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Generate Stellaris empire names that fit the game's naming style: species-word plus government type, hive minds and machine intelligences, megacorps, fanatic purifiers, holy theocracies, human Sol factions, marauder clans and fallen-empire style titles, with canon prescripted empires mixed in for reference.

About Stellaris empire names

Stellaris empire names follow a formula the game itself teaches through its prescripted empires: a species or homeworld word followed by a government noun that tells you how the empire is run. Tzynn Empire, Kel-Azaan Republic, Voor Technocracy, Blorg Commonality and Jehetma Dominion all work this way, and so do the human starts, United Nations of Earth and Commonwealth of Man. The government noun is doing real work. Hegemony, Imperium and Stratocracy read as militarist or authoritarian; Commonwealth, Federation and Cooperative read as egalitarian; Theocracy, Mandate and Holy Order read as spiritualist; Technocracy, Directorate and Assembly read as materialist.

Gestalt empires break the pattern on purpose. Hive minds get organic collective nouns (Swarm, Brood, Consciousness, Organism), machine intelligences get cold ones (Mainframe, Nexus, Protocol, Cognition, Homolog), and both often drop the article entirely so the name sounds like a single entity. Megacorps borrow corporate vocabulary (Consortium, Holdings, Trade League, Incorporated), purifiers lean on words like Purity, Supremacy and Cleansing, and necrophages and death cults reach for Ossuary, Crypt and Undying.

The list here mixes canon prescripted, precursor, fallen and crisis empires with hundreds of original names built on those same conventions. Pick one whose noun matches your ethics and civics, and the diplomacy screen will sound right the moment you meet your neighbors.

How to choose Stellaris empire names

  • Match the government noun to your ethics: Hegemony or Stratocracy for militarists, Commonwealth or Cooperative for egalitarians, Theocracy or Mandate for spiritualists, Technocracy or Directorate for materialists, and Consortium or Holdings for a megacorp.
  • Invent the species word first, then the empire name. If your species is called Vorakhi, Vorakhi Dominion sounds like it belongs in the game; a random adjective pair like Crimson Sovereign Empire does not.
  • Gestalt consciousnesses should not sound like nations. Drop 'Republic' and 'Kingdom' in favor of Swarm, Brood, Organism, Nexus, Protocol or Homolog, and consider a designation (XT-489, Caretaker Cluster Omicron) for machine empires.
  • Stellaris also asks for a demonym, a ruler title and ship prefixes; choose a name whose root works as an adjective (Thessarai, Olthuri, Drevashi) so the demonym falls out naturally.
  • Fallen and precursor empires use grand, slightly abstract names (Keepers of Knowledge, Irassian Concordat, Vultaum Star Assembly). Reserve that style for a custom empire you want to feel ancient or for an origin like Scion or Remnants.

Frequently asked questions

What are the canon empire names in Stellaris?

The prescripted empires include United Nations of Earth, Commonwealth of Man, Tzynn Empire, Kel-Azaan Republic, Ix'Idar Star Collective, Voor Technocracy, Blorg Commonality, Jehetma Dominion, Scyldari Confederacy, Chinorr Combine, Xanid Suzerainty, Yondarim, Mith-Fell Confederation, Iferyx Amalgamated Fleets, Lokken Mechanists, Maweer Caretakers, Prikkiki-Ti, Cormathani Trading Consortium, Glebsig Foundation, Hazbuzan Syndicate, Kilik Cooperative, Earth Custodianship, Tebrid Homolog, XT-489 Eliminator and Sathyrelian Bliss. Fallen empires are the Keepers of Knowledge, Enigmatic Observers, Holy Guardians, Militant Isolationists and Ancient Caretakers.

How do I name a hive mind or machine empire in Stellaris?

Use a collective noun instead of a political one. Hive minds sound right as Swarm, Brood, Hive, Organism, Consciousness or Chorus (Thousandmind Swarm, Vel-Kath Organism). Machine intelligences sound right as Nexus, Protocol, Mainframe, Cognition, Assembly or Homolog, and many players add a designation like Caretaker Cluster Omicron or a sterile phrase like Cold Logic Directorate.

What makes a good megacorp name in Stellaris?

Corporate vocabulary with a hint of territory: Consortium, Holdings, Trade League, Incorporated, Exchange, Cartel or Trust. The in-game examples are Cormathani Trading Consortium, Glebsig Foundation and Hazbuzan Syndicate; names like Halcyon Ventures Interstellar or Starlane Logistics Group follow the same template and fit a Criminal Heritage or Trading Posts playthrough.

