Imperial Fists Name Generator

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Generate Imperial Fists names for Warhammer 40K armies and stories: battle-brothers like Valens Hardcastle and Halvard Cotta, officers like Captain Hallgrim Saxa, Heresy-era Huscarls and Templars, and warships and strongholds such as Bastion Adamant.

About Imperial Fists names

The Imperial Fists are the sons of Rogal Dorn, the Legion that fortified and held the Imperial Palace, and their names are as plain as their reputation. There is no single home culture behind them. Latin, Greek, Norse and Germanic names stand side by side, as in Darnath Lysander, Tor Garadon, Vorn Hagen and Alexis Polux, and what ties them together is a sober register: no boasts, no flourishes, a given name and a family name that could be cut into a wall.

Most of this list is two-part battle-brother names in that mixed register, such as Valens Hardcastle, Halvard Cotta and Kleon Durus, with many surnames that quietly mean stone, wall, tower or watchman. Around them sit single stern names, line officers (Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant), specialists (Chaplain, Librarian, Techmarine, Apothecary), and Heresy-era Huscarls and Templar Brethren. Epithets stay with stone, bastion and endurance: Gunnar the Steadfast, Titus Wallwarden.

The rest of the list names things, not warriors: warships and strongholds in the manner of the Phalanx, and companies, siege hosts and crusades. A few entries are established characters, kept as style anchors; everything else is written for your own roster, kill team or story. This is a fan resource with no connection to Games Workshop.

How to choose Imperial Fists names

  • Pair across languages. The Chapter's best-known names mix origins, so a Norse given name with a Latin family name (Halvard Cotta, Sigurd Torquatus) sounds more like a Fist than a matched pair.
  • Keep epithets about holding, not killing. The Unyielding, Holdfast, of the Last Bastion and Wallwarden suit a Chapter known for sieges and stubborn defense; save the wolves and flames for other Chapters.
  • Use rank to build a squad fast: one Sergeant, one named specialist and three or four plain battle-brothers give a kill team a roster that reads as one unit.
  • For Horus Heresy armies, pick from the Huscarl and Templar entries, and give vehicles and fortifications one of the stronghold names, such as Bastion Adamant or The Praetorian Gate.
  • Leave the established characters to the background books. Lysander and Garadon are useful for tone, but a name of your own keeps your captain from being mistaken for theirs.

Frequently asked questions

What do Imperial Fists names sound like?

Sober and mixed in origin. Latin, Greek, Norse and Germanic names appear together, usually as a given name and a family name with no ornament: Septimus Stane, Theron Laskaris, Gunnar Mason, Matthias Grimm. Titles and epithets point to duty, walls and endurance.

How are they different from Black Templars names?

The Black Templars are a successor Chapter with a crusading, knightly style: mostly old Germanic names with titles such as Marshal and Sword Brother. Imperial Fists names draw on more languages, use plainer ranks such as Captain, Lieutenant and Sergeant, and lean on siege words: Hadrian of the North Wall, Siege Host Adamant, Strike Cruiser Keystone.

Which names in the list are established characters?

Only a handful: Rogal Dorn, First Captain Sigismund, Darnath Lysander, Tor Garadon, Vorn Hagen, Alexis Polux, Archamus, Fafnir Rann, Maximus Thane and Koorland, plus the Phalanx, the Huscarls, the Templar Brethren and The Last Wall. They are there for tone, and a few other entries borrow place names from the setting, such as Terra and Inwit. The rest were drafted for this page and have not been compared with the setting's books, so a plain name such as Titus or Nestor may also belong to a character somewhere in the background. This page has no connection to Games Workshop.

Can I use these for Heresy-era Legion armies?

Yes. The Huscarl and Templar entries, such as Huscarl Eirik Durus and Templar Gunnar Vindex, are written for the Legion of the Horus Heresy, when the Huscarls guarded Rogal Dorn and the Templar Brethren fought under Sigismund. The two-part names and the stronghold names work in either era.

