Robot Name Generator

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Generate robot names for sci-fi stories, games and real robots, from iconic droid-style designations and android names to AI systems, mech callsigns and warm nicknames for companion bots.

About robot names

The word robot comes from the Czech robota, meaning forced labour, coined for Karel Čapek's 1920 play R.U.R., and fiction has since settled on a few ways to name a machine. Designations such as R2-D2, T-800 and RK800 signal a mass-produced product; a name like Data, Ava or Roy Batty signals an android that passes for a person; and acronyms like JARVIS or WALL-E turn a system's function into something you can say aloud. Nicknames such as Rosie, Baymax, Sprocket and Beep mark a companion rather than a tool.

Engineers and inventors (Tesla, Babbage, Lovelace, Turing) suggest reverence for the makers of the machine. Myth supplies the earliest artificial beings, Talos, Galatea and Pandora, and makers such as Hephaestus, Daedalus and Wayland. Workshop vocabulary (Servo, Diode, Actuator, Ratchet) grounds a name in real hardware, while Greek letters and NATO callsigns give crisp military designations. The list also holds job titles (Usher, Signalman), Latin words (Custos, Faber), virtue words (Candor, Accord), full android names like Hester Vane and mech callsigns like Iron Vesper.

Decide how the humans around the robot feel about it. A feared war machine gets a heavy noun like Juggernaut or a cold code like X-1000; a household helper gets Otto or Widget; an AI meant to be trusted gets a soft name like Ada or Iris.

How to choose robot names

  • Decide the robot's relationship to people before its name: cold designations for products and threats, human names for androids meant to pass, nicknames for companions.
  • Give a robot an official designation and a nickname derived from it (RK800 called 'Kay', C-3PO called 'Threepio'), which is how characters in Star Wars and Detroit: Become Human make machines feel personal.
  • For an AI system, a short acronym or a single calm word (JARVIS, Cortana, Iris) is easier to speak in dialogue than a full technical name.
  • Borrow from the history of computing and myth (Lovelace, Turing, Talos, Galatea) when you want a name that carries meaning without explanation.
  • Keep letter-number codes to two or three letters and one to three digits so readers can hold them in their head; anything longer becomes a serial number, not a name.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most iconic robot names?

R2-D2, C-3PO, WALL-E, HAL 9000, Data, the T-800 Terminator, Bender, Robby the Robot, Optimus Prime, GLaDOS, Baymax and Marvin the Paranoid Android are among the best-known, and they illustrate the main naming styles: designation, acronym, human name and nickname.

How do I name a robot in my own novel or game so it feels original?

Pick a naming style that matches the robot's role, then build a fresh name inside it: a new letter-number code (VN-3, QB-27), a component or workshop word (Manifold, Rivet), or a name from computing history or myth. Avoid the famous names below unless you are referencing them deliberately.

Can I use these names for a real robot, product or company?

Common words and original designations here are free to use, but robotics is a crowded trademark space, so search before naming a product. Names from films and games (R2-D2, Baymax, Cortana, GLaDOS) are protected and should not be used commercially.

What is the difference between a robot, an android and a cyborg?

A robot is any autonomous machine, an android is a robot built to look human (Data, Ava, the Nexus-6 replicants), and a cyborg is a living being with mechanical parts (RoboCop, the Borg). Android names tend to be human, robot names mechanical, and cyborg names usually keep the person's original name.

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A: 62 names

  • A.D.A.M.
  • Abacus
  • Abel Thornwood
  • Abominus
  • Abscissa
  • Accord
  • Actuator
  • Actuon
  • Ada
  • Aegis
  • Aigis
  • Akatsuki
  • Al-Jazari
  • Aleph
  • Algernon
  • Alpha
  • Alpha-1
  • Alpha-2
  • Altimeter
  • Amalgam
  • Ampere
  • Ampersand
  • Annalee
  • Antimony
  • Anvil
  • Apex
  • Apollo
  • Apothecary
  • AR-11
  • Arbiter
  • Archytas

A, continued

  • Argent
  • Arges
  • Armadillo
  • Armature
  • Artemis
  • Artifex
  • Ash
  • Ash 120-A-2
  • Ashen Parapet
  • Asimo
  • Asimov
  • Assaultron
  • Asterisk
  • Astra
  • Asymptote
  • Atlas
  • Atlas and P-Body
  • Atom
  • ATRIUM
  • Augur
  • Auntie Voltage
  • Aura
  • Auto
  • Automa
  • Automata Prima
  • Automaton
  • Ava
  • AX-400
  • Axel
  • Axiom
  • Azure Evangel

