British Name Generator

As frequent readers might have noticed, all British troops in the various units destined to take part in my Afristan Campaign have names. While some I just made up, I also used a "name generator" that I've created to fill out the units.

You can, of course, just pick names that appeal to you from the following lists. Or you can roll dice to generate names randomly. All you will need are d6s.

Roll 2d6 for the first name; then 2d6 for the family name. Should you, for example, roll a 5 and a 2, that would read as "52", which would give you a choice of "Donald, Trevor or Ralph". Then for the family name, you might roll a "63", which would give you a choice of "Russell, Graham or Brooks" -- combine them as you choose.

All three columns can be used for any British soldier; but the center (blue) names are more heavily Scottish in nature. Also, feel free to shorten names such as "William", "Robert" (and so forth) to "Bill" and "Bob" (and so forth) if you prefer.

Here are the charts:

First Name

11 -- Edgar -- or -- Robert -- or -- Howard
12 -- Owen -- or -- Gordon -- or -- Frank
13 -- James -- or -- Andrew -- or -- John
14 -- Ronald -- or -- Neil -- or -- William
15 -- Brian -- or -- Angus -- or -- Charles
16 -- Paul -- or -- Malcolm -- or -- George

21 -- Matthew -- or -- Ross -- or -- Victor
22 -- William -- or -- Owen -- or -- Nigel
23 -- Stephen -- or -- Alan -- or -- Robert
24 -- George -- or -- Clyde -- or -- Elliot
25 -- Stanley -- or -- James -- or -- Douglas
26 -- Charles -- or -- Hugh -- or -- Joseph

31 -- Brandon -- or -- Connor -- or -- Carl
32 -- Reginald -- or -- Derrick -- or -- Neil
33 -- Geoffrey -- or -- Charles -- or -- Jack
34 -- Christopher -- or -- Ian -- or -- James
35 -- Edward -- or -- Hamish -- or -- Peter
36 -- Gordon -- or -- Fergus -- or -- Daniel

41 -- Colin -- or -- Keith -- or -- Leonard
42 -- Simon -- or -- Douglas -- or -- Ian
43 -- Hugh -- or -- George -- or -- Clayton
44 -- Cedric -- or -- Gavin -- or -- David
45 -- Sam -- or -- Kendrick -- or -- Gary
46 -- John -- or -- Donald -- or -- Eugene

51 -- Kenneth -- or -- Gerald -- or -- Toby
52 -- Donald -- or -- Trevor -- or -- Ralph
53 -- Arthur -- or -- Graham -- or -- Basil
54 -- Harold -- or -- David -- or -- Neville
55 -- Wilfred -- or -- Lewis -- or -- Henry
56 -- Thomas -- or -- Ethan -- or -- Barry

61 -- Albert -- or -- Leslie -- or -- Andrew
62 -- Roger -- or -- Patrick -- or -- Lloyd
63 -- Gerald -- or -- Scott -- or -- Michael
64 -- Percy -- or -- Brody -- or -- Orville
65 -- Herbert -- or -- Liam -- or -- Alfred
66 -- Alan -- or -- Kenneth -- or -- Dylan

Family Name

11 -- Lincoln -- or -- McNeil -- or -- Porter
12 -- Thompson -- or -- Ross -- or -- Vernon
13 -- Richardson -- or -- Gunn -- or -- Fletcher
14 -- Buckley -- or -- MacLeod -- or -- Wallace
15 -- Young -- or -- Sinclair -- or -- Anderson
16 -- Sharpe -- or -- MacDonald -- or -- Lee

21 -- Clay -- or -- Douglas -- or -- O'Connor
22 -- Ball -- or -- Sutherland -- or -- Russell
23 -- White -- or -- Morgan -- or -- Stanton
24 -- Jones -- or -- MacKay -- or -- Hamilton
25 -- Baker -- or -- MacTavish -- or -- Knotts
26 -- Smith -- or -- MacKenzie -- or -- Hays

31 -- Armstrong -- or -- Forbes -- or -- Barrie
32 -- Thackery -- or -- McGavin -- or -- Milne
33 -- Weston -- or -- Murray -- or -- Guthrie
34 -- Reese -- or -- Gordon -- or -- Cranbrook
35 -- Forrest -- or -- Urquhart -- or -- Putnam
36 -- Mills -- or -- Drummond -- or -- Holden

41 -- Barker -- or -- Keith -- or -- Greenwood
42 -- Evans -- or -- Chisholm -- or -- Hunter
43 -- Lewis -- or -- MacIntosh -- or -- Cook
44 -- Gray -- or -- Robertson -- or -- Tucker
45 -- Rose -- or -- Campbell -- or -- O'Neill
46 -- Hawker -- or -- Fraser -- or -- Eddington

51 -- Carpenter -- or -- Shaw -- or -- Sykes
52 -- Williams -- or -- Grant -- or -- Ralston
53 -- Atkinson -- or -- Stewart -- or -- Decker
54 -- Norton -- or -- Menzies -- or -- Lindsay
55 -- Vance -- or -- Cameron -- or -- Wright
56 -- Nash -- or -- Matheson -- or -- Johnson

61 -- Bishop -- or -- Ogilvy -- or -- Peterson
62 -- Simpson -- or -- Duncan -- or -- Terry
63 -- Russell -- or -- Graham -- or -- Brooks
64 -- Peters -- or -- Buchanan -- or -- Locke
65 -- Turner -- or -- Leslie -- or -- MacArthur
66 -- Appleby -- or -- Innes -- or -- Sterling


Hopefully you will find the above charts useful.

-- Jeff