Red Rising Name Generator
Gold, Red, Obsidian and Gray names from the Society
Generate names for Pierce Brown's Red Rising universe: Roman-styled Golds with their au house names, Reds of the mining clans, Norse-flavored Obsidians, Grays, Blues and Silvers. Canon characters mixed with originals for fan fiction, RPGs and Howler call signs.
About Red Rising names
Names in Red Rising tell you a character's Color before they say a word. Golds carry Roman or Greek first names (Cassius, Virginia, Apollonius, Atalantia) joined to their house by the particle au: Darrow au Andromedus, Sevro au Barca, Octavia au Lune. House names are Latinate and dynastic, so Augustus, Bellona, Telemanus, Julii and Raa all sound like they were carved over a senate door. Other Colors use the chemical-symbol particles of the Society's caste chart: ag for Silvers (Regulus ag Sun), ti for Grays (Holiday ti Nakamura), xe for Blues (Orion xe Aquarii), cu for Coppers, si for Greens, vo for Violets.
The low Colors break the pattern on purpose. Reds are known by their clan and mine, so Darrow of Lykos and Lyria of Lagalos sound like people, not property, and their first names lean Celtic and plain: Eo, Kieran, Narol, Dago. Obsidians use Norse-flavored names and earned epithets, such as Ragnar Volarus, Sefi the Quiet and Alia Snowsparrow. Pinks often go by a single soft name like Evey, Matteo or Theodora.
To build your own Gold, pick a classical first name, invent a house that sounds like a Roman gens and pair it with au. Add a battlefield nickname, Reaper or Goblin style, only once the character has earned it.
How to choose Red Rising names
- Match the particle to the Color: au for Gold, ag Silver, ti Gray, xe Blue, cu Copper, si Green, vo Violet. Reds and Obsidians use 'of' plus a mine, or no surname at all.
- For an original Gold house, pick a Roman gens name or a Latin noun with weight (Corvinus, Sabinus, Tellurion) and keep it to two or three syllables so it fits after au.
- Low-Color names should feel worn and short: Celtic-sounding Red names (Bryn, Cael, Tessa) and hard Norse Obsidian names (Skarde, Brynja, Thorgrim) contrast sharply with Gold grandeur.
- Use Institute nicknames sparingly. Goblin, Mustang and Screwface work because only a handful of characters have them; a whole squad of epithets loses its bite.
- Check a canon name before using it in fan fiction: Telemanus, Grimmus and Raa already have family trees, so an invented cousin needs to fit the existing house.
Frequently asked questions
What does 'au' mean in Red Rising names?
It is the Color particle for Gold, borrowed from Au, the chemical symbol for gold. Every Color has one: Silvers use ag, Grays ti, Blues xe, Coppers cu, Greens si and Violets vo. Reds, Browns and Obsidians generally go without.
How do I make an original Red Rising Gold name?
Combine a Roman or Greek first name (Lucan, Livia, Hadrian, Persephone) with au and a house name that sounds like a Latin family or title, for example Lucan au Tiber or Livia au Corvinus. Keep house names distinct from canon ones like Augustus or Bellona unless you intend the character to belong to that family.
Why do Reds have names like 'Darrow of Lykos'?
Reds are named for their mine and clan rather than a dynasty, reflecting their low caste in the Society. Lykos, Lagalos and Tinos are mines on Mars, and the Celtic-leaning first names (Eo, Kieran, Dago) set them apart from the Roman-styled Golds.
Can I use these names for Red Rising fan fiction or a tabletop game?
Yes. The original names here are free to use. Canon names such as Darrow au Andromedus or Sevro au Barca belong to Pierce Brown's characters, so use them as the characters themselves rather than as new inventions.
