Chaos Warband Name Generator

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Generate Chaos warband names in the style of Warhammer 40,000: renegade Chapters, Legion splinter bands, god-dedicated cults and Black Crusade hosts. Canon warbands sit alongside hundreds of original names for your own Chaos Space Marine army, Kill Team or Black Library-style fiction.

About Chaos warband names

Chaos warband names in Warhammer 40,000 follow a handful of recognisable shapes. The oldest are plural epithets that read like a Chapter name turned sour: Red Corsairs, Brazen Beasts, Steel Cobras, Dragon Warriors, Violators. A second group names the band after its leader or its god (Hakanor's Reavers, Skyrar's Dark Wolves, Hounds of Abaddon, Sons of Malice), and a third uses a definite article and a single loaded word that sounds like a verdict: The Purge, The Scourged, The Cleaved, The Foresworn. Legion splinters usually keep a trace of the parent, so Iron Warriors offshoots talk about siege and grand companies, Death Guard bands about plague and decay, Thousand Sons cabals about glass, nines and change.

The strongest names imply a history. Crimson Slaughter was once the Crimson Sabres; the Company of Misery and the Sons of Vengeance wear their grievance in the name. A renegade Chapter that fell recently should still sound Imperial with one word corrupted, while a ten-thousand-year-old host can be as baroque as the Apostles of Minthras or the Oracles of Change.

This list mixes canon warbands and Legions with original names in every style: Undivided raiders, god-marked cults, Black Crusade hosts and small Kill Team-sized bands.

How to choose Chaos warband names

  • Decide the warband's origin first. Fresh renegades keep a Chapter-style name with one corrupt word (Knights of Blood, Soul Drinkers); ancient Legion splinters can use cult and covenant language freely.
  • Match the vocabulary to the patron god: skulls, brass and blood for Khorne; rot, plague and flies for Nurgle; glass, nine, change and cabal for Tzeentch; perfection, rapture and excess for Slaanesh. Undivided bands get darker, vaguer words like ruin, malice and the Eye.
  • Leader-named bands (Hakanor's Reavers, Blackheart's Chosen) work well for small Kill Teams and narrative campaigns because the warlord's name and the warband's fate are tied together.
  • Avoid stacking adjectives. Canon names are rarely more than two or three words, and the best single-word names (Violators, Tormentors, Purge) land harder than four-word titles.
  • Check the name against your colour scheme and iconography: a warband called the Brass Scorpions should look like brass scorpions on the tabletop, and a name that hints at a symbol is easier to freehand onto shoulder pads.

Frequently asked questions

Are these real Warhammer 40k Chaos warbands?

Some are. The list opens with canon warbands and Legions such as the Black Legion, Red Corsairs, Crimson Slaughter, The Purge, Brazen Beasts and Sons of Malice so you have reference points, but the large majority are original names written in the same styles, so you can use them for your own army without clashing with published lore.

What is the difference between a Chaos warband and a Traitor Legion?

The nine Traitor Legions are the original Heresy-era forces. A warband is any smaller Chaos Space Marine force, whether it split from a Legion, fell as a loyalist Chapter, or formed around a single warlord. Most Chaos armies on the tabletop represent a warband rather than an entire Legion, which is why warband names matter so much.

How do I name a warband dedicated to a specific Chaos god?

Borrow that god's imagery. Khornate bands use blood, brass, skulls and the number eight; Nurgle bands use plague, rot, flies and seven; Tzeentchian cabals use change, glass, nine and sorcery; Slaaneshi hosts use perfection, rapture, song and six. Undivided warbands usually reach for ruin, malice, the Eye or the warlord's own name.

Can I use these names for a renegade Chapter or a Kill Team?

Yes. Names shaped like Chapter names (Knights of Blood, Soul Drinkers, Steel Cobras) fit a recently fallen Chapter, while leader-named and cult-style names fit a small Kill Team or a narrative campaign warband. Pair any of them with the Chaos Space Marine name generator to fill out the warlord and his Chosen.

