Hive Scum Name Generator

Grimy underhive names for Necromunda hired guns

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Generate hive scum names for Necromunda and other grimdark hive cities: gutter nicknames, Imperial Gothic surnames, fallen-noble bastards and sump-dwelling drifters ready to be hired by your gang for a few credits.

About hive scum names

Hive scum are the bottom rung of Necromunda's underhive: unaffiliated drifters, sump-dwellers and failed gangers who sell a lasgun and a pulse for a handful of credits. Their names reflect that. Unlike the House gangs, which carry a strong flavor (Goliath brutes, Escher matriarchs, Van Saar technicians), scum come from everywhere, so a convincing list mixes three registers. First, the Imperial Gothic baseline of Necromunda and wider 40k, with clipped, slightly archaic surnames like Catallus, Slagmyst and Targeson. Second, gutter nicknames earned in the sump: Scabbs, Two-Tooth, Ratbite, Half-Hand. Third, the occasional fallen name from the spire, a Corvin Hardane or Baertrum Arturos III who has reasons not to say why they are down here.

The most usable hive scum name is short and a little ugly. One- or two-syllable surnames full of hard consonants (Kask, Drell, Tarrow) sound right next to nicknames built from grime, injury and vermin. A handful of canon hired guns lead the list, including Kal Jerico, Scabbs, Yolanda Catallus and Mad Donna Ulanti, so you can hear the tone before picking an original for your next campaign or for the nameless scum on your gang roster.

How to choose hive scum names

  • Give hired scum a nickname first and a surname second; most gangers will only ever know them as Twitch or Sawbones, and the full name is for the tombstone.
  • Match the name to the equipment card: a scum with a stub gun and a frag grenade suits Grub Rallick, while one carrying a plasma pistol probably stole it and deserves a grander name like Aldous Marrowgate.
  • Borrow Necromunda's industrial vocabulary for surnames: sump, slag, soot, rust, clinker and grit all turn into plausible underhive family names.
  • If the scum is a fallen noble or a Guilder's bastard, use a long, formal name and let the gang shorten it; the contrast is a free roleplaying hook.
  • Keep a spare list of six names on the gang sheet; hive scum die fast, and replacing Rook Ashgarde with Rook Ashgarde II is a running joke most groups enjoy.

Frequently asked questions

What are hive scum in Necromunda?

Hive scum are cheap hired guns any gang can recruit for a single battle. They are underhivers with no House allegiance, usually armed with whatever they scavenged, and they are a staple of Necromunda campaigns as expendable extra bodies or colorful recurring NPCs.

Do these names work for Necromunda gangers and leaders too?

Yes. The Imperial Gothic surnames and gutter nicknames fit Orlock, Cawdor, Delaque and outlaw gangs well. For Goliath or Escher gangs you may want to tilt toward brute names or sharper, more elegant ones, but the list covers both ends.

Are the canon characters safe to use in my campaign?

Names like Kal Jerico, Scabbs and Mad Donna Ulanti belong to Games Workshop characters and appear at the top for reference. Use them as guest stars or inspiration; the hundreds of original names below them are free for your own gang sheets, fiction and streams.

Can I use these for other grimdark or cyberpunk settings?

Easily. Strip the Gothic surnames and the names read as generic slum mercenaries for cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic or dystopian games; keep them and they fit any Warhammer 40k hive world from Armageddon to Vigilus.

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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: 12 names

  • Ada Sootwell
  • Agnes Scurvy
  • Ailsa Muck
  • Alba Sumpshine
  • Aldous Marrowgate
  • Aldra Smote
  • Anneke Kipple
  • Annik Voss
  • Arla Drudge
  • Asha Stovepipe
  • Asta Gullet
  • Axel Gruntley

B: 33 names

  • Baertrum Arturos III
  • Barrow Pike
  • Bea Rotwater
  • Bella Scrapwell
  • Bellamy Sloat
  • Belle Sourmilk
  • Bertram Vole
  • Beryl Nox
  • Bex Nightsoil
  • Bitter Ansel
  • Bleak Tomasz
  • Blister Hawke
  • Bodge Tarrant
  • Bodie Crastwick
  • Bogart Dunn
  • Boll Danvers
  • Boris Candlewax
  • Bork Ashlar
  • Bosun Dag
  • Bram Coffin
  • Brand Nodlik
  • Brant Oakes
  • Breaker Nell
  • Brenda Flyash
  • Brick Lancaster
  • Britt Scumble
  • Brix Tollerman
  • Brock Ullage
  • Brogan Scurfe
  • Bronn Tailor
  • Bullet Jask
  • Burke Anvil
  • Burr Pendrake

