Fallout Faction Name Generator

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Generate Fallout faction names for every corner of the wasteland: canon groups like the Brotherhood of Steel, NCR and Children of Atom, plus hundreds of original raider gangs, settler councils, caravan companies, cults and remnant militaries for mods, Fallout 2d20 campaigns and fan fiction.

About Fallout faction names

Fallout faction names tell you what a group was before the bombs and what it became after. The big powers sound like institutions that survived or rebuilt: Brotherhood of Steel, New California Republic, the Enclave, the Institute. Raider gangs go the other way with short, ugly plurals that fit on a spray-painted wall: the Fiends, the Jackals, the Forged, the Cutthroats, the Gourmands. Between them sit the groups that give each game its texture, such as caravan companies (Crimson Caravan, Happy Trails), settler councils (Responders, Foundation), tribes (Dead Horses, Sorrows, White Legs), cults (Children of Atom, Cult of the Mothman) and crime families (the Omertas, the Van Graffs, the Bishops).

The best original names borrow a real pre-war thing and twist it. A faction can grow out of a brand (Atom Cats from a garage, Slocum's Joe franchisees), a building (Tenpenny Tower, Tunnel Snakes from a vault hallway), a place (Great Khans, Blackwater Bandits) or an old military or government unit that never stood down (Talon Company, Secret Service). Religious groups name themselves after the bomb, the glow, or a relic of technology; republics and confederacies name themselves after a geography they can actually hold.

The list opens with canon factions from Fallout 1 through 76 and the TV series, then moves into original groups in the same registers.

How to choose Fallout faction names

  • Decide what the faction does first, then match the register: caravan companies and traders get business-like names, raiders get a one-word plural, settlers and republics get a place name plus a civic word (Council, Co-op, Confederacy, Yeomanry).
  • Pull from pre-war Americana. Brand names, franchise chains, highway numbers, utility companies and military bases all make convincing roots, the way the Atom Cats and Route 66 style gangs do.
  • Keep raider gang names to one or two words. The Forged, the Fiends and the Disciples are memorable precisely because they are short and slightly absurd.
  • For cults, name the thing they worship (Atom, the Mothman, a reactor, a broadcast) rather than the cult itself; Children of Atom and Cult of the Mothman both follow this rule.
  • Regional flavor matters: a Mojave faction might reference Vegas, Hoover Dam or the Legion, while a Commonwealth one leans on Boston landmarks and pre-war New England.

Frequently asked questions

Which Fallout factions are included?

Canon groups from Fallout 1 and 2 (Hub merchants, New Reno families, Vault City, the Unity), Fallout 3 (Talon Company, Regulators, Outcasts), New Vegas (NCR, Legion, Great Khans, Boomers, the Strip families), Fallout 4 and Nuka-World (Minutemen, Railroad, Gunners, Operators, Disciples, Pack), Fallout 76 (Responders, Free States, Blood Eagles, Cult of the Mothman) and the TV series, followed by original factions.

How do I name a raider gang versus a settlement faction?

Raiders use short, threatening plurals like the Fiends or the Cutthroats. Settlements and republics use a place name plus a civic noun such as Council, Co-op, Republic or Militia, which signals organization rather than menace.

Can I use these names in a Fallout mod or tabletop campaign?

Original names are free for mods, Fallout 2d20 campaigns, settlement roleplay and fan fiction. Canon factions like the Brotherhood of Steel belong to Bethesda, so use them in fan works rather than anything commercial.

What makes a faction name feel like Fallout instead of generic post-apocalypse?

Retro-futuristic Americana. Referencing 1950s brands, vaults, atomic imagery, old highways and pre-war institutions makes a name feel like the setting, while generic words like Scavengers or Survivors could belong to any wasteland.

