Evangelion Name Generator

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Generate Evangelion names for OCs and fan works: the canon cast, Angels and units first, then original pilots with warship surnames like Sora Kisaragi, numbered Angels like Raziel, the 19th Angel, Eva units, German one-word organizations like HERZ, operations, MAGI-style computer trios and relics.

About Evangelion names

Neon Genesis Evangelion names its world by a few clear habits. Many of the cast's Japanese surnames are borrowed from warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy: Ayanami, Soryu, Katsuragi, Akagi, Ibuki, Aoba, Hyuga and Fuyutsuki were all ships before they were characters. Asuka Langley Soryu and Mari Illustrious Makinami add a foreign aircraft carrier in the middle.

The Angels take their names from angelology (Sachiel, Shamshel, Ramiel, Zeruel, Arael, Tabris) and are counted in order. The organizations are single German words in capitals (NERV, SEELE, GEHIRN, WILLE), and the machines are numbered: Evangelion Unit-01, Mark.06. The three MAGI computers are Melchior, Balthasar and Casper, which is why fan works name computer systems in threes.

The list opens with canon characters, Angels, units and terms in one common spelling each, as a reference block and not a full index. After that everything is original: pilots and staff with ship surnames in given-name-first order, designated Children from the Sixth on, Angels numbered from the 19th, Eva units with a type and a production note, German organization names, operations in the manner of Operation Yashima, computer trios, relics and fortress cities.

How to choose Evangelion names

  • For a pilot, pair a warship surname with an ordinary modern given name, as in Sora Kisaragi or Hina Akizuki. The plainer the given name, the more it sounds like the series.
  • A pilot raised abroad can carry an aircraft carrier as a middle name, the way Asuka Langley Soryu does. Elsa Saratoga Shigure and Noel Lexington Akizuki follow that shape.
  • Number your Angel. The TV series counts them in order and reaches eighteen, so an original Angel reads best with a later number, such as Raziel, the 19th Angel.
  • Keep an organization to one German word in capitals that names a part of the body or mind, as NERV (nerve), SEELE (soul) and GEHIRN (brain) do. HERZ (heart), GEIST (mind or spirit) and AUGE (eye) continue the set.
  • Give an Eva unit a number, a role and one production fact, such as where it was built. Evangelion Unit-42 (Test Type, Berlin) tells a reader more than a nickname would.

Frequently asked questions

Where do Evangelion character names come from?

Many surnames are Imperial Japanese Navy ship names: Ayanami and Shikinami were destroyers, Soryu, Akagi and Katsuragi were aircraft carriers, Aoba was a cruiser and Hyuga a battleship. Others are sea words, such as Ikari (anchor) and Kaji (rudder). The original pilots here use other ship names the same way, as in Kanade Yukikaze and Tomoya Mogami.

How are the Angels in Evangelion named?

Their names come from angelology, among them Sachiel, Ramiel, Israfel, Zeruel and Tabris, and each Angel has a number. The original Angels in this list use other names found in angel lore with later numbers, such as Cassiel, the 20th Angel and The 55th Apostle, Verchiel. They are written for fan works and do not appear in the series.

What do NERV, SEELE and GEHIRN mean?

They are German words: Nerv is nerve, Seele is soul and Gehirn is brain, and WILLE in the later films means will. The original organizations here follow the pattern with real German words, such as STIMME (voice), SCHWELLE (threshold) and HOFFNUNG (hope).

Does this generator include canon Evangelion names?

Yes. The list starts with canon characters, Angels, Eva units and terms, from Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami to Evangelion Unit-01 and the Lance of Longinus. That block is a reference, not a full index of the franchise, and everything after it is original. This site has no connection to the makers of the series.

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A: 28 names

  • AAA Wunder
  • Adam
  • Akane Hiryu
  • Akari Murasame
  • Analyst Asami Shigure
  • Analyst Naoki Abukuma
  • Analyst Yuka Natori
  • Anchor of Themistocles
  • ANKER
  • ANKER Salvage Group
  • Anna Victorious Kumano
  • Aoi Mikazuki
  • Arael
  • Arata Taiho

A, continued

  • Armisael
  • Arrow of Yoichi
  • Artificial Evolution Laboratory, Annex 2
  • Asahi Isuzu
  • Astrolabe of Hipparchus
  • Asuka Langley Shikinami
  • Asuka Langley Soryu
  • AT Field
  • ATEM
  • ATTIC HORAE: Thallo, Auxo, Carpo
  • AUGE
  • AUGE Observation Bureau
  • Ayaka Mikuma
  • Azrael, the 31st Angel

