Battlestar Galactica Name Generator

Colonial names, callsigns and battlestars for the Fleet

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Generate Battlestar Galactica style names: Colonial pilots with callsigns such as Major Oriel "Switchback" Sokol, officers, deck crew and civilians, battlestars like Battlestar Hyperion and Battlestar Steadfast, fleet ships and colony place names.

About Battlestar Galactica names

Names in Battlestar Galactica sound almost like ours. People have ordinary given names (William, Laura, Kara, Lee, Felix) and surnames that sit slightly off-center: Adama, Roslin, Thrace, Tigh, Gaeta. Pilots also answer to a callsign, usually written in quotes between the two names, so Kara Thrace is Starbuck and Lee Adama is Apollo. This list follows the same pattern with invented people.

Beyond the plain full names, about half of the entries carry a rank, a callsign or a title. Viper and Raptor pilots have a callsign and often a rank, from Ensign to Major. Deck crew and Marines hold enlisted ranks such as Chief, Specialist and Sergeant, and senior officers run from Commander to Admiral. Civilians include doctors, priestesses and delegates to the Quorum.

The rest are ships and places. Battlestars in the show carry grand single names, many from myth (Pegasus, Valkyrie, Atlantia), so you will find Battlestar Hyperion beside Battlestar Steadfast, along with civilian ships in the manner of Astral Queen and Cloud Nine. The Twelve Colonies take their names from the zodiac, Caprica from Capricorn and Picon from Pisces, and the place names here are built the same way.

How to choose Battlestar Galactica names

  • Earn the callsign. In the show a callsign comes from a pilot's habits, mistakes or luck, so choose one that hints at a story, such as "Dead Stick" for someone who once landed without engines.
  • Keep ranks plausible: Ensigns and Lieutenants fly, a Captain can lead the air group as CAG, and a Commander or Admiral runs a battlestar.
  • Name a battlestar to suit her crew. Myth names such as Battlestar Andromache sound grand and traditional, while virtue names such as Battlestar Resolute suit a hard-fighting ship.
  • Tie a character to a colony. A pilot from Tauron Flats or a priestess from Gemenon Shrine arrives with a home, a faith and a grudge or two.
  • For a Cylon who passes as human, take one of the plain full names, since the human models in the show use ordinary names.

Frequently asked questions

How are names written in Battlestar Galactica?

Rank first, then the given name, the callsign in quotes and the surname, the way Kara "Starbuck" Thrace is usually written. Entries such as Ensign Atticus "Dead Stick" Nash follow that order. Crew without a callsign use rank and name alone, as in Chief Rowan Brisk.

Are these characters and ships from the show?

No, the list is invented in the style of the series and is not official. Canon names such as Adama, Starbuck, Galactica and Pegasus appear only in this guide as examples of the pattern. An invented name may coincide by chance with one used somewhere in the wider franchise.

How are battlestars named?

The battlestars of the show carry grand single names, many from myth, such as Galactica, Pegasus, Valkyrie and Atlantia. The list keeps to that with myth names like Battlestar Hyperion and Battlestar Tisiphone and virtue names like Battlestar Steadfast and Battlestar Indomitable.

What do the colony place names mean?

The Twelve Colonies are named for the zodiac: Caprica for Capricorn, Tauron for Taurus, Gemenon for Gemini and so on. The list adds settlements on those worlds, such as Tauron Flats and Leonis Heights, and new zodiac-style worlds such as Taurea and Ophion.

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A: 23 names

  • Aaron Corvane
  • Admiral Gareth Sokol
  • Admiral Miles Walsh
  • Admiral Neil Holt
  • Admiral Philo Emery
  • Admiral Yuri Rinaldi
  • Admiral Zara Haddad
  • Adrian Voss
  • Aerilon Crossing
  • Aerilon Fields
  • Aerilon Harvest

A, continued

  • Agnes Falk
  • Alec "Foxfire" Dace
  • Alida Fennick
  • Ambrose Adair
  • Andrei "Roughneck" Varn
  • Anika Hadrick
  • Anton Quade
  • Aquaria Deep
  • Aquaria Pearl
  • Aquaria Shoals
  • Aquaris
  • Arion

