DayZ Server Name Generator

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Generate DayZ server names that look at home in the community server browser: short survival brands, Chernarus and Livonia town references, in-game item jokes, and full listing-style titles with region, loot, perspective and wipe tags for vanilla, modded, PvE, RP and hardcore servers.

About DayZ server names

A DayZ server lives or dies in the community browser, where players scan hundreds of rows in a few seconds. The servers that fill up have a short brand word they can search for and remember, usually drawn from the mood of the game: cold, coast, dead, frost, signal, salvage. Names built from the maps themselves also work well, because Chernarus and Livonia towns like Cherno, Elektro, Berezino, Tisy, Stary Sobor and Topolin are shared vocabulary for every player who has run the coast or looted the northwest airfield.

The second half of a good name is the listing itself. Most community servers write the hostname as Brand | Region | Ruleset | Tags, for example [EU] Cold Harbour | Vanilla+ | 1PP | Active Admins. Those tags do real work: 1PP or 3PP tells players the perspective, Vanilla or Loot+ tells them the difficulty, Trader, Helis, Base Building and Expansion tell them which mods are running, and Wipe Monthly or No KOS sets expectations before anyone joins. Hardcore and Namalsk servers lean toward bleak names, PvE servers toward friendly ones, and modded loot servers can get away with jokes about Pipsi, tactical bacon and broken legs.

Below you will find standalone brands, map and item references, and finished listing titles to adapt for your own region and mod set.

How to choose DayZ server names

  • Pick a brand word under about 12 characters so it survives truncation in the server browser and fits on your Discord and Steam group; check that the name is not already used by an established DayZ network.
  • Lead with the facts players filter on: region tag in brackets, then perspective (1PP/3PP), then Vanilla, Vanilla+ or Loot+, then mods like Trader, Helis, Expansion or Base Building.
  • State the rules that cause arguments in the name itself: No KOS, PvE with PvP Zones, Whitelist, Raid Weekends or No Wipe. Players who get surprised leave bad reviews and bad vibes.
  • Match tone to ruleset. Bleak, cold names suit hardcore, Namalsk and winter servers; friendly or funny names suit PvE, Dad DayZ and new-player servers; town names suit roleplay servers with lore.
  • Keep the hostname ASCII-safe apart from separators; some launchers and server lists mangle emoji and unusual characters, and players cannot type them into search.

Frequently asked questions

How long can a DayZ server name be?

The hostname field in serverDZ.cfg accepts long strings, but the in-game browser and launcher truncate names past roughly 60 characters and shorter still on the console server list. Keep the brand short and use the remaining space for region, perspective, loot and mod tags.

Should I put 1PP or 3PP in my DayZ server name?

Yes. Perspective is one of the first things players look for and the browser filter for it is easy to miss. Putting 1PP, 3PP or 1PP/3PP in the hostname saves players a join-and-leave and attracts the audience you actually want.

What makes a good name for a DayZ roleplay server?

RP servers do best with place-based or story-based names such as Northern Frontier RP, Quarantine Zone RP or a Chernarus town name, followed by Whitelist, Factions or Serious RP tags. Avoid loot and PvP tags, which attract players who will not follow your rules.

Can I use Chernarus, Livonia or DayZ in my server name?

Community servers routinely use the map names and the word DayZ in hostnames and Discord names, and Bohemia's server rules allow it as long as you do not present the server as official. Just avoid copying the names of existing well-known networks.

