Synth Name Generator
Designations and cover names for synthetic humans
Generate synth names in the Fallout style: Institute designations like X6-88, Railroad codenames, retro-American cover identities for escaped synths, and Acadia-style single names. Also covers replicants and androids from Blade Runner, Humans and Detroit: Become Human for sci-fi fiction and roleplay.
About synth names
In Fallout, a synth's name tells you who controls it. The Institute issues Gen 3 units a designation of one letter, one digit, a hyphen and two more digits: X6-88 the courser, H2-22 the runaway, K1-98 and B5-92 from the Railroad's safehouses, M7-97 for the man everyone knew as Paladin Danse. Coursers tend to draw X and Z prefixes, which is why X4-18 and Z2-47 sound like hunters before they say a word. Gen 1 and Gen 2 units get no names at all, only unit numbers.
When a synth escapes, the name changes hands. The Railroad assigns a one-word codename for the journey (Glory, Patriot, Whisper, Fixer, Bullseye) and then Dr. Amari wipes the memory and a new identity is written in. That identity has to pass in the Commonwealth, so it is a plain mid-century American name like Harold Beck or June Mercer, matching the vault dwellers and farmers around it. Acadia's synths on the Island chose their own single names, half scientist and half object: DiMA, Faraday, Chase, Cog, Aster, Dejen.
The generator mixes all four layers with a handful of replicants and androids from Blade Runner, Humans and Detroit: Become Human, so you can pick the stage of a synth's life your character is in and name accordingly.
How to choose synth names
- Use a designation (letter, digit, hyphen, two digits) for a synth still inside the Institute or freshly recovered by a courser; it should feel like a serial number, not a nickname.
- Give an escaped synth a deliberately boring pre-War name such as Walter Hedley or Dolores Finch, because the whole point of a new identity is that nobody looks twice at it.
- A Railroad codename is a single ordinary noun (Lantern, Ferryman, Satchel) and is only used by agents in the know; it disappears once the memory wipe is done.
- For a synth who rejected both the Institute and a fake human life, follow Acadia and pick one word that sounds half like a scientist and half like a part: Faraday, Rivet, Lumen.
- If your story hinges on a synth double replacing a real person, the synth simply takes that person's name, so the tension comes from small wrong details rather than the name itself.
Frequently asked questions
How do Institute synth designations work?
Gen 3 synths are identified by a letter, a digit, a hyphen, and two more digits, for example X6-88, H2-22 or K1-98. Courser designations often start with X or Z. Gen 1 and Gen 2 synths are not named individually at all, which is why only the human-looking Gen 3 units end up with designations and, later, real names.
Are any of these real Fallout characters?
Yes, the first few dozen are canon: Nick Valentine, DiMA, Curie, Paladin Danse (M7-97), Glory (G7-81), X6-88, Harkness (A3-21), Acadia's Faraday, Chase and Cog, and several others. Everything after that is original and written in the same styles so you can use it for your own character without colliding with an existing one.
Why are there plain human names in a synth generator?
Because that is what an escaped synth ends up with. After the Railroad's memory wipe, a synth receives an ordinary Commonwealth identity that has to blend in with settlers and vault dwellers, so retro-American names like Harold Beck and Verna Pruitt are exactly right. Synths also replace real people, as with Roger Warwick and Mayor McDonough, and simply take the victim's name.
Does this cover synths outside Fallout?
A small section does. Humans calls its androids synths (Mia, Niska, Odi, Anita), Blade Runner has replicants like Roy Batty and Pris, and Detroit: Become Human uses model codes such as RK800 and AX400. Those are included for contrast, but the bulk of the list follows the Fallout conventions.
