Generate unique and imaginative names for your sci-fi characters, planets, technology and more!
Sci-Fi Name Generator
The Sci-Fi Name Generator helps you brainstorm creative and unique names suitable for your science fiction stories, games, and worlds. Generate names for characters, planets, spaceships, organizations, or anything else you need a futuristic or otherworldly term for.
Generate names ranging from the gritty, industrial to the sleek, futuristic, covering a broad spectrum of science fiction themes..
Create names for anything sci-fi, planets, and characters, ensuring variety and suitability for any setting.
Overcome writer's block and spark new ideas with a stream of unique and imaginative results.
Tailor the name generation, allowing you to explore a different side of your own setting.
Follow these simple steps to generate your Sci-Fi names:
Briefly mention the setting or purpose of the names you'd like to generate.
Click the 'Generate' button.
Examine the generated list and further elaborate your prompt to create better fitting names.
Struggling to find the perfect names for your characters, planets, corporations, or alien races in your sci-fi narrative? This AI Name Generator is here to help! We provide a variety of options, from the sleek and futuristic to the gritty and otherworldly, all designed to add depth and authenticity to your story. Whether you’re crafting a sprawling space opera, a cyberpunk thriller, or a dystopian saga, the right name can instantly evoke a sense of wonder, dread, or intrigue for your readers. Let our AI spark your creativity and bring your universe to life!
Beyond randomly generated names, we strive to provide names with potential for deeper meaning and connection to imagined backgrounds, offering suggestions inspired by real science, mythology, and linguistic patterns.
Here are some examples of names the generator might create, along with suggestions for backstories or origins, designed to further inspire your world-building efforts:
Name | Suggested Source/Background Story | Narrative Suggestion |
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Kryllos Prime | A foundational planet in a colonized system. “Kryllos” might sound like a type of spacefaring jellyfish observed originally, a key bio-component used in terraforming efforts from Earth. “Prime” indicates initial colonization. | Represents the first foray into deep space or the corruption resulting from a powerful, entrenched central authority. |
Aether Dynamics | A massive corporation specializing in space time manipuation, faster than light travel technologies research, its name based on the classical element of Aether and its use in providing advanced technologies. | A symbol of progress, dangerous ambition a key plot and source of future danger for other corporations or rival states |
Lyra-7 | A cyborg assassin prototype. “Lyra” is the code-name given from the “Lyra Constellation”, evoking ancient space themes, and “-7” indicates successful test results, but maybe dangerous if let loose or weaponized. | A cautionary tale about unchecked technological advancement or control over individuals. * , |
Xylos Wardens | An elite force from planet"Xylos", dedicated to protecting sensitive research, its name originating from the ancient forests on their home planet, now reduced but deeply resonant on a cultural level. | Hints the environmental change in relation to technological advancement or decline or the dedication to an outdated ideology. |
Valerius Nebula | A deep nebula and hidden cosmic vault or secret planet system. The name “Valerius” suggests an older name, the location containing ancient technology lost during great wars between powerful civilizations . | Could serve as a MacGuffin fueling interstellar conflict or revealing a buried past. |
Project Chimera | a clandestine government military technology Project. The goal is to produce organic cyborg superhumans to combat invading aliens on earth. The scientists and doctors used DNA splicing from many different animals, humans and AI-code. | Result could be horrific or a total technological victory for humans. A constant challenge for governments and ethics. |
Let this AI Name Generator be your springborad for crafting rich, compelling sci-fi worlds!
Examples of names generated by the Sci-Fi Name Generator:
Arrakis, Shai-Hulud, Jakku sounding names.
The Black Serpent, The Iron Hawk, Reaper's Shadow - pirate related names for sci-fi generated ships.
Lieutenant Kors, Admiral Varth, Captain Tylos. Generation with the tone shifted to military-esque.
ATHENA, AEGIS, NEXUS, etc. for Advanced Aritifical Intelligences.
The Xal'tor Scepter, The Kryll Engine, The Obelisk of Ahkmenrah as names to generate antique alien Sci-Fi props.
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