Cadian Name Generator

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Generate Cadian names for Warhammer 40,000: clipped, hard-edged Guardsman names for Cadian Shock Troops and Kasrkin, ranked officers and commissars, trench nicknames, Kasr-of-origin styles and numbered regiments with battle honours.

About Cadian names

Cadian names are the plain, hard-wearing end of the Imperial naming spectrum. Where the Inquisition and the Ecclesiarchy favour long High Gothic names, the soldiers of Cadia sound like people who grew up in a fortress: Ursarkar Creed, Jarran Kell, Knight Commander Pask, Lukas Bastonne, Minka Lesk. The pattern is a short given name with Germanic, Anglo or Slavic roots followed by a one- or two-syllable surname built from hard consonants (Vance, Dask, Kolvin, Straken, Vosk). Women serve in every rank, and a High Gothic given name (Tiberius, Octavia) paired with a blunt Cadian surname marks an officer from an old family.

Rank is part of the name in the Astra Militarum. Guardsmen are introduced as Trooper, Corporal or Sergeant; cadets are Whiteshields; the elite are Kasrkin; fortress commanders are Castellans and the planet's ruler is the Lord Castellan. Cadians are also known by the Kasr they were raised in, the fortress-cities such as Kasr Kraf, Kasr Derth and Kasr Tyrok, and by the regiment they shipped out with, written as Cadian 8th or Cadian 122nd and usually carrying an earned nickname.

The list opens with a few canon figures, then gives original full names, ranked officers, trench nicknames, Kasr-of-origin names and regiment titles so you can name a whole company, from its colonel to its vox-operator.

How to choose Cadian names

  • Keep surnames to one or two syllables and end them on a hard sound (k, sk, st, t, ck); Kolvin, Dask and Straken read Cadian, while Silverbough does not.
  • Use rank as the first word only for named NPCs and officers; for a squad roster, plain First Last names are enough and the rank goes in a separate column.
  • A trench nickname in quotes (Elke "Ironsight" Roskin) is the quickest way to give a veteran a personality without writing a backstory.
  • For a regiment, pick a number and a nickname tied to an action or a Kasr (Cadian 266th "Tyrok Veterans"); after the fall of Cadia, Refounding and survivor themes are in keeping with current lore.
  • Mix a Latin given name into an otherwise Cadian roster only for senior officers or nobility; too many Tiberiuses in a line platoon feel like an Ecclesiarchy choir.

Frequently asked questions

What do Cadian names sound like in Warhammer 40k?

Short, hard and unornamented. Canon Cadians include Ursarkar E. Creed, Jarran Kell, Knight Commander Pask, Lukas Bastonne and Minka Lesk, and Games Workshop's own naming leans Germanic and Anglo with some Slavic influence. The generator follows that pattern rather than the Latinate High Gothic used for Inquisitors and Sisters of Battle.

Are Cadians still around after the planet was destroyed?

Yes. Cadia fell during the Thirteenth Black Crusade, but surviving regiments, Cadian-born Guardsmen and descendants raised on other worlds are still called Cadians, and new Cadian regiments are still founded from the diaspora. Names referencing Refounding, survivors or the Broken Eye fit that era.

What is a Kasr and why do some names mention one?

A Kasr was a fortress-city on Cadia, such as Kasr Kraf, Kasr Derth or Kasr Tyrok. Cadians often identified by their home Kasr, so a name like Veda Marrick of Kasr Kraf tells you where a soldier was raised and which walls she learned to fight on.

Can I use these names for other Astra Militarum regiments?

The plain full names work for any Imperial Guard regiment with a Germanic or Anglo flavour. For Vostroyans or Valhallans you would want a more Russian sound, and for Catachans something blunter and more nickname-driven, but for Cadian, Mordian or generic Guard characters this list is a good fit.