C: 33 names

  • Cade Rennick
  • Cagg Wendover
  • Calder Mudgate
  • Calla Vostrell
  • Candle Jones
  • Cassia Greyhame
  • Caz Bludgeon
  • Chain Ferrier
  • Chisel Vant
  • Chuck Vandrake
  • Chum Parrish
  • Cinder Vale
  • Cindra Pale
  • Clank
  • Cobb Slater
  • Coker Blaine
  • Collis Rend
  • Corbin Dreck
  • Corker Blythe
  • Corm Vandyke
  • Corvin Hardane
  • Cosh Marrable
  • Crackle Jevons
  • Crake Vossler
  • Creed Salver
  • Crick Morwen
  • Crispin Lowe
  • Croft Gallows
  • Crow Ferrick
  • Crowbar Ellick
  • Crux Danver
  • Cutpurse Nan
  • Cutter Prowse

D: 21 names

  • Dagny Tull
  • Dane Mossgrave
  • Dask 'Ratbite' Ferrol
  • Delphi Vane
  • Dimmock Rawl
  • Dirge Mattock
  • Dirk Gallowshead
  • Dobbs Kettering
  • Dolf Krieger
  • Dorn Hacksaw
  • Dove Kessandre
  • Drax Halloran
  • Dredge Malloy
  • Dregs Maloney
  • Drill Tyburn
  • Drub Olsen
  • Drummond Hask
  • Dubs Halloway
  • Duff Scanlon
  • Dunk Parlow
  • Dusty Malachai

E: 11 names

  • Ebba Clench
  • Edda Grottmark
  • Edie Crankshaft
  • Effie Creel
  • Elke Rustwater
  • Elska Thorne
  • Ember Cutler
  • Ephraim Gall
  • Esme Dustbin
  • Eulalie Drane
  • Eyros Slagmyst

F: 14 names

  • Faraday Kress
  • Fell Anstruther
  • Fen Grimes
  • Fenn Carrowmore
  • Fenna Quick
  • Fennick Rotwell
  • Ferris Bleak
  • Ferrule Tamm
  • Fizz Daggett
  • Flint Dorsay
  • Florian Spinner
  • Flue Kessick
  • Freda Cogg
  • Freya Blacklung

G: 30 names

  • Gaff Bollander
  • Gant Pellucid
  • Garret Tox
  • Gerda Bloat
  • Gilda Varnish
  • Gilla Moth
  • Gimlet Harrow
  • Giselle Mire
  • Gnaw
  • Gor Half-Horn
  • Gorby Stale
  • Gorse Willem
  • Gouger Vance
  • Grant Mudlow
  • Greer Tockett
  • Grendl Grendlsen
  • Greta Nailer
  • Grezzer Vox
  • Grint Pallister
  • Grip Vander
  • Gristle
  • Grizzle
  • Grodd Ulvarin
  • Grout Pallindale
  • Grover Slank
  • Grub Targeson
  • Gulch Aderyn
  • Gus Sumpfoot
  • Gutterwick Sal
  • Gwen Rattick

H: 27 names

  • Half-Hand Grodek
  • Hammer Sallic
  • Hanna Scurf
  • Hannelore Scab
  • Harrow Prosser
  • Hasp Bellamy
  • Hatch Bollin
  • Hatchet Farrow
  • Hattie Doom
  • Hazel Burnside
  • Hedda Vorrow
  • Hench Cobbler
  • Hennie Slurry
  • Hesper Lune
  • Hettie Sprock
  • Hexa Vandrell
  • Hilde Gutterglass
  • Hildy Rustpool
  • Hinge Corrow
  • Hob Greasely
  • Hollin Rask
  • Hollis Ratbane
  • Holt Ratkin
  • Hook Mallory
  • Hoss Caddick
  • Hound Blacketer
  • Hulda Crick

I: 13 names

  • Ilka Rendell
  • Ilke Brenn
  • Ilona Stack
  • Ilse Marrowick
  • Imke Soot
  • Ines Slagworth
  • Inga Slatt
  • Ingo Smolder
  • Ingrid Leech
  • Irma Kettlesong
  • Isbet Hook
  • Ivo Brenner
  • Ivy Rotgut

