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.

How to choose Death Guard names

  • 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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A: 9 names

  • Abaddus Kale
  • Andreus Vorrick
  • Andus Hakur
  • Anselm Garr
  • Apothecary Hollen Drast
  • Apothecary Rusk Tallow
  • Apothecary Skell
  • Arrun Tarsk
  • Aurelian Vile

B: 22 names

  • Barbarus
  • Barbarus-Born Hulst
  • Barnabus Hesk
  • Barrak Sule
  • Barrow Fly-Father
  • Bell of Lost Souls
  • Benedek Sall
  • Bertrand Vosk
  • Biologus Putrifier Kaddo
  • Biologus Putrifier Vesk
  • Blightlord Hesk the Silent
  • Blightlord Kastorax
  • Blightlord Vorm Ulgrath
  • Blightwarden
  • Bludgulch
  • Bolgar Fenn
  • Borgin Stench
  • Brannoch Volk
  • Brask Hollow
  • Brennoch Dule
  • Brethren of the Bell
  • Brother of the Unbreakable Rot

C: 19 names

  • Caddo Rhune
  • Cadmus Rhel
  • Caipha Morarg
  • Calas Typhon
  • Captain Holth
  • Captain Morrigan Sedd
  • Captain Varrus Gaunt
  • Carrion Crown
  • Carrion Keep
  • Children of Barbarus
  • Company of the Gravid Moon
  • Conrad Hule
  • Corpse-Barge
  • Corvan Sevenbell
  • Corwin Tarr
  • Count of the Threefold Rot
  • Creed Mortvane
  • Crysos Morturg
  • Cyrus Gall

D: 24 names

  • Daemon Prince Melekh Rotwing
  • Daemon Prince Thuluk the Gravid
  • Daemon Prince Vorguth the Bloated
  • Dagfin Hurst
  • Death's Head
  • Deathshroud Kalgan
  • Deathshroud Morarg
  • Deathshroud Vossk
  • Destroyer Hive
  • Dietrich Skaal
  • Dorgast Ulven
  • Dragan
  • Dragor Tithe
  • Drask Warm-Gut
  • Dravan Holt
  • Dreyl Gannet
  • Dromund Vale
  • Drool's Rest
  • Drozmar Kett
  • Druskan the Hollow
  • Drusus Lividgut
  • Dulgan Ruth
  • Durak Rask
  • Dusk Kellig

E: 12 names

  • Eisenstein
  • Elgar Scabbard
  • Emeric Thax
  • Endurance
  • Ephraim Rust
  • Erekh Soll
  • Erland Ruske
  • Eskel Tarn
  • Espandor
  • Essek Varn
  • Eternal Harvest
  • Ezrah Blume

F: 12 names

  • Fabian Rook
  • Falk Bloatmarch
  • Falke Rudd
  • Father of the Flyhost
  • Father's Blessing
  • Fenn Hollowlung
  • Fenrik Sowe
  • Ferrox Gaunt
  • Festus Mordrake
  • First Plague Company
  • Foul Blightspawn Gulgut
  • Fulvus Grast

G: 23 names

  • Gaius Pelt
  • Garreth Voss
  • Gartok Oneeye
  • Gavric Stull
  • Gehenna Prime
  • Gorm Kaltag
  • Gorr Pox-Hallowed
  • Gorvan Tusk
  • Grandfather's Gift
  • Grausk Flymaster
  • Gravid Moon
  • Grax Molde
  • Grelmund Tosk
  • Gremus Kalgaro
  • Gresh the Unkempt
  • Gromm Deathsmile
  • Grusk Pallor
  • Gulbric Thorn
  • Gulgar Wetlung
  • Gulgoth the Rot-Lord
  • Gunther Plague-Tongue
  • Gurgos Malk
  • Gurn Fleshripe

H: 23 names

  • Haddon Vell
  • Hadrabulus Vioss
  • Hadrik Sunder
  • Haldo Wrenn
  • Hallam Drusk
  • Hand of Mortarion
  • Harbingers of the Destroyer Hive
  • Harl Bellwright
  • Harrod Crawl
  • Harrow Bellstrike
  • Hask the Patient
  • Haspis Thule
  • Heinrich Dross
  • Herald of Decay
  • Herald of the Seventh
  • Heralds of the Fly Lord
  • Hestus Marrow
  • Hollis Tarrow
  • Host of the Threefold Pox
  • Hrothgar Bellwether
  • Hulgar Fenstench
  • Hurlo Venn
  • Huron-Fal

I: 10 names

  • Iax
  • Idric Splenn
  • Idris Gallhand
  • Ignatius Grulgor
  • Ignatz Kell
  • Ilgur Wetfoot
  • Indomitable Will
  • Ishmar Volg
  • Ivar Cankerhand
  • Ivo Caskett

J: 8 names

  • Jago Cankerwell
  • Jarek Mallow
  • Jarn Bonegrind
  • Jaxus Sprawl
  • Jerrod Kask
  • Jethro Skane
  • Jorak Thulm
  • Josef Wrathe

