BattleTech Name Generator

BattleTech naming works on three levels: the 'Mech, the pilot and the unit. BattleMech chassis names are single strong words or animal names (Atlas, Marauder, Warhammer, Timber Wolf), and Clan designs often carry two labels, the Clan name and the Inner Sphere reporting name given by the first units to face them, so Timber Wolf is also Mad Cat and Dire Wolf is Daishi. Variants add codes like AS7-D or MAD-3R, but the word is what pilots shout over the comm.

Pilot names depend on faction. Inner Sphere MechWarriors have ordinary human names shaded by their Great House: Germanic and Scots for the Lyran Commonwealth, Japanese for the Draconis Combine, Anglo-French for the Federated Suns, Chinese and Russian for the Capellan Confederation. Rank titles differ too, from Leftenant and Hauptmann to Chu-i and Sang-wei. Clan warriors use a single given name and, if they win one in a Trial of Bloodright, a Bloodname inherited from the original 800 warriors of Kerensky's exodus: Ward, Pryde, Kell, Hazen, Malthus, Vickers. Warriors without a Bloodname go by first name only, like Joanna. Mercenaries mostly go by callsigns and unit names, from Wolf's Dragoons and the Kell Hounds to the Bounty Hunter.

The list moves through 'Mech chassis, Clan warriors, Great House characters and original MechWarriors by faction, mercenary commands and callsigns, so you can build a full lance or Star with names that fit the universe.