B: 69 names

  • Bastian "Vapor" Nikandros
  • Battlestar Achilles
  • Battlestar Aegis
  • Battlestar Agamemnon
  • Battlestar Ajax
  • Battlestar Alcyone
  • Battlestar Andromache
  • Battlestar Ares
  • Battlestar Argo
  • Battlestar Audacious
  • Battlestar Bellona
  • Battlestar Cerberus
  • Battlestar Charybdis

B, continued

  • Battlestar Chimera
  • Battlestar Concordia
  • Battlestar Constancy
  • Battlestar Daedalus
  • Battlestar Dauntless
  • Battlestar Demeter
  • Battlestar Elysium
  • Battlestar Endurance
  • Battlestar Eurydice
  • Battlestar Fortitude
  • Battlestar Fortuna
  • Battlestar Gorgon
  • Battlestar Helios
  • Battlestar Hephaestus

B, continued

  • Battlestar Hestia
  • Battlestar Hydra
  • Battlestar Hyperion
  • Battlestar Icarus
  • Battlestar Implacable
  • Battlestar Indomitable
  • Battlestar Intrepid
  • Battlestar Invicta
  • Battlestar Juno
  • Battlestar Kronos
  • Battlestar Leonidas
  • Battlestar Marathon
  • Battlestar Mnemosyne
  • Battlestar Nemesis

B, continued

  • Battlestar Odysseus
  • Battlestar Olympus
  • Battlestar Parnassus
  • Battlestar Perseus
  • Battlestar Relentless
  • Battlestar Resolute
  • Battlestar Sovereign
  • Battlestar Steadfast
  • Battlestar Styx
  • Battlestar Telamon
  • Battlestar Tenacity
  • Battlestar Themis
  • Battlestar Thermopylae
  • Battlestar Theseus

B, continued

  • Battlestar Tisiphone
  • Battlestar Triumph
  • Battlestar Valiant
  • Battlestar Vanguard
  • Battlestar Victoria
  • Battlestar Vigilant
  • Beatrix Braskin
  • Benedict Garrity
  • Bram Gallus
  • Bree "Jester" Yardley
  • Bright Passage
  • Brother Kellan Cassiar
  • Brother Lars Turner
  • Brother Luke Crispin

C: 84 names

  • Calla Dorsey
  • Calliope "Oddball" Fraser
  • Callum "Keystone" Janos
  • Canceron Docks
  • Canceron Market
  • Canceron Venture
  • Cancria
  • Cancria Harbor
  • Caprica Dawn
  • Caprica Gardens
  • Caprica Lakeside
  • Capricos
  • Captain Ada "Moonshot" Cassiar
  • Captain Alexei "Knuckles" Pandar

C, continued

  • Captain Cassius "Tinderbox" Moretti
  • Captain Drusilla "Ironclad" Lusk
  • Captain Gemma "Dynamo" Hobbs
  • Captain Hana "Halfpenny" Palmer
  • Captain Ian "Uproar" Lukan
  • Captain Jana "Wishbone" Zeman
  • Captain Joss "Tinman" Kestar
  • Captain Kasimir "Shortfuse" Octaris
  • Captain Korinna "Clockwork" Warden
  • Captain Nestor "Vortex" Gault
  • Captain Nyssa "Iceberg" Tiberon
  • Captain Penelope "Ricochet" Emery
  • Captain Perrin "Tumbledown" Severin
  • Captain Ulysses "Pepper" Carver

C, continued

  • Captain Xavier "Halyard" Sayle
  • Captain Zara "Pinwheel" Tolle
  • Carys "Featherweight" Koval
  • Caspian Cadoc
  • Cassia Venn
  • Celia Harl
  • Chief Bastian Ramsey
  • Chief Demetrius Salvano
  • Chief Oriel Dorn
  • Chief Penelope Wolcott
  • Chief Rowan Brisk
  • Chief Wyatt Oakes
  • Chief Yolanda Tomasek
  • Chief Zeke Lucaris

C, continued

  • Cleo "Nightjar" Strake
  • Clio Farrow
  • Cole "Steeplejack" Aquilon
  • Colonel Andrei Reyes
  • Colonel Cordelia Hask
  • Colonel Nyssa Moretti
  • Colonel Stavros Aquilon
  • Colonel Tarek Baranek
  • Colonel Tomas Mirkov
  • Colonel Troy Lawson
  • Colonel Val Nakano
  • Commander Alec Aurelin
  • Commander Cole Pandar
  • Commander Eudora Lukan

