Starfield Name Generator
Character, ship and outpost names for the Settled Systems
Generate Starfield character names that sound like they belong beside Sarah Morgan, Sam Coe and Andreja: mixed-heritage Settled Systems names, House Va'ruun zealots, Crimson Fleet pirate handles, Freestar rangers and UC officers, plus ship and outpost names for your own playthrough.
About Starfield names
Starfield's cast is named the way a 24th-century humanity that left Earth together would be: ordinary given names from every continent paired freely with surnames from another one. Sarah Morgan, Sam Coe, Matteo Khatri, Walter Stroud, Kibwe Ikande, Naeva Mora and Masako Imada all sit in the same room in New Atlantis without anyone remarking on it. The names are plain and modern rather than futuristic; Bethesda avoided apostrophes and invented syllables for humans and saved the exotic sounds for the Starborn and for House Va'ruun, whose followers take the clan name itself (Anasko Va'ruun, Jinan Va'ruun).
Each faction has its own flavor on top of that base. United Colonies personnel go by rank and full name (Commander Ikande, Lieutenant Sanon). Freestar Collective rangers and Akila City settlers lean into frontier nicknames and Western-sounding surnames, which is why Sam Coe and Marshal Blake feel like they stepped out of a cattle town. Crimson Fleet pirates use one-word handles like Delgado, Jazz and Heller, and Constellation itself mixes mononyms (Barrett, Andreja, Noel) with full names.
Ships follow real naval and trade conventions: a place or star name, a short evocative phrase, or a corporate product line (Razorleaf, Frontier, Kepler R). Outposts are usually named for their planet, their function or a hopeful word like Solace or New Eden.
How to choose Starfield names
- Mix continents deliberately: an Icelandic first name with a Nigerian surname (Ingrid Osei) sounds more like the Settled Systems than a name that matches one culture perfectly.
- Choose the name for your faction before your character: UC Vanguard wants a tidy full name, Freestar wants a frontier nickname, and Crimson Fleet wants a one-word handle like Delgado or Smoke.
- Starfield's character creator allows spaces and most punctuation, so two-part surnames (Okafor-Lund, Sato-Reyes) and titles work fine in the name field.
- Ship names have a 26-character limit in the ship builder; drop articles and keep it to two or three words like Kepler Rose or Crimson Tithe.
- If you roleplay a Va'ruun character, use the clan surname with a short, unusual given name, the way the game does with Anasko and Jinan, rather than inventing a new apostrophe word.
Frequently asked questions
What kind of names do Starfield characters have?
Almost all human characters in Starfield have realistic, contemporary names that freely mix ethnic origins, like Sarah Morgan, Matteo Khatri, Kibwe Ikande and Masako Imada. Pirates and rangers often go by a single nickname (Delgado, Heller, Jazz), while House Va'ruun members use Va'ruun as a surname.
Does Starfield let me name my own character and ship?
Yes. You type your character's name at creation (NPCs use it in subtitles but voiced lines call you Captain), and you can rename any ship you own from the ship builder or a ship technician. Outposts can also be renamed from the outpost beacon.
Are the Constellation crew names included?
Yes. The list includes canon names such as Sarah Morgan, Sam Coe, Barrett, Andreja, Walter Stroud, Matteo Khatri and Noel for reference, alongside several hundred original names in the same style for your own characters.
What are good Starfield ship names?
Strong choices name a star or planet you love (Cydonia Belle, Procyon Pearl), a faction or job (Vanguard Oath, Long Haul Lily), or a joke about the game's loop (Trade Authority Debt, Grav Jump Junkie). Keep it under 26 characters so it fits the ship builder field.
