Rogue Trader Name Generator
High Gothic names for Warhammer 40k Rogue Traders
Generate Rogue Trader names for Warhammer 40,000: Lord-Captains, dynasty heirs and the noble houses that hold a Warrant of Trade. Five hundred names for the Rogue Trader RPG, the Owlcat CRPG, Kill Team and your own fiction in the Koronus Expanse.
About Rogue Trader names
Rogue Traders are the Imperium's licensed adventurers: nobles whose Warrant of Trade lets them sail beyond Imperial space, make war, and trade with xenos, all in the Emperor's name. Their names match that status. Games Workshop, Fantasy Flight's Rogue Trader RPG and Owlcat's CRPG all draw on a baroque mix of Latin, Dutch, German and old European aristocracy: Jan van Yastobaal, Elucia Vhane, Theodora von Valancius, Calligos Winterscale, Aspyce Chorda, Erasmus Haarlock. Given names are classical or Renaissance (Tiberius, Ottilie, Isembard, Lucretia); surnames are the dynasty name, often with a noble particle such as van, von, de or y, and sometimes double-barrelled when two houses have merged.
The dynasty is the real brand. A Rogue Trader is addressed as Lord-Captain or Lady-Captain, but it is House Haarlock or the Chorda dynasty that creditors, Navigator houses and the Inquisition remember. Good dynasty names are short, hard-edged and pronounceable by a bridge crew: Winterscale, Fel, Ecale, Vordrast, Quellmark. Avoid anything too Anglo-Saxon and plain, which reads as Imperial Guard, or too mechanical, which reads as Adeptus Mechanicus.
This list mixes canon names with original ones in the same register, plus ready-made houses and dynasties. Use them for a Lord-Captain, a scheming heir, rival dynasties in a campaign, or your own Owlcat protagonist.
How to choose Rogue Trader names
- Decide the dynasty name first and make it the part people repeat; the given name can be grand, but the house name should be one or two syllables you could shout across a bridge.
- Use a noble particle (van, von, de, da, y) sparingly; one Rogue Trader in a campaign with a van or von is flavorful, five is parody.
- Double-barrelled surnames such as Fel-Winterscale are a quick way to signal a dynastic marriage, an inheritance dispute or a cadet branch.
- Give rivals and allies surnames with different sounds (Haarlock versus Chorda, Ecale versus Vordrast) so players can tell the houses apart at the table.
- If you are naming an Owlcat protagonist, pick a given name that still sounds right when NPCs attach Lord-Captain or Lady-Captain to it.
Frequently asked questions
Are these official Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader names?
A few are canon, including Jan van Yastobaal, Elucia Vhane, Theodora von Valancius, Calligos Winterscale, Aspyce Chorda and the Haarlock, Ecale and Fel dynasties from the Fantasy Flight RPG and the Owlcat CRPG. The rest are original names written in the same High Gothic style so they sit naturally beside the canon ones.
How are Rogue Traders usually addressed?
Most style themselves Lord-Captain or Lady-Captain, since they command a voidship as well as a dynasty. You may also see Magnate, Trader-Lord, or simply Lord or Lady followed by the dynasty name. The Warrant of Trade itself is inherited, so the heir to a house often uses the dynasty name as a title in its own right.
What should I name my Rogue Trader dynasty?
Pick something short and distinctive that works after the word House or before the word Dynasty: House Vordrast, the Quellmark Dynasty. Old European and Latin roots with hard consonants fit best. Check that it does not collide with a well-known canon house unless you want that connection.
Can I use these names for the Owlcat Rogue Trader game or the tabletop RPG?
Yes. The CRPG lets you rename your protagonist and the names here fit the von Valancius setting, and they work equally well for player characters, rival Lord-Captains and NPC heirs in the Fantasy Flight Rogue Trader RPG or any Wrath & Glory campaign in the Koronus Expanse.