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A: 11 names

  • Alpha Legion
  • Ancient Poxkeepers
  • Apostles of Minthras
  • Apostles of Ruin
  • Ash Wolves of Sorrow
  • Ashbringers
  • Ashen Armada
  • Ashen Fangs
  • Ashenfall Legion
  • Astral Claws
  • Axe Lords of Ghenna

B: 40 names

  • Baleflame Cabal
  • Banefire Warband
  • Bastion Breakers
  • Berzerkers of the Black Star
  • Bile Lords
  • Black Cobras
  • Black Consuls
  • Black Legion
  • Black Pilgrims
  • Blackbriar Reavers
  • Blackened Host
  • Blackfire Reavers
  • Blackheart's Chosen
  • Blades of the Crimson Dusk
  • Bleeding Choir
  • Bloat Reavers
  • Bloated Host
  • Blood Gorgons
  • Blood Knights of Sheol
  • Blood Pact
  • Blood Reavers of Urn
  • Bloodcrowned
  • Bloodied Hand of Ghaz
  • Bloodsworn Reavers
  • Blue Flame Reavers
  • Bone Lords of Karrakos
  • Brass Scorpions
  • Brazen Beasts
  • Brazen Reavers
  • Bringers of Ash
  • Bringers of Decay
  • Broken Sigil
  • Brotherhood of Darkness
  • Brotherhood of the Eye
  • Brothers of the Frayed Skein
  • Brutes of Karnath
  • Burning Eye Cabal
  • Burning Talons
  • Butcherhorde
  • Butchers of the Blind Star

C: 43 names

  • Cabal of Nine Eyes
  • Cabal of the Fractured Mirror
  • Cabal of the Ninefold Glass
  • Cadia's Bane
  • Carnage Brethren
  • Carnival of Hooks
  • Carrion Host
  • Carrion Wind
  • Chaplains of Lorgar
  • Children of Rust
  • Children of the Maelstrom
  • Children of the Warp
  • Children of Torment
  • Cinderborn Host
  • Claws of Lorek
  • Claws of Sevatar
  • Cogsworn Legion
  • Cohort of the Broken Chain
  • Company of Misery
  • Corpus Brethren
  • Corsairs of the Red Eye

C, continued

  • Corsairs of the Sable Fleet
  • Corsairs of the Writhing Stars
  • Coven of Ash
  • Covenant of the Chapel Militant
  • Covenant of Thorns
  • Crimson Maw Brethren
  • Crimson Slaughter
  • Cult of Sorrowed Knowledge
  • Cult of the Black Ship
  • Cult of the Bloated Sun
  • Cult of the Bloody Hand
  • Cult of the Broken Chalice
  • Cult of the Burning Sigil
  • Cult of the Mutable Eye
  • Cult of the Nine Wings
  • Cult of the Obsidian Tome
  • Cult of the Prismatic Scream
  • Cult of the Seeping Throne
  • Cult of the Shifting Mask
  • Cult of the Sibilant Song
  • Cult of the Sixth Sense
  • Cult of the Unblinking Sun

D: 19 names

  • Dark Apostles of Ghalmek
  • Dark Hunters of the Long Night
  • Death Choir
  • Death Guard
  • Death Shadows
  • Desolate Brotherhood
  • Desolation Company
  • Disciples of Destruction
  • Disciples of Fulgrim
  • Disciples of Rapture
  • Dogs of Ruin
  • Doom Reapers of Halgor
  • Doom Wolves
  • Dragon Warriors
  • Dread Covenant
  • Dread Fist Legion
  • Dusk Legion
  • Dusk Raiders of Eriad
  • Dusk Wolves

E: 7 names

  • Eclipse Warband
  • Ecstatic Brethren
  • Embers of Isstvan
  • Emperor's Children
  • Exiles of Khyrus
  • Extinction Angels
  • Eyes of the Maelstrom