B: 68 names

  • Babbage
  • Backslash
  • Backus
  • Badger
  • Bailiff
  • Ballista
  • Banneker
  • Banshee
  • Bastion
  • Batch 7
  • Batou
  • Battering Ram
  • Bayes
  • Baymax
  • BB-8
  • Beacon
  • Beagle 2
  • Beep
  • Behemoth
  • Bellcrank
  • Bellhop
  • Bellows
  • Bender
  • Bernard
  • Bessemer
  • Beta
  • Beta-3
  • Binary
  • Biscuit
  • Bishop
  • Bishop 341
  • Bit
  • Bitmask
  • Blaster

B, continued

  • Bleep
  • Blip
  • Blorp
  • Blurr
  • BN-52
  • Bolt
  • Bolts
  • Boltzmann Jr.
  • Boole
  • Boolean
  • Bootstrap
  • Bosun
  • Bracket
  • Brass Cavalier
  • Bravo
  • Brazen Head
  • Bright Verdict
  • Broach
  • Brokkr
  • Brontes
  • Brunel
  • BT-7274
  • Bucket
  • Buffer
  • Build 204
  • Bumblebee
  • Burning Compass
  • Busbar
  • Bushing
  • Butler
  • Buttons
  • Byte
  • Bytecode
  • Bzzt

C: 89 names

  • C-3PO
  • Cadence
  • Calculon
  • Caliper
  • Call
  • Callback
  • Canadarm
  • Candor
  • Canti
  • Capacitor
  • Captain Clankworth
  • Carbide
  • Caret
  • Carnot
  • Cartographer
  • Cassandra Unit
  • Cassie
  • Cassini
  • Castellan
  • Cataphract
  • Cathode
  • Cecily Marsh
  • Cedilla
  • Chandler
  • Chappie
  • Chassis 31
  • Checksum
  • Chevron
  • Chip
  • Chobit
  • CHORUS
  • Chrome
  • Cicada
  • Cinder
  • Cinderblock
  • Cipher
  • Cipherwright
  • Circuit
  • Clacky
  • Clank
  • Claptrap
  • Clarity
  • Clatter
  • Clevis

C, continued

  • Cliffjumper
  • Clutch
  • CM-08
  • Cobalt
  • Codex
  • Codsworth
  • Cog
  • Colossus
  • Colossus Mk I
  • Comfort
  • Commutator
  • Compiler
  • Concierge
  • Concord
  • Constable
  • Copernicus
  • Coppelia
  • Copper Saint
  • Core
  • Corollary
  • Cortana
  • Corundum
  • Corvette
  • Cosine
  • Cotter
  • Coulomb
  • Courier
  • Courtesy
  • Cozmo
  • Crankpin
  • Crimson Typhoon
  • Crosshead
  • Crossing Guard
  • Crow T. Robot
  • Crucible
  • Crusher
  • Ctesibius
  • Cuprum
  • Curie
  • Curiosity
  • Custodian
  • Custos
  • Cut Man
  • Cutter
  • Cuttlefish

D: 45 names

  • Daedalus
  • Daemon
  • Dante II
  • DARWIN
  • Dash
  • Data
  • Deathscythe
  • Deep Harrow
  • Deep Space 1
  • Deep Thought
  • Delphi
  • Delta
  • Delta-5
  • Derrick
  • Detent
  • Devastator
  • Dextre
  • Digit
  • Dijkstra
  • Diligence
  • Diode
  • Dirac
  • Dock Foreman
  • Doctor Dingbat
  • Doctor Pemberton
  • Dolores
  • Doodle
  • Doohickey
  • Doorstop
  • Doraemon
  • Dorfl
  • Dot
  • Dowel
  • Dragonfly
  • Drawbridge
  • Drayman
  • Dreadnought
  • Droid
  • Durandal
  • Dustpan
  • Dusty
  • DV-6
  • Dynames
  • Dynamo
  • Dynatron

E: 26 names

  • E-1138
  • E.L.L.I.E.
  • Earnest
  • Echo-7
  • ED-209
  • EDDA
  • Edison
  • Edmund Brasswell
  • Eighty-Eight
  • Elec Man
  • Electrum
  • Elektro
  • Ellipsis
  • Elmer and Elsie
  • Ember Tyrant
  • Ember-6
  • Emil Varga
  • Encoder
  • Enforcer
  • ENIAC
  • Epsilon
  • Erica
  • Euler
  • EVE
  • Eyebot
  • EZ-19