Can I use these names for a custom empire or a mod?

Yes. The original names are free to use in your custom empires, shared empire files and mods. The canon names belong to Paradox Interactive and are listed for reference, so avoid reusing them in a mod you intend to distribute as your own content.

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A: 16 names

  • Abyssal Choir of Oolun
  • Adaptive Commonwealth of Tao
  • Aerie Hegemony of Skarn
  • Akashic Republic
  • Alliance of Outer Sol
  • Ancient Caretakers
  • Apostolic Republic of Thane
  • Aquila Stratocracy
  • Arcology Oligarchy of Vos
  • Artisan Troupe
  • Ascendant Clergy of Hulm
  • Ashen Choir of Ouros
  • Athrok-Sha
  • Augmented Republic of Kade
  • Aul-Kheen Caretakers
  • Aurum Prospecting Concern

B: 22 names

  • Baol Organism
  • Barbaric Despoilers of Ruhk
  • Basalt Covenant of Thurm
  • Basilisk Throne of Ortan
  • Bassari Holdings
  • Beacon Union of Sellune
  • Benevolent Circuitry of Pell
  • Bioforged Dominion of Ghal
  • Blessed Commune of Ennith
  • Blightborn Assembly
  • Bloomheart Commune
  • Blorg Commonality
  • Brem-Olah
  • Brigand Fleets of Ahzak
  • Bright Cairn Collective
  • Bright Ledger Combine
  • Brineborn Hegemony
  • Brinnex Trade Cartel
  • Broad Plains Commonwealth
  • Brood of Ska-Morr
  • Broodmother's Reach
  • Bulwark Compact of Harrow

C: 47 names

  • Canopy Republic of Villoa
  • Carapace Continuum
  • Caretaker Cluster Omicron
  • Carina Reach Coalition
  • Caustic Syndics of Morrow
  • Centauri Free Worlds
  • Chattel Dominion of Ur
  • Chell-Ossar Theocracy
  • Chinorr Combine
  • Chitinous Dominion of Zz'kar
  • Choir of the Unbound
  • Chromed Compact of Vexar
  • Church of the Pale Comet
  • Cleansing Light of Zaal
  • Clockwork Dominion of Ferrune
  • Closed Reach of Mnemos
  • Cogitant Union of Saar
  • Cognition Matrix Halvane
  • Coiling Republic of Sss-Vell
  • Cold Forge Oligarchy
  • Cold Logic Directorate
  • Cold-Blood Hegemony
  • Collective of the Still Orbit

C, continued

  • Commonwealth of Equal Suns
  • Commonwealth of Man
  • Commonwealth of Sol
  • Commune of the Open Sky
  • Concord of the Seven Rings
  • Concordat of Selvane
  • Coralheart Republic
  • Core Worlds Authority
  • Cormathani Trading Consortium
  • Corsair Compact of Tarkhun
  • Corvid Remnant
  • Council of Star Nations
  • Covenant of the Nine Suns
  • Cradle Acquisitions Ltd
  • Crown Circuit Dominion
  • Crown of Aethos
  • Crypt Lords of Nekhar
  • Crystalline Cartels of Xund
  • Curator Order
  • Curiosity Mandate of Pynn
  • Custodians of Ashen Dawn
  • Cyborg Ascendancy of Helix
  • Cybrex
  • Cygnus Concordat

D: 22 names

  • Dalvokh Legions
  • Deathless Union of Threnn
  • Deep Current Federation
  • Deep Pattern Consensus
  • Defensive League of the Hinterstars
  • Devouring Chorus of Nhal
  • Diplomatic Concord of Taen
  • Discovery Accord of Rhenn
  • Dividend Mandate of Gol
  • Divine Assembly of Orrim
  • Dominion of the Ember Veil
  • Dominion of Velkharis
  • Draco Imperium
  • Drakthar Imperium
  • Dreadmarch of Oxhul
  • Dreamers of the Shroud
  • Drevashi Imperium
  • Drift Clans of Vaske
  • Dromedhar
  • Dross-Nurien Holdings
  • Ducal Compact of Heskar
  • Dynasty of the Silver Spire

E: 21 names

  • Earth Custodianship
  • Earth Reclamation Mandate
  • Earth Stewardship Council
  • Ecclesiarchy of Tamur
  • Ecumenopolis Authority
  • Egalitarian Union of Suul
  • Eidolon Brokerage Cartel
  • Ember Reach Industries
  • Empire of the Ashfall Throne
  • Enigmatic Observers
  • Enlightened Quorum of Bast
  • Ennevast
  • Esshar Oligarchy
  • Eternal Court of the Reborn
  • Eudaimonia Engine
  • Ever-Vigilant Senate of Troth
  • Everlasting Dawn Federation
  • Everstone Dominion
  • Exalted Synod of Sarr
  • Exile Caravans of Meresh
  • Exterminant Sequence

