Death Guard Name Generator
Plague Marine names for Nurgle's XIV Legion
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Generate Death Guard names for Warhammer 40,000 and the Horus Heresy: Barbarus-born legionaries in the style of Calas Typhon and Ignatius Grulgor, rot-blessed Plague Marines with epithets like Korvus Nine-Sores, Lords of Contagion, Deathshroud and Blightlords, plus Plague Company and warband names, ship names and worlds. Canon characters sit alongside hundreds of originals.
About death guard names
Death Guard names carry two layers, and the best ones show both. Underneath is the name a legionary was given on Barbarus or Terra before the Heresy: blunt, two-part names with Germanic and Latin bones such as Calas Typhon, Ignatius Grulgor, Ullis Temeter, Crysos Morturg and Nathaniel Garro. Short, hard first names (Durak, Gremus, Solun, Meric) and surnames that sound like tools or illnesses (Rask, Hakur, Sendek, Vioss) are the signature. On top of that sits the name Nurgle's blessing gave them: Necrosius the Undying, Gulgoth the Rot-Lord, Typhus the Traveller, the Herald of the Destroyer Hive. A Plague Marine who has been rotting for ten thousand years usually answers to both.
The list follows the same structure. Roughly half are Barbaran-style full names that work for any Death Guard character at any point in history. The rest are epithet names built from decay, patience, flies, bells and the number seven; ranks from the current codex (Lord of Contagion, Malignant Plaguecaster, Foul Blightspawn, Tallyman, Deathshroud, Blightlord); and names for the larger pieces of an army: the seven Plague Companies and invented warbands, ships like Terminus Est and Endurance, and tainted worlds. Death Guard humour is dry and loving toward its own diseases, so epithets should sound like an old soldier's nickname rather than a horror-movie title.
Tips for choosing a name
- Give every named character a pre-Heresy name and a post-corruption epithet, then decide which one his brothers actually use; a Blightlord who is still called by his Barbaran surname reads as older and more grounded than one who only goes by a title.
- Keep surnames short and percussive (Rask, Grulgor, Vioss, Hakur, Morturg) and let the epithets do the decorating; Korvus Nine-Sores works because Korvus is plain.
- Draw epithets from the Death Guard's own vocabulary: the seven, the bell, the fly, the tally, the lantern, the scythe, patience and endurance, rather than generic evil words like Doom or Shadow.
- Name warbands and Plague Companies for what they do or carry (the Ferrymen, the Tallymen, the Pallid Hand, the Bell-Tollers) and name ships for virtues the Legion still believes it has (Endurance, Indomitable Will, Unbroken Vow).
- For Horus Heresy games, drop the Nurgle epithets entirely and use only the Barbaran names; the rot came after Istvaan III, and a legionary of the Eisenstein era should sound like a soldier, not a daemon.
Frequently asked questions
Who are the most famous Death Guard characters?
Mortarion the Daemon Primarch; Typhus, once Calas Typhon, Herald of Nurgle and master of the Terminus Est; Ignatius Grulgor, who died and returned as a daemon; Necrosius the Undying, the traitor Apothecary; and loyalists such as Nathaniel Garro, Ullis Temeter, Solun Decius and Meric Voyen from the Eisenstein flight. Newer characters include Lord Felthius of the Tainted Cohort and Vorx, Lord of the Lords of Silence.
What do Death Guard names sound like?
Heresy-era names are two-part and blunt, with Germanic and Latin roots and hard consonants: Durak Rask, Gremus Kalgaro, Crysos Morturg, Hadrabulus Vioss. After the fall, legionaries add epithets celebrating their diseases or their patience: the Undying, the Rot-Lord, Nine-Sores, the Bell-Ringer, Fly-Crowned.
What are the Death Guard Plague Companies and warbands called?
The Legion is split into seven Plague Companies, each with a name and a lord: the Harbingers, the Inexorable, Mortarion's Anvil, the Wretched, the Poxmongers, the Ferrymen and the Pallid Hand. Smaller warbands include the Tainted Cohort and the Lords of Silence. Invented warband names work best when they describe a task, a relic or a disease: the Bell-Tollers, the Rusted Scythe, the Carrion Tally.
Can I use these names for my Death Guard army, a Kill Team or fan fiction?
Yes. The canon names belong to Games Workshop's setting and are listed here for reference, while the original names are free to use for army lists, Kill Team rosters, Crusade campaigns and fan fiction. For tabletop, pair a short surname with one rank or epithet so the name fits on a roster card.