B: 9 names

  • Balthasar
  • Barachiel, the 33rd Angel
  • Bardiel
  • Blade of Tiberius
  • Bow of Tametomo
  • Bridge Officer Kaoru Yura
  • Bridge Officer Saori Sendai
  • BRÜCKE
  • BRÜCKE Liaison Office

C: 40 names

  • Cambiel, the 39th Angel
  • Candidate 14, Unconfirmed Child
  • Captain Emi Kumano
  • Captain Goro Mikuma
  • Captain Ichiro Yukikaze
  • Captain Mariko Haguro
  • Captain Sayaka Chokai
  • Casper
  • Cassiel, the 20th Angel
  • Central Dogma
  • Chalice of Boethius
  • Chamuel, the 23rd Angel
  • Chief Engineer Noboru Kinugasa

C, continued

  • Chief Engineer Tamotsu Hiei
  • Chief Medical Officer Chiyo Agano
  • Chief of Security Takeo Hibiki
  • Chika Hibiki
  • Codename Arakiel, Pattern Blue 45
  • Codename Baraqiel, Pattern Blue 42
  • Codename Dumah, Pattern Blue 47
  • Codename Gadreel, Pattern Blue 46
  • Codename Hadraniel, Pattern Blue 52
  • Codename Kokabiel, Pattern Blue 41
  • Codename Kushiel, Pattern Blue 53
  • Codename Lailah, Pattern Blue 48
  • Codename Nuriel, Pattern Blue 49

C, continued

  • Codename Oriphiel, Pattern Blue 51
  • Codename Puriel, Pattern Blue 54
  • Codename Tamiel, Pattern Blue 43
  • Codename Turiel, Pattern Blue 44
  • Codename Zerachiel, Pattern Blue 50
  • Codex of Ptolemy
  • Commander Atsuko Kaga
  • Commander Mitsuru Fubuki
  • Commander Seiji Nagato
  • Commander Yoko Fuso
  • Compass of Pytheas
  • Contingency Plan Hakone
  • Crown of Zenobia
  • CYCLOPES: Brontes, Steropes, Arges

D: 15 names

  • Daiki Shiranui
  • Defense Plan Ashinoko
  • Dr. Akiko Zuikaku
  • Dr. Eiji Taiho
  • Dr. Fumiko Amagi
  • Dr. Haruko Unryu
  • Dr. Hideo Kisaragi
  • Dr. Miwa Shokaku
  • Dr. Noriko Murakumo
  • Dr. Satoshi Yubari
  • Dr. Shigeo Ryujo
  • Dr. Tomoko Hiryu
  • Dr. Yasuo Amagiri
  • DREIGESTIRN: Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau
  • Dummy Plug

E: 38 names

  • Eighth Child, Unit-42 Candidate
  • Eita Kaga
  • Eleventh Child, Backup Pilot
  • Elsa Saratoga Shigure
  • Ema Kinugasa
  • Emma Yorktown Natori
  • Entry Plug
  • ERBE
  • ERBE Archive
  • Evacuation Order Fuji-3
  • Evangelion Mark.06
  • Evangelion Mark.09

E, continued

  • Evangelion Mark.18
  • Evangelion Mark.20
  • Evangelion Unit-00
  • Evangelion Unit-01
  • Evangelion Unit-02
  • Evangelion Unit-03
  • Evangelion Unit-04
  • Evangelion Unit-08
  • Evangelion Unit-13
  • Evangelion Unit-15 (Prototype, Second Batch)
  • Evangelion Unit-17 (Deep Sea Trial)
  • Evangelion Unit-19 (Interceptor Model)
  • Evangelion Unit-22 (Command Type)

E, continued

  • Evangelion Unit-24 (Matsushiro Build)
  • Evangelion Unit-26 (Reserve Frame)
  • Evangelion Unit-28 (Training Type)
  • Evangelion Unit-31 (Export Model)
  • Evangelion Unit-33 (Recovery Type)
  • Evangelion Unit-35 (Hokkaido Build)
  • Evangelion Unit-37 (Sensor Picket)
  • Evangelion Unit-39 (Test Type, Nevada)
  • Evangelion Unit-41 (Production Model)
  • Evangelion Unit-42 (Test Type, Berlin)
  • Evangelion Unit-45 (Early Production Model)
  • Evangelion Unit-49 Bis (Rebuilt)
  • Evangelion Unit-54 (Twin Pilot Type)

