Ship Name Generator
Names for warships, merchant vessels, liners, and fictional fleets
Generate ship names across every tradition: navy warships, ocean liners, cargo and research vessels, and the kind of evocative names that anchor a novel or a game fleet. Includes real naming conventions like HMS, USS, and MV prefixes so your ship sounds legitimate.
About ship names
Ship names carry more convention than almost any other kind of vehicle name. Navies name by class and tradition: the Royal Navy reuses battle-honour names like Ark Royal, Illustrious, and Warspite across centuries, and favors single confident adjectives (Daring, Defender). The US Navy names carriers after presidents and admirals, destroyers after naval heroes, and amphibious ships after battles (Tripoli, Bataan). Cruise lines brand entire fleets with a formula: Royal Caribbean's "of the Seas," Cunard's Queens, Viking's stars.
Prefixes tell you what a ship is. HMS and USS mark commissioned warships; USNS is a US Navy support ship with a civilian crew; USCGC is Coast Guard; RRS is a British research ship; MV means motor vessel, SS means steamship, and RV means research vessel. Container ships and tankers usually carry the owner's name plus a place or letter theme (Emma Maersk, MSC Gülsün, Ever Given), and Great Lakes freighters are almost always named after company executives.
For fiction and games, the most convincing approach is to borrow one of these systems. A navy that names every cruiser after a virtue (Tenacity, Fidelity, Sagacity), or a shipping line whose hulls are all birds, reads as a real institution rather than a random list. Single-word names from mythology (Persephone, Hyperion, Nereus) work in almost any setting from steampunk to hard sci-fi.
How to choose ship names
- Get the prefix right: HMS or USS for warships, MV for a modern civilian motor vessel, RV for research ships, and no prefix for pirates and privateers.
- Build a naming scheme for a whole fleet (virtues, birds, admirals, battles) so ships feel like they belong to the same navy or company.
- Do not add 'the' before a prefixed name; it is HMS Victory, never 'the HMS Victory.'
- For a menacing fictional warship, use one hard word (Relentless, Furious); for a liner or luxury vessel, use a queen, a star, or a place.
- If a name will appear in print, check whether it is a currently commissioned real ship; readers of naval fiction notice.
Frequently asked questions
How does the US Navy decide ship names?
The Secretary of the Navy assigns names, following conventions by ship type: aircraft carriers after presidents and prominent leaders, destroyers after Navy and Marine heroes, submarines traditionally after fish and later states and cities, and amphibious assault ships after famous battles.
What do HMS, USS, MV, and SS stand for?
HMS is His or Her Majesty's Ship (Royal Navy), USS is United States Ship (commissioned US Navy), MV is motor vessel, SS is steamship, RV is research vessel, and USNS is United States Naval Ship, used for civilian-crewed Navy support ships. RMS is Royal Mail Ship and PS is paddle steamer.
Can two ships have the same name?
Within one navy, no two commissioned ships share a name at the same time, but names are reused across generations; there have been eight USS Enterprises. Civilian registries usually only require the name plus port of registry to be unique.
Can I use these names in my novel or game?
Yes. Real historical ship names are not protected, and invented ones here are free to use. Named fictional ships from other franchises (Nostromo, Black Pearl) are included as reference points and should not be lifted into commercial work.