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- Mortarion
- Typhus
- Calas Typhon
- Ignatius Grulgor
- Necrosius the Undying
- Nathaniel Garro
- Ullis Temeter
- Solun Decius
- Meric Voyen
- Andus Hakur
- Tollen Sendek
- Crysos Morturg
- Durak Rask
- Gremus Kalgaro
- Caipha Morarg
- Hadrabulus Vioss
- Kaleb Arin
- Huron-Fal
- Lord Felthius
- Vorx
- Dragan
- Slert
- Kledo
- Philemon
- Nauseous Rotbone
- Gulgoth the Rot-Lord
- Ku'gath Plaguefather
- Morbidus
- Pestilus Vorn
- Gurgos Malk
- Throck Ullast
- Vaxus Grell
- Kordus Harrow
- Murgath Vel
- Orvek Splaug
- Dulgan Ruth
- Hestus Marrow
- Rukhar Pale
- Gorvan Tusk
- Welgus Drane
- Ferrox Gaunt
- Sarpus Kellum
- Ulgo Vrane
- Barrak Sule
- Pholus Vaal
- Drozmar Kett
- Haspis Thule
- Kalvast Orne
- Mavros Tull
- Zerrak Hulme
- Obrusk Vane
- Varlek Plague-Hand
- Skorrus the Bloated
- Gurn Fleshripe
- Tollos Vex
- Morguth Wane
- Nessus Arkol
- Kravos Lung-Rot
- Thaddeus Fane
- Grusk Pallor
- Vorlan Sepsis
- Harrod Crawl
- Yulgo Marn
- Dusk Kellig
- Brannoch Volk
- Othmar Blight
- Phegor Malm
- Sarnak Ulm
- Kastor Gale
- Welk the Seeping
- Murn Halgas
- Veddick Grume
- Olgar Thrane
- Barnabus Hesk
- Dragor Tithe
- Festus Mordrake
- Garreth Voss
- Lorgoth Pell
- Mephit Drask
- Nurl Kravin
- Ormuz Felk
- Plegor Vatch
- Rasmus Dolk
- Skaal Mortegan
- Ursul Gorm
- Vaskar Pike
- Wulgar Stane
- Xerus Malveck
- Yorrick Hale
- Zadok Pruell
- Arrun Tarsk
- Bolgar Fenn
- Cadmus Rhel
- Dorgast Ulven
- Erekh Soll
- Fulvus Grast
- Gorm Kaltag
- Hadrik Sunder
- Ishmar Volg
- Jorak Thulm
- Kessel Vauk
- Lukas Hoth
- Maddox Grule
- Naum Vorgar
- Ossian Blake
- Pelagius Skor
- Quillon Vast
- Rhotan Mogg
- Sallus Ghent
- Torvan Glum
- Ulfric Hame
- Valdor Kresh
- Wendrik Mauve
- Xanthus Pall
- Yaro Sedge
- Zhorn Varga
- Abaddus Kale
- Brask Hollow
- Cyrus Gall
- Dromund Vale
- Eskel Tarn
- Fenrik Sowe
- Grax Molde
- Hurlo Venn
- Idric Splenn
- Jerrod Kask
- Krael Morrow
- Lazarus Crane
- Murdoch Rhane
- Orrin Hask
- Pashek Vold
- Rolf Ungar
- Saul Derrick
- Thrum Gallow
- Urzog Mane
- Vastian Creel
- Wurm Ghallis
- Zorik Bale
- Korvus Nine-Sores
- Gulgar Wetlung
- Marrok Bilecough
- Ulthos Pustule
- Barrow Fly-Father
- Druskan the Hollow
- Vorgath Rotstride
- Hask the Patient
- Selvik Blackmaw
- Pholon Gravemould
- Torrigar Wormtongue
- Gresh the Unkempt
- Maulk Soursalt
- Naarth Fevermarch
- Ostrog the Dripping
- Praxus Wetrot
- Quoth Bellyfull
- Rhun Carrion
- Skeld Mournhusk
- Tarquin Bonechaff
- Uthred the Seventh Sore
- Vellan Ashlung
- Wrack Gristle
- Xul Offalborn
- Yorvar Mildew
- Zaddok Gangrene
- Aurelian Vile
- Borgin Stench
- Creed Mortvane
- Drusus Lividgut
- Ephraim Rust
- Falk Bloatmarch
- Gorr Pox-Hallowed
- Hulgar Fenstench
- Ivar Cankerhand
- Jaxus Sprawl
- Kolgrim Haggard
- Luthor Sallow
- Mordecai Seep
- Nashk Glutton
- Orbus Fenwater
- Pallid Varrock
- Radek Tumor
- Sorrel Rotwright
- Thorne Leechmaster
- Ugolin Phlegm
- Walder Scab
- Xerxes Gall-Tooth
- Yusef Bloatwine
- Typhon's Shadow
- The Traveller's Herald