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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: 14 names

  • [ASIA] Red Coast | Vanilla | 3PP | Monthly Wipe
  • [AU/NZ] Bushfire | Hardcore | 1PP | No Mods
  • [AU] Outback Dead | Loot+ | Cars+ | Trader
  • ACOG Acres
  • Ada 4x4 Alliance
  • Adamow Ambush
  • Airdrop Addicts
  • Airdrop Alley
  • Altar Hill Cult
  • Apartment Block Alliance
  • Apple Tree Alliance
  • Are You Friendly
  • Assault Backpack Alliance
  • Axe and Ash

B: 40 names

  • [BR] Morte Lenta | Loot+ | Cars+ | Trader
  • Ballistic Helmet Brigade
  • Balota Beach Bums
  • Balota Dropzone
  • Bambi Beach
  • Bambi Protection Program
  • Bandage Brigade
  • Banov Brotherhood
  • Barrel Base Builders
  • Barter Bay
  • Barter Town Livonia
  • Base Raiders Anonymous
  • Beans and Bullets

B, continued

  • Bear Trap Bay
  • Berezhki Border Post
  • Berezino Bandits
  • Berezino Docks
  • Berry Bush Bandits
  • Biela Riverbank
  • Bielawa Borderlands
  • BK-18 Basics
  • Black Frost Hardcore
  • Black Ice Namalsk
  • Black Market Bay
  • Black Mountain Collective
  • Black Sea Survivors

B, continued

  • Blackout Chernarus
  • Blaze Brothers
  • Bleach Drinkers Club
  • Bleeding Out Club
  • Boat Dock Brotherhood
  • Boiled Chicken Brigade
  • Bor Backroads
  • Breaching Charge Boys
  • Brena Bunker Club
  • Broken Legs Anonymous
  • Brown Bear Bunker
  • Bunker Rats
  • Buried Stash Society
  • Bus Stop Bandits

C: 37 names

  • Campfire Chronicles
  • Cannibal Kitchen
  • Canteen Crew
  • Cap Golova
  • Car Battery Brigade
  • Caravan Country
  • Cargo Hold
  • Carp Fishers Club
  • Cassette Coast
  • Castle Siege Sundays
  • Chemlight Caravan
  • Chernarus Chronicles

C, continued

  • Chernaya Polana Hunters
  • Cherno Backstreets
  • Cherno Nights
  • Cherno Port Authority
  • Cherno Sunset
  • Cherno Undercity
  • Chiemsee Chill
  • Chill Chernarus
  • Cholera Creek
  • Church Bell Collective
  • Claymore Coast
  • Coastline Collective

C, continued

  • Codelock Country
  • Cold Front Collective
  • Cold Snap Survivors
  • Combination Lock Crew
  • Container City
  • Containment Failed
  • Contaminated Zone Collective
  • Convoy Coast
  • Cooking Pot Club
  • Crash Site Collective
  • Crate Hunters
  • Crawler Country
  • Crossbow Coast

D: 23 names

  • [DE] Kalte Küste | Vanilla+ | 1PP | Aktive Admins
  • Dambog Dead End
  • Day 47
  • Day 900
  • Dead Air
  • Dead Drop Chernarus
  • Dead Silence
  • Dead Tide
  • Deadfall Frontier
  • Deadman's Walk
  • Deadwood Ridge

D, continued

  • Deer Isle Darkness
  • Deer Isle Drifters
  • Deer Stand Dwellers
  • Devil's Castle Keep
  • Disinfectant Diet
  • Dockside
  • Dolina Drifters
  • Drybag Drifters
  • Dubky Deadzone
  • Dubrovka Dawn
  • Duct Tape Dynasty
  • Dynamic Gas Zone Nomads

E: 49 names

  • [EU/DE] Ashfall | Hardcore | 1PP | No Mods
  • [EU/ES] Costa Muerta | PvE | Trader | Friendly
  • [EU/FR] Sovereign Coast | Vanilla+ | No KOS | Safe Zones
  • [EU/NL] Lowland Dead | Loot++ | Helis | Airdrops
  • [EU/PL] Pusta Hills | Vanilla | 1PP | Fresh Wipe
  • [EU/SE] Snowline | Sakhal | Vanilla+ | 1PP
  • [EU/UK] Greyline | Vanilla | 3PP | Full Wipe Monthly
  • [EU] Banov Badlands | Vanilla+ | 1PP | Monthly Wipe
  • [EU] Boosted Loot | 10x Loot | Cars+ | Helis | Trader
  • [EU] Chernarus Factions | RP Lite | Trader | PvP Zones
  • [EU] Chernarus Winter | Hardcore | 1PP | Full Wipe
  • [EU] Cherno Roleplay | Whitelist | Serious RP | 1PP

