Kenshi Name Generator

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Generate character names that fit the harsh, strange world of Kenshi: blunt nicknames, mixed-language given names, Shek warrior names, Skeleton designations, and Hive drone names for your squad, faction, or roleplay run.

About Kenshi names

Kenshi is a sandbox RPG set on a dying desert moon, and its names reflect that odd, scavenged world. Named characters range from plain nicknames (Burn, Beep, Red, Ghost) to mash-ups of English, Japanese and invented sounds (Ruka, Sadneil, Izumi, Crumblejon), to titles that double as reputations (Bugmaster, Dust King, Screamer the False, Rane the Giant). There is no polished high-fantasy naming here; a good Kenshi name sounds like it was earned in the dirt.

Each race has its own flavour. Greenlanders and Scorchlanders use short, everyday names with a Japanese or vaguely European tinge (Kang, Seto, Hobbs, Ray). Shek names are hard and consonant-heavy (Kral, Esata, Bayan, Ohsun), fitting a warrior culture that names its leaders after their deeds. Skeletons often carry mechanical or oddly human names (Agnu, Sadneil, Burn, Cat-Lon), while Hivers get tiny, functional names (Beep, Rip, Wasp) or their role in the hive. Faction leaders add rank: Emperor Tengu, Lord Phoenix, Empress Sinta.

The list below mixes canon-style names, single-word wasteland nicknames, race-flavoured given names and full titles so you can name an entire squad, a base, or a custom faction in one pass without every recruit sounding the same. It also holds beast-themed names in the style of Flying Bull, town and region bynames, and nicknames from the game's gear, rations, weather and trades.

How to choose Kenshi names

  • Match the name to the race: hard consonants for Shek (Bruk, Verrak), tiny chirpy names for Hivers (Beep, Nib), and mechanical or oddly formal names for Skeletons (Chassis, Unit Marn).
  • Give recruits nicknames based on what happened to them: Half-Ear, Handless, Bent Nail. Kenshi's limb loss and scars make earned names feel natural.
  • For faction leaders and base names, add a title (Lord, Empress, Inquisitor, Captain) to make them read like Kenshi's canon bosses.
  • Keep squad names short so they stay readable in the squad panel; save the long titles for your player character or key NPCs in a mod.
  • Mix cultures deliberately. Kenshi's world lost its history, so a squad with a Japanese-sounding Yayoi next to a Trask and a Bruk feels right.

Frequently asked questions

How do character names work in Kenshi?

Kenshi assigns random names from race-specific pools when NPCs spawn, and named unique characters like Beep, Ruka or Tinfist have handcrafted names. Player characters and recruits can be renamed freely at creation or via the character panel.

Are these the actual random names Kenshi uses?

The list includes many canon unique characters (Beep, Agnu, Rane the Giant, Cat-Lon) alongside original names written to match each race's style, so you can name mod NPCs or squads without repeating the game's own pool.

What do Shek and Skeleton names sound like?

Shek names are short and heavy with K, R and hard vowels (Kral, Esata, Bayan). Skeletons tend to have blunt or mechanical names (Burn, Sadneil, Agnu) or descriptive labels that hint at their age and lost purpose.

Can I use these names in a Kenshi mod or story?

Yes. The original names here are free to use in mods, fan fiction, or squad rosters. Canon character names belong to Lo-Fi Games' setting, so use them as inspiration rather than for commercial products.

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A: 24 names

  • Abbot Ferran
  • Abena
  • Abrik
  • Acid Rain
  • Acidfoot
  • Admag Stonecutter
  • Afterimage
  • Agmar
  • Agnu
  • Akkar
  • Amaya
  • Ambush
  • Ansel
  • Antenna
  • Anti-Slaver Renn
  • Anvil
  • Armoursmith Hagen
  • Ash
  • Ashes
  • Ashfall
  • Ashka
  • Ashland Wilt
  • Ashwind
  • Ayame

