Characters data
Sci-Fi name data
This is the whole grammar behind the Sci-Fi Name Generator: 34 building blocks in 4 sets, assembled by one pattern, with a selection space of 5,313,945,600 combinations. Nothing is withheld and nothing is summarised: the lists below are the arrays the generator runs on.
Summary
| Building blocks | 34 |
|---|---|
| Patterns | [syllables](+[designation suffix]) |
| Selection space | 5,313,945,600 |
| Counted as | the model: 12 onsets x 8 nuclei x 10 coda options (coda is optional), summed over 2 to 3 syllables, then multiplied by 6 suffix options (suffix is optional) |
Where these blocks came from
Own design. Leans on letters that are rare in English (x, z, q, v) plus numeric designations, the two devices science fiction naming leans on hardest.
The building blocks
Onsets 12
Opens each syllable. An empty onset is allowed where the model lists one, which is what lets a name start on a vowel.
zxvkqtrdrkrnsvrj
Nuclei 8
The vowel core of each syllable. Digraphs like ae and ia carry most of the genre flavour.
aeioyaeyoea
Codas 9
Closes a syllable, but only about half the time, so consonants do not pile up.
xnthkrsszzonax
Suffixes 5
Appended to roughly two names in five, after the syllables are built.
-9-7 Prime-X IV
Worked examples
Six names this generator produced, with the measurements the site shows next to every name. Syllables follow one published rule: count each run of vowel letters as one syllable, then subtract one for a silent trailing e when the word has more than one vowel group. The rule is approximate at the edges and deliberately simple, so anyone can apply it to any name here and get the same answer.
| Name | Characters | Syllables | Words | Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Searseanvyox | 12 | 3 | 1 | CVVCCVVCCVVC |
| Traqozz | 7 | 2 | 1 | CCVCVCC |
| Nissaonnin IV | 13 | 4 | 2 | CVCCVVCCVC |
| Qiaxneass | 9 | 2 | 1 | CVVCCVVCC |
| Zivi Prime | 10 | 3 | 2 | CCVCV |
| Xyonae IV | 9 | 2 | 2 | CVVCVV |
How to cite this
NameForge. Sci-Fi name data, NameForge Naming Corpus v1. 2026. CC BY 4.0. https://nameforge.name/data/scifi
BibTeX
@misc{nameforge-corpus-v1,
author = {NameForge},
title = {Sci-Fi name data, NameForge Naming Corpus v1},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://nameforge.name/data/scifi}},
note = {CC BY 4.0}
}
Reuse is welcome under CC BY 4.0. Attribution line: Data: NameForge Naming Corpus v1, https://nameforge.name/data. A name assembled from these blocks can coincide with a real name, business or trademark; nothing here is checked against any register.
Related corpus entries
The generators this one shares naming conventions with, and how their block counts compare. A larger corpus is not a better one: sci-fi names are assembled from 34 blocks in 4 sets, and a generator with fewer blocks in more sets can still reach a wider selection space.
| Corpus | Blocks | Block sets | Combinations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character name data | 39 | 4 | 259,595,667,507,939,840,000 |
| Spaceship name data | 32 | 2 | 256 |
| Alien name data | 28 | 2 | 192 |
| Robot name data | 28 | 2 | 192 |
Back to the Sci-Fi Name Generator, or to the full corpus index.
Last reviewed 6 August 2026. Corpus v1. Method: how NameForge builds a name. Built and maintained by FusionStudios.