F: 10 names

  • Fallen Lions of Kharad
  • Fanatics of the Ninth Door
  • Fist of Eternal Night
  • Flamewrights of Sortiarius
  • Flawless Host
  • Flayed Scholars
  • Flayers of Nostramo
  • Flensers of Morvant
  • Fly Lords of Vorrath
  • Forsworn Sons

G: 16 names

  • Gal Vorbak Reborn
  • Gatebreakers of the Eye
  • Gharrok's Hunters
  • Ghost Legion of Pythos
  • Gilded Scream
  • Gilded Wretches
  • Gore Choir
  • Gore Lords
  • Grand Company of Ruin
  • Grave Pilgrims
  • Grave Reapers
  • Grave Wolves
  • Graven Sons of Thrace
  • Grim Reapers of Cadia
  • Gutrot Brotherhood
  • Gutterkings of Helmark

H: 25 names

  • Hakanor's Reavers
  • Hammer of Olympia
  • Harbingers of Rot
  • Harbingers of the Red Dawn
  • Harbingers of the Third Plague
  • Harrowmasters
  • Hellbrand Corsairs
  • Hellforged Brethren
  • Hellhounds of Khavros
  • Heralds of Grandfather
  • Heralds of the Changer
  • Heralds of the End Times
  • Heralds of the Ninefold Change
  • Heralds of the Second Siege
  • Hex Lords of Arvenis
  • Hexbound Brethren
  • Hollow Saints
  • Host of the Eighth Hour
  • Hounds of Abaddon
  • Hounds of Huron
  • Hounds of Scarlath
  • Hounds of Scarn
  • Hounds of the Long Night
  • Hydra Cult
  • Hydra's Teeth

I: 9 names

  • Immolators
  • Iron Ghosts of Urghast
  • Iron Penitents
  • Iron Reavers of Ghorrak
  • Iron Skulls of Morrax
  • Iron Tyrants
  • Iron Warriors
  • Iron Wraiths
  • Ironclad Reavers

K: 9 names

  • Keepers of the Nine Veils
  • Keepers of the Ninth Gate
  • Kindred of Ashes
  • Knights Dolorous
  • Knights of Blood
  • Knights of Tarnwood
  • Knights of the Eightfold Ruin
  • Knights of the Long War
  • Knights of Vortigern

L: 12 names

  • Lavish Marauders
  • Leeches of Skaros
  • Lords of Decay
  • Lords of Dread
  • Lords of Khamor
  • Lords of Rapture
  • Lords of Silence
  • Lords of the Flayed Star
  • Lords of the Red Pyre
  • Lords of the Seventh Sore
  • Lords of Vhul
  • Lost Sons of Sothis

M: 8 names

  • Maggot Lords
  • Magi of the Broken Circle
  • Malice Brethren
  • Marauders of Ghul
  • Marauders of the Abyssal Gate
  • Miasma Company
  • Mortarion's Pallbearers
  • Murder-Wind Warband

N: 6 names

  • Night Lords
  • Night Reapers
  • Night Screamers
  • Nightfall Covenant
  • Ninety-Third Grand Company
  • Ninth Circle

O: 3 names

  • Oathbreakers of Caliban
  • Operatives of the Seventh Coil
  • Oracles of Change

P: 17 names

  • Pale Riders of Ghalroth
  • Pallbearers of Typhus
  • Pallid Reavers
  • Pariahs of Hollow Sun
  • Perfect Sons
  • Pilgrims of Colchis
  • Pilgrims of the Seven Sores
  • Plague Choir
  • Plague Wolves of Fenrar
  • Plaguebearers of Xanthe
  • Plaguemarch Company
  • Pleasureborn Marauders
  • Pox Wardens
  • Prodigal Sons
  • Pustulent Host
  • Pyrae Covenant
  • Pyre Lords

