Fantasy Military Name Generator

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Generate fantasy military names for armies, regiments, cohorts, knightly orders, mercenary companies, elite guards and ranger corps, from the Ashen Legion and Order of the Silver Lance to the 23rd Foot, the Owls. Built for D&D campaigns, wargames and fantasy novels.

About fantasy military names

Fantasy military names do their best work when they tell you how a unit came to be. Real armies name regiments after a number and a place (the 23rd Foot, the Greyhollow Rangers), after a patron (the King's Own Dragoons, Dame Ysolde's Lancers) or after a nickname earned in a campaign (the Muddy Dozen, the Unlucky Thirteenth). Knightly and religious orders use "Order of" plus a relic or vow: the Silver Lance, the Broken Chain, the Last Ember. Mercenaries name themselves after money or their captain, which is why Coin and Blade Company or Harrow's Hundred sound right and Order of the Golden Sunrise Warriors does not.

The weapon or role in the name sets the unit type instantly: Lancers, Dragoons and Hussars are cavalry; Foot, Pikes, Halberdiers and Shieldwall are heavy infantry; Longbows, Crossbows, Rangers and Skirmishers are light troops; Sappers, Engineers and Siege Train are the people who knock down walls; Battlemage Cadre or Warcaster Corps adds magic in a way that still feels like an army. Race and culture can be carried by sound rather than labels: Khazdum Ironbreakers is clearly dwarven, Sylvanthir Bladesingers elven, Gorthak's Skullbreakers orcish. Mix these registers within one army so that a royal guard, a provincial levy and a hired free company read differently on the same battlefield.

How to choose fantasy military names

  • Give a unit both a formal title and a nickname: "Thirty-First Foot, the Gravediggers." The formal name goes on the muster roll, the nickname is what soldiers and enemies actually say.
  • Match the name to the troop type. A unit called Lancers should be cavalry, Halberdiers heavy foot, Rangers or Skirmishers light troops; readers familiar with wargames will notice if the name and role disagree.
  • Use the name to imply history: Order of the Broken Chain suggests freed slaves, the Penal Legion of Vass suggests convicts, Refugee Levy of Saltmarch suggests a fallen town. Let the name raise a question the story can answer.
  • Vary the naming conventions across factions. A tidy empire numbers its cohorts; a feudal kingdom names units after lords; tribes and hordes name them after chiefs and beasts. That contrast makes an order of battle feel like real politics.
  • Keep elite or secret units short and quiet: Emberguard, Wraithguard, the Unbowed, the Quiet Banner. Long heraldic titles belong to parade-ground regiments, not the people who climb walls at night.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of fantasy military names does this generator include?

Numbered regiments with nicknames, named legions and cohorts, knightly and religious orders, royal and household guards, mercenary free companies, ranger and scout corps, siege and engineer units, battlemage cadres, naval and airborne units, and race-flavored dwarven, elven, orcish and halfling formations. It also includes militias, levies and irregulars for the less glamorous parts of an army.

How do I name a whole army rather than one unit?

Name the army after its ruler, purpose or banner (the Host of the Ivory Throne, the Sunward Fleet, the Grand Army of Mirovar) and then fill it with units from this list that use different conventions: a household guard, a few numbered line regiments, a knightly order, some hired free companies and a provincial levy. The variety is what makes it feel real.

Can I use these names in D&D or other tabletop games?

Yes. They work as factions for a campaign, as the employer or enemy of an adventuring party, as the unit a fighter or paladin character served in, or as opposing forces in mass-combat rules. Units like Nightglass Infiltrators or Witchfinder Company also make good antagonist organizations on their own.

Why do some names have numbers and others do not?

Numbers imply a bureaucratic, standing army that has raised many units over time, like the Roman legions or Napoleonic line regiments. Names without numbers suggest feudal, tribal or religious forces where each unit is unique. Mixing both in one setting is a quick way to show which cultures are centralized and which are not.