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All 500 Rogue Trader names
A: 43 names
- Abelard Cantrelle
- Abelard Werserian
- Absalom Vesper
- Adalbert Ixion
- Adelheid Ruthvane
- Adelina Strome
- Adriana Volkstrand
- Agathe Ixion
- Alaric Voss-Dravenholt
- Albericus Skaarn
- Albrecht Szandor
- Alessandra Voskhod
- Alistair Morrowby
- Allegra Haskett
- Alonzo Greymantle
- Alys Verkhoven
- Amadeus Vrinsk
- Amalia Ymbrosian
- Ambrose Rhenquist
- Ambrosius van Hollendaal
- Anastasia Merovane
A, continued
- Anatole Malachane
- Anatoly Vreskhan
- Annaliese Torquemond
- Annelise Valdemaar
- Annika Tordremont
- Ansel Tyrborne
- Anselm Kressingham
- Anselmo Durypont
- Ansgar Pellurian
- Antonia Selvaggi
- Apollonia de Mornaye
- Arabella de Mornaye
- Artemisia Fel
- Aspyce Chorda
- Augusta Bleddyn
- Augustin Castellane
- Aurelia Winterscale
- Aurelian Castorix
- Aurelian Hasketh
- Aurelio Vantagh
- Aurora Maskelyne
- Aveline Thorncastle
B: 24 names
- Balian Tessarect
- Balthasar Ixorine
- Balthazar Tormund-Vail
- Baptiste Sarrazin-Fel
- Barnabas Quint
- Bartolomeo Creed
- Bastian Morrigaine
- Beatrice Sturmhall
- Beatriz Sarkoval
- Benedetta Corvallo
- Benedict Varrowsmith
- Benedikt Korvash
- Berengaria Holtz-Quellmark
- Berenike Korvash
- Bertram Quellmark
- Bertrand Haskaryn
- Bettina Skarrow
- Bianca Vortrecht
- Bohemond Verlaque
- Boniface Vhane
- Boris Vaskovic
- Brigitta Maelhaar
- Brunhilde Varrusk
- Bruno Vesterholm
C: 34 names
- Caelius Vandenbrouck
- Caius Ymbrosian
- Calligos Winterscale
- Calliope Vant
- Carlotta Maravel
- Casimir Vollenhoek
- Caspar Haldane
- Caspian Seraphax
- Cassandra Vayle
- Cassia Orsellio
- Cassiopeia Halvard
- Cassius Dravenholt
- Castor Draeven
- Cecilia Torvaldsen
- Celeste Ambrogetti
- Celestine Strakh
- Cesare Voltaine
- Claribel Morvane
- Clarisse Odubert
- Clothilde Dagontine
- Clotilde Ferrenbach
- Conrad Mellicent
- Constance Redgrave
- Constantijn van Hollendaal
- Cordelia Haxx
- Cornelis Brandt
- Cornelius Ulverian
- Corvin Oestervaal
- Corwin Ashkaryn
- Cosette Brandivaar
- Cosima Seraphax
- Cressida Vhorne
- Cyprian Barsabbas
- Cyrus Oberlane
D: 15 names
- Dagmar Skaarsgard
- Dagobert Halveston
- Daria Krausz
- Darius Vanderhael
- Demetrius Vaal-Ecale
- Desdemona Kell
- Desmond Helgard
- Dmitri Halloran-Vex
- Domenico Straal
- Dorian Haarlock
- Dorotea Vrask
- Dorothea Winterscale
- Drusilla Orsk-Chorda
- Drusilla Ymbrosian
- Dulcinea Orr
E: 27 names
- Eberhard Ixion
- Eckhart Mourneval
- Edmund Vandermeer
- Edwin Brasquaine
- Eleonora Bastienne
- Elke Sandoval
- Eloise Vantrieste
- Elspeth Marrowquist
- Elucia Vhane
