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Generate names for heroes with telekinesis, telepathy and psionic powers: one-word codenames like Mindforce and Farhand, titles like The Grey Lattice and Captain Kinesis, physics names like Fulcrum and Spooky Action, and civilian alter egos like Nora Mindell.

About telekinetic superhero names

Telekinesis is an invisible power: nothing leaves the hero's hands, so the name has to carry the image. Comic-book telekinetics tend to draw on four vocabularies. The first is the mind itself, as in Mindforce, Cortexa, Synapse and Cerebrus. The second is motion and physics, which suits a hero who treats the power like engineering: Fulcrum, Torque, Vector, Action at a Distance. The third is the séance room and the parapsychology lab, with Poltergeist, Planchette, Zener and Ganzfeld (the last two come from classic ESP experiments). The fourth is the unseen hand: Farhand, Ghostgrip, The Unseen Hand, The Stagehand.

Telepaths and all-round psionics get their own group, from quiet handles like Subtext, Inner Voice and Eavesdrop to jokes like Read Receipt and Group Chat. Myth and language supply the elegant options. Nous is Greek for mind, Huginn and Muninn are Odin's ravens Thought and Memory, Briareus is one of the hundred-handed giants, and Nenriki is a Japanese word for psychokinesis.

The list also holds Silver Age titles (Captain Kinesis, Madame Zener, Professor Poltergeist), alliterative two-word handles for sidekicks and teen heroes, and civilian alter egos whose surnames carry a quiet hint, such as June Hover and Desmond Lever.

How to choose telekinetic superhero names

  • Match the name to how the power looks in use. Fine control suits Sleight, The Conductor or The Juggler; raw lifting suits Deadlift, Heavy Lifter or Atlas; shields and shoves suit Pushback, Repulse or Null Field.
  • Decide whether the hero is a telekinetic, a telepath or both. Motion words fit a pure telekinetic, communication words such as Wavelength and Switchboard fit a telepath, and mind words such as Mindforce or The Open Mind cover a hero who does both.
  • Let the format set the tone. A single word reads modern and serious, a title with The reads mysterious, a rank or honorific (Doctor Fulcrum, Madame Aura) reads Silver Age, and an alliterative handle like Kinetic Kestrel reads younger and lighter.
  • Plain words such as Vector, Synapse and Feedback have been used for characters by one publisher or another. Search any name together with the word comics before you build a published series around it.
  • Give the civilian identity a hint that only readers notice. Willa Force, Dorian Still and Opal Featherstone all nod at the power without anyone in the story remarking on it.

Frequently asked questions

What are good names for a telekinetic superhero?

Strong one-word options include Mindforce, Farhand, Holdfast, Kinesis and Levitas. For a mysterious hero try a title such as The Grey Lattice, The Unseen Hand or The Unmoved Mover, and for a science hero look at Fulcrum, Torque or Action at a Distance. Captain Kinesis and Professor Poltergeist give you the classic Silver Age sound.

What is the difference between telekinetic, psychokinetic and psionic?

Telekinesis and psychokinesis both mean moving objects with the mind, and writers use them interchangeably. Psionic is a broader science fiction term that covers telepathy, telekinesis and other mental powers together. That is why this list mixes motion names like Pushback with thought names like Inner Monologue and Train of Thought.

Do these names work for villains and tabletop characters?

Yes. The Velvet Vise, Thought Thief, Tabula Rasa and Blunt Force lean toward antagonists, while Psi-Lad, Hover Hound and Poltergal suit lighter campaigns. Any of the codenames will fit a psychic character in a superhero RPG, and the civilian names give you a secret identity to go with it.

Are any of these names already used in comics?

Probably some. The list has not been checked against published comics, and ordinary words such as Poltergeist, Vector and Whisper have been character names somewhere over the decades. Coinages like Psilence, Ghostgrip and Levitrix are less likely to collide, but search before you publish.

