Wizard Name Generator

Wizard names assembled from arcane elements, each shown with its meaning, plus the earned epithet that goes on the end of a mage's name.

7,789,680 combinations

Zephix Stardelver
Zeph west wind + ix key
Star distant light + delver burrower
Elabell Candlebinder
Ela star + bell ringing brass
Candle burning taper + binder sealer
Bralis Owlbearer
Bral brass + is law
Owl night bird + bearer carrier
Igyr Thornwatch
Ig kindling + yr age
Thorn sharp barb + watch vigil
Umbraira Cinderseeker
Umbra shade + ira song
Cinder spent coal + seeker searcher
Netherim Quillwarden
Nether below + im sign
Quill feather pen + warden guardian
Ostar Vaultwatch
Os bone + tar fire
Vault sealed chamber + watch vigil
Melasith Runelore
Mela dark + sith depth
Rune secret letter + lore gathered learning
Elmyn Ambermantle
Elm shade tree + yn joy
Amber fossil resin + mantle draped cloak
Vastor Towercrown
Vas vessel + tor tower
Tower high spire + crown diadem
Thaumasette Stormbinder
Thauma wonder + sette little
Storm tempest + binder sealer
Corvnar Runecompass
Corv raven + nar flame
Rune secret letter + compass true bearing
Corphos Lanternlight
Cor heart + phos light
Lantern carried lamp + light kindled glow
Astradara Thornbinder
Astra star + dara gift
Thorn sharp barb + binder sealer
Foldum Towercaller
Fold creased layer + um place
Tower high spire + caller summoner
Lumyr Salttender
Lum lantern + yr age
Salt purifying mineral + tender nurturer
Thaumaira Owlhand
Thauma wonder + ira song
Owl night bird + hand grasp
Cantic Inkwalker
Cant chant + ic bound
Ink scribe's black + walker wanderer
Ummel Sablecrown
Um shade + mel song
Sable deep black + crown diadem
Oraith Thornthread
Ora gold + ith thread
Thorn sharp barb + thread fine strand
Vergith Ashmarker
Verg verge + ith thread
Ash burnt dust + marker sigil-setter
Crypian Silverwright
Cryp hidden + ian adept
Silver pale metal + wright maker
Pyralith Amberreader
Pyra fire + lith stone
Amber fossil resin + reader interpreter
Corvum Quillseeker
Corv raven + um place
Quill feather pen + seeker searcher

Need a name that means something in particular? Build one from its meaning.

How wizard names are built

Etymology

¶A wizard's name is a title before it is a name. The first element carries the material or the phenomenon the mage is associated with — cin cinder, syg sigil, stel fixed star, thaum wonder, glim glimmer, um shade. The second element carries the standing: ric rule, dric rule, ian adept, ir seeker, them law, thas oath, vos voice. Thaumric is not decoration. It reads as one who governs wonders, and colleagues in the order hear both halves.

Sound is what separates a mage's name from a peasant's. The register favours long vowels, sibilants and the fricatives th, ph and s, and it tolerates the letters x, y and z that ordinary names avoid, which is why Azvael, Zephyr and Crypthas sound learned rather than rustic. Feminine forms extend the first element with a vowel — Cindra, Umbra, Pyra — and take endings built on l, n and soft th. Neutral forms end on hard consonants and read as offices rather than people.

The epithet is the part that is earned. A mage takes a working name at initiation, then acquires a second name from the order or from the people who survived what they did: Starwarden, Emberkindler, Greyward, Quillscribe, Ashmantle. Older traditions used a bare colour instead, so the same person is Alzar Greyward in the archives and the Grey at the door. Use the epithet to say what the character is known for, not what they can do.

More wizard names

Male wizard names

Torthys Vellumlore tower depth
Osix Palescribe bone key
Osmar Stormweaver bone memory
Azmel Moonmantle deep song
Balarn Ashreader flame secret
Urros Towertender first dew
Amos Saltweaver twilight mouth
Ascphos Thornbearer ash tree light
Stelon Saltwright fixed star great
Casphos Inkwatch casting light
Calvar Sablewalker chalk guard
Eltel Candlehand star far
Magion Ironweaver great mind
Lumven Frostspeaker lantern wind
Falyr Towerhand falling age
Stelarn Quillwatch fixed star secret
Runvael Amberkindler rune word
Melyr Beaconcompass dark age

Female wizard names

Quillaira Amberseeker quill song
Stellasette Chalkhand fixed star little
Albathira Greycaller white sight
Bellavane Frostwarden bell ward
Ossasana Lanternglass bone blessing
Uraith Irontender first thread
Glimaessa Nightweaver glimmer essence
Maramira Thornmarker tide mirror
Ziravine Starbearer circle bond
Corais Towermarker heart knowledge
Veranara Cindermarker true flame
Solamara Stormreader sun memory
Maravera Towerlight tide truth
Thaumaria Glyphreader wonder stream
Quillaine Quillmender quill little
Moraine Waxbearer shadow little
Anthasana Glyphkindler blossom blessing
Ravasith Frostmender raven depth

Neutral wizard names

Margom Candlereader margin sum
Cantan Chalkweaver chant one
Delvnar Quillward delving flame
Chalard Starcrown chalk keeper
Torward Sablewarden tower guarding spell
Loamnar Sablethread rich earth flame
Umbum Chalkmender shade place
Orben Greybearer crystal sphere maker
Sevorn Owlcompass seven horn
Echil Glyphglass echo lesser
Hoarrim Towermarker hoarfrost edge
Cenden Lanternreader cinder maker
Auring Towertender gold making
Fenrim Sablescribe marsh edge
Hollward Greycrown hollow guarding spell
Vellith Quillreader vellum thread
Cairnthys Amberwright stone pile depth
Bralum Vaultwalker brass place

Questions

FAQ

What is a good wizard name?

One that sounds like a title someone else conferred. Take an arcane first element with a concrete image behind it — cinder, sigil, star, ash, tide — and close it with an ending that names a rank or a habit of mind, such as ric, ian, them or vos. Two or three syllables, then an epithet.

What are good wizard last names?

Wizards rarely carry family surnames. They carry epithets: Starwarden, Emberkindler, Ashmantle, Quillscribe, Greyward. Build one from an element the mage is associated with plus an office noun such as warden, binder, scribe, keeper or kindler. If your setting has mage families, keep the epithet and let the family name stay unspoken.

Why are wizards called things like the Grey?

A bare colour is the oldest form of the epithet, used when an order ranks its members by degree or by discipline rather than by achievement. It is short enough to shout and vague enough to be respectful. If your wizard belongs to a formal order, give them both: a full compound epithet on paper and a colour in conversation.

How is a wizard name different from a sorcerer or warlock name?

A wizard's name reads as scholarship, so it leans on words for writing, measurement and law: glyph, sigil, scroll, compass, law, oath. A sorcerer's name leans on the body and the bloodline, and a warlock's on the bargain. Keeping to the scholarly vocabulary is what stops the name reading as a fantasy race.

Can I use these wizard names in my campaign or book?

Yes. Every element here is invented for this generator rather than lifted from a published setting, so the names carry no attribution requirement. The meanings are supplied so you can justify the name in-world, or build a whole order whose members all share one first element and differ only in their epithets.