Imperial Guard Name Generator
Astra Militarum names from Cadia to Catachan
Generate Imperial Guard names for Warhammer 40,000: Cadian officers, Catachan jungle fighters, Vostroyan Firstborn, Tallarn raiders, Death Korps serial numbers, Ogryn, Ratlings and Commissars, with ranks included where they help.
About Imperial Guard names
Imperial Guard names work because every regiment is a caricature of a real-world army, and the names follow suit. Cadians are the baseline, with clipped Germanic and English names (Ursarkar Creed, Jarran Kell, Lukas Bastonne). Catachans are jungle-fighting action heroes with nicknames for given names: Sly Marbo, Iron Hand Straken, Buck and Hatchet. Vostroyans and Valhallans are Russian, Mordians are Prussian, Praetorians are Victorian British, Tallarn are Arabic desert raiders, Attilans are Mongol horsemen, Armageddon Steel Legion are German, and the Tanith First and Only carry Irish and Scottish names like Corbec, Larkin and Mkoll. The Death Korps of Krieg have no names at all, only serial designations like 4471-Delta.
Rank does a lot of the work in 40k. A guardsman is Trooper, Corporal or Sergeant; officers run Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel and up to Lord General. Commissars stand outside the chain of command, Tempestus Scions have their own Tempestor ranks, and abhuman auxiliaries (Ogryn Bone'eads, Ratling snipers) get blunt or diminutive names to match. Pairing the right rank with the right cultural flavor tells a reader what the regiment is before you describe it.
The list below mixes a few canon figures with hundreds of original names across these regiments, plus tank crews, psykers and medicae for a full command squad or Kill Team roster.
How to choose Imperial Guard names
- Decide the regiment's real-world model first (Russian, German, British, Arabic, Mongol, American jungle fighter) and keep every name in the platoon inside that style; mixing Vasili Ostrog with Reginald Ashby-Cole reads as two different regiments.
- Use rank for officers and named characters and drop it for the rank and file; a roster of Trooper, Trooper, Trooper gets monotonous, but Colonel Hadrian Tovarek or Commissar Veraline Sorrow should carry the title.
- For Death Korps of Krieg, use a four-digit number plus a Greek letter for everyone below Marshal; that anonymity is the point of the regiment.
- Give Catachans a hard one-syllable nickname (Rook, Blade, Diesel) and a Latin-American or American surname; give Ogryn two blunt syllables and a deed-name like Bigfist or Ironjaw.
- Name the regiment along with the soldier, for example 'Sergeant Ilarion Petrovsk, Vostroyan 33rd Firstborn'; the regiment number and homeworld are as much a part of Guard identity as the surname.
Frequently asked questions
What do Imperial Guard names sound like?
They follow the regiment's real-world inspiration: Germanic or English for Cadia, Russian for Vostroya and Valhalla, Arabic for Tallarn, Prussian for Mordian, Victorian British for Praetoria, Mongol for Attila, Irish and Scottish for Tanith, and American action-hero nicknames for Catachan. Krieg soldiers use serial numbers instead of names.
What ranks does the Astra Militarum use?
Trooper, Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, then general-officer ranks like Lord General, Lord Castellan and Lord Solar. Commissars, Tempestus Scions (Tempestor, Tempestor Prime), Enginseers and Ministorum priests attach to regiments with their own titles.
Are the canon characters in this list free to use?
A handful of famous names (Creed, Kell, Gaunt, Straken, Yarrick, Cain, Marbo) are included for reference and fan use. Everything else is original and safe for your own army, fan fiction or homebrew regiment; leave the Games Workshop characters out of anything you sell.
Do these work for Cadian or Catachan army lists specifically?
Yes. The list includes Cadian Shock Troopers, Kasrkin and Whiteshields, Catachan fighters with nickname-style names, and regiment-specific entries for Vostroyan, Tallarn, Mordian, Praetorian, Krieg, Steel Legion and Tanith troops.