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All 500 Starfield names
A: 43 names
- Abel Moncrieff
- Abram Fontaine
- Ada Leon
- Adaeze Petrova
- Adewale Strand
- Adrian Daniels
- Ahmed Corrigan
- Aisling Kuroda
- Akila Wanderer
- Aleksei Bankole
- Alistair Nwachukwu
- Alma Okeke
- Altair Dust
- Amandine Chukwu
- Amara Whitlock
- Ambrose Kaur
- Amelia Earhart
- Amelie Okoro
- Aminata Kern
- Anahi Solberg
- Anasko Va'ruun
- Anaya Strand
- Andreja
- Andromeda Tide
- Anika Drummond
- Annie Calvin
- Anouk Ikande
- Anselm Varga
- Anselmo Rask
- Anton Okeke
- Ariel Sorkin
- Arlo Mensah
- Armillary Arc
- Artifact Hunter
- Arturo Lindholm
- Ash Pellegrino
- Astrid Oduya
- Augustin Okoro
- Aurelie Mbatha
- Axel Oduya
- Ayesha Thornbury
- Ayla Brennan
- Ayo Fairbanks
B: 22 names
- Balthazar Ekwueme
- Barrett
- Bartholomew Nkemelu
- Bastian Oyelaran
- Bastien Okonkwo
- Beatrix Okonkwo
- Beatriz Kojima
- Bello Hartigan
- Benedict Mwangi
- Benedikt Ayoola
- Benicio Haldane
- Benjamin Bayu
- Bessel Drift
- Bettina Ngozi
- Bex Tanaka
- Bianca Oyelowo
- Bo Lindqvist
- Bondar Sky
- Boomer Coleridge
- Bram Takahashi
- Brigid Okafor-Lund
- Brother Cassius
C: 25 names
- Caleb Nwosu
- Callista Reyes
- Callum Adeyemi
- Camille Ibarra
- Captain Petrov
- Carmen Ayoola
- Carys Kuroda
- Casimir Adeyemi
- Caspian Nwachukwu
- Cassius Trent
- Celeste Obiora
- Cheyenne Lark
- Chika Marsden
- Chunks Delivery
- Clem Hargrove
- Clementine Ruiz
- Cleo Marchetti
- Colt Ravensworth
- Conrad Yilmaz
- Cora Coe
- Cormac Oyelaran
- Crimson Tithe
- Cydonia Belle
- Cyril Ayoola
- Cyrus Mwangi
D: 20 names
- Dagny Chowdhury
- Dahlia Nakagawa
- Dalia Ferreira
- Dalton Fiennes
- Damaris Vance
- Dante Obiora
- Dario Oyelade
- Darius Oyelola
- Dasha Va'ruun
- Deimos Daughter
- Delgado
- Delphine Sato
- Desmond Kaur
- Dex Calloway
- Ditto Castillo
- Dmitri Ashford
- Dominik Achebe
- Ducky Dalgaard
- Dusty Calloway
- Dutch Ravenholt
E: 26 names
- Eamon Adebayo
- Ebele Halvorsen
- Edith Makgoba
- Efua Blackwell
- Elder Thorvald
- Eleazar Brandt
- Eleni Hartwell
- Elias Okonkwo
- Elias Sandoval
- Elske Adebayo
- Ember Sandoval
- Emeka Brandon
- Emil Obaseki
- Emilio Nwosu
- Emma Wilcox
- Emmerich Abara
- Enzo Whitcombe
- Eridani Errand
- Esme Chowdhury
- Esperanza Lund
- Estelle Vincent
- Evander Moss
- Ezekiel Fairbanks
- Ezio Whitaker
- Ezra Maalouf
- Ezra Ruiz
F: 12 names
- Farida Moss
- Fatima Halloran
- Felipe Hamadi
- Felix Okwu
- Fenn Castellano
- Fergus Abiola
- Ffion Park
- Flynn Ashby
- Frederik Nakano
- Freestar Fortune
- Freya Nakamura
- Frontier Promise
G: 14 names
- Gabriel Ademola
- Gael Thornton
- Gagarin Gamble
- Gash Holloway
- Gerda Anand
- Gideon Aker
- Gideon Mwangi
- Giselle Tanaka
- Grav Jump Junkie
- Greta Adeyinka
- Grimes Tolliver
- Groombridge Grit
- Gunnar Tsai
- Gustavo Ren
