Shadowrun Name Generator

Street names and handles for Sixth World shadowrunners

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Generate Shadowrun street names for deckers, riggers, street samurai, mages, faces and technomancers: punchy runner handles, JackPoint-style aliases, Matrix and chrome slang, plus full SIN names for a multicultural Seattle sprawl. Canon handles and hundreds of originals for your next run.

About Shadowrun names

In Shadowrun nobody in the shadows uses the name on their SIN. A runner is known by a street name, the handle a fixer uses when lining up a job and the tag that shows up on a JackPoint post. The classics set the tone: FastJack, Dodger, Harlequin, Hatchetman, Captain Chaos, Kham, Bull, Sticks, Riser, Netcat, Hard Exit, Plan 9, Turbo Bunny and Kat o' Nine Tales. They are short, usually one or two words, and sound like something shouted across a Redmond bar before it stuck.

Good street names grow out of what a runner does or how they got burned. Deckers and technomancers borrow from the Matrix (Zero Day, Dumpshock, Null Sheen, /dev/grrl); riggers and wheelmen from their machines (Pistons, Redline, Rotodrone); street samurai from chrome and ordnance (Razorgirl, Hollowpoint, Move-by-Wire); mages and shamans from their tradition or mentor spirit (Coyote, Manastorm, Wolf Father); and faces from the con (Honey Trap, Cover Story, Payola). Megacorp slang, street talk like drek and omae, and in-jokes about glitches and Mr. Johnson round it out.

The list mixes well-known canon handles with hundreds of originals, plus realistic full names for the SIN you hand a Knight Errant patrol: Seattle is a sprawl of Japanese, Latino, Salish, Irish-elven, Russian and African voices, and a believable legal name should sound like it.

How to choose Shadowrun names

Pick the handle from the character's role or a defining screw-up: a decker who lived through a dumpshock becomes Dumpshock, a rigger who loves her drones becomes Flyspy.
Keep it to one or two words so it works in voice comms and on a JackPoint post; long poetic handles get shortened by the team within a session anyway.
Give the character both a street name and a realistic SIN name from the sprawl's mix of cultures, and decide which contacts know which one.
Use Sixth World slang sparingly for flavour (Null Sheen, Drek Happens, Omae); one slang handle on a team is charming, four is a gimmick.
Avoid handles that are just the archetype (Decker, Mage, Samurai). Nobody in the shadows is called Street Sam, but plenty are called Pistons or Sticks.

Frequently asked questions

What is a street name in Shadowrun?

A street name or handle is the alias a shadowrunner uses instead of the legal name tied to their System Identification Number (SIN). Fixers, Mr. Johnsons and other runners know you only by that handle, which protects your real identity, if you still have one, from corps and law enforcement.

What are some famous Shadowrun character names?

Classic canon runners include FastJack, Dodger, Harlequin, Hatchetman, Captain Chaos, Sally Tsung, Ghost Who Walks Inside and Dirk Montgomery, plus JackPoint regulars like Netcat, Bull, Sticks, Riser, Kat o' Nine Tales, Turbo Bunny and Slamm-0!. The video games add Jake Armitage, Is0bel, Gobbet, Racter, Eiger, Glory and Blitz.

How do I pick a handle for a decker, rigger or street samurai?

Borrow from the tools of the trade. Deckers use Matrix terms (Cold Boot, Backdoor, Null Sheen), riggers use vehicle and drone terms (Wheelman, Rotodrone, Redline), street samurai use weapons and chrome (Flechette, Boneclaw, Wired Ray), and awakened characters use spells, spirits or mentor animals (Manastorm, Raven, Coyote).

Can I use these names in my own Shadowrun campaign or fiction?

The original handles and full names are free to use. Canon names such as FastJack and Harlequin belong to Shadowrun's published setting, so they are fine at your table but should not be reused for your own published characters.