F: 18 names

  • Faithful Reaches of Korbaal
  • Fanatic Purifiers of Ilthane
  • Far Rim Free Company
  • Farlight Provisioning Co
  • Featherlords of Quillor
  • Federation of Ossimar Worlds
  • Federation of the Long Night
  • Ferrethi Concord
  • Ferrox Mining Sovereignty
  • First League
  • Flesh and Circuit Union
  • Foundry Mind Orrhal
  • Free Systems of Proxima
  • Free Traders of the Rim
  • Free Worlds Cooperative
  • Frennic Cooperative
  • Fungal Hearth of Mottan
  • Fur-Clans of Mowhr

G: 20 names

  • Galactic Community Custodians
  • Galactic Defense Force
  • Galvashi Star Dominion
  • Gardener Mainframe
  • Gaze of Tanaxa
  • Genewright Synod
  • Gentle Dominion of Haal
  • Gestalt of the Deep Roots
  • Gilt Horizon Enterprises
  • Glebsig Foundation
  • Godspeakers of Ael
  • Grand Assembly of Worlds
  • Grand Fleet of Hask
  • Grathokh
  • Gravewardens of Ithlu
  • Gray Tempest
  • Great Khanate of Okhun
  • Greater Terran Union
  • Guardians of the Warm Worlds
  • Gwahal Protectorate

H: 25 names

  • Habitat Compact of Orlin
  • Halcyon Ventures Interstellar
  • Harmonic Republic of Esh
  • Harmonious Assembly of Quin
  • Harrowing Light of Zhev
  • Hazbuzan Syndicate
  • Hearthden Confederation
  • Hearthlight Custodial Network
  • Hegemonic Federation of Drass
  • Hegemony of Ixthar
  • Hegemony of the Quiet Dark
  • Hermit Stars of Ooth
  • Hethsuur
  • Hexapod Republic of Anth
  • High Roost Republic
  • Hive Mind of the Verdant Deep
  • Hollow Tide Consciousness
  • Hollow Vell Syndicate
  • Hollowfang Ascendancy
  • Holy Guardians
  • Holy Order of the Broken Star
  • Holy Vethari Theocracy
  • House Orvanti Ascendant
  • Hundred Worlds Republic
  • Hunger of Yatharr

I: 14 names

  • Iferyx Amalgamated Fleets
  • Ik-Tekh Swarm
  • Illuri Free States
  • Imperial Court of Tsarrun
  • Imperial Senate of Aldrin
  • Indentured Worlds of Korvan
  • Inkoru Swarm
  • Inward Kingdom of Halas
  • Irassian Concordat
  • Iron Hand Republic
  • Iron Legions of Dovar
  • Iterating Intelligence Kalos
  • Ix'Idar Star Collective
  • Ixxaleth

J: 5 names

  • Jaxxen Junta
  • Jehetma Dominion
  • Jorrakh Stratocracy
  • Jovian Trade Authority
  • Junta of Kesh-Morath

K: 11 names

  • Kavaan Hegemony
  • Keepers of Knowledge
  • Keepers of the Last Light
  • Kel-Azaan Republic
  • Kesh Outworld Exchange
  • Kesh-Nar-Vol
  • Kilik Cooperative
  • Kreen Wing-Clans
  • Kroathi Combine
  • Krr-Tahl Assimilators
  • Kuvrathi Mandate

L: 10 names

  • Lasserine Monarchy
  • Lattice of Vexu
  • Laughing Star Commune
  • Lemmoriel
  • Leviathan Court of Thalassa
  • Lithic Synod of Gror
  • Lokken Mechanists
  • Luminaar Sanctum
  • Lunar Technocratic Council
  • Lyra Harmonic Union

M: 24 names

  • Maintenance Cohort Seven
  • Mandate of the Pale Horizon
  • Mantid Empire of Khett
  • Many Voices Republic
  • Marauder Khanate of Zhurr
  • Mardak Vol
  • Martial Alliance of Bren
  • Martial Compact of Brenn
  • Martian Free States
  • Maweer Caretakers
  • Mechanical Court of Aur
  • Mekthar Technate
  • Meridian Trust Corporation
  • Migratory Fleet Republic of Ren
  • Militant Isolationists
  • Mindweavers of Thesh
  • Mirefell Oligarchy
  • Mirrorvault Consortium
  • Mith-Fell Confederation
  • Monarchy of the Gilded Rim
  • Monastic Compact of Ilvar
  • Mordukhai
  • Moruun Despotate
  • Muutagan Merchant Guild