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A: 18 names

  • Action at a Distance
  • Afloat
  • Afterthought
  • Agent Axon
  • Agent Sway
  • Aloft
  • Alpha Wave
  • Alter Ego
  • Amara Nwosu
  • Anima
  • Animus
  • Apogee
  • Archimedes
  • Ataraxia
  • Atlas
  • Attractor
  • Axis
  • Axon

B: 9 names

  • Ballast
  • Ballistic
  • Bandwidth
  • Barycenter
  • Beatrice Noble
  • Blunt Force
  • Brainstorm
  • Briareus
  • Buoyant Badger

C: 28 names

  • Calvin Wise
  • Captain Cerebrum
  • Captain Kinesis
  • Captain Levity
  • Captain Updraft
  • Carrier Wave
  • Caryatid
  • Cassandra Holt
  • Catapult
  • Centrifuge
  • Centripetal
  • Cerebella
  • Cerebral Centurion
  • Cerebral Comet
  • Cerebrus
  • Chōnōryoku
  • Clarity
  • Closed Circuit
  • Coeus
  • Cogito
  • Colonel Cortex
  • Commander Cranium
  • Coriolis
  • Cortex Crusader
  • Cortexa
  • Counterweight
  • Cranium
  • Crosstalk

D: 23 names

  • Daydream
  • Deadlift
  • Déjà Vu
  • Delta-V
  • Dendrite
  • Desmond Lever
  • Dial Tone
  • Dianoia
  • Dinah Rhine
  • Doctor Fulcrum
  • Doctor Ganzfeld
  • Doctor Noesis
  • Doctor Planchette
  • Doctor Psi
  • Doctor Telekine
  • Dorian Still
  • Dr. Iris Penrose
  • Dr. Malcolm Ponder
  • Dr. Simone Lacroix
  • Dream Dragoon
  • Dream Drifter
  • Drifting Dove
  • Dunamis

E: 15 names

  • Earshot
  • Eavesdrop
  • Echo Chamber
  • Egregore
  • Eidolon
  • Eleanor Mach
  • Elliot Graves
  • Empath
  • Epimetheus
  • Epiphany
  • Equal and Opposite
  • Escape Velocity
  • Esper
  • Esprit
  • Eureka

F: 18 names

  • Farhand
  • Featherweight Finch
  • Feedback
  • Felix Crown
  • Field Line
  • Flickshot
  • Floating Fury
  • Flywheel
  • Focus Falcon
  • Force Falcon
  • Force Majeure
  • Forcewave
  • Foresight
  • Forethought
  • Freefall
  • Frequency
  • Freudian Slip
  • Fulcrum

G: 14 names

  • G-Force
  • Ganglion
  • Ganzfeld
  • Gedanke
  • Geist
  • Ghostgrip
  • Ghostly Grasp
  • Gideon Stillman
  • Gimbal
  • Gnosis
  • Grapple
  • Grip Ghost
  • Group Chat
  • Gyroscope

H: 20 names

  • Hana Morikawa
  • Handsfree
  • Harriet Temple
  • Headspace
  • Heave-Ho Hare
  • Heavy Lifter
  • Hecatonchire
  • Hefty Heron
  • Hindsight
  • Hoist
  • Holdfast
  • Hover Hound
  • Hoverhand
  • Hovering Hawk
  • Huginn
  • Hugo Weightman
  • Hunch
  • Hypnagogia
  • Hypnos
  • Hypnotica

I: 7 names

  • Impeller
  • Ingrid Halvorsen
  • Inkling
  • Inner Monologue
  • Inner Voice
  • Insight
  • Ironwill

J: 4 names

  • Jonah Kepler
  • Joule
  • Juggling Jay
  • June Hover

K: 11 names

  • Kenji Morita
  • Kid Cortex
  • Kid Poltergeist
  • Kinema
  • Kinematic
  • Kinesis
  • Kinetic Kestrel
  • Kinetic Lass
  • Kinetica
  • Kinetrix
  • Kokoro