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All 500 synth names
A: 30 names
- A1-07
- A3-21
- A4-52
- Abel Tanaka
- Abigail Stoddard
- Ada Thornbury
- Adele Fenwick
- Agnes Holbrook
- Alfred Wainwright
- Alice
- Alma Riordan
- Altair
- Alvin Driscoll
- Ambrose Keating
- Amos Lindley
- Ampere
- Anita
- Annalee Call
- Apollo
- Arcturus
- Ardith Molloy
- Armitage
- Art
- Arthur Pelletier
- Ash
- Aster
- Atlas
- Augusta Feeney
- Augustus Ferrell
- Axiom
B: 26 names
- B2-17
- B3-44
- B5-92
- B6-28
- Ballast
- Barnaby Holt
- Barnacle
- Barney Szymanski
- Beacon
- Beatrix Pollock
- Bellwether
- Bernadette Flores
- Bernard Tilley
- Bernice Lockhart
- Bertha Mackey
- Bessie Kincaid
- Betty Haines
- Beulah Stroud
- Bevel
- Bishop
- Blanche Redding
- Blue Plate
- Brakeman
- Brook
- Bullseye
- Byron Stiles
C: 39 names
- C1-05
- C3-92
- Calvin Ostrander
- Calypso
- Candlewick
- Cantilever
- Cardinal
- Cecil Abrams
- Celia Morrow
- Chaplain
- Charmer
- Chase
- Chester Colby
- Chloe ST200
- Cinder
- Cipher
- Circuit
- Clarence Boyd
- Claude Petrakis
- Clementine Rowe
- Clifford Rourke
- Clyde Benning
- Cobalt
- Cobbler
- Cog
- Connor RK800
- Conrad Hale
- Constance Reyes
- Copperhead
- Cora Whitfield
- Cordelia Fenn
- Cornelia Bancroft
- Courser K9-40
- Courser X2-09
- Courser X7-02
- Courser Y4-66
- Courser Z3-51
- Curie
- Cyrus Delgado
D: 21 names
- D2-46
- D4-08
- D6-73
- Dahj Asha
- Dahlia Rensler
- Daniel
- Darwin
- David 8
- Dead Drop
- Dejen
- Delbert Hayes
- Dewey Lafferty
- DiMA
- Diode
- Dolly Vasquez
- Dolores Finch
- Doorman
- Doris Kaminski
- Dorothy Lang
- Dragonfly
- Dwight Pomeroy
E: 27 names
- E1-31
- E3-67
- Earl Castillo
- Echo
- Edith Marlowe
- Edna Sorensen
- Effie Talbot
- Ellis Pemberton
- Elmer Stack
- Elsie Marquand
- Elwood Bright
- Ember
- Emmett Cahill
- Emory Slocum
- Enid Castellanos
- Ephraim Stoll
- Ernestine Cobb
- Estelle Navarro
- Ethel Burrows
- Eudora Flint
- Eugene Marsh
- Eula Mae Thompkins
- Eunice Chao
- Evelyn Sarkis
- Everett Lindqvist
- Ezekiel Carter
- Ezra Coleman
F: 19 names
- F2-12
- F4-88
- F6-41
- Farad
- Faraday
- Fathom
- Fay Lindstrom
- Fen
- Ferrule
- Ferryman
- Fixer
- Flint
- Flora Haskell
- Floyd Pennington
- Flux
- Frances Dunmore
- Franklin Osei
- Fred
- Freysa
G: 21 names
- G1-76
- G3-14
- G7-81
- Gabriel
- Gasket
- Gen 3 Prototype 01
- Gen-1 Unit 408
- Gen-2 Unit 77
- Georgia Wexler
- Geraldine Fisk
- Gimbal
- Gladys Okafor
- Glory
- Gordon Tate
- Graham Kessler
- Greta Pollard
- Greyhound
- Grindstone
- Grover Nash
- Gus Pardee
- Gwendolyn Ferris
H: 26 names
- H1-65
- H2-22
- H4-20
- H6-98
- Halley
- Halo
- Harkness
- Harlan Whitmore
- Harold Beck
- Harriet Cole
- Harvey Lindell
- Hatchet
- Hattie Prescott
- Haversack
- Hazel Brandt
- Helios
- Henrietta Bloom
- Herbert Nolan
- Hester Grantham
- Hiram Bosworth
- Homer Strand
- Horace Ballard
- Hourglass
- Howard Pike
- Hubble
- Hyperion
I: 6 names
- Ida Bergstrom
- Imogen Farrow
- Inez Calloway
- Irene Castellano
- Irving Blum
- Ivor Mallory
J: 11 names
- J2-49
- J4-38
- Jasper Whitlock
- Jerry
- Jonah Whitaker
- Josephine Alder
- Josh
- Joule
- Jule
- June Mercer
- Juno
K: 12 names
- K1-98
- K3-27
- K5-64
- K7-09
- Kara AX400
- Karen Voss
- KD6-3.7
- Keel
- Kelvin
- Kepler
- Kestrel
- Kilo
L: 34 names
- L1-58
- L4-13
- Lamplighter
