Wizard name generator
This wizard name generator builds wizard names four ways: the old tower wizard with a title to live up to, the hedge witch with a name the village uses, the court mage with a family behind them, and the necromancer who doesn’t get invited twice. Each press gives you twelve.
Choose traditions, length or first letter (optional)
Ideas to start from. We wrote every syllable and title here, and before this page goes live a script works through all the names it can make and rejects any that match a famous wizard. Take whichever one suits your character. These patterns reach 11,650 distinct names. It will not run out.
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A wizard’s name has two jobs. It has to sound old enough for someone who has read a great deal, and it has to tell the table what kind of magic to expect. Corvine Inkwright and Old Mother Tansy are both wizards, and you'd never mix them up.
Where each wizard name comes from
Nothing here is looked up. Names are put together from pieces we wrote for this page. Tower wizards join an opening such as Bal, Ith or Wyr to an ending such as aric, imer or ostrum, which gives you Balimer or Ithostrum, and then sometimes add a habit for a title (Halender the Ink-Stained) or a tower (Ossarro of the Sunken Library). Hedge witches get a short village name with a title in front, the way people really were called Old Mother or Gaffer, and a surname taken off the hedgerow: Tansy Nettlewick, Gaffer Sloebrew. Court mages get a Latin-sounding first name and a family name. Necromancers lean on hard consonants and a surname you’d hear at a funeral.
All four kinds are switched on to start. Turn off the ones your story has no room for, or ask for names beginning with one letter if the party already has a Bram and you want a B to match.
What makes a name sound like a wizard
Length helps. Three syllables sound learned in a way that one never does, which is why the tower names run longer than the rest. Old-fashioned endings help too: aric, ard and imer sound like names from a parish register, not a fantasy novel. A title does the rest. Giving a wizard a habit (forgetful, owl-eyed, always late) for a title makes them a person before they’ve cast anything.
Leave colours out of it. A wizard named for a colour is borrowing from one famous book, and the generator never builds one for that reason.
Wizards, witches, mages and warlocks
Games and stories use these words loosely, so use whichever fits your character. As a rough guide, the four kinds in the generator follow this split.
| Word | Where the magic came from | Kind to switch on |
|---|---|---|
| Wizard | Books and years of study | Tower wizards |
| Witch | The land and the people nearby | Hedge witches and wizards |
| Mage | Either, said grandly | Court mages |
| Warlock | A bargain with something | Necromancers and warlocks |
You can mix them too: a court mage who started out as a hedge witch is a better character than either on their own.
How to make your own wizard name
- Decide where the magic came from. A library, a garden, a family or a deal. The sound follows from that.
- Build the name, then the title. Generate a batch, take the first half of one name and the end of another, then give them a habit for a title.
- Say it the way a villager would. If the full name is a mouthful, the table will shorten it. Choose the short version yourself.
- Steer clear of the famous ones. Every table knows two or three wizards from books and films. Sound too much like one and that’s who your character becomes.
Naming a painted wizard
If the wizard is already a miniature on your desk, name what you can see. A yellow robe and a bag of herbs is a hedge witch. Ink-black robes and a skull on the staff want a necromancer’s surname. Once the figure has a name, you can put it in a scene of its own and have it printed. For the rest of the party, the fantasy name generator does elves, dwarves and orcs.
Questions and answers
What are some good wizard names?
Ones that tell you what kind of wizard they are. A few from the generator: Balimer the Unhurried and Ossarro of the Sunken Library for tower wizards, Old Mother Tansy for a hedge witch, Corvine Inkwright for a court mage and Vexoth Gravecandle for a necromancer. Each press of the button gives you twelve more.
How do you come up with a wizard name?
Start with where the magic came from, then build the name to match: longer and old-fashioned for a book-learned wizard, short and homely for a village witch, harsh for a warlock. Add a title from a habit, and say it out loud before you commit.
What is the difference between a wizard and a warlock?
In most games and stories a wizard studies for their magic and a warlock is given it in return for a bargain. Witches usually learn it from the land and the people around them. Use whichever word suits your character.
Am I allowed to use these names in my campaign?
Yes, they’re free to use however you like. We wrote the syllables and titles ourselves and run every possible result past a list of well-known wizards, so you won’t land on somebody else’s character by accident.