NieR Automata Name Generator
YoRHa designations, flower names and philosopher machines
Generate names in the conventions of NieR: Automata: YoRHa designations like 14S and YoRHa No. 33 Type B, flower names for Resistance androids like Camellia and Gentian, philosopher names for machine lifeforms like Spinoza, plus Replicant-style names and weapon names like Virtuous Silence.
About NieR Automata names
NieR: Automata names its cast by system, and each faction has its own. YoRHa androids carry a designation, not a name: a unit number plus a model letter, written short as 2B or 9S and in full as YoRHa No. 2 Type B. The letter is the job: B for Battler, S for Scanner, D for Defender, H for Healer, O for Operator and E for Executioner. A for Attacker and G for Gunner are older prototype types, and the best known of them, A2, puts the letter first.
Designations are formulaic, so they make up only about a fifth of this list (14S, 27B, YoRHa No. 33 Type B). The rest follows the game's other habits. Resistance androids on the surface go by flower and plant names in the line of Anemone: Camellia, Gentian, Tsubaki. Many named machine lifeforms carry the names of philosophers, as Pascal does: Spinoza, Hypatia, Leibniz. Other machines are simply described: Patient Small Biped, Machine Who Counts Stars.
There are also village names in the softer manner of NieR Replicant (Liese, Yoren, Grimoire Blau) and weapon names in the series' mournful style (Virtuous Silence, Pilgrim's Regret). The list is not a roster of the game's cast: it is put together for your own characters, fan fiction and tabletop games.
How to choose NieR Automata names
- Build a designation from the role. Choose the model letter for the job first, then a number: 23S for a scanner, 39D for a defender, 49H for a healer.
- Give a YoRHa unit both forms. The short one is for dialogue (14S) and the full one for reports and first introductions (YoRHa No. 6 Type S).
- Pick a flower name by tone. Hellebore or Thistle suits a hardened Resistance veteran, Snowdrop or Primrose a newer arrival at the camp.
- Use a philosopher's name for a machine the way the game does, as a name and nothing more. Choose it for its sound or for a theme of your story: Epicurus, Boethius, Arendt.
- Weapon names double as titles. Ashen Vow, Hollow Covenant or Hymn of the Hollow Sun can name a custom blade, a squad or a chapter of a fan story.
Frequently asked questions
How do YoRHa designations work?
A YoRHa android is identified by a unit number and a model letter. The short form runs them together, as in 2B and 9S, and the long form spells them out, as in YoRHa No. 2 Type B. The list has both, for example 17S, 58B and YoRHa No. 48 Type D.
What do the YoRHa model letters mean?
B is Battler, S is Scanner, D is Defender, H is Healer, O is Operator and E is Executioner. A (Attacker) and G (Gunner) are older prototype types. In this list an A model is written letter first, as in A7 and YoRHa Type A No. 23, following A2.
Are these names from the game?
No. Canon names such as 2B, 9S, A2, Pascal and Anemone are mentioned on this page only to show the conventions. The list follows the same patterns with other designations, flowers, thinkers and weapon names, for example 23S, Camellia, Spinoza and Cruel Mercy, and is a fan resource, not game material.
Which names fit a Resistance android or a machine lifeform?
For a Resistance or old-model android use a flower or plant name such as Aster, Wisteria or Sumire. For a machine lifeform use a philosopher's name such as Seneca or Heraclitus, or a plain description in the game's manner, such as Kind Goliath or Rust-Red Wanderer.