B: 85 names

  • Backstab
  • Bad Teeth Barnes
  • Bad-Luck Chiaki
  • Baggage
  • Bait
  • Bakkol
  • Bald Yosuke
  • Ballast
  • Bandage Roll
  • Bandu
  • Barb
  • Bard
  • Barefoot Suki
  • Bark Exile Josef
  • Baron Uzo
  • Bartender Gus
  • Barter
  • Batch Sixteen
  • Battleborn Tozhar
  • Bayan
  • Bazruk the Hammerhand
  • Bedrest
  • Bee
  • Beep
  • Bennu
  • Bent Nail
  • Berrok
  • Berserker Ako
  • Berserker Chieftain Brull
  • Big Grim
  • Big Nasa
  • Bik
  • Bit
  • Biting Landbat
  • Bjorn
  • Black Desert Tolliver
  • Black Dog Rakka
  • Black Dragon Ninja Ryuko
  • Blank
  • Bleedout
  • Blight
  • Blind Gorillo

B, continued

  • Blind Yumi
  • Blip
  • Blister
  • Bo
  • Bogwater
  • Bolt
  • Bonefields Picker
  • Bonefish
  • Bones
  • Boneyard
  • Bookfinder Sana
  • Bootlace
  • Border Zone Benji
  • Borkan
  • Bosk
  • Boss Nakamoto
  • Bounty Hunter Wex
  • Brakka the Unyielding
  • Bram
  • Bramble
  • Bran
  • Brannoch
  • Brass Fell
  • Bread Heel
  • Brink Smuggler Aiko
  • Broken Nose Kip
  • Broken Tomas
  • Brokenhorn
  • Bronze Kettil
  • Bruise
  • Bruk
  • Bryndle
  • Bugmaster
  • Bull
  • Burlap
  • Burn
  • Burning Sky
  • Burnt Jonah
  • Burr
  • Burrow
  • Buzz
  • Buzzard
  • Byte

C: 76 names

  • Cactus
  • Callus
  • Camp Cook Momo
  • Cannibal Chieftain Gorr
  • Captain Hollis
  • Caravan Guard Dolph
  • Caravan Trader Nemi
  • Caretaker Drone Nim
  • Carrion
  • Casimir
  • Cassius
  • Castoff
  • Cat-Lon
  • Catless
  • Cattis
  • Catun Smelter Rudo
  • Chad
  • Chaff
  • Chassis
  • Chassis Nine
  • Cheap Shot
  • Cheapjack
  • Chewer
  • Chewstick
  • Chidi
  • Chief Dagna
  • Chip
  • Chirp
  • Chisel
  • Chitter
  • Chiyo
  • Chrome Sallis
  • Churr
  • Cinder
  • Circuit
  • Clack
  • Clank
  • Clatter

C, continued

  • Claw
  • Clay
  • Click
  • Clockwork
  • Clumsy Niko
  • Cobalt Esme
  • Cobbet
  • Cog
  • Coil
  • Commander Asuka
  • Copper Ide
  • Corlay
  • Cornelius
  • Corroded Sen
  • Corvin
  • Cough
  • Courteous Bertram
  • Crab
  • Crab Raider Pinch
  • Crabshell
  • Cracked Mira
  • Cracked Torin
  • Crackle
  • Cracklip
  • Crag
  • Crank
  • Creep
  • Crooked Beak
  • Crooked Masa
  • Crookshank
  • Crossbow Kid
  • Crumb
  • Crumblejon
  • Crust
  • Crutch
  • Cur
  • Cutpurse
  • Cutter

D: 43 names

  • Dagny
  • Daichi
  • Dario
  • Deacon
  • Deadcat Fisher Oru
  • Deadeye
  • Deadweight
  • Deaf Kato
  • Debtor
  • Decoy
  • Dent
  • Dented Roe
  • Desert Leviathan
  • Deserter
  • Digna
  • Dimak
  • Dit
  • Doctor Chung
  • Dorren
  • Doubt
  • Dozu the Hornbreaker
  • Drazh
  • Dregs
  • Dried Meat
  • Drifter
  • Driftwood
  • Drin Farmhand Mo
  • Drone
  • Dropout
  • Drought
  • Dry Kola
  • Dry Lightning
  • Dune
  • Durmot
  • Dust Bandit Leader Guso
  • Dust Bandit Toma
  • Dust Boss Arrun
  • Dust King
  • Dust Storm
  • Dustbowl
  • Dustcoat
  • Dustlung
  • Dustwich