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All 1,000 ship names
A: 68 names
- Abeille Bourbon
- Acasta
- Achernar
- Adler von Lübeck
- Admiral Gorshkov
- Admiral Hipper
- Admiral Kuznetsov
- Admiral Nakhimov
- Adventure
- Adventure Galley
- Af Chapman
- African Queen
- Agincourt
- AIDAnova
- Akademik Tryoshnikov
- Alacrity
- Alexander von Humboldt II
- Algerine
- Allure of the Seas
- Almirante Brown
- Almirante Irízar
- Almirante Latorre
- Aluminaut
- Alvin
- Amadea
- American Century
- American Integrity
- Amistad
- Amity
- Amorella
- Andrea Doria
- Andrea Gail
- Andrew Doria
- Ane Maersk
A, continued
- Anthem of the Seas
- Antietam
- Aorangi
- Aquitania
- ARA Libertad
- ARA Uruguay
- Arabella
- Arandora Star
- Aranui 5
- Arbella
- Arcadia
- Archerfish
- Arctic Corsair
- Arctic Tern
- Argo
- Ariadne
- Ariel
- Arion
- Arktika
- Artania
- Arthur Foss
- Arthur M. Anderson
- Arvia
- Asama Maru
- Asgard II
- Askold
- Atalanta
- Athenia
- Athlone Castle
- Atle
- Atrevida
- Audacity
- Aurora
- Awatea
B: 41 names
- Bachelor's Delight
- Balaena
- Balclutha
- Balmoral
- BAP Unión
- Barfleur
- Batavia
- Batillus
- Batory
- Bear of Oakland
- Belem
- Belle of Louisville
- Belleisle
- Bellipotent
- Ben-my-Chree
- Benbow
- Benlomond
- Bennington
- Berge Stahl
- Bergensfjord
- Berrio
- Bismarck
- Black Pearl
- Blücher
- Blue Peter
- Blue Puttees
- Blue Water
- Bluenose II
- Borodino
- Botafogo
- Botnica
- Boudeuse
- Boussole
- Bowdoin
- Brederode
- Bremen
- Brisbane Star
- Britannic
- Bucentaure
- Bucintoro
- Burns Harbor
C: 58 names
- C.A. Thayer
- Caine
- Caledonian Sky
- Californian
- Calshot
- Canberra
- Cap San Diego
- Cape Agulhas
- Cape Race
- Cape Wrath
- Capitán Miranda
- Carina
- Carl D. Bradley
- Carnival Mardi Gras
- CCGS Amundsen
- CCGS Des Groseilliers
- CCGS Griffon
- CCGS Hudson
- Celebrity Beyond
- Celebrity Edge
- Celerity
- Cervia
- Champion of the Seas
- Charles W. Morgan
- Chelyuskin
- Chōkai
- Christian Radich
- Chusan
- City of Adelaide
- City of Durban
- City of Rome
- Clansman
- Clermont
- CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupéry
- CMA CGM Jacques Saadé
- CMA CGM Marco Polo
- Coastal Renaissance
- Color Magic
- Columbia Rediviva
- Compass Rose
- Confederacy
- Constancy
- Conte Biancamano
- Conte di Savoia
- Conte Grande
- Coral Sea
- Cormorant
- Cosco Shipping Universe
- Costa Concordia
- Costa Smeralda
- Cotton Blossom
- Courageous
- Covenant
- Creole Queen
- Creoula
- Crystal Serenity
- Cuauhtémoc
- Cutty Sark
D: 32 names
- Dallas
- Danmark
- Dannebrog
- Dar Młodzieży
- Dar Pomorza
- Dauntless
- Dawn Treader
- De Liefde
- De Ruyter
- De Zeven Provinciën
- Deepsea Challenger
- Defiant
- Delta King
- Delta Queen
- Demeter
- Descubierta
- Deutschland
- Dewaruci
- Diesbar
- Diligence
- Dingyuan
- Disney Dream
- Disney Magic
- Disney Wish
- Dixmude
- Dom Fernando II e Glória
- Dominion Monarch
- Draken Harald Hårfagre
- Dublin Swift
- Dunbrody
- Dunedin Star