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A: 38 names

  • Aelius Garrison
  • Aelius of Terra
  • Agathon Kern
  • Agricola of the Parapet
  • Agricola Structus
  • Albinus Durward
  • Alexis Polux
  • Andreas Macer
  • Antigonos
  • Anton Lentulus
  • Apothecary Ajax Lindner
  • Apothecary Alrik Zeller
  • Apothecary Eyvind Stonor
  • Apothecary Glaukos Eide
  • Apothecary Hostus Dahl
  • Apothecary Isak Florus
  • Apothecary Jarle Pollio
  • Apothecary Lodin Celsus
  • Apothecary Medon Garth
  • Apothecary Nepos
  • Apothecary Oystein Vestby
  • Apothecary Philetos Grund
  • Apothecary Titian Hale
  • Archamus
  • Archelaos
  • Aristides Zeller
  • Ariston Fels
  • Armin Treu
  • Arne Rufinus
  • Arnfinn Brekke
  • Arnkel
  • Arno Stenberg
  • Asmund
  • Asmund Crispus
  • Asmund Stands-Alone
  • Aspis
  • Atticus Waller
  • Audun Moen

B: 22 names

  • Bastion Adamant
  • Bastion of the Long Watch
  • Battle Barge Duty Unending
  • Battle Barge Praetorian's Oath
  • Battle Barge Rampart of Ages
  • Battle Barge Shield of Inwit
  • Battle Barge Unbroken Vigil
  • Battle Barge Wall of Terra
  • Battle-Brother Aemilius
  • Battle-Brother Celsus
  • Battle-Brother Dag Macer
  • Battle-Brother Kimon
  • Battle-Brother Marcian
  • Battle-Brother Myron
  • Battle-Brother Thorfinn
  • Birger Pike
  • Bjorn Richter
  • Brother Ariston
  • Brother Geir
  • Brother Hrafn
  • Brother Numa
  • Brother Seneca

C: 60 names

  • Calpurnius
  • Camillus Falk
  • Camillus Keystone
  • Captain Antonius Chester
  • Captain Bergstrom
  • Captain Brynjar Longus
  • Captain Casterton
  • Captain Clemens Torr
  • Captain Cornelius Voll
  • Captain Domitius Borgstrom
  • Captain Drakon Armstrong
  • Captain Erling Turrinus
  • Captain Fabius Maurer
  • Captain Glaukos Nyborg
  • Captain Hallgrim Saxa
  • Captain Hieron Fortescue
  • Captain Kadmos Steinmetz
  • Captain Leander Stanhope
  • Captain Oskar Carrick
  • Captain Steinfeld
  • Captain Stenkil Galba
  • Captain Torkel Vetus
  • Captain Valerian Riegel
  • Castellan Agricola Oldcastle
  • Castellan Atticus
  • Castellan Henrik Eastgate
  • Castellan Solon Blackwall
  • Castellan Steinar
  • Castellan Thales
  • Castellan Torstein Norgate

C, continued

  • Castellan Werner Ashdown
  • Castellum Vigil
  • Cato of the Seventh Rampart
  • Cato Steadman
  • Celsus Oldcastle
  • Chaplain Curio
  • Chaplain Edgar Nordahl
  • Chaplain Hogne Festner
  • Chaplain Justus Tolland
  • Chaplain Kadmos Volso
  • Chaplain Opiter Selwyn
  • Chaplain Penhale
  • Chaplain Phaidon Thurner
  • Chaplain Skule Salinator
  • Chaplain Steingrim Laenas
  • Chaplain Theophanes Sletten
  • Chaplain Tychon Hutter
  • Chaplain Valerian Merrick
  • Chaplain Vermund Taurus
  • Cincinnatus
  • Citadel of Patient Stone
  • Claudian Doukas
  • Corvinus Kessel
  • Crusade of Quiet Duty
  • Crusade of the Closed Gate
  • Crusade of the Long Siege
  • Crusade of the Patient Stone
  • Crusade of the Sealed Breach
  • Crusade of the Thousand Ramparts
  • Crusade of the Unyielding