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All 500 Cadian names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 26 names

  • Adelheid Korr
  • Aelia Myrak
  • Aemilia Kolvin
  • Agathe Vorn
  • Agrippina Mahl
  • Albrecht "Sandbag" Vennerman
  • Alden Reck
  • Aldo Venner
  • Anders Dusk
  • Anja Sorrell
  • Anneliese Dorn
  • Annika Kraft
  • Annika Strelle
  • Ansel Vosk
  • Anselm Varrow
  • Ansgar Venn
  • Anton Prell
  • Antonia Wren
  • Aric Dunmore
  • Armin Sallick
  • Arminka Lesk
  • Arne Kessick
  • Art "Ironbar" Kovalsk
  • Art "Tallyman" Dunmoor
  • Artem Kovask
  • Aurelian Dask

B: 19 names

  • Bastian "Longshot" Ullmann
  • Bastian Ullr
  • Bastien Korrick
  • Beata Volm
  • Bert "Bulwark" Harlock
  • Bram Teslow
  • Bramwell Kast of Kasr Gesh
  • Brent Halsk
  • Brigid Askew
  • Brigitta Halm
  • Brisk "Sixty-Rounds" Corran
  • Brita Kelst
  • Britt Halver
  • Britta Kesk
  • Britta Sorell
  • Brom Vandyk
  • Bruno Vandyk
  • Bryn Holt
  • Bryony Hask

C: 89 names

  • Cadet-Commissar Bex Halloway
  • Cadet-Commissar Tomas Vrain
  • Cadian 1000th "Creed's Thousand
  • Cadian 1010th "Eye-Watchers
  • Cadian 101st "Hellhounds
  • Cadian 1102nd "Sorrow of Derth
  • Cadian 110th Recon "Greycoats
  • Cadian 122nd Armoured
  • Cadian 12th "Iron Eagles
  • Cadian 1313th "Shieldwall
  • Cadian 144th "Gatekeepers
  • Cadian 1500th "Broken Eye
  • Cadian 177th Drop Troops "Skyfall
  • Cadian 19th Kasrkin "Vigil Blades
  • Cadian 1st Kasrkin Company
  • Cadian 2001st "Refounding
  • Cadian 202nd Siege Regiment
  • Cadian 221st Siege Guns "Iron Choir
  • Cadian 23rd Shock Troops
  • Cadian 266th "Tyrok Veterans
  • Cadian 305th Armoured
  • Cadian 313th "Pylon Wardens
  • Cadian 33rd Mechanised
  • Cadian 400th "Gate of Kraf
  • Cadian 411th "Kasr Derth Irregulars
  • Cadian 47th "The Unbroken
  • Cadian 502nd "Wall-Breakers
  • Cadian 50th Whiteshield Cadre
  • Cadian 512th Armoured "Steel Tide

C, continued

  • Cadian 617th Shock Troops
  • Cadian 666th "Penitents of Elysion
  • Cadian 707th "Last Light
  • Cadian 718th "Stormwatch
  • Cadian 79th Shock Troops
  • Cadian 7th Kasrkin "Stormshield
  • Cadian 822nd Heavy Infantry
  • Cadian 850th "Fortress-Born
  • Cadian 88th Artillery "Thunderwall
  • Cadian 8th "The Lord Castellan's Own
  • Cadian 91st "Ashwalkers
  • Cadian 933rd "Last Bastion
  • Cadian 99th Sentinel Squadron "Longstriders
  • Caius Thorne
  • Captain Bertran Kolsk
  • Captain Dorian Mask
  • Captain Ivo Castellane
  • Captain Maren Halsey
  • Captain Sigrun Vellick
  • Carys Belden
  • Casimir Dreyfus
  • Casimir Drost
  • Caspar Ruhl
  • Casper Vey
  • Caspian "Grinder" Ruhland
  • Cassia Rourke
  • Cassius Pell
  • Castellan Brenner of the Pylon Fields
  • Castellan Hask of the Ninth Wall
  • Castellan Maud Rhenning

C, continued

  • Castellan Ottokar Brisk
  • Castellan Prask of Kasr Halig
  • Castellan Torgen Vale
  • Castellan Vorn of the Gate
  • Cato Brandt
  • Claudia Teslak
  • Clement Tarn
  • Cob "Powderkeg" Blaise
  • Colonel Aldous Kerrin
  • Colonel Hesper Vond
  • Colonel Leonid Straker
  • Colonel Ruth Vanderholt
  • Colonel Tadeus Grell
  • Colour Sergeant Joren Vask
  • Colour Sergeant Nadine Prell
  • Commissar Inga Drask
  • Commissar Juno Halberd
  • Commissar Kelvin Strode
  • Commissar Pavel Ruskin
  • Commissar Rhys Tallow
  • Company Commander Ada Rennholt
  • Company Commander Hugh Strathmore
  • Corbin Halsk
  • Cornelia Vosk
  • Corporal Anton Krell
  • Corporal Hobbe Tarrant
  • Corporal Sieglinde Mast
  • Corvin Blake
  • Corvus Rook
  • Crispus Ventris