- Emilia Quistgaard
- Emmerich Galvaine
- Erasmus Haarlock
- Ernst Vandraken
- Esperanza Vaulkenhaar
- Esteban Castellane y Mornaye
- Eudora Castellane
- Eudoxia Vanderhael
- Eugenio Kaldrestan
- Eulalia Korvash
- Euphemia Barsabbas
- Eusebius Marchetti-Haar
- Eustace Marrowbury
- Evander Chorda
- Everard Orlaen
- Evrard Merovane
- Ezekiel Korvash
- Ezekiel Marchbanks
F: 12 names
- Fabian Drexhall
- Fabrizio Ostrand
- Falk Ostermaine
- Faustina Vanderhael
- Fenella Vollenhoek
- Ferdinand Ruthvane
- Fidelia Morrenstadt
- Fitzwilliam Drake
- Florentin Vael
- Florian Seraphax
- Freya van Hollendaal
- Fyodor Strakhov
G: 19 names
- Gaspard de Mornaye
- Gaston Drevet
- Genevieve Vollenhoek
- Georgiana Vrask
- Gerard Quillon
- Gerhardt Ulmrich
- Gerwin Hallmarrow
- Ghislaine Duvall
- Gideon de Mornaye
- Ginevra Thornquist
- Gisela Varrusk
- Godefroy Asterhalm
- Godric Morvayne
- Gottfried Mercurian
- Gregor Dravenholt
- Griet van Ostrelaan
- Griselda Seraphax
- Gunther Pavone
- Gustav Orlov-Kraal
H: 40 names
- Hadarak Fel
- Hadrian Varrusk
- Hannibal Strauss
- Hartwig Skaarsgard
- Heinrich Tallowmere
- Heinrix van Calox
- Hektor Grisholm
- Helena Ostrogard
- Helga Morrissen
- Hendrik van der Voort
- Henrietta Markov-Raine
- Hermione Valstrand
- Hesper Valdemaar
- Hesperia Gaultrec
- Hester Blackmantle
- Hieronymo Barsabbas
- Hildegard Machellan
- Honoria Vandermeer
- Horace Wintermoor
- Horatio Rhenquist
- Hortensia Grell
- House Brastion
- House Castellane
- House Chorda
- House Dagontine
- House Dravenholt
- House Ecale
- House Fel
- House Haarlock
- House Kaltherix
- House Morvayne
- House Oestervaal
- House Valancius
- House Vhane
- House Vordrast
- House Winterscale
- House Yastobaal
- Hugo Vandermeer
- Hyacinth Ecale
- Hyacinthe Drakkar
I: 21 names
- Idonea Vrancsk
- Ignatius Merovane
- Ignatz Castorix
- Ignazio Ferrucci
- Ilaria Cobalt-Vey
- Ilse Drakhaal
- Imogen Sarkane
- Imre van Calox
- Ingeborg Stracchan
- Ingrid Valdemaar-Skaarsgard
- Iolanthe Marr
- Iphigenia Kask
- Irmgard Kaltherix
- Isabeau Kranthor
- Isadora Ferrantine
- Isaura Vanbrugh
- Isembard Castellane
- Ismene Torvaal
- Isolde Rhenquist
- Isotta Vanzetti
- Ivo Malravine
J: 15 names
- Jacobus Ecale
- Jan van Yastobaal
- Janus Draik
- Jasper Kaltherix
- Jeremiah Blitz
- Jericho Vesperine
- Jerome Varrick
- Jerzy Vantolaine
- Joachim Vollenhoek
- Joaquin Orvaal
- Jocasta Aurelaine
- Juliana Tarkhelm
- Julius Montverde
- Juno Hallewell
- Justinia Brell
K: 6 names
- Kasimir Torvik
- Katarin Werserian
- Katerina Oblonsk
- Klementyna Vhane
- Kristof Galvaine
- Kunrad Voigtvir
L: 59 names
