Name generator

Magic sword and weapon name generator for legendary arms

Twenty weapon names per click. Compound names join a force such as grief, ember or gale to an ending such as song, cleaver or bane; other patterns name the weapon after its wielder or its legend. Choose grim, noble, ancient, arcane or comic.

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

Last Pike of the TideLast kind of weapon of legend
Kingrazorforce + compound ending
Gwyllam's Spare Bowwielder's name's Spare kind of weapon
Zorael's Pikewielder's name's kind of weapon
The Flickering GlaiveThe describing word + kind of weapon
Echorenderforce + compound ending
The Witching Halberd of Seven WintersThe describing word + kind of weapon of legend
Pyre Hammerforce + kind of weapon
Last Cudgel of OathsLast kind of weapon of legend
Windlamentforce + compound ending
Spitebiteforce + compound ending
Mace of the Tidekind of weapon of legend
The Apologetic Flail of UlfhildThe describing word + kind of weapon of wielder's name
Last Glaive of the TideLast kind of weapon of legend
Hammer of Regretkind of weapon of legend
Spitecarverforce + compound ending
Echoglintforce + compound ending
Gloomspurforce + compound ending
Zorael's Spare Macewielder's name's Spare kind of weapon
Dravek's Shadeshardwielder's name's force + compound ending

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Magic sword and weapon name generator: example names by style

Each group below is a fixed batch made with this generator, with only the style filter changed. 50 names are on this page before you press anything.

Grim and dark

Claymore of Kings
Dagger of Stars
Galeshard the Widowing
Duskspur
Falchion of Wolves
Flamelament the Grieving

Noble and grand

Ghostreaver the Sleepless
The Unsheathed Rapier of Heroes
Wyrmbite, Trident of Ashes
Maul of the Deep
Kingbringer the Keen
The Peerless Morningstar

Ancient and mythic

Quenric's Flamesplitter
Lysander's Woeclaw
Morwenna's Longbow
Woecarver
Echoshard the Sleeping
Dagger of Ages

Arcane and strange

The Whispering Bow of Regret
Spite Pike
The Sleepless Flail of Wolves
Ysmay's Trident
Blade of Thorns
Spiteclaw the Spellbound

Comic and light

The Rusty Bow of Thorns
Thunder Halberd
Ivarra's Maul
The Squeaky Falchion of Veyra
Ivarra's Windtalon
Trident of Regret

How these weapon names are built

This generator draws from 192 hand-picked words in 6 lists and uses 16 naming patterns, plus 6 more that wrap around a keyword you type. The patterns can combine into up to 757,032 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
Force	30	Blood, Doom, Dawn, Spite, Thunder, Shade, Woe
Compound ending	22	carver, song, whisper, glint, shard, razor, needle
Kind of weapon	28	Crossbow, Sabre, Sword, Hammer, Axe, Greatsword, Longbow
Describing word	60	Just, Vanishing, Humming, Bright, Fabled, Baleful, Widowing
Legend	28	Night, the Grave, Ashes, Kings, the Void, Ages, Stars
Wielder's name	24	Gwyllam, Quenric, Wendric, Morwenna, Dravek, Torvald, Lysander

Patterns

Pattern	Example	Used for
force + compound ending	Hexbringer	any style
The describing word + kind of weapon	The Dauntless Bow	any style
kind of weapon of legend	Cudgel of Embers	any style
wielder's name's kind of weapon	Kethra's Knife	any style
force + kind of weapon	Pyre Pike	any style
wielder's name's force + compound ending	Naldric's Ghostrazor	any style
describing word + force + compound ending	Grieving Moonbane	any style
The kind of weapon of wielder's name	The Axe of Kethra	any style
The describing word + kind of weapon of legend	The Patient Longbow of Heroes	any style
force + compound ending the describing word	Shadewhisper the Unburied	Grim and dark, Noble and grand, Ancient and mythic, Arcane and strange
Last kind of weapon of legend	Last Spear of Echoes	Grim and dark, Ancient and mythic
force + compound ending, kind of weapon of legend	Ruinwhisper, Dagger of Heroes	Noble and grand, Ancient and mythic
The kind of weapon That Hums	The Cudgel That Hums	Arcane and strange
The describing word + force + kind of weapon	The Grieving Dawn Greatsword	Arcane and strange
wielder's name's Spare kind of weapon	Brannoch's Spare Sabre	Comic and light
The describing word + kind of weapon of wielder's name	The Humming Maul of Brannoch	Comic and light
your keyword + compound ending	Cairnbringer	any style
your keyword's kind of weapon	Cairn's Trident	any style
The kind of weapon of your keyword	The Maul of Cairn	any style
your keyword the describing word	Cairn the Deathless	any style
force + compound ending of your keyword	Thunderspur of Cairn	any style
The describing word + kind of weapon of your keyword	The Baleful Falchion of Cairn	any style

The words are written by hand for weapon 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 weapon

The classic name for a legendary weapon is a single compound word, and it is the main recipe here: a force joined to an ending. The force says what the weapon carries with it, such as grief, ember, gale or gloom. The ending says what it does: a song is heard, a cleaver or a splitter cuts, a bane ends something, a vow binds. Gale plus song is Galesong, which sounds like a light, fast blade; Gloom plus cleaver sounds like something nobody wants to meet.

The second family names the weapon after a person. Kethra's Glaive is an heirloom, and the first question a player asks is who Kethra was, so have an answer ready. The third family is the title, a kind of weapon and a legend: Spear of Seven Winters, Axe of the Drowned. Titles suit weapons found in tombs, where the name is carved on a wall and the story has to be pieced together.

Moods change the describing words and add their own forms. Grim weapons weep and thirst, noble ones are just and oathbound, ancient ones were entombed with their owners, arcane ones hum and flicker. The comic mood gives you a wielder's spare mace and a slightly bent sword, which are right for a first magic item that is more trouble than it is worth.

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

Does it only make sword names?

No. The weapon list has 28 kinds, from daggers and longbows to mauls and tridents. Lock the weapon word you need and re-roll. The one-word compounds, such as Emberclaw or Rimeshard, do not name a weapon type at all and fit anything with an edge or a point.

How do the compound names work?

Each joins one word from the force list to one ending from the compound-ending list, both shown on this page. Lock the half you like and generate again to hear it with every partner.

Can I name a weapon after a character or a villain?

Yes. Type the name into the include-my-word box. It is used as the wielder, as in Cairn's Halberd, as the first half of a compound, as in Cairnbane, or in a title.

How do I avoid a name that already belongs to a famous weapon?

The lists were written to stay clear of well-known ones, but compounds are short and some will exist somewhere. Search for the name before you use it in anything you publish.