C, continued

  • Commander Hal Salvano
  • Commander Junia Klyne
  • Commander Korinna Irving
  • Commander Orion Varn
  • Commander Otto Brack
  • Commander Remus Gallian
  • Commander Vivian Keane
  • Conrad Bannick
  • Cora Hesper
  • Cordelia "Topspin" Gallian
  • Corinne Maddox
  • Corporal Cassius Ramsey
  • Corporal Electra Orestin
  • Corporal Maxim Icarian

C, continued

  • Corporal Olive Jarvis
  • Corporal Pierce Stavrin
  • Corporal Talia Voight
  • Councilor Ilsa Pellion
  • Councilor Kasimir Vitale
  • Councilor Reed Zephyrin
  • Councilor Rhian Palmer
  • Crewman Bryn Turner
  • Crewman Hana Pruitt
  • Crewman Joel Xanthos
  • Crewman Maia Tarquin
  • Crewman Nico Veck
  • Crewman Ursula Demetral
  • Cyrus Orlan

D: 32 names

  • Daphne Roark
  • Dara "Embers" Reeve
  • Darius Vaun
  • Deckhand Anya Slate
  • Deckhand Calliope Ingram
  • Deckhand Dorian Decker
  • Deckhand Joss Quintal
  • Deckhand Melina Tomasek
  • Deckhand Zoe Varrus
  • Delegate Freya Dalton

D, continued

  • Delegate Gia Osborne
  • Delegate Leda Flavian
  • Delegate Rafe Rudd
  • Delegate Reed Tanaka
  • Delegate Xanthe Reeve
  • Delia Dovane
  • Demetrius "Payday" Crispin
  • Desmond Ilario
  • Despina "Hammerfall" Fabrin
  • Dione Tallis
  • Distant Shore

D, continued

  • Dmitri Ivarr
  • Doctor Drew Crane
  • Doctor Elias Tarn
  • Doctor Heath Dragan
  • Doctor Jace Vitalis
  • Doctor Perrin Coleman
  • Doctor Ulysses Sinclair
  • Doctor Vince Lysandre
  • Doctor Wade Underhill
  • Drew "Knockout" Novik
  • Duncan Mercator

E: 30 names

  • Edmund Eland
  • Elara Daine
  • Electra "Lockjaw" Dalton
  • Elias "Hopscotch" Vash
  • Elise Jessen
  • Emerald Drift
  • Emil Kaelen
  • Ensign Abel "Driftwood" Decker
  • Ensign Atticus "Dead Stick" Nash
  • Ensign Bryn "Quarterdeck" Slate
  • Ensign Dorian "Rustbucket" Tessaro
  • Ensign Faye "High Card" Theodane
  • Ensign Freya "Anvil" Petrov
  • Ensign Gareth "Flashpoint" Walsh
  • Ensign Joel "Inkwell" Threll

E, continued

  • Ensign Junia "Vagabond" Andros
  • Ensign Nerissa "Rattletrap" Tarn
  • Ensign Olive "Brimstone" Czerny
  • Ensign Pierce "Kingfisher" Abbott
  • Ensign Rowan "Windchime" Vitale
  • Ensign Sloane "Doorstop" Holt
  • Ensign Talia "Snowblind" Brack
  • Ensign Tomas "Drifter" Yates
  • Ensign Wren "Backfire" Hesperin
  • Ensign Yelena "Tumbler" Damaris
  • Eris Joule
  • Esme "Hardcase" Pellion
  • Eudora "Zenith" Marcellan
  • Evander Wrenn
  • Ewan "Tripwire" Haldt

F: 3 names

  • Felix Arden
  • Florian Kolvane
  • Frank Kestrin

G: 11 names

  • Gemenon Shrine
  • Gemenon Steps
  • Gemenon Votive
  • Geminar
  • Gideon Pryce
  • Gilded Swan
  • Grant "Yardbird" Calidon
  • Greta Larkos
  • Gunnery Sergeant Nell Creel
  • Gunnery Sergeant Sophia Janos
  • Gwen Lach

H: 8 names

  • Hal "Afterglow" Juliard
  • Harlan Merrin
  • Harvest Moon
  • Heath "Longshot" Leontes
  • Hector Lyall
  • Helena Marrick
  • Hope "Lucky Seven" Klyne
  • Hugo Mosk

