Fallout 76 Name Generator

Appalachian names for Vault 76 dwellers and wastelanders

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Generate Fallout 76 character names that fit Appalachia: pre-war West Virginia first and last names for Vault 76 dwellers, wasteland nicknames, Brotherhood, Responder, Raider and Blood Eagle ranks, Mr. Handy units, and canon NPCs from Rose to Paladin Rahmani.

About Fallout 76 names

Fallout 76 is set in Appalachia in 2102, only 25 years after the bombs fell, so its names sit closer to the pre-war world than any other Fallout. The Vault 76 dwellers walked out with ordinary mid-century American names, and the survivors they meet are West Virginians: Scots-Irish and English mountain surnames like Hatfield, McCoy, Blankenship, Mullins, Caudill, Sizemore, Adkins and Justice, paired with first names such as Earl, Loretta, Wade, Darlene, Delmer and Opal. Canon NPCs follow the same rule, from Sofia Daguerre and Russell Dorsey to Meg Groberg and the Hornwright family.

The factions add their own layers. The Brotherhood puts rank before name (Paladin Rahmani, Knight Shin, Scribe Valdez), the Responders are known by job (Fire Breather, Medic), and Crater raiders and Blood Eagles use one-word handles like Surge, Blackeye, Ra-Ra and Gash. Robots carry pre-war service names or model tags (MODUS, Miss Nanny, Mr. Gutsy), and wasteland nicknames borrow from junk, chems, cryptids and coal-country life: Mothman, Snallygaster, tipples, moonshine and pepperoni rolls all show up.

This generator mixes real Fallout 76 characters with original names built on Appalachian surnames, faction ranks and wasteland handles, so you can name a fresh dweller on Reclamation Day, a CAMP vendor, a raider crew or a Brotherhood squad and have it sound like it belongs in West Virginia.

How to choose Fallout 76 names

  • For a Vault 76 dweller, choose a 1950s to 1970s style American first name and a genuine West Virginia surname (Hensley, Tackett, Pruitt, Sexton); Appalachia is full of those families and the game leans on them for NPCs.
  • Wasteland nicknames should come from the region: cryptids (Mothman, Sheepsquatch, Snallygaster), coal mining, moonshine, hollers and the junk you scavenge. Avoid generic sci-fi handles.
  • Put faction rank first for Brotherhood, Responder or Enclave characters, exactly as the game does: Paladin, Knight, Scribe, Initiate, Fire Breather, Agent.
  • Crater raiders and Blood Eagles use short, punchy one-word handles (Fuse, Gash, Talon). If you are naming a whole raider crew, give each a different kind of word: a tool, an injury, an animal, a weather term.
  • Robots in 76 either keep a polite pre-war service name (Jeeves, Clementine) or a blunt military one (Hardcase, Bulwark); match the name to whether the unit was domestic or military before the war.

Frequently asked questions

What kind of names fit a Fallout 76 character?

The most authentic choice is a plain mid-century American first name with an Appalachian surname, such as Wade Caudill, Loretta Mullins or Hollis McCoy. Because the game takes place only 25 years after the Great War, names are closer to real pre-war West Virginia than the more invented names in Fallout 4 or New Vegas.

Are the canon characters here actually in Fallout 76?

Yes. Rose, Duchess, Mortimer, Sofia Daguerre, Beckett, Paladin Rahmani, Knight Shin, Scribe Valdez, Russell Dorsey, Meg Groberg, Ra-Ra, the Hornwrights, Hugo and Audrey Stolz and MODUS are all from the base game, Wastelanders, Steel Dawn, Steel Reign or Skyline Valley. The rest are original names written in the same style.

How should I name a Fallout 76 raider or Blood Eagle?

Use a one-word handle, the way Crater and the Blood Eagles do: Surge, Burke, Blackeye, Gail, Fuse, Talon, Marrow. A descriptive nickname such as Three-Finger Phil or Buckshot Bonnie also works and fits the older, Appalachian feel of the region's outlaws.

Can I use these names for my in-game character or CAMP?

Yes. Character names in Fallout 76 are player-chosen and show to other players, so any of these work as long as they fit the length limit. Original names are free for fan fiction, roleplay and mods; canon characters belong to Bethesda and are fine for fan works but not commercial products.

