Yes, That's Really Alex Lawther's Character's Name on Alien: Earth

The Alien franchise has always understood something very important about the sci-fi genre: there’s gotta be some cool and/or weird names.

In the far-flung future established by Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, human and synthetic characters alike have monikers that dance off the tongue. The original movie, of course, features Sigourney Weaver’s mononymic “Ripley” (later revealed to be the surname of Ellen Ripley). James Cameron’s Aliens introduces both the android “Bishop” and young colonist Rebecca “Newt” Jorden. More recently, Fede Álvarez’ 2024 spinoff Alien: Romulus dubbed its Cailee Spaeny-portraying lead Marie Raines “Rain” Carradine.

Alien: Earth , the first TV series set in the Alien mythos , has quite the onomastic legacy to live up to. Many of the names introduced in episod