Names are unique, so a name of an already active account, character or corporation
can not be used, this also includes the names of systems, stations, regions etc.

Besides from this there are a few guidelines you have to follow when choosing names:

Account names

• Minimum length is 4 characters
• Maximum length is 64 characters
• Allowed characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, . - _.
• All letters and characters are allowed in passwords, except space. note however that they are case sensitive.

Character names

• Minimum length is 4 characters
• Maximum length is 24 characters
• Allowed characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, space and single quotation
• Only 1 space is allowed
• Space and single quotation are not allowed as the first or last character in a character name

Corporation names

• Minimum length is 4 characters
• Maximum length is 50 characters
• Allowed characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, space, minus, dot and single quotation
• Space, minus, dot and single quotation are not allowed as the first character in a name
• Space, minus and single quotation are not allowed as the last character in a corporation name
• Max ticker name is 5

Please keep in mind that the names cannot be changed after you have created the account, character or corporation so please take care what you name them.

We have also compiled a list of words that are not suitable to be used in the game and those cannot be used for giving names either.

This list was made keeping the following in mind:
Character and Corporation names may not: be racially or ethnically or sexually derogatory; contain profanity; suggest an affiliation with a real-life hate group or figurehead. They may not impersonate a member of the Eve Online team, S&SI staff, CS staff or volunteer corp. Alternative spellings will be viewed with the same scrutiny as traditional spellings. Names used in the game are also reserved and may not be used in whole or part. Infraction of these rules may result in a mandatory name change or ban at our discretion.

Note that the list is not all-inclusive and names that violate our rules can be changed by Customer Support staff, even if they could be inserted in the character creation process.