Xenomorph Name Generator
Names for drones, queens, hives and lab specimens
Generate xenomorph names in every register the Alien universe uses: canon nicknames like Big Chap and Grid, Weyland-Yutani specimen codes, caste and strain labels, hive and brood names, and original hissing names for queens and warriors. Built for Alien fan fiction, RPG campaigns and OC creation.
About xenomorph names
Xenomorphs almost never get names in the films, which is exactly why fans invent them. The canon gives you three naming habits to work with. The first is the crew nickname: the creature from Alien is credited only as "Alien" but known to everyone as Big Chap, the Runner from Alien 3 was the Dragon on set, Alien: Resurrection gave us the Newborn, and the video games added Grid (the warrior with a net-burn across its head) and Specimen 6. The second is the corporate label: Weyland-Yutani files the species as XX121 or Internecivus raptus, and lab work means designations such as Specimen 6, Subject Zero or Strain Fiorina. The third is the caste word that doubles as a name: Drone, Warrior, Praetorian, Queen, Crusher, Spitter, Boiler, Neomorph, Predalien.
Original names that sound right keep the creature's hiss. Sibilants, doubled consonants and clipped syllables (Sszirak, Vethiss, Khazzir) read as something a hive might answer to, while soft, vowel-heavy names read as friendly aliens from a different franchise. Scars and deformities make good identifiers too, the way Grid and Scar-Dome work.
This list mixes all of those styles, plus hive and brood names tied to famous locations like Acheron, Hadley's Hope, Fury 161 and Sevastopol, so you can name a single stalker, a queen or an entire infestation.
How to choose xenomorph names
- Match the name to who is speaking. Colonial Marines and colonists give nicknames (Big Chap, Glassjaw, Ventcrawler); Weyland-Yutani scientists give codes (Specimen 13, Strain Acheron); a hive-mind point of view suits the hissing original names.
- Use a physical mark as the name for a recurring antagonist. Grid, Split-Crest and Cracked Crown tell readers which xenomorph they are looking at without any dialogue.
- Give the queen a name that implies the hive. Mother of Acheron or Queen of the Drowned Hive tells you where she nests and what her drones are like.
- Keep original names short and consonant-heavy, with at most one apostrophe. Three names like Sszirak, Khazzir and Ixxara feel like one species; mixing in flowing elvish names breaks the illusion.
- For a multi-hive story, name broods after their origin point (Brood of the Derelict, Clutch of the Cargo Hold) so readers can track which infestation is which.
Frequently asked questions
Do xenomorphs have names in the Alien movies?
Not officially. The creature in Alien is credited simply as "Alien" and is nicknamed Big Chap by fans and crew. The Runner in Alien 3 is called the Dragon in the script, and later films and games added the Newborn, the Deacon, the Neomorph, Grid and Specimen 6. Weyland-Yutani refers to the species as XX121, and a pseudo-Latin name, Internecivus raptus, appears on some official material.
What are the xenomorph castes I can name?
The core hierarchy is Facehugger, Chestburster, Drone, Warrior, Praetorian and Queen, with an Empress or Queen Mother above ordinary queens in the expanded universe. Games and comics add the Runner, Lurker, Spitter, Boiler, Crusher, Ravager, Carrier and Predalien, and Prometheus and Covenant introduced the Deacon, the Neomorph and the Protomorph.
How do I name a xenomorph OC?
Decide who named it. A lab-raised specimen gets a designation (Subject Nine, Specimen 47). A survivor's nemesis gets a descriptive nickname based on a scar or habit (Halfjaw, Ductrunner). If the story is told from the hive's side, use a short, hissing original name such as Thrakkan, Ixxara or Vethiss.
Are these names safe to use for fan fiction or games?
The canon nicknames and caste names belong to the Alien franchise and are fine for fan works. The original names, hive names and specimen designations here are free to use in your own stories, tabletop campaigns or game mods.
