Traveller Name Generator

Character names for the Traveller RPG's Third Imperium

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Generate names for Traveller RPG characters: Vilani and Solomani humans, Imperial nobility, Sword Worlders, Darrians, Zhodani, Aslan, Vargr, Droyne and K'kree, each written in the phonology of its species or culture.

About Traveller names

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.

How to choose Traveller names

  • Decide homeworld and culture first, then pick from the matching block: a character from the Spinward Marches could be Vilani, Solomani, Sword Worlder, Darrian or Zhodani, and the name should say which.
  • Vilani names double their long vowels (Kiiriishik, Uusimaa); if you coin your own, keep that feature and avoid soft sounds like th, w and v, which are not in the Vilani inventory.
  • Aslan males are usually identified by clan (Tlaukhu, Khtukhao) as well as personal name, so pair a personal name with one of the clan names in the list for a full Aslan name.
  • Vargr, Zhodani and K'kree names are hard for players to say aloud; give the character a short human nickname or use-name the crew calls them, and keep the full name on the sheet.
  • For Imperial nobles, add a title and fief rather than a longer name: Baron Theron Kaspar of Efate reads more Traveller than a triple-barrelled surname.

Frequently asked questions

Which cultures and species does this Traveller name generator cover?

It covers Vilani, Solomani, Imperial and Sylean nobility, Sword Worlders, Darrians and Zhodani humans, plus the major non-human races most often met in play: Aslan, Vargr, Droyne and K'kree. Hivers are not included because they do not use personal names in a way humans can pronounce.

Are any of these names canon Traveller characters?

The first dozen or so are well-known figures from the Third Imperium setting, such as Strephon Alkhalikoi, Arbellatra, Dulinor, Lucan and Norris Aledon, included as reference points for the Imperial naming style. Everything after them is original and safe to use for your own characters.

What makes a Vilani name sound Vilani?

Long doubled vowels (aa, ii, uu), hard consonants like k, kh, sh, g and d, and multi-syllable words built from short roots, followed by a family name: Ushsuumir Gaashanaa or Kiiriishik Enkiiru. Vilani names rarely contain v, w, th or f.

Can I use these for Cepheus Engine or other 2D6 sci-fi games?

Yes. The human names work in any hard-ish science fiction setting, and the alien names suit any game that uses Traveller-style lion, wolf or psionic species under different labels.

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All 500 Traveller names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 40 names

  • Aashimur Kigaal
  • Adaeze Holm
  • Aehkhtai Tlaukhu
  • Aelenne Morvath
  • Aengkhfaedz
  • Agathon Rhys
  • Ahroay Tlaukhu
  • Aiko Nakamura-Reyes
  • Airloa Eakhtai
  • Aitlou Khtukhao
  • Akhumaa Gerrishu
  • Akira Castellanos
  • Alexios Zhunastu
  • Ama Tremblay
  • Amara Okonkwo-Lindqvist
  • Amiret Salvoren
  • Anareth Sevil
  • Anaxander Kiris
  • Anneliese Moreau
  • Antiochus Ling
  • Aoihtalr Ftaiwo
  • Arbellatra Alkhalikoi
  • Arben Oduya
  • Ariadne Lentuli
  • Arkhaashu Dinkaal
  • Arkkaash Gimmudu
  • Arne Sigfusson
  • Artemsus Lentuli
  • Asbjorn Rurikson
  • Ashaagi Tukhmaran
  • Ashkiri Gurukkaar
  • Aslaug Thorsdottir
  • Astrid Ragnvaldsdottir
  • Athenais Dray
  • Atriyo
  • Aurelio Petrov
  • Ayaan Fernsby
  • Ayd Oytrip
  • Ayesha Delgado
  • Ayrippo

B: 5 names

  • Beatriz Nakagawa
  • Benedikt Olawale
  • Bjorn Eskildsen
  • Brigitte Oduya
  • Brynja Leifsdottir