K: 18 names

  • Kaleb Arin
  • Kalvast Orne
  • Kaspar Oddwane
  • Kastor Gale
  • Keeper of the Seven Poxes
  • Kelmar Drudge
  • Kessel Vauk
  • Kin of the Drowned
  • Kledo
  • Knights of the Scythe
  • Kolgrim Haggard
  • Konor
  • Kordus Harrow
  • Korvus Nine-Sores
  • Krael Morrow
  • Kragg Sourwine
  • Kravos Lung-Rot
  • Ku'gath Plaguefather

L: 21 names

  • Lantern of Barbarus
  • Lazarus Crane
  • Lemm the Fly-Eyed
  • Leopold Thrall
  • Lethe Crossing
  • Lorcan Shrike
  • Lord Felthius
  • Lord of Contagion Grask Wyle
  • Lord of Contagion Ulthred Vane
  • Lord of Poxes Corvan Sallow
  • Lord of Poxes Drumm
  • Lord of Virulence Murnak
  • Lord of Virulence Tharek Ulme
  • Lord Orbus of the Wretched
  • Lord Skorvak of the Pallid Hand
  • Lord Vaal of the Ferrymen
  • Lorgoth Pell
  • Ludo Hagg
  • Ludovic Scurf
  • Lukas Hoth
  • Luthor Sallow

M: 28 names

  • Maddox Grule
  • Magnus Drench
  • Malady
  • Malignant Plaguecaster Theodric Rhast
  • Malignant Plaguecaster Ulmus
  • Malkuth
  • Mallus Greaveworm
  • Manreaper
  • Marrok Bilecough
  • Mathias Sludge
  • Maulk Soursalt
  • Mauric Dell
  • Maurus Gallick
  • Mavros Tull
  • Mephit Drask
  • Meric Voyen
  • Miasma
  • Mikael Strand
  • Morbidus
  • Mordecai Seep
  • Morguth Wane
  • Mortarion
  • Mortarion's Anvil
  • Mortis Ascendant
  • Murdoch Rhane
  • Murgath Vel
  • Murgo Spittlebrook
  • Murn Halgas

N: 15 names

  • Naarth Fevermarch
  • Nashk Glutton
  • Nathaniel Garro
  • Nathos Ilm
  • Naum Vorgar
  • Nauseous Rotbone
  • Necrosius the Undying
  • Nero Pestwane
  • Nesk Tallowhand
  • Nessus Arkol
  • Niall Grum
  • Nikolaus Drear
  • Noxious Blightbringer Orlok
  • Nurgle's Garden
  • Nurl Kravin

O: 16 names

  • Obrusk Vane
  • Octavus Brine
  • Olgar Thrane
  • Olgo Gripes
  • Orbus Fenwater
  • Orlan Gresk
  • Ormond Vile-Hand
  • Ormuz Felk
  • Orrin Hask
  • Orvan Gutterlung
  • Orvek Splaug
  • Orzek Thull
  • Ossian Blake
  • Ostrog the Dripping
  • Oswin Halt
  • Othmar Blight

P: 27 names

  • Pallid Varrock
  • Pashek Vold
  • Pelagius Skor
  • Pestilent Dawn
  • Pestilus Vorn
  • Pharis Ulgo
  • Phegor Malm
  • Philemon
  • Phineas Drown
  • Pholon Gravemould
  • Pholus Vaal
  • Piers Ashmoor
  • Pieter Grave
  • Pilgrims of the Garden
  • Plague Champion Drunek
  • Plague Champion Hollis Grave
  • Plague Champion Vorrs
  • Plague Company of the Seven Bells
  • Plague Planet
  • Plague Surgeon Grelk
  • Plague Surgeon Thessan
  • Plagueheart
  • Plegor Vatch
  • Porvus Bellsound
  • Pox Eternal
  • Praxus Wetrot
  • Pyrrhus Dalle

Q: 3 names

  • Quillon Vast
  • Quintus Dreg
  • Quoth Bellyfull

R: 17 names

  • Radek Tumor
  • Ragnar Stave
  • Rask the Elder
  • Rasmus Dolk
  • Reaper of Men
  • Reaper's Scythe
  • Reapers of Ultramar
  • Reaping Tide
  • Remus Gaul
  • Rhotan Mogg
  • Rhun Carrion
  • Rolan Stinkwater
  • Rolf Ungar
  • Rolvo Mott
  • Rotting Star
  • Rukhar Pale
  • Rupert Gloam

S: 29 names

  • Sallus Ghent
  • Sarnak Ulm
  • Sarpus Kellum
  • Saul Derrick
  • Scarus Sector
  • Scythe of the Seventh
  • Selvik Blackmaw
  • Septimus Reach
  • Sergeant Ambrus
  • Sergeant Morrow
  • Seven Sorrows
  • Seventh Plague Company
  • Siegfried Bloat
  • Silence of Barbarus
  • Skaal Mortegan
  • Skaith Fenmourn
  • Skar Nine-Lives
  • Skeld Mournhusk
  • Skolde Ninefold
  • Skorrus the Bloated
  • Slert
  • Slow Death
  • Solun Decius
  • Sons of the Seventh Rot
  • Sorrel Rotwright
  • Stavros Kade
  • Sturm Gravechill
  • Sulvik Grane
  • Surgeon of the Reaping