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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: 16 names

  • Abbie Singh
  • Ada Lindqvist
  • Agent Mochou
  • Alma Tolliver
  • Alvin Meade
  • Ambrose Damron
  • Amos Bentley
  • Annie Dotson
  • Appalachian Avery
  • Aries
  • Arlene Stacy
  • Arlo Conn
  • Asa Arrington
  • Assaultron Valkyrie
  • Audrey Stolz
  • Axel

B: 30 names

  • Bartender Sue Ann Pruitt
  • Bea Wilburn
  • Beckett
  • Bernice Prater
  • Beulah Amburgey
  • Birdie Prater
  • Blackeye
  • Blackwater Boyd
  • Bloatfly Bud
  • Blood Eagle Hatchet
  • Blood Eagle Marrow
  • Blood Eagle Scourge
  • Blood Eagle Talon
  • Blood Eagle Viscera
  • Bonnie Stewart
  • Bonnie Sue Combs
  • Boone Skeens
  • Bottlecap Bill
  • Boyd Castle
  • Brass Knuckle Barb
  • Brewer Tobias Hench
  • Brother of the Wise Moth
  • Bubbles
  • Buck Pennington
  • Buckshot Bonnie
  • Buford Sparks
  • Burke
  • Burl Slone
  • Burley Mullins
  • Busted Knuckle Bo

C: 40 names

  • Cal Bozeman
  • Caleb Trimble
  • Cannonball Cal
  • Captain Tess Kowalczyk
  • Caravan Boss Wendell Crane
  • Carrie Justice
  • Cecil Mosley
  • Celia Tran
  • Chally the Moo-Moo
  • Chem Cook Vinnie Sass
  • Chem Jar Joe
  • Chester Bowling
  • Cinder
  • Clarence Thacker
  • Clem Ferrell
  • Cleo Bartley
  • Cletus Spradlin
  • Clyde Sexton
  • Coach Buford Ratliff
  • Coal Baron Oswald Thorne
  • Coal Dust Cody
  • Colonel Spencer
  • Connie Stapleton
  • Cora Bowling
  • Cora Mae Hatfield
  • Corporal Rosa Mejia
  • Coy Fleming
  • Crane
  • Crater Raider Fuse
  • Crater Raider Gash
  • Crater Raider Spiker
  • Crater Raider Tarmac
  • Crater Raider Vixen
  • Crispy
  • Cryptid Hunter Moss
  • Cult Interpreter Sable
  • Cultist Acolyte Wren
  • Cultist Moth-Touched Mary
  • Curtis Osborne
  • Cutthroat Reiner

D: 26 names

  • Dagger
  • Dale Blevins
  • Daniel Hornwright
  • Darlene Adkins
  • David Thorpe
  • Deacon Hatfield
  • Deathclaw Dwayne
  • Delbert Mayhew
  • Della Sloan
  • Delmer Justice
  • Deputy Lurleen Cox
  • Dewey Fraley
  • Dewitt Varney
  • Diehard Pruitt
  • Dinah Fugate
  • Dixie Sizemore
  • Doc Hollis Pruitt
  • Doc Mabry
  • Doc Mavis
  • Dolores Kiser
  • Dottie Kowalski
  • Dottie Shepherd
  • Doyle Greer
  • Duchess
  • Dutch Oven Dan
  • Dynamite Dottie

E: 20 names

  • Earl Ray Honaker
  • Earl Sizemore
  • Earle Williams
  • Edith McGlothlin
  • Edna Pack
  • Eli Amburgey
  • Ella Ames
  • Elmer Kinser
  • Emmett Wooten
  • Enclave Agent Haskell
  • Enclave Captain Sato
  • Enclave Colonel Vickers
  • Enclave Operative Lindgren
  • Essie Ellis
  • Ethel Cornett
  • Evan Thiel
  • Everett Caudill
  • Everett Salyer
  • Eyebot Chirp
  • Eyebot Spark

F: 29 names

  • Farmer Ben Aldridge
  • Farmhand Lottie Sizemore
  • Faye Pennington
  • Feral Fern
  • Fire Breather Aldana
  • Fire Breather Conway
  • Fire Breather Hagen
  • Fire Breather Tackett
  • Firecracker Faye
  • Flare Gun Floyd
  • Flatwoods Finder Fern
  • Florence Meade
  • Flossie Estep
  • Floyd Begley
  • Foreman Etta Greer
  • Foreman Gus Harlan
  • Forrest Napier
  • Foundation Farmer Joss
  • Foundation Hauler Decker
  • Frances Trimble
  • Frank Delgado
  • Freddy Fear
  • Free Stater Ellison
  • Free Stater Maude Quill
  • Free States Lookout Piper
  • Free States Ranger Garza
  • Free States Scout Hobbs
  • Frida Madani
  • Fusion Core Flo

G: 18 names

  • Gail
  • Garland Fugate
  • General Brock Holt
  • Geneva Hatcher
  • Gertie Hollins
  • Ghoul Gabe
  • Gideon Foss
  • Ginny Tackett
  • Gladys Tiller
  • Gourmand Sweetwater
  • Grahm
  • Granny Blevins
  • Gravel Gertie
  • Grease Monkey Gail
  • Greta Messer
  • Grover Slone
  • Gulper Gus
  • Gus Trent

