Sci-Fi Currency Name Generator

Credits, chits and coin for futuristic economies

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Generate sci-fi currency names for space empires, cyberpunk megacities, colony outposts and starship crews: galactic credits, corporate scrip, ration chits, energy-backed units and invented coin names that sound like they belong on a real exchange.

About sci-fi currency names

Science fiction money tends to fall into a few recognizable families, and picking the right family tells readers what kind of future they are in. Clean, centralized futures use abstract units: the Galactic Standard Credit, the Federation Credit, a simple "cred" or "unit" that lives on a chip rather than in a pocket. Harder, scarcer settings back their money with something physical, so people trade in oxygen chits, water shares, Helium-3 bonds, fuel tabs or pressed iridium. Cyberpunk and corporate dystopias run on company scrip and nicknamed currencies like the nuyen, the eddie or the eurodollar, while scavenger economies repurpose whatever survived, from bottlecaps to shell casings.

The names that stick in readers' minds borrow the shape of real money. Real currencies are named for weights (pound, mark, shekel), metals (guilder, zloty), rulers and symbols (crown, sovereign, real) and units of account (credit, dollar, from the thaler). A sci-fi currency that follows one of those logics, such as a Ceres Mark, a Titan Shilling or a Lunar Franc, sounds instantly plausible, and an invented single word like Solari, Kessar or Veyn works when it is short enough to be shouted across a cantina.

This list mixes canon favorites with original credits, scrip, chits, energy-backed units and colony money so you can build a whole tiered economy, slang included.

How to choose sci-fi currency names

Decide what backs the money first. A credit implies a trusted central bank; a ration chit or water share implies scarcity and a frontier. The name should match that economy.
Build a small system rather than one name: a core unit, a small change unit and a slang term. For example, Federation Credits, broken into chits, called creds on the street.
Give rival powers different naming logics. An empire might use Imperial Aureus, a trade league a Hanse Thaler, and a miners' cooperative Belt Scrip, so readers know who printed it at a glance.
Keep it easy to say in dialogue. Short, one- or two-syllable names like Lux, Veyn or Kessar read better in a haggling scene than a long official title.
Add a three-letter code (like TSD or GSC) if your story involves exchange rates, trade screens or ship manifests. It makes the currency feel administrated.

Frequently asked questions

What are some famous sci-fi currency names?

Well-known examples include Star Wars credits and peggats, Star Trek's gold-pressed latinum and quatloos, Battlestar Galactica's cubits, Shadowrun's nuyen, Cowboy Bebop's woolongs, Cyberpunk 2077's eddies, Fallout's bottlecaps and Dune's solaris. The list includes a handful of these alongside hundreds of original names.

Should my sci-fi currency be called a credit?

Credit is the default for a reason: it signals a digital, centralized economy and readers understand it immediately. If you want your setting to feel distinct, pair it with a qualifier (Ceres Credit, Union Credit) or use it only as the formal name while characters use slang like creds, kays or chits.

How do I name money for a post-apocalyptic or scavenger setting?

Base it on whatever is scarce or survived in bulk: bottlecaps, ration cards, fuel tabs, shell casings, clean water shares or batteries. Names like Salvage Scrip, Ration Bar or Cell tell the reader what people actually value.

Can I use these currency names in a game or novel?

Yes. Original names in this list are free to use in tabletop campaigns, video games, fiction and worldbuilding projects. If you pick a canon name from an existing franchise, treat it as inspiration or fan use rather than something to publish commercially.

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All 500 sci-fi currency names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 28 names

Absolute Zero Note
Aegis Mark
Air Chit
Airlock Token
Aldebaran Dollar
Algae Scrip
Alliance Dollar
Altairian Dollar
Ambra
Android Aureus
Antares Note
Aphelion Dollar
Arcmark
Arcology Scrip
Arcturian Mark
Argent
Ark Credit
Arm Credit
Ascendancy Note
Astral Unit
Atmo Credit
Atmosphere Share
Aurelian
Auric
Aurodium Ingot
Aurora Credit
Aurum Bar
Axiom Scrip

B: 20 names

Barnard Bond
Bastion Bond
Beacon Bond
Beanstalk Bond
Belt Miners' Scrip
Belt Scrip
Belter Buck
Betelgeuse Bond
Biocred
Black Market Cred
Blacksite Chit
Blockbit
Bottlecap
Bounty Bond
Bountymark
Brass Tab
Breath Token
Brenny
Bulk Bond
Bulkhead Bond