L: 25 names

  • Lady Cortex
  • Lady Lattice
  • Lady Levitas
  • Lady Lucid
  • Lagrange
  • Lattice Lancer
  • Lattice Lark
  • Leila Khayal
  • Lethe
  • Lever Arm
  • Levitas
  • Levitating Lynx
  • Levitation Lass
  • Levitrix
  • Lifting Lioness
  • Liftoff
  • Load Bearing
  • Lofty Lemur
  • Logos
  • Long Distance
  • Lord Fulcrum
  • Lost in Thought
  • Lucía Paredes
  • Lucid
  • Lucid Lancer

M: 49 names

  • Madame Aura
  • Madame Meridian
  • Madame Mesmera
  • Madame Séance
  • Madame Trance
  • Madame Zener
  • Major Torque
  • Major Vector
  • Manas
  • Marcus Willmott
  • Maren Loft
  • Margot Sage
  • Marionette
  • Mateo Fuentes
  • Matter of Mind
  • Mental Monarch
  • Mesmer
  • Metis
  • Midair
  • Mighty Mentalist
  • Miles Thackeray
  • Mimir
  • Mind Maiden
  • Mind Marshal
  • Mind Mason
  • Mind Over Matter
  • Mind the Gap
  • Mindforce
  • Mindhammer
  • Mindlift
  • Mindspire
  • Mindsweep
  • Mindtide
  • Mindvault
  • Minerva
  • Miss Levity
  • Mister Mesmer
  • Mister Midair
  • Mister Momentum
  • Mister Weightless
  • Mnemosyne
  • Moment Arm
  • Momentum
  • Momentum Maven
  • Morpheus
  • Ms. Kinesis
  • Muninn
  • Musing Mantis
  • Mystic Mover

N: 18 names

  • Narrator
  • Nenriki
  • Net Force
  • Neural Knight
  • Neural Nomad
  • Neuroflux
  • Neuronaut
  • Never Mind
  • Newton
  • Nikhil Varma
  • Noesis
  • Noetic Knight
  • Nora Mindell
  • Nostrings
  • Noumenon
  • Nous
  • Nudging Nightjar
  • Null Field

O: 9 names

  • Oneiros
  • Opal Featherstone
  • Open Book
  • Open Channel
  • Operator
  • Orbital
  • Outreach
  • Oversight
  • Owen Braine

P: 47 names

  • Parabola
  • Party Line
  • Pascal
  • Payload
  • Pendulum Prince
  • Pensée
  • Pensiero
  • Pensive Puma
  • Percy Zener
  • Perigee
  • Phantasos
  • Phantom Palm
  • Phantom Push
  • Phobetor
  • Pink Noise
  • Pivot Point
  • Planchette
  • Pneuma
  • Poltergal
  • Poltergeist
  • Poltergeist Prince
  • Potential
  • Pressure Wave
  • Priya Dhyani
  • Professor Alden Reed
  • Professor Momentum
  • Professor Pendulum
  • Professor Poltergeist
  • Prometheus
  • Psi Paladin
  • Psi Pilot
  • Psi-Lad
  • Psi-Lass
  • Psiclone
  • Psidekick
  • Psilence
  • Psionaut
  • Psionic Saber
  • Psionic Sparrow
  • Psionyx
  • Psiwave
  • Psybolt
  • Psyche
  • Psychic Sentinel
  • Psychopomp
  • Pushback
  • Pushover

R: 7 names

  • Rapport
  • Read Receipt
  • Repulse
  • Reverie
  • Roche Limit
  • Rosalind Keen
  • Ruth Holdsworth

S: 35 names

  • Sapientia
  • Scalar
  • Second Thought
  • Sensorium
  • Sergeant Synapse
  • Shear
  • Shockfront
  • Signal Boost
  • Silas Pryor
  • Silent Shover
  • Silent Signal
  • Sisyphus
  • Skyhook
  • Skyward Shrike
  • Sleight
  • Slingshot
  • Somnambula
  • Soo-jin Bae
  • Spooky Action
  • Spoonbender
  • Standstill
  • Stasis
  • Stream of Consciousness
  • Stringless
  • Subconscia
  • Subliminal
  • Subtext
  • Suggestion
  • Suspensa
  • Switchboard
  • Sylvie Vance
  • Synapse
  • Synapse Striker
  • Synapse Swift
  • Synaptic