F: 9 names

  • First Lieutenant Aya Jintsu
  • First Lieutenant Daisuke Yahagi
  • First Lieutenant Kazuya Shiranui
  • First Lieutenant Ryohei Tenryu
  • Fortress City Hakodate-2
  • Fourteenth Child, Third Selection
  • FUNKE
  • FUNKE Power Authority
  • FURIES: Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone

G: 13 names

  • Gaghiel
  • Gate of Janus
  • GEHIRN
  • GEIST
  • Gendo Ikari
  • Geofront
  • GEWISSEN
  • GORGONS: Stheno, Euryale, Medusa
  • GOSANKE: Owari, Kii, Mito
  • GRACES: Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia
  • GRAEAE: Deino, Enyo, Pemphredo
  • GRENZE
  • GÜRTEL: Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka

H: 20 names

  • Hakone Geological Survey Office
  • Hamamatsu Test Site
  • Haniel, the 24th Angel
  • HARPIES: Aello, Ocypete, Celaeno
  • Haru Shiratsuyu
  • Haruto Asashio
  • Hayate Tanikaze
  • HECATONCHEIRES: Briareus, Cottus, Gyges
  • Helm of Scipio
  • HERZ

H, continued

  • HERZ Medical Division
  • Hideki Tama
  • Hikari Horaki
  • Himari Unryu
  • Hina Akizuki
  • Hinako Abukuma
  • Hiroto Ashigara
  • HOFFNUNG
  • Honoka Chikuma
  • HORAE: Eunomia, Dike, Eirene

I: 8 names

  • Ichika Jintsu
  • Inspector Keiko Zuiho
  • Inspector Nao Shinonome
  • Inspector Shuhei Tatsuta
  • Inspector Tetsuo Myoko
  • Ireul
  • Israfel
  • Itsuki Sagiri

J: 8 names

  • Jar of Pandora
  • Javelin of Camillus
  • Jegudiel, the 34th Angel
  • Jeremiel, the 37th Angel
  • Jet Alone
  • Jophiel, the 22nd Angel
  • JUDGES: Minos, Rhadamanthus, Aeacus
  • Julia Ranger Hatsuharu

K: 21 names

  • Kaito Hatsuzuki
  • Kanade Yukikaze
  • Karin Formidable Yahagi
  • Kaworu Nagisa
  • Kazuki Myoko
  • Keel Lorenz
  • Kei Shigure
  • KEIM
  • KEIM Bioengineering Works
  • Kensuke Aida

K, continued

  • Key of Ashurbanipal
  • Key of Hammurabi
  • KINGDOMS: Wei, Shu, Wu
  • Knot of Gordias
  • Koharu Harusame
  • Koji Takao
  • Kokona Oyodo
  • Kosei Yubari
  • Kota Wakaba
  • Kozo Fuyutsuki
  • Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu

L: 18 names

  • Lagash Institute
  • Lake Ashi Battery
  • Lance of Aurelius
  • Lance of Cornelius
  • Lance of Longinus
  • Lantern of Diogenes
  • Leliel
  • Lens of Alhazen
  • Leo Hermes Tenryu

L, continued

  • Lieutenant Chie Hatsuharu
  • Lieutenant Jun Isuzu
  • Lieutenant Kana Oyodo
  • Lieutenant Megumi Mochizuki
  • Lieutenant Rika Atago
  • Lieutenant Shinobu Chikuma
  • Lieutenant Wataru Nachi
  • Lilin
  • Lilith

M: 44 names

  • Machidiel, the 32nd Angel
  • MAGI
  • MAGI-07 Singapore
  • MAGI-09 Reykjavik
  • MAGI-11 Hakodate
  • Major Eri Akatsuki
  • Major Kenji Ashigara
  • Major Osamu Haruna
  • Major Reina Mogami
  • Major Takashi Kongo
  • Major Yuriko Chiyoda
  • Makoto Hyuga
  • Mana Haguro
  • Marduk Institute