H: 24 names

  • Half-Track Hank
  • Handy Unit Cogsworth
  • Hank Ledbetter
  • Hank Whitaker
  • Harlan Osborne
  • Harriet Blume
  • Harvey Chafin
  • Hatchet Harlan
  • Hattie Varney
  • Hazel Hamilton
  • Herder Gus Lanning
  • Herschel Conn
  • Hester Keene
  • Hilda Egglestone
  • Hiram Shortridge
  • Hobart Meadows
  • Holler Hound Hank
  • Holler Queen
  • Hollis McCoy
  • Homer Perkins
  • Hornet
  • Hornwright Executive Mears
  • Hoyt Blankenship
  • Hugo Stolz

I: 12 names

  • Ida Ratcliff
  • Ike Sturgill
  • Ila Mae Caudill
  • Imogene Hatfield
  • Ina Blackburn
  • Inez Hatfield
  • Initiate Cy Delgado
  • Initiate Dodge
  • Initiate Jonah Pickett
  • Irene Stapleton
  • Iris Navarro
  • Isela

J: 17 names

  • Jack Linn Blankenship
  • Jackhammer Jo
  • Jangles
  • Jasper Layne
  • Jean Gearheart
  • Jen Lachance
  • Jewell Skeens
  • Jim Tom Maynard
  • Jo Ann Akers
  • Johnny Weston
  • Jolene Adkins
  • Josie Fraley
  • Juanita Hurley
  • Jubal Halcomb
  • June Kessler
  • Junie Maynard
  • Junk Dealer Bertie Cole

K: 11 names

  • Kanna
  • Kesha McDermott
  • Kieran Kennedy
  • Knight Connors
  • Knight Daniel Shin
  • Knight Ezra Pruitt
  • Knight Ira Beaumont
  • Knight Moreno
  • Knight Teresa Kaminski
  • Knight-Captain Osei
  • Knight-Sergeant Ramos

L: 25 names

  • Lacey
  • Lancer Vasquez
  • Lavinia Hurst
  • Lead Belly Lou
  • Lenny Kaminski
  • Leroy Gibson
  • Lester Hurst
  • Lettie McGlothlin
  • Liberator Unit Tin Man
  • Lieutenant Ivan Morrow
  • Lois Ratliff
  • Lonnie Pruitt
  • Loretta Mullins
  • Loretta Salyer
  • Loretta Webb
  • Lorna Gilliam
  • Lou
  • Lowell Tackett
  • Lucille Deskins
  • Lucky Lou
  • Lula Mae Branham
  • Lum Goode
  • Luther Gilliam
  • Lyle Whitaker
  • Lyman Lawson

M: 45 names

  • Mack Breeding
  • Madigan
  • Mae McCoy
  • Marcella Crisp
  • Margie McClintock
  • Margo Reyes
  • Maria Chavez
  • Marie Damron
  • Marjorie Hall
  • Marla Sanders
  • Marshal Abe Winters
  • Master Sergeant Pruitt
  • Maude Lawson
  • Mavis Breeding
  • Maxine Tackett
  • Mayor MacFadden
  • Mayor Wade Hollister
  • Meg Groberg
  • Merle Keene
  • Miguel Caldera
  • Milton Crisp
  • Mine Cart Mabel
  • Miner Dub Halcomb
  • Minerva
  • Minnie Ellis
  • Mirelurk Mary
  • Miss Nanny Clementine
  • Miss Nanny Mabel
  • MODUS
  • Mole Miner Foreman Grady
  • Mole Miner Mack
  • Moonshine Molly
  • Moonshiner Oakley Dunn
  • Mort
  • Mortimer
  • Mossy
  • Mothman Mike
  • Mothman Prophet Halloway
  • Mothman Watcher Ida
  • Mountain Mama
  • Mr. Gutsy Hardcase
  • Mr. Handy Bartleby
  • Mr. Handy Jeeves
  • Mr. Handy Thatcher
  • Myrtle Dotson

N: 11 names

  • Nadine Wooten
  • Nate Kessler
  • Ned Workman
  • Nell Hatcher
  • Nettie Shortridge
  • Newt Arrington
  • Nolan Lykins
  • Nora Hastings
  • Norma Fields
  • Nuka Nell
  • Nurse Darlene Vance

O: 13 names

  • Odell Marcum
  • Ohm
  • Old Man Sizemore
  • One-Eye Opal
  • Opal Vance
  • Ora Blackburn
  • Orrin Bartley
  • Orville Napier
  • Oscar Blankenship
  • Otis Messer
  • Otto Weiss
  • Overseer Cal Whitford
  • Overseer Hazel Dunne