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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: 10 names

  • Admiral Venn's Sea-Lances
  • Airship Marines of Brasswick
  • Ala Secunda Draconis
  • Alderman's Halberdiers
  • Amberfall Light Foot
  • Anvil Guard of Thorgrim
  • Ashfall Cohort
  • Ashigaru Levies of Hoshino
  • Ashmere Cavalry
  • Auxilia of the Lower Tamm

B: 32 names

  • Bakers' Dozen Militia
  • Ballista Company Seven
  • Balloon Observers of Highgate
  • Banner Bearers of the Realm
  • Banner of the Nine Dragons
  • Bannermen of Osric
  • Baron Tarquin's Irregulars
  • Bastion Shields
  • Bellwether Company
  • Bitterroot Militia
  • Bitterwind Foot
  • Black Hart Regiment
  • Blackblood Pit Fighters
  • Blackreach Pikemen
  • Blackthorn Company
  • Blackwater Irregulars
  • Blades of Assar
  • Bladewardens
  • Bleakshore Marines
  • Bloodfang Horde Vanguard
  • Bloodthorn Archers
  • Boarding Company of the Kraken
  • Bonewardens
  • Border Reivers of the Tamm
  • Brambleberry Home Guard
  • Brasswick Aeronauts
  • Brethren of the Iron Psalm
  • Bridge-Building Pioneers
  • Brotherhood of the Cold Hearth
  • Brotherhood of the Last Watch
  • Brothers of the Bitter Yew
  • Butchers' Row Cleavers

C: 35 names

  • Cadre of the Third Eye
  • Caer Lindor Castle Guard
  • Cairnwood Rangers
  • Captain Morrow's Pickets
  • Carabiniers of the Lake Duchy
  • Cartographer Corps
  • Cataphracts of Tessamir
  • Catapult Wardens
  • Centaur Plains Lancers
  • Chainbreakers of Vell
  • Chaplain Corps of the Bright Lady
  • Chapter of the Cold Flame
  • Chasseurs of the Thornwood
  • Children of the Last Drum
  • Chimera Handlers of Ulth
  • Clibanarii of the Iron Plain
  • Cloud Lancers
  • Cobble Row Crossbow Levy
  • Cogsworth Clockwork Fusiliers
  • Cohors Noctis
  • Coin and Blade Company
  • Coldfell Rangers
  • Companions of King Athel
  • Company of the Broken Wheel
  • Company of the Burning Hawk
  • Company of the Open Hand
  • Condottieri of Verone
  • Convict Company of the Red Writ
  • Cooper's Barrel Guard
  • Coppergate Yeomen
  • Copperhill Sappers
  • Cragfall Mountaineers
  • Crimson Lancers
  • Crows of Lanmoor
  • Cuirassiers of Mirovar

D: 20 names

  • Dalesfolk Bowmen
  • Dame Ysolde's Lancers
  • Daughters of the Storm
  • Dawnbreaker Vanguard
  • Dawnspire Knights
  • Debtors' Battalion
  • Deep Delvers of Khazdum
  • Deepdelve Tunnel Fighters
  • Deepwell Engineers
  • Deserters' Brotherhood
  • Dockers' Hook Company
  • Drakeborn Fire Lancers
  • Drakewater Marines
  • Dreadmoor Sentinels
  • Drummers of the Black Hide
  • Duke of Vellmar's Blues
  • Dunmarch Irregulars
  • Duskfall Skirmishers
  • Duskmere Lancers
  • Duskwater Skirmishers

E: 9 names

  • Eagle Warriors of the Sun Temple
  • Eaglecrest Scouts
  • Eastmarch Heavy Horse
  • Eighth Hussars, Bright Sabres
  • Eleventh Lancers, the Peacocks
  • Emberguard
  • Empress's Own Varangian Watch
  • Evenwood Treewardens
  • Exiles of Corvane

F: 26 names

  • Faithful of the Second Dawn
  • Fang and Fetter
  • Fellgard Pikemen
  • Fenmarch Dragoons
  • Field Surgeons Company
  • Fifteenth Foot, the Nettles
  • Fifth Artillery, the Thunderers
  • Fifth Legion, Sunward
  • Fire Brigade Militia of Ostmark
  • First Engineers, Mudlarks
  • First Sword of Ithelion
  • Firstborn Cohort
  • Fishwives' Levy of Saltspire
  • Flintgate Sappers
  • Foot Guards of the Silver Keep
  • Forty-Second Line, the Ploughmen
  • Fourth Banner of Taur
  • Fourth Company, Hawkmoor Rifles
  • Fourth Hearth Levy, the Kettles
  • Fourth Wing, Drakeguard
  • Free Company of Marrow
  • Free Pikes of Alder
  • Frostholm Longship Crews
  • Frostmarch Pikes
  • Fusiliers of the Old Bridge
  • Fyrd of the Wessan Coast

