Name generator

Dragon name generator with titles and lairs

Twenty dragon names per click. Each name blends an opening with rare, sharp letters and a long ending, then adds a title or a lair. Choose grim, noble, ancient or comic for a terror, a wise guardian, something older than the mountains, or a very small dragon with a large opinion of itself.

These are 20 seeded examples. Press Generate for a new batch.

Aurumar the Long-forgottenopening syllable + ending the title
Pyranimauth the Hollow Stormopening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle the lair describing word + kind of dragon
Little Pyross the Ash-makerLittle opening syllable + ending the title
Ruzivyr of the Shattered Peaksopening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle of the lair describing word + lair
Great Aurithathys the AgelessGreat opening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle the title
Great Vorelaxar the Law-giverGreat opening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle the title
Great Hexorax the Long-livedGreat opening syllable + ending the title
Scourge of the Drowned Cragskind of dragon of the lair describing word + lair
Drazethys of the Hollow Fjordsopening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle of the lair describing word + lair
Embixaropening syllable + ending
Little Vulorax the HiccupingLittle opening syllable + ending the title
Ythoth the Small but Loudopening syllable + ending the title
Zephanth the Brass Wingopening syllable + ending the lair describing word + kind of dragon
Xarimamox the Gilded Scourgeopening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle the lair describing word + kind of dragon
Great Xarazeth the Law-giverGreat opening syllable + ending the title
Vorerax the Emerald Stormopening syllable + ending the lair describing word + kind of dragon
Little Vexathar the DreadLittle opening syllable + ending the title
Draziryxopening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle
Little Scorazar the Sun-crownedLittle opening syllable + ending the title
Quorumar the First Flameopening syllable + ending the title

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Dragon name generator: example names by style

Each group below is a fixed batch made with this generator, with only the style filter changed. 44 names are on this page before you press anything.

Grim and dark

Brimathar the Patient
Drazorax of the Thundering Peaks
Skathendra the Bone-gnawer
The Gilded Talon
Ruzanth the Watcher
Scoravavyr

Noble and grand

The Smoking Sovereign
Myrazar
Brimavakyth
Fang of the Ashen Glacier
Zephorn
Cindeth of the Hollow Sky

Ancient and mythic

Zarerax
Cindiothrix
The Sulphur Queen
Cindar
Great Sulfixar the Dreaming
Tarnar

Comic and light

Little Kyrath the Easily Flattered
Ythitharax
Ythendra of the Sunless Fjords
Little Vexusk the Winged
Hexuzagoth of the Thundering Cauldron
Cindael

How these dragon names are built

This generator draws from 226 hand-picked words in 8 lists and uses 16 naming patterns, plus 6 more that wrap around a keyword you type. The patterns can combine into up to 17,598,616 different names before filters. Every name in the list shows the pattern behind it, so you can see why it reads the way it does.

Word lists

List	Words	A few of them
Opening syllable	34	Quor, Cind, Zeph, Ghar, Pyr, Brim, Ign
Middle syllable	20	ula, ava, ezi, ela, ia, itha, omi
Ending after a middle	28	rax, karn, zoth, zeth, zyr, vash, vorn
Ending	28	ith, ath, azar, umar, ixar, oth, alix
Title	58	Root of Mountains, Dreaming, Long-forgotten, Indoor Dragon, Ash-maker, Black Flame, Guardian
Kind of dragon	18	Terror, Flame, Hunger, Scourge, Tyrant, Bane, Wyrm
Lair describing word	20	Molten, Scorched, Thundering, Shattered, Sunless, Burning, Glass
Lair	20	Heights, Glacier, Chasm, Fjords, Dunes, Crags, Spires