R: 24 names

  • Ragebound
  • Raptors of Ecstasy
  • Raptors of the Crimson Tempest
  • Ravagers of Ghorst
  • Ravagers of Nekhros
  • Ravenous Ones
  • Ravens of Ash
  • Reaperbane Covenant
  • Reapers of the Black Eye
  • Reavers of Badab
  • Reavers of Skalagrad
  • Reavers of the Eye
  • Reavers of the Gilded Sun
  • Red Butchers
  • Red Corsairs
  • Red Hounds of Ossara
  • Rend Lords
  • Renegades of Vordrast
  • Rot Hounds of Kharis
  • Rotwater Reavers
  • Rubric Lords
  • Ruinous Host
  • Rust Lords
  • Rust-Eaters

S: 67 names

  • Sable Crusaders of Vhorl
  • Saints of the Morbid Eye
  • Scarab Covenant
  • Scarab Hosts of Hesper
  • Scarred Brotherhood
  • Scions of Decay
  • Scions of Ruin
  • Scions of the Wound
  • Scourge of Solmaris
  • Seekers of the Broken Crown
  • Serpent's Coil
  • Serrated Host
  • Seventh Harrowing
  • Shadow Cell Omegon
  • Shadow Hunters of Tsagualsa
  • Shadow Wolves
  • Shrike Lords
  • Siege-Wraiths
  • Silken Choir
  • Siren Reavers of Maraviglia
  • Sixty-Sixth Grand Company
  • Skarrak's Butchers
  • Skinwalkers of Axor
  • Skull Cult of Varrox
  • Skull Reapers of Skalathrax
  • Skullbrand Marauders
  • Skyrar's Dark Wolves
  • Sons of Alpharius
  • Sons of Angron
  • Sons of Decay
  • Sons of Excess
  • Sons of Horus Eternal
  • Sons of Lucius

S, continued

  • Sons of Malice
  • Sons of Perturabo
  • Sons of Pestilence
  • Sons of Ruin
  • Sons of Scorn
  • Sons of Sek
  • Sons of Sekhmet
  • Sons of Sorrow
  • Sons of the Anvil
  • Sons of the Black Sun
  • Sons of the Broken Throne
  • Sons of the Cyclops
  • Sons of the Dark Hunt
  • Sons of the Eye
  • Sons of the Forsaken
  • Sons of the Night Haunter
  • Sons of Vengeance
  • Sons of Wrath
  • Sorcerer Kings of Xaphan
  • Sorcerers of the Drowning Hour
  • Sorcerous Kindred
  • Sorrow Reavers
  • Soul Drinkers
  • Soulburners of Akhris
  • Soulrenders
  • Spite Hounds
  • Spiteborn
  • Star Reavers of Kayvaan
  • Steel Cobras
  • Storm of Sorrow
  • Storm Reavers of Khuvos
  • Storm Tyrants
  • Stormcrows of Dax
  • Sunderers of Ravax

T: 138 names

  • Tainted Brethren
  • Tallyman's Host
  • Talons of Mirenne
  • Terror-Wings
  • The Abyssal Host
  • The Apostate Host
  • The Ashen Pact
  • The Baleful Host
  • The Bitter Company
  • The Bitter Crown
  • The Bleak Reapers
  • The Blightborne
  • The Blighted Thirteen
  • The Bloodborn
  • The Bloodied Maw
  • The Bonegrinders
  • The Brass Knell
  • The Broken Halo
  • The Burning Word
  • The Carrion Knights
  • The Changeling's Eye
  • The Cinder Hounds
  • The Cleaved
  • The Crimson Blades
  • The Crimson Voice
  • The Desecrators
  • The Despoiler's Fist
  • The Despoilers
  • The Dispossessed
  • The Dragonmaw Brotherhood
  • The Dripping Crown
  • The Eightfold Blade
  • The Eightfold Hounds
  • The Eightfold Path