D: 9 names

  • Dag Solberg
  • Damon Wachter
  • Darnath Lysander
  • Decimus Stahl
  • Decius Langdon
  • Demetrios Falk
  • Diokles
  • Drusus Hale
  • Drusus of the Long Siege

E: 11 names

  • Egil Celer
  • Eike Borgen
  • Einar Fronto
  • Eirik Dalassenos
  • Eirik Holdfast
  • Eudoros Bratt
  • Eumenes Dahl
  • Evander Holm
  • Evander Stonewright
  • Eystein
  • Eystein Wallwalker

F: 14 names

  • Fabian Stroud
  • Fabricius Wehr
  • Fafnir Rann
  • Falko Kastner
  • First Captain Sigismund
  • Flaminius
  • Flavian Stern
  • Fortress Immovable
  • Fortress of the Clenched Fist
  • Frigate Counterscarp
  • Frigate Sally Port
  • Frigate Watchfire
  • Frode Falco
  • Frontinus

G: 16 names

  • Gallus
  • Gallus Pain-Bearer
  • Gallus Thurn
  • Gatehouse Primus
  • Geir Harrow
  • Gordian
  • Gordian Shieldwall
  • Gordian Stenmark
  • Gorm Calvus
  • Gratian Hammar
  • Gregor Lepidus
  • Gregor the Silent Wall
  • Grimkel
  • Gudbrand Nordvik
  • Gunnar Mason
  • Gunnar the Steadfast

H: 40 names

  • Hadrian Mauer
  • Hadrian of the North Wall
  • Hakon of the Eastern Gate
  • Hakon Xiphias
  • Halfdan Steen
  • Hallbjorn
  • Hallstein
  • Hallstein Crane
  • Hallstein the Cornerstone
  • Halvard
  • Halvard Cotta
  • Halvard the Unyielding
  • Harald Klint
  • Hektor
  • Hektor of the Breach
  • Hektor Saxa
  • Henrik Priscus
  • Hold of Quiet Duty
  • Hoplon
  • Horatius Skleros
  • Host of the Eastern Gate
  • Host of the Glacis
  • Host of the Seven Walls
  • Huscarl Arne
  • Huscarl Bjorn Castell
  • Huscarl Camillus Borg
  • Huscarl Damon
  • Huscarl Drusus Thurn
  • Huscarl Eirik Durus
  • Huscarl Gregor Fels
  • Huscarl Hadrian Stane
  • Huscarl Ivar Steadman
  • Huscarl Kleon Warde
  • Huscarl Leif Garrison
  • Huscarl Nikanor
  • Huscarl Regulus Wehr
  • Huscarl Theron Holt
  • Huscarl Titus Klint
  • Huscarl Torvald
  • Huscarl Zenon Stern

I: 3 names

  • Iason Melissenos
  • Ingvar Strabo
  • Ivar Corvus

J: 5 names

  • Jorund Vik
  • Julian Marr
  • Junius Steiner
  • Justus
  • Justus Norgate

K: 20 names

  • Kallias Hart
  • Kallikrates
  • Keep of the Unbroken Line
  • Ketil Thorne
  • Kimon Hallberg
  • Kjell Varus
  • Kleitos Gracchus
  • Kleon Durus
  • Kleon Stonehand
  • Knut of Inwit
  • Knut Wahl
  • Kolbein
  • Kolbein Hjelm
  • Kolbein of the Inner Keep
  • Kolskegg
  • Koorland
  • Krateros
  • Krateros the Anvil
  • Krateros Vogt
  • Kyros Lund