C: 42 names

Callisto Cent
Calorie Note
Carbon Share
Cargo Bond
Carina Credit
Cartel Coin
Casso
Cell
Centauri Dollar
Centicred
Century Bond
Ceres Credit
Ceres Half-Mark
Ceres Mark
Ceresian Cent
Chaincred
Charon Crown
Chronomark
Chronon
Citadel Coin
Clams
Clone Credit
Clone Scrip
Coalition Mark
Colony Scrip
Commonwealth Credit
Company Chit
Consortium Share
Contract Credit
Coolant Chit
Copernican Crown
Core Mark
Coreward Crown
Corewards Dollar
Credchip
Creditstick
Creds
Crown Credit
Cryo Bond
Cryocred
Cubit
Customs Chit

D: 29 names

Darsek
Datacred
Datascrip
Daycred
Dead Cred
Debt Chip
Decicred
Deckplate
Deepspace Ducat
Deimos Dime
Deuterium Chit
Diadem
Directorate Dollar
Dockmaster's Mark
Dockside Chit
Dome Token
Domecred
Dominion Ducat
Dose Chit
Drannic
Dreg
Dremm
Drexel
Drift Scrip
Drone Token
Dross Penny
Drydock Dollar
Ducs
Dyson Share

E: 13 names

Earthcred
Ecumene Mark
Eddie
Electron Credit
Elevator Chit
Elysium Credit
Enceladus Krone
Epoch Note
Erg
Eris Obol
Eurodollar
Europa Credit
Europa Krone

F: 16 names

Federation Credit
Fedmark
Fennic
Ferrum
Flainian Pobble Bead
Flecks
Fomalhaut Florin
Food Chit
Forge Florin
Foundry Florin
Freight Mark
Frontier Dollar
Frontier Franc
Fuel Tab
Fuelmark
Fusion Credit

G: 18 names

Galacta
Galactic Guinea
Galactic Standard Credit
Ganymede Guilder
Gate Toll
Genecred
Generation Ship Ration
Genome Credit
Ghost Cred
Ghostcred
Gigajoule Bar
Gliese Guilder
Gold-Pressed Latinum
Grand Cred
Graviton
Gray Scrip
Gridmark
Guild Mark

H: 30 names

Hab-Ring Token
Habcred
Hadrak
Halcyon Scrip
Half-Chit
Halo Half-Crown
Halo Mark
Hanse Thaler
Harbourmaster's Token
Hard Cred
Hashmark
Haumea Half
Havok Mark
Hazard Pay Token
Hegemony Mark
Helios
Helium Share
Helium-3 Bond
Helix Industries Scrip
Hellas Shilling
Hive Chit
Homestead Bond
Hub Credit
Hullmark
Hullscrap Credit
Hundred-Cred Wafer
Hydro Credit
Hydrocarb
Hydroponic Note
Hygiea Groat

I: 13 names

Ice Token
Ilum
Imperial Aureus
Imperial Credit
Imperium Denarius
Indenture Note
Ingot
Inner Credit
Io Penny
Iridium Tab
Iron Bit
Iron Cred
Ithrel

J: 6 names

Jorrun
Joule
Jovian Florin
Jovian Joule
Jump Credit
Jumpgate Token

K: 15 names

Kaf Chit
Kalganid
Kavra
Kays
Kepler Krone
Kesh
Kessar
Kessler Credit
Kilo Chip
Kilocred
Kilojoule Note
Korrin
Kredda
Krill Credit
Kuiper Coin

L: 17 names

Latinum
Laurel
League Lira
Ledgermark
Liberty Chit
Liege Crown
Lien Token
Lifehour
Lifeline Note
Lithcoin
Lithium Note
Loken
Lumen
Lunacred
Lunar Franc
Lunar Livre
Lux

M: 19 names

Makemake Mark
Manifest Credit
Marscred
Martian Dollar
Martian Mark
Matrioshka Mark
Meal Tab
Mech Mark
Medcred
Megacred
Megawatt Scrip
Melange Mark
Memcred
Meridian Mining Token
Methane Mark
Millennium Mark
Millicred
Mine Chit
Mirren