E, continued

  • [EU] Cold Harbour | Vanilla+ | 1PP | Active Admins
  • [EU] Coldwater | Loot+ | Cars+ | Trader | Base Building
  • [EU] Dayz After Work | Chill | PvE | Friendly
  • [EU] Dead Rising | Horde Mode | Loot+ | Base Building
  • [EU] Deadwater | Expansion | Helis | Black Market
  • [EU] Deathmatch Island | PvP Only | Instant Respawn
  • [EU] Deer Isle Dark | Expansion | Helis | Trader
  • [EU] Frostbite | Namalsk | Hardcore | Wipe Biweekly
  • [EU] Full Loot | Helis | Trader | Black Market
  • [EU] Hardcore 1PP | No Crosshair | No Hud | No Mods
  • [EU] Killhouse | PvP | Loadouts | Instant Spawn
  • [EU] Late Night Livonia | EU Night Hours | PvE

E, continued

  • [EU] Livonia Untamed | Vanilla+ | Cars+ | No Trader
  • [EU] Loot Heaven | 20x Loot | Helis | Base Building
  • [EU] Namalsk Nightfall | Hardcore | Wipe Weekly
  • [EU] Noob Friendly | New Players Welcome | PvE
  • [EU] Northern Light | PvE | PvP Zones | Loot+
  • [EU] Permadeath | One Life | Whitelist | 1PP
  • [EU] Pure Vanilla 1PP | Active Admins | Fresh Wipe
  • [EU] PvE Horde Mode | Zombies+ | Animals+ | Helis
  • [EU] PvE Livonia | Friendly | Helis | Airdrops
  • [EU] PvE Only | Friendly | Trader | Safe Zones | Helis
  • [EU] Quarantine Zone RP | Lore | Factions | 1PP
  • [EU] Sniper Valley | PvP | Long Range Only

E, continued

  • [EU] Survivor Stories | Serious RP | Discord Required
  • [EU] Takistan Heat | Modded | KOTH | Airdrops
  • [EU] Vanilla Hardcore | No Trader | No Cars+ | 1PP Only
  • [EU] Vanilla Plus | Small QoL Mods | 1PP | Active Admins
  • [EU] Weekend Warriors | Raid Weekends | Loot+ | Trader
  • [EU] Winter Chernarus | Cold | Wolves+ | Bears+ | 1PP
  • [EU] Zombie Apocalypse | 3x Zeds | Horde Nights | Loot+
  • Eastern Bloc Survival
  • Elektro Heights
  • Elektro Shoreline
  • Elektro Sniper Hill
  • Epinephrine Express
  • Esseker Exiles

F: 20 names

  • [FR] Côte Morte | Vanilla | 3PP | Wipe Mensuel
  • Factory Floor Faction
  • Fence and Gate Fellowship
  • Fire Station Fellowship
  • Firefight Friday
  • Firefighter Axe Fellowship
  • Fireplace Fellowship
  • Fishing Rod Fellowship
  • Flagpole Faction
  • Force Feed Fellowship

F, continued

  • Frequency Friendly
  • Fresh Spawn Collective
  • Fresh Wipe Friday
  • Freshie Haven
  • Friendly Fire Only
  • Friendly I Swear
  • Friendly in Cherno
  • Frostbite Frontier
  • Frying Pan Fellowship
  • Full Wipe Fellowship

G: 20 names

  • Gas Mask Gathering
  • Gas Station Ghosts
  • Ghillie Grounds
  • Gieraltow Garrison
  • Gliniska Grit
  • Glow Stick Gang
  • Gorka Gear Guild
  • Gorka Ridge Runners
  • Grabin Graveyard Shift
  • Green Mountain Curse