H: 20 names
- Hadrian Sanon
- Halima Wynn
- Hamid Sorensen
- Hamish Okonjo
- Hana Delacroix
- Harlan Desai
- Hatch Okwu
- Hawa Petrov
- Hazel Bankole
- Hector Sandoval
- Hedda Quiroga
- Heidi Nakashima
- Heisenberg Hauler
- Helene Achebe
- Helix Marchand
- Heller
- Hollis Okonkwo
- Hopetech Horizon
- Hugo Ramsdale
- Hux Berglund
I: 20 names
- Idris Holloway
- Ife Hartmann
- Ignatius Mwangi
- Iker Brennan
- Ilse Ruiz
- Imani Strauss
- Imke Obiora
- Imogene Salzo
- Inaya Castellanos
- Indum Star
- Ines Okoye
- Ines Rashid
- Ingmar Desai
- Ingo Nakamura
- Ingrid Osei
- Iris Nakashima
- Ishmael Lindahl
- Isolde Mensah
- Ivo Mitchell
- Iwan Castellan
J: 21 names
- Jaffa Current
- Jasmine Durand
- Jasper Ekwueme
- Jaylen Pryce
- Jazz
- Jemison Dawn
- Jericho Fontaine
- Jerome Valdez
- Jinan Va'ruun
- Joaquin Ferris
- Joaquin Nwosu
- Johanna Oyelola
- John Tuala
- Jolene Akintola
- Jonah Petrakis
- Jorrin Vask
- Josefina Mbeki
- Juke Abara
- Julian Tsai
- Juniper Halvorsen
- Juno Oyelaran
K: 16 names
- Keala Hue
- Kemal Whitlock
- Kenji Morrow
- Kenza Whitfield
- Kepler Rose
- Kibwe Ikande
- Kid Kestrel
- Kip Nakamura
- Kira Abubakar
- Kofi Rasmussen
- Koji Delacroix
- Konstantin Obi
- Korith Va'ruun
- Kreet Dawn
- Kryx Ghost
- Kwame Lindholm
L: 25 names
- Laszlo Moreau
- Leila Fairclough
- Leilani Voss
- Lena Okwuosa
- Leopold Achebe
- Liesl Ademola
- Ligaya Strand
- Lin
- Linnea Okoye
- Lizzy Fargo
- Lonely Comet
- Long Haul Lily
- Lorenzo Akande
- Lotte Hamadi
- Louisa Reyez
- Luca Kapoor
- Lucas Abara
- Lucas Ngata
- Lucia Adebayo
- Luciano Obi
- Lucien Nakata
- Lukas Ferreira
- Lux Bergmann
- Luyten Lantern
- Lyle Brewer
M: 35 names
- Mabel Osei-Tutu
- Mack Ostrander
- Mad Mel Havard
- Maeve Kojima
- Maja Ibekwe
- Malik Ostrowski
- Mantis Legacy
- Marco Fiorello
- Marcus Tran
- Maren Osei
- Marguerite Obi
- Maria Ezenwa
- Mariana Lindgren
- Marika Boros
- Marisol Eze
- Marlow Tessier
- Marta Hashimoto
- Masako Imada
- Mateus Brightwater
- Mathis Castillo
- Matteo Khatri
- Matthias Okoye
- Mavis Okonjo
- Mei Devine
- Mercedes Yilmaz-Park
- Miguel Sørensen
- Mila Sato-Reyes
- Mina Fairweather
- Mira Vasquez
- Mirai Va'ruun
- Mireille Tanaka
- Moara Otero
- Mordecai Salinas
- Mouse Ramirez
- Mustafa Kern
N: 20 names
- Nadia Kowalski
- Nadira Haugen
- Naeva Mora
- Narion Sunrise
- Neon Afterglow
- Nia Ferreira
- Niamh Castellanos
- Nico Achterberg
- Niklas Eze
- Niko Fairweather
- Nikolai Aguirre
- Nilufar Dean
- Nkechi Hartwell
- Nneka Lindstrom
- Noa Castellanos
- Noel
- Noemi Sakamoto
- Noor Bergstrom
- Nova Galactic Ghost
- Nova Quinlan
O: 33 names
- Odalys Ngata
- Odette Okwu
- Oksana Mbeki
- Ola Bergmann
- Old Earth Echo
- Old Man Shaw
- Omar Winslow
- Ophelia Dang
- Oren Mthembu
- Oriana Ikande
- Orin Va'ruun
- Orla Maduka
- Oscar Mbatha
- Osric Baptiste