I: 7 names

  • Ilsa "Needle" Rinaldi
  • Imogen Norcross
  • Ione Thessal
  • Irene Stavro
  • Iron Lantern
  • Ismene "Hailstone" Sabrino
  • Isolde Narro

J: 6 names

  • Jace "Blackout" Morrow
  • Jasper Ostrand
  • Jonah Sorrell
  • Jude Orrin
  • Julia Prosk
  • Julian Strade

K: 5 names

  • Kala Meru
  • Kate "Sawtooth" Xanthos
  • Katya Praxos
  • Kurt "Greyhound" Upton
  • Kyra Pallas

L: 47 names

  • Lake Leontis
  • Lars "Nightcap" Parrish
  • Leander "Whisper" Hartley
  • Leda "Nomad" Trajane
  • Lena Pell
  • Leon Castellan
  • Leonis Bay
  • Leonis Heights
  • Leonis Pride
  • Leontis
  • Libran Forum

L, continued

  • Libran Justice
  • Libran Terrace
  • Librath
  • Lieutenant Alethea "Slingshot" Creel
  • Lieutenant Boyd "Stormcrow" Varrus
  • Lieutenant Dana "Patches" Barrow
  • Lieutenant Elena "Jackknife" Rhys
  • Lieutenant Gia "Minnow" Lucaris
  • Lieutenant Hermia "Underdog" Castillo
  • Lieutenant Isla "Jigsaw" Drex
  • Lieutenant Ivan "Eightball" Finch
  • Lieutenant Kellan "Roulette" Tarquin

L, continued

  • Lieutenant Kim "Earshot" Ellery
  • Lieutenant Lavinia "Buckshot" Hask
  • Lieutenant Luke "Pitchfork" Aurelin
  • Lieutenant Miles "Fastball" Tanaka
  • Lieutenant Nico "Haymaker" Garrow
  • Lieutenant Reed "Lantern" Baranek
  • Lieutenant Sam "Overtime" Pruitt
  • Lieutenant Sophia "Bingo" Icarian
  • Lieutenant Tarek "Crosswind" Haddad
  • Lieutenant Titus "Bottlecap" Orestin
  • Lieutenant Troy "Mainspring" Ingram
  • Lieutenant Ursula "Whiplash" Nakano

L, continued

  • Lieutenant Val "Crackerjack" Radek
  • Lieutenant Willa "Sunspot" Navarro
  • Lieutenant Xanthe "Zigzag" Kearse
  • Linus Quarr
  • Livia Santor
  • Long Road Home
  • Lorenzo Rusk
  • Lower Tauron
  • Lucan Hale
  • Lucius "Wildcard" Quintal
  • Lydia Aldric
  • Lyra "Ironside" Sutton

M: 22 names

  • Maeve Sykes
  • Maia "Gadfly" Stavrin
  • Major Alexei "Mudlark" Flavian
  • Major Anya "Coldsnap" Quist
  • Major Dara "Junkyard" Lysandre
  • Major Ewan "Jawbreaker" Bryne
  • Major Finn "Two Step" Gibbons
  • Major Isla "Headwind" Dragan
  • Major Ivan "Tailspin" Veck
  • Major Oriel "Switchback" Sokol
  • Major Oscar "Magpie" Jarvis

M, continued

  • Major Rafe "Catapult" Coleman
  • Mara Kessel
  • Marcus Delvane
  • Marta Vancek
  • Maxim "Wayfarer" Pryor
  • Melina "Bullseye" Ishida
  • Milo "Goldrush" Jennings
  • Mina "Flintlock" Vickers
  • Minerva Rhane
  • Morning Tide
  • Myra Calder

N: 7 names

  • Nathan Rorke
  • Neil "Matchstick" Grady
  • Nell "Scarecrow" Landry
  • New Arion
  • Niall Stroud
  • Nikolas Torvald
  • Nora Taggert

O: 9 names

  • Octavia Tavian
  • Ophelia Ulster
  • Ophion
  • Ophion Outpost
  • Orion "Sidewinder" Bishop
  • Oru Talis
  • Oscar "Sixpence" Neville
  • Otto "Lodestar" Irving
  • Owen Tarsis

P: 41 names

  • Paul Zanek
  • Percival Vonn
  • Peter Illis
  • Petra Quill
  • Petty Officer Alethea Drex
  • Petty Officer Despina Nash
  • Petty Officer Elena Keane
  • Petty Officer Finn Castillo
  • Petty Officer Grant Strake
  • Petty Officer Ian Nance
  • Petty Officer Seth Nikandros
  • Petty Officer Wren Trajane
  • Philo "Doubledown" York

