List of Mass Effect Relationship Names

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Name type(s)Portmanteaus
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The Mass Effect fandom has a large and diverse cast of characters, so there are many potential ships. Mass Effect ships tend to use portmanteaus and full virgule titles.

Naming Conventions

The Virgule

As in many other fandoms, romantic pairings are most commonly denoted by a slash, or virgule, separating the characters' names. For example, a story labeled as "Liara/Shepard" refers to a romantic (and/or sexual) work whose primary couple is Liara T'Soni and Commander Shepard.

Portmanteaus

Portmanteaus are common in Mass Effect ship names. For example, Garrus/Shepard is often referred to as Shakarian. Furthermore, some fans add either ’m’ or ‘f’ to the front of these names to indicate Shepard’s gender. For example, mShenko for male Shepard/Kaidan, or fShali for female Shepard/Tali, etc.

Common Pairing Names

Shepard-Centric Pairings

Characters Involved Primary Pairing Name Portmanteau
Aria T'Loak/Commander Shepard Aria/Shepard
Ashley Williams/Commander Shepard Ashley/Shepard Shepley
Garrus Vakarian/Commander Shepard Garrus/Shepard Shakarian
Jack/Commander Shepard Jack/Shepard
Jacob Taylor/Commander Shepard Jacob/Shepard
James Vega/Commander Shepard James/Shepard Shega
Javik/Commander Shepard Javik/Shepard Shavik
Joker/Commander Shepard Joker/Shepard Shoker
Kaidan Alenko/Commander Shepard Kaidan/Shepard Shenko
Kasumi Goto/Commander Shepard Kasumi/Shepard
Liara T'Soni/Commander Shepard Liara/Shepard Shiara
Miranda Lawson/Commander Shepard Miranda/Shepard
Samantha Traynor/Commander Shepard Traynor/Shepard Shaynor
Samara/Commander Shepard Samara/Shepard
Saren Arterius/Commander Shepard Saren/Shepard
Steve Cortez/Commander Shepard Steve/Shepard Shortez
Tali'Zorah/Commander Shepard Tali/Shepard Shali
Thane Krios/Commander Shepard Thane/Shepard Shrios

Other Character Pairings

Characters Involved Primary Pairing Name Portmanteau Category
Garrus Vakarian/Tali'Zorah Garrus/Tali Talibrations Het
Jack/Miranda Lawson Jack/Miranda Jackanda Femslash
Tali'Zorah/Legion Tali'Zorah/Legion Talgion Het
Kaidan Alenko/Ashley Williams Kaidan/Ashley Wilenko Het
Aria T'Loak/Tevos Aria/Tevos Areos Femslash
Aria T'Loak/Nyreen Kandros Aria/Nyreen Nyria Femslash
Saren Arterius/Nihlus Kryik Saren/Nihlus Kryterius Slash
Garrus Vakarian/Nihlus Kryik Garrus/Nihlus Krykarian Slash
Joker/EDI Joker/EDI JEDI, JoDI Het
Samantha Traynor/EDI Samantha/EDI Traydi Femslash

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