F: 31 names

  • Faber
  • Fabrica
  • Failsafe
  • Faraday
  • Fermi
  • Ferro
  • Ferrous
  • Ferrum
  • Ferryman
  • Feynman
  • Fibonacci
  • Fidelis
  • Final Argument
  • Flange
  • Flint
  • Flyball
  • Flywheel
  • Forge
  • Fork
  • Fortress Maximus
  • Forty-Two
  • Fourier
  • Foxtrot-9
  • Fractal
  • Frame 12
  • Freddy II
  • FRIDAY
  • Fulgur
  • Furnace-2
  • Futura
  • FX-7

G: 46 names

  • Galatea
  • Galena
  • Gallium
  • Gally
  • Galvan
  • Galvani
  • Gamma-4
  • Gantry
  • Garrison
  • Gasket
  • Gatekeeper
  • Gear
  • Gecko
  • Geminoid
  • GERTY
  • Geth Prime
  • Gigantor
  • Gilded Reaper
  • Gimbal
  • Giotto
  • Girder
  • Gizmo
  • GLaDOS
  • Glaive
  • Glass Giant
  • Glitch
  • Glyph
  • Goddard
  • Gofannon
  • Goibniu
  • Golden Maiden
  • Golem
  • Goliath
  • Gondolier
  • Googol
  • GR-44
  • Granite Sovereign
  • Greyhound-Class
  • Grit
  • Groundskeeper
  • Guardian
  • Gubbins
  • Guillemet
  • Gundam
  • Gyrex
  • Gyro

H: 39 names

  • Hadaly
  • HAL 9000
  • Halberd
  • Halcyon-3
  • Half-Pint
  • Halo
  • Hammer
  • Handshake
  • Handy
  • Hayabusa
  • Head Waiter
  • Heartbeat
  • Heatsink
  • Heisenberg
  • Helena
  • HELM
  • Hematite
  • Henry
  • Hephaestus
  • Herschel
  • Hertz
  • Hester Vane
  • Heuristic
  • Hex
  • Hexdump
  • Hiccup
  • HK-47
  • Hobson
  • Hollow Thunder
  • Hoplite
  • Hopper
  • Hornet-Class
  • Hortense
  • Hot Rod
  • Hound
  • Huffer
  • Huygens
  • HV-90
  • HX-12

I: 19 names

  • Ibis
  • Idler
  • IG-88
  • Ilmarinen
  • Inductor
  • Ines Calloway
  • Ingenuity
  • Ingot
  • Integer
  • Interrobang
  • Interrupt
  • Ion
  • Iota
  • Iridium
  • Iris
  • Iron Vesper
  • Ironclad
  • Ironhide
  • Ivory Gale

J: 17 names

  • Jackshaft
  • Jacquard
  • Jade Mountain
  • Jaeger
  • Jangle
  • Jaquet-Droz
  • JARVIS
  • Jazz
  • Jet Jaguar
  • Jitterbug
  • Johnny 5
  • Josephine Kettering
  • JT-21
  • Juggernaut
  • Julian Quist
  • Juno
  • Justice

K: 21 names

  • K-2SO
  • K9
  • K9 Mk II
  • Kappa
  • KD-73
  • Kepler
  • Kernel
  • Kerplunk
  • Kestrel
  • Kettle
  • Kilby
  • Kiln
  • Kilo-2
  • Kip
  • Kirchhoff
  • Kismet
  • Klystron
  • Kolmogorov
  • Korolev
  • Kryten
  • KX-11

L: 39 names

  • Labrys
  • Ladle
  • Lambda
  • Lamprey
  • Laplace
  • Last Lantern
  • LD-707
  • Ledger
  • Legion
  • Lemma
  • Lena
  • Leonardo
  • Lexicon
  • Lictor
  • Lidar
  • Ligature
  • Lighthouse Keeper
  • Lima
  • Linus
  • Lionel Ashgrove
  • Little Lug
  • Locus
  • Locust
  • Logarithm
  • Long Shadow
  • Lookout
  • Lookup
  • LOOM
  • Loopback
  • Lore
  • Lovelace
  • Lozenge
  • Lumen
  • Luna
  • Lunar Shepherd
  • Lunokhod
  • Luv
  • Lux Aeterna
  • LX-9

M: 65 names

  • M.A.X.
  • Machina
  • Macron
  • Madame Voss
  • Magnetite
  • Magneto
  • Magpie
  • Mandelbrot
  • Mangonel
  • Manifold
  • Mantis
  • Marconi
  • MARGO
  • Marguerite Solder
  • Maria
  • Mark III
  • Mark IV
  • Mark VII
  • Mark XLII
  • Markov
  • Marlowe-7
  • Marmot
  • Marrow
  • Marvin
  • Maschinenmensch
  • Mastiff
  • Matrix
  • Maul
  • Mazinger Z
  • Mech
  • Mechagodzilla
  • Mechanus

