Starfield Ship Name Generator
Names for your Starfield ships, haulers and Starborn runners
Generate Starfield ship names that fit the Settled Systems: Constellation and Starborn lore, Freestar, UC, Crimson Fleet, Ecliptic and House Va'ruun styles, NASA-punk spaceflight references, star and planet names from the game map, and hauler nicknames for the ship you actually fly.
About Starfield ship names
Starfield gives every ship you meet a short, confident name: the Frontier, the Razorleaf, the Star Eagle, the Kepler R, the Narwhal, the Abyss Trekker, the Silent Runner, the Shieldbreaker. Bethesda's house style is one or two words, a noun or a compound, with no definite article on the hull. Faction ships follow themes: Ecliptic mercenaries fly blades (Claymore, Bayonet, Longsword, Stiletto), the Crimson Fleet flies scavengers and ghosts (Reaper, Jackal, Wight, Hyena), the UC prefixes its navy with UC, and House Va'ruun names read like scripture (Hymn, Litany, Revelation).
The game's own map is the best source of custom names. Every system is a real star or a scientist (Kepler, Porrima, Bessel, Procyon, Narion, Sagan, Feynman, Zelazny, Heinlein) and the settlements are instantly recognisable to other players (Akila, Cydonia, Neon, New Atlantis, Jemison, Kreet, Vectera, Paradiso, Londinion). The NASA-punk aesthetic also invites real spaceflight names: Gagarin, Tereshkova, Tranquility Base, Hohmann Transfer, Delta-V, Event Horizon. Starborn and Unity runs suit Temple, Armillary and Artifact language.
The right name also depends on what the ship does. A Class C cargo brick built in the ship builder earns a self-deprecating nickname like Late Rent or Second Mortgage; a stealth bounty hunter wants something sharp and single-word; an explorer on a 30-light-year grav drive wants a star name or an orbital-mechanics term.
How to choose Starfield ship names
- Match the faction you fly with: blade names for Ecliptic-style warships, scavenger animals for a Crimson Fleet build, a UC prefix for navy hulls, scripture words for a Va'ruun look, western phrasing for Freestar Rangers.
- Pull names from the star map. Kepler, Porrima, Narion, Bessel, Sagan and Zelazny all appear in game, so a ship called Porrima Prospector or Bessel Runner tells other players exactly where you spend your time.
- Keep it short: the ship name appears in the ship registration screen, the pilot seat HUD and the landing-bay list, and one or two words matches the Frontier, Razorleaf and Narwhal style best.
- Name the ship for its job. Class C haulers and outpost supply runs suit joke names (Late Rent, Terrabrew Run), stealth hunters suit single sharp words, and exploration builds suit orbital-mechanics terms like Perihelion or Escape Velocity.
- If you are playing through New Game Plus, consider a Starborn-flavored name such as Temple Runner or Unity Bound, and rename the ship each cycle to mark how many times you have crossed the Unity.
Frequently asked questions
How do you rename a ship in Starfield?
Talk to any ship services technician (New Atlantis spaceport, Akila City, Neon, Cydonia, The Key and most landing pads), choose to view and modify your ships, open the ship builder and use the rename option. The new name appears on the registration and in your ship list; you can rename as often as you like.
What are the ship names already in Starfield?
Quest and reward ships include the Frontier, Razorleaf, Star Eagle, Kepler R and Kepler S, Wanderwell, Narwhal, Abyss Trekker, Silent Runner, Shieldbreaker, Starborn Guardian and the Crimson Fleet's Legacy. Faction ships are named in sets, such as Ecliptic Claymore, Bayonet and Longsword or Crimson Fleet Reaper, Jackal and Wight.
Is there a character limit on Starfield ship names?
The rename field is short, and long names get cut off in the landing-bay list and the HUD, so keep it to roughly 20 characters or less. Two words is the safest length and matches the style of the ships Bethesda built.
What makes a ship name feel like it belongs in Starfield?
