Star Wars Clone Name Generator

The Star Wars Clone Name Generator pulls one to ten names at random from a list of 688 entries written for clone troopers: designation codes in the CT-#### style, one-word nicknames of the kind troopers earn in the field, and short invented names with the apostrophes and hard consonants of Mando'a. It is meant for people building a trooper of their own, for a fan fiction squad, a tabletop character, a Battlefront or Fortnite handle, or a custom minifigure, not for looking up canon characters.

How it works

Set a number from 1 to 10 (the default is 5) and press Generate. The list is shuffled and the top entries are shown as text cards. There is no filter by type, so a single batch usually mixes a couple of designation numbers with a few nicknames and invented names, which is convenient if you want to pair a number with a nickname the way the show does.

What is in the list

• Designation codes (about 180). Most are four-digit CT numbers like CT-6787 and CT-9217. Some use the longer form seen on ARC troopers and officers, such as CT-975-8808 or CT-6715-15, and a few use invented prefixes like AS-976 or DEU-572 for units outside the standard Grand Army numbering.
• Trait and object nicknames (a few dozen). Single English words in the mold of Hardcase, Boil and Waxer: Blade, Courage, Craft, Fear, Liquid, Muscle, Case, Feature. These are the ones to attach to a number.
• Invented names (about 450). One- and two-syllable coinages such as Haib, Serde, Styll, Vyxx, Grak, Soond and Jurdiib, plus apostrophe forms like Gyed'anch, Crin'ter, Had'rax and Kyr'biid that echo Mandalorian naming (the clone template, Jango Fett, was raised Mandalorian, and the Cuy'val Dar trainers gave many clones Mando'a names).

How clone names work in the films and The Clone Wars

Every clone leaves Kamino with a designation. Regular troopers are CT ("clone trooper") followed by four digits: CT-7567 is Rex, CT-5597 is Jesse, CT-5555 is Fives. Clone commanders carry CC: CC-2224 is Cody, CC-3636 is Wolffe, CC-1004 is Gree. A few use a longer split number, like Echo's CT-21-0408. Nicknames come later and almost always mean something. Fives took his from the repeated digits in his number; Echo was named for repeating orders back during training; Hardcase, Cutup, Droidbait and Hevy were labeled by squadmates for how they behaved. Bad Batch members went further, taking names that describe a mutation or skill: Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair.

If you want a result that feels canon, take a CT number from one pull and a nickname from another, then invent the story that connects them. CT-4592 "Blade" reads like a trooper who exists; the number alone is a serial, and the word alone is a callsign. The Mando'a-style entries work best for clones who trained under a Mandalorian sergeant, or for a trooper who later took a name of his own after Order 66.

Other name pickers

For a Jedi or Sith rather than a trooper you will need a different list; on this site the closest fandom tools are the Saiyan Name Generator for Dragon Ball warriors and the Harry Potter Name Generator for wizarding names. The Wolf Name Generator is a good source of pack-style callsigns if you are naming a whole squad, and all name generators lists the rest.