M, continued

  • Mega Man
  • Megatron
  • Mendeleev
  • Metal Sonic
  • Metis
  • Mettaton
  • Midnight Foundry
  • Millwright
  • Mindful
  • Minotaur
  • Miss Finch
  • Mister Hobbes
  • Mister Tumbler
  • MK-II
  • MK-V
  • MK-X
  • Model 101
  • Model 55
  • Model 620
  • Modulo
  • Mokkurkalfi
  • Mole-9
  • Molybdenum
  • Mongoose
  • Monolith
  • Mop-Top
  • Mother Brain
  • MR-250
  • Mrs. Abernathy
  • MU-TH-UR
  • Multivac
  • Mutex
  • Mycroft

N: 26 names

  • Nanny Bobbinet
  • Nao
  • Napier
  • Naught
  • Nautilus
  • NB-17
  • Neon
  • Neuromancer
  • New Horizons
  • Newton
  • Nexus
  • Nexus-6
  • Nick Valentine
  • Night Watchman
  • Ninety-Nine
  • Nitinol
  • Noether
  • Noodle
  • Noor Castellane
  • Northern Fury
  • Nova
  • Noyce
  • Nubbin
  • Null
  • Number Eleven
  • Number Five

O: 27 names

  • OB-1
  • Obelus
  • Obsidian
  • Octothorpe
  • Odessa Wren
  • Ohm
  • Olympia
  • Omega
  • Omega-9
  • Omicron
  • Onager
  • One-Oh-One
  • Onslaught
  • Onyx Wanderer
  • Opcode
  • Opportunity
  • Optimus Prime
  • Opus Nine
  • Oracle
  • Orion
  • Oscar-5
  • Oscillator
  • Osmium
  • Ostler
  • Otto
  • Overseer
  • Ozzy

P: 61 names

  • Paladin
  • Pale Horizon
  • Palisade
  • Palladium
  • Pandora
  • Pangolin
  • Paperclip
  • Parabola
  • Parsec
  • Parser
  • Pascal
  • Pathfinder
  • Peanut
  • Pebbles
  • Pelican
  • Pentode
  • Pepper
  • Perigee
  • Petra Lindqvist
  • Phalanx
  • Phantom-1
  • Phi
  • Philae
  • Philo
  • Phoenix
  • Pi
  • Picket
  • Pilcrow
  • Ping
  • Pinion

P, continued

  • Pip
  • Piston
  • Pixel
  • PK-9
  • Planck
  • Plink
  • Pocket
  • Pointer
  • Postulate
  • Potentiometer
  • Praetor
  • Praetorian
  • Pragyan
  • Predaking
  • Prime
  • Primus
  • Pris
  • Prism
  • Professor Whizzbang
  • Prometheus
  • Protectron
  • Proto
  • Prototype 6
  • Provost
  • Psi
  • Ptah
  • Purser
  • Putter
  • Pygmalion
  • Pyrite
  • Pythia

Q: 6 names

  • QB-27
  • Quadrant
  • Quartz
  • Quill
  • Quillon
  • Quorum

R: 50 names

  • R. Daneel Olivaw
  • R. Giskard
  • R2-D2
  • Rachael
  • Radian
  • Radius
  • Ramanujan
  • Raptor
  • Ratchet
  • Ratchet-Pawl
  • Rattle
  • Ravager
  • Razor
  • Reamer
  • Rebar
  • Rectifier
  • Regex
  • Relay
  • Revenant
  • Rex Cyberdog
  • Rheostat
  • Rho
  • Rhodium
  • Rhombus
  • Rivet
  • RK800
  • Robby
  • Robo
  • Robobrain
  • Robocop
  • Robonaut
  • Roboto
  • Robotron
  • Roll
  • Romeo
  • Rook
  • Root
  • Rosetta
  • Rosie
  • Rossum
  • Rota
  • Rotor
  • Roy Batty
  • Rufus Okafor
  • Rumble
  • Runtime
  • Rust Prophet
  • Rusty
  • Rutherford
  • RX-78

S: 97 names

  • S.A.G.E.
  • Saber
  • Sable
  • Saffron Blade
  • Sandrock
  • Sazabi
  • Scalar
  • Scarab
  • Scarlet Meridian
  • Schickard
  • Scintilla
  • Scoot
  • Scribbles
  • Seaspray
  • Semaphore
  • Semicolon
  • Sentinel
  • Sentry
  • Sentry Bot
  • Serial Nine
  • Series 3000
  • Series 500
  • Series 800
  • Serif
  • Servo
  • Servotron
  • Seven of Nine
  • Shakey
  • Shim
  • Shockwave
  • SHODAN
  • Sibyl
  • Sierra-12
  • Sigil
  • Sigma
  • Signal
  • Signalman
  • Silent Bastille
  • Sindri
  • Sir Clanksalot
  • Sixty-Four
  • Skyfire
  • Skynet
  • SL-300
  • Sledge
  • Slide Rule
  • Smelter
  • Socket