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All 500 Red Rising names
A: 48 names
- Adrius au Augustus
- Aegea au Lucan
- Aelia au Morrow
- Aelia au Skarros
- Aelianus au Norvo
- Aemilia au Gracchus
- Agrippa au Theron
- Agrippina au Julii
- Aja au Grimmus
- Ajax au Grimmus
- Ajax au Telemanus
- Alaric au Vesperus
- Alcor xe Ursae
- Alcyone au Julii
- Aletheia au Velani
- Alia Snowsparrow
- Alia the Snowsparrow
- Altair xe Aquila
- Ama of Cinderhold
- Amara au Torvus
- Amaranth
- Andromache au Lyrus
- Ansel cu Rowan
- Antares xe Scorpii
- Antigone au Sarissa
- Antonia au Severus-Julii
- Antonius au Aquila
- Apollonius au Valii-Rath
- Arcadia au Vex
- Ariadne au Galatea
- Ariadne au Marcion
- Ariel xe Kallo
- Ascanius au Orcus
- Ashur au Rath
- Asmodeus au Carthii
- Astrid Hailborne
- Atalantia au Grimmus
- Atlas au Raa
- Atticus au Nerio
- Aurae
- Aurelia ro Tallis
- Aurelian au Bellona
- Aurelian au Nocturn
- Aurelio au Calix
- Aurelius au Tarn
- Aurelius au Vanth
- Aurora au Tellurion
- Ava of Lagalos
B: 16 names
- Balbus au Ladros
- Bastian au Orrin
- Bellatrix au Korran
- Bellatrix xe Orion
- Bellerephon au Raa
- Bex si Holloway
- Bjorn Tidebreaker
- Bram pa Fallow
- Breaker Loran
- Brec of Cinderhold
- Brennus au Calvaro
- Briar of Atlas
- Brick o Halder
- Brutus au Arcos
- Bryn of Tinos
- Brynja Frostmaw
C: 46 names
- Cael of Gorgo
- Caelia au Hesperion
- Caelius au Icarion
- Caius au Codovan
- Caligo au Nox
- Calla au Ember
- Callias au Scorpis
- Callista au Meridian
- Calpurnia au Vellum
- Calypso au Vorn
- Camilla au Hadria
- Capella xe Auriga
- Caspar au Ligon
- Caspian au Volturn
- Cassandra au Lune
- Cassia au Anvil
- Cassia ci Vane
- Cassian au Corvinus
- Cassiopeia xe Vael
- Cassius au Bellona
- Cassius au Varna
- Castor au Lune
- Castor au Phaedrus
- Cato au Pallas
- Cato au Vitruvius
- Celeste
- Celestine au Carthii
- Cicero au Votum
- Cincinna au Albinus
- Claudius au Augustus
- Cleo au Dane
- Clown
- Coda vo Lyre
- Coil o Garrow
- Cole ti Harrow
- Colloway xe Char
- Cornelia au Aemilius
- Cornelius au Dorn
- Corvus au Marrow
- Crassus au Denar
- Cressida au Vael
- Cyane au Theron
- Cyprian au Faran
- Cyra au Sarna
- Cyril cu Tarrant
- Cyrus au Ladros
D: 20 names
- Dagny Ironfrost
- Dago of Lykos
- Dahlia
- Dancer O'Faran
- Dane of Lykos
- Darrow au Andromedus
- Darrow of Lykos
- Dawn of Tinos
- Daxo au Telemanus
- Decimus au Vander
- Delphine au Cerrus
- Demetria au Kallos
- Deneb xe Altair
- Dido au Raa
- Dio of Lykos
- Diomedes au Raa
- Domitian au Fulvius
- Draco au Carthii
- Drusilla au Falthe
- Drusus au Falthe
E: 14 names
- Einar Blackfell
- Eirik Coldhammer
- Elara au Fenrix
- Elara au Lethe
- Electra au Barca
- Elektra au Sabat
- Elysia au Halcyon
- Ennis ag Corvid
- Eo of Lykos
- Ephraim ti Horn
- Eudora au Invictus
- Evadne au Denar
- Evander
- Evey
F: 10 names
- Faustus au Hesperion
- Felix au Thorne
- Felix ti Okonkwo
- Fenn of Ilium
- Fiora au Tarn
- Fitchner au Barca
- Flavius au Sorrel
- Freihild Coldspear
- Freihild Volarus
- Freya Nightspear
G: 12 names
- Gaia au Ferrum
- Gaia au Raa
- Galerius au Marcellus
- Gallus au Invictus
- Glirastes
- Gnaeus au Tellurion