T: 93 names

  • Tallyman of the Lost
  • Tallyman Orm Kettlevane
  • Tallyman Skarrus
  • Tarquin Bonechaff
  • Tarquin Vost
  • Terminus Est
  • Thaddeus Fane
  • Thane Halgor
  • The Ashen Pilgrims
  • The Bell-Ringer
  • The Bell-Tollers
  • The Bile-Saint
  • The Bilious Court
  • The Bleak Harvest
  • The Blight Crusade
  • The Blistered Hand
  • The Bloated Tide
  • The Bringer of Blessings
  • The Cankered Few
  • The Carrion Tally
  • The Creeping Doom
  • The Drowned Apothecary
  • The Drowned Vanguard
  • The Ferrymen
  • The Ferrymen of Gehenna
  • The Festering Watch
  • The Fly-Lords of Ultima
  • The Flyblown Brotherhood
  • The Flyblown Prince
  • The Gardener of Sores
  • The Gardeners of Nurgle

T, continued

  • The Gravid Choir
  • The Gravid Lord
  • The Grey Reapers
  • The Harbingers
  • The Hollow Brother
  • The Hollow Legion
  • The Inexorable
  • The Lantern Bearers
  • The Leaden Procession
  • The Long March
  • The Lords of Silence
  • The Loyal Decayed
  • The Maggot-Kin
  • The Mildewed Host
  • The Moribund Crusade
  • The Mourning Guard
  • The Ninth Sore
  • The Pale Harvester
  • The Pale Reapers
  • The Pallid Hand
  • The Plague Fleet
  • The Plague Gardens of Iax
  • The Plaguebound
  • The Pox-Walkers
  • The Poxmongers
  • The Pus-Choir
  • The Rot-Wardens
  • The Rusted Scythe
  • The Sallow Brotherhood
  • The Scabbed Crown
  • The Scythe of Barbarus

T, continued

  • The Seven Sorrowful
  • The Seventh Pestilence
  • The Shrouded Host
  • The Sons of Barbarus
  • The Sour Legion
  • The Stilled Hearts
  • The Tainted Cohort
  • The Tallow Brotherhood
  • The Third Pestilence
  • The Traveller's Herald
  • The Unbroken Rot
  • The Unclean Champion
  • The Weeping Eye
  • The Weeping Host
  • The Wretched
  • Thessek Palebell
  • Thorne Leechmaster
  • Thrane Oddmar
  • Throck Ullast
  • Thrum Gallow
  • Thumo Gell
  • Tobias Mund
  • Tollen Sendek
  • Tollos Vex
  • Torgul Mask
  • Torrigar Wormtongue
  • Torvald Grimm
  • Torvan Glum
  • Tull Wormhusk
  • Typhon's Shadow
  • Typhus

U: 16 names

  • Ugolin Phlegm
  • Ulfric Hame
  • Ulgo Vrane
  • Ullis Temeter
  • Ulmo Scabwright
  • Ulmric Sallowgrave
  • Ulrich Maar
  • Ulthane Grist
  • Ulthos Pustule
  • Ultramar
  • Unbroken Vow
  • Uriah Marrowfen
  • Ursul Gorm
  • Urvash Slimeward
  • Urzog Mane
  • Uthred the Seventh Sore

V: 19 names

  • Valdek Sorrow
  • Valdor Kresh
  • Vance Mournbrook
  • Varlek Plague-Hand
  • Vaskar Pike
  • Vastian Creel
  • Vaxus Grell
  • Veddick Grume
  • Vellan Ashlung
  • Verrus Plagueborn
  • Vexus Rust-Crown
  • Vigilus
  • Viktor Mould
  • Vorgath Rotstride
  • Vorlag Kesh
  • Vorlan Sepsis
  • Vorx
  • Voskar Dreth
  • Vrell Pockmark

W: 15 names

  • Walder Scab
  • Warband of the Maggot Throne
  • Warband of the Rusted Bell
  • Warband of the Weeping Scythe
  • Warden of the Nurglings
  • Wardens of the Plague Planet
  • Weeping Hull
  • Welgus Drane
  • Welk the Seeping
  • Wendrik Mauve
  • Wolfram Ebb
  • Wrack Gristle
  • Wulf Greyskin
  • Wulgar Stane
  • Wurm Ghallis

X: 5 names

  • Xanthus Pall
  • Xar Woundlicker
  • Xerus Malveck
  • Xerxes Gall-Tooth
  • Xul Offalborn

Y: 9 names

  • Yaggoth Dungmaw
  • Yannick Morr
  • Yannis Throat-Rot
  • Yaro Sedge
  • Yorrick Hale
  • Yorvar Mildew
  • Yulgo Marn
  • Yurik Vorst
  • Yusef Bloatwine

Z: 7 names

  • Zaddok Gangrene
  • Zadok Pruell
  • Zerrak Hulme
  • Zerrus Plaguebell
  • Zhorn Varga
  • Zoltan Bile
  • Zorik Bale