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All 500 Shadowrun 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: 17 names

Actuary
Ahanu Saltwater
Aithne Ní Bhriain
Akimbo
Alejandro Vega
Am-mut
Amara Okafor
Ana Lucia Ferreira
Arcology Kid
Arete
Argent
Arjun Patel
Astrid Lindqvist
Auditor
Aufheben
Auntie
Axis Mundi

B: 43 names

Backdoor
Background Count
Bad Penny
Baka Dabora
Balladeer
Bandwidth
Barrens Baby
Barrens Rat
Baud
Beaker
Bear Mother
Big Brother
Big D
Big Tusk
Bishop Z
Bitflip
Bitrot
Black IC
Black Mamba
Black Swan
Blackbox
Blackout
Blitz
Bloodwing
Bluescreen
Body Count
Body Double
Bodybag
Boneclaw
Brickhouse
Broken Arrow
Brother Ash
BTL Baby
Bull
Bull Rush
Bulldog
Bump Key
Burn Notice
Burned Bridges
Burnout
Burst Mode
Busy Signal
Butch

C: 39 names

Cache
Called Shot
Camila Aguilar
Canary
Captain Chaos
Carlos Montoya
Cat-Dancing
Cayman
Chainmaker
Chalk Outline
Chameleon
Cheap Shot
Chen Wei
Chiphead
Chopshop
Chromeheart
Chromejob
Cinderblock
Cleanskin
Clockwork
Code Blue
Cold Boot
Cold Case
Collateral
Combat Sense
Conor Mac Ruairí
Convergence
Corpse Flower
Cosmo
Cover Story
Coyote
Cram
Crash 2.0
Crime Scene
Crosstalk
Crusader
Cuauhtemoc Reyes
Cutout
Cutter

D: 36 names

/dev/grrl
Danger Sense
DangerSensei
Datasteal
Dead Air
Dead Channel
Dead Drop
Dead Man's Hand
Deadeye
Deadman
Deckhead
Deductible
Deepak Singh
Deepnet
Deepweed
Devon Blackfeather
Dial Tone
Diego Fernandes
Dietrich
Dire Wolf
Dirk Montgomery
Dividend
Dodger
Doorkicker
Doppelganger
Downsizer
Dr. Feelgood
Dr. Spin
Dragonfriend
Drake Bait
Dreamchip
Drekhead
Dumpshock
Duncan Wu
Dust Devil
Dwarf Star

E: 11 names

Ecotope
Edge Burner
Ehran Silverleaf
Eiger
Elena Vasquez
Empty Quiver
Eoin Ó Dálaigh
Ethernaut
Exit Wound
Exploit
Eyes-in-the-Sky

F: 17 names

Faded Giant
FastJack
Fatima
Fianchetto
Fifth Column
Findler-Man
Fiona Gallagher
Flashpoint
Flatline
Flechette
Flyspy
Frag Off
Fragger
Free Spirit
Freerunner
Frosty
Full Auto

G: 20 names

Gabriel Torres
Gearbox
Geek the Mage
Ghost Cartridge
Ghost Who Walks Inside
Ghostwire
Glasswalker
Glitch
Glitchwitch
Glory
Gnome de Plume
Go-Ganger
Goat Foot
Gobbet
Goblin Queen
Golden Handshake
Greasemonkey
Greta Hoffmann
Grimoire
Gutterpunk

H: 27 names

Halfmeter
Hana Kobayashi
Hand of Five
Handshake
Hannibelle
Hard Exit
Hardcase
Harlequin
Harrow
Hashbrown
Hatchetman
Hawkeye
Haze
Hermetic
Hexatite
Hiroshi Tanaka
Hive
Hoi Polloi
Hollowpoint
Homunculus
Honey Badger
Honey Trap
Honeypot
Hornhead
Hostile Takeover
Hotwire
Hyde

I: 7 names

Icarus
ICEbreaker
Ironmonger
Is0bel
Isabela Souza
Itzel Xochitl
Ivan Morozov

J: 12 names

Jake Armitage
Jamal Carter
Jammer
Jane Doe
Jazz
Jean-Luc Moreau
Jimmy No
Jitterbug
John Doe
Jolt Junkie
Jumpseat
Jun Park

K: 16 names

Kane
Kat o' Nine Tales
Kay St. Irregular
Kenji Watanabe
Kernel Panic
Kham
Kia
Killswitch
Kincaid
Kindly Cheng
Kingfisher
Klaus Weber
Kneecap
Knockoff
Kwame Mensah
Kyrie

L: 21 names

Lady Vex
Last Word
Latency
Legend
Lei Kung
Leila Haddad
Lena Schulz
Li Mei
Linh Tran
Liquidator
Little Sister
Lobo
Lockpick
Lone Wolf
Long Haul
Loose Cannon
Loose Change
Lowlander
Lucas Oliveira
Lugnut
Lyran