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All 500 Imperial Guard names
A: 20 names
- Ace Vargas
- Agnes Threlkeld
- Ailish Brannoch
- Altansukh Delger
- Alyona Drakov
- Amina Qureshi
- Anatol Vishnevsky
- Anders Krahl
- Andras Sallow
- Anja Verhoeven
A, continued
- Ansel Varga
- Arkady Zhukovsky
- Arkhan Vell
- Armageddon Steel Legion Sergeant Klaus Brenner
- Armoured Commander Dane Ruskin
- Astropath Idwal Sere
- Attilan Khan Bataar Chuluun
- Attilan Rough Rider Temur Borjigin
- Attilan Scout Sarnai Erdene
- Aurek Bannerman
B: 25 names
- Baatar Ochir
- Baneblade Commander Ingra Valhallis
- Bashir Kadir
- Basilisk Crew Chief Ardo Prenn
- Bastian Greer
- Beastman Auxilia Garr Horncleft
- Beastman Auxilia Ushka Roan
- Beatrix Lomax
- Bertram Lisle
- Blade Ortega
- Bogdan Travin
- Bohdan Rusk
B, continued
- Boomer Keane
- Boris Kryukov
- Brann Cotter
- Brecht Haldor
- Brigadier Alonso Veck
- Brigadier Halvard Crane
- Brigadier Renata Lorne
- Brogan Ruane
- Brom Sallic
- Brontian Longknife Ira Solvenne
- Brontian Longknife Vesk Hollander
- Buck Callahan
- Bull Navarro
C: 74 names
- Cadian Lieutenant Dorran Vesh
- Cadian Sergeant Ilka Brenhaus
- Cadian Trooper Pask Ormerod
- Caleb Drest
- Captain Aldo Ferrik
- Captain Dace Lorrimar
- Captain Edda Vorn
- Captain Ezekiel Crowe
- Captain Helmut Graus
- Captain Joren Baske
- Captain Maren Stroud
- Captain Marguerite Tolland
- Captain Reinholt Meyer
- Captain Tobias Kane
C, continued
- Captain Wren Castellan
- Captain Yusuf Adani
- Castellan Ewan Brax
- Catachan Colonel Grizz Morello
- Catachan Lieutenant Dutch Halloran
- Catachan Sergeant Rook Saltano
- Catachan Sergeant Scar Villanueva
- Catachan Trooper Buck Ramirez
- Catachan Trooper Wrench Aguilar
- Cecil Marchbanks
- Chief Medicae Ysolde Penn
- Chimera Driver Kip Holloway
- Chimera Gunner Nia Trevelyan
- Chinggis Taivan
- Ciaran Obel
C, continued
- Clarence Blakeney
- Colm Corbec
- Colonel Anselm Vorhees
- Colonel Augusto Perrin
- Colonel Brannock Tay
- Colonel Dravik Holt
- Colonel Elsa Kerrigan
- Colonel Hadrian Tovarek
- Colonel Iron Hand Straken
- Colonel Isolde Marrick
- Colonel Marius Voss
- Colonel Petrova Dahl
- Colonel Sigmar Haukke
- Colonel Varro Ostrakan
- Colour Sergeant Bale Thurgood
C, continued
- Colour Sergeant Hamish Dray
- Commander Isambard Greel
- Commander Tahlia Noor
- Commissar Aurel Mendt
- Commissar Cadet Tomas Askew
- Commissar Ciaphas Cain
- Commissar Gideon Harrow
- Commissar Idris Kaltenbach
- Commissar Lydia Vance
- Commissar Olessa Varek
- Commissar Ravel Oduya
- Commissar Sebastian Yarrick
- Commissar Tobin Greyle
- Commissar Veraline Sorrow
- Company Commander Dane Vostric
C, continued
- Company Commander Marta Elsen
- Confessor Mattias Grell
- Conscript Edda Moss
- Conscript Lukas Orne
- Conscript Pim Halloway
- Conscript Rosa Venn
- Conscript Tam Brickell
- Cormac Feygor
- Corporal Desta Okonjo
- Corporal Fenn Dorsey
- Corporal Haskel Ruud
- Corporal Ivo Stracke
- Corporal Jory Falk
- Corporal Nella Breck
- Corvin Mortlake
D: 15 names
- Dagny Morrow
- Dara Leyr