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All 500 xenomorph names
A: 13 names
- Abomination
- Acheron Drone
- Acheron Praetorian
- Acheron Warrior
- Acidborn
- Acidtooth
- Aquatic Drone
- Arctic Praetorian
- Ash's Darling
- Ashskin
- Asset Nine
- Asset Prime
- Asset XX121-R
B: 26 names
- Batch Seven
- Batch Twelve
- Bellybuster
- Big Chap
- Bio-Weapons Division Asset 3
- Birthing Wall Warden
- Bishop's Nightmare
- Black Goo Drone
- Black Goo Spawn
- Blackglass
- Bladetail
- Bloodburster
- Boiler
- Bone-Dome
- Brood of Deep Tunnels
- Brood of the Black Goo
- Brood of the Cryo Bay
- Brood of the Derelict
- Brood of the Engineer Ship
- Brood of the Mining Rig
- Brood of the Sleeping Ship
- Brood Tender
- Broodmother Khaess
- Broodmother Sszirk
- Bull Alien
- Burnface
C: 18 names
- Carrier
- Case File Nostromo
- Ceilingstalker
- Chestburster
- Chet
- Clutch of Sector Nine
- Clutch of the Cargo Hold
- Clutch of the Colony Well
- Clutch of the Crashed Dropship
- Clutch of the Old Queen
- Containment Unit 4
- Corridor Warden
- Covenant Neomorph
- Cracked Crown
- Crawlspace
- Creeper
- Crusher
- Cryo Sample Nine
D: 6 names
- Deep Hive Praetorian
- Dog Alien
- Dripper
- Drowned Queen's Guard
- Ductrunner
- Duskclimber
E: 7 names
- Egg Keeper
- Egg Silo Omega
- Egg Silo Three
- Egg-Chamber Sentinel
- Empress Thyss
- Empress Vaszh'kra
- Engineer's Child
F: 8 names
- Facehugger
- Fiorina Runner
- First Hatchling
- Firstborn of Hadley's Hope
- Firstborn of the Auriga
- Firstborn of the Derelict
- Floodlurker
- Flying Queen
G: 6 names
- Ghost of the Nostromo
- Glassjaw
- Gorilla Alien
- Grandmother of the Hive
- Grid
- Grinder
H: 47 names
- Halfjaw
- Hammerpede
- Hassorath
- Hasszir
- Hatchling of the Black Pod
- Hatchling of the Broken Egg
- Hesszar
- Hezzavrak
- Hirrasek
- Hissara
- Hissevra
- Hissikar
- Hive Beneath the Atmosphere Processor
- Hive Cluster Kestrel
- Hive Gate Praetorian
- Hive Mother Esska
- Hive Mother Zhakreth
- Hive of Acheron
- Hive of Fury 161
- Hive of Hadley's Hope
- Hive of the Derelict
- Hive of the Sunken Freighter
- Hive Sector Delta
H, continued
- Hive Under the Ice Shelf
- Hive Vent Seventeen
- Hive Warden
- Hollow Praetorian
- Hollowback
- Hooktail
- Horror of Sevastopol
- Hoskareth
- Hossithrak
- Hoszira
- Hrakkith
- Hraszk
- Hrissekar
- Hszara
- Hunter of the Lower Decks
- Hvasska
- Hyrrask
- Hyrrvek
- Hyskor
- Hyssira
- Hyxxar
- Hyxxorath
- Hyzzel
- Hzeral
I: 20 names
- Ice Drone
- Ikarrath
- Ikessar
- Ikkaros
- Ikrathis
- Inner Sanctum Guard
- Internecivus Raptus
- Ironjaw
- Irrakesh
- Irrakor
- Irrask
- Iskaravek
- Item 7 (Wey-Yu Property)
- Ivrasska
- Ixit
- Ixorr
- Ixxara
- Ixxarathis
- Ixxessa
- Ixxivra
K: 30 names
- Kasszar
- Kasszivek
- Kaszhik
- Kavvith
- Kessavrath
- Kessith
- Khalixxar
- Khazzeth
- Khazzir
- Kheshra
- Kheszorik
- Khethessa
- Khorreth
- Khravvek
- Khyral
- Khyssith
- Khyvessa
- Khyxxir
- King Alien
- Kiraszek
- Kissaveth
- Kivvorr
- Knuckle-Dragger
- Korrathis
- Kravissar
- Kravvish
- Krexxith
- Krissith
- Kryssithar
- Kryxx
L: 9 names
- Lab Strain K-7
- Last Hatchling
- Latch
- Lefty
- Linguafoeda Acheronsis
- Longtail
- Lot 1979
- Lurker
- Lurker of the Cargo Bay
M: 5 names
- Mantis Alien
- Matriarch Syszel
- Mother of a Thousand Eggs
- Mother of Acheron
- Mother of the Deep Hull
N: 27 names
- Nakhessa
- Narreth
- Naxxith
- Nazzirek
- Nazzith
- Nekkissa
- Nest Below the Colony
- Nest in the Medlab
- Nest of Silent Corridors
- Nest of the Cooling Towers
- Nest of the Vent Shafts
- Nevrak
- Nhakkira
- Nhessik
- Nhessira
- Nightclimber
- Nikkesh
- Nossirak
- Nozzik
- Nyrraketh
- Nyrrith
- Nyskar
- Nyssarak
- Nythess
- Nyvrassik
