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Generate Elite Dangerous names: commander names like CMDR Tessaly Marr, ship names like Krait Expectations and Long Dark Honk, Fleet Carrier names like Distant Hearth, squadrons, stations like Varrow Dock and people of the three superpowers.

About Elite Dangerous names

In Elite Dangerous every pilot is a commander, and the game puts CMDR in front of whatever name you choose, so the best names are the ones that still sound right after those four letters. A commander ends up naming a good deal more: each ship in the hangar, a Fleet Carrier if the credits stretch that far, and a squadron or player faction to fly with.

This list keeps those jobs in separate groups. Commander names mix pilot-style personal names with handles built from cockpit talk, such as CMDR Rebuy Riley and Mostly Harmless Mo. Ship names include jokes on the hull itself (Krait Expectations, Asp Me Anything) and names by role for explorers, haulers, miners and combat ships. Carrier names lean on tritium, upkeep and the long haul. Squadron names sit beside minor factions in the game's own wordy pattern.

The last groups are in-universe. Imperial names are patrician and often doubled, in the style of Lavigny-Duval and Torval. Federal and Alliance names come with naval and political ranks. Station names follow the game's habit of a surname plus a type word, the way Jameson Memorial and Hutton Orbital do, using invented surnames and a few long-dead scientists and explorers. A handful of canon leaders are included as anchors.

How to choose Elite Dangerous names

  • Say the name with CMDR in front of it, out loud, the way a wingmate would on comms. Short names that are easy to pronounce hold up best in a fight.
  • Match a ship name to the hull and the job. A Type-9 can carry a joke (Space Cow, Moo Point), an explorer suits something patient (Long Dark Honk, Beyond the Bubble) and an Imperial ship something polished (Gilded Tangent).
  • A carrier name is read by every commander who opens the system map, so let it say what the carrier is for: Miners' Rest, Deep Sky Depot and Pathfinder's Berth each tell visitors what to expect.
  • For a station in your own fiction, pick the surname first and then the type word that fits the place. Dock, Orbital and Gateway read as large stations, while Outpost, Settlement, Works and Mines read as small or surface sites.
  • The game has its own rules on length and wording for commander, ship, carrier and squadron names, and another player may already fly under your pick. Try it in the game before you get attached to it.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good commander name in Elite Dangerous?

One that reads well after CMDR and that you will not tire of seeing on every scan. Personal names such as CMDR Ansel Vaughn and CMDR Tessaly Marr suit roleplay, single handles such as CMDR Voidwright are quick to say, and joke names such as Mostly Harmless Mo and Docking Request Denied come from the game's own ranks and station chatter.

Are the station names real stations in the game?

They are written on the game's pattern and are not taken from it. Jameson Memorial and Hutton Orbital are real stations and appear on this page only as examples. Names such as Varrow Dock and Tennick Orbital use invented surnames, and a few use long-dead scientists and explorers, such as Hypatia Terminal and Zheng He Enterprise. The game has thousands of stations named that way, so one of those may happen to match a station that exists.

What should I name my Fleet Carrier?

Carriers are slow, expensive and long-lived, so names about home, fuel and patience fit them: Distant Hearth, Tritium Appetite, The Long Layover and Upkeep Due are in the list. If the carrier serves a purpose, name it for that, as Miners' Rest and Deep Sky Depot do.

Is this page connected with the makers of Elite Dangerous?

No. This is a fan page that uses the game's title only to say what the names are for, and it has no link with Frontier Developments. A few canon figures such as Aisling Duval and Edmund Mahon are included as anchors, and the other names are original.