P: 25 names

  • Paige
  • Paladin Caine Holloway
  • Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy
  • Paladin Hollis Ward
  • Paladin Leila Rahmani
  • Pastor Ruby Tolliver
  • Patsy Cantrell
  • Pauline Newsome
  • Pearl Ratliff
  • Peggy Sexton
  • Penelope Hornwright
  • Pepper Shaker Pam
  • Percy Workman
  • Pierce
  • Pipe Wrench Pauline
  • Pit Boss Harlan Voss
  • Polly
  • Possum Holler Pete
  • Powder Keg Pearl
  • Preacher Fugate
  • Private Hank Gibbons
  • Priya Raman
  • Protectron Pete
  • Protectron Rusty
  • Purveyor Murmrgh

Q: 1 name

  • Quartermaster Nell Pike

R: 41 names

  • Ra-Ra
  • Rad-Rita
  • Radaway Reba
  • Radroach Rick
  • Radstag Ray
  • Raleigh Clay
  • Ramona Hickman
  • Rancher Wil Tackett
  • Ranger Jolene Kirk
  • Ransom Coots
  • Reba Sizemore
  • Rebar Ray
  • Reclaimer Hollis
  • Reclaimer Ruby
  • Reclamation Day Ray
  • Responder Captain Ortiz
  • Responder Dispatcher Boone
  • Responder Kim Nakamura
  • Responder Medic Chavez
  • Reuben Honaker
  • Reverend Amos Keene
  • Rex Callahan
  • Rhoda Thacker
  • Riley Deskins
  • Robobrain Archer
  • Rocksy
  • Rollin Chafin
  • Ronny
  • Rosalynn Jeffries
  • Roscoe Baldridge
  • Rose
  • Rosie Daniels
  • Roy Lee Kinser
  • Royce Hensley
  • Ruby Lee Sloan
  • Rudy Ferrell
  • Rufus Akers
  • Russell Dorsey
  • Rust Bucket Russ
  • Rusty Sledge
  • Ruth Ann Gearheart

S: 43 names

  • Sadie Halcomb
  • Salt Lick
  • Sam Blackwell
  • Samuel
  • Sanjay Kumar
  • Sawbones Sadie
  • Scorch Marks
  • Scorchbeast Slayer Tess
  • Scorched Hunter Hollister
  • Scorched Miner Dobbs
  • Scrapper Dex Loomis
  • Screwdriver Sue
  • Scribe Ewan Hargrove
  • Scribe Grant
  • Scribe Liesel Hartman
  • Scribe Nadia Holm
  • Scribe Odessa Valdez
  • Senior Scribe Odom
  • Sentry Bot Bulwark
  • Sergeant Burl Ashby
  • Settler Foreman Danvers
  • Settler Imogen Vale
  • Settler Lena Mbeki
  • Settler Rory Quinlan
  • Sheena
  • Sheepsquatch Sam
  • Shelby Stacy
  • Sheriff Dale Tuttle
  • Sherman Lykins
  • Shirley Hatfield
  • Silas Hensley
  • Slag
  • Slag Heap Sid
  • Smiley
  • Snallygaster Sue
  • Sofia Daguerre
  • Sol
  • Squire Hylton
  • Squire Tilly Marsh
  • Stimpak Sally
  • Sue Ellen Layne
  • Surge
  • Swamp Gas Sal

T: 21 names

  • Tammy Jo Combs
  • Teddy Okafor
  • Ten-Penny Tess
  • Tessa Castle
  • Thad Cornett
  • The Interpreter
  • Thelma Yates
  • Thomas Eckhart
  • Three-Finger Phil
  • Tillie Baldridge
  • Tinker Roz Mabry
  • Tinker Tilda
  • Tipple Tom
  • Trader Esther Holm
  • Trader Milo Dupree
  • Trapper Marsh Hand
  • Trapper Osgood
  • Treasure Hunter Ducey
  • Tripwire Tina
  • Troy Newsome
  • Tucker Mullins

V: 13 names

  • Vance Hackworth
  • Vaughn Pickett
  • Vault Dweller Haskins
  • Vault Dweller Kessler
  • Vault Dweller Ortiz
  • Velma Hickman
  • Verla Meadows
  • Verna Hurley
  • Vernon Sturgill
  • Vin
  • Virgil Begley
  • Vivian Blevins
  • Volunteer Medic Tran

W: 17 names

  • Wade Caudill
  • Walt Pruett
  • Walter Estep
  • Wanda Pruitt
  • Ward
  • Wastelander Quill
  • Wendigo Hunter Vance
  • Wes Marcum
  • Whistle Pig
  • Wilbur Spradlin
  • Wiley Cantrell
  • Willa Coots
  • Willard Goode
  • Wise Mothman
  • Woodrow Hackworth
  • Wren
  • Wrench

Y: 1 name

  • Yasmin Chowdhury

Z: 1 name

  • Zelma Tiller