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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: 13 names

  • Acadia Synths
  • Acolytes of the Mushroom Cloud
  • Amber Pass Rangers
  • Angel's Rest Caravaneers
  • Apex Predators
  • Ashen Choir
  • Ashes of Anchorage
  • Ashfield Yeomanry
  • Atom Cats
  • Atomic Age Preservation Society
  • Atomic Dawn Brigade
  • Atomic Frontier Company
  • Atomic Heart Society

B: 39 names

  • Baker Street Irregulars
  • Bannock Valley Co-op
  • Bastion Hold Garrison
  • Beacon Hill Irregulars
  • Big Sky Caravan Company
  • Bishop Family
  • Bitter Springs Remnants
  • Black Flag Raiders
  • Black Hat Company
  • Black Mountain Broadcasters
  • Black Rose Society
  • Blackwater Bandits
  • Blackwater Marines
  • Bleachbone Tribe
  • Bleeding Heart Liberation Front
  • Blighted Marsh Tribe
  • Blood Eagles
  • Blue Dot Sentinels
  • Blue Ridge Caravan Company
  • Bogtown Fen Tribe
  • Boneyard Regulators
  • Boot Hill Regulators
  • Border Reivers
  • Boulder Dome Scientists
  • Brahmin Barons
  • Brass Knuckle Brigade
  • Brass Lantern Society
  • Breakwater Brotherhood
  • Bright Brotherhood
  • Bright Horizon Settlers
  • Brightwater Brotherhood
  • Brotherhood First Expeditionary Force
  • Brotherhood Lost Chapter
  • Brotherhood Mojave Chapter
  • Brotherhood of Steel
  • Brotherhood Outcasts
  • Bullet Farm Collective
  • Bunker Hill Traders
  • Burning Sands Horde

C: 45 names

  • Cabal of the Pale Vault
  • Cabot Family
  • Caesar's Legion
  • Camp McCarran Garrison
  • Canyon Road Traders
  • Cathedral Hill Militia
  • Cathedral of Bright Fire
  • Cement Yard Gang
  • Chained Choir
  • Chapel of the Atom Split
  • Chapel of the Last Broadcast
  • Children of Atom
  • Children of the Bomb
  • Children of the Cathedral
  • Children of the Mirelurk Queen
  • Children of the Signal
  • Children of the Turbine
  • Church of the Fallen Star
  • Church of the Holy Reactor
  • Church of the Overseer
  • Cinder Creek Rangers
  • Cinder Mountain Raiders

C, continued

  • Cinderfall Tribe
  • Circle of the Glowing Tree
  • Citadel Remnant Guard
  • Clan Kettleburn
  • Clan Redwater
  • Coastal Salvage Cooperative
  • Cobalt Freemen
  • Cold Harbor Free Traders
  • Cold River Caravan
  • Cold Steel Company
  • Commonwealth Free Press
  • Commonwealth Minutemen
  • Commonwealth Provisional Government
  • Concord Volunteers
  • Corvega Salvage Guild
  • Covenant Compound
  • Crater Raiders
  • Crimson Caravan Company
  • Crown Heights Collective
  • Crucible Forge Raiders
  • Cult of the Great Bomb
  • Cult of the Holotape
  • Cult of the Mothman

D: 13 names

  • Daughters of the Harvest
  • Dead Horses
  • Deadwood Rangers
  • Deathclaw Hunters Lodge
  • Delta Ferrymen
  • Desert Fathers Monastery
  • Desert Rangers
  • Diamond City Security
  • Diesel Dogs
  • Dogtown Strays
  • Doubleday Mercenaries
  • Dry Gulch Tribe
  • Dusthaven Settlers

E: 3 names

  • Eastbay Militia
  • Ember Road Raiders
  • Enclave Remnants

F: 16 names

  • Fairfax Rough Riders
  • Fallen Oak Collective
  • Far Go Traders
  • Fellowship of the Vault
  • Fire Breathers
  • Firewatch Brigade
  • Flint Road Militia
  • Followers of the Apocalypse
  • Fort Dunham Garrison
  • Fort Hagen Holdouts
  • Foundation Settlers
  • Free City of Haven
  • Free Harbor Confederacy
  • Free State of Pike Hollow
  • Free States
  • Freedom Trail Runners

