Why Worf’s Son Alexander Rozhenko Has Human Names, Not Klingon

Summary

• Alexander Rozhenko, son of Lt. Worf, had a human name because he was raised among humans.
• The clash between Worf's Klingon heritage and human upbringing caused many problems for him in Star Trek, which is why he wanted a different path for his son.
• Alexander took on the surname Rozhenko from Worf's adoptive human parents and eventually reconciled with his father and forged his own path.

There's a perfectly good reason why Alexander Rozhenko (Brian Bonsall), the son of Star Trek: The Next Generation's Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) has a human name and not a Klingon one. Alexander was introduced in the TNG episode "Reunion", and appeared in eight episodes of TNG and two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Worf and Alexander's relationship was strained, as the youngster didn't match up to his father's idealized image of a Klingon Warrior. The boy's human name likely exacerbated the complicated situation for Star Trek's favorite Klingon.
The son of the Klingon ambassador and Federation emissary K'Ehleyr (Suzie Plakson), Alexander was largely raised among humans. He did not have the traditional Klingon upbringing that Worf would have liked for his son. It's interesting that, as a survivor of the Khitomer Massacre, Worf was also raised by humans, and so he clearly wanted Alexander to avoid the same pitfalls. Many of Worf's problems in Star Trek were caused by the clash of his Klingon heritage and human upbringing, and this easily explains why he wanted something better for his son. Unfortunately, tragedy intervened when K'Ehleyr was murdered.