L: 36 names

  • Leif Silanus
  • Librarian Florens Pansa
  • Librarian Inge Fenwick
  • Librarian Ion Vatia
  • Librarian Nonius Hallam
  • Librarian Norwin Nes
  • Librarian Okeanos Rud
  • Librarian Sigvat Kemble
  • Librarian Silas Dunmore
  • Librarian Sundby
  • Librarian Ulrik Bergner
  • Librarian Vopiscus Torp
  • Librarian Xenias Ostby
  • Librarian Zethos Yardley
  • Lieutenant Arvid Nepos
  • Lieutenant Bersi Catulus
  • Lieutenant Crispin Garth
  • Lieutenant Eskil Stonor
  • Lieutenant Galerius Keil
  • Lieutenant Heraklios Stainton
  • Lieutenant Highgate
  • Lieutenant Lysias Hartung
  • Lieutenant Manius Vollan
  • Lieutenant Medon Hallstrom
  • Lieutenant Nikon Steinsvik
  • Lieutenant Postumus Cragg
  • Lieutenant Pyrrhos Bakke
  • Lieutenant Quirin Aldgate
  • Lieutenant Sondre Capito
  • Lieutenant Steinbach
  • Lieutenant Titian Wardell
  • Lieutenant Vegard Pollio
  • Lorenz of the Deep Foundations
  • Lucan Harker
  • Lucullus Storm
  • Lykos Vindex

M: 16 names

  • Magne Hovde
  • Manlius
  • Marcellus Klint
  • Marcian Argyros
  • Matthias
  • Matthias Grimm
  • Matthias the Enduring
  • Maxim Schanze
  • Maximian Hofer
  • Maximus Thane
  • Menander
  • Menander Oathstone
  • Menander Strand
  • Miltiades Gatebreaker
  • Miltiades Stolz
  • Myron Constans

N: 8 names

  • Nerva Locke
  • Nestor Brandt
  • Nestor the Immovable
  • Nikanor Hale
  • Nikephoros Lindner
  • Nikias Schild
  • Nikomedes
  • Numa Ashdown

O: 2 names

  • Orestes Berg
  • Orm Scaurus

P: 14 names

  • Palisade
  • Pavlos Gabras
  • Peleus Skare
  • Pertinax Blackwall
  • Pertinax the Tenacious
  • Phalanx
  • Philon Castus
  • Polydoros
  • Pompeius Nasica
  • Priscus the Vigilant
  • Priscus Warde
  • Probus
  • Probus Castell
  • Probus the Resolute

R: 9 names

  • Redoubt Halcyon
  • Regulus Holt
  • Regulus of the Last Line
  • Rogal Dorn
  • Rufus Stannard
  • Rune Paetus
  • Rutger
  • Rutger of the Fourth Bastion
  • Rutger Sandvik

S: 56 names

  • Sabinus Fjeld
  • Seneca Garrick
  • Septimus
  • Septimus Bulwark
  • Septimus Stane
  • Sergeant Alkaios Eide
  • Sergeant Asgeir Bassus
  • Sergeant Dagfinn Walden
  • Sergeant Diomed Myhre
  • Sergeant Gaute Stanway
  • Sergeant Hostus Burgh
  • Sergeant Ingjald Cossus
  • Sergeant Kreon Tangen
  • Sergeant Marten Standen
  • Sergeant Ottar Florus
  • Sergeant Steinhauer
  • Sergeant Styrkar Northgate
  • Sergeant Trebonius Harnisch
  • Sergeant Trond Carbo
  • Sergeant Vitalis Schlosser
  • Sertorius Burg
  • Servius Haugen
  • Severus
  • Severus Greaves
  • Severus the Praetorian
  • Shield Company of Terra
  • Siege Host Adamant
  • Siege Host Immovable

S, continued

  • Siege Host of the Final Redoubt
  • Siege Host of the Patient Hammer
  • Sigurd Breachward
  • Sigurd Torquatus
  • Silvan Standish
  • Skeggi
  • Solon Firmus
  • Sons of the Praetorian
  • Star Fort Bulwark Eternal
  • Steinar Berg
  • Steinar Graniteheart
  • Steinthor
  • Sten
  • Sten of the Last Bastion
  • Stephanos Kern
  • Stig Aquila
  • Straton
  • Straton Maleinos
  • Straton of the Siegeworks
  • Strike Cruiser Gatekeeper
  • Strike Cruiser Golden Bastion
  • Strike Cruiser Keystone
  • Strike Cruiser Line Unbroken
  • Strike Cruiser Mural Crown
  • Strike Cruiser Patient Siege
  • Strike Cruiser Steadfast
  • Strike Cruiser Stone Oath
  • Sverre Monomachos