E: 21 names

  • Earless Kimi
  • Eel
  • Egg-Tender Lii
  • Elder
  • Elif
  • Ells
  • Ellwin
  • Ember
  • Emiko
  • Emmick
  • Emperor Tengu
  • Empress Ohsun
  • Empress Sinta
  • Error
  • Erzat
  • Esata the Stone Golem
  • Eskil
  • Espher
  • Estok the Wall
  • Eyegore
  • Ezra

F: 37 names

  • Faceplant
  • Faded Anselm
  • Falling Sun
  • False Dawn
  • Famine
  • Fang
  • Farid
  • Fat Ronen
  • Fence
  • Fennel
  • Fenrik
  • Ferret
  • Field Medic Sunny
  • First-To-Run Dov
  • Fizz
  • Flinch
  • Flint
  • Flit
  • Flotsam Ninja Jinn
  • Flying Bull
  • Flywheel
  • Fodder
  • Fog Mask
  • Fog Prince Hush
  • Fogbound
  • Foodcube
  • Footsore
  • Forager Wek
  • Foreman Jiro
  • Forgetful Linus
  • Fragment Axe
  • Frame Hollin
  • Frame Kessler
  • Frame Odell
  • Frame Quist
  • Frame Tessu
  • Fuse

G: 49 names

  • Gaddis
  • Garru Driver Samir
  • Garru Mother
  • Garu
  • Gas Cloud
  • Gasket
  • Gathra
  • Gear
  • Genta
  • Gharok
  • Ghazi
  • Ghost
  • Gimrat
  • Glitch
  • Gnat
  • Gohan
  • Gorillo Cub
  • Goro
  • Gouge
  • Gravel
  • Grayflayer Kett
  • Greedy Mosh
  • Green
  • Greenfruit
  • Greenhorn
  • Grennik
  • Grey
  • Greyshelf Climber
  • Griefwraith
  • Griffin
  • Grime
  • Grind
  • Grinning Sal
  • Grist
  • Gristle
  • Gristmill
  • Grit
  • Grizzlejaw
  • Grommet
  • Growl
  • Grub
  • Grumpy Ged
  • Grunt
  • Gully
  • Gulp
  • Gurat the Patient
  • Gut Walker
  • Gutfish
  • Gutshot

H: 55 names

  • Hachigane
  • Haggle
  • Hakon
  • Halbert
  • Half-Ear
  • Half-Face
  • Half-Starved Oskar
  • Halfpint
  • Hallam
  • Halvet
  • Hammer
  • Hamut
  • Hana
  • Handless
  • Handsome Jek
  • Harpoon Gunner Ves
  • Haruko
  • Havoc
  • Havru
  • Haymaker
  • Headbutt
  • Headman Borje
  • Headshot
  • Heft Gutterborn
  • Hemp
  • Heng Orphan Lili
  • Hesper
  • Hiccup
  • Hide
  • Hidoku
  • High Inquisitor Valtena
  • High Paladin Corbus
  • Hinge
  • Hive Prince Miko
  • Hiveless Tiku
  • Hiveless Zub
  • Hoarder
  • Hobble
  • Hobbs
  • Hollow Sam
  • Hollow Turtle
  • Holy Nation Paladin Orrin
  • Holy Nation Servant Idun
  • Holy Sentinel Aldric
  • Honest Ibb
  • Hoof
  • Hook
  • Hornless Vekh
  • Horse
  • Howl
  • Hub Rat Dorin
  • Hum
  • Hundred Guardian Mokra
  • Hungry Bandit Lodo
  • Husk

I: 18 names

  • Idris
  • Ilya
  • Ines
  • Infinite Wingwang
  • Ingrid
  • Inquisitor Seta
  • Invincible Atok
  • Iron Club Enzo
  • Iron Halden
  • Iron Kessel
  • Ironbelly
  • Ironbrow Nakhet
  • Isamu
  • Ismer
  • Iteration Kell
  • Iteration Mosk
  • Iteration Sull
  • Izumi

J: 10 names

  • Jackal
  • Jaeger
  • Jarek
  • Jewel
  • Jitte
  • Jopsy
  • Jorel
  • Jumpy Raffa
  • Junk
  • Junkbow