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All 500 NieR Automata names
A: 34 names
- A12
- A19
- A31
- A46
- A7
- Abelard
- Absolution
- Achillea
- Adela
- Adorno
- Ajisai
- Almar
- Alyssum
- Amaryllis
- Amusement Park Juggler
- Anaé
- Anaxagoras
- Anaximander
- Angel's Remorse
- Anselm
- Apprentice Tinker
- Aquilegia
- Aquinas
- Arendt
- Aria of Ruin
- Aristotle
- Asagao
- Ashen Vow
- Aster
- Averroes
- Avicenna
- Ayame
- Azalea
- Azami
B: 24 names
- Baruch
- Beggar's Crown
- Begonia
- Bellwort
- Bent Signpost
- Bentham
- Bergson
- Berkeley
- Betony
- Bittercress
- Black Oath
- Blade of the Second Dawn
- Blind Justice
- Bluebeard
- Bluet
- Boethius
- Botan
- Brentano
- Briar Rose
- Broken Halo
- Broken Music Box
- Bruna
- Bucket Knight
- Bunker Relic
C: 26 names
- Camellia
- Campion
- Camus
- Candle Priest
- Candytuft
- Canticle Spear
- Carnap
- Cassirer
- Celandine
- Chrysalis
- Chrysippus
- Cicada Blade
- Clematis
- Clemency
- Clockwinder
- Coda
- Condorcet
- Copper Pipe
- Corin
- Crocus
- Crowbane
- Cruel Devotion
- Cruel Mercy
- Cruel Promise
- Curious Stubby
- Cyclamen
D: 12 names
- Democritus
- Demon's Lullaby
- Descartes
- Desert Drummer
- Devil's Patience
- Dianthus
- Diderot
- Dieter
- Dilthey
- Diogenes
- Doubt
- Dreamless
E: 15 names
- Edelweiss
- Edmund
- Elder of the Scrap Hill
- Elegy
- Elke
- Emeric
- Empedocles
- Emperor's Remorse
- Ending Without a Name
- Epictetus
- Epicurus
- Erasmus
- Esra
- Eyebright
- Ezel
F: 17 names
- Factory Hermit
- Fallen Regent
- Fang of the Moon Wolf
- Fenna
- Feuerbach
- Fichte
- Fists of the Forgotten
- Flower-Tending Unit
- Forest Sentinel
- Forgotten Overlord
- Forsaken Monarch
- Foxglove
- Freesia
- Frege
- Fujibakama
- Fuyou
- Fyren
G: 17 names
- Gadamer
- Gassendi
- Gentian
- Gentle Multi-Leg
- Gerta
- Gorgias
- Gottfried
- Gottlob
- Grandmother Gear
- Gravedigger's Spade
- Grimoire Argentum
- Grimoire Aurum
- Grimoire Blau
- Grimoire Cinis
- Grimoire Gelb
- Grimoire Violett
- Grimoire Viridis
H: 28 names
- Hagi
- Halen
- Halme
- Hannah
- Harebell
- Hawthorn
- Heather
- Hedda
- Heidegger
- Hellebore
- Henrik
- Heraclitus
- Herder
- Heretic's Cane
- Heron Spear
- Higanbana
- Hildegard
- Hinagiku
- Hobbes
- Hollow Covenant
- Horn of the Last Stag
- Hototogisu
- Hume
- Humming Medium Biped
- Husserl
- Hyacinth
- Hymn of the Hollow Sun
- Hypatia
I: 2 names
- Ilsa
- Iron Hymn
J: 7 names
- Jakin
- Jaspers
- Jean-Jacques
- Jorin
- Joss
- Jun-Shi
- Juniper
K: 12 names
- Kalia
- Kan-Shi
- Kanpi-Shi
- Kaspar
- Katakuri
- Kikyo
- Kind Goliath
- Kingbreaker
- Kinmokusei
- Knuckles of the Penitent
- Kosumosu
- Kuchinashi
L: 24 names
- Lance of the Drowned King
- Larkspur
- Last Testament
- Laughing Small Flyer
- Laurel
- Leibniz
- Levinas
- Liese
- Lilac
- Lily-White Promise
- Linden
- Linnea
- Little Rivet
- Little Sister Bolt
- Lobelia
- Locke
- Lonely Excavator
- Lorelei
- Lotte
- Lucretius
- Ludwig
- Lungwort
- Lupin
- Luzia
M: 26 names
- Machiavelli
- Machine Who Counts Stars
- Machine Who Learned to Sing
- Maël
- Magnolia
- Maimonides
- Malebranche
- Mallow
- Mantis Bracers
- Maren
- Marigold
- Marshwort
- Martyr's Needle
- Match Girl
- Matthias
- Meadowsweet
- Milkwort
- Mimosa
- Mirah
- Mo-Shi
- Montaigne
- Montesquieu
- Moss-Backed Walker
- Moth Dagger