J: 14 names

  • Jape Sellick
  • Jarek Sallowgrave
  • Jenna Crud
  • Jessamy Kull
  • Jezebel Vask
  • Jilly Spent
  • Jinty Farrell
  • Jinx Tolliver
  • Jody Fleck
  • Jonty Spall
  • Jory Ironwater
  • Joss Hagarty
  • Jostle Crumb
  • Juno 'Two-Tooth' Mallek

K: 16 names

  • Kal Jerico
  • Karst Vandermeer
  • Kasha Drell
  • Katya Sludge
  • Kessler Drudge
  • Kestrel Dunmore
  • Ketta Vorne
  • Kettle Burgess
  • Keziah Holt
  • Kink Sallis
  • Kipper Vost
  • Kirsa Molt
  • Kit Ashgallow
  • Knuckles Mortain
  • Kord Blacksump
  • Krotos Hark

L: 25 names

  • Lacey Dreg
  • Lark Tenpenny
  • Lazlo Dun
  • Lena Ashpit
  • Lenka Duskwell
  • Lew Sootherd
  • Liesl Scrapyard
  • Lilith Garrow
  • Lisbet Skarrow
  • Lissandra Vye
  • Lorelei Dank
  • Lorn Kettering
  • Lorna Slagg
  • Lotte Scrimm
  • Lottie Rust
  • Ludo Garn
  • Lugg Farrel
  • Lump Sallis
  • Lupe Vanderhoek
  • Lurch Gravely
  • Lusca Vey
  • Lux Gantry
  • Lydia Ashwarren
  • Lyle Tarmac
  • Lyra Sullage

M: 29 names

  • Mab Grimsby
  • Mad Donna Ulanti
  • Maddy Sumpline
  • Magda Varnell
  • Mags 'Three-Fingers' Dorran
  • Mama Sump
  • Mange Toller
  • Marla Ruffin
  • Marnie Stoke
  • Marrow Kettch
  • Marta Sumpgrave
  • Mattie Funk
  • Maud Ratterson
  • Mavis Sumpwell
  • Mercy Rathole
  • Merrik Scuttle
  • Mila Junker
  • Milo Scrape
  • Minna Ratcliffe
  • Mira Kettlebone
  • Mirka Teeth
  • Moira Tarn
  • Mole Ferran
  • Molly Ashcan
  • Mordecai Stint
  • Morrigan Vell
  • Mortimer Slough
  • Mouse Haldane
  • Mudlark Sorren

N: 18 names

  • Nadia Scull
  • Nadine Grit
  • Nan Knuckles
  • Nate Ferrowind
  • Nell Wasteman
  • Nerys Chokewater
  • Nessa Flint
  • Nessie Kraw
  • Nettie Grist
  • Neve Corrow
  • Nicker Vosh
  • Nita Brasswell
  • Nix Hadley
  • Nobby Wrenfield
  • Nolan Ratch
  • Noose Parfitt
  • Nub Dorrigan
  • Nyssa Kellen

O: 20 names

  • Oakes Carver
  • Obb Sallowmere
  • Odessa Grime
  • Ola Creech
  • Old Man Tarsk
  • Ollo Grassmarket
  • Olwen Tansy
  • Ondine Scrapp
  • One-Eye Draven
  • Oona Stacks
  • Orla Blackdamp
  • Orlo Stubb
  • Orm Haskett
  • Orrin Vastrick
  • Ossian Greel
  • Ottla Sprag
  • Otto Sumpwater
  • Ottoline Sump
  • Ozric Tanner
  • Ozzie Fenmark

P: 21 names

  • Patch Ormond
  • Peg Scrapknife
  • Pell Duster
  • Pelt Vinicius
  • Pender Greaves
  • Perdita Sump
  • Petra Smoulder
  • Piet Gorm
  • Pieter Ashlock
  • Pike Sallow
  • Pim Gutterson
  • Pippa Scrag
  • Pitch Ganner
  • Pitt Haskard
  • Plug Anders
  • Pox Carrow
  • Pria Blackwater
  • Priss Gallows
  • Prue Gritstone
  • Pugg
  • Punch Haverly