G: 20 names

  • Garrison of Fort Constantine
  • Ghoul Cowboy Posse
  • Ghoul Reclamation Front
  • Gilded Hand Society
  • Glassjaw Gang
  • Glow Valley Militia
  • Glowing Sea Pilgrims
  • Golden Gate Salvors
  • Goodneighbor Neighborhood Watch
  • Gospel of the Glowing One
  • Grand Canyon Tollmen
  • Graveyard Shift
  • Gray Company
  • Great Khans
  • Greenbelt Farmers Alliance
  • Greenskin Warband
  • Grey Harbor Dockworkers
  • Greyback Traders
  • Gristle Gang
  • Gun Runners

H: 21 names

  • Halcyon Republic
  • Hangar 18 Militia
  • Hangman's Gulch Gang
  • Happy Trails Caravan Company
  • Harbor Light Mission
  • Harlow Valley Free Company
  • Harvest Moon Co-op
  • Hellcat Company
  • Heretic Cardinal Sect
  • Highland Free Militia
  • Highway 15 Tollmen
  • Highwaymen of Route 66
  • Hilltop Stockade
  • Hollow Tree Commune
  • Holy Order of the Pipboy
  • Homefront Volunteers
  • Horizon Caravan Company
  • Hub Merchants Association
  • Hudson Valley Reclaimers
  • Hull Street Longshoremen
  • Hyacinth Hill Church

I: 5 names

  • Iron Brahmin Company
  • Iron Hand Collective
  • Iron Lung Society
  • Iron Ridge Militia
  • Ironworks Union

J: 1 name

  • Junktown Guard

K: 3 names

  • Kettle Creek Homesteaders
  • Kingfisher Caravan
  • Kingsport Privateers

L: 11 names

  • Lake Mead Water Board
  • Lamplight Council
  • Leadbelly Gang
  • Legion Frumentarii
  • Legion of the Hoover Shore
  • Liberty Prime Cult
  • Lonestar Caravans
  • Long Road Caravan
  • Lost Coast Confederacy
  • Lost Hills Elders
  • Lucky 38 Syndicate

M: 19 names

  • Mariposa Super Mutants
  • Marked Men
  • Marrow Creek Homesteaders
  • Master's Army
  • Meadow Road Settlers
  • Mercy Hill Hospitallers
  • Mesa Verde Tribe
  • Midland Freeholders
  • Mill Creek Vigilance Committee
  • Mirelurk Hunters Guild
  • Mojave Express
  • Mojave Salvage Union
  • Mordino Family
  • Moth Men
  • Mothball Fleet Crew
  • Mudflats Scavengers
  • Mutant Hound Riders
  • Mutant Liberation Army
  • Mutual Defense League

N: 11 names

  • NCR Rangers
  • New California Republic
  • New Canaan Exiles
  • New Eden Cultists
  • New Hope Settlers Alliance
  • New Reno Syndicate
  • Nightkin Remnants
  • Nuclear Family Reunion
  • Nucleus Children of Atom
  • Nuka Cherry Cartel
  • Nuka-World Raiders

O: 13 names

  • Oakenshore Commune
  • Oilpatch Roughnecks
  • Old Granite Rangers
  • Old Navy Remnants
  • Old Olney Exiles
  • Old World Restoration Front
  • Order of Mysteries
  • Order of the Blue Flame
  • Order of the Bunker
  • Order of the Eternal Reactor
  • Order of the Last Pilot
  • Order of the Silent Wrench
  • Outpost Zimonja Survivors