- Goblin
- Gorgon au Valii-Rath
- Gudkind
- Gudkind the Old
- Gunnar ti Holloway
- Gunnhild Skyborne
H: 28 names
- Hadrian au Aurelian
- Hadriana au Raa
- Hadrius au Pallor
- Hale of Atlas
- Halla Icewright
- Harald Riftborn
- Harlow ag Voss
- Harmony
- Harpy
- Hector au Lyrus
- Hector au Ravel
- Hedda pa Quarry
- Helen au Augustus
- Helia lu Lumen
- Helios au Lux
- Hesper au Cassiel
- Hespera au Dorn
- Hespera au Thorne
- Hestia cu Varro
- Hilde Stormborn
- Holiday ti Nakamura
- Hollis of the Deep
- Horace au Vellum
- Horatia au Norvo
- Horatio au Sulla
- Horus au Vitruvius
- Hrolf Stonehand
- Hyacinth au Lune
I: 18 names
- Ianthe au Nocturn
- Ianthe au Solon
- Icarus au Raa
- Ignatia cu Pell
- Ignatius au Pyrrhus
- Ilaria au Calder
- Ilse ti Koenig
- Indigo vo Kell
- Indira ti Shah
- Ingrid Glacierbane
- Iolanthe au Varo
- Ion lu Sael
- Iona au Varna
- Ione au Norvo
- Ione au Votum
- Iphigenia au Codovan
- Iris au Voss
- Isolde
J: 9 names
- Jace ti Corrigan
- Jory of Ilium
- Joss of Lagalos
- Julia au Aventine
- Julia au Bellona
- Julian au Bellona
- Junia au Domitor
- Junia au Lucretius
- Juno ti Meier
K: 10 names
- Kalindora au San
- Karnus au Bellona
- Kasimir au Vael
- Kavax au Telemanus
- Keir of Delphos
- Ketil Snowrunner
- Kieran of Lykos
- Kira the Helldiver
- Kora au Hestia
- Kratos au Sarissa
L: 33 names
- Laelia au Nasica
- Lark of Ilium
- Lavinia au Nerio
- Leander au Vorn
- Leanna of Lykos
- Leif Bonecaller
- Lentulus au Cornelii
- Leonidas au Ferrum
- Leto au Augustus
- Lilath au Faran
- Linus au Cerrus
- Lirien
- Livia au Marrox
- Livia au Pallas
- Livia au Sabinus
- Loran of Lykos
- Lorn au Arcos
- Lucan au Galatea
- Lucan au Tiber
- Lucia au Orrin
- Lucilla au Quintar
- Lucius ag Sun
- Lucius au Ardent
- Lucius au Aventine
- Lucretia au Severan
- Lux si Vane
- Lykon au Ostrus
- Lyra au Ignis
- Lyria of Lagalos
- Lysander au Lune
- Lysandra au Faran
- Lysias au Hadria
- Lyssa au Icarion
M: 26 names
- Magnus au Grimmus
- Maia au Sorrel
- Manlius au Metellus
- Mara au Ligon
- Marcella au Flavius
- Marcellus au Cinder
- Marcus au Fabii
- Marcus au Lucan
- Maren ti Vance
- Marina ag Tellus
- Marius au Falthe
- Marius au Raa
- Matteo
- Maxentius au Skarros
- Maximus au Calder
- Melusine au Bellona
- Mercurio au Sabat
- Mickey
- Milia
- Min-Min
- Mira of Lykos
- Mira xe Ceti
- Moira au Grimmus
- Morrigan au Volturn
- Mosaic vo Asher
- Mustang
N: 17 names
- Nadia ti Ferris
- Nan of Hearthfall
- Narol of Lykos
- Nemesis au Grimmus
- Neo si Tarrant
- Nereida au Scorpis
- Nerina au Cressid
- Nerissa
- Nero au Augustus
- Nerva au Trajanus
- Nestor au Arcos
- Nico ti Mbeki
- Niobe au Telemanus
- Nocturne
- Nyssa au Aster
- Nyx au Orcus
- Nyx au Rath
O: 14 names
- Octavia au Lune
- Octavia au Vesperine
- Octavia au Vesperus
- Octavian au Varro
- Octavius au Fenrix
- Odette si Calder
- Old Bram the Tunneler
- Ophelia au Calvaro
- Orestes au Thessaly
- Orin of Tinos
- Orion xe Aquarii
- Orsino au Varo
- Ozgard
- Ozgard the Shaman
P: 29 names
- Papiria au Plautius
- Paulus au Quorra
- Pavo au Cressid
- Pax au Augustus
- Pax au Telemanus
- Pebble
- Pell of Lagalos
- Persephone au Kallos
- Perses au Votum