T: 91 names

  • Tarquin Phokas
  • Techmarine Bard Harnisch
  • Techmarine Kare Hammar
  • Techmarine Maro Riegel
  • Techmarine Naso Borgen
  • Techmarine Nikos Carbo
  • Techmarine Pelias Stahl
  • Techmarine Steinhauer
  • Techmarine Thrasos Keil
  • Techmarine Torleif Maurer
  • Techmarine Ulfar Mason
  • Techmarine Ulvik
  • Techmarine Varg Steinmetz
  • Techmarine Wilmar Cragg
  • Techmarine Xaver Schlosser
  • Telamon
  • Telamon the Pillar
  • Telamon Tornikes
  • Templar Andronikos Castus
  • Templar Anton Pike
  • Templar Evander
  • Templar Fabian
  • Templar Gunnar Vindex
  • Templar Hakon Constans
  • Templar Halfdan Thorne
  • Templar Julian Hart
  • Templar Kyros Harrow
  • Templar Nestor Schild
  • Templar Orestes
  • Templar Philon

T, continued

  • Templar Ragnvald Firmus
  • Templar Rufus
  • Templar Sigurd
  • Templar Stig Crane
  • Templar Tullus
  • Templar Valens Locke
  • Testudo
  • Thales Varden
  • The Anvil Bastion
  • The Barbican
  • The Bastion Brethren
  • The Breach Wardens
  • The Bulwark Company
  • The Cornerstone Guard
  • The Counter-Siege Host
  • The Curtain Wall Company
  • The Foundation Stones
  • The Gatekeepers
  • The Glacis Line
  • The Huscarls
  • The Keystone Company
  • The Last Parapet
  • The Last Wall
  • The Mural Crown Company
  • The Ninth Siege Host
  • The Outer Curtain
  • The Parapet Watch
  • The Portcullis Company
  • The Praetorian Gate
  • The Rampart Guard

T, continued

  • The Seventh Redoubt
  • The Shieldbearers
  • The Shieldwall
  • The Standing Wall
  • The Stone Gauntlet Crusade
  • The Stone Oath Brotherhood
  • The Templar Brethren
  • The Unbroken Line
  • The Vigil Eternal
  • The Wall Guard
  • The Yellow Bastion
  • Theron Laskaris
  • Theron the Unbroken
  • Timon
  • Timon Hauer
  • Timon the Sentinel
  • Titus Borg
  • Titus Wallwarden
  • Tobias
  • Tobias Pulcher
  • Tobias the Unbending
  • Toke Rask
  • Tor Garadon
  • Torstein Vang
  • Torstein Wallborn
  • Torvald Metellus
  • Tower of the Yellow Banner
  • Trajan
  • Trajan the Bastion
  • Trygve Regillus
  • Tullus Eastgate

U: 1 name

  • Ulf Dentatus

V: 22 names

  • Valens Gatekeeper
  • Valens Hardcastle
  • Veit Pfortner
  • Verus
  • Verus Bergmann
  • Verus of the Final Redoubt
  • Veteran Sergeant Alban Westgate
  • Veteran Sergeant Gudmund Schutz
  • Veteran Sergeant Hjalmar Sura
  • Veteran Sergeant Lartius Redvers
  • Veteran Sergeant Periander Vane
  • Veteran Sergeant Polybios Grund
  • Veteran Sergeant Torbjorn Geminus
  • Veteran Sergeant Zeno Haugland
  • Vidar
  • Vidar Murena
  • Vidar of the Outer Curtain
  • Vigfus Haug
  • Viktor
  • Viktor of the Unbroken Line
  • Vitruvius
  • Vorn Hagen

W: 3 names

  • Wall of Remembrance
  • Wendel Tveit
  • Werner Rustad

X: 1 name

  • Xanthos Branas

Y: 1 name

  • Yngvar Cursor

Z: 2 names

  • Zenon Bryennios
  • Zenon the Mason