D: 16 names

  • Dagfinn "Parade-Ground" Strand
  • Dagmar Trell
  • Dagny Stroud
  • Dahlia Prask
  • Dain "Two-Count" Hallbrook
  • Danica Rhode
  • Decimus Haast
  • Dela Vorster of Kasr Holn
  • Dell "Breacher" Prunty
  • Dietrich Sorn
  • Dmitri Sarn
  • Dominik Varr
  • Domitia Haldane
  • Dora Kask
  • Dorothea Volk
  • Drusilla Stahl

E: 13 names

  • Edda Strom
  • Edda Vorn
  • Einar Voll
  • Eira Mallet
  • Eldon Crask
  • Eldric "Gatekeeper" Crass
  • Eliza Strelle
  • Elke "Ironsight" Roskin
  • Elsa Morrick
  • Emeric Dasko
  • Emil Kaspar
  • Enginseer Vorn-7
  • Ewald Kask

F: 17 names

  • Fabian Ruhr
  • Faustina Kress
  • Felix Arnhelm
  • Fennick Strauss
  • Ferdinand "Stitcher" Holmberg
  • Ferne Kellock of Kasr Halig
  • Ferris Holm
  • Flamer Hedda Pruett
  • Flamer Jorn Basker
  • Flavia Mersk
  • Florian Dusk
  • Fred "Pillbox" Kastell
  • Freda Kastel
  • Freya Haldane
  • Frida Holst
  • Frieda Halm
  • Fulvius Vorsk

G: 18 names

  • Gaius Voss
  • Garrick Volne
  • Gerd "Flakboard" Mallory
  • Gerrit Halvane
  • Gesa Holloran of Kasr Gesh
  • Gideon Harsk
  • Greer Vask
  • Gregor Vane
  • Greta Mahl
  • Gunnar "Anvil" Liskow
  • Gunnar Lisk
  • Gunner Britt Hallock
  • Gunner Kaspar Molde
  • Gunnery Sergeant Carla Ostrik
  • Gunnery Sergeant Henrik Dolm
  • Gunther Vell
  • Gustav Hollen
  • Gustav Renholt

H: 27 names

  • Hadrian Strake
  • Hagen Dorst
  • Halder Vance
  • Hale Vorsk
  • Halvard Teslin
  • Hanna Kessick
  • Hanne Dravik
  • Hanne Viers
  • Harald "Nightlight" Kesker
  • Harriet Kesk
  • Haskell "Redline" Thorne
  • Heavy Weapons Trooper Ben Kolter
  • Heavy Weapons Trooper Sanne Dray
  • Hedda Brane
  • Helena Dreyfus
  • Helga Venner
  • Hendrik Mallory
  • Henrik Sarne
  • Hessa Karrow
  • Hester Vorsk
  • Hilda Thane
  • Hilde "Vox" Vanstrom
  • Hilde Vanstrom
  • Holger "Lascannon" Granger
  • Hollis Grane
  • Horatius Vael
  • Hugo Streck

I: 13 names

  • Ignatz Korr
  • Ilka Varnham
  • Ilona Grey
  • Ilse Brandt
  • Ilse Varnholt of Kasr Myrak
  • Ilse Venner
  • Inga Morrow
  • Ingeborg Vale
  • Ingo Pelsk
  • Ingrid Thane
  • Iona Tresk
  • Ivar Brask
  • Ivo Tarne

J: 17 names

  • Jan "Stubber" Strelnik
  • Jana Strell
  • Jarek Voll
  • Jaro Helvane of Kasr Rorzann
  • Jarran Kell
  • Jesper Kolt
  • Jessa Caddick
  • Joachim Strake
  • Johanna Kresk
  • Jonas Veldt
  • Joren Haldt
  • Jorunn Vask
  • Jory "Overwatch" Pask
  • Julia Karrow
  • Jurgen Teller
  • Justinian Orsk
  • Jutta Kren

