🤖 Robot Name Generator

Designations, acronyms and android names, in the style of science fiction's famous machines.

By Rich · Updated

Generate Robot Names

Robot and android names: letter-number designations like R2-D2, friendly acronym names, model numbers with a nickname, and human names for androids.

Click "Generate Names" to see results

Free to use, no credit needed. If you're naming a business, brand, band or product, check the name isn't already taken or trademarked first.

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Example Robot Names

A few names this generator came up with. Press "Generate Names" above for more.

Any

  • Leo
  • PEBBLE
  • Lyra
  • XR-3000
  • HX-99

Designation

  • DX-512-LT
  • SR-77
  • JX-42
  • BT-909
  • CX-404-QB

Acronym name

  • ALICE
  • ECHO
  • HELIX
  • CASPER
  • KAI

Model and nickname

  • Unit RX-7 “Cleo”
  • Series NV-300 “Calvin”
  • Mark AX-616 “Adam”
  • Model VX-13 “Alma”
  • Unit PK-21 “Nora”

Android with a human name

  • Felix-9
  • Rufus-5
  • Ida-800
  • Theo-88
  • Hugo

How the Robot Name Generator Works

It works from 100 names and name parts, which combine into over 44,000 possible results.

The choices:

  • Name format:
    • Any, e.g. Unit VX-7 “Hugo”
    • Designation, e.g. CX-77
    • Acronym name, e.g. PIXEL
    • Model and nickname, e.g. Model SR-1000 “Sadie”
    • Android with a human name, e.g. Calvin

Each press gives you 8, 16 or 32 names (choose under "How many"), and you won't see the same one twice until you've been through everything for the choices you've made.

The word robot comes from Karel Čapek's 1920 play R.U.R., from the Czech robota, forced labour. A century later, fictional robots have a handful of naming styles: designations like R2-D2 and HAL 9000, acronyms like WALL-E, and human names for androids like Data. This robot name generator makes all of them.

How robots get their names

  • Designations: letters and numbers, like a serial number. R2-D2 and C-3PO in Star Wars, HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The crew often shortens it to a nickname.
  • Acronyms: WALL-E stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-Class. A friendly-sounding acronym hides a very dull job.
  • Human names: androids built to pass as people, or to be companions, get human names: Data in Star Trek, Ava in Ex Machina.

Choosing a name for your robot

  • Who named it? A factory gives a designation; a lonely engineer gives a name. A robot with both has a story.
  • Let the crew shorten it. XR-42 becomes "Forty" by the second chapter.
  • Match the tone. Cute robots suit soft acronyms (MILO, PIXEL); menacing ones suit bare designations.

For the ship it serves on, try the Spaceship Name Generator.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the word robot come from?

From Karel Čapek's 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots). It comes from the Czech robota, meaning forced labour; Čapek credited his brother Josef with the word.

What does WALL-E stand for?

Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-Class.

What's a good name for a cute robot?

A soft acronym or a friendly human name: MILO, PIXEL, Felix or June. Choose "Acronym name" or "Android with a human name".

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