- Dunkerque
E: 28 names
- Edmund Fitzgerald
- Edward L. Ryerson
- Edwin H. Gott
- Eendracht
- Elissa
- Elizabeth Bonaventure
- Émérillon
- Emma Maersk
- Empress
- Empress of Britain
- Empress of Canada
- Empress of Ireland
- Empress of Japan
- Encounter Bay
- Endeavour
- Endurance
- Equanimity
- Ernestina-Morrissey
- Espérance
- Esperanto
- Etesian
- Eurodam
- Europa
- Ever Ace
- Ever Given
- Evrima
- Exxon Valdez
- Eye of the Wind
F: 26 names
- Fancy
- Felicity Ace
- Festos Palace
- Fidelity
- Finisterre
- Finnmarken
- Fire Fighter
- Flor de la Mar
- Flying Cloud
- Flying Dutchman
- Foch
- Following Sea
- Fomalhaut
- Forrestal
- Fram
- France
- Freedom of the Seas
- Freshwater
- Fridtjof Nansen
- Frying Pan
- FS Bretagne
- FS Charles de Gaulle
- FS Jeanne d'Arc
- FS Mistral
- Fujian
- Furious
G: 35 names
- Galathea
- Gangut
- Gazela Primeiro
- General Belgrano
- Geo Barents
- Géographe
- Georg Stage
- Gertrude L. Thebaud
- Ghost
- Gjøa
- Glen Sannox
- Glenlee
- Glorious
- Glory of the Seas
- Glückauf
- Gneisenau
- Godspeed
- Golden Dawn
- Golden Fleece
- Golden Hind
- Gorch Fock
- Gorizia
- Göta Lejon
- Götheborg
- Goto Predestinatsia
- Graf Spee
- Graf Zeppelin
- Grampus
- Grande Hermine
- Great Republic
- Great Skua
- Great Western
- Gripsholm
- Ground Swell
- Guayas
H: 91 names
- Half Moon
- Haligonian
- Hallowe'en
- Hancock
- Harmattan
- Harmony
- Harmony of the Seas
- Havock
- Hawaiian Chieftain
- Hebridean Sky
- Hebrides
- Hecla
- Heemskerck
- Henry Grace à Dieu
- Herald of the Morning
- Hermione
- Hikawa Maru
- Hispaniola
- Hjejlen
- HMAS Anzac
- HMAS Canberra
- HMAS Castlemaine
- HMAS Melbourne
- HMAS Perth
- HMAS Sydney
- HMCS Bonaventure
- HMCS Fredericton
- HMCS Haida
- HMCS Halifax
- HMCS Harry DeWolf
- HMCS Magnificent
- HMM Algeciras
- HMNZS Aotearoa
- HMNZS Canterbury
- HMNZS Otago
- HMNZS Te Kaha
- HMS Achilles
- HMS Agamemnon
- HMS Ajax
- HMS Albion
- HMS Amethyst
- HMS Ark Royal
- HMS Barham
- HMS Beagle
- HMS Belfast
H, continued
- HMS Bellerophon
- HMS Bounty
- HMS Bulwark
- HMS Campbeltown
- HMS Caroline
- HMS Cavalier
- HMS Challenger
- HMS Conqueror
- HMS Daring
- HMS Defender
- HMS Dreadnought
- HMS Duncan
- HMS Endurance
- HMS Erebus
- HMS Exeter
- HMS Hood
- HMS Illustrious
- HMS Indefatigable
- HMS Invincible
- HMS Iron Duke
- HMS King George V
- HMS Nelson
- HMS Prince of Wales
- HMS Protector
- HMS Queen Elizabeth
- HMS Renown
- HMS Repulse
- HMS Royal Oak
- HMS Sheffield
- HMS Surprise
- HMS Temeraire
- HMS Terror
- HMS Trincomalee
- HMS Unicorn
- HMS Vanguard
- HMS Victorious
- HMS Victory
- HMS Warrior
- HMS Warspite
- Hoga
- Hondius
- Houqua
- Hrossey
- HTMS Chakri Naruebet
- Hvidbjørnen
- Hyperion
I: 25 names
- Icon of the Seas
- Ideal X
- Île de France
- Illustrious
- Imperator
- Indiana Harbor
- Inexorable
- Inflexible
- INS Arihant
- INS Delhi
- INS Kolkata
- INS Shivalik
- INS Talwar
- INS Vikramaditya
- INS Vikrant
- Interceptor
- Investigator
- Iron Horizon
