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MEMORABLE NPC NAME GENERATOR
By duncan
On January 1, 2023
In DMs Tips, Resources
This post was first published in Nov 2020, and updated in Jan 2023.
As any Dungeon Master will attest, but particularly any who write and publish
their own adventures, coming up with vaguely credible names you don’t hate for
all your NPCs is a major pain in the @&$€.
Something I’ve found myself leaning into recently is the classic ‘epithet +
noun’ formula for NPC surnames. Names such as:
Blacktooth
Greyclaw
Swiftfoot
Brightswan
Silverspear
I like these types names for several reasons:
1) When you find a good combination it usually sounds convincing!
2) As these compound surnames consist of familiar words, they are easy for you,
and perhaps more importantly for your players, to remember – and pronounce.
3) You can hint at the character’s physical appearance, attributes or
personality, by dint of giving them an aptronymic moniker. It can be
spectacularly unsubtle like ‘Bloodfist’ or ‘Skullbasher’, or just a name that
resonates with the right ring for that person, hinting at their personal
qualities, without going so far as literally describing them. Lavinia Brightswan
was a powerful mage I created for my adventure the Gleaming Cloud Citadel.
Gile Ravenplume takes a break from gladiator training…
Anyway, having decided I liked these kind of compound names, I started jotting
down words that might make up one half of a good surname. Whenever I try to pull
something out of thin air I tend to inevitably get a fairly small pool of
results revolving around the words ‘black’ ‘star’ ‘storm’ ‘gold’ ‘fist’ ‘jaw’
‘hand’ etc., and I figured that some kind of table or chart with a much larger
word pool would be of great assistance.
Now I know there are plenty of great name generators out there (I list a few at
the bottom of this page)! But none quite as specific as the one that I would
ideally like to be able to refer to.
A couple of days, and lots of word association later, here it is… please bear in
mind that it’s not just for generating heroic names, like Thunderlust and
Dawnwarden, but good old commoner names too like Cherrycheeks or Beetlebag… in
fact, it’s arguably more for the latter, as these are the folks that need
naming, but we’d really rather not have to put too much effort into. I think
this table solves that problem.
HOW TO USE THIS NAME GENERATOR
Let me start by saying that you will need to do at least a bit of legwork
yourself here. The generator does NOT feature finalised names.
Some of the epithets and nouns found on the same line might work well together
as written, but the idea is to choose a word you like and then find its perfect
match elsewhere on the table (throwing words randomly together rarely does it
for me!). Rather than have the table go on forever, I saw there was space for
four components on each line, and I think this rather increases the usability of
the generator, as you can quickly mix and match various combinations even on the
same line… NOTE: many of the epithets and nouns can be reversed to good effect!
If you do want to try more random results, here’s a little number generator you
can use (NOTE: I wanted to embed this, but the widget creates some major spacing
issues on my page! Sorry, for now you’ll have to keep it open in a separate
tab).
Currently, my table has 208 lines. My suggestion here is start by generating one
random line and picking your favourite word from it. Then continue to generate
random lines until you get a satisfactory match for the character you’re trying
to name!
As you will notice I also add some first names too. I tend to prefer archaic
real world names as much as possible, as they have an air of familiarity that
lends them credibility. Sometimes I slightly modify them, or spell them
differently. The names I made up I tried to keep short and punchy, so that I and
my players can remember them. The first names are not meant to match with the
other components on the line… (especially given, as I mentioned, that the other
components are not supposed to match with themselves even). Once you have a good
surname, select the first name with a good ring to it. I like a bit of
alliteration myself.
No.First NameEpithet (a)+ Noun (a)Epithet (b)+ Noun (b) 1JonBlackhandBluestaff
2JanaWhitefingerNoblecrest 3DragomirGoldfistLightning catcher
4WesSilvertongueCatfetcher 5ArronBronzebeardTidefighter
6LenaCopperhairFerretskipper 7FlynSteeljawSkullpecker 8GranitIrongloveSnowclasp
9YanisRockhavenLoosebutton 10EvaAmberdawnCravencottage