- Perseus au Ignis
- Petra au Cinder
- Petra ti Dunmore
- Petrus ag Dorn
- Phaedra au Vander
- Philippa cu Hartley
- Philo au Sarna
- Pim si Varro
- Piper ci Moss
- Plautus au Anvil
- Pliny au Velocitor
- Pollux au Phaedrus
- Pompey au Crassus
- Pompilius au Aster
- Priam au Caan
- Procyon xe Minor
- Ptolemaios au Severan
- Ptolemy au Ostrus
- Publius cu Caraval
- Pytha xe Ulin
Q: 4 names
- Quicksilver
- Quilla au Quorra
- Quintilla au Drusus
- Quintus au Codovan
R: 22 names
- Ragnar the Shieldbreaker
- Ragnar Volarus
- Ravenna au Julii
- Redhand Teague
- Regulus ag Sun
- Regulus au Arcos
- Remus au Quintar
- Renna vo Sable
- Rhea au Saud
- Rhodon au Velani
- Rhonna of Lykos
- Rigel xe Orionis
- Rolan of Lykos
- Romulus au Raa
- Rook ti Castellan
- Roque au Fabii
- Rosalind
- Rotback
- Rubicon au Tarsis
- Rufus au Strato
- Rurik Stormhowl
- Rutilus au Sempronius
S: 41 names
- Sabina au Livius
- Sabine au Mons
- Sabinus au Lethe
- Sabra au Calix
- Sage lu Prime
- Sasha ti Romani
- Saturnus au Vex
- Scaevola au Scipio
- Scipio au Saud
- Scorpio au Votum
- Screwface
- Sefi the Quiet
- Sefi Volarus
- Selene au Pyrrhus
- Selia au Tarsis
- Seneca au Marrow
- Seraph ro Veil
- Seraphina au Raa
- Sergia au Sextius
- Sertorius au Marcion
- Severine au Vanth
- Severo au Hestia
- Severus au Dane
- Sevro au Barca
- Sextus au Barros
- Sibyl au Vitruvius
- Sigrun Wolfmother
- Sigurd Volarus
- Silas ag Merrin
- Silas au Torvus
- Silvanus au Hale
- Sirius xe Canis
- Skarde
- Skarde Ironhowl
- Solenne
- Solveig the Unbowed
- Sorrel of Delphos
- Spica xe Virgo
- Sulla au Voss
- Sully of Hearthfall
- Svala Deepfrost
T: 47 names
- Tactus au Valii-Rath
- Tam of Lagalos
- Tamsin o Kline
- Tarquin au Morrow
- Tarquin au Solon
- Tarsus au Ember
- Terentius au Ulpius
- Tessa of Gorgo
- Thalassa au Tempest
- Thales au Korran
- Thalia au Telemanus
- Tharsus au Valii-Rath
- The Ash Lord
- The Howler
- The Jackal
- The Lion of Mars
- The Minotaur
- The Morning Star
- The Olympic Knight
- The Rage Knight
- The Reaper
- The Rim Lord
- The Sovereign
- The Storm Lord
- The Wolf of Lykos
- Thea au Hale
- Theodora
- Theron au Meridian
- Thessaly au Coran
- Thistle
- Thorgrim Ravensong
- Thraxa au Telemanus
- Tiber au Mons
- Tiberia au Valii
- Tiberius au Bellona
- Tiberius au Halcyon
- Tinker o Sven
- Tiran of Lagalos
- Titus au Cassiel
- Titus au Ladros
- Titus au Marrox
- Tobias cu Marlow
- Tongueless
- Torvald Sunriver
- Tova Windshear
- Trigg ti Nakamura
- Tullus au Servilius
U: 3 names
- Ulfrik Ashwalker
- Ulysses au Barca
- Umbra au Nox
V: 25 names
- Valdir Greybrow
- Valdir Volarus
- Valeria au Carthii
- Valerian au Vibius
- Vara of Gorgo
- Varus au Grimmus
- Vega xe Lyrae
- Vela au Ravel
- Velia au Ladros
- Verginia au Vitellius
- Verity au Pallor
- Vesper au Ardent
- Vespera au Ruin
- Victra au Julii
- Vidar Frostcrown
- Vim si Quorra
- Virgil au Tempest
- Virginia au Augustus
- Vitellius au Coran
- Vitus au Domitor
- Vixus au Sarna
- Volga Fjorgan
- Volsung Fa
- Volsung Skyfather
- Vulcan au Saud
W: 2 names
- Weed
- Wren of Delphos
X: 3 names
- Xander au Ruin
- Xanthe au Cyrene
- Xenia au Barros
Y: 1 name
- Yrsa Frostspear