- Lady-Captain Ameline Chorda
- Lady-Captain Beatrix Ruthvane
- Lady-Captain Cressida Morvayne
- Lady-Captain Guinevra Kaltherix
- Lady-Captain Helewise Varrusk
- Lady-Captain Ilsabet Vhane
- Lady-Captain Kasimira Valancius
- Lady-Captain Philippa Vordrast
- Lady-Captain Roxane Ecale
- Lady-Captain Serafina Dagontine
- Lambrecht Druvessy
- Laudine Tormund-Vail
- Laurentius Pellegard
- Lavinia Kressingham
- Lazarus Castorix
- Lazlo Kirren
- Leander Vordrast
- Leif Vanderkamp
- Leocadia Haarlock
- Leofric Ambrosine
- Leon Vasthagar
- Leonhard Castmere
- Leonidas Vaskarr
- Leonor Dravenholt
- Leonora Brightmoor
- Leontyne Brassmoor
- Leopold Strazhevsky
- Leopold Vordrast
- Liesl Markstrand
L, continued
- Lionel Varrow
- Lorcan Ashgrave
- Lord-Captain Absalom Quellmark
- Lord-Captain Ambrose Fel
- Lord-Captain Bartholomew Oestervaal
- Lord-Captain Ezra Dravenholt
- Lord-Captain Hieronymus Draik
- Lord-Captain Konstantin Merovane
- Lord-Captain Octavius Brastion
- Lord-Captain Saul Winterscale
- Lord-Captain Ulric Castellane
- Lord-Captain Vitus Haarlock
- Lorenzo Orsellio
- Lothar Aurelaine
- Lucan Derevaux
- Lucian Chorda
- Luciana Vorstein
- Lucinda Tharkane
- Lucio Ferragamont
- Lucius Machellan
- Lucretia Vandermeer
- Ludmila Ixion
- Ludmilla Cestrovic
- Ludovic Barsabbas
- Ludovica Thorne
- Ludovico Brandekamp
- Ludvig Skarnholt
- Ludwiga Brenn
- Lysander Aurelaine
- Lysandra Fell
M: 27 names
- Madeleine Voskresne
- Magnus Thorvaldsen
- Magnus Ulverian
- Marcella Thornbury
- Marcellus Drovic
- Marcus Valancius
- Margarethe Orlaen
- Marguerite Solvanne
- Marianne Hollander
- Marisela Vantorr
- Marisol Daevenant
- Marius Fel-Winterscale
- Marjolein Haverkamp
- Mathilde Ulverian
- Matthias Drakenhaal
- Matthias Kaltherix
- Maurice Vandrevel
- Mavrienne Soltharr
- Maximilian Malachane
- Melisande Tormund-Vail
- Melusine Caskett
- Merrick Sallowby
- Millicent Brastion
- Minerva Castlemaine
- Mira Tellurian
- Mordecai Vesperine
- Morwenna Morvayne
N: 5 names
- Nadia Vrolok
- Nathaniel Valdemaar
- Nestor Grimmhaal
- Nicodemus Vaal
- Nikolaus Merovane
O: 20 names
- Octavia Tormund-Vail
- Octavian Morvayne
- Octavie Lorrimar
- Octavio Kaldoresh
- Olivier Machellan
- Ondine Vallorque
- Oriana Vasquall
- Oriel Dunstavel
- Orlando Velkyn
- Orsino Kethrandt
- Osric Bellweather
- Oswald Penmarrow
- Oswin Dagontine
- Otho Bellecaine
- Ottavia Ulverian
- Ottilie Brastion
- Ottilie Kask-Ecale
- Ottokar Mellivaine
- Ottoline Grauhaal
- Ottoline Vesperine
P: 14 names
- Pascal Thornevaux
- Percival Grauwald
- Perdita Brastion
- Perpetua Halcyvane
- Petronella Strakh
- Philippa Strossmann