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A: 33 names

  • Abernethy Haven
  • Abigail Thornbury
  • Abrasion Blaster Blues
  • Adder Up
  • Adeyemo Base
  • Admiral Rhys Tolland
  • Admiral's Folly
  • Aemilia Fontaine-Varga
  • Agent Sorrel Kincaid
  • Aimless Pathfinder
  • Aisling Duval
  • Al-Biruni Port
  • Aldervane Empire League
  • Alhazen Vision
  • All Cargo No Shields
  • All Hands to Jump Stations
  • Alliance of Convenience
  • Amadi Enterprise
  • Ambassador Tamsin Penrose
  • Ammonia World Tour
  • Anaconda Squeeze
  • Anaximander Colony
  • Anchorage Unknown
  • Anouk Reyes
  • Aoife Sturgess
  • Apex Shuttle Regulars
  • Arissa Lavigny-Duval
  • Aryabhata Hub
  • Ashcombe Arsenal
  • Asp Me Anything
  • Assembly Member Gareth Lindholm
  • Augustin Tessier-Bao
  • Aurelian Desmarais

B: 25 names

  • Bank of the Void
  • Baroness Claudia Ravenel
  • Bartender's Friend
  • Belisario Bastion
  • Beluga Whale Song
  • Bering Beacon
  • Beyond the Bubble
  • Black Hole Tourist
  • Black Ledger Trading Co.
  • Blackthorne Plant
  • Boost and Pray
  • Bounty Hunter's Lunch
  • Bounty Hunters' Barracks
  • Bounty Voucher Val
  • Brahmagupta Ring
  • Brandvold Terminal
  • Brannock Seye
  • Brewer's Pride
  • Brightwater Independents
  • Brightwell Platform
  • Broker Benedikt
  • Bronagh Castellanos
  • Brown Dwarf Blues
  • Bubble Dweller
  • Bulk Discount

C: 68 names

  • Cadet Owen Achebe
  • Calla Thorne-Ito
  • Canyon Runners Association
  • Captain Morag Sinclair-Obi
  • Captain Roderick Mbeki
  • Cardenas Settlement
  • Cargo Hatch Malfunction
  • Carla Montoya-Reese
  • Cartographic Payday
  • Carys Whitmore-Singh
  • Caspian Ferro
  • Cassius Villeneuve-Rao
  • Castellar Camp
  • Challenge Accepted
  • Chancellor Ottoline Vauban
  • Chief Petty Officer Ana Reyes-Holt
  • Chieftain's Due
  • Citizens Party of Nuvenna
  • CMDR Ansel Vaughn
  • CMDR Bitter Coriolis
  • CMDR Dusty Hardpoints
  • CMDR Farside Finn
  • CMDR High Wake Hal
  • CMDR Hollow Kestrel
  • CMDR Honk and Scoop
  • CMDR Idris Calloway
  • CMDR Juno Achterberg
  • CMDR Limpet Lou
  • CMDR Low Wake Lena
  • CMDR Marisol Vance
  • CMDR Mass Lock Mick
  • CMDR Neutron Nell
  • CMDR Okonkwo
  • CMDR Pallas Wren

C, continued

  • CMDR Quiet Haul
  • CMDR Rebuy Riley
  • CMDR Silent Running
  • CMDR Starboard Sal
  • CMDR Tessaly Marr
  • CMDR Three Jump Tam
  • CMDR Voidwright
  • CMDR Zero Throttle
  • Coalsack Caravan
  • Cobra Effect
  • Codex Entry
  • Commodore Alun Prothero
  • Concourse and Coffee
  • Conflict Zone Commuter
  • Conflict Zone Volunteers
  • Congressional Oversight
  • Congressman Harlan Voss
  • Congresswoman Mirelle Osei
  • Corbett Mines
  • Core and Back
  • Core Dynamics Dropout
  • Core Run Clubhouse
  • Coreward Passenger Lines
  • Cornelia Saint-Vire
  • Council Quorum
  • Councilor Ffion Maddox
  • Councilor Niamh Okonedo
  • Count Emeric Lothaire
  • Countess Octavia Mirabeau
  • Courier New
  • Credits Per Ton
  • Crusader's Rest
  • Curtis Nakamura
  • Cutter Loose