K: 17 names

  • Kaden Mersk
  • Karin Dolan
  • Kasrkin Jude Halvorsen
  • Kasrkin Mira Stroble
  • Kasrkin Sergeant Lukas Marne
  • Kasrkin Sergeant Olwen Kast
  • Kasrkin Teodor Vosk
  • Kestra Dane
  • Kira Dolan
  • Kiril Desk
  • Kit "Dead-Eye" Dolland
  • Klara Reinholt
  • Knight Commander Pask
  • Kolbjorn Tarrant
  • Kolya Brask
  • Konrad Hallam
  • Kort Halberg of Kasr Stark

L: 39 names

  • Laszlo Kren
  • Laurentius Blake
  • Leif Dunmoor
  • Lena Orsk
  • Lennart Holsk
  • Lenz Hollander of Kasr Derth
  • Leon Kaskell
  • Leopold Dorsk
  • Liesbet "Firebreak" Karnell
  • Liesel Dane
  • Liesl Karn
  • Lieutenant Anse Morrigan
  • Lieutenant Emil Sarrick
  • Lieutenant Hanna Drost
  • Lieutenant Tarn Hollis
  • Lieutenant Vitus Kreel
  • Lise Mavrik
  • Liv Straker
  • Livia Holt
  • Lorcan Veil
  • Lord Castellan Eberhard Voss
  • Lord Castellan Ostrek
  • Lord Castellan Venn
  • Lord Commissar Dietrich Vorn
  • Lord General Freya Kasterline
  • Lord General Marius Hollt
  • Lorenz Kastner
  • Lothar Voss
  • Lotte Hanslow of Kasr Tyrok
  • Lotte Varnas
  • Luca Merrin
  • Lucan "Banner" Merriman
  • Lucilla Strell
  • Lucius Rask
  • Lucretia Pask
  • Ludwig Crask
  • Lukas Bastonne
  • Lukas Ferrick
  • Luther Ventris

M: 32 names

  • Magda "Shellshock" Vesker
  • Magda Vesk
  • Magdalena Kress
  • Major Ansel Pryde
  • Major Bruno Hollander
  • Major Ilka Stroman
  • Major Wendel Kaske
  • Makar "Cutter" Tellman
  • Marcella Sorrell
  • Marcus Straken
  • Maren Klask
  • Marit Hollis
  • Marit Solke
  • Markus Teller
  • Marla "Hatchet" Strenn
  • Marta Ostrek
  • Master of Ordnance Renata Sorsk
  • Master of Ordnance Viggo Halm
  • Mattias Ven
  • Maxim Tolk
  • Maximus Thorne
  • Medicae Anya Fenmark
  • Medicae Joss Harrowell
  • Meike Stroud of Kasr Jark
  • Mette Garran
  • Mikel Dravik of Kasr Derth
  • Mikkel Vane
  • Mina "Grapeshot" Tesker
  • Minna Dorsk
  • Mira Tannick
  • Mira Teslak
  • Morrow Tesk

N: 9 names

  • Nadja Boll
  • Nell "Bayonet" Kovar
  • Neris Pell
  • Nero Korrick
  • Nerys "Halfstep" Pellan
  • Nessa Crane
  • Nikolai Drexel
  • Nils Rourke
  • Noor Haskett

O: 16 names

  • Octavia Bastonne
  • Octavian Vost
  • Oda Kesselring
  • Odessa Vance
  • Odile Garran
  • Olaf "Old Reliable" Trask
  • Oona Strelle of Kasr Tyrok
  • Oona Varrick
  • Orrin Dask
  • Osgar Venn of Kasr Kraf
  • Oskar Vael
  • Oswin Kroft
  • Otho Vandermeer
  • Ottilie Rhen
  • Ottmar Kellick
  • Ottoline Brask

P: 14 names

  • Pavel Kirsk
  • Pell "Stonewall" Kester
  • Per Kolvane of Kasr Myrak
  • Petra Kolvin
  • Petronella Hask
  • Piet "Slugger" Halloway
  • Piet Halloran
  • Pieter Straken
  • Platoon Commander Ines Kaldt
  • Platoon Commander Roald Venker
  • Pola "Blackout" Venn
  • Portia Rhode
  • Preacher Josiah Crane
  • Priscilla Rennick