Starfield leans NASA-punk rather than space opera, so names grounded in real astronomy, spaceflight history or in-game places (Cydonia, Akila, Porrima, Narion) fit better than fantasy words. Single strong nouns and compound words like Razorleaf or Shieldbreaker also read as native to the Settled Systems.
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All 500 Starfield ship names
A: 34 names
- Abyss Trekker
- Across the Unity
- Adoring Fan's Ride
- Akatsuki
- Akila City Limits
- Akila Outrider
- Akila Sheriff
- Albatross
- Albedo
- Alchiba
- Altair Runner
- Analemma
- Andreja's Blade
- Andromas Reach
- Anomaly Nine
- Anselon Ash
- Aphelion
- Apoapsis
- Apogee
- Apollo Remnant
- Archimedes Lever
- Arcturus Dawn
- Arecibo Echo
- Argos Extractor
- Armillary
- Armstrong's Shadow
- Arrokoth
- Artifact Hunter
- Ashen Compass
- Ashta Runner
- Astral Lounge Afterparty
- Aurora Dealer's Daughter
- Aurora Flux
- Azimuth
B: 23 names
- Baikonur
- Ballast and Blessings
- Bannoc
- Bardeen
- Barnard's Bolt
- Barracuda
- Barrett's Bargain
- Basilisk
- Bayu Industries Favor
- Bayu's Favor
- Bel Starhound
- Beresheet
- Bessel Runner
- Black Reckoning
- Blood Moon Bandit
- Bloodtide
- Blueshift
- Bluford
- Bolivar
- Boreal Drift
- Bounty Board Special
- Bradbury's Lantern
- Brass Sextant
C: 39 names
- Callisto
- Canaveral
- Caracal
- Cargo Hold Heart
- Carinae Wake
- Cassini Drift
- Celebrai
- Charon
- Charybdis Current
- Cheyenne Dust
- Cheyenne Lawman
- Chthonia Deep
- Chunks Express
- Cinderfall
- Clean Record
- Clear Skies
- Coe Caravan
- Coe Estate Courier
- Coe's Legacy
- Coiled Prayer
- Cold Start
- Constellation Dawn
- Copernicus Rising
- Cora's Library
- Cowboy Coffee
- Coyote Moon
- Coywolf
- Crater Hopper
- Creator's Key
- Creditless
- Crimson Ember
- Crimson Fleet Hyena
- Crimson Fleet Jackal
- Crimson Fleet Reaper
- Crimson Fleet Wight
- Cupola
- Cutter Beam Dream
- Cydonia Drift
- Cydonia Miner
D: 18 names
- Dark Between
- Dark Matter
- Dawn's Roost Refugee
- Decaran Dust
- Deep Core Diver
- Deep Field
- Deimos Dagger
- Deimos Warbird
- Delgado's Due
- Delta-V
- Denali Dawn
- Denebola
- Distortion Field
- Distress Beacon
- Drake's Equation
- Drifter's Luck
- Dustwake
- Dyson Sphere
E: 23 names
- Ebbside Runner
- Ecliptic Bayonet
- Ecliptic Claymore
- Ecliptic Contract
- Ecliptic Falchion
- Ecliptic Glaive
- Ecliptic Halberd
- Ecliptic Longsword
- Ecliptic Rapier
- Ecliptic Sabre
- Ecliptic Stiletto
- Eklund Express
- Eleos Errand
- Eleos Retreat Runner
- Emissary's Hand
- Enceladus
- Enlightened Voyager
- Enlil
- Eridani Wind
- Escape Velocity
- Estelle's Ledger
- Europa
- Event Horizon
F: 12 names
- Far Reach
- Fermi Paradox
- Feynman's Drum
- First Contact
- Fleet Admiral's Folly
- Foucault Pendulum
- Free Fall
- Freestar Pride