P, continued

  • Phoebe Carrow
  • Picon Anchorage
  • Picon Meridian
  • Piers Ulven
  • Pilgrim's Hope
  • Piper "Bootstrap" Lawson
  • Piscera
  • Piscera Station
  • Port Picon
  • President Ada Damaris
  • President Callum Garrow
  • President Lucius Kemp
  • Priestess Carys Radek
  • Priestess Esme Tolle

P, continued

  • Priestess Faye Monroe
  • Priestess Gemma Nance
  • Priestess Piper Octaris
  • Priestess Una Gault
  • Private Atticus Vash
  • Private Bree Gibbons
  • Private Hermia Severin
  • Private Milo Finch
  • Private Thessa Juliard
  • Private Titus Fraser
  • Professor Heath York
  • Professor Ismene Morrison
  • Professor Maia Hesperin
  • Professor Tarek Yardley

Q: 2 names

  • Quentin Vettori
  • Quiet Orbit

R: 8 names

  • Rear Admiral Dana Threll
  • Rear Admiral Yelena Tiberon
  • Remus "Lowball" Okafor
  • Renata Whitlow
  • Rhea Lorne
  • Rhian "Gremlin" Crane
  • Roland Galt
  • Rosalind Wyck

S: 43 names

  • Sabine Rask
  • Sagitta Prime
  • Sagittaron Hills
  • Sagittaron Pilgrim
  • Sagittaron Vale
  • Scorpia Landing
  • Scorpia Wind
  • Scorpia Yards
  • Scorpion Reach
  • Second Sunrise
  • Secretary Dorian Sayle
  • Secretary Neil Koval
  • Secretary Val Rhys
  • Selene Varga

S, continued

  • Sergeant Boyd Haldt
  • Sergeant Cleo Zeman
  • Sergeant Jana Marcellan
  • Sergeant Kate Oakes
  • Sergeant Kurt Navarro
  • Sergeant Lavinia Hartley
  • Sergeant Nerissa Frayne
  • Sergeant Sam Marsh
  • Seth "Low Tide" Kemp
  • Silas Yannick
  • Silver Halcyon
  • Simon Trask
  • Sister Evening
  • Sister Kim Valens

S, continued

  • Sister Lyra Carver
  • Sister Tamar Dace
  • Specialist Abel Mirkov
  • Specialist Drusilla Reyes
  • Specialist Hope Rudd
  • Specialist Ismene Havlik
  • Specialist Leander Raye
  • Specialist Mina Korr
  • Specialist Nestor Osborne
  • Specialist Sloane Underhill
  • Specialist Willa Vitalis
  • Specialist Xavier Morrison
  • Stavros "Corkscrew" Voight
  • Stefan Dray
  • Stellan Yarden

T: 15 names

  • Tamar "Rimshot" Keld
  • Tamsin Jarrow
  • Taurea
  • Taurea Plateau
  • Tauron Flats
  • Tauron Star
  • Tess Zabrin
  • Tessa Noor
  • Thalia Zarrin
  • Thea Korrigan
  • Theron Blaise
  • Thessa "Paperclip" Monroe
  • Tobias Kerne
  • Twelve Lights
  • Twin Rivers of Geminar

U: 3 names

  • Ulric Alcott
  • Una "Thunderclap" Marsh
  • Uriah Ackley

V: 11 names

  • Valeria Bellane
  • Veda Ishan
  • Vera Borel
  • Vesta Nyland
  • Victor Halloran
  • Vince "Freefall" Sinclair
  • Virgana
  • Virgon Courier
  • Virgon Court
  • Virgon Spire
  • Vivian "Outrider" Vasko

W: 5 names

  • Wade "Upshot" Ellery
  • Wallace Urquist
  • Walter Cassidane
  • Wesley Crole
  • Wyatt "Stitch" Demetral

X: 1 name

  • Xenia Yarro

Y: 4 names

  • Yara Drakos
  • Yolanda "Sparrow" Frayne
  • Yuri "Yo-Yo" Skane
  • Yvette Drummond

Z: 4 names

  • Zachary Eskar
  • Zeke "Quickdraw" Valens
  • Zeno Everin
  • Zoe "Quicksilver" Cornelis