C: 8 names

  • Caleb Mwangi
  • Callista Aledon
  • Camila Voss
  • Chiara Okoye
  • Cleon Zhunastu
  • Cleonides Aramis
  • Constantin Varga
  • Cyrus Lindahl

D: 33 names

  • Daarum Ushgi
  • Dagaashu Kinmur
  • Dagny Thorbjornsdottir
  • Daniel Ekwueme
  • Dario Kimathi
  • Daryel Sanosi
  • Dayayd Oytrip
  • Dayripto
  • Demetrios Mantell
  • Dhaekhsoll
  • Dimiilu Shiishuginsa
  • Dimmaan Sargaalu
  • Dmitri Sokolov
  • Dorvan Thessil
  • Driankl Zhdieqr
  • Driatsiepr Zhdal
  • Driebrkl Iatsevl
  • Drienchiepr Tlaf
  • Driepr Zhdiatsl
  • Driepriatl Zhdans
  • Driets Tlienzh
  • Dritayo
  • Drukayo
  • Dukhaam Shugilii
  • Dukhirkaash Gimla
  • Dulinor Astrin Ilethian
  • Dushkaan Ammuri
  • Dzaefkhoerr
  • Dzaengon Ruerrgh
  • Dzaerrthoukh
  • Dzoeghsuerr
  • Dzoegvaerrk
  • Dzukhsaeng

E: 24 names

  • Eahoi Hlyueawi
  • Eaholr Tlaukhu
  • Eakhfolr Tlaukhu
  • Eakhyai Ahroay
  • Eduuri Khaalgan
  • Eegaash Lumrukan
  • Egil Hallvardsen
  • Ehtaiwo Khaukhearl
  • Eirik Thorgrimsen
  • Eirlhoa Hoakhau
  • Ekhaar Shimmudu
  • Elena Varga-Castellanos
  • Emeka Rasmussen
  • Ennishaa Karmuuluk
  • Ennkiiru Dagaam
  • Erik Haraldsen
  • Erkaad Shulgi
  • Eshkirra Dulumaa
  • Eshtar Lovreni
  • Esteban Okwu
  • Eudora Pollux
  • Euhtal Wealr
  • Evander Solis
  • Ewan Fitzgerald

F: 13 names

  • Farah Kovač
  • Felipe Armstrong
  • Fikile Moreau
  • Freya Lindqvist
  • Frida Hakonsdottir
  • Ftahalr Khtukhao
  • Ftairloa Eahoi
  • Ftaiwoikhtulr
  • Fteahoi Eakhtai
  • Fteahrlr Ahkheailr
  • Ftealrkhu Tlaukhu
  • Fteirlr Ahroay
  • Ftoiyhalr Hkteahlr

G: 27 names

  • Gaalkhu Enniru
  • Gaarkhu Numeshiim
  • Gaashaa Nurenkhaa
  • Gannishu Lakhmir
  • Garuun Ilkhidaa
  • Gavin Alkhalikoi
  • Gerd Sturlasdottir
  • Ghaashim Turukkaa
  • Ghurr'kxeek
  • Gimishaa Dakhrun
  • Gisuumi Ishkar
  • Gregor Yamamoto
  • Gudrun Eriksdottir
  • Gunnar Thorvaldsen
  • Gvaekhsuen
  • Gvaerrkhoe Dzakfa
  • Gvoegzaekh
  • Gvoekfaerr
  • Gvorrkfaeng
  • Gvoudzon
  • Gvurrdhaez
  • Gzaekhdzon
  • Gzaengsuerr
  • Gzaerrthoe
  • Gzoedhaerr
  • Gzoerrknaeg
  • Gzuerrknoell