- Death Korps Engineer 5509-Iota
- Death Korps Grenadier 3316-Rho
- Death Korps Marshal Karkus Vendt
- Death Korps Quartermaster 6604-Zeta
- Diesel Brandt
- Dieter Rakestraw
- Dietmar Hauser
- Dmitrin Volsk
- Donal Caffrey
- Dorothea Pargeter
- Drookian Fen Guard Osric Mallow
- Drookian Fen Guard Tamsin Reed
- Dutch Kessler
E: 14 names
- Eamon Raglon
- Ebba Cordwainer
- Edwina Fortescue
- Eilidh Maskelyne
- Elim Rawne
- Elsa Mauer
- Elysian Captain Marin Solace
- Elysian Drop Trooper Zeke Farrell
- Elysian Sergeant Ilya Bravic
- Elysian Trooper Della Quist
- Emil Kastner
- Enginseer Adept Kessim Draxus
- Enkhjin Munkh
- Eoghan Dorden
F: 12 names
- Faisal Marwan
- Falk Ostrander
- Fatima Rahal
- Felinid Auxilia Sael Whiskeran
- Fenna Curth
- Fenwick Drade
- Field Marshal Giselle Hartgrove
- Field Marshal Orsino Brahe
- Fionnuala Criid
- Frieda Koch
- Friedrich Mauser
- Fyodor Mazurek
G: 18 names
- Galina Verst
- Ganzorig Khulan
- Gator Lomax
- General Amadeus Pike
- General Ambrose Kettering
- General Cassia Orde
- General Kirill Stavros
- General Octavia Brannigan
- General Yevgeni Stolarov
G, continued
- Gennady Shishkov
- Gerhart Penrose
- Gethin Meryn
- Ghassan Tariq
- Greta Lindemann
- Gretl Varnholt
- Grigor Chernak
- Gunnery Sergeant Harker
- Gunther Eisenberg
H: 14 names
- Hagen Brightmoor
- Hamza Talib
- Hana Morsi
- Harakoni Warhawk Linna Faust
- Harakoni Warhawk Tavis Rell
- Hatchet Dunn
- Hawk Delgado
- Heinrich Vogt
- Helga Ruprecht
- Henny Kaszmir
- Hilde Steinbach
- Hlaine Larkin
- Horace Wimbourne
- Hydra Gunner Lem Carver
I: 10 names
- Ibram Gaunt
- Idris Barakat
- Ilse Maddock
- Inessa Lazarev
- Ingeborg Faust
- Ingrid Haskell
- Iolo Domor
- Irina Bolkov
- Isak Vorland
- Ivar Pendlebury
J: 7 names
- Jag Mercer
- Jamal Sahir
- Jarran Kell
- Jonah Strake
- Jopall Indentured Meld Hirsch
- Jopall Indentured Ruk Tessler
- Josse Ansgar
K: 18 names
- Kalder Wyck
- Kamal Abadi
- Kasimir Vanderhoek
- Kaspar Holloway
- Kasrkin Sergeant Derrin Vance
- Kasrkin Sergeant Halvor Stade
- Kasrkin Trooper Jon Marrick
- Kasrkin Trooper Lira Hesk
- Keir Baffels
K, continued
- Khalil Dhib
- Khasar Tumen
- Kirill Ostapenko
- Konrad Fell
- Krieg Colonel Wehrmann Stahl
- Kriegsman 0913-Sigma
- Kriegsman 1128-Theta
- Kriegsman 4471-Delta
- Kriegsman 7720-Omega
L: 31 names
- Layla Suhail
- Leman Russ Driver Poll Harstead
- Leman Russ Gunner Tobias Wrack
- Lev Hasselbach
- Liesl Varnum
- Lieutenant Agatha Brynne
- Lieutenant Bastien Roux
- Lieutenant Corvus Pell
- Lieutenant Dmitri Volkan
- Lieutenant Ezra Thorne
L, continued
- Lieutenant Lucan Farrow
- Lieutenant Oskar Vane
- Lieutenant Pavel Ostrov
- Lieutenant Rhea Castigan
- Lieutenant Silas Mordecai
- Lieutenant Tam Drusher
- Lise Vantrell
- Lorcan Bragg
- Lord Castellan Rufus Brandt
- Lord Commissar Raziel Kant
L, continued
- Lord General Hester Valdemar
- Lord General Ottokar Varangian
- Lord Marshal Sieglinde Ostrau
- Lord Militant Cassius Drell
- Lord Militant Ursula Varhane
- Lord Solar Valentin Ostrakhan
- Lorna Bessard
- Lotte Hochmann
- Ludmila Soroka
