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Generate names in the style of the series Severance: the show's own cast and departments, then new innie names like Agnes T., outie names like Ruth Warden, founders like Silas Harrow, and departments such as Ledger Harmonization and Tonal Compliance.

About Severance names

Severance, the television series, names people twice. On the severed floor an employee is a given name and one initial: Mark S., Helly R., Irving B. Outside, people carry a plain first name and a stiff, slightly odd surname that sounds like an old office: Scout, Bailiff, Cobel, Milchick, Graner. The founding family has severe antique names such as Kier and Ambrose, and the company names everything else in calm corporate nouns, from Macrodata Refinement to files that sound like small towns.

The list opens with 68 names from the series, as names only: people, founders, departments, places, files, the four tempers, perks and the nine core principles. It is not a complete list, and it is free of plot details.

The rest is new and follows each pattern in turn. There are innie names (Agnes T., Bram L.), outie full names (Ruth Warden, Neil Purser), managers addressed as Mr. and Ms., founders and heirs (Silas Harrow, Octavia Wyck), departments built from two or three abstract work nouns (Ledger Harmonization, Forms and Cadence), refinement files named for quiet real towns (Winona, Whitby), rooms, perks and rituals (Crumpet Social, The Tally Room) and handbook virtues (Candor, Punctuality). This is a fan page with no tie to the makers of the series.

How to choose Severance names

  • Decide which side of the elevator the character is on. A floor worker needs only a first name and an initial, such as Cora V.; the same story's outside characters need full names, such as Glenn Ostler or Tessa Quill.
  • For an outie surname, pick an old job, tool or building part that nobody uses as a name: Warden, Purser, Lintel, Mortise. It should sound faintly official and a little cold.
  • Build a department from one technical noun and one gentle one. Signal Pasteurization, Inventory and Solace and Morale Calibration work because the two halves do not quite belong together.
  • Name files after calm, ordinary places. One or two words, no explanation: Moline, Cedar Creek, Ghent. The less the name tells the worker, the better it fits.
  • Keep perks small and formal. Pancake Hour, Eraser Allotment and Desk Plant Privilege sound right because the reward is tiny and the wording is grand.

Frequently asked questions

Which names in this list are from the series?

The first 68 entries. They include floor workers such as Mark S., Helly R., Irving B. and Dylan G., outside characters, the Eagan founders, four departments, five files, the four tempers, several perks and the nine core principles. They are listed as names only, the block is not complete, and every entry after it is new.

What are the Lumon department names?

The series names Macrodata Refinement, Optics and Design, Mammalians Nurturable and Choreography and Merriment, and all four are in the list. The new department names follow the same recipe of two or three abstract work nouns, for example Microdata Reconciliation, Records Attenuation and Sums and Remainders.

How are innie and outie names different?

On the severed floor a worker is a first name and a single initial, which is why the list has entries such as Edith W. and Floyd N. Outside the building people have full names, and the list gives those separately, such as Carol Steward and Roy Ledger. No entry here pairs an innie form with an outie form.

Can I use these names for fan fiction or a tabletop game?

Yes. The new names are written for your own severed workers, managers, founding families and departments. For original work you plan to publish, stay with the new names and leave out the ones from the series.

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A: 21 names

  • Abel Sawyer
  • Abner S.
  • Agnes T.
  • Alacrity
  • Alan Provost
  • Aldous Vane
  • Allentown
  • Alma G.
  • Ambient Accounts
  • Ambrose Eagan
  • Amy Dunnage
  • Analog Reprographics
  • Angelo Arteta
  • Annecy
  • Aplomb
  • Archival Conditioning
  • Archive Six
  • Arlene Tipstaff
  • Asal Reghabi
  • Ashtabula
  • Augustin Morrow

B: 18 names

  • Badge Reclamation
  • Baird Eagan
  • Barry Sconce
  • Bartholomew Garde
  • Bemidji
  • Benedikt Thorne
  • Benevolence
  • Bess Z.
  • Bev Marrow
  • Bin Stewardship
  • Bogalusa
  • Boris T.
  • Boyd Selby
  • Bram L.
  • Brno
  • Bucyrus
  • Bulb and Ballast
  • Burt G.