N: 17 names

Nakamura Yen
Nakra
Nanocred
Navigator's Note
Nebula Scrip
Nebular Noble
Neptunian Note
Netcred
Neutrino
New Terra Dollar
Newton Note
Nexus Unit
Nicks
Ningi
Norma Note
Nova Note
Nuyen

O: 19 names

Obol Prime
Old Earth Dollar
Olympus Mons Mark
Omnicorp Credit
Oort Obol
Orbital Guilder
Orbital Penny
Ore Token
Orin
Orion Dollar
Orion Spur Scrip
Oskari
Osmium Bar
Ostrakon
Outer Credit
Outer Crown
Outland Ore
Outpost Chit
Oxygen Chit

P: 31 names

Pallad
Palladium Penny
Pallas Pound
Paper Cred
Peggat
Pellit
Perihelion Penny
Perseus Pound
Petrocred
Phobos Penny
Photon
Photovolt
Pilot's Penny
Pioneer Penny
Pips
Piro
Planckmark
Platin
Platinum Plate
Plinks
Plutonian Peso
Plutonian Piece
Polaris Pound
Port Mark
Powercell Token
Protectorate Pound
Protein Bar Note
Protein Token
Proxima Penny
Psicred
Psyche Ingot

Q: 6 names

Qbit
Quark
Quarter-Cred
Quasar Credit
Quatloo
Quoll

R: 17 names

Rad Tab
Ration Bar
Ration Card
Reactor Share
Redline Scrip
Refinery Note
Regnal Mark
Regulus Mark
Republic Dataries
Rhodium Note
Rigel Credit
Rim Dollar
Rimrunner's Rial
Rimward Penny
Ringworld Mark
Rivet
Rust Belt Rupee

S: 64 names

Sagittarius Standard
Salvage Scrip
Sarn
Saturnian Sol
Sceptre
Scrap Rupee
Scrip Dollar
Scutum Shilling
Sedna Scrip
Seed Coin
Seedship Chit
Selda
Sestrel
Settler Note
Shard
Shelter Bond
Shines
Shipyard Share
Shore Leave Chit
Sievert Scrip
Signal Scrip
Silver Scrip
Sirian Shilling
Skive
Skyhook Token
Slag
Sleep Credit
Sleeper Note
Slips
Smelter Mark
Soft Cred
Sol Coin

S, continued

Solar
Solar Sail Note
Solar Share
Solari
Solstice Sol
Soul Share
Sovereign Credit
Soy Scrip
Spacebuck
Spacer's Shekel
Spinward Mark
Spoke Scrip
Star Sovereign
Starfarer's Dram
Starlift Scrip
Starmark
Stasis Share
Station Scrip
Steel Mark
Stellar Bond
Stellar Sovereign
Stim Tab
Strangelet
Stubs
Suit Credit
Sunmark
Sunscoop Token
Supernova Bond
Swarm Credit
Syndicate Chit
Synthcred
Syzygy

T: 37 names

Tachyon
Tachyon Note
Tallow Credit
Tariff Token
Tarvish
Tau Ceti Thaler
Tellar
Ten-Cred Chip
Terawatt Bond
Terraform Bond
Terran Dollar
Terran Reserve Note
Tesk
Tesla Token
Tessera
Tether Note
Thalo
Tharsis Dollar
Throne Gelt
Titan Mark
Titan Shilling
Titanium Tab
Tithe Mark
Tokamak Token
Trailing Crown
Transit Tab
Trappist Thaler
Trasket
Tribute Ingot
Triganic Pu
Tritium Tab
Triton Thaler
Trugut
Tungsten Token
Tunnel Scrip
Tycho Thaler
Tyrell Token

U: 8 names

Ulmar
Ulmoth
Unicred
Union Credit
Union Scrip
Unitas
Universal Credit Unit
Uranian Unit

V: 17 names

Vacuum Bond
Valles Peso
Vantage Company Chit
Vashti
Vassal Shilling
Vat Token
Vat-Meat Token
Vega Dollar
Vektor
Vellum Note
Venusian Lira
Vesta Ducat
Veyn
Void Credit
Void Thaler
Voidfarer's Dinar
Vrill

W: 12 names

Wafer
Warp Scrip
Water Ration Chit
Water Share
Wayfarer's Rand
Waystation Token
Wendar
Weyland Scrip
Woolong
Workhour
Wreck Token
Wupiupi

Y: 2 names

Yeast Chit
Yll

Z: 4 names

Zenith Note
Zenni
Zhen
Zoraq