11IdrisRedmoonRiddle(s)worth 12GwenRosemountGiantreckon(ing)
13DevonGreengazeSagewine 14EsemirGreycloakGorgonspell
15AxelShadowrunTimbertrader 16MiraDarksunLumberworker
17DarianDusktripperCradlelit 18FloDawndancerHeronloft
19IssiBrightsoulTinderspark 20DafneLightflowerWetpeg
21HazelSunblossomFlintflurry 22RoisinMoonbringerNeedledart
23RubenStardustSwallowdrifter 24SethStormquiverDirewhisper(er)
25CaelinCloudseekerPewterring 26OrlaDreamgiverBrassbrace
27PriaFirestrikeHillshepherd 28RowanWoodcutterPlainsceptre
29OlafOakheartRyegrain 30TrentStrongbloodWheatsheaf 31MarekHardhelmSoftpride
32RoikStoutanvilProudantler 33BertranArrowsmithRibtickler
34TormenShieldbearerFreemason 35ZakSparrowflashDourbound
36GanutTruestoneOpalchain 37StronSwiftshieldBrandybarn 38PelinDeftspearDandybuck
39OswinNimblefootSpirithorn 40FerlikQuicknotchHootcryer
41JasminFleetfordSafeharbour 42DrezzHawkwindShallowport
43CorometLionmaneKnavetrap(per) 44GrunwilaBearriderSpiderjack
45RafinaTigerrakeRagelust 46DraxonGriffonbaneNoonriser
47AlkonDragonslayerBoonlord 48FleckSnakeskinPrimecut
49JinCobrakillerEternalglade 50DagmarEaglebornPurecrack
51JorisStagwalkerBerylgift 52LavinDeerhunt(er)Middlecamp 53TegenOxtamerBlazetown
54LarissaBisonstalkerFenmoor 55LorileeWolfcreekKingsmire
56FenwickJackalmouthQuagnag 57CaradocDogtoothDungsweeper
58ToadyRattailDesertmare 59GeaLynxhideForeststeed 60AspenOwlflightFillywhip(per)
61LeandraPantherclawDaisybell(s) 62ColynCrabeaterFirsnapper
63AgnesKrakenmaidWillowwarbler 64SeldonTroutnoseBeechcraft
65CliftonRiverbankPineharness 66GibonSeabreezeFuryforge(d)
67LazarSwansongHeavensent 68FelDuckfeatherLimescent 69GeraldGoosewingOrchidmusk
70OvinaSandshifterSwampshiver 71VondelCastlestormerBogshudder
72GideonCliffraiderAetherbat 73DraytonCragreaverElmcudgel
74OwynBluffbreakerRhymepeddler 75BrindelBeachcomberHoneylyre
76UnaGoodberryMarblelimb 77UmaFairbrookCandlestick
78BennBladeforge(r)Wickerhorse 79DelrynAxestormHoarsethroat
80MiaHammerwindSilentpad 81NoraWagonchaserLimpshoe 82PipLeathersaddleFierybolt
83TeiaLoom weaverLastarch 84OsbaltCartswainWheelbarrow
85RobynBullchestRabbitburrow 86PerrittPloughpullerWiggleworm
87EggardWheelwrightBugstain 88MeritLittleriderCatlick
89PhilomenaGreatstarFrogfetcher 90JayseeDewdropViperprey
91CameronCrowcallerHornetnest 92NikkiRavenroostChurchmouse
93BrynRubymine(r)Bricktemple 94IdaJettempestNewspire 95OrielSkydeckOldtower
96AlinaJadetuskSlyhook 97OdoGemtreeRazorpike 98DezreDiamondfarmerBoldcrook
99PetroniaFlameforkFierybolt 100BilkoBonefieldWilyguise
101EvaTealfeatherShykiss(ed) 102FiniganFrostwhiskersVilewart
103HeloisEverlockLazytoad 104LorisRightguardSlumbernewt
105BrigitteScarletmarkVelvetfleece 106TheobaldNightwardenBrackenhearth
107WilhelmDaywatcherHayblaze 108NeferiLonerangerStorksigil
109JilomarIvybridgeStrawbale 110BotherinSmokeridgeGhostmound
111LarissaSablevalleyGrandcrescent 112DillonDeepgorgeButtercup(s)
113RemySharpthistleTenderbud 114RexBitterthornUmberbrow
115GeldaGingerpetalFrailgable 116JamilaSweetmeadowChestnuthead
117EldonRollingboulderGlimmerknife 118GretaSmoothpebbleTinspoon
119LillyAcornbushPepperpot 120HattieSpeckleboughSaltshaker
121ClarenceCloventrunkBarleybarrel 122GusWintervaleAledipper
123ChesterSpringleafPlumbrew 124OliverAutumngroveRipevine
125EzraSummerorchardBrushthatch 126AbeliaLilybankFlaxencape
127BertieBeetlebootsEvenglory 128GrintBrazenbeltLunarflood
129CyrilSlowsackCoralrain 130AlbaBattlepackQueensreign
131AbnerDryfellFeeblereins 132RoscoeCherryfallsTawnybridle
133WilberWilddoveGloomdriver 134CornelDunefoxDoomsayer
135OsgoodSpottedvoleGrimguts 136HectorColdpawBleakblizzard
137CruillaDeathmawSombrefellow 138ElricScarnapeChalkcheeks
139MildredMildjapeSlatejacket 140WextonWarsongOysterdiver
141LinusThunderclapSaffronflume 142WendelMerryharpDappled plume
143Clem(ence)IdlecalmAshgrave 144PercyCheesebreadLeadtomb
145RufusRichlarderNettlegarden 146HalPoorplateHoarfrost
147HarveyRustbucketMornsinger 148MeganMeanpouchUnderroot
149JenJoypocketHeatherfrond 150PrunilaPearllocketFatharvest
151LorettaLuck(y)charmBrokenblade 152GarretLongropeHellthrone
153FaizelFirmlawBriskbee 154RosalindRoughscaleDriftswarm
155CyraPalesnoutAmpleflock 156JasperSavagebeakLameherd
157DrusillaJunebirdGoutrot 158CarrickMaygaleYellowbelly
159RoncanGentlerushThrottleweed 160TitianaTallreedDamselsting
161TethrenToplilyAdderbite 162BerrickBottompondSmellyturf
163MyloMellowlakeMinkflayer 164EliasShortbeamRuintracker 165GaelFinerayKinseer
166LaylaFortunewellOmengazer 167NannaGravegateWoewanderer
168HubertHighwallKindvoyager 169AvonaPinkcoatSlugsquisher
170GrayGlassshinsCrystalfang 171ThindenThriftypalmBristlenoose