C: 40 names

  • Candor
  • Cardigan Friday
  • Carlton I.
  • Carol Steward
  • Casimir Pellam
  • Cedar Creek
  • Celebratory Thermos
  • Celia Lintel
  • Ceremonial Stapler Handover
  • Ceremony and Catering
  • Cheer
  • Chillicothe
  • Choreography and Merriment
  • Cider Reception
  • Citrus Hour
  • Clark Minder
  • Clementia Garde
  • Cliff Sexby
  • Clive R.
  • Clock Synchrony
  • Coimbra
  • Cold Harbor
  • Cold Storage Reconciliation
  • Commemorative Lanyard
  • Commendation Drafting
  • Composure
  • Connie Loom
  • Constancy
  • Coos Bay
  • Cora V.
  • Cornelius Oberholt
  • Correspondence Abatement
  • Corridor Acoustics
  • Courtesy Tote Bag
  • Crayon Commendation
  • Crumpet Social
  • Culpeper
  • Curtis Bodkin
  • Custodial Analytics
  • Cyrus Aldrich the Younger

D: 29 names

  • Dale Furlong
  • Decorum
  • Decorum Enforcement
  • Deference
  • Defiant Jazz
  • Delia X.
  • Dennis Beadle
  • Departure Processing
  • Desk Plant Privilege
  • Desk Topology
  • Desmond P.
  • Devon Scout-Hale
  • Diane Sumner
  • Diligence
  • Discretion
  • Disposition and Tally
  • Docility
  • Dolores Haft
  • Doris Krell
  • Dorothea Aldrich, Second Chief Executive
  • Dorrie L.
  • Dothan
  • Doug Graner
  • Dranesville
  • Dread
  • Drusilla Marrable
  • Dunedin
  • Durango
  • Dylan G.

E: 19 names

  • Eau Claire
  • Edith W.
  • Egg Bar Social
  • Egg Timer Raffle
  • Elaine Cask
  • Elevator Transitions
  • Elkhart
  • Elko
  • Elroy G.
  • Emmett V.
  • Emporia
  • Enoch Thorne, Founder
  • Equanimity
  • Eraser Allotment
  • Ernest Wither
  • Eudora Dunmore
  • Eugene Pother
  • Exactitude
  • Ezekiel Dunmore

F: 19 names

  • Fair Oaks
  • Faye Tollman
  • Felicia
  • Felt Goods and Signage
  • Fern P.
  • Finger Traps
  • Five Forks
  • Five-Minute Jazz Interval
  • Floor Hygiene and Wayfinding
  • Flora T.
  • Floyd N.
  • Fondue Commendation
  • Forbearance
  • Forms and Cadence
  • Fortitude
  • Founder Leopold Aldrich
  • Founders Day Pageant
  • Frank Rasp
  • Frolic

G: 17 names

  • Gabby Arteta
  • Gail Marshal
  • Gander
  • Garth R.
  • Gemma Scout
  • Gerhardt Eagan
  • Ghent
  • Gil W.
  • Glassware and Tempering
  • Glenn Ostler
  • Gordon Kestrel
  • Gratitude
  • Graz
  • Greta H.
  • Group Photo Day
  • Gumption
  • Gus Winnow

H: 17 names

  • Hallway Logistics
  • Hallway Stroll Voucher
  • Handbook Revisions
  • Harmony Cobel
  • Harpers Ferry
  • Hattie N.
  • Hazel Drumlin
  • Helly R.
  • Hepzibah Oberholt
  • Hezekiah Marrable
  • Hilda L.
  • Hiram Vane
  • Hobart
  • Hollis D.
  • Howard Tarn
  • Hugh Almoner
  • Humility

I: 13 names

  • Imogen F.
  • Incentive Fabrication
  • Industry
  • Ingrid Balk
  • Interim Cartography
  • Inventory and Solace
  • Inverness
  • Irene Sedge
  • Irving B.
  • Irving Bailiff
  • Isaac V.
  • Isidore Oberholt
  • Ivor H.