N: 16 names

  • Nahara Star Assembly
  • Nakara Freight Dynasties
  • Nascent Synapse Pllor
  • Necrophage Sovereignty of Dral
  • Neutral Stars of Oxhale
  • Neventh Accord
  • Nightstalker Directorate
  • Nine Worlds Shipping Guild
  • Ninth Star Dominion
  • Nomad Flotilla of Ecca
  • Non-Aligned Powers of the Spur
  • Null Authority
  • Numistic Order
  • Nuncio Machine Intelligence
  • Nuuma-Sae
  • Nym-Tassar Republic

O: 23 names

  • Ob'Vaar
  • Observatory States of Ilion
  • Obsolescence Protocol
  • Old Scale Dynasty of Vashk
  • Oligarchy of the Silver Tithe
  • Olthuri Commonwealth
  • Omnissiant Array
  • Oolim-Tess
  • Open Border Federation
  • Open Hand Federation
  • Optimized Orbit Nexus
  • Orbital Comforts Incorporated
  • Ordained Supremacy of Kthul
  • Orion Spur Assembly
  • Orrovine Imperium
  • Orthodoxy of the Burning Veil
  • Osseous Throng
  • Ossuary Mandate of Mor-Vanth
  • Outcast League of Nhurr
  • Outer Veil Protectorate
  • Oxeye Gravitic Partners
  • Oxxul Chorus
  • Ozhuran Dynasty

P: 23 names

  • Pacifist Enclave of Wenn
  • Packlords of Varrun
  • Pale Kingdom of Sarruk
  • Pale Mycelium
  • Pan-Human Accord
  • Peaceful Mandate of Nirro
  • Pelagic Trust of Wubb
  • People's Assembly of Tarrow
  • Perfected Strain Hegemony
  • Perseus Compact
  • Phaelorim
  • Photosynthetic Concord
  • Pilgrims of the Silent Star
  • Posthuman Directorate
  • Praxxi Union
  • Prethoryn Scourge
  • Prikkiki-Ti
  • Principality of Ottavar
  • Prospectorium of Gant
  • Protectorate of Lesser Brenn
  • Proxima Freeholds Company
  • Psionic Concordance of Vael
  • Pyrethi Vanguard

Q: 5 names

  • Qaal-Reth Compact
  • Quennivar
  • Quiet Star Confederacy
  • Quill & Sovereign Trading House
  • Quo-Tanaar

R: 22 names

  • Racket Industrial Enterprise
  • Radiant Path of Sel-Khai
  • Raiders of the Broken Spiral
  • Rakthaan
  • Ravenous Hive of Xix
  • Reefcrown Assembly
  • Regal Concord of Beleth
  • Regency of the Black Sun
  • Reliquary Stars of Dun-Vos
  • Republic of Athraa
  • Republic of the Deep Gloaming
  • Research Cooperative of Sund
  • Research Directorate of Uul
  • Rhunnar Suzerainty
  • Riggan Commerce Exchange
  • Ringworld Remnant of Aster
  • Rootwardens of Aspalon
  • Rotbloom Consortium
  • Rovvani Federation
  • Royal Houses of Vaal
  • Ruined Crown of Asphyx
  • Rust Assembly of Korsk

S: 56 names

  • Sable Exchange Corporate
  • Sacred Stars of Anuvael
  • Sagittarius Mandate
  • Saltcrown Mercantile Guild
  • Saltwater Syndicate
  • Sanctified Kor Hegemony
  • Sanctum of the Risen Sun
  • Sarkhan Republic
  • Sathyrelian Bliss
  • Satrapy of the Golden Lane
  • Savant Hegemony of Thrax
  • Sceptered Worlds of Ilm
  • Scholarium of Vethys
  • Scholarly Compact of Tirrel
  • Scrapfleet Sovereignty
  • Sculpted Lineages of Myr
  • Scyldari Confederacy
  • Seers of the Hollow Star
  • Sentinel Grid of Tarsus
  • Serene Mandate of Tiraa
  • Serene Republic of Callath
  • Sevvet Commonality
  • Shale Collective
  • Shellback Compact of Tirrim
  • Shelter Fleets of Nuun
  • Shepherds of Tirrel
  • Shroudtouched Compact
  • Shroudwalker Concordance

