How it works
This spy name generator makes up an agent in one line: a code name, a cover name and a cover job, as in Agent Sixpence, cover name Gwen Pruitt, tuner of hotel pianos.
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Keep the code name, change the cover
Press New spy name. Tap any of the four parts to lock it or deal it again while the rest stays. The list under the tool gives every code name a line on why a handler might pick it: Lamppost is on every corner and never noticed.
Why the cover is so plain
In a spy story a cover is the ordinary life an agent shows the world. Ours are dull on purpose: a plain first name, a plain surname and a job such as counter of park pigeons.
Tips
- For a game, print the sheet of twenty and cut it up: one secret identity for each player.
Questions and answers
Is this a secret agent name generator too?
Yes. Spy and secret agent mean the same thing here: every result is an agent with a code name and a cover. For the name of a mission, use the code name page linked under the tool.
Does it work as a kid spy name generator?
Yes. Nothing on the page is grim: the code names are small everyday things such as Sixpence, Teaspoon and Tuesday, and the cover jobs are harmless ones.
Are these real code names?
They are not meant to be. A script searched Wikipedia's lists of real and fictional code names and agents for every word and dropped each one it found. No such check is complete.
Could a cover name belong to a real person?
Yes, by chance. The names are plain real ones. Pairs that are the title of a Wikipedia article were removed, but most people have no article.