K: 24 names

  • Kagat
  • Kaizo
  • Kang
  • Kaoru
  • Katsu
  • Kavret
  • Kelbrow
  • Kenji
  • Kesh
  • Kessik
  • Kestrel
  • Kikuyo
  • Kip-Kip
  • Kneecap
  • Knife
  • Knockout
  • Knuckle
  • Kofi
  • Kovrek
  • Kral the Blade
  • Kral's Chosen Ukko
  • Krav
  • Krik
  • Kuma

L: 57 names

  • Lackey
  • Lady Kana
  • Lady Merin
  • Lady Orie
  • Lady Sanda
  • Lady Tsugi
  • Lantis
  • Last Ration
  • Last-Pick Tobias
  • Latch
  • Latecomer
  • Laughing Bonedog
  • Lazy Ferdi
  • Lead Osric
  • Leatherworker Dunn
  • Ledger
  • Leech
  • Leftover
  • Legbiter
  • Legwork
  • Leif
  • Limb Fitter Noe
  • Limp
  • Limping Goat
  • Limping Sato
  • Ling
  • Little Doba
  • Lockbreaker Fei
  • Lockjaw
  • Lockpick
  • Locust
  • Lone Bonewolf
  • Long Night
  • Long Tom
  • Longcleaver
  • Longen
  • Longhorn Ukka
  • Longneck
  • Lookout
  • Loose Screw
  • Lord Daisen
  • Lord Hachiro
  • Lord Inaba
  • Lord Nagata
  • Lord Ohta
  • Lord Phoenix
  • Lord Yoshinaga
  • Lost Drone Pik
  • Lost-Hand Okoro
  • Loud Hanzo
  • Low Blow
  • Lowball
  • Lucky
  • Lumi
  • Lumnar
  • Luquin
  • Lurk

M: 40 names

  • Mad Reko
  • Maggot
  • Magistrate Shun
  • Mallet
  • Mandible
  • Mange
  • Mangejaw
  • Manhunter Boss Groun
  • Mapmaker Elio
  • Marit
  • Marlo
  • Marrow
  • Marshal Odette
  • Mateus
  • Meatshield
  • Meatwrap
  • Meitou
  • Memory Fault
  • Mender
  • Mercenary Captain Yorick
  • Mesa Bear
  • Mib
  • Michi
  • Mirage
  • Mireille
  • Miu
  • Model Harrow
  • Model Ithal
  • Model Tarrant
  • Model Vey
  • Moll
  • Mongrel
  • Moon Cleaver
  • Morgat
  • Morrow
  • Mosset
  • Mourn Digger Tov
  • Muck
  • Mud
  • Mutter

N: 32 names

  • Naginata
  • Nailhead
  • Nakku
  • Nashi
  • Nasu
  • Neil
  • Nell
  • Nemet
  • Nettle
  • Never-Paid Lund
  • Newt
  • Nib
  • Nickel Rufus
  • Nid
  • Night Skimmer
  • Nik
  • Nine-Toes Bex
  • Ninth Worker
  • No-Thumbs
  • Noble Hunter Kazan
  • Nobody
  • Nobu
  • Nodachi
  • Nokhar
  • Nomad
  • Nomad Herder Sigrun
  • Notch
  • Nub
  • Nuk
  • Null
  • Numbskull
  • Nurrick

O: 27 names

  • Ohn
  • Oilcan
  • Okha the Scarred
  • Old Biscuit
  • Old Bolts
  • Old Copper
  • Old Flux
  • Old Gaskin
  • Old Man Terro
  • Old Pewter
  • Old Rusty
  • Old Sokka
  • Old Solder
  • Ombry
  • Ondrey
  • Ondu
  • One-Arm Dessa
  • One-Eye Kesh
  • Ordosh
  • Ore Hauler Dag
  • Orlan
  • Oron
  • Osei
  • Osgood
  • Overseer Calloway
  • Overslept
  • Ozzy