D: 30 names

  • Dashiell Okoro
  • Deadly but Polite
  • Decimus Charron
  • Deck Officer's Regards
  • Decommission Me Never
  • Deep Core Mining Union
  • Deep Sky Depot
  • Deep Space Refuge
  • DeLacy Devotee
  • Delegate Saoirse Venter
  • Demand Curve
  • Denton Patreus
  • Deverell Hangar
  • Diamond in the Black
  • Director Paige Sunderland
  • Distant Hearth
  • Docking Computer Deniers
  • Docking Request Denied
  • Dolphin Safe
  • Domitia Laurent-Okoye
  • Dougal Nwosu
  • Dr. Evelyn Sato-Reyes
  • Dragomir Colony
  • Drake's Rest
  • Drummond Mine
  • Duchess Valeria Montclair
  • Due Process
  • Dunleavy Landing
  • Dust Lane Drifter
  • Dwight Okonjo

E: 11 names

  • Earl Leopold Sauvage
  • Earthlike Wanted
  • Edge of the Bubble Depot
  • Edmund Mahon
  • Eilidh Havel
  • Elias Morrow
  • Elite or Bust Flight School
  • Ellingboe Vision
  • Ensign Marcus Delgado
  • Eratosthenes Gateway
  • Eze Beacon

F: 24 names

  • Fairweather Dock
  • Farpoint Cartographers
  • Farrow Works
  • Faustina Morel
  • Federal Case
  • Federal Offense
  • Felicia Winters
  • Fer-de-Chance
  • Ferrand Barracks
  • Final Notice
  • First Class Vacuum
  • First Discovered By
  • First Footfall
  • Fissure Finder
  • Five Hundred Light Years From Home
  • Fixed Beam Diplomacy
  • Flagship Aurora
  • Flavia Rochefort-Asher
  • Flight Assist Off
  • Flight Assist Off Club
  • Frag and Forget
  • Frame Shift Fran
  • Franklin Odhiambo
  • Fuel Scoop Fiona

G: 10 names

  • Gaius Renard
  • Galactic North Star
  • Galactic Plane Sailing
  • Garrity's Claim
  • Gideon Marsh
  • Gilded Tangent
  • Gimballed and Dangerous
  • Guardian Ruins Reading Group
  • Gunnarsdottir Base
  • Gunship Diplomacy

H: 26 names

  • Halcyon Verge Nobles
  • Hallowell Station
  • Hamish Odukoya
  • Hannah Li-Vasquez
  • Hanno Outpost
  • Hanrahan Installation
  • Harcastle's Inheritance
  • Hardpoints Deployed
  • Hargreave Station
  • Hauler Than Thou
  • Haz Res Hunters
  • Haz Res Regular
  • Hazard Pay Wing
  • Hearth of the Black
  • Heat Sink Hank
  • Hekla Reach Jet Boys
  • Her Grace's Patience
  • Hipparchus Station
  • Hollow Sun Irregulars
  • Home Is Where the Carrier Is
  • Honk If You're Lost
  • Honoria Blanchard-Imani
  • Hortensia Leclerc-Adeyemi
  • Hotspot Hopper
  • Humboldt Prospect
  • Hypatia Terminal

I: 9 names

  • Ibekwe Enterprise
  • Ignatius Roe
  • Imamura Horizons
  • Imperial Measure
  • Imre Valdane
  • Independent Means
  • Interdiction Evader
  • Iona Trevelyan
  • Ivanenko Silo

J: 3 names

  • Jocelyn Hartwell
  • Jory Castellane
  • Jump Countdown

K: 6 names

  • Kessandra Purple Legal Corp
  • Kestrel Vanterpool
  • KGB FOAM
  • Kirkbride Prospect
  • Kjellstrom Vista
  • Krait Expectations