J: 10 names

  • Jame Eagan
  • Janet Usher
  • Jasper O.
  • Joan D.
  • Jolene P.
  • Josie Halyard
  • Joyce Thole
  • Jubal Wyck
  • Judith Plinth
  • June Kilmer

K: 12 names

  • Kankakee
  • Kearney
  • Keepsake Evaluation
  • Ken Mortise
  • Kendra M.
  • Ketchikan
  • Keycard Provenance
  • Keziah Strand
  • Kier Eagan
  • Kilkenny
  • Kip F.
  • Kurt W.

L: 17 names

  • Lavinia Thorne, Heir Apparent
  • Ledger Harmonization
  • Lemuel Kessling
  • Lenore N.
  • Leon Cairn
  • Leonora Eagan
  • Leta O.
  • Lights-Dim Appreciation
  • Linens and Protocol
  • Lois Tiller
  • Lorraine Pallet
  • Lowell A.
  • Lucca
  • Lucretia Harrow
  • Lumon Industries
  • Lydia Carder
  • Lyle Brandt

M: 74 names

  • Macrodata Refinement
  • Malice
  • Malvern Hill
  • Mammalians Nurturable
  • Margo Tether
  • Mark S.
  • Mark Scout
  • Marnie C.
  • Martha Skein
  • Meekness
  • Mehitabel Morrow
  • Melon Bar
  • Metadata Husbandry
  • Mettle
  • Microdata Reconciliation
  • Milo H.
  • Milton Eave
  • Mirth Procurement
  • Miss Huang
  • Moline
  • Monty Reckoner
  • Moose Jaw
  • Morale Calibration
  • Mordecai Sterne
  • Morris M.
  • Mr. Aldane of Compliance
  • Mr. Blesh
  • Mr. Crewe, Floor Supervisor
  • Mr. Devereaux
  • Mr. Drummond
  • Mr. Dwerry
  • Mr. Garrick of Security
  • Mr. Garrow
  • Mr. Halloran
  • Mr. Imbrie
  • Mr. Koslow
  • Mr. Lindgren

M, continued

  • Mr. Ninian
  • Mr. Okonjo
  • Mr. Ostrander
  • Mr. Pelham
  • Mr. Pym, Night Custodian
  • Mr. Sallow, Records Clerk
  • Mr. Skelt
  • Mr. Strake
  • Mr. Tolland
  • Mr. Wexley
  • Mr. Yarbrough
  • Mrs. Selvig
  • Ms. Arkwright
  • Ms. Brannock
  • Ms. Casey
  • Ms. Coburn
  • Ms. Dracott
  • Ms. Eckhart
  • Ms. Halden, Deputy Manager
  • Ms. Haverkamp
  • Ms. Holcombe
  • Ms. Klemm
  • Ms. Morwen
  • Ms. Orrin, Elevator Attendant
  • Ms. Petrakis
  • Ms. Pruitt
  • Ms. Quennell
  • Ms. Ravensby
  • Ms. Tabbard
  • Ms. Takahara
  • Ms. Thorsby of Wellness
  • Ms. Undset
  • Ms. Vesper of Orientation
  • Ms. Wrenfield, Perks Coordinator
  • Ms. Zielinski
  • Music Dance Experience
  • Myrtle Eagan

N: 13 names

  • Nacogdoches
  • Nadine D.
  • Naomi Osgrave
  • Natalie Kalen
  • Natchez
  • Neil Purser
  • Nell A.
  • New Bern
  • Nimbleness
  • Nolan E.
  • Nora Reeve
  • Novelty Pencil Set
  • Numerics Intake

O: 18 names

  • Obadiah Kessling
  • Obligingness
  • Ocala
  • Octavia Wyck
  • Ogallala
  • Oneonta
  • Opal J.
  • Opelika
  • Optics and Design
  • Orientation and Recall
  • Orson F.
  • Orvieto
  • Orville Strand
  • Otis Reckon
  • Otto C.
  • Ottoline Marrable
  • Output Beautification
  • Overtime Contingency