G, continued

  • Green Mountain Signal
  • Green Mountain Trader
  • Green Sea Coast
  • Greenhouse Gang
  • Grim Coast
  • Grishino Ghosts
  • Ground Zero Livonia
  • Guglovo Grounds
  • Gunter Garage
  • Gvozdno Garrison

H: 16 names

  • Handcuff Hotel
  • Harbour Master
  • Hardcore Hunger
  • Hatchet Hollow
  • Head Torch Heroes
  • Heli Crash Hunters
  • Hidden Valley Chernarus
  • Hilltop Snipers

H, continued

  • Horde Nights
  • Hospital Hill
  • Human Steak Society
  • Humvee Highway
  • Hunter Cabin Collective
  • Hunting Scope Hollow
  • Hunting Season Chernarus
  • Hypothermia Hotel

I: 8 names

  • Ice Age Chernarus
  • IJ-70 Insurance
  • Improvised Backpack Initiative
  • Infected Horizon
  • Infected Swarm Sundays
  • Inland Nomads
  • Iron Curtain Chernarus
  • Iztek Ice Road

J: 3 names

  • Jerry Can Junction
  • Jungle Boots Junction
  • Junkyard Dogs

K: 15 names

  • KA-M Coast
  • Kabanino Crossroads
  • Kamenka Spawn Club
  • Kamensk Mine Collective
  • Kamensk Quarry
  • Kamyshovo Cove
  • Kolembrody Collective
  • Komarovo Camp
  • KOS Coast
  • Kozlova Bay
  • Kozlovka Crossing
  • Krasnostav Airstrip
  • Krutoy Cap
  • Kumyrna Kindred
  • Kuru Kingdom

L: 19 names

  • Laid Back Livonia
  • Landmine Lane
  • LAR Legends
  • Last Stand Survivors
  • Last Transmission
  • Lembork Line
  • Livonia Lakeside
  • Livonia Long Night
  • Livonia Lowlands

L, continued

  • Livonia Wildlands
  • Loot Cycle
  • Loot Economy Hardcore
  • Lopatino Legion
  • Lost Highway Hardcore
  • Low Loot Hardcore
  • Lower Your Weapon
  • LRS Legends
  • Lukow Lockdown
  • Lumber Mill Legion

M: 19 names

  • M1025 Motor Pool
  • M4 Mountain
  • Machete Meadows
  • Mackerel Marina
  • Megaphone Maniacs
  • Melkart Maritime
  • Merchant's Road
  • Midnight Chernarus
  • Military Infected Militia

M, continued

  • Military Tent Trappers
  • Mogilevka Marauders
  • Monthly Wipe Militia
  • Moonlight Militia
  • Morphine Morning
  • Mosin and Mystery Meat
  • Mosin Mountain
  • Msta Marsh Rats
  • Mushroom Meadows
  • Myshkino Militia

N: 32 names

  • [NA/EU] Stormline | Modded | Trader | Base Building
  • [NA] Arena Dayz | PvP | Loadouts | No Zeds
  • [NA] Bambi Country | PvE | Friendly | New Player OK
  • [NA] Dead Coast RP | Whitelist | Story Events | 1PP
  • [NA] Dead Reckoning | Vanilla | 1PP | Fresh Wipe
  • [NA] Hard Country | Hardcore | Scarce Loot | 1PP
  • [NA] Iron Man Dayz | One Life Per Week | 1PP
  • [NA] Loot Plus | Cars+ | Trader | Base Building
  • [NA] PvE Paradise | Zombies+ | Horde Nights | Trader
  • [NA] Undead Chernarus | Zombies+ | No Cars | 1PP

