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Gnome Name Generator — D&D Gnome Names & Clan Names
Quick, playful names for tinkers and tricksters, with a clan name and room for a nickname.
10 names a roll
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Ten names a roll, each with what it means.
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Example gnome names
A dozen names rolled with this generator, with the meaning it gave each one. Roll your own above for ten more.
Fizwick Cogsworth
Spark of the turning gear
Zanna Nackle
Clever daughter of the small hammer
Boddynock Timbers
Bold one of the sawyer clan
Nissa Beren
Swift as the burrow-mouse
Alston Folkor
Old stone, young mischief
Ellywick Garrick
Light in the workshop window
Wrenn Scheppen
Little bird of the toolbench
Dimble Daergel
Quick of hand and quicker of foot
Carlin Murnig
Keeper of the ticking things
Lilli Turen
Small flame that does not go out
Orryn Ningel
Finder of lost cogs
Bimpnottin Raulnor
Named by six aunts, answers to none
How gnome names work
Gnomes collect names the way they collect half-finished inventions. A gnome may have a dozen personal names from parents, aunts, clan elders and childhood friends, and will use whichever one suits the moment. The names themselves are light and quick, often three syllables with a skip in the middle: Alston, Boddynock, Fizwick, Zanna, Nissa.
Clan names are shorter and older: Beren, Daergel, Folkor, Garrick, Nackle, Murnig, Ningel, Scheppen, Timbers, Turen. Rock gnomes favour clan names tied to craft; forest gnomes favour ones tied to small animals and burrows. Nicknames are almost mandatory and are usually a small joke.
Roll with the flavour box blank for classic gnome names, or add "clockwork city" or "deep gnome svirfneblin" to shift the sound. Each result includes a meaning that often doubles as the nickname.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why are gnome names so long?
Gnomes enjoy names and keep adding to them. The generator gives one personal name and one clan name; add "with nickname" for a third.
Do deep gnomes have different names?
Yes. Type "svirfneblin" or "deep gnome" in the flavour box and names shift to shorter, harder, more cautious forms.
Can I generate a gnome clan name only?
Copy the second word of any result, or ask for "gnome clan names" in the flavour box to get ten clan names with no personal names.
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