- Freestar Ranger Mount
- Freya
- Frontier
- Fuel Light On
G: 20 names
- Gagarin's Echo
- Gaia
- Galbank Reject
- Galileo's Lantern
- Ganymede
- Generdyne Prototype
- Ghost Signal
- Giotto
- Goddard
- Golden Record
- Grav Drive Blues
- Grav Jump Thirty
- Gravitic Echo
- Gravity Anomaly
- Gravwell Gambit
- Great Filter
- Great Serpent's Coil
- Greenhouse Gambit
- Groombridge Gull
- Guniibuu
H: 26 names
- Hab Rat
- Habitat Module Hauler
- Hard Landing
- Hawking Radiation
- Hawley Hawk
- Hayabusa
- Heatleech Hotel
- Heavy Hull Hannah
- Heinlein's Grudge
- Heisenberg's Hound
- Helium Three
- Heliumtide
- Heller's Hangover
- High Orbit
- Hohmann Transfer
- HopeTech Brightwater
- HopeTech Hauler
- Hopetown Hope
- Horizon Chaser
- Hubble Deep
- Hull Over Heart
- Hullbreaker's Daughter
- Hunter's Shadow
- Huygens Probe
- Hyla Drifter
- Hyperion
I: 10 names
- Iapetus
- Ikande's Eye
- Indum Hauler
- Infinity LTD Loaner
- Ingenuity
- Insurance Claim
- Ion Wind
- Iron Belt Rambler
- Iron Tallow
- Ixyll Interloper
J: 6 names
- Jake's Bar Regular
- Jemison Jaybird
- Jemison Mercantile
- Jemison Sunrise
- Jump Range Junkie
- Juno
K: 18 names
- Kang Fury
- Kapteyn Courier
- Katydid
- Kepler R
- Kepler S
- Kestrel
- Keyhole
- Khayyam
- Kilonova
- Kindling Star
- Korolev
- Kourou
- Kraken
- Kreet Lab Rat
- Kreet Runner
- Kryx's Key
- Kuiper Wanderer
- Kumasi
L: 23 names
- Lagrange Point
- Lair of the Mantis
- Lamprey
- Lantana Leaf
- Last Light
- Last Transmission
- Late Rent
- Legacy
- Leonis Pride
- Leonov
- Leviathan
- Libration
- Lightyear Lullaby
- Lin's Lesson
- Linnaeus
- Lodge Keeper
- Londinion Ghost
- Lone Traveler
- Long Way Home
- Longshot
- Luna Lament
- Lunara
- Luyten's Star
M: 22 names
- Maal
- Madame Sauvage's Shadow
- Magellan
- Magnetar
- Manta Ray
- Mantis Legacy
- Marauder's Promise
- Marduk
- Mariner
- Masada Stand
- Mathis's Mistake
- Matteo's Sermon
- Mercenary's Ledger
- Meridian Sparrow
- Mining Drone Mother
- Mir
- Mirach
- Mobility One Hundred
- Montara Ghost
- Montara Luna Lodge
- Moon of Akila
- Muphrid
N: 20 names
- Nadir
- Naeva's Grudge
- Narion Nomad
- Narion Wind
- Narwhal
- Nautilus Star
- Nemeria Night
- Neon Core Hustler
- Neon Nights
- Neon Rain
- Nesoi Breeze
- New Atlantis Express
- New Horizons
- Newton's Apple
- Niira Night
- Nikola
- Nirah
- Noel's Notebook
- Nova Galactic Meridian
- Nova Galactic Voyager
O: 17 names
- Oberon
- Oborum Wake
- Occultation
- Old Earth Memory
- Old Neon
- Olivas
- Olympus Mons
- One More Jump
- Oort Drifter
- Open Sky
- Osiris-Rex
- Osprey
- Oumuamua
- Outbound Empire
- Outpost Supply Run
- Outward Bound
- Overweight and Happy
P: 27 names
- Pale Blue Dot
- Paradiso Pearl
- Paradiso Refund
- Parker
- Particle Beam Dreamer
- Pathfinder
- Penumbra
- Peregrine
- Perigee
- Perihelion