T: 118 names

  • Tabula Rasa
  • Tamsin Pulley
  • Telamon
  • Telekid
  • Telekine
  • Telekinetic Tiger
  • Telekinetic Titan
  • Telepathic Templar
  • Telesthesia
  • Tensile
  • Tensor
  • Terminal Velocity
  • Tether
  • The Absent Hand
  • The Amazing Levitator
  • The Antenna
  • The Astonishing Afterthought
  • The Astounding Esper
  • The Astral Warden
  • The Bent Spoon
  • The Blue Static
  • The Cerebral Knight
  • The Conductor
  • The Conduit
  • The Crimson Cortex
  • The Dreaming Sentinel
  • The Dumbwaiter
  • The Empty Glove
  • The Fantastic Floating Girl
  • The Floating World
  • The Gentle Force
  • The Glass Thought
  • The Grey Lattice
  • The Guiding Hand
  • The Gyre
  • The Halo Effect
  • The Hidden Lever
  • The Hovering Stone
  • The Hundred-Handed
  • The Incredible Thinking Man
  • The Indigo Pulse
  • The Inner Eye
  • The Invincible Will
  • The Invisible Grip
  • The Iron Thought
  • The Juggler
  • The Last Thought
  • The Lifted Veil
  • The Listener
  • The Lodestone
  • The Long Reach
  • The Lucid Knight
  • The Marionettist
  • The Mighty Mover
  • The Mind's Eye
  • The Observer Effect
  • The Open Mind
  • The Paper Cyclone
  • The Pendulum

T, continued

  • The Plumb Line
  • The Prime Mover
  • The Quiet Room
  • The Quiet Storm
  • The Rattling Window
  • The Receiver
  • The Scene Shifter
  • The Second Sight
  • The Seesaw
  • The Sender
  • The Sensational Psion
  • The Silent Push
  • The Silver Synapse
  • The Sleepless Eye
  • The Spectacular Spoonbender
  • The Spinning Coin
  • The Stagehand
  • The Standing Wave
  • The Still Point
  • The Thinking Reed
  • The Third Eye
  • The Thoughtful Stranger
  • The Thousand Hands
  • The Tilted Room
  • The Uncanny Farhand
  • The Unmoved Mover
  • The Unseen Hand
  • The Velvet Glove
  • The Velvet Vise
  • The Waking Dream
  • The Weightless
  • The White Noise
  • Theo Kinsley
  • Theta Wave
  • Thinking Thunderbolt
  • Third Law
  • Thoth
  • Thought Bubble
  • Thought Thief
  • Thoughtlance
  • Thoughtspan
  • Thoughtstrike
  • Tidal Force
  • Tidal Lock
  • Tobias Heft
  • Tomasz Lewar
  • Topsy-Turvy Tern
  • Torque
  • Torque Tigress
  • Torque Titan
  • Tractor Beam
  • Tractrix
  • Train of Thought
  • Trajectory
  • Trance Trooper
  • Trancer
  • Trebuchet
  • Tug-of-War Terrier
  • Tulpa

U: 3 names

  • Unhand
  • Updraft
  • Uplift

V: 6 names

  • Vector
  • Vector Valkyrie
  • Vera Stillwater
  • Victor Hooke
  • Volition
  • Voluntas

W: 12 names

  • Wavelength
  • Weltgeist
  • Wendell Muse
  • Whisper
  • Willa Force
  • Willbender
  • Willforce
  • Willful Warden
  • Willpower
  • Willpower Wren
  • Winch
  • Windlass

Z: 4 names

  • Zeitgeist
  • Zener
  • Zero-G
  • Zofia Milczarek