Patterns

Pattern	Example	Used for
opening syllable + ending	Wyrerax	any style
opening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle	Morthezor	any style
opening syllable + ending the title	Hexazeth the Slightly Singed	any style
opening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle the title	Myriazoth the Far-seeing	any style
opening syllable + ending of the lair describing word + lair	Ondireth of the Molten Fjords	any style
opening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle of the lair describing word + lair	Gharaezar of the Drowned Glacier	any style
kind of dragon of the lair describing word + lair	Sovereign of the Gilded Dunes	any style
The lair describing word + kind of dragon	The Scorched Hunger	any style
Old opening syllable + ending	Old Myrusk	any style
opening syllable + ending the lair describing word + kind of dragon	Ythorax the Sulphur Fang	Grim and dark, Noble and grand
Great opening syllable + ending the title	Great Tarnoloth the First Flame	Grim and dark, Ancient and mythic
opening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle the lair describing word + kind of dragon	Wyraedryx the Scorched Fang	Noble and grand
Great opening syllable + middle syllable + ending after a middle the title	Great Scorovorn the Indoor Dragon	Ancient and mythic
Little opening syllable + ending the title	Little Rhazael the Devourer	Comic and light
Great opening syllable + ending	Great Ruzixar	Ancient and mythic
Little opening syllable + ending	Little Fyrael	Comic and light
your keyword the title	Cobalt the Blight of Kings	any style
your keyword + ending	Cobaltovyr	any style
your keyword of the lair describing word + lair	Cobalt of the Thundering Heights	any style
opening syllable + ending the your keyword	Vorixar the Cobalt	any style
The your keyword + kind of dragon	The Cobalt Drake	any style
kind of dragon of the your keyword + lair	Talon of the Cobalt Glacier	any style

The words are written by hand for dragon names, not scraped. Pressing Generate runs the same seeded routine that built the names above, so the same seed always gives the same list.

Naming guide for your dragon

A dragon's name should sound like nothing else in the setting, so this list is built on letters the other generators on this site hardly use: x, z, y, v and the th sound. A short name is an opening and an ending, Vor plus ath for Vorath, Zeph plus ixar for Zephixar. A long name puts a vowel bridge between an opening and a harder ending, Kaz plus ela plus thrix for Kazelathrix. The long form is the dragon's full name and the short form is what terrified villagers call it.

Almost no dragon goes by a bare name. A title follows it, the Patient, the Devourer, the Sun-crowned, and the title is the dragon's reputation in two words. Choose it by mood: grim titles are what survivors say, noble ones are what a dragon that keeps its bargains is called, ancient ones belong to creatures that were asleep when the first kingdom was founded.

A lair is the other anchor: of the Molten Caldera, of the Verdigris Deeps. It tells players where to go and roughly what the dragon breathes. Titles such as Warden of the Glass Spires work as a name by themselves when nobody alive knows the real one. The comic mood is for hatchlings, pets and the dragon who collects spoons.

Before you commit to a name

Say the name aloud twice. If you stumble, your players or readers will too, and a name nobody can say gets replaced by a nickname.
Check that it does not sound like another name already in your campaign or story. Two places that start with the same letter and end the same way get mixed up at the table.
Search the web for it. The names are built from this site's own word and syllable lists, but a random blend can match a name from a published book, game or setting by chance. If it does, pick another.
If you plan to publish or sell your work, treat the name like any other: you are responsible for checking it is not a trademark or a well-known name from someone else's world.
Write it on the map or the character sheet and read it small. Long names get shortened in play, so check that the short form also works.

Questions

How do I get a name that matches a dragon's colour or element?

Type the colour or element into the include-my-word box. It is used in the title, as in The Cobalt Wyrm or Tyrant of the Cobalt Spires. You can also lock a lair word such as Molten, Frozen or Sulphur and re-roll the rest.

Some names are hard to say. What then?

Use the short form: set the number of words to one and the longest name to about nine characters. Dragon names are meant to be strange, but if you cannot say one twice, your players will rename the dragon for you.

Can I use these for wyverns, drakes or other monsters?

Yes. The kind-of-dragon list includes Wyrm, Drake and Serpent, and the blended names suit any large, old creature.

Are these names from a particular game?

No. The syllable lists were written for this site and avoid the well-known dragons of books, films and games. A blend can still coincide with an existing name, so search before publishing.