- Isle of Arran
- Isle of Mull
- Íslendingur
- ITS Amerigo Vespucci
- ITS Cavour
- ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi
- ITS Trieste
J: 15 names
- Jahre Viking
- James Baines
- James R. Barker
- Jeanie Johnston
- Jeannette
- Jeroboam
- Jewel of Muscat
- John J. Harvey
- Jolly Roger
- JS Hyūga
- JS Izumo
- JS Kaga
- JS Mogami
- JS Sōryū
- Judea
K: 23 names
- Kaitaki
- Kaiwo Maru
- Kaiyō Maru
- Kaleetan
- Kalmar Nyckel
- Kanrin Maru
- Kapitan Khlebnikov
- Karluk
- Kennicott
- Keying
- Knock Nevis
- København
- Kon-Tiki
- Kong Harald
- Königsberg
- Koningsdam
- Kontio
- Kraken
- Krasin
- Kronan
- Kronprinz Wilhelm
- Kruzenshtern
- Kungsholm
L: 27 names
- La Couronne
- La Provence
- La Suisse
- Lady Washington
- Lagoda
- Landfall
- Laurentic
- Le Commandant Charcot
- Le Ponant
- Le Terrible
- Lettie G. Howard
- Leucothea
- Levanter
- Leviathan
- Leyte Gulf
- Liaoning
- Liberté
- Lightning
- Loch Etive
- Loch Seaforth
- Long Lines
- Long Reach
- Lord Nelson
- Lord of the Isles
- Lurline
- Lusitania
- Lützow
M: 49 names
- Madrid Maersk
- Magga Dan
- Majestic
- Manannan
- Manxman
- Marco Polo
- Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
- Mary Celeste
- Mary Powell
- Mary Rose
- Massey Shaw
- Matanuska
- Maud
- Mauretania
- Mayflower
- Melbourne Star
- Meridian Passage
- Mesabi Miner
- Michelangelo
- Midnatsol
- Mikasa
- Mikhail Somov
- Milwaukee Clipper
- Minne-Ha-Ha
- Mir
- Mirny
- Mont St Michel
- Montreux
- Morgenster
- Morning
- Morning Tide
- Morro Castle
- MS Fram
- MS Herald of Free Enterprise
- MS Trollfjord
- MSC Grandiosa
- MSC Gülsün
- MSC Irina
- MSC Meraviglia
- MSC Oscar
- MSC Seaside
- MSC World Europa
- Murex
- MV Britannia
- MV Estonia
- MV Hebridean Princess
- MV Polar Star
- MV Spirit of Tasmania
- MV Wilhelm Gustloff
N: 33 names
- Nadezhda
- Narcissus
- Narrabeen
- Naseby
- Naturaliste
- Nausicaa
- Nautile
- Nautilus
- Nella Dan
- Nemesis
- Nereus
- Nevasa
- Niagara
- Nieuw Amsterdam
- Nimrod
- Niña
- Nippon Maru
- NOAAS Fairweather
- NOAAS Okeanos Explorer
- NOAAS Pisces
- NOAAS Ronald H. Brown
- Nordkapp
- Nordnorge
- Normandie
- Norröna
- North Carr
- Northern Expedition
- Northern Star
- Norwegian Epic
- Norwegian Prima
- Nostromo
- Nuestra Señora de Atocha
- Numancia
O: 22 names
- Oasis of the Seas
- Obdurate
- Ocean Endeavour
- Ocean Viking
- Ocean Warrior
- Oceanus
- Olivebank
- Olympic
- ONE Innovation
- Onslow
- OOCL Hong Kong
- Oosterschelde
- Open Arms
- Orca
- Orcades
- Oriana
- ORP Orzeł
- Orsova
- Oslofjord
- Osprey
- Outward Bound
- Overfalls
P: 50 names
- Pallada
- Pamir
- Passat
- Patna
- Paul R. Tregurtha
- Peerless
- Peking
- Peleliu
- Pelican of London
- Pendennis Castle
- Penelope
- Pequod
- Persephone
- Peter von Danzig
- Pharaon
- Picton Castle
- Pinta
- Pioneering Spirit
- Plancius
- Pogoria
- Polaris
- Polarlys
- Polly Woodside
- Poltava
- Pont-Aven
- Port Chalmers
- Poseidon
- Potemkin
- Potosi
- Presque Isle
- Pride of Baltimore II