Q: 2 names

  • Quartermaster Sergeant Per Kallick
  • Quintus Kessler

R: 21 names

  • Radek Stroma
  • Ragna Stroud
  • Rasa Holtz
  • Rasmus "Trench" Holmquist
  • Regimental Advisor Elias Wendt
  • Regimental Chirurgeon Ada Tholl
  • Regulus Maskell
  • Renna Holtz
  • Rhea Barrick
  • Rina "Quickmatch" Voll
  • Roald Kastell
  • Roderick Pask
  • Rolf Tannek
  • Roman Dasker of Kasr Partox
  • Rook "Wire-Cutter" Halden
  • Rosa Teslow
  • Rourke Stahl
  • Ruben Tasker
  • Rudiger Haast
  • Rurik Maskin
  • Ruth Karsten

S: 35 names

  • Sabina Hesk
  • Sabine Rennick
  • Sanna Tollick of Kasr Vasan
  • Sapper Gil Mander
  • Sapper Ulla Kroft
  • Saskia Wren
  • Scout Mila Tressick
  • Scout Sergeant Hest Varan
  • Sebastian Rusk
  • Sela Morrick
  • Selene Dorn
  • Selka Vorne
  • Selma "Watchfire" Morrissey
  • Septimus Harsk
  • Sergeant Brannoch Tyle
  • Sergeant Dalen Morsk
  • Sergeant Ilvy Kastrel
  • Sergeant Mael Skarne
  • Sergeant Orla Veskin
  • Sergeant Rutger Haldt
  • Severus Prask
  • Sigrid Leske
  • Silvanus Kell
  • Sniper Emmett Vail
  • Sniper Tove Ruskel
  • Solveig Kast
  • Solvi Marrick
  • Sorcha Venn
  • Soren "Pathfinder" Kastning
  • Soren Kastner
  • Standard Bearer Aurel Dunstan
  • Standard Bearer Kaja Lindt
  • Stef "Longwatch" Rokeby
  • Stefan Rook
  • Suki "Lasburn" Drenner

T: 29 names

  • Taavi Drost of Kasr Sonnen
  • Tamsin "Chokepoint" Daskell
  • Tamsin Vey
  • Tank Commander Edda Varrow
  • Tank Commander Ragna Holst
  • Tank Commander Ulf Kressler
  • Tarek Molsk
  • Teo "Ricochet" Basset
  • Tessa Myrak
  • Thaddeus Vell
  • Thea Kellerman
  • Thom "Grudge" Vandermast
  • Tiberius Lesk
  • Tilde Hask
  • Tilde Marr
  • Titus Dunmore
  • Tobin Maskell
  • Tomas Ridley
  • Tor "Hardstop" Brennick
  • Tormund Dressler
  • Torvald Brenner
  • Tova Ridley
  • Trooper Greta Sallow
  • Trooper Jannick Roe
  • Trooper Lars Vendt
  • Trooper Ola Kendrick
  • Trooper Pim Hasler
  • Trude Holm
  • Tullia Varnham

U: 5 names

  • Ulfric Pask
  • Ulric Pask of Kasr Arrok
  • Ulrich Manning
  • Ursarkar E. Creed
  • Ursula Dreyer

V: 15 names

  • Valeria Hallam
  • Varla Hesk
  • Varro Kessler
  • Varus Tarne
  • Veda Marrick of Kasr Kraf
  • Verena Stroud
  • Vesna "Coldfront" Halk
  • Veteran Sergeant Kjell Brask
  • Veteran Sergeant Margit Halse
  • Vibia Kesselring
  • Viggo Pralle
  • Viktor Lorne
  • Viktoria "Static" Lorensen
  • Vox-Operator Doran Kelst
  • Vox-Operator Lise Ankerman

W: 8 names

  • Wendel Sorsk
  • Whiteshield Kolby Vasher
  • Whiteshield Liv Dennick
  • Whiteshield Osric Pelle
  • Whiteshield Tessa Harne
  • Wolfram Tesk
  • Wren "Bastion" Tasker
  • Wren Taskar

Y: 3 names

  • Yana Brisk of Kasr Fortis
  • Yara Trent
  • Yevgeni Rask