- The Pale Harvester
- The Gardener of Sores
- The Flyblown Prince
- The Bringer of Blessings
- The Unclean Champion
- The Drowned Apothecary
- The Scythe of Barbarus
- Herald of the Seventh
- Father of the Flyhost
- Keeper of the Seven Poxes
- Tallyman of the Lost
- Surgeon of the Reaping
- Count of the Threefold Rot
- Warden of the Nurglings
- Brother of the Unbreakable Rot
- The Gravid Lord
- The Bell-Ringer
- The Hollow Brother
- The Bile-Saint
- Plague Surgeon Grelk
- Plague Surgeon Thessan
- Biologus Putrifier Vesk
- Biologus Putrifier Kaddo
- Tallyman Skarrus
- Tallyman Orm Kettlevane
- Foul Blightspawn Gulgut
- Noxious Blightbringer Orlok
- Malignant Plaguecaster Ulmus
- Malignant Plaguecaster Theodric Rhast
- Lord of Contagion Grask Wyle
- Lord of Contagion Ulthred Vane
- Lord of Virulence Tharek Ulme
- Lord of Virulence Murnak
- Lord of Poxes Drumm
- Lord of Poxes Corvan Sallow
- Daemon Prince Vorguth the Bloated
- Daemon Prince Melekh Rotwing
- Daemon Prince Thuluk the Gravid
- Lord Skorvak of the Pallid Hand
- Lord Orbus of the Wretched
- Lord Vaal of the Ferrymen
- Plague Champion Drunek
- Plague Champion Vorrs
- Plague Champion Hollis Grave
- Blightlord Kastorax
- Blightlord Vorm Ulgrath
- Blightlord Hesk the Silent
- Deathshroud Morarg
- Deathshroud Vossk
- Deathshroud Kalgan
- Apothecary Skell
- Apothecary Rusk Tallow
- Apothecary Hollen Drast
- Sergeant Morrow
- Sergeant Ambrus
- Captain Holth
- Captain Varrus Gaunt
- Captain Morrigan Sedd
- Terminus Est
- Endurance
- Reaper of Men
- Eisenstein
- Indomitable Will
- Reaper's Scythe
- Pestilent Dawn
- Unbroken Vow
- Silence of Barbarus
- Hand of Mortarion
- Bell of Lost Souls
- Gravid Moon
- Blightwarden
- Scythe of the Seventh
- Plagueheart
- Carrion Crown
- Pox Eternal
- Grandfather's Gift
- Seven Sorrows
- Rotting Star
- Manreaper
- Lantern of Barbarus
- Death's Head
- Eternal Harvest
- Mortis Ascendant
- Herald of Decay
- Weeping Hull
- Malady
- Slow Death
- Miasma
- Father's Blessing
- Reaping Tide
- Corpse-Barge
- The Harbingers
- The Inexorable
- Mortarion's Anvil
- The Wretched
- The Poxmongers
- The Ferrymen
- The Pallid Hand
- The Tainted Cohort
- The Lords of Silence
- The Plague Fleet
- The Sons of Barbarus
- The Pale Reapers
- The Ashen Pilgrims
- The Weeping Host
- The Flyblown Brotherhood
- The Gravid Choir
- The Seven Sorrowful
- The Carrion Tally
- The Bilious Court
- The Unbroken Rot
- The Sour Legion
- The Sallow Brotherhood
- The Drowned Vanguard
- The Moribund Crusade
- The Cankered Few
- The Mildewed Host
- The Blistered Hand
- The Rusted Scythe
- The Maggot-Kin
- The Bell-Tollers
- The Seventh Pestilence
- The Leaden Procession
- The Bloated Tide
- The Pox-Walkers
- The Lantern Bearers
- The Stilled Hearts
- The Long March
- The Grey Reapers
- The Scabbed Crown
- The Weeping Eye
- The Hollow Legion
- The Festering Watch
- The Plaguebound
- The Mourning Guard
- The Bleak Harvest
- The Pus-Choir
- The Fly-Lords of Ultima
- The Third Pestilence
- The Ninth Sore
- The Rot-Wardens
