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Elf Name Generator — D&D Elven Names with Meanings
Melodic, long-lived names for high elves, wood elves and the elves of your own world.
10 names a roll
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Ten names a roll, each with what it means.
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Each page starts the generator on that race and explains how its names are built.
Example elf names
A dozen names rolled with this generator, with the meaning it gave each one. Roll your own above for ten more.
Aelindra Moonwhisper
Starlit grace of the quiet wood
Caelivar Silverfrond
Keeper of the pale leaves
Thalion Nightbreeze
Steadfast one who walks in dusk
Sylvara Dawnpetal
Forest daughter of first light
Eruin Faelor
Wanderer beneath old stars
Lirael Galanodel
Song of the moon-blossom house
Vaeril Amakiir
Gem-flower of the high court
Naivara Siannodel
Dreamer of the moonbrook
Erevan Holimion
Quick arrow of the distant hills
Mirevyn Saelthir
Wave-light upon the shore
Ilyrana Duskmantle
Cloaked in the last of evening
Saeren Thawen
Patient watcher of the glade
How elf names work
Elven names are built to be sung. They favour open vowels, soft consonants like l, n, r and th, and often run to three or four syllables. Female names tend to end in -a, -iel or -wen, male names in -ion, -dor or -as, but elves are long-lived and tradition bends: a name that sounds feminine to a human ear may belong to a 400-year-old archer.
Most D&D elves carry a family or house name as well. These are sometimes kept in Elvish (Liadon, Galanodel, Siannodel) and sometimes translated into Common as compound words such as Moonwhisper, Silverfrond or Nightbreeze. Wood elves lean towards the nature compounds, high elves towards the old Elvish forms, and drow names turn harsher with doubled consonants and hard z and x sounds.
Use the world flavour box to steer the result. "Seafaring elves" produces tidal, salt-worn names; "ancient, fading empire" produces longer and more formal ones. Every roll gives you ten names with a short meaning so you can pick the one that fits the character, not just the one that sounds nice.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I make a drow or dark elf name?
Type "drow" or "dark elf" into the world flavour box. The generator shifts to harder consonants, doubled letters and Underdark house names like Baenre or Do'Urden in style.
Do elf names include a surname?
Yes. Most results include an Elvish house name or a translated compound surname such as Moonwhisper. Use only the first name if your world does not use family names.
Are these names official D&D elf names?
They follow the naming conventions of the Player's Handbook and Forgotten Realms elves but every name is newly generated, so you will not find them in any published adventure.
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