P: 15 names

  • Pacific Remnant Fleet
  • Paradise Falls Slavers
  • Paradise Valley Pact
  • Pathfinders of the Divide
  • Peacekeepers of New Liberty
  • Penny Arcade Gang
  • Pier Nine Smugglers
  • Pilgrims of the Silent Bomb
  • Pinewood Rangers
  • Pioneer Mercantile Company
  • Pitt Union
  • Poseidon Energy Remnants
  • Powder Gangers
  • Prospect Hill Volunteers
  • Pumpkin Hollow Settlers

Q: 2 names

  • Quarantine Zone Authority
  • Quarry Rats

R: 25 names

  • Radio Free Commonwealth
  • Rail Baron Syndicate
  • Ratcatchers of Mire Town
  • Rebar Raiders
  • Red Dust Tribe
  • Red Rock Canyon Nation
  • Red Rocket Mechanics Guild
  • Red Sky Cult
  • Redfield Volunteers
  • Redwood Reclaimers
  • Reilly's Rangers
  • Renegade Rangers
  • Republic of Dayglow
  • Republic of Eastport
  • Republic of the Lakes
  • Republic of the Twin Cities
  • Republic of Three Rivers
  • Rivet City Security
  • Rockhaven Prospectors
  • Rust Belt Authority
  • Rust Devils
  • Rust Eagles
  • Rust Vein Miners
  • Rustwater Caravan Company
  • Rustwell Mutual Aid

S: 46 names

  • Saints of the Interstate
  • Salt Flats Republic
  • Saltlick Cattle Company
  • Salvage Crew Nine
  • Salvatore Family
  • Sanctuary Hills Cooperative
  • Sand Dollar Cartel
  • Scarsdale Protectorate
  • Scavengers of the Old Pier
  • Scorch Valley Raiders
  • Scorched Plague Survivors
  • Scrapheap Commune
  • Scrapyard Senate
  • Seaside Militia
  • Secret Service
  • Sentinel Hill Garrison
  • Serenity Falls Settlers
  • Settlers of Abernathy
  • Shadow of the Capitol
  • Shady Sands Council
  • Shantytown Provisional Council
  • Shattered Dome Cult
  • Shepherds of the Rad Flock

S, continued

  • Shoreline Company
  • Sierra Madre Seekers
  • Silver Shroud Society
  • Silverline Shipping Company
  • Sisters of the Silo
  • Sixth Column
  • Skeleton Coast Salvors
  • Slocum's Joe Franchise Army
  • Smokestack Union
  • Sons of Barstow
  • Sons of Fort Bragg
  • Sons of Megaton
  • Sons of the Glow
  • Sovereign State of Duskvale
  • Spectacle Island Free Port
  • Spring Creek Settlers
  • Starlight Drive-In Collective
  • Steelworkers Remnant Local 12
  • Stonehollow Yeomen
  • Sugar Bombs Syndicate
  • Sumter Road Freemen
  • Sunset Sarsaparilla Syndicate
  • Sunstone Traders Guild

T: 145 names

  • Talon Company
  • Tanner Hill Yeomanry
  • Tenpenny Tower Residents
  • The 80s
  • The Ash Walkers
  • The Atomic Pioneers
  • The Bayonets
  • The Blackouts
  • The Blades
  • The Bomb Squad
  • The Bone Collectors
  • The Bonesaws
  • The Boomers
  • The Bottlecap Barons
  • The Broken Compass
  • The Broken Spoke
  • The Chairmen
  • The Chrome Hearts
  • The Cinder Court
  • The Cinderheads
  • The Cleavers
  • The Clockwork Cabal
  • The Coffin Nails
  • The Copperheads
  • The Corpsemakers
  • The Coyotes
  • The Cutthroats
  • The Diehards
  • The Disciples
  • The Dregs
  • The Drowned
  • The Dust Lords
  • The Dustwalkers
  • The Enclave
  • The Fanatics
  • The Ferrymen