M: 34 names

Ma'fan
Magnus Eriksson
Mako
Man-of-Many-Names
Manaburn
Manastorm
Manhunter
Marcos
Maria Reyes
Marisol Quintero
Mateo Castillo
Matrix Widow
Meatpuppet
Mei-Ling Chang
Mentor
Middle Manager
Mihoshi Oni
Mika
Milk Run
Mimic
Minh Nguyen
Mirage
Mockingbird
Mojo Mama
Monika Schäfer
Monkeywrench
Monofil
Mother Superior
Move-by-Wire
Mr. Black
Mr. Bonds
Mr. Gray
Mr. Lucky
Ms. White

N: 18 names

Nadia Petrova
Nana
Neko
Nephrine
Netcat
Night Shift
Nightfire
Nightingale
Nightsky
Nine Lives
Nine-Tails Nakamura
Ninety Proof
Nomad
Null Sheen
Nullmodem
Nullroute
Nullset
Nuyen Nancy

O: 8 names

Off-Hook
Offshore
Old Man River
Olu Adeyemi
Open File
Orbital DK
Ork Underground Ollie
Overwatch

P: 30 names

Packet Loss
Packetrat
Padre
Panther
Paper Trail
Party Line
Paul Amsel
Payback
Paydata
Payload
Payola
Percheron
Person of Interest
Pharmer
Phisher
Phreak
Picador
Ping of Death
Pink Slip
Pistons
Pitchfork
Plan 9
Poltergeist
Powder Burn
Preacher
Predator
Priya Raman
Psyche
Puck
Pulse

Q: 2 names

Quickdraw
Quickening

R: 23 names

Racter
Rapier
Rashid Al-Farsi
Raven
Razorgirl
Rebar
Red Anya
Red Wraith
Redline
Redmond Rose
Resonance Kid
Rigger X
Rikki
Riser
Roadkill
Ronin
Roomsweeper
Rootkit
Rosa Delgado
Rotodrone
Rustbucket
Ruthenium
Ryo Sato

S: 56 names

Sabertooth
Sally Tsung
Sam Verner
Santiago Herrera
Sawbones
Scaleback
Scorpion
Sea Witch
Second Story
Sélène Duval
Sequencer
Sergei Volkov
Severance
Sewer Rat
Shadowfile
Shell Company
Shrike
Sinéad Nic Gearailt
Sister Sixshot
Sixgun Sadie
Skeleton Key
Skidmark
Skraacha
Slamm-0!
Sledge
Sleeper
Slim Jim
Slotmachine
Slotter
Slow Burn
Smoke Break
Snake Charmer
Snitch
Snopes
Songbird
Soo-Jin Kim
Sounder
Spamqueen
Spikes
Spirit Pact
Spirit Talker
Spoof
Sprawl Crawler
Sprite Bait
Squatter
Stallion
Stand-In
Static
Stick-n-Shock
Sticks
Stone
Stoolie
Street Doc
Sudo
Sunshine
Swarm

T: 30 names

Tala Whitehorse
Tapeworm
Tariq Nazari
Teach
Thaumaturge
The Chromed Accountant
The Laughing Man
The Professor
The Smiling Bandit
Theurgist
Third Rail
Thorn
Thunderbird
Thunderstruck
Timeout
Tin Man
Tírborn
Tlaloc Mendoza
Toe Tag
Token
Tomas Ochoa
Totem
Trauma Patch
Traveler Jones
Triage
Tripwire
Troll Toll
Turbo Bunny
Tusk Rock
Twist

U: 2 names

Uncle Nuyen
Underwriter

V: 3 names

Valentina Rojas
Vindicator
Vocoder

W: 20 names

Wagemage
Wageslave
Wakshaani
Wallbanger
Wardrive
Warhawk
Watcher
Webspinner
Westwind
Wheelman
Whitespace
Wild Hunt
Winterhawk
Wired Lotus
Wired Ray
Wiretap
Wolf Father
Wolverine
Wooden Nickel
Wyrmling

X: 4 names

X-Prime
Ximena Ortiz
Xiuhcoatl Ramos
XL

Y: 2 names

Yellowjacket
Yuki Mori

Z: 2 names

Zainab Hassan
Zero Day