G: 29 names

  • Gallant Company
  • Gallowglass Axe Company
  • Gallowmere Pikes
  • Gargoyle Rooftop Watch
  • Garrison of Fort Ulmoor
  • Giant Eagle Lookouts
  • Glider Corps of Aerie Hold
  • Glimmerdeep Illusionist Corps
  • Gnoll Scavenger Packs
  • Goblin Sapper Swarm
  • Goldforge Hammerers
  • Goldhelm Knights
  • Goldmarch Dragoons
  • Gorthak's Skullbreakers
  • Grand Bombard Train of Ulm
  • Granite Brotherhood
  • Gravediggers' Spade Company
  • Gravemarch Halberdiers
  • Greenbottle Ferret Riders
  • Greenhill Slingers
  • Grenadier Guard of Aurelis
  • Greyhollow Rangers
  • Greywater Longbows
  • Griffon Riders of Aerie Hold
  • Grimholt Foot Guard
  • Grimtusk Berserkers
  • Grimwald Free Lances
  • Guild Watch of the Weavers
  • Gun Crews of the Iron Maid

H: 30 names

  • Hallowgate Wardens
  • Harpy Screech Wing
  • Harrow's Hundred
  • Harrowgate Siege Corps
  • Harvest Levies of Aldmark
  • Hawkmere Longbows
  • Hawks of the Sunken Coast
  • Hearthguard of Vael
  • Hearthmen of Brannock Hall
  • Hearthsworn of Caer Dunn
  • Hedgeburrow Pony Lancers
  • Hermits of the Iron Cave
  • High Elven Sword Dancers
  • Highgate Crossbows
  • Highhelm Guard
  • Highmoor Dragoons
  • Hippogriff Courier Wing
  • Hobgoblin Iron Shields
  • Hollow Purse Free Company
  • Hollowmere Crossbows
  • Hornfell Skirmishers
  • Horse Guards of the Crown Road
  • Horse-lords of the Tavash Steppe
  • Hound Handlers of Greymantle
  • Hounds of Greymantle
  • Hounds of the Marsh King
  • Household Cavalry of Tessaly
  • Hundredth Cohort, Lastborn
  • Huscarls of Jarl Brandr
  • Hussars of the Winged Banner

I: 17 names

  • Immortals of the Sun Throne
  • Imperial Lifeguard
  • Imperial Tiger Regiment
  • Impi of the Red Shield
  • Insurgents of the Burned Vale
  • Iron Vigil
  • Ironbeard Shieldbrothers
  • Ironbrook Sappers
  • Ironclad Vanguard
  • Ironfold Heavy Foot
  • Ironheart Legion
  • Ironjaw War Band
  • Ironmere Grenadiers
  • Ironmoor Legion
  • Ironsong Cohort
  • Ironveil Sentinels
  • Ironwake Cavalry

J: 2 names

  • Jaguar Knights of Tenoc
  • Janissary Corps of the Ivory Sultan

K: 10 names

  • Kestrel Light Horse
  • Kestrelmark Light Foot
  • Khazdum Ironbreakers
  • Khel-Morath Legion
  • Kingsbridge Foot
  • Kingsfall Legion
  • Kinsguard of the Hollow Hills
  • Knights of the Thornwood
  • Knights of the Wending Road
  • Kobold Tunnel Trappers

L: 13 names

  • Lady Corvina's Shadows
  • Lamp Lighters' Watch
  • Landsknecht Pike Square
  • Lantern Hill Halberdiers
  • Legion of the Unquiet Dead
  • Legion Ultima
  • Leviathan Fleet
  • Life Guards of Queen Isaura
  • Lizardfolk Swamp Skirmishers
  • Longbow Levy of Gwyll
  • Lord Ambric's Foot
  • Lords of the Thinning Line
  • Lowmarch Skirmishers

M: 22 names

  • Mamluk Lancers of Qadir
  • Mangonel Crews of Ostmark
  • Manticore Tamers
  • Marchwardens of the Weald
  • Marines of the Sunward Fleet
  • Marrowfield Cohort
  • Marrowgate Longbows
  • Marsh Fen Punt-Rangers
  • Marshal Orren's Column
  • Masons' Lodge Guard
  • Merfolk Reef Guard
  • Millbrook Levy
  • Miners' Union Militia
  • Mining Brigade of Halden
  • Minotaur Labyrinth Guard
  • Minstrels' Guard
  • Mithril Hall Crossbow Guild
  • Moonshadow Outriders
  • Moorland Yeomanry
  • Mossfoot Scouts
  • Mother Agathe's Hospitallers
  • Mourncrest Foot

