Klingon Whorf and Benjamin Lee Whorf?

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A recent post about Star Trek reminded me of a question I've had for a
long time. Does anyone know if the Star Trek character "Whorf" was named
after Benjamin Lee Whorf? Maybe the linguist who wrote the Klingon
language had something to do with this?

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