- Lukas Bastonne
- Lyudmila Chekhov
M: 31 names
- Mace Trujillo
- Maia Threnody
- Major Corvin Achtler
- Major Halvard Kreel
- Major Kaspar Drenn
- Major Lisbet Ashford
- Major Ondrej Varga
- Major Rust Gallow
- Major Selene Ortega
- Major Teodor Venn
M, continued
- Major Thandiwe Brask
- Malik Zafrani
- Manticore Crew Ivo Stannard
- Marfa Turgen
- Markus Oldcorn
- Marlene Krause
- Marshal Halloran Crane
- Master of Ordnance Lucan Hesk
- Mathilde Drexel
- Matthew Greave
M, continued
- Maude Highclere
- Medicae Orderly Jenna Rowntree
- Medicae Sergeant Amos Leitner
- Mikhail Drozdov
- Ministorum Priest Aldous Brand
- Montgomery Wrenfield
- Mordian Captain Ludwig Sternberg
- Mordian Colour Sergeant Albrecht Zell
- Mordian Lieutenant Friedrich Holm
- Mordian Sergeant Ottmar Wiese
- Mordian Trooper Konstantin Brahe
N: 11 names
- Nadezhda Belyakov
- Nadia Dalil
- Nadya Verlaine
- Naran Tsend
- Nasira Bint Qadir
- Necromundan Spider Kez Mallon
- Necromundan Spider Nash Varrick
- Neve Stadler
- Niamh Soric
- Nikolai Berezin
- Nork Deddog
O: 17 names
- Ogryn Bone'ead Grunk
- Ogryn Bork Ironjaw
- Ogryn Bruk Bigfist
- Ogryn Dedd Tuska
- Ogryn Grogg Thunk
- Ogryn Hulk Maddan
- Ogryn Krunk Onearm
- Ogryn Mog Hardhand
O, continued
- Ogryn Nork Smashem
- Ogryn Thudd Brakka
- Oksana Rybakova
- Omar Kashani
- Orla Kell
- Oswin Kemp
- Ottilie Gast
- Otto Hartwig
- Oyun Batbayar
P: 20 names
- Padraig Kolea
- Penal Legion Custodian Garrow Flint
- Penal Legionnaire 881
- Penal Legionnaire Crake Dusk
- Penal Legionnaire Vasquez Mott
- Percy Danforth
- Petros Calloway
- Phantine Skyborne Bree Larkspur
- Phantine Skyborne Hal Jagdea
- Piotr Cardew
P, continued
- Platoon Commander Hurst Valk
- Platoon Commander Ines Corday
- Praetorian Captain Percival Hawkes
- Praetorian Colour Sergeant Reginald Thorpe
- Praetorian Lieutenant Edmund Carruthers
- Praetorian Major Augustus Hartington-Smythe
- Praetorian Trooper Alfred Pickering
- Preacher Ulwen Skarrow
- Primaris Psyker Tessaly Kord
- Pyotr Grazhdan
Q: 1 name
- Quartermaster Sergeant Bex Oram
R: 29 names
- Raisa Kalinin
- Ranger Hale
- Rania Yusef
- Rashid al-Tallarn
- Ratling Cook Barlo Puddifoot
- Ratling Quartermaster Fenna Tuckworth
- Ratling Sniper Cob Bramblefoot
- Ratling Sniper Dilly Hobb
- Ratling Sniper Essie Nettlebed
- Ratling Sniper Pim Underhill
- Ratling Sniper Tobbin Smallwood
- Regimental Commander Brannoch Tarsis
- Regimental Commander Ludmilla Vorst
- Regimental Standard Bearer Davrin Kroll
R, continued
- Reginald Ashby-Cole
- Rigger Alvarez
- Rip Carver
- Roane Deeper Hollis Pruitt
- Roane Deeper Tammis Vale
- Roisin Daur
- Rolf Merriweather
- Rook Santiago
- Rosen Haldane
- Rostislav Kuzmin
- Rough Rider Corporal Sorcha Gale
- Rough Rider Sergeant Uldis Brant
- Rough Rider Trooper Bram Kellock
- Ruprecht Dahn
- Rurik Stane
S: 48 names
- Sael Trantor
- Samira Nazir
- Sanctioned Psyker Morrow Vael
- Sanctioned Psyker Obed Greywood
- Savlar Chem-Dog Gris Tallow
- Savlar Chem-Dog Reeve Maddox
- Savlar Trooper Quent Halloway
- Sayid al-Rashid
- Scintillan Fusilier Ameline Darrow
