Skaven Name Generator

Skaven names in Warhammer Fantasy and Age of Sigmar are built to sound like a rat chittering: one or two sharp syllables packed with k, sk, ch, and double consonants. Canon examples include Queek Headtaker, Ikit Claw, Grey Seer Thanquol, Lord Skrolk, Throt the Unclean, Tretch Craventail, Deathmaster Snikch, and Skreech Verminking. Most Skaven have a short personal name and, once they have survived long enough to matter, an epithet earned through some infamous act: Headtaker, Craventail, Sharpwit, Verminking.

The epithet is where the character lives. Skaven society rewards treachery and self-preservation, so a good epithet can be threatening (Bloodfang, Skulltaker), technical (Warpwheel, Doomspark for Clan Skryre engineers), diseased (Rotcough, Poxbringer for Clan Pestilens), or accidentally revealing (Craventail, Coward, Halfear). Titles matter too: Warlord, Grey Seer, Warlock Engineer, Plague Priest, Master Moulder, Master Assassin, Clawleader, Packmaster, and Fangleader all appear in the tabletop game and Total War: Warhammer, and each one signals which Great Clan a ratman serves.

When naming your own Skaven, keep the personal name ugly and short, choose an epithet that fits the clan, and remember that most Skaven would happily lie about both.