M, continued

  • Mari Illustrious Makinami
  • Mark.14 Code 5C
  • Mark.15 Remote Operation Frame
  • Mark.16 Escort Frame
  • Mark.17 Survey Frame
  • Mark.19 Autonomous Frame
  • Masato Ikazuchi
  • Mass Production Evangelion
  • Matarael
  • Maya Ibuki
  • Mei Natsugumo
  • Melchior
  • Metaphysical Biology Laboratory
  • Metatron, the 29th Angel
  • Midori Kitakami

M, continued

  • Mika Indomitable Haguro
  • Minato Mochizuki
  • Mirai Amatsukaze
  • Mirror of Hypatia
  • Misaki Chokai
  • Misato Katsuragi
  • Mitsuki Agano
  • Miyu Kasumi
  • Mizuki Zuikaku
  • Mogami Expedition
  • MOIRAI System: Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos
  • Mount Kintoki Defense Line
  • MUSES: Melete, Mneme, Aoide
  • MUSKETEERS: Athos, Porthos, Aramis
  • Myojogatake Relay Station

N: 18 names

  • Nagoya-3
  • Nanase Tatsuta
  • Naoko Akagi
  • Needle of Cleopatra
  • NERV
  • NERV Hakodate Annex
  • NERV Reykjavik Observatory
  • NERV Singapore Branch
  • New Kure

N, continued

  • New Maizuru
  • New Ominato
  • New Sasebo
  • Ninth Child, Class 2-A
  • Nippur Institute
  • Noa Amagiri
  • Noel Lexington Akizuki
  • NORNS System: Urd, Verdandi, Skuld
  • Nozomi Hatsuharu

O: 28 names

  • Oar of Odysseus
  • Observation Post Owakudani
  • Office of Pilot Welfare
  • Operation Amanogawa
  • Operation Dan-no-ura
  • Operation Hayabusa
  • Operation Hiyodorigoe
  • Operation Hotarubi
  • Operation Ichi-no-Tani
  • Operation Itsukushima
  • Operation Kawanakajima
  • Operation Kitsunebi
  • Operation Kurikara
  • Operation Mikatagahara

O, continued

  • Operation Nagashino
  • Operation Oborozuki
  • Operation Ogi no Mato
  • Operation Okehazama
  • Operation Sekigahara
  • Operation Shizugatake
  • Operation Tanabata
  • Operation Ujigawa
  • Operation Yashima
  • Operation Yoichi
  • Operations Department, Tactical Planning
  • Operator Hitomi Kasumi
  • Operator Mai Sakawa
  • Osaka-2

P: 14 names

  • Pacific Fleet Escort Group 8
  • PARCAE: Nona, Decima, Morta
  • Pattern Blue
  • Pen Pen
  • Penemue, the 40th Angel
  • Phanuel, the 36th Angel
  • Pilum of Severus
  • Professor Isao Hosho
  • Professor Masako Shinano
  • Professor Toshio Chitose
  • Provisional Unit-20
  • Provisional Unit-30 Rail Platform
  • Provisional Unit-46
  • PULS

R: 16 names

  • Raguel, the 25th Angel
  • Ramiel
  • Raziel, the 19th Angel
  • REGALIA: Yata, Kusanagi, Yasakani
  • Rei Ayanami
  • Ren Akebono
  • Rena Nachi
  • Reserve Child, Test Site Two

R, continued

  • Riku Minazuki
  • Rin Isokaze
  • Ring of Polycrates
  • Rio Yugiri
  • Ritsuko Akagi
  • Ryo Murakumo
  • Ryoji Kaji
  • Ryunosuke Tenryu

S: 58 names

  • Sachiel
  • Sahaquiel
  • Saki Ariake
  • Sakura Suzuhara
  • Samael, the 30th Angel
  • Sandalphon
  • SANKEI: Matsushima, Amanohashidate, Miyajima
  • Sapporo-2
  • Sara Ryujo
  • Sariel, the 27th Angel
  • SARU: Mizaru, Kikazaru, Iwazaru
  • Scales of Solon
  • SCHATTEN
  • SCHILD

S, continued

  • SCHILD Defense Bureau
  • SCHLÜSSEL
  • SCHWELLE
  • Seal of Gilgamesh
  • SEELE
  • Selaphiel, the 35th Angel
  • Sena Inazuma
  • Sendai-2
  • Sengokuhara Test Range
  • Seventh Child, Matsushiro Reserve
  • Shamshel
  • Shield of Fabius
  • Shigeru Aoba
  • Shinji Ikari
  • Shinnosuke Furutaka