H: 23 names

  • Hadrian Tukera
  • Hairlolr Ftaiwo
  • Hakon Gudbrandsen
  • Halkhaa Nishgur
  • Halvard Ketilsen
  • Hana Szabo
  • Harald Knutsen
  • Hedda Sibanda
  • Helene Mornay
  • Helga Bjornsdottir
  • Helga Nakashima
  • Hesper Daine
  • Hiroshi Estigarribia
  • Hjordis Arnesdottir
  • Hkaukh Tlaukhu
  • Hkhyoai Ahkheailr
  • Hkteahlr Yerlyar
  • Hlyueawi Ftaiwo
  • Hoakhau Wealr
  • Hroiktea Khtukhao
  • Hrolr Eakhtai
  • Hteailr Khaukhearl
  • Hweaktai Ftahea

I: 38 names

  • Iabriedr Zhdenzh
  • Iabrzhdr Tlaqr
  • Iadr Zhdepriev
  • Iaprievr Zhdatsl
  • Iason Merrow
  • Iatsienzh Tlabrl
  • Iatsriepr Zhdievl
  • Ibrahim Sorensen
  • Iddukhaa Shemmaran
  • Idris Hallström
  • Iebrats Zhdaprl
  • Iedrienchl Tlazh
  • Iencheqr Tlabrv
  • Iepr Zhdapr
  • Iezhdiapr Tlanch
  • Iezhdret Priepqr
  • Igiish Darmashuu
  • Ignacio Bello
  • Ikhaar Shuuganu
  • Illuukhaa Garshim
  • Ilugaar Mekhigin
  • Ilyth Daranesh
  • Imani Abubakar
  • Ines Kowalczyk
  • Inga Svendsdottir
  • Ingeborg Vestergaard
  • Ingrid Bakke
  • Iolanthe Alkhalikoi
  • Ione Castellar
  • Irgaan Kuunuul
  • Irkaan Ushkaarmu
  • Isdip Ayo
  • Ishgaan Durrukai
  • Ishimkarun Kagi
  • Ishkaal Murnekhaa
  • Iskayo Dript
  • Ithel Darovane
  • Ivar Sveinsen

J: 3 names

  • Jalal Rahimi
  • Jin-soo Park
  • Joaquin Adeyemi

K: 44 names

  • Kaanuuri Shemgaal
  • Kaarumi Lishaan
  • Kaelith Morn
  • Kagimaa Shimkhaa
  • Kaligaa Enkuur
  • Kalliope Astrin
  • Kassiani Ilethian
  • Kayodrit
  • Kayosdrip
  • Keiko Lindqvist
  • Kenji Oyelaran
  • Kessel Avaril
  • Ketil Ulfsen
  • Kfaengsoer
  • Kfaerrgvoedz
  • Kfoedzaerr
  • Kfoerrgan
  • Kfuerrgzoe
  • Khaagii Ershekhun
  • Kharraan Edulgi
  • Khoaihr Yuleaw
  • Khoedzaerr
  • Khtairloa Hlyueawi
  • Khugaan Tashiimir
  • Khyaelr Hoakhau
  • Kiiriishik Enkiiru
  • Kimmuur Shaakhan
  • Kishuumi Barkhan
  • Kjell Ingvarsen
  • Knaedzsuerr
  • Knaerrgvoe
  • Knoegzaerrk
  • Knoellighz
  • Knoerrgzadh
  • Knuedzogh
  • Knut Eilifsen
  • Kofi Andersson
  • Kr'rrixa Gh'kur
  • Kr'ukxarr
  • Ksuraeg Thoerrgarrk
  • Ktealhr Yuleaw
  • Kusiish Uumekhaa
  • Kwame Sørensen
  • Kyriake Adair

L: 20 names

  • Laakhim Enzuurid
  • Lakaash Amgiraaru
  • Lamkaa Zarrumin
  • Lars Petrosyan
  • Leif Gunnarsen
  • Leila Haugen
  • Leonidas Umbrani
  • Liesl Obuya
  • Linkhaa Gumashir
  • Lishaa Narkhaashi
  • Lishkuu Annigaar
  • Liv Kjeldsen
  • Luca Mwamba
  • Lucan Alkhalikoi
  • Lucia Ferreira-Braun
  • Lugaal Kasuumi
  • Lummukhaa Sirgaan
  • Lysandra Ovidius
  • Lysenne Avrath
  • Lysias Okkonen