N, continued

  • [NA] Vanilla Winter | Hardcore | Cold | 1PP
  • [NA] Zed Line | Loot++ | Helis | Airdrops | KOTH
  • Nadbor Night Watch
  • Nadezhdino Nightfall
  • Nail Gun Nation
  • Namalsk Blizzard Company
  • Namalsk Cold Front
  • Namalsk Nightmare
  • NBC Suit Network
  • Night Cycle Nomads
  • Night Vision Nomads

N, continued

  • Nizhnoye Lowlands
  • No KOS Zone
  • No Mercy Namalsk
  • No Wipe Nomads
  • Northern Loot Run
  • Northwest Airfield Nomads
  • Novaya Petrovka Patrol
  • Novodmitrovsk After Dark
  • Novy Sobor Nomads
  • NVG Nights
  • NWAF Hardcore

O: 6 names

  • [OCE] Southern Cross Survival | Vanilla+ | 1PP
  • [OCE] Wasteland Aussies | PvE | PvP Zones | Helis
  • Offline Raid Police
  • Olga Owners Club
  • Olsha Overwatch
  • Orlovets Outlaws

P: 28 names

  • [PL] Martwy Brzeg | Loot+ | Trader | Base Building
  • Pavlovo Motor Pool
  • Pawn Shop Patrol
  • Petrol Pump Posse
  • Piano House Posse
  • Pik Kozlova Outpost
  • Pipsi and Kvass
  • Plate Carrier Pact
  • Please Don't Shoot
  • Pliers and Nails
  • Polana Pass
  • Police Station Posse
  • Port of Elektro
  • Powdered Milk Militia

P, continued

  • Power Plant Patrol
  • Press Vest Posse
  • Prigorodki Pioneers
  • Pripyat Pilgrims
  • Prison Island Penitents
  • Pristine Pipsi
  • PU Scope Posse
  • Pub Roof Campers
  • Pumpkin Patch Patrol
  • Pusta Pilgrims
  • PvE Paradise
  • PvE Pilgrims
  • PvP Hill
  • PvP Peninsula

R: 25 names

  • [RU] Holodnyy Bereg | Hardcore | 1PP | No Mods
  • Radiator and Spark Plug
  • Radio Silence
  • Radio Tower Relay
  • Radunin Rangers
  • Rag Wraps
  • Raid Nights Only
  • Raid Weekend Warriors
  • Rail Yard Rangers
  • Railway Runners
  • Rain Soaked Ridge
  • Raincoat Republic

R, continued

  • Rationing Republic
  • Ratnoe Remnant
  • Repeater Ridge
  • Rescue Never Came
  • Rescue Point Bravo
  • Ridgeline
  • Rify Wreck Divers
  • Road Flare Republic
  • Rog Republic
  • Rogovo Roadblock
  • Rostow Ruins
  • Rotten Apple Republic
  • Rotten Kiwi Kingdom

S: 53 names

  • [SA] Costa Roja | Vanilla+ | 1PP | Active Admins
  • [SEA] Monsoon Dead | Loot+ | Trader | Friendly
  • Safe Zone Sanctuary
  • Sakhal Frostline
  • Sakhal Volcanic Survival
  • Saline Sanctuary
  • Sardine Shoreline
  • Sarka Squad
  • Saturday Night Raids
  • Sawmill Survivors
  • School Yard Survivors
  • Screamer Sanctuary
  • Sea Chest Secrets

S, continued

  • Secret Stash Survival
  • Severograd Survivors
  • Shakhovka Shadows
  • Shipwrecked
  • Shortwave Survivors
  • Shotgun Shoreline
  • Silent Night Chernarus
  • Sinistok Signal
  • Sitnik Survivors
  • Skalisty Castaways
  • Skalisty Island Exiles
  • SKS Saloon
  • Skyline Cherno

S, continued

  • Sledgehammer Syndicate
  • Snowbound Namalsk
  • Soaked and Shivering
  • Solnichniy Sunrise
  • Solo Cup Survival
  • Sosnovka Sentinels
  • Soviet Surplus
  • Spaghetti in a Can
  • Spawn Coast Runners
  • Splint and Salt
  • Splitting Axe Society
  • Staroye Silo
  • Starving in Stary