- Perseverance
- Philae
- Photon Drift
- Piazzi Probe
- Pioneer's Debt
- Planck
- Polvo Pony
- Porrima Prospector
- Porrima Sunset
- Power from Beyond
- Procyon Drift
- Procyon Pirate
- Pronghorn
- Protostar
- Pulsar Heart
- Pulse Laser Lullaby
- Pyraas Ember
Q: 3 names
- Quaoar
- Quiet Orbit
- Quiet Thruster
R: 20 names
- Rana
- Ranger's Lantern
- Ranger's Remit
- Rasalhague
- Razorleaf
- Red Giant
- Red Mile Rambler
- Redscale
- Redshift
- Reliant Medical Shuttle
- Repo Bait
- Revelation of Jinan
- Rimrock Rover
- Rivera
- Roche Limit
- Rosetta
- Rustbucket Royale
- Rutherford Drift
- Ryujin Courier
- Ryujin Errand Boy
S: 57 names
- Sagan Sojourn
- Sagan's Candle
- Sakharov
- Saltwind
- Salvage Rights
- Sam's Saddle
- Sanctum Sojourner
- Sarah's Stipulation
- Schrödinger's Cat
- Scow of Theseus
- Sea of Serenity
- Second Mortgage
- Second Star
- Sedna
- Sentinel's Oath
- Serpent's Embrace
- Serpent's Hymn
- Serpent's Scale
- Settled Systems Sojourner
- Shadow of Jemison
- Shearwater
- Shieldbreaker
- Shinya's Favor
- Silent Runner
- Singularity
- Sirius Courier
- Skylab
- Slayton Surplus
- Slow Burn
- Slow Orbit Home
- Sol Remnant
- Solar Sail
- Sona's Cradle
- Spacer's Regret
- Sparta
- Star Eagle
- Starborn Guardian
- Starborn Phase Ten
- Starborn Relic
- Starborn Traveler
- Stardust
- Starsailor
- Stellar Nursery
- Stingray
- Stray Signal
- Strix
- Stroud's Folly
- Stroud-Eklund Skylark
- Stroud-Eklund Stronghold
- Sumati Wind
- Sundown Drifter
- Sunflare Siren
- Sunward
- Syrma
- Sysdef Spook
- SysDef Warden
- Syzygy
T: 31 names
- Taiyo Horizon Line
- Taiyo Tanager
- Tau Ceti Trader
- Tax Write-Off
- Temple Eta
- Temple Runner
- Temple Wanderer
- Tenet of Scales
- Tereshkova
- Terminus
- Ternion
- Terrabrew Run
- Terrormorph Bane
- The Clinic Run
- Theta Carinae
- Third Cycle
- Thresher
- Tidacha
- Tidal Lock
- Titan Tide
- Titania
- Toliman Trader
- Trade Authority Tab
- Tranquilitea Tender
- Tranquility Base
- Trident Cruise Dropout
- Trident Luxury Liner
- Triton
- Tsiolkovsky
- Tumbleweed
- Twelve Temples
U: 10 names
- UC Halcyon
- UC Indomitable
- UC Resolute
- UC Stalwart
- UC Tenacity
- UC Vigilance
- Ulysses
- Umbra
- Unity Bound
- Unity Pilgrim
V: 23 names
- Va'ruun Hymn
- Va'ruun Litany
- Va'ruun Prophecy
- Va'ruun Revelation
- Valo Vessel
- Vanguard Lance
- Vanguard Ledger
- Vanguard's Promise
- Vasco's Voice
- Vectera Ghost
- Vectera Vein
- Vega Starlight
- Venera
- Verne's Leagues
- Vesta Sprint
- Viking
- Vlad's Eye
- Volii Bloom
- Volii Drifter
- Volii Hotel Shuttle
- Vortex Lance
- Voyager Lament
- Vulture's Feast
W: 11 names
- Walter's Write-Off
- Wanderer
- Wanderwell
- Wanted Poster
- Webb
- Whetstone
- White Dwarf
- Wolf Hauler
- Woomera
- Wow Signal
- Wyvern
X: 2 names
- Xenofresh Tide
- Xenowarfare Relic