M: 15 names

  • Magnus Olavsen
  • Makhidkarun
  • Marcus Delacroix
  • Margaret Tukera
  • Mariam Holst
  • Maritza Ivanova
  • Maskhaa Tuuraan
  • Mateo Tanaka-Brandt
  • Matthias Kagawa
  • Mei-Lin Torvald
  • Melantha Gesrin
  • Mirela Osei
  • Mirenne Tashal
  • Mirkaan Uulgish
  • Murkaa Shishgaal

N: 13 names

  • Naagaan Shikan
  • Nadia Chaudhry
  • Naoko Brennan
  • Ngozi Lindgren
  • Niishaa Garrukhan
  • Nikhaar Zilgaam
  • Nikias Aledon
  • Nikolaos Sern
  • Nimkhaa Erdushu
  • Nirsaa Giimuduu
  • Noressa Tavel
  • Norris Aella Aledon
  • Nukhaan Shirrimaa

O: 20 names

  • Oahkhtealr Ftahea
  • Oakhtea Hlyueawi
  • Oeghfaerrk
  • Oegzadh Kfaegh
  • Oekhdzuerr
  • Oekhfaedz
  • Oerrgzakh
  • Oerrkhthaeng
  • Oileahr Hkaukh
  • Oiyalr Ftahea
  • Oksana Villanueva
  • Olav Steinarsen
  • Oliver Mbeki
  • Olympia Varro
  • Omar Haddad
  • Orrukhaa Shalkim
  • Oyrisayd
  • Oytrip Dayoy
  • Oytsayd
  • Oytsip Drayo

P: 17 names

  • Paloma Achebe
  • Paulo Alkhalikoi
  • Pavel Okonjo
  • Per Anand
  • Pericles Ondrejka
  • Persephone Vane
  • Phaedra Tukera
  • Piotr Nwosu
  • Priatsiedr Zhdial
  • Priatsl Tlienzhdr
  • Priebrastiepr
  • Priechl Tlazhdiepr
  • Priedrievl Zhdab
  • Priedzh Iabrkl
  • Priendzh Tlatsr
  • Priya Raghunathan
  • Ptolemy Aledon

R: 24 names

  • Rafael Quintero
  • Ragna Torvaldsdottir
  • Ragnhild Tormodsdottir
  • Raj Kowalski
  • Rashid Vieira
  • Raúl Ishii
  • Rhasan Emrorn
  • Rishaa Lakeeshir
  • Rishgaal Amkuri
  • Risoyday
  • Roald Einarsen
  • Rosa Ishikawa
  • Rovan Estellir
  • Rr'xakurgh
  • Rraekfouz
  • Rraengthoegz
  • Rrokhgvaen
  • Rruedhaegz
  • Rruedzkhoe
  • Rrughgoez
  • Rrukhfaegz
  • Rukkhaa Ishimgi
  • Runa Sigurdsdottir
  • Ruumishaa Kalgir

S: 31 names

  • Saamukhu Lekhirran
  • Saoirse Tanaka
  • Sasha Morozova
  • Sebastian Njoku
  • Sehlan Ormavel
  • Seranne Vesh
  • Shaggamar Khuzurul
  • Shamaashi Kurgaan
  • Shanmukhaa Irdash
  • Sheshkhaan Umkaari
  • Shiika Ashugaan
  • Shuukan Meshgirra
  • Sif Audunsdottir
  • Siggaan Urmeshi
  • Signe Olavsdottir
  • Sigrid Halvorsdottir
  • Sigurd Vigfusson
  • Siirkhu Galgaan
  • Siishaa Kunigal
  • Siobhan Okafor
  • Solvei Torkelsdottir
  • Solveig Banerjee
  • Sophronius Kade
  • Sovani Reskar
  • Steinar Hjalmarsen
  • Stellan Oyinlola
  • Sten Ulvsen
  • Strephon Alkhalikoi
  • Styryx Lentuli
  • Svanhild Bjarnesdottir
  • Svetlana Abara