T, continued

  • The Exalted Host
  • The Exquisite Slaughter
  • The Eyeless Blades
  • The Faceless Cell
  • The Ferrous Dead
  • The Final Testament
  • The Flayed Crusade
  • The Foresworn
  • The Gangrene Court
  • The Gilded Cage
  • The Gilded Dead
  • The Glass Prophets
  • The Gorefathers
  • The Gravemaw Host
  • The Gravewardens
  • The Harrowers
  • The Hate Eternal
  • The Heretic Brotherhood
  • The Hollowed
  • The Howling Thirteen
  • The Invocators
  • The Iridescent Host
  • The Iron Circle
  • The Iron Pyre
  • The Jackal Brotherhood
  • The Khornate Reavers
  • The Maelstrom Choir
  • The Maelstrom Wolves
  • The Maimed Pleasure
  • The Malefactors
  • The Many-Headed
  • The Midnight Talons
  • The Mourning Blades
  • The Nightmare Lords
  • The Nine Tyrants

T, continued

  • The Nine Unwritten
  • The Nine-Scarred
  • The Ninefold Scar
  • The Obsidian Pact
  • The Ouroboros Cabal
  • The Painbringers
  • The Pale Emissaries
  • The Pantheon's Chosen
  • The Perfect Host
  • The Perfumed Blade
  • The Punishers
  • The Purge
  • The Ragged Crown
  • The Raptorial Host
  • The Rapturous
  • The Ravenous
  • The Razorwind Host
  • The Reborn
  • The Rending Hand
  • The Rot Crusade
  • The Rotting Lion
  • The Rust Choir
  • The Sable Cruel
  • The Sacred Plague
  • The Sanctified
  • The Scarlet Cabal
  • The Scavenger Lords
  • The Scornful Host
  • The Scourged
  • The Screaming Choir
  • The Septic Crown
  • The Shadowed Crown
  • The Shrieking Host
  • The Silent Reavers

T, continued

  • The Silver Prophets
  • The Sinister Host
  • The Sixth Siege Company
  • The Skinless
  • The Skinning Wind
  • The Skulltakers
  • The Skullwrights
  • The Sonorous Dead
  • The Sundered
  • The Sundered Chain
  • The Tenth Circle
  • The Third Plague
  • The Tormentors
  • The Unbound
  • The Unchained
  • The Unclean Brotherhood
  • The Unfaithful
  • The Unforgiving Dark
  • The Unredeemed
  • The Unspeakable Word
  • The Unwritten
  • The Vermin Lords
  • The Violators
  • The Wall-Breakers
  • The Warborn
  • The Warp Kings
  • The Weeping Hand
  • The Wretched Court
  • Thirteenth Cohort
  • Thorn Hunters
  • Thorn Legion
  • Thousand Sons
  • Thrall Kings of Prospero
  • Twilight Renegades
  • Tyrants of Serrivane

U: 1 name

  • Unhallowed Host

V: 12 names

  • Vandals of Ruin
  • Velkath's Covenant
  • Velvet Host
  • Vengeful Spirit Cohort
  • Venom Covenant
  • Vermilion Reavers
  • Vigil Breakers
  • Violet Wardens
  • Void Reavers of the Maelstrom
  • Void Scorpions
  • Void Wolves
  • Vorlath's Chosen

W: 23 names

  • Warband of the Nameless Star
  • Warbringers of Vulkaris
  • Wardens of the Bleeding Gate
  • Wardens of the Hollow Star
  • Warhounds of Kharneth
  • Warp Ghosts
  • Warp Hounds of Skyrar
  • Warp Stalkers
  • Warp Talons of Vrael
  • Warsmiths of Medrengard
  • Widow Saints
  • Widowmakers of Xareth
  • Wildfire Brethren
  • Wolves of Ezekarion
  • Wolves of the Cleft Moon
  • Wolves of the Eightfold
  • Wolves of the Maelstrom
  • Wolves of Tyrant Star
  • Word Bearers
  • World Eaters
  • Wraithbound Reavers
  • Wraiths of the Red Eye
  • Wretched Saints