Cadian Name Generator

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.