T: 42 names

  • Taashgaan Imkuru
  • Tatiana Boateng
  • Teodoro Achike
  • Teshar Ilvane
  • Thaengzoedh
  • Thaerrgvoez
  • Thalia Varenne
  • Thandiwe Kruger
  • Theodoros Aella
  • Theron Kaspar
  • Thoedzaerrg
  • Thoekfaerrg
  • Thorvald Brynjulfsen
  • Thuerrdzogh
  • Thurrgzaen
  • Thyra Gudmundsdottir
  • Tirgaal Ushmekhaa
  • Tlabrienzh Iedr
  • Tlairhoa Yuleaw
  • Tlakl Drienzhdi
  • Tlanchiev Iabrzh
  • Tlaprienzh Iatsr
  • Tlatsankl Iezhdr
  • Tlatsiedr Zhdiapr
  • Tlatsievr Priebr
  • Tleaiw Ahkheailr
  • Tlianzhdr Zhdevl
  • Tliebrzh Iadrev
  • Tliedrev Zhdankl
  • Tlienrievr Zhdits
  • Tlienzhdl Zhdiapr
  • Tlouhair Khaukhearl
  • Tlyaskakl Zhdabr
  • Tobias Achterberg
  • Tomas Velarde
  • Tora Haraldsdottir
  • Torsten Lodbrok
  • Torunn Asgeirsdottir
  • Torvel Isharne
  • Tralyeah Ftaiwo
  • Tuummi Kharrigaan
  • Tuxr'akk Rree

U: 13 names

  • Ulf Gunnbjornsen
  • Ulhoirlr Khaukhearl
  • Ulla Mbatha
  • Urgaan Kiimaldur
  • Urgishaa Kaammu
  • Ushgaal Tirmekhaa
  • Ushkuuri Laamgaan
  • Ushsuumir Gaashanaa
  • Uumekha Shaandri
  • Uunkhaa Girrashaa
  • Uurdan Shikkimaa
  • Uurukkhu Argashan
  • Uusimaa Larkarguu

V: 6 names

  • Vaeri Danosh
  • Valentina Obi
  • Varian Alkhalikoi
  • Vigdis Bardesdottir
  • Viggo Rolfsen
  • Viktor Dragomir

W: 1 name

  • Wealr Hkaukh

X: 3 names

  • Xanthe Lentuli
  • Xeekr'gur
  • Xurr'kreek

Y: 16 names

  • Yaddrik
  • Yadoy Tris
  • Yaeiwo Hkaukh
  • Yael Benaroya
  • Yaorripsay
  • Yeahrlr Khtukhao
  • Yealhr Wealr
  • Yeldra Tevrin
  • Yerlyaruiwo Eakhau
  • Ylva Kolbeinsdottir
  • Yoaddri
  • Yoddasip
  • Yoiwealr Ftahea
  • Yuleaw Khtukhao
  • Yumiko Halloran
  • Yusuf al-Mansouri

Z: 21 names

  • Zaagin Mekhuuri
  • Zaakhu Immeshga
  • Zainab Okoro
  • Zenobia Ahrens
  • Zhaarkhu Ennimgaa
  • Zhakirov
  • Zhdaftl Drienkl
  • Zhdaptl Ienchi
  • Zhdaqr Priatsiev
  • Zhdebr Iatlev
  • Zhdevr Iabrens
  • Zhdiakl Driebr
  • Zhdiebr Driatsl
  • Zhdiel Priebrats
  • Zhdienl Iatsabr
  • Zhdiets Prienkl
  • Zhdrabr Iepriel
  • Zhdrepr Iatsevr
  • Ziluum Gashirikaa
  • Zimmuul Ekhirra
  • Zirunkariish Kadar