S, continued

  • Sojourner
  • Sol
  • Solar Pilgrim
  • Solenoid
  • Solidus
  • SOLOMON
  • Sonar
  • Soundwave
  • Spanner
  • Spark
  • Sparko
  • Sparrowhawk
  • Specter
  • Spectra
  • Spirit
  • Spline
  • Sprag
  • Sprocket
  • Sprocketina
  • Sputter
  • Squeak
  • Stacktrace
  • Stalwart
  • Static
  • Station Master
  • Stator
  • Steel
  • Stepper
  • Steropes
  • Stevedore
  • Stingray
  • Stoker
  • Stone Gospel
  • Stork-Class
  • Storm Chancellor
  • Strike
  • Striker
  • Striker Eureka
  • Subroutine
  • Sulla
  • Sunstreaker
  • Superion
  • Surveyor
  • Svarog
  • Switchman
  • Syllogism
  • Syntax
  • Synth
  • Syzygy

T: 74 names

  • T-1000
  • T-800
  • T-elos
  • Tachikoma
  • Tact
  • Tailstock
  • Tally
  • Talos
  • Tango-4
  • Tappet
  • Tau
  • Tau-9
  • Teacup
  • Televox
  • Telstar
  • Templar
  • Tempo
  • Terminus
  • Termite-12
  • Tesla
  • Tessellate
  • Tesseract
  • The Iron Giant
  • Thea
  • Theorem
  • Thermistor
  • Theta-8
  • Thingamajig
  • Thirteen
  • Thread
  • Thunder Abbot
  • Thunk
  • Thyristor
  • Tick-Tock
  • Tidal Monarch
  • Tik-Tok
  • Tilde

T, continued

  • Tin Woodman
  • Tinker
  • Tinpot
  • Tinsmith
  • Titan
  • Titan-7
  • Titanium
  • Toaster
  • Tobin Hale
  • Token
  • Toll Keeper
  • Torque
  • Torriano
  • Tortoise
  • Torus
  • TQ-3
  • TR-8R
  • Tracks
  • Trailblazer
  • Tranquil
  • Transducer
  • Transistor
  • Trebuchet
  • Tribune
  • Triode
  • Trunnion
  • Tsiolkovsky
  • Tungsten
  • Tuple
  • Turing
  • Turnbuckle
  • TUTOR
  • Twiki
  • Two-Bit
  • TX-9
  • Type-19
  • Type-4

U: 18 names

  • Ultron
  • Umlaut
  • Uncle Rustbucket
  • Underscore
  • Unicorn
  • Unimate
  • Unit 101
  • Unit 2187
  • Unit 303
  • Unit 42
  • Unit 7
  • Unit 9
  • UNIVAC
  • Upsilon
  • Uptime
  • Uran
  • Usher
  • UX-4

V: 30 names

  • Valet
  • Vanadium
  • Vanguard
  • Vantage
  • Vaucanson
  • Vector
  • Venera
  • Verdant Mallet
  • Vermilion
  • Vernier
  • Vertex
  • Vex
  • Victor
  • Vigilans
  • Vikram
  • Vinculum
  • Viper
  • Virgule
  • Virtue
  • Vision
  • VN-3
  • Void
  • Volt
  • Volta
  • Voltaire-9
  • Voltron
  • Von Neumann
  • Voyager
  • Vulcan
  • VX-8

W: 25 names

  • WABOT-1
  • Waffle
  • WALL-E
  • Walter
  • Warden
  • Watchdog
  • Watchtower
  • Watt
  • Waveguide
  • Wayland
  • Weber
  • Weevil-3
  • Whatsit
  • Wheatley
  • Wheelwright
  • Whirligig
  • Whirr
  • Whisk
  • Whiskey
  • Widget
  • Windup
  • Winter Lancer
  • Woodpecker
  • WR-5
  • Wraith-9

X: 2 names

  • X-1000
  • XJ-9

Y: 4 names

  • Yankee
  • Yes Man
  • YL-60
  • Yutu

Z: 13 names

  • Z-9000
  • Zed
  • Zenith
  • Zenyatta
  • Zero
  • Zero-One
  • Zeta-7
  • Zhora
  • Zhurong
  • Zircon
  • ZR-7
  • Zulu
  • Zuse