq'batlh
Valkris	valQIS	TKD p. 58	ST3
Vixis	vIqSIS	KGT p. 197	ST5
Wa'Joh'a'	wa'jo''a'	KAW, qepHom 2014		the first Klingon god
Worf	wo'rIv	SBC #8, #20, HQ v4n3	TNG, DSN, ST6, ST7, ST8, ST9, ST10
A'trom	'atrom	KGT p. 197	DSN	father of Huss
Azetbur	'a'Setbur	qepHom 2014	ST6	daughter of Chancellor Gorkon
Or'eq	'or'eq	qepHom 2019	DSC
Ujilli	'ujIllI'	qepHom 2019	DSC

List of non-canon Klingon names from Paramount

This section is for names used in various television series. They have not been created by Marc Okrand. Because they do not have Klingon spellings, they are alphabetized by the English transcriptions.

List of non-canon Klingon names of Klingonists

This section is for names that have been invented by klingonists or authors. That means that they are not canon. Please note the Klingon alphabetical order when adding more names.

Klingonists of Note

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Real name	Klingon name	Grammarian
Andeen, Eric	pagh	BG
Anderson, Alan	ghunchu'wI'	BG, Star Trek: Discovery
Anderson, Joel	jol rojpuqloD, mrklingon
Barron, David	DaraQ	Postal Course
Boozer, Steven	Voragh
Bradley, Jack	DeSDu'	'eSrIv, prolific translator
Braun, Chet	QetaH / HetaQ	Secret Fighting Arts of The Warrior Race
Brown, Jonathan	qe'San	TalkNow
Cheesbro, Roger	DloraH	BG
Cowan, Jeremy	janSIy, qamQel	KLI, KCC, Duolingo
Dadap, Daniel	Hugh	iOS port of boQwI'
Donnelly, Terrence	ter'eS	BG
Dobelbower, Barbara	trI'Qal	BG
Ekstrom, Sarah		KSRP, Hamlet
Everson, Michael	varSan	Unicode
Fenwick, Rhona	QeS	BG, Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Franklin, Randall	yoDtargh	BG
Harness, John	'arHa	BG
Hauhio, Iikka		translation of boQwI'
Litaer, Lieven L.	Quvar valer	BG, translation of boQwI'
Lipscombe, Chris	qurgh	Klingon Christmas Carol
Longton, William	ngenDa' la'	Extended Corpus Project
Malmenbeck, Felix	loghaD	Duolingo, Extended Corpus Project
Martin, William	charghwI'	BG
Matos, Thiago	tI'agho	translation of boQwI'
Miller, Andrew	'enru'	Kaspersky Password Checker
Nicholas, Nick	nIchyon	Hamlet
Okrand, Marc		The Klingon Dictionary
Öqvist, Zrajm	maHvatlh	Klingonska Akademien
Proechel, Glen	pIntIn	Interstellar Language School
Roney, Melanie	naHQun	Klingon Kama Sutra, Religious Text Translation Project
Schoen, Lawrence M.	'angghal, vavoy	Klingon Language Institute
Shoulson, Mark	Seqram
Solska, Agnieszka	'ISqu'	Tao Te Ching, The Art of War, Duolingo
Speers, D'Armond	Holtej	BG
Stauffer, Tad	taD	BG
Stewart, Robyn	Qov	BG, Star Trek: Discovery, Duolingo
Strader, Andrew	ghuy'Do wa'	Hamlet
Trimboli, David	SuStel	BG
Willis, Scott	ngabwI'	BG
Yampell, Rich	Qanqor, Captain Krankor, HoD Qanqor	BG, The Grammarian's Desk
Yonge-Mallo, David	De'vID	boQwI'

Other Klingonists

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Real name	Klingon name	remark
Appleyard, Anthony
Atherton, Christine	vanya
Beckley, Laurel
Beesley, Ken
Blair, Stuart	K'odak
Boese, Daniel	Dep'ong
Buchberger, Ernst	SaghwI'
Clegg, Paul	Paul
Gromis, June	Jar'agh Gromargh
Jekat, Astrid	taj'IH
Jones, Bryan	Se'noj
Kounenos, Michael	Dana'an
Mandel, Mark	marqem
Myers, Heather
Myhrer, Donna
Morse, Daniel	peHruS
Peeters, Thorwald	qa'pIn qI'meQ
Peschier, Jarno	peSHIr
Rodrigues, Nicolau	ghaHbe'wI'
Seifert, Ludwig	SuvwI'noy
Smith, Letty	DrujIv
Stapp, Lisa
Webley, Jonathan	joqral
Weaver, Steve	Soqra'tIS
Whiteacre, Matt	Do'val
Wiersma, Christa	QISta'
Wilkinson, Steven	Qo'DamaH
Wilson, Brad	gheyIl
Willmerdinger, Bill	Qob
Wyman, Rachel	r'Hul
Zay, Eric	SuSvaj

See also

• Grammar
• How to address people
• using ranks and titles with names
• Naming ships

References

1 : The Klingon Dictionary p. 58

2 : Marc Okrand during qepHom 2022

3 , 4 : Message to the list through David Yonge-Mallo of July 1st, 2018