172DerrianDrizzleshearsSlipknot 173WillyWoolshornCrinklemoss
174TimrinTortoiseshellLavendarbark 175ElrodFalcondiveLacegauntlet
176JesperCrownstewardLoyalsquire 177BerevanArbourlarkLealknight
178GrenleyAnchorbayCowhalter 179SolomonDreadshoreBlusterbow
180AxtonCleftcoastGalleyshank 181ErelEmeraldhoarderRumrunner
182TinaTwinkletoesWrinklerump 183BellaBaykiteFablejoust
184KragHarpybegottenSilentdestroyer 185ClerisCommonheirRoyallance
186VixenVenombrideDunscabbard 187GladwinCoalgroomBoarholm
188LanguedocTitanscionFickleslippers 189BeylaBumblechildKnollstrider
190IlsaGodchosenAirborne 191BoloBaggybritchesMoorjaunt
192BeaBiegebreetchesSootcowl 193RoniRamrodRoanhood 194PippaPoppycockSnughat
195ScarsenShatterbroodCurhowl 196YunisHoundbreathHarriertalons
197QuentinScrawnyscribeSirenconch 198PhoebeFleahomeCabbagepatch
199DelewinBirchhallBentdirk 200WallyChamberkeyBilebladder
201OtisHairypurseWeaselcreek 202TiggaTrollspawnFeysworn
203ReeceRumblemageSporesniffer 204SpeckySprucescytheMurkymoat
205PeggyPoisonchaliceToughmutton 206HamilBeaconkeeperFalconflare
207BethelFarflungMountainlair 208AldricApplehouseDemonscorned
Showing 1 to 208 of 208 entries
MORE NAME GENERATORS
Codexnomina.com – Search for your fledgling hero’s name by world, race / species
or class using this powerful generator, which also has very useful weapon,
monster and place name suggestions.
Fantasynamegenerators – does what it says on the tin. And more. There are
hundreds of categories and subcategories, and seemingly infinite suggestions –
although you’ll have to pan for gold amongst the river murk. Some of the best
categories IMHO are the real world names. I like to mine some more obscure
countries/nationalities for some gems.
Storyshack – I had to come up with a name for a paladin I’m creating for a
friend to play in a new game, and I stumbled across this site via Google search.
I ended up using one of their suggestions, which is quite rare! (Normally I use
the generators for inspiration). Haven’t tested the other D&D subcategories
much, but looks like a good amount of high quality suggestions.
Behindthename – For first names I like long lists of archaic names to choose
from, such as this one.
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1. GM
Love me a kenning (Darkwater, Edgelight, Saltmarsh, you get the idea.) They
sound so epic for some reason. Can they be overused? Sure, but they are
believable and sound appropriate to the setting, so they work well. This is
an incredibly useful page. Thanks!
September 12, 2022
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* DUNCAN
Thanks for the kind words!
And thanks for introducing me to the concept of a ‘kenning’. I wasn’t
aware of the phrase. It seems to be a true kenning, the two words should
combine to create a poetic meaning of a single word or idea. The Internet
suggests ‘Battlesweat’ for blood, and ‘Whalepath’ for sea / ocean. I guess
I was inadvertently creating kennings with names like ‘Goldfist’
representing a rich person etc.
September 12, 2022
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* GM
Yes – this is done all the time with names like Ragtar Skullcrusher or
the other examples you gave above. Not necessarily suitable for a
nuanced BBEG, but great for a powerful lieutenant you want the players
to hate.
Regardless, this list is much better than the random generators that
spit out names like “Ylldaris Klonzex” – I mean… what? The idea of
manually creating the name is much more satisfying anyway.
September 13, 2022
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2. JOSE GARCIA
This list is quite handy, thanks! We all know of the real fear for the
unprepared DM: “What is your name, sir?”
Only comparable to the fear of locked doors by unprepared PCs.
I must admit that when the PCs go off-piste, I have found really handy the
list of names from the DM guide, and even though the names are not precisely
too otherworldly, they are exotic enough (in general) to sound believable,
and not too exotic that they are impossible to remember.
With regards to your surnames and epithets, but particularly more on
surnames, I like to go a bit outside the box. So one NPC that we have in our
campaign is Cynthia Lightfoot, which you would think it is a thieve or
ranger, but no, she’s just an Innkeeper, and a blacksmith name from the
adventurer main village is Roderick Willowhart. Somehow, the fact that the
name is not so obviously to do with their job or main description, makes
them even more memorable somehow.
January 19, 2023
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