S, continued

  • Shuttered Hegemony of Vaal-Tek
  • Singing Reef Commonwealth
  • Sixfold Compact
  • Skittering Concordance
  • Slaver Compact of Dzzar
  • Social Compact of Vessaline
  • Sol Directorate
  • Sol Hegemony
  • Sollaquin
  • Sorrowless Choir
  • Sovereign Realm of Drasmar
  • Spiral Arm Directorate
  • Spore Consciousness Ulm
  • Sporeclad Sovereignty
  • Sporeling Compact
  • Star Kingdom of Elaryon
  • Star-Scented Union of Pell
  • Starlane Logistics Group
  • Stellar Bounty Cooperative
  • Steward Protocol Nadir
  • Stheno Matriarchy
  • Stoneborn Ascendancy
  • Subject Realm of Ovox
  • Sunspire Mercantile League
  • Sunward Thicket Synod
  • Surging Compact of Nereun
  • Synod of Ninefold Thought
  • Synthetic Concord of Nuva

T: 34 names

  • Talonmark Confederacy
  • Tarn & Vessel Interstellar
  • Tarqesh Conclave
  • Tcha-Thuun
  • Tebrid Homolog
  • Technate of Kessilar
  • Telepath Synod of Quorra
  • Temple Worlds of Illuvane
  • Ten Thousand Feeding Mouths
  • Terran Compact
  • Tessellate Assembly
  • The Aberrant
  • The Contingency
  • The Sundering Flame
  • The Unbidden
  • The Vehement
  • Thessarai Star Kingdom
  • Thousand Swords of Ulaani
  • Thousandmind Swarm
  • Thrall Markets of Hesk
  • Throne of Ten Thousand Suns
  • Thrumming Nest Oxxal
  • Tidebound Commonwealth of Mer
  • Tonnarl Consortium
  • Toxic Concordat of Velg
  • Trade Covenant of Hessex
  • Trade League of the Outer Arm
  • Tranquil Orbit Cooperative
  • Tributary Union of Hesset
  • Tuvranni
  • Twin Suns Regency
  • Tyrant Sun Supremacy
  • Tyrelline Commonwealth
  • Tzynn Empire

U: 16 names

  • Ubiqua Corporate Sovereignty
  • Ul'Zaan Host
  • Ulvaren Hegemony
  • Unbound Citizenry of Elore
  • Undivided Host of Morr
  • Undying Synod of Vess
  • Undying Wardens of Kesh
  • Unending Quorum
  • Unified Terran Republics
  • Union of the Drowned Stars
  • United Nations of Earth
  • Unity of the Pure Shell
  • Unspeaking Tide
  • Unveiled Consciousness of Zen
  • Ussundar
  • Uxxar Hivemind

V: 19 names

  • Vanthessi Republic
  • Varakk War-Clans
  • Varro Hauling Collective
  • Vassal Court of the Overlord Ghar
  • Vel-Draan
  • Vel-Kath Organism
  • Vellux Consolidated Trade
  • Vengralian Trium
  • Venomous Accord of Thraxis
  • Verdant Reach of Ylli
  • Vessiri Imperium
  • Vigil of the Dead Gods
  • Violet Horizon Compact
  • Void-Dweller Habitats of Kirr
  • Voor Technocracy
  • Vorakhi Dominion
  • Vrakkan Purity
  • Vrixx
  • Vultaum Star Assembly

W: 10 names

  • Wandering Hosts of Qetl
  • War Assembly of Kragoth
  • Wardens of the Crimson Nebula
  • Welcoming Union of Pallas
  • Whalesong Federation
  • Whispering Covenant of Aum
  • Wollen-Kai Regency
  • Worker Councils of Arlen
  • Wriggling Accord of Tsss
  • Wrrak Directorate

X: 10 names

  • Xanid Suzerainty
  • Xenophile Assembly of Dwe
  • Xenophile Republic of Allu
  • Xenophobe Isolate of Noor
  • Xenoscience Collective
  • Xeph-Ashu
  • XT-489 Eliminator
  • XuraCorp
  • Xuthar Remnant
  • Xylos Conglomerate

Y: 5 names

  • Yerrinath Ascendancy
  • Ylviss
  • Yondarim
  • Yuht Empire
  • Yvvane Ecclesiarchy

Z: 6 names

  • Zealous Compact of Ixir
  • Zenvaar Compact
  • Zevrakan Stratocracy
  • Zharrakh
  • Zogrul Clans
  • Zroni Ascendancy