- Lantern
- Lavinia Cartwright
- Ledger
- Lem Hartigan
- Lenore Sykes
- Leo Holloway
- Leon Kowalski
- Leona Hatch
- Leonard Quist
- Leroy Hampton
- Lester Moody
- Linnaeus
- Lionel Duffy
- Lloyd Haskins
- Lockbox
- Locksmith
- Lodestone
- Lois Fairweather
- Lonnie Beauchamp
- Loretta Vance
- Lorraine Tibbs
- Lovelace
- Lowell Sinclair
- Lucian Mott
- Lucille Harmon
- Lumen
- Luther
- Luv
- Lydia Brennan
- Lyle Branigan
- Lyra
M: 32 names
- M1-36
- M3-81
- M5-24
- M7-97
- Mabel Tucker
- Magnolia
- Marcella Pruett
- Marguerite Dale
- Marian Delacroix
- Marigold
- Marjorie Poole
- Markus RK200
- Marvin Kasprzak
- Matchstick
- Matilda Gannon
- Maude Tillman
- Max
- Maxine Thorne
- Maxwell
- Mayor McDonough
- Mercy
- Merle Stanton
- Mia Elster
- Mildred Voss
- Milkman
- Milton Garza
- Miriam Ostrowski
- Morris Eckhart
- Moses Grady
- Moss
- Muriel Pratt
- Myrtle Fontaine
N: 14 names
- N2-53
- N4-90
- N7-81
- Nadine Carver
- Nell Abernathy
- Newton Briggs
- Nick Valentine
- Nightjar
- Niko Andersen
- Niska
- Norma Quigley
- Norman Tatum
- North
- Northstar
O: 10 names
- Odi
- Ohm
- Old Ironsides
- Olive Marchbanks
- Opal Tennyson
- Ophelia Grimes
- Orion
- Orville Dunn
- Oscar Lindgren
- Otis Halloran
P: 20 names
- P1-29
- P3-74
- Paladin Danse
- Pallas
- Paper Moon
- Pascal
- Patriot
- Pearl Okonkwo
- Pearl Whitcomb
- Percy Lowell
- Phyllis Danvers
- Pilgrim
- Pinion
- Plumb
- Polaris
- Porter
- Postmark
- Pris Stratton
- Prism
- Prudence Hart
Q: 4 names
- Q2-61
- Q5-18
- Quartz
- Quill
R: 29 names
- R1-33
- R4-77
- Rachael
- Ralph
- Ralph Dorsey
- Ramona Ortiz
- Ratchet
- Raymond Sato
- Reed
- Relay
- Relay Drone 9
- Retention Unit 22
- Reuben Oakes
- Rhea
- Rigel
- Rivet
- Roberta Iverson
- Roger Warwick
- Roland Markham
- Rosalie Brinkman
- Roscoe Hanley
- Rosemary Chung
- Roy Batty
- Ruby Ashcroft
- Rudolph Ames
- Rufus Tolliver
- Rupert
- Rupert Vane
- Ruth Kowalczyk
S: 39 names
- S2-40
- S6-21
- S9-23
- Sadie Lomax
- Sage
- Saltwater
- Sapper Morton
- Satchel
- Sawbones
- Seeker 14
- Selene
- Sentry
- Servo
- Sextant
- Sherman Kite
- Shoehorn
- Sidney Lachance
- Signal
- Silas Marchetti
- Simon
- Sirius
- Skipper
- Slate
- Socket
- Soji Asha
- Sol Andrade
- Solder
- Soren Vale
- Sorrel
- Sparrow
- Spindle
- Stanley Vetch
- Static
- Steward
- Stitcher
- Sturges
- Sutra
- Sylvia Grange
- Synth Shaun
T: 26 names
- T1-68
- T3-04
- Tallyman
- Tandem
- Tangent
- Tenor
- Tesla
- Tessie Orlov
- Thaddeus Greaves
- Thea Garrison
- Theia
- Thelma Ruiz
- Theodore Quince
- Thorn
- Threadneedle
- Thurman Ridley
- Tin Cup
- Tinderbox
- Tinsmith
- Tobias Renner
- Tobin Grey
- Tollbooth
- Traci
- Tumbler
- Tungsten
- Turing
U: 6 names
- U2-15
- U5-72
- Ulysses Greenwood
- Unit 12-Kilo
- Unit 3-Sierra
- Unit 7-Delta
V: 14 names
- V1-93
- V3-26
- Vagabond
- Vector
- Vega
- Velma Aldridge
- Vera
- Verna Pruitt
- Vernier
- Vernon Ashby
- Vesper
- Virgil Sayer
- Vivian Sandoval
- Volta
W: 20 names
- W2-37
- W4-80
- Wallace Greer
- Walter
- Walter Hedley
- Wanderer
- Warren Doyle
- Watchman
- Wayfarer
- Wendell Price
- Whisper
- Wilbur Sneed
- Wilfred Toussaint
- Wilhelmina Krause
- Willa Henshaw
- Willis Crane
- Winifred Kerr
- Winnie Sandberg
- Woodrow Tisdale
- Wren
X: 6 names
- X1-44
- X3-28
- X4-18
- X5-91
- X6-88
- X9-17
Y: 3 names
- Y1-57
- Y3-22
- Y9-15