T, continued

  • The Fiends
  • The Forged
  • The Forgemasters
  • The Gasmask Saints
  • The Gearheads
  • The Glowfingers
  • The Good Samaritans
  • The Gourmands
  • The Gravediggers
  • The Greasers
  • The Grim Prospectors
  • The Guiding Light
  • The Gunners
  • The Gutter Kings
  • The Harbormen
  • The Hardhats
  • The Hatchet Men
  • The Haymakers
  • The Heretics of Atom
  • The Hollow Vault Society
  • The Hollowmen
  • The Hopeful
  • The Hubologists
  • The Institute
  • The Ironclad
  • The Jackals
  • The Juggernauts
  • The Kings
  • The Lantern Men
  • The Lighthouse Keepers
  • The Lockjaws
  • The Lockstep
  • The Lurkers
  • The Marauders
  • The Maulers
  • The Meat Hooks

T, continued

  • The Minutemen
  • The Mournful
  • The Mudcrabs
  • The Nailbiters
  • The Night Crawlers
  • The Nighthawks
  • The Nightstalkers
  • The Ninth Circle
  • The Nomads of Route 95
  • The Omertas
  • The Operators
  • The Pack
  • The Pale Riders
  • The Patchworks
  • The Pitbosses
  • The Prowlers
  • The Rad Rats
  • The Radscorpion Cult
  • The Railbreakers
  • The Railroad
  • The Ravagers
  • The Red Hands
  • The Regulators
  • The Responders
  • The Ridge Runners
  • The Rubble Lords
  • The Rust Pirates
  • The Salt Wolves
  • The Saltborn
  • The Sand Dogs
  • The Sawblades
  • The Scablands Horde
  • The Scalded
  • The Scorpions
  • The Shard Collectors
  • The Shi

T, continued

  • The Shocktroopers
  • The Shotgunners
  • The Skullcrackers
  • The Slags
  • The Sledgers
  • The Sorrows
  • The Spiteful
  • The Spitfires
  • The Stiffs
  • The Stitchers
  • The Stranglers
  • The Tallymen
  • The Tin Soldiers
  • The Tinderboxes
  • The Tinkerers Guild
  • The Toll Collectors
  • The Trappers
  • The Triggermen
  • The Turncoats
  • The Unbroken
  • The Underground
  • The Unity
  • The Vigilants
  • The Vipers
  • The Wastelanders Guild
  • The Wastrels
  • The Wirebiters
  • The Wolf Pack of Sierra Vista
  • Think Tank
  • Thunder Ridge Militia
  • Tin Can Alley Gang
  • Tombstone Rangers
  • Trenchtown Volunteers
  • Tri-State Reclaimers
  • Tumbledown Settlers
  • Tumbleweed Freight
  • Tunnel Snakes

U: 1 name

  • Union of Free Ghouls

V: 13 names

  • Van Graff Family
  • Vault 101 Residents
  • Vault 118 Syndicate
  • Vault 33 Overseers
  • Vault 51 Survivors
  • Vault 77 Puppeteers
  • Vault 88 Foundation
  • Vault 9 Exiles
  • Vault 95 Survivors Circle
  • Vault City Council
  • Vault-Tec Corporation
  • Vaultbreakers
  • Vultures of Vegas

W: 18 names

  • Wardens of the Glowing Sea
  • Wasteland Medical Circuit
  • Wasteland Medics Corps
  • Wasteland Postal Service
  • Wasteland Teachers Union
  • Wasteland Water Authority
  • Water Merchants
  • Waterline Fishing Co-op
  • Whiskey Rebellion
  • White Glove Society
  • White Legs
  • Whitetail Commune
  • Whitewater Caravaneers
  • Wildcat Oil Union
  • Wolfhound Mercenary Company
  • Wreckage Wardens
  • Wrecking Crew
  • Wright Family

Y: 1 name

  • Yellowstone Caldera Cult

Z: 1 name

  • Zion Valley Pilgrims