- Myosotis
- Myrtle
N: 9 names
- Nadeshiko
- Nagarjuna
- Nanohana
- Nelle
- Nigella
- Nocturne Blade
- Noé
- Noemi
- Nutcracker
O: 10 names
- Oblivion's Key
- Ockham
- Oil Merchant
- Old Gatekeeper
- Oleander
- Ominaeshi
- Oriel
- Orphan's Lullaby
- Osric
- Overture
P: 21 names
- Paper-Crown King
- Parade Trumpeter
- Parmenides
- Pasqueflower
- Patient Small Biped
- Peaceful Tank
- Peirce
- Penitent Edge
- Peony
- Pilgrim's Regret
- Pimpernel
- Plotinus
- Popper
- Porphyry
- Primrose
- Proclus
- Protagoras
- Protea
- Pulsatilla
- Pyrrho
- Pythagoras
Q: 2 names
- Quiet Linked-Sphere
- Quiet Treason
R: 14 names
- Rafe
- Rain Collector
- Renge
- Requiem
- Res-Shi
- Rindou
- Rooftop Watcher
- Rose Red
- Rousseau
- Runaway Child Unit
- Rust-Red Wanderer
- Rusted Rebar
- Rusted Wrench
- Ruvi
S: 42 names
- Saffron
- Saint's Rust
- Sakurasou
- Salvia
- Sandman
- Sanne
- Santayana
- Saxifrage
- Sazanka
- Scheler
- Schelling
- Schopenhauer
- Scrap Poet
- Seed Keeper
- Sela
- Seneca
- Seraph's Mistake
- Seth
- Shakunage
- Shepherd's Crook
- Shirayuri
- Shobu
- Silent Verdict
- Sinner's Grace
- Sleepy Flyer
- Sneezewort
- Snow Queen
- Snowdrop
- Son-Shi
- Song of the Fallen Tower
- Spare Parts Trader
- Spear of the Exile
- Spinoza
- Steel Beam
- Stitchwort
- Stubby Painter
- Suisen
- Sumire
- Susuki
- Suzuran
- Swallow Blade
- Sword of the Nameless Knight
T: 30 names
- Tall Brother
- Talon of the White Bird
- Tamsin
- Tanpopo
- Tansy
- Thales
- Thalictrum
- The Dreaming Drum
- The Lantern Bearer
- The Last Marcher
- The One That Remembers
- The Painter of Suns
- The Storyteller Unit
- Theophrastus
- Thistle
- Thumbelina
- Tiede
- Tin Scholar
- Tin Soldier
- Tobiah
- Toy Soldier No. 8
- Trillium
- Tsubaki
- Tsutsuji
- Tsuyukusa
- Type-12 Spear
- Type-29 Fists
- Type-51 Greatsword
- Type-66 Lance
- Type-7 Blade
U: 1 name
- Ulla
V: 10 names
- Valerian
- Veit
- Verbena
- Vervain
- Vetch
- Vico
- Village Bell-Ringer
- Virtuous Farewell
- Virtuous Silence
- Virtuous Vigil
W: 12 names
- Warabi
- Wasurenagusa
- Wenzel
- White Contract
- Whitehead
- Widow's Thorn
- Wiebke
- Wind-Up Pilgrim
- Windflower
- Wisteria
- Wittgenstein
- Wooden Oar
X: 1 name
- Xaver
Y: 52 names
- Yael
- Yamabuki
- Yarrow
- Yomogi
- Yonne
- Yoren
- YoRHa No. 10 Type O
- YoRHa No. 112 Type B
- YoRHa No. 12 Type G
- YoRHa No. 15 Type H
- YoRHa No. 17 Type B
- YoRHa No. 18 Type E
- YoRHa No. 19 Type G
- YoRHa No. 20 Type H
- YoRHa No. 25 Type S
- YoRHa No. 27 Type O
- YoRHa No. 28 Type H
- YoRHa No. 3 Type H
- YoRHa No. 30 Type D
- YoRHa No. 33 Type B
- YoRHa No. 34 Type G
- YoRHa No. 37 Type S
- YoRHa No. 39 Type S
- YoRHa No. 43 Type D
- YoRHa No. 45 Type O
- YoRHa No. 47 Type B
- YoRHa No. 48 Type D
- YoRHa No. 50 Type B
- YoRHa No. 51 Type E
- YoRHa No. 54 Type S
- YoRHa No. 55 Type O
- YoRHa No. 57 Type E
- YoRHa No. 6 Type S
- YoRHa No. 60 Type G
- YoRHa No. 62 Type B
- YoRHa No. 65 Type S
- YoRHa No. 66 Type H
- YoRHa No. 71 Type S
- YoRHa No. 73 Type B
- YoRHa No. 76 Type O
- YoRHa No. 79 Type E
- YoRHa No. 81 Type S
- YoRHa No. 84 Type D
- YoRHa No. 89 Type B
- YoRHa No. 92 Type D
- YoRHa No. 99 Type B
- YoRHa Type A No. 14
- YoRHa Type A No. 23
- YoRHa Type A No. 29
- YoRHa Type A No. 35
- YoRHa Type A No. 8
- Yvet
Z: 2 names
- Zeno
- Zora