Traveller Name Generator

Traveller's Charted Space is built from a handful of distinct naming traditions, and the right name tells the table where a character comes from. Vilani names, the old Imperial stock, are agglutinative with long doubled vowels and hard k, sh and g sounds (Kiiriishik, Shaggamar, Ishimkarun), usually a given name followed by a lineage name. Solomani names are Earth names a few thousand years on, so mixed-heritage combinations like Amara Okonkwo-Lindqvist fit perfectly. Imperial nobility leans toward Greek-flavored given names with dynastic surnames, in the style of Strephon Alkhalikoi or Norris Aella Aledon.

The frontier cultures each have their own sound. Sword Worlders use Scandinavian names with patronymics (Gunnar Thorvaldsen, Sigrid Halvorsdottir), Darrians favour soft, elvish-sounding names, and the Zhodani pile up consonant clusters that look impossible until you say them slowly: Iepr Zhdapr, Tlienrievr. Aslan names are breathy strings of h, kh, tl and open vowels (Ftahalr, Hkaukh), Vargr names growl with gv, dz, rr and gz (Gvoudzon, Knoellighz), Droyne names are short and clipped, and K'kree names bristle with x, rr and apostrophes.

The list opens with a few canon Imperial figures and then runs through each group in turn, so you can grab a name for a free trader crew, a Scout, a Zhodani psion or an Aslan mercenary and have it fit the setting.