N: 7 names

  • Nightglass Infiltrators
  • Ninefold Vanguard
  • Nineteenth Light, the Hares
  • Ninth Company of the Iron Vigil
  • Ninth Mountain, Goatlords
  • Ninth Siege Train
  • Northgate Guard

O: 22 names

  • Oakenshield Foot
  • Oath of the Ninth Gate
  • Oathbound Legion
  • Oathkeepers of Marr
  • Old Bellamy's Guns
  • Order of the Ashen Veil
  • Order of the Broken Chain
  • Order of the Cinder Rose
  • Order of the Frostbound Sword
  • Order of the Gilded Shield
  • Order of the Hollow Crown
  • Order of the Iron Reed
  • Order of the Last Ember
  • Order of the Mourning Star
  • Order of the Pale Lantern
  • Order of the Serpent Knot
  • Order of the Seven Spears
  • Order of the Silver Lance
  • Order of the Sundered Oak
  • Orphans' Company of the Grey Hall
  • Ossenford Town Watch
  • Outcasts of the Hollow Hills

P: 9 names

  • Palace Halberdiers
  • Paladins of Saint Veras
  • Peasant Pike Mob of Aldmark
  • Pegasus Sky Lancers
  • Penal Legion of Vass
  • Phalanx of the Bronze Isles
  • Pipers of Clan Moragh
  • Plague Wardens
  • Prince Edric's Boar Hunters

Q: 2 names

  • Quartermaster's Escort
  • Queen's Grey Guard

R: 24 names

  • Ratcatchers' Company
  • Raven Messenger Corps
  • Ravenfell Heavy Foot
  • Ravenmark Scouts
  • Ravenmoor Free Company
  • Ravenspire Cohort
  • Ravenwatch
  • Rebel Free Riders of Fenwyr
  • Red Company of Osk
  • Redeye Wolf Riders
  • Redmarch Cavalry
  • Redwater Marines
  • Refugee Levy of Saltmarch
  • Reiters of the Black Pistol
  • Riders of Corvane
  • Riders of Thal
  • Riders of the Ashen Plain
  • Riders of the Red Fen
  • Road Wardens of the Long Mile
  • Roc Hunters of the Crags
  • Ronin Company of the Red Gate
  • Rookhaven Archers
  • Royal Bodyguard of Sundaris
  • Runesmith Siege Wardens

S: 66 names

  • Sable Wing
  • Sablewood Rangers
  • Sacred Band of Elath
  • Salt Company
  • Saltfang Raiders
  • Saltmarsh Scouts
  • Saltspire Watch
  • Samurai of Clan Akagi
  • Sapper Tunnelers of Vorn
  • Sar'venai Spearhost
  • Scholars' Militia of Ithelion
  • Scout Falconers
  • Sea Elf Tidecallers
  • Sea Soldiers of the Pearl Coast
  • Second Dragoons, Widowmakers
  • Second Griffon Wing
  • Semaphore Hill Guard
  • Sentinels of the Ashen Door
  • Sentinels of the Broken Coast
  • Ser Aldous's Greycoats
  • Ser Dunstan's Dozen
  • Sergeant Hask's Ditch-Diggers
  • Serpent's Coil Regiment
  • Seventh Griffon Lancers
  • Seventh Halberdiers
  • Seventh Rampart
  • Shield-Maidens of Skael
  • Shieldbrothers of Corrin
  • Ship's Archers of the Gull
  • Siege Tower Teams
  • Signal Fire Wardens
  • Silver Wing Cohort
  • Silverbrook Sappers