P: 31 names

  • Paducah
  • Pancake Hour
  • Paperweight Presentation
  • Parcel Discernment
  • Partition Assembly
  • Pattern Appraisal
  • Paula Staves
  • Pear Bar
  • Pearl E.
  • Peggy Drover
  • Perk Disbursement
  • Perry Fennick
  • Petey Kilmer
  • Petra O.
  • Phillip Eagan
  • Philomena Sterne
  • Phineas Wyck
  • Pip's Bar and Grille
  • Pluck
  • Poise
  • Policy Pruning
  • Ponca City
  • Porcelain Figurine Award
  • Portraiture and Likeness
  • Precedent Curation
  • Preston Y.
  • Pretzel Jubilee
  • Probity
  • Procedural Botany
  • Prudence
  • Punctuality

Q: 4 names

  • Quarterly Quota Toast
  • Quiet Assurance
  • Quincy B.
  • Quota Horticulture

R: 15 names

  • Ravenna
  • Ray J.
  • Records Attenuation
  • Remedial Gratitude
  • Renee Dorn
  • Rex Hasp
  • Rhonda Wick
  • Ricken Hale
  • Rigor
  • Roland M.
  • Rosalind K.
  • Roy Ledger
  • Russell Coffer
  • Ruth Warden
  • Rutherford Morrow

S: 23 names

  • Salida
  • Sandusky
  • Selma A.
  • Seth Milchick
  • Seven Pines
  • Sheila Lathe
  • Siena
  • Signal Pasteurization
  • Silas Harrow
  • Simone Gault
  • Sixty Seconds of Music
  • Soft Roll Accolade
  • Sophronia Vane
  • Stationery Futures
  • Staunton
  • Steadfastness
  • Stellan U.
  • Stuart Halberd
  • Sums and Remainders
  • Sundries and Conciliation
  • Supervised Window Viewing
  • Sybil Y.
  • Symmetry and Alignment

T: 51 names

  • Tact
  • Tamsin Q.
  • Tape and Reel Custody
  • Tartu
  • Team Portrait Unveiling
  • Temperament Sorting
  • Temperance
  • Tessa Quill
  • Thad B.
  • Thaddeus Harrow
  • The Annual Hallway Procession
  • The Apology Desk
  • The Badge Polishing
  • The Break Room
  • The Commendation Hall
  • The Completion Chime
  • The Composure Room
  • The Elevator Vestibule
  • The Founders Gallery
  • The Hall of Stewards
  • The Hourglass Atrium
  • The Keepsake Closet
  • The Kitchenette of Record
  • The Long Corridor
  • The Looping Staircase

T, continued

  • The North Supply Nook
  • The Orientation Suite
  • The Perpetuity Wing
  • The Quiet Stairwell
  • The Reading of the Quotas
  • The Recital Room
  • The Reflection Annex
  • The Ringing of the Desk Bell
  • The Severed Floor
  • The Tally Room
  • The Tasteful Balloon Drop
  • The Testing Floor
  • The Waiting Bench
  • The You You Are
  • Theodric Garde
  • Thermal Etiquette
  • Threshold Services
  • Thrift
  • Tidiness
  • Tobias Strand
  • Tobin C.
  • Tonal Compliance
  • Truckee
  • Trudy Gantry
  • Tumwater
  • Tupelo

U: 4 names

  • Ulric S.
  • Ulrich Pellam
  • Una K.
  • Uppsala

V: 12 names

  • Valdosta
  • Vending Oversight
  • Vera Z.
  • Verena Pellam
  • Verve
  • Vessels and Conveyance
  • Victor Brisk
  • Vigilance
  • Virgil U.
  • Vision
  • Visitation Suite B
  • Visitor Attenuation

W: 18 names

  • Waffle Party
  • Walt Tallow
  • Waveform Tidying
  • Wayne Culver
  • Wellness Recitation
  • Wenatchee
  • Wendell I.
  • Wendy Castellan
  • Whitby
  • Wiles
  • Wilhelmina Kessling
  • Willa Q.
  • Winnemucca
  • Winnie E.
  • Winona
  • Winthrop Dunmore
  • Wit
  • Woe

Y: 3 names

  • Yellow Springs
  • Yolanda X.
  • Yreka

Z: 2 names

  • Zeal
  • Zebulon Sterne