S, continued

  • Shizuku Yahagi
  • SHOCHIKUBAI: Matsu, Take, Ume
  • Shota Asagiri
  • Shun Shimakaze
  • SINN
  • SISTERS: Olga, Masha, Irina
  • Sixth Child, NERV Berlin
  • Soma Kumano
  • SOMMERDREIECK: Vega, Altair, Deneb
  • Sora Kisaragi
  • Spear of Cassius
  • Spear of Marcellus
  • Spear of Octavius
  • Special Inspections Office

S, continued

  • Special Order A-801
  • Special Order B-204
  • Special Order C-117
  • Special Order D-012
  • Standard of Varus
  • STILLE
  • STIMME
  • STIMME Communications Section
  • Sub-Commander Hiroshi Yamashiro
  • Sub-Commander Kiyoshi Mutsu
  • Subaru Shokaku
  • Sumire Nagara
  • Sundial of Anaximander
  • Suzu Natori
  • Sword of Damocles

T: 47 names

  • Tablet of Enmerkar
  • Tabris
  • Taiga Noshiro
  • Takeru Oboro
  • Tatsuki Yura
  • Technical Department, Division 4
  • Technician Ken Furutaka
  • Technician Shinya Akizuki
  • Technician Yumi Noshiro
  • Tenth Child, Second Selection
  • Terminal Dogma

T, continued

  • The 55th Apostle, Verchiel
  • The 56th Apostle, Hamaliel
  • The 57th Apostle, Zuriel
  • The 58th Apostle, Barbiel
  • The 59th Apostle, Adnachiel
  • The 60th Apostle, Ambriel
  • The 61st Apostle, Muriel
  • The 62nd Apostle, Asmodel
  • The 63rd Apostle, Shalgiel
  • The 64th Apostle, Galgaliel
  • The 65th Apostle, Rahatiel
  • The 66th Apostle, Ophaniel

T, continued

  • The 67th Apostle, Rikbiel
  • The 68th Apostle, Abdiel
  • The Eighth Child
  • The Eleventh Child
  • The Fifth Child
  • The First Child
  • The Fourth Child
  • The Ninth Child
  • The Second Child
  • The Seventh Child
  • The Sixth Child
  • The Tenth Child

T, continued

  • The Third Child
  • The Thirteenth Child
  • The Twelfth Child
  • Thread of Ariadne
  • Toji Suzuhara
  • Tokyo-3
  • Tomoya Mogami
  • TRAUM
  • Trident of Agrippa
  • Tsubasa Hamakaze
  • Tsumugi Uranami
  • Twelfth Child, Provisional

U: 27 names

  • Unit-14 Heavy Armor Refit
  • Unit-16 Aerial Transport Spec
  • Unit-18 Polar Equipment
  • Unit-21 Long Range Support
  • Unit-23 Twin Entry System
  • Unit-25 Night Camouflage
  • Unit-27 with D-Type Equipment
  • Unit-29 High Mobility Spec
  • Unit-32 Sniper Configuration
  • Unit-34 Orbital Drop Spec
  • Unit-36 Urban Defense Refit
  • Unit-38 Desert Equipment
  • Unit-40 Dual Blade Configuration

U, continued

  • Unit-43 Shield Carrier
  • Unit-44 Local Specification
  • Unit-47 with B-Type Equipment
  • Unit-48 Harbor Defense Refit
  • Unit-51 Positron Rifle Platform
  • Unternehmen Abendstern
  • Unternehmen Eisvogel
  • Unternehmen Glockenspiel
  • Unternehmen Leuchtturm
  • Unternehmen Sternschnuppe
  • Unternehmen Zugvogel
  • Uriel, the 28th Angel
  • URSPRUNG
  • Uzziel, the 26th Angel

V: 1 name

  • VERNUNFT

W: 6 names

  • WACHE
  • WACHE Security Department
  • Wheel of Ixion
  • WILLE
  • WINTERDREIECK: Sirius, Procyon, Betelgeuse
  • WURZEL

Y: 9 names

  • Yamato Sendai
  • Yua Zuiho
  • Yui Ikari
  • Yuito Atago
  • Yuki Akatsuki
  • Yuma Samidare
  • Yuna Shinonome
  • Yusei Sakawa
  • Yuzuki Sazanami

Z: 5 names

  • Zadkiel, the 21st Angel
  • Zaphkiel, the 38th Angel
  • ZEITEN: Gestern, Heute, Morgen
  • Zeruel
  • ZEUGE