- The Gardeners of Nurgle
- The Blight Crusade
- The Creeping Doom
- The Ferrymen of Gehenna
- The Loyal Decayed
- The Tallow Brotherhood
- The Shrouded Host
- Sons of the Seventh Rot
- Brethren of the Bell
- Children of Barbarus
- Heralds of the Fly Lord
- Knights of the Scythe
- Reapers of Ultramar
- Wardens of the Plague Planet
- Pilgrims of the Garden
- Harbingers of the Destroyer Hive
- Kin of the Drowned
- Company of the Gravid Moon
- Host of the Threefold Pox
- Plague Company of the Seven Bells
- First Plague Company
- Seventh Plague Company
- Warband of the Rusted Bell
- Warband of the Weeping Scythe
- Warband of the Maggot Throne
- Barbarus
- Plague Planet
- Destroyer Hive
- Scarus Sector
- Ultramar
- Konor
- Espandor
- Iax
- Drool's Rest
- Nurgle's Garden
- Vigilus
- Bludgulch
- Malkuth
- Septimus Reach
- Lethe Crossing
- Gehenna Prime
- Carrion Keep
- The Plague Gardens of Iax
- Vexus Rust-Crown
- Gulbric Thorn
- Harl Bellwright
- Mauric Dell
- Dreyl Gannet
- Yurik Vorst
- Orlan Gresk
- Thumo Gell
- Valdek Sorrow
- Remus Gaul
- Haldo Wrenn
- Octavus Brine
- Pharis Ulgo
- Jethro Skane
- Lorcan Shrike
- Andreus Vorrick
- Gaius Pelt
- Falke Rudd
- Ivo Caskett
- Torvald Grimm
- Niall Grum
- Corwin Tarr
- Ezrah Blume
- Mikael Strand
- Ludo Hagg
- Piers Ashmoor
- Stavros Kade
- Benedek Sall
- Tarquin Vost
- Erland Ruske
- Yannick Morr
- Dietrich Skaal
- Ragnar Stave
- Anselm Garr
- Bertrand Vosk
- Conrad Hule
- Dagfin Hurst
- Emeric Thax
- Fabian Rook
- Gunther Plague-Tongue
- Heinrich Dross
- Ignatz Kell
- Josef Wrathe
- Kaspar Oddwane
- Leopold Thrall
- Magnus Drench
- Nikolaus Drear
- Oswin Halt
- Pieter Grave
- Quintus Dreg
- Rupert Gloam
- Siegfried Bloat
- Tobias Mund
- Ulrich Maar
- Viktor Mould
- Wolfram Ebb
- Gartok Oneeye
- Hrothgar Bellwether
- Ulmo Scabwright
- Verrus Plagueborn
- Skar Nine-Lives
- Gromm Deathsmile
- Ilgur Wetfoot
- Jarn Bonegrind
- Kragg Sourwine
- Lemm the Fly-Eyed
- Murgo Spittlebrook
- Nesk Tallowhand
- Olgo Gripes
- Porvus Bellsound
- Rask the Elder
- Skaith Fenmourn
- Tull Wormhusk
- Urvash Slimeward
- Vrell Pockmark
- Wulf Greyskin
- Xar Woundlicker
- Yaggoth Dungmaw
- Zerrus Plaguebell
- Barbarus-Born Hulst
- Corvan Sevenbell
- Drask Warm-Gut
- Elgar Scabbard
- Fenn Hollowlung
- Grausk Flymaster
- Hollis Tarrow
- Idris Gallhand
- Jago Cankerwell
- Ludovic Scurf
- Mathias Sludge
- Nero Pestwane
- Ormond Vile-Hand
- Phineas Drown
- Rolan Stinkwater
- Sturm Gravechill
- Thane Halgor
- Uriah Marrowfen
- Vance Mournbrook
- Yannis Throat-Rot
- Zoltan Bile
- Vorlag Kesh
- Thrane Oddmar
- Sulvik Grane
- Haddon Vell
- Orzek Thull
- Maurus Gallick
- Dravan Holt
- Kelmar Drudge
- Ulthane Grist
- Pyrrhus Dalle
- Rolvo Mott
- Jarek Mallow
- Gavric Stull
- Brennoch Dule
- Torgul Mask
- Essek Varn
- Caddo Rhune
- Nathos Ilm
- Hallam Drusk
- Voskar Dreth
- Ulmric Sallowgrave
- Harrow Bellstrike
- Grelmund Tosk
- Orvan Gutterlung
- Skolde Ninefold
- Mallus Greaveworm
- Thessek Palebell
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