Q: 3 names

  • Quill Harsk
  • Quince Mallender
  • Quint Harbrook

R: 26 names

  • Ragged Ella
  • Ragnar Stubbs
  • Rake Tillotson
  • Ratch Hollender
  • Ratchet Pell
  • Ratspit Moll
  • Rattle Pym
  • Redd Thursby
  • Rend Parvo
  • Reuben Tallow
  • Rhona Bile
  • Riga Vantrell
  • Rina Gristle
  • Rinn Gallowgate
  • Rivet Cole
  • Roach Bellweather
  • Rolf Tallowick
  • Rook Ashgarde
  • Rosalind Scab
  • Roza Mudlark
  • Rudder Kane
  • Ruddy Fane
  • Rusk Harrow
  • Rusty Corrigan
  • Ruth Clinker
  • Ruza Blackett

S: 50 names

  • Sable Mott
  • Saffron Gutter
  • Salvo Marr
  • Sawbones Quell
  • Scab Wenlock
  • Scabbs
  • Scald Temmick
  • Scrapper Moss
  • Scratch Delmore
  • Scrimshaw Bolt
  • Scruff Maddox
  • Scurvy Pell
  • Selma Tenement
  • Seren Fogg
  • Shanks Edevane
  • Shard Mellick
  • Shiv Mandrell
  • Sid Wreckage
  • Silas Cankerwell
  • Siv Greasepot
  • Skab Tellik
  • Skint Morrow
  • Skiv Hallorant
  • Skulk Tamsworth
  • Slate Merdena
  • Slick Varrow
  • Sly Ferrault
  • Sooty Vale
  • Sorcha Nailbiter
  • Sorrel Grubb
  • Spanner Dobbs
  • Spike Orrell
  • Spill Marchant
  • Sprocket Dean
  • Sprue Kellerman
  • Spud Harkness
  • Squint Dalloway
  • Stig Ratteridge
  • Stitch Holloway
  • Stoat Hallis
  • Stoker Holme
  • Strake Molland
  • Strop Vickery
  • Stubb Allard
  • Stump Fennimore
  • Stumpy Ordo
  • Sukie Gristmill
  • Sump-Rat Ollo
  • Sunder Voyle
  • Susa Kettledrum

T: 38 names

  • Tabby Orcutt
  • Tack Haverford
  • Tallow Jenks
  • Tamar Scree
  • Tamas Verge
  • Tamsin Scald
  • Tanner Veck
  • Tansy Mudd
  • Tarn Wickerly
  • Tarquin Drub
  • Tatters Roe
  • Teague Rossmore
  • Teodor Ashby
  • Tessa Gravesmoke
  • Thea Slugg
  • Thessaly Rat
  • Thrasher Dunn
  • Thumbs Dillard
  • Tibbs Hollaran
  • Tilda Rasp
  • Tilly Pitch
  • Toad Pellinor
  • Tobias Wyrm
  • Toggle Bryce
  • Tollund Briar
  • Toomas Jarl
  • Tor Gantlett
  • Tosh Marlow
  • Tova Spittle
  • Tovah Kresk
  • Trencher Moss
  • Trudge Pemberton
  • Tubbs Makaris
  • Tug Venner
  • Tully Ashgrove
  • Tunnel Joe
  • Twine Malloran
  • Twitch Ennis

U: 4 names

  • Ulf Gatling
  • Ulla Brannock
  • Ursa Glum
  • Ursula Knife

V: 17 names

  • Vale Tollick
  • Vand Morrissey
  • Varla Dustgrave
  • Vashti Crone
  • Vaska Hale
  • Vaughn Cobber
  • Vera Gaunt
  • Vesna Kroll
  • Vesper Gallagher
  • Vessa Kline
  • Vex Ironside
  • Vin Scourge
  • Viv Slather
  • Vonda Sear
  • Vonnie Blackscab
  • Vorgen Mortz
  • Vorna Pitchblende

W: 14 names

  • Wanda Slagheap
  • Warden Brill
  • Wasp Collier
  • Weezer Tamm
  • Wendeline Ash
  • Whistle Pike
  • Wick Tarrow
  • Wilda Smirke
  • Wilhelmina Grub
  • Wilma Scoria
  • Wort
  • Wrack Dolby
  • Wren 'Spitter' Kask
  • Wynne Dorsett

Y: 6 names

  • Yar Umbra
  • Yetta Grindle
  • Yolanda Catallus
  • Ysa Tumbrel
  • Ysolde Crank
  • Yuri Lockjaw

Z: 5 names

  • Zara Hellick
  • Zeb Ulrick
  • Zelda Stumps
  • Zinnia Clagg
  • Zuzana Soot