- Scintillan Fusilier Lorne Vassago
- Scion Ilse Brenning
- Scion Mattias Kole
S, continued
- Scion Petra Lund
- Scion Zsolt Harkaway
- Scrap Molina
- Seamus Mkoll
- Sentinel Pilot Jess Marner
- Sentinel Pilot Rourke Dallin
- Sergeant Barnas Kluge
- Sergeant Bron Kettleby
- Sergeant Cato Verrin
- Sergeant Drogan Veck
- Sergeant Honor Slade
- Sergeant Mika Hollis
S, continued
- Sergeant Olaf Brenner
- Sergeant Petra Illic
- Sergeant Rask Dunmore
- Sergeant Tamsin Blacke
- Sergeant Uri Hadjek
- Sergeant Vadik Strelnikov
- Sergeant Wilhelmina Fross
- Sergei Brannigan
- Shock Trooper Ennis Bell
- Shock Trooper Hadley Crane
- Shock Trooper Maris Tull
- Siegfried Brandt
S, continued
- Siska Morden
- Slab Corrigan
- Sly Marbo
- Snake Ruiz
- Sonja Brakewood
- Soraya Jalil
- Stanislav Pravdin
- Steel Legion Colonel Jurgen Falk
- Steel Legion Corporal Anneliese Roth
- Steel Legion Lieutenant Greta Hartmann
- Steel Legion Trooper Hans Vogel
- Svetlana Gorsk
T: 40 names
- Tadhg Milo
- Tallarn Raider Hakim Bashar
- Tallarn Scout Yasmin al-Dhakir
- Tallarn Sergeant Anwar Sadiq
- Tallarn Trooper Karim Sabbagh
- Tanith Scout Brin Mkvenner
- Tanith Sergeant Rhodri Varl
- Tanith Sniper Eila Larkin
- Tanith Trooper Fergal Doyle
- Tank Commander Gorse Hallam
- Tank Commander Willa Freyne
- Tarik ibn Haroun
- Tatiana Olegov
T, continued
- Tech-Priest Enginseer Vohl-9
- Tempestor Idris Varney
- Tempestor Prime Alaric Stahl
- Tempestus Scion Corvus Rane
- Tempestus Scion Dacian Vole
- Tempestus Scion Nessa Halloran
- Tempestus Scion Thea Orlov
- Temuulen Bold
- Teodora Kirsch
- Tex Morales
- Torvald Ekkehart
- Tova Brandish
- Trooper Abel Kuria
T, continued
- Trooper Banna Ulrich
- Trooper Dannick Pol
- Trooper Essa Lorn
- Trooper Hob Cattermole
- Trooper Jek Marlow
- Trooper Liesel Ostwald
- Trooper Matthis Grau
- Trooper Maxim Jurek
- Trooper Orin Tesk
- Trooper Piet Vandam
- Trooper Ruben Staal
- Trooper Sallow Vine
- Trooper Willa Hart
- Tyrus Lomond
U: 5 names
- Ulf Straker
- Ulrich Steinmetz
- Una Hark
- Ursarkar E. Creed
- Uyanga Dorj
V: 22 names
- Vadim Sorokin
- Valhallan Colonel Ivan Morozova
- Valhallan Sergeant Olga Semyonova
- Valhallan Trooper Lev Koshkin
- Valhallan Trooper Sasha Vitebsk
- Varvara Polunin
- Vasili Ostrog
- Vaughn Tresker
- Ventrillian Noble Aurelio Cantor
- Ventrillian Noble Livia Sarn
- Veteran Sergeant Anya Kovalenko
V, continued
- Veteran Sergeant Garro Lenz
- Veteran Sergeant Tully Macken
- Viktor Zaytsev
- Volpone Bluebloods Captain Gaudio Varro
- Volpone Bluebloods Lieutenant Cassius Dane
- Vostro Kell
- Vostroyan Firstborn Radomir Kreel
- Vostroyan Sergeant Ilarion Petrovsk
- Vox Operator Kell Drummond
- Vox Operator Ness Abram
- Vox Operator Sim Rudge
W: 9 names
- Warmaster Tiberius Slaine
- Watchmaster 2205-Kappa
- Whiteshield Cadet Anje Kurst
- Whiteshield Cadet Pell Tarsin
- Whiteshield Cadet Ro Venner
- Whiteshield Sarah Orlenn
- Wilm Hardcastle
- Winifred Cobbold
- Wolfgang Reuss
Y: 5 names
- Yana Torvic
- Yelena Tarkova
- Yevdokia Ruslan
- Yuri Antonov
- Yusra Farouk