Imperial Guard Name Generator

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 sorted loosely by regiment, plus tank crews, psykers and medicae for a full command squad or Kill Team roster.