S, continued

  • Silvermere Light Horse
  • Silverthorn Wild Hunt
  • Sipahi Horse of the Crescent
  • Sisters of the Burning Lance
  • Sisters of the Veiled Blade
  • Sixth Mage Battery, Glasshands
  • Sixth Shieldwall
  • Sixth Spear Host
  • Skullsplitter Cohort
  • Skyreach Wing
  • Skyship Corsairs of Ardent
  • Smiths' Hammer Company
  • Sons of the Anvil
  • Sons of the Bleak Shore
  • Sons of the Broken Spear
  • Spellbreaker Guild
  • Starleaf Archer Clans
  • Steam Ram Crew
  • Stonebridge Halberds
  • Stonecrow Battalion
  • Stonefall Grenadiers
  • Stonehand Engineers
  • Stonewall Cohort
  • Storm Riders of the Upper Air
  • Storm's Eye Battalion
  • Stormcrest Halberds
  • Stormwardens
  • Students' Levy of the Old College
  • Sunfall Heavy Horse
  • Sunspire Lancers
  • Supply Train Outriders
  • Sworn Shields of the Ivory Throne
  • Sylvanthir Bladesingers

T: 83 names

  • Tallow Company
  • Tanners' Street Militia
  • Templars of the Radiant Path
  • Thaneguard of Ulfgar's Hold
  • The Ashen Hand
  • The Ashen Legion
  • The Black Sails
  • The Bleeding Banner
  • The Blue Company
  • The Broken Banner
  • The Burgh Pikes of Anselm
  • The Burning Yoke
  • The Cinder Watch
  • The Crimson Hundred
  • The Drowned Banner
  • The Ember Hundred
  • The Ember Lance
  • The Ember Oath
  • The Gilded Few
  • The Glass Lancers
  • The Gray Lance
  • The Grey Company
  • The Grey Hussars of Tamm
  • The Grey Oath
  • The Hollow Drum
  • The Hollow Legion
  • The Hollow Shields

T, continued

  • The Holloway Lances
  • The Hundred Banners
  • The Iron Candle
  • The Iron Pilgrims
  • The Iron Roses
  • The Iron Tithe
  • The King's Own Dragoons
  • The Lantern Hundred
  • The Lantern Watch
  • The Last Shield
  • The Long Vigil
  • The Muddy Dozen
  • The Nameless Legion
  • The Ossuary Guard
  • The Pale Riders
  • The Quiet Banner
  • The Quiet Hundred
  • The Raven Banner
  • The Raven's Tithe
  • The Salted Spear
  • The Seventeenth, Old Reliable
  • The Shattered Helm
  • The Shrouded Lances
  • The Silent Drum
  • The Stormborn
  • The Tarnished Crown
  • The Tenth Sun
  • The Unbowed

T, continued

  • The Unbroken Wall
  • The Unsleeping
  • The Vigilant Hand
  • The Watchful Dead
  • The Weeping Lances
  • Thegns of Harrowden
  • Third Cohort, Crimson Banner
  • Third Hearthguard
  • Third Marines, Saltbacks
  • Thirteenth Foot, the Unlucky
  • Thirty-First Foot, the Gravediggers
  • Thistlemoor Yeomanry
  • Thornback Infantry
  • Thornhallow Rangers
  • Thornmarch Cavalry
  • Thornspire Archers
  • Thornwall Foot Guard
  • Thornwild Pathfinders
  • Throne Room Sentinels
  • Tidewatch Marines
  • Tinkerton Bombardiers
  • Trebuchet Company Nine
  • Triton Deepwater Legion
  • Trumpet Corps of Aurelis
  • Turncoat Company
  • Twelfth Battlemage Cadre
  • Twenty-Sixth Rifles, Rookshooters
  • Twenty-Third Foot, the Owls

V: 6 names

  • Valdrek's Hounds
  • Vanguard of the Pale Sun
  • Veilwater Dragoons
  • Vell's Lancers
  • Verdant Lance
  • Voltigeurs of Fenmarch

W: 25 names

  • Wagon Fort Drivers
  • Wanderers of the Salt Road
  • Warchief Drogash's Chosen
  • Ward of the Seven Bridges
  • Warden Kaelith's Longstriders
  • Wardens of Lindenmere
  • Wardens of the Cinder Pass
  • Wardens of the Drowned Coast
  • Wardens of the Pale Gate
  • Warders of the Old Tower
  • Warhounds of Ket
  • Warlocks Militant
  • Warmaidens of Ilth
  • Widows' Watch of Harrowmere
  • Windbreak Lancers
  • Winterborne Foot
  • Witherbrook Scouts
  • Wold Shepherd Levies
  • Wolfsbane Company
  • Wolves of Sarn
  • Wolves of the White Road
  • Wraithguard
  • Wraithwood Rangers
  • Wyrmsbane Legion
  • Wyvern Cavalry of Thessamar

Y: 1 name

  • Yeomen of the Ivory Gate