P: 38 names

  • Pack Leader Hoshi
  • Packmule
  • Parch
  • Pashu
  • Patch
  • Patched Gideon
  • Patient Ulric
  • Pattern Six
  • Pauper
  • Peep
  • Peg-Leg Morio
  • Pek
  • Pellam
  • Pelt
  • Petra
  • Pia
  • Pilferer
  • Pim
  • Pincer
  • Ping
  • Pip
  • Piston
  • Pitted Maude
  • Plank
  • Playdead
  • Ponk
  • Preacher Zealot Harn
  • Prince Anu
  • Prince Bayu
  • Prince Sanu
  • Prince Tel
  • Prisoner Ryu
  • Prototype Asher
  • Prototype Wend
  • Prowl
  • Puddlefoot
  • Punchbag
  • Pup

Q: 6 names

  • Quartermaster Pell
  • Queen Kah
  • Quenby
  • Quick Emi
  • Quiet Osu
  • Quill

R: 58 names

  • Rag
  • Ragpicker
  • Rainburn
  • Rane the Giant
  • Rasp
  • Ratbag
  • Ratchet
  • Ration Pack
  • Rattle
  • Rattlepate
  • Ray
  • Razor
  • Reaver
  • Reaver Captain Doth
  • Rebel Farmer Tilda
  • Rebuilt Ambrose
  • Red
  • Red Sabre Boss Cael
  • Reed
  • Refitted Blade
  • Regret
  • Relay
  • Relic Osmund
  • Remnant Ives
  • Renji
  • Rennick
  • Revision Dain
  • Rewired Thessaly
  • Rhinobur
  • Ribcage
  • Rice Bowl
  • Riceweed
  • Riddly
  • Ridge
  • Rin
  • Rind
  • Rip
  • Rivet
  • Roddit
  • Rokha
  • Rookie
  • Rot
  • Rowan
  • Ruben
  • Ruin
  • Ruin Diver Kass
  • Ruka
  • Running Skimmer
  • Runt
  • Rush
  • Rust
  • Rusted Elm
  • Rusted Garrow
  • Rusted Halvor
  • Rusted Ilse
  • Rusting Blade
  • Ryka
  • Ryo

S: 147 names

  • Sabine
  • Sabo
  • Sabre Lin
  • Sad Ollie
  • Sadneil
  • Sadrik
  • Sallow
  • Sallow Ten
  • Salt
  • Salvage
  • Samurai Captain Hideo
  • Sand Ninja Hayate
  • Sandblast
  • Sandflea
  • Sandogasa
  • Sandpaper
  • Sandy
  • Savant
  • Sawbones
  • Scab
  • Scar
  • Scorch
  • Scorched Ivo
  • Scrap
  • Scrape
  • Scrapheap
  • Screamer the False
  • Scrounger
  • Scuff
  • Scuttle
  • Sedge
  • Seized Barnaby
  • Sekhet
  • Sekka
  • Sennek
  • Sergeant Ito
  • Series Anka
  • Series Bront
  • Series Calder
  • Series Dorn
  • Seto
  • Shale
  • Shard
  • Shark Town Otto
  • Sharrek
  • Shem Wanderer Isa
  • Shim
  • Shinobi Kuro
  • Shinobi Thief Kaede

S, continued

  • Shinobi Trader Mako
  • Shiv
  • Shizu
  • Sho-Battai Sal
  • Short Bek
  • Shrug
  • Shryke
  • Silence
  • Silent Perrin
  • Silvershade
  • Simion
  • Sinbad
  • Sinew
  • Sinklebeak
  • Sixgear
  • Skarn
  • Skin Bandit Rell
  • Skinny Dell
  • Skitter
  • Skreek
  • Skrit
  • Skulk
  • Skull
  • Skurra the Last Standing
  • Sky Beam
  • Slag
  • Sleeper
  • Sleeping Garru
  • Sleepless Petr
  • Slick
  • Slop
  • Slow Garrick
  • Sludge
  • Slug
  • Snaggle
  • Snarl
  • Sneak
  • Snip
  • Snoring Baz
  • Snout
  • Snuffy
  • Sokat
  • Soldier Drone Krakk
  • Soldier Drone Vek
  • Solemn Agatha
  • Solomon
  • Soman
  • Soot
  • Sora