S, continued

  • Stary Sobor Stronghold
  • Stary Yar Scavengers
  • Static on Channel Ten
  • Stone Knife Survivors
  • Summer Camp Sleepers
  • Sunday Siege
  • Supply Cache
  • Surplus Store Survivors
  • Surviving Sakhal
  • Survivor Hollow
  • Survivors Guild
  • Svergino Sentry
  • Svetlojarsk Salvage
  • Swarog Sanctuary

T: 25 names

  • Tactical Bacon Brigade
  • Takistan Thunder
  • Tarnow Trails
  • Tetracycline Tavern
  • Thirsty in Tisy
  • Tidewater
  • Tisy Frontier
  • Tisy Protocol
  • Topolin Territory
  • Topolniki Trappers
  • Tortilla Bag Trading Co
  • Town Hall Takeover

T, continued

  • Toxic Zone Trespassers
  • Trader Town
  • Train Wreck Territory
  • Transmitter Tower Tribe
  • Treeline Campers
  • Tripwire Trails
  • Troitskoe Traders
  • Truck Stop Tisy
  • Trust No One
  • Tulga Trawlers
  • Tundra Hunting Club
  • Tunnel Rats Livonia
  • Turovo Trail

U: 21 names

  • [US/Central] Lonesome Road | PvE | PvP Zones | Loot+
  • [US/East] Coastal Dead | Vanilla | 3PP | Monthly Wipe
  • [US/West] Deadwood | Expansion | Helis | Raid Weekends
  • [US] Ashen Coast | Loot+ | Cars+ | Trader | KOTH
  • [US] Boosted Chernarus | Loot++ | Helis | Airdrops | KOTH
  • [US] Cold Harbor | Namalsk | Hardcore | Wipe Biweekly
  • [US] Dad Dayz | Chill | PvE | Base Building | Trader
  • [US] Dark Nights | No Moon | Night Only | Hardcore
  • [US] Esseker Exiles | Loot+ | Base Building | Raid Weekends
  • [US] Greywater | Vanilla+ | 1PP | Active Admins

U, continued

  • [US] Gun Game Chernarus | PvP | Custom Arenas
  • [US] Livonia Roleplay | Whitelisted | Factions | No KOS
  • [US] Long Night | Vanilla+ | No KOS | Safe Zones
  • [US] Northern Frontier RP | Whitelist | Factions | Events
  • [US] Old Timers | Casual | PvE | Helis | Trader
  • [US] PvE Chernarus | No KOS | Trader | Base Building
  • [US] Red Dawn | Hardcore | 1PP | No Trader
  • [US] Sakhal Survival | Vanilla | 1PP | Active Admins
  • [US] True Vanilla | Official Loot | 3PP | No Mods
  • [US] Vanilla 3PP | Active Admins | Monthly Wipe
  • [US] Walking Dead Chernarus | Zombies++ | Hardcore

V: 6 names

  • Valning Vigil
  • Vault Dwellers Chernarus
  • Vavilovo Vanguard
  • VSS Valley
  • Vybor Vigil
  • Vyshnoye Hollow

W: 12 names

  • Walker Hollow
  • Walkie Talkie Watch
  • Wasteland Wardens
  • Watchtower Wardens
  • Water Pump Watch
  • Wellies Wetlands
  • Wheel Thieves
  • Whiteout Namalsk
  • Wipe Day Warriors
  • Wolf Country Hardcore
  • Wolf Pack Wilderness
  • Wreck Diver

Y: 1 name

  • Year Zero Chernarus

Z: 8 names

  • Zalesie Zeds
  • Zaprudnoe Wanderers
  • Zed Country
  • Zedlands
  • Zelenogorsk Zero
  • Zenit Radio Club
  • Zero Mercy Hardcore
  • Zub Castle Raiders