L: 24 names

  • Lachlan Mbatha
  • Lacroix Terminal
  • Lady Aurelia Penhallow
  • Lakon Loyalist
  • Lantern in the Deep
  • Larkspur Colony
  • Last Port Before the Void
  • Laurel and Eagle Auxiliary
  • League of Marrowgate
  • Leocadia Byrne
  • Liberals of Halcyon Verge
  • Lieutenant Commander Jae Park
  • Limpet Wrangler
  • Lindgren Reach
  • Livia Corvane
  • Lockdown Protocol
  • Lomax Survey
  • Long Dark Honk
  • Long Range Survey Group
  • Lord Evander Castellan
  • Lord Maximilien Orsay
  • Low Gravity Rovers
  • Lucius Beaumarchais
  • Luxury Cabin Fever

M: 25 names

  • Maddocks Depot
  • Mail Slot Mayhem
  • Mamba Number Five
  • Marble and Laurel
  • Maren Oduya
  • Margin Call
  • Marquis Tiberius Delacour
  • Marrenko Ring
  • Marshal Teodoro Banks
  • Mendizabal Vision
  • Mercator Relay
  • Meredith Zawadzki
  • Midnight Tritium
  • Midshipman Priya Natarajan
  • Miners' Rest
  • Minister Callum Drayton
  • Mobile Depot Persephone
  • Module Malfunction
  • Moo Point
  • Mostly Harmless Flying Circus
  • Mostly Harmless Mo
  • Motherlode
  • Moveable Feast
  • Movement for Kessandra Democrats
  • Multicannon Sonata

N: 13 names

  • Nakagawa Survey
  • Natural Corvanis Regulatory State
  • Navarrete Memorial
  • Nearly Elite Nico
  • Nebula Rasa
  • Neutron Boosted
  • Neutron Highway Regular
  • Ngata Gateway
  • Night Vision Navigators
  • Ninth Meridian Wing
  • Nomad's Ledger
  • Notoriety Nine
  • Nwachukwu Holdings

O: 14 names

  • Octavian Lorraine-Mesny
  • Odalys Ferreira
  • Okabe Settlement
  • Okwuosa Market
  • Open Play Optimists
  • Orbit of Convenience
  • Orca-strated
  • Orion Spur Vanguard
  • Orlovsky Refinery
  • Osgood Orbital
  • Ostrand Blue Dynamic Industries
  • Outer Harbor Lights
  • Oxygen Depleted
  • Oyelaran Gateway

P: 27 names

  • Pad Hog
  • Painite Pete
  • Partnership of Tessel Minor
  • Pascoe Mines
  • Pathfinder's Berth
  • Patron Lucan Varreau
  • Patron Severin Achard
  • Patrons of the White Hull
  • Pemberton Stop
  • Penniless Pioneer
  • Perpetua Valmont
  • Petrakis Outpost
  • Phantom Itinerary
  • Pilots' Mutual Aid Society
  • Pioneer Supplies Run
  • Plasma Etiquette
  • Pleiades Night Shift
  • Port in a Storm
  • Post Captain Tobias Renner
  • Power Plant Sniper
  • Prince Octave Remy-Kato
  • Princess Isaura Lavelle
  • Profit Motive
  • Pryce Hub
  • Pulse Wave Patience
  • Pytheas Landing
  • Python Script

Q: 2 names

  • Quillon Port
  • Quintus Bellerose

R: 23 names

  • Railgun Lullaby
  • Rare Goods Rhea
  • Rare Run Regular
  • Rasmussen Horizons
  • Rear Admiral Dana Whitaker
  • Rebuy Screen
  • Redemption Office
  • Refinery Full
  • Refit and Rearm
  • Regulus Montfort
  • Rescue Platform Samaritan
  • Rhiannon Vale
  • Rim Shot
  • Rimward Rescue Wing
  • Ring Shepherd
  • Ring Side Seat
  • Road to Mandalay
  • Roaming Charge
  • Ronning Beacon
  • Rook Santangelo
  • Rosalind Echeverria
  • Ruben Castillo-Dunn
  • Ruins Rambler