- Pride of Hull
- Pride of Kent
- Pride of Rotterdam
- Prince Royal
- Prinz Eugen
- Priwall
- Probity
- Prometheus
- Providence
- PS Adelaide
- PS Lincoln Castle
- PS Maid of the Loch
- PS Medway Queen
- PS Pevensey
- PS Skibladner
- PS Waverley
- Puyallup
- Pyotr Velikiy
- Pyronaut
Q: 8 names
- Queen Anne
- Queen Anne's Revenge
- Queen Elizabeth 2
- Queen Mary
- Queen Mary 2
- Queen of Oak Bay
- Queen Victoria
- Quest
R: 105 names
- Ra II
- Rachel
- Rainbow
- Rainbow Warrior
- Randolph
- Ranger
- Rangitata
- Recherche
- Red Dawn
- Red Jacket
- Red October
- Redoubtable
- Relentless
- Resolute
- Resolution
- Retvizan
- Revenge
- Rex
- Riachuelo
- Riksäpplet
- Rimutaka
- Rivadavia
- RMS Adriatic
- RMS Alcantara
- RMS Baltic
- RMS Berengaria
- RMS Campania
- RMS Carmania
- RMS Caronia
- RMS Carpathia
- RMS Etruria
- RMS Franconia
- RMS Laconia
- RMS Segwun
- RMS Teutonic
- RMS Umbria
- RMS Windsor Castle
- Roaring Forties
- Rochester Castle
- Roger Blough
- ROKS Marado
- Roosevelt
- Rossiya
- Rotterdam
- Royal Clipper
- Royal Fortune
- Royal Sovereign
- Royalist
- RRS Charles Darwin
- RRS Discovery
- RRS Ernest Shackleton
- RRS James Clark Ross
R, continued
- RRS James Cook
- RRS John Biscoe
- RRS Sir David Attenborough
- RRS William Scoresby
- RSV Nuyina
- RV Akademik Fedorov
- RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
- RV Alkor
- RV Araon
- RV Atlantis
- RV Aurora Australis
- RV Belgica
- RV Calypso
- RV Celtic Explorer
- RV Chikyu
- RV Endeavor
- RV Falkor
- RV G.O. Sars
- RV Hakuhō Maru
- RV Hespérides
- RV Investigator
- RV Kilo Moana
- RV Knorr
- RV Kronprins Haakon
- RV L'Atalante
- RV Laurence M. Gould
- RV Maria S. Merian
- RV Marion Dufresne
- RV Melville
- RV Meteor
- RV Mirai
- RV Nathaniel B. Palmer
- RV Nautilus
- RV Neil Armstrong
- RV Oceanus
- RV OceanXplorer
- RV Pelagia
- RV Petrel
- RV Point Sur
- RV Polarstern
- RV Pourquoi Pas?
- RV Roger Revelle
- RV Sally Ride
- RV Sarmiento de Gamboa
- RV Sikuliaq
- RV Sonne
- RV Tangaroa
- RV Thomas G. Thompson
- RV Tom Crean
- RV Vema
- RV Xuelong
- RV Yokosuka
- Ryndam
S: 106 names
- SA Agulhas II
- Sagacity
- Sagafjord
- Sagres
- Saint Elmo's Fire
- Salaminia
- Saltash
- Sampo
- San Dominick
- San José
- Sanderling
- Santa María
- SAS Amatola
- Saumarez
- Scenic Eclipse
- Scharnhorst
- Scotia
- Sea Cloud
- Sea Eagle
- Sea Shepherd
- Sea Smoke
- Sea Stallion
- Sea Venture
- Sea Witch
- Sea-Watch 3
- Seabourn Ovation
- Seaview
- Seawise Giant
- Sedov
- Seefalke
- Sejong the Great
- Selandia
- Serenity
- Serica
- Seute Deern
- Seven Seas Explorer
- Seven Seas Splendor
- Sevmorput
- Shabab Oman II
- Shearwater
- Shinkai 6500
- Shōkaku
- Sibir
- Sicamous
- Silent Mary
- Silja Serenade
- Silja Symphony
- Silver Nova
- Silversides
- Soleil Royal
- Song of Norway
- Søren Larsen
- Sørlandet
S, continued
- South Steyne
- Sovereign of the Seas
- Sōya
- Speedwell
- Spirit of Adventure
- Spirit of America
- Spirit of Britain
- Spirit of British Columbia