- Otto Amankwah
- Outpost Bellwether
- Outpost Brightwater
- Outpost Coldharbor
- Outpost Dry Lake
- Outpost Hollow Sun
- Outpost Iron Vale
- Outpost Kestrel
- Outpost Larkspur
- Outpost Longshore
- Outpost Meridian
- Outpost New Eden
- Outpost Quiet Reach
- Outpost Ridgeback
- Outpost Second Wind
- Outpost Solace
- Outpost Tailwind
- Outpost Tycho
- Outpost Umber
P: 16 names
- Pascual Logan
- Paulo Nakata
- Pearl Okoli
- Pellam Va'ruun
- Percival Walker
- Percy Hamasaki
- Perla Halvorsen
- Perpetua Varga
- Pike Sanderson
- Pilar Nygaard
- Pilgrim's Rest
- Piotr Adebayo
- Porrima Breaker
- Priya Hollander
- Priyanka Sorensen
- Procyon Pearl
Q: 1 name
- Quentin Abiodun
R: 32 names
- Rafael Aguerro
- Rafaela Kimura
- Rafi Lindqvist
- Ramiro Takahashi
- Ramona Tsukuda
- Rashid Vance
- Raul Onyekwere
- Ravi Blackwood
- Razorleaf Mk II
- Red Devil Ray
- Red Mile Runner
- Reef Halloran
- Remy Anand
- Renata Odunaike
- Reuben Sadler
- Rhea Castillon
- Rhiannon Osei
- Riggs Mensah
- Roisin Nakamura
- Roland Hashimoto
- Ron Hope
- Roo Lindqvist
- Rosa Eriksen
- Rosalie Ekwueme
- Rosalind Fleetwood
- Rosie Tannehill
- Rowan Sato
- Ruben Achterberg
- Ruckus Adair
- Rusty Okafor
- Ruth Maalouf
- Ryujin Shadow
S: 38 names
- Sable Nakagawa
- Sable Trask
- Saffron Mbeki
- Sam Coe
- Samir Halvorsen
- Saoirse Kimura
- Sarah Morgan
- Sasha Obi
- Saul Tanaka
- Schrodinger's Cargo
- Scorpius Wake
- Sebastian Banks
- Selene Adichie
- Serpentis Omen
- Seska Va'ruun
- Shinya Voss
- Shira Mbatha
- Sigrid Oyelowo
- Sigurd Okoli
- Silas Fontenot
- Simone Vance
- Sister Maren
- Skye Alvarado
- Slate Hollis
- Smoke Vasquez
- Sol Farewell
- Sol Ikande
- Soledad Nakano
- Solveig Aguilar
- Sona
- Sonny Di Falco
- Soren Bhatt
- Sparks Okonjo
- Starborn Drifter
- Stroud-Eklund Legacy
- Suki Hollander
- Sumati Glow
- Sunniva Reyes
T: 27 names
- Tadeo Lindqvist
- Taiyo Breeze
- Taleh Va'ruun
- Talia Marchand
- Tam Okoro
- Tamsin Okoro
- Tansy Kimura
- Tariq Nilsson
- Temple Runner
- Teodor Sato
- Teodoro Haas
- Terrabrew Express
- Thaddeus Morrow
- Thandiwe Lowe
- The Emissary
- The Hunter
- Theo Lindgren
- Titus Reinholt
- Tobiah Reyes
- Tobias Mendoza
- Tobin Matsuda
- Tolliver Kane
- Tomas Weatherly
- Tova Aguerro
- Trade Authority Debt
- Tristan Okafor
- Tuala Cal
U: 2 names
- Ularu Chen
- Unity Seeker
V: 12 names
- Vae Victis
- Vanguard Oath
- Vasily Obaseki
- Vectera Voyager
- Veena Kalra
- Vera Takahashi
- Vesna Achebe
- Vessel Vantage
- Viktor Anand
- Vivienne Osei
- Vladimir Sall
- Volii Alpha Dream
W: 6 names
- Walter Stroud
- Wendell Ishikawa
- Wilhelmina Dube
- Wolf System Rambler
- Wren Salazar
- Wrench Dunleavy
X: 2 names
- Ximena Hargrove
- Xiomara Bergstrom
Y: 6 names
- Yara Solberg
- Yasmin Ibarra
- Yolanda Ferreira
- Yuki Delacroix
- Yusef Va'ruun
- Yusuf Okafor