Vargr Name Generator

The Vargr of the Traveller universe are descendants of Terran wolves uplifted by the Ancients and seeded in the Gvurrdon region spinward of the Imperium. Their best-known language family, Gvegh, gives Vargr names a very recognizable texture: heavy consonant onsets such as gv, kf, dz, gz, kh, ng, rr and ts; doubled vowels and diphthongs like ae, oe, ou and ue; and throaty codas in -gh, -rrgh, -kh, -ngh and -z. Sourcebook examples such as Kfan Uzangou and Gvurrdon follow that pattern; a good Vargr name should feel barked rather than spoken.

Vargr society runs on charisma rather than fixed rank, so names are personal first. Most Vargr go by a single name; a second element, when it appears, usually points to a pack, a homeworld or a captain the character follows, and it can change when their loyalties do. Corsair leaders and high-charisma politicians tend to carry the longer, more ornate names, while crew and pack members answer to short, punchy ones.

This generator mixes all three shapes: compact names like Thaek, Rrul and Oeng; two- and three-syllable names like Dzurat, Kfaelin and Thoengling; and two-part names like Rrul Oeng or Oekhtsoeng Rroena. Use them for Traveller, Cepheus Engine or any sci-fi setting with a wolfish alien species.