- Spirit of Discovery
- Spirit of France
- Sprague
- Spring Tide
- SPS Álvaro de Bazán
- SPS Juan Carlos I
- SPS Juan Sebastián de Elcano
- SS American Victory
- SS Great Britain
- SS Great Eastern
- SS Jeremiah O'Brien
- SS Keewatin
- SS Klondike
- SS Lane Victory
- SS Red Oak Victory
- SS Savannah
- SS Sudan
- St. Roch
- Stad Amsterdam
- Stadt Luzern
- Stag Hound
- Star Clipper
- Star Flyer
- Star of India
- Statendam
- Statsraad Lehmkuhl
- Stavros S Niarchos
- Steadfast
- Steel Resolve
- Stella Maris
- Stena Hollandica
- Stettin
- Steve Irwin
- Stewart J. Cort
- Storm Petrel
- Strathaird
- Sulaco
- Suomen Joutsen
- Surcouf
- Susan Constant
- Sverige
- Swiftsure
- Sylvia Earle
- Symphony of the Seas
- Syracusia
T: 33 names
- Taeping
- Taitsing
- Tarawa
- Tarmo
- Taymyr
- TCG Anadolu
- Tenacity
- Terra Nova
- Thala Dan
- Thalassa
- Thermopylae
- Thialf
- Thomas W. Lawson
- Thunder Child
- TI Europe
- Tillikum
- Tirpitz
- Titanic
- Tokitae
- Tonnant
- Tordenskjold
- Torrens
- Torrey Canyon
- Torrin
- Trade Wind
- Tramontane
- Trinidad
- Triton
- TSS Earnslaw
- Turbulent
- Turmoil
- Twinkling Star
- Two Brothers
U: 71 names
- Uganda
- Ultima Thule
- Ultramarine
- Ulysses
- United States
- Unyielding
- Upholder
- Urho
- USCGC Bear
- USCGC Bertholf
- USCGC Eagle
- USCGC Healy
- USCGC Ingham
- USCGC Mackinaw
- USCGC Northland
- USCGC Storis
- USCGC Taney
- USNS Amelia Earhart
- USNS Bob Hope
- USNS Harvey Milk
- USNS John Lewis
- USNS Lewis and Clark
- USNS Medgar Evers
- USNS Mercy
- USNS Pathfinder
- USNS Sacagawea
- USS Abraham Lincoln
- USS Alabama
- USS America
- USS Arizona
- USS Arleigh Burke
- USS Bataan
- USS Bonhomme Richard
- USS Bowfin
- USS Chesapeake
U, continued
- USS Cole
- USS Comfort
- USS Constellation
- USS Constitution
- USS Doris Miller
- USS Enterprise
- USS Gerald R. Ford
- USS Hornet
- USS Independence
- USS Indianapolis
- USS Intrepid
- USS Iowa
- USS Johnston
- USS Langley
- USS Lexington
- USS Liberty
- USS Maine
- USS Massachusetts
- USS Midway
- USS Missouri
- USS Monitor
- USS Nautilus
- USS New Jersey
- USS Nimitz
- USS North Carolina
- USS Olympia
- USS Ronald Reagan
- USS Saratoga
- USS Texas
- USS Theodore Roosevelt
- USS Ticonderoga
- USS Tripoli
- USS Wasp
- USS Yorktown
- USS Zumwalt
- Utopia of the Seas
V: 24 names
- Vale Brasil
- Valiant
- Valley Camp
- Vasa
- Vaterland
- Vega
- Velos
- Venerable
- Verulam
- Victoria
- Victory Chimes
- Vigilant
- Viking Octantis
- Viking Orion
- Viking Sea
- Viking Star
- Vincennes
- Vindictive
- Virago
- Virginia V
- Vistafjord
- Vityaz
- Volendam
- Voyager of the Seas
W: 19 names
- W.B. Yeats
- Wakeful
- Walrus
- Wandering Albatross
- We're Here
- Westerdam
- Western Horizon
- White Bear
- White Ship
- Whydah Gally
- Wilfred Sykes
- William A. Irvin
- William G. Mather
- Williwaw
- Wind Surf
- Windward
- Wonder of the Seas
- World Discoverer
- Wylde Swan
Y: 6 names
- Yamal
- Yamato
- Yavuz
- Yermak
- Ymer
- Young America