S: 42 names

  • Sabina D'Aubigny
  • Sagittarius or Bust
  • Scarab Rally Team
  • Scoopless Wonder
  • Secretary Imani Blackwood
  • Seismic Charge
  • Senate Road Escort
  • Senator Cassia Valtorre
  • Senator Drusilla Hartcourt
  • Senator Marcellus Vauquelin
  • Senatorial Privilege
  • Sennet Deep Dominion
  • Seraphine Auclair-Tiberi
  • Seren Halloway
  • Seventy to the Jump
  • Shanice Whitfield
  • Shen Kuo Dock
  • Shieldless Wonder
  • Shields Offline
  • Sidewinder Blues
  • Sidewinder Social Club

S, continued

  • Sidonie Carriere
  • Sightseer's Folly
  • Silent Running Society
  • Silver Universal of Marrowgate
  • Slot Scraper
  • Snake Charmer
  • Sol Permit Holders
  • Solberg Oasis
  • Solo Mode Hermits
  • Somerville Laboratory
  • Sorvald Relay
  • Space Cow
  • Speeding Fine
  • Spinward Freight Cooperative
  • Stenhouse Ring
  • Stowaway's Luck
  • Strandvik Platform
  • Sunniva Draxler
  • Supercruise Sam
  • Supply and Demand
  • Sutcliff Hub

T: 42 names

  • Target Lock
  • Tasman Reach
  • Taxpayer's Burden
  • Tennick Orbital
  • Thandiwe Sol
  • Thargoid Whisperer
  • The Bubble Wrap Brigade
  • The Eagle Has Docked
  • The Far Lantern Expedition
  • The Floating Balance Sheet
  • The Fourth Wingmate
  • The Honk Collective
  • The Interdiction Committee
  • The Itinerant Bazaar
  • The Loitering Offenders
  • The Long Layover
  • The Mail Slot Regulars
  • The Quiet Deck
  • The Rebuy Fund
  • The Slow Mothership
  • Thornquist Works

T, continued

  • Tindall Depot
  • Tobias Quill
  • Tolliver Prospect
  • Tolmar Crimson Electronics Group
  • Tolmar Emperor's Grace
  • Tomos Raghavan
  • Tonnage Report
  • Trader's Layover
  • Traditional Ostrand Constitution Party
  • Trailblazer Tavi
  • Trailing Edge Traders
  • Trask Point
  • Triple Elite Tess
  • Tritium Appetite
  • Tritium Run
  • Tritium Runners Guild
  • Tritium Top-Up
  • Tullia Marchand
  • Tycoon in Training
  • Type-10 Out of Ten
  • Tyrone Bassett

U: 4 names

  • Ulugh Beg Orbital
  • Underhill Keep
  • United Varrendeep Values Party
  • Upkeep Due

V: 14 names

  • Vandermolen Legacy
  • Vargas Landing
  • Varrendeep Gold Brothers
  • Varrow Dock
  • Velvet Manifest
  • Vesper Halcrow
  • Vice Admiral Ruth Calderon
  • Viper Pit
  • Viscount Hadrien Sorel
  • Vitellia Ansgar-Roux
  • Void Opal Vera
  • Voigtmann Plant
  • Vostrikov City
  • Vulture Culture

W: 15 names

  • Wainwright Holdings
  • Wandering Outfitter
  • Wanted in Six Systems
  • Warrant Officer Declan Briggs
  • Water World Wanderer
  • Waypoint Zero
  • Wayward Harbor
  • Weekly Upkeep
  • Wexford's Folly
  • White Hull Waltz
  • Wing of Four
  • Winterbourne Port
  • Witchspace Wanderer
  • Workers of Calder's Drift Labor Union
  • Wyndham Laboratory

X: 3 names

  • Xeno Front Field Hospital
  • Xeno Hunter Xan
  • Xeno Watch Auxiliary

Y: 1 name

  • Yildirim Laboratory

Z: 6 names

  • Zachary Hudson
  • Zemina Torval
  • Zhang Heng Orbital
  • Zheng He Enterprise
  • Zorgon's Finest
  • Zubiri Refinery