- Nyxessa
- Nyxxil
O: 12 names
- Old Hisser
- Old Mother
- Old Queen's Guard
- Old Scar
- Organism 4
- Organism Sigma
- Organism Theta
- Ossrik
- Outer Tunnel Runner
- Ovomorph Tender
- Ox Alien
- Oxxir
P: 7 names
- Pale One
- Panther Alien
- Pipe Ghost
- Plague of Origae
- Praetorian Guard
- Praetorian Prime
- Protomorph
Q: 10 names
- Queen Facehugger
- Queen Mother
- Queen of Cold Sleep
- Queen of Fury
- Queen of the Atmosphere Processor
- Queen of the Derelict
- Queen of the Drowned Hive
- Queen of the Red Planet
- Queen Under Ice
- Quickhiss
R: 21 names
- Ravager
- Raxxith
- Reactor Warrior
- Reactorborn
- Red Xenomorph
- Resin Cathedral
- Resin Gallery Warden
- Resin Hall
- Resinborn
- Ridgeback
- Ripley's Shadow
- Rogue Alien
- Rogue Drone of Sector Nine
- Rogue Warrior of Deck Two
- Romulus Offspring
- Rotting Hive Drone
- Royal Facehugger
- Royal Guard
- Royal Jelly Keeper
- Royal Ovomorph Keeper
- Rustback
S: 78 names
- Sample A-01
- Scar-Dome
- Scorpion Alien
- Screaming Drone
- Scuttle
- Second Brood Warrior
- Sentry Drone
- Sevastopol Drone
- Shadow of the Sulaco
- Shaftstalker
- She Who Waits in Resin
- Shorty
- Silent Warrior
- Silo Sentinel
- Six-Finger
- Skinner
- Sleeper
- Slickback
- Smoothdome
- Snaggletooth
- Snake Alien
- Specimen 01
- Specimen 13
- Specimen 47
- Specimen 6
- Specimen 6-B
- Specimen Omega
- Spitter
- Split-Crest
- Splittail
- Ssarrovek
- Ssathik
- Ssathra
- Ssavek
- Ssekhara
- Sshev
- Ssikhet
- Ssinvra
- Ssivrak
S, continued
- Sskarith
- Sskarrin
- Sskarrovek
- Sskath
- Sskaveth
- Sskivra
- Sskoressa
- Sskorvath
- Sskyret
- Sslith
- Ssothra
- Ssthera
- Ssuvorath
- Ssyrith
- Ssyrran
- Ssyvra
- Sszathrel
- Sszekith
- Sszevra
- Sszirak
- Stalker of Deck Four
- Stalker of the Medbay
- Strain Acheron
- Strain Fiorina
- Strain Hadley
- Strain LV-223
- Strain LV-426
- Strain Origae-6
- Strain Sevastopol
- Stumpy
- Sub-Hive Tannhauser
- Subject 6
- Subject Nine
- Subject Twenty-Two
- Subject Zero
- Sump Crawler
- Swamp Lurker
- Swimmer Alien
- Szavin
T: 61 names
- Takkiss
- Tallcrest
- Tarvisska
- Terror of Hadley's Hope
- Tessorvek
- Tharrakesh
- Thavrik
- Thazzivar
- The Auriga Hybrid
- The Birthing Wall
- The Cocoon Gallery
- The Deacon
- The Dragon
- The Ductwork Devil
- The Egg Chamber
- The Empress
- The Fiorina Runner
- The Matriarch of Acheron
- The Mother Below
- The Neomorph
- The Newborn
- The Nostromo Stowaway
- The Ovomorph Gallery
- The Perfect Organism
- The Predalien
- The Raven
- The Romulus Brood
- The Runner
- The Sevastopol Stalker
- The Sulaco Stowaway
T, continued
- The Ultimate Lifeform
- Thedus Strain Warrior
- Thessarin
- Thessaryk
- Thessik
- Thikkor
- Thirteenth Hatchling
- Thissera
- Thixxor
- Thorrak
- Thrakkan
- Thraszik
- Thressik
- Threxx
- Thriss
- Thyral
- Thyrrek
- Thyskara
- Thyvraska
- Thyvvel
- Thyxxal
- Tikkaresh
- Tikkoreth
- Tinhead
- Tixxara
- Trilobite
- Tsyrrak
- Tunnel Warrior
- Twitch
- Two-Tongue
- Tzarreth
V: 36 names
- Vassithor
- Vaszh
- Vaszkaret
- Vathkel
- Vaxxis
- Vekkarath
- Vent Drone
- Ventcrawler
- Vessik
- Vesszar
- Vethiss
- Vethorr
- Vethraska
- Vhakkith
- Vhassek
- Vhexxa
- Vhyssel
- Viketh
- Vikkareth
- Vithess
- Vithrak
- Vorrathel
- Vorressa
- Vorsszeth
- Vossarek
- Vossik
- Vrasseth
- Vrasska
- Vrykk
- Vykkel
- Vyrrath
- Vyskara
- Vyssaveth
- Vyssor
- Vythrak
- Vyxxil
W: 5 names
- Wallwalker
- Warrior Drone
- Weyland's Prize
- Wiretooth
- Wraith of Fury 161
X: 21 names
- Xakkeresh
- Xakkor
- Xaravek
- Xarrathis
- Xarvek
- Xassik
- Xessil
- Xethra
- Xhirrakel
- Xikkor
- Xirel
- Xirrel
- Xokkir
- Xothrak
- XX121
- XX121-A
- XX121-Delta
- Xyl
- Xyrrith
- Xyvra
- Xyvvek
Y: 1 name
- Yutani's Ghost