- Philippine Dravesh
- Philomel Sturm
- Philomena Kaltherix
- Phineas Morrowgate
- Piers Galvaine
- Pietro Sallowmarsh
- Polydore Ashkelhaus
- Praxides Vaulkenrath
Q: 2 names
- Quintilla Kessandrine
- Quintus Quellmark
R: 24 names
- Radomir Ghalvesh
- Rainer von Valancius
- Raphael Ymbrosian
- Ravenna Ruthvane
- Reinhardt Ecale
- Reinholt Cavalcante
- Remus Vantorsk
- Rhiannon Castermont
- Roderick Aurbach
- Roderick Kressingham
- Roderigo Absalan
- Roland Vesperine
- Rosalia Kemmerlyn
- Rosalind Ecale-Chorda
- Rosalind Vanterpool
- Rosaline Haxton
- Rosamonde Tregellan
- Rosamund Vordrast
- Rowena Vell
- Ruben Castigliaan
- Rudolf Vanterhoek
- Rupert Halcyvane
- Ruprecht Callowmere
- Rutger Fel
S: 26 names
- Sabina Corvosk
- Sabine Orlaen
- Sebastiaan van Yastobaal
- Sempronius Kalderax
- Seraphim Drall
- Seraphina Vesper-Kraal
- Seraphine Oestervaal
- Serena Kolsholm
- Sergius Halloway
- Servatius Ongerlaan
- Severin Ruthvane
- Sidonie Malachane
- Sigismund Kaalstrom
- Sigmund Oestervaal
- Sigrid Vandrakhan
- Sigrun Hastrovane
- Sigvard Orrebeck
- Silvanus Kurtmarr
- Simonetta Vale-Orsk
- Sixtus Greymarrow
- Solomon Haarlock
- Solveig Mourne
- Sophia Drexel
- Sophronia Kell-Ashmarr
- Stellan Halcyvane
- Sybille Vanderhael
T: 33 names
- Tamsin Oberlin
- Tancred Halcyvane
- Tatiana Haarlock-Vhane
- Temperance Kaal
- Teodora Vasilisk
- Thaddeus Machellan
- The Aurelaine Dynasty
- The Korvash Dynasty
- The Kressingham Dynasty
- The Machellan Dynasty
- The Merovane Dynasty
- The Orlaen Dynasty
- The Quellmark Dynasty
- The Ruthvane Dynasty
- The Seraphax Dynasty
- The Skaarsgard Dynasty
- The Valdemaar Dynasty
- The Varrusk Dynasty
- The Vesperine Dynasty
- The Ymbrosian Dynasty
- Theodora von Valancius
- Theodoric Malachane
- Theodosia Skaarsgard
- Theodosius Kraal
- Theophania Castorix
- Thessaly Brindamour
- Thorne Vaskelaine
- Thorvald Kessling
- Tiberio Vanquist
- Tiberius Vhane
- Titus Vandersloot
- Tobias Draik
- Tullius Merkhane
U: 1 name
- Ursula van Hollendaal
V: 11 names
- Valentin Oberhaal
- Valeria Dagontine
- Veronika Varrusk
- Veronique Sallis
- Vespasian Ecale
- Victorine Sallowmere
- Vidar Kolstrand
- Viktor Rhenquist
- Vincent Stavromant
- Violante Maurbeck
- Vivienne Aurelaine
W: 9 names
- Walburga Nyssander
- Waldemar Strakh
- Walther Kaskel
- Wenceslas Voigtvir
- Wendeline Vaast
- Wilfried Dagontine
- Wilhelmina Halcyvane
- Willehalm Drossvane
- Wolfram Brastion
X: 3 names
- Xanthe Galvaine
- Xaviera Yastobaal
- Xenia Rourkhal
Y: 5 names
- Ysabeau Tourmaline
- Ysabel Torvannick
- Ysengrin Dathmor
- Ysolde Quellmark
- Yvaine Costrel