S, continued

  • Soraya
  • Sorrel
  • Sour Bexley
  • Southern Prince Zhek
  • Spade
  • Spark
  • Spiked Club Marta
  • Spindle
  • Splint
  • Splinter
  • Split-Lip Arvo
  • Splithorn
  • Spring Bat
  • Sprocket
  • Spur
  • Squeak
  • Squint
  • Stack Deserter Jeb
  • Stale Loaf
  • Stalk
  • Stampede
  • Standing Raptor
  • Starveling
  • Static
  • Steady Marek
  • Steady Vane
  • Steel Corwen
  • Still-Standing Bea
  • Stitch
  • Stobe
  • Stonebreaker
  • Stonefist Darzha
  • Stormgap
  • Stormwalker
  • Straggler
  • Straw
  • Strawflour
  • Stray
  • Stubborn Agda
  • Stubs
  • Stump
  • Sucker Punch
  • Suna
  • Sunburn
  • Sunburnt Eino
  • Swamp Ninja Vell
  • Swamp Raptor
  • Swamper Brewer Odd
  • Swindle

T: 65 names

  • Tagalong
  • Tagelmust
  • Takeo
  • Tallow
  • Talon
  • Tamsin
  • Tariq
  • Tarnished Enoch
  • Taro
  • Tatters
  • Tavis
  • Tech Hunter Brom
  • Tech Hunter Salla
  • Ten-Cat
  • Teshka
  • Tetsu
  • Tharn the Bonebreaker
  • The Butcher of Rebirth
  • Thinfish
  • Thirsty Wim
  • Thokka
  • Thorn
  • Thousand-Year Walker
  • Three-Finger Jost
  • Thrice-Sold Mika
  • Thrum
  • Thud
  • Tibble
  • Tick
  • Ticktock
  • Tikka
  • Tin Can

T, continued

  • Tin Marrow
  • Tin-Arm Sybil
  • Tinfist
  • Tinker
  • Toad
  • Toll
  • Tollgate
  • Tomasz
  • Tomo
  • Toothless Aki
  • Toothpick
  • Topper
  • Tora
  • Torva
  • Trader Prince Sibo
  • Trample
  • Trash
  • Trask
  • Trouble
  • Tuk-Tuk
  • Tulga
  • Tunnel Worker Dzu
  • Turnip
  • Turret Gunner Abe
  • Tuzhak
  • Twee
  • Twice-Robbed Hal
  • Twinblade Mercy
  • Twitch
  • Two-Coin
  • Type Elgin
  • Type Kaen
  • Type Ossian

U: 12 names

  • Ugly Fenn
  • Ulla
  • Ulmar
  • Ulzhak
  • Umeda
  • Unit Brask
  • Unit Kade
  • Unit Marn
  • Unit Oleth
  • Unit Sarn
  • Unit Vell
  • Uzha

V: 14 names

  • Valamon
  • Varga
  • Varnock
  • Venge Burnback
  • Verrak
  • Vesna
  • Vessel Nine
  • Vessel Seven
  • Vessel Twelve
  • Vessel Two
  • Vessin
  • Void
  • Vosk
  • Vulture

W: 37 names

  • Wakizashi
  • Walking Mountain
  • Wall Archer Senna
  • Wall Builder Stig
  • Wanderer Meg
  • Warden Kazue
  • Warlord Tegan
  • Warrior-Elder Kazhun
  • Wasp
  • Waystation Wanda
  • Weaponsmith Otoya
  • Weary Anders
  • Weevil
  • Welded Prue
  • Welt
  • Wendel
  • Wessal
  • Wet Nils
  • Whatsit
  • Wheatstraw
  • Wheeze
  • Whelp
  • Whirr
  • Whisper
  • Whistling Noor
  • Wick
  • Wilt
  • Wince
  • Winch
  • Windburn
  • Wire
  • Wobblestep
  • Wooden Sandals
  • Worker Sixty
  • Wreck
  • Wren
  • Wretch

Y: 13 names

  • Yabuta
  • Yamdu
  • Yara
  • Yawn
  • Yayoi
  • Yazga
  • Yip
  • Yoppa
  • Yorga the Unbowed
  • Yorrel
  • Young Ren
  • Yuna of Squin
  • Yusuf

Z: 12 names

  • Zap
  • Zarra
  • Zeet
  • Zekra the Storm
  • Zeng
  • Zero
  • Zhal
  • Zhennik
  • Zinc Mabel
  • Zip
  • Zofia
  • Zuzu