Abyssal Name Generator

Demon lords, fiends and layers of the Abyss

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Generate Abyssal names in the tongue of demons: harsh apostrophe-laden names like Vhal'zurrak and Quor'izzath, demon lords with titles and domains, lesser fiends such as quasits and balors, and names for the layers and pits of the Abyss itself. Ideal for D&D, Pathfinder and dark fantasy campaigns.

About Abyssal names

Abyssal is the language of demons in Dungeons & Dragons and the fantasy tradition that grew from it: the tongue of the Tanar'ri, the chaotic evil fiends of the infinite layers of the Abyss. Unlike the ordered, Latin-flavored names of devils and the Nine Hells (Asmodeus, Mephistopheles, Dispater), Abyssal names sound broken and wet. Consider the canon demon lords: Graz'zt, Fraz-Urb'luu, Juiblex, Yeenoghu, Zuggtmoy, Kostchtchie. They pile up Z, X, K, Q and doubled consonants, crack words with apostrophes and hyphens, and favour endings like -oth, -ath, -ek, -ul and -rrak.

A demon lord rarely goes by name alone. The name is followed by a title that stakes a claim, Prince of Undeath, Lady of the Thousand Hooks, Eater of Names, and the greatest demons are often known only by epithet: the Pale Night, the Gaping Maw, the Unmaking. Lesser demons (dretches, quasits, vrocks, hezrous, balors) take shorter, uglier names, often with a mocking nickname their master gave them.

The Abyss itself has names worth using. Canon layers such as Azzagrat, Thanatos, the Gaping Maw, the Endless Maze and Shedaklah show the pattern: either a guttural proper noun or an evocative description of a horror. This generator gives you canon demon lords, original Abyssal names, lords with titles, lesser fiends and layer names for an entire incursion from the Abyss.

How to choose Abyssal names

  • Build the sound first: pick a harsh cluster (zz, kh, xx, thr, q) and break the name with an apostrophe or hyphen, the way Graz'zt and Fraz-Urb'luu are built; if it sounds smooth, it sounds Infernal, not Abyssal.
  • Give any demon important enough to have a name a title that describes a domain or appetite (Lord of the Weeping Pit, Mother of Gnawing Teeth), and let mortals use the title because speaking the true name is dangerous.
  • Scale the name to the demon: balors, mariliths and demon lords get long multi-part names and titles, while dretches, manes and quasits get short spat-out names like Skrizzik or Brukk.
  • Name a layer of the Abyss after the lord who rules it or the horror that defines it, and give it a number only when you want to stress how many layers there are (the 214th layer, the Ninety-Ninth Spiral).
  • Keep true names secret in play: a warlock or summoner learning an Abyssal true name is a plot hook, so have NPCs and texts use only epithets until that moment.

Frequently asked questions

What is an Abyssal name?

In D&D and related games, Abyssal is the language of demons, so an Abyssal name is a demon's name as rendered in that tongue: harsh, consonant-heavy and often broken with apostrophes, such as Graz'zt, Yeenoghu or Fraz-Urb'luu. This generator also includes titles, lesser fiend names and names for layers of the Abyss.

How are Abyssal names different from Infernal names?

Infernal is the language of devils and the Nine Hells; its names sound ordered and Latinate (Asmodeus, Dispater, Baalzebul). Abyssal belongs to chaotic demons and sounds chaotic: doubled Z and K sounds, clipped syllables, apostrophes and titles about hunger, rot and madness rather than law and contracts.

Can I use these names for Pathfinder demons or non-D&D settings?

Yes. Pathfinder's demon lords (Nocticula, Lamashtu, Deskari) follow the same conventions, and the original names here are system-neutral. They also suit warlock patrons, eldritch cults, summoned fiends and any dark fantasy villain that needs a name no mortal would choose.

Does the generator include names for the Abyss itself?

It does. You will find canon layers such as Azzagrat, Thanatos and the Gaping Maw alongside original layers and pits like the Throne of Rust, the Bone Sea and the Vale of Locked Screams, which work as adventure locations or as the domains attached to a demon lord's title.

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A: 20 names

  • Abraxas
  • Adimarchus
  • Ahazu the Seizer
  • Ahn'zurrok the Fleshless
  • Ahriman's Gulf
  • Akh'tuzzal, Lantern of the Lost
  • Akkthol
  • Alkilith Ooze-Speaker Blorrgeth
  • Androlynne
  • Ansitif

A, continued

  • Armanite Charger Hrazzuk
  • Arrow Demon Thrix
  • Ashgullet
  • Athz'kollor
  • Azazel
  • Azh'rulath, Keeper of the Black Tithe
  • Azr-Zulleth
  • Azz'korinth, Father of Locusts
  • Azzagrat
  • Azzmur

B: 20 names

  • Balor Thaz'mokhan
  • Baphomet
  • Baz'quareth, Sovereign of Whispering Bone
  • Bbulthaz
  • Bel'zkurrah, the Black Lullaby
  • Bha'rruth, Gorger of Stars
  • Bhraxxil
  • Bilethorn
  • Blightsinger
  • Bol-Thazzur

B, continued

  • Bonebloom
  • Borrgakh
  • Brakh'thuul, Who Sleeps in Ash
  • Bride of Rot
  • Brukk the Bar-lgura
  • Bulezau Thakkuz
  • Bvorreth Skinless
  • Bzaloth
  • Bzorr'thek
  • Bzz'korath

C: 8 names

  • Cambion Varrek Blackspire
  • Cazz'ireth, Weaver of Screams
  • Ch'thazzur
  • Chasme Bzz'ixra
  • Chokevine
  • Chuzzok
  • Cinderjaw
  • Cyth-V'sug

D: 19 names

  • Dagon
  • Daz-Y'ghoth
  • Dazz'orrik
  • Death Dells
  • Demogorgon
  • Deskari
  • Dezzurrath
  • Dhakkur
  • Dhur'mazzok, Lord of the Chained Sea

D, continued

  • Dk'azzuleth
  • Dra'khessa, Lady of the Thousand Hooks
  • Draudnu Thuzzuk
  • Dreadmoth
  • Drekkazul
  • Drog'nazzul, Breaker of Oaths
  • Dromekk
  • Drux'zalath
  • Dybbuk Whisperer Nezz'ra
  • Dzel'murrak the Rotted Oath

E: 12 names

  • Eater of Screams
  • Ebb'ghorrath, the Tide That Eats
  • Ekolid Hive-Mother Bzzira
  • Ell'zzaroth, the Tide of Teeth
  • Eltab
  • Empress of Worms
  • Eqq'thurrim
  • Eth'kabbor
  • Ethlakk
  • Exx'urath
  • Exx-Ulkar
  • Ezzkor

F: 5 names

  • Father of the Crawling Hunger
  • Fhazzik
  • Fleshloom
  • Fozzakh
  • Fraz-Urb'luu

G: 30 names

  • Gallu Zakk'rasha
  • Garruthex
  • Gaz'unnok, the Crooked Feast
  • Gehemnaigh
  • Gexxul
  • Ghal'zzureth the Nine-Fold Maw
  • Ghaz'rekh, Lord of Ash and Teeth
  • Gheth'ummak
  • Ghezz-Ur'thak
  • Ghorrkath
  • Ghour Gorehelm
  • Ghul'thazzor, Prince of Rust and Rot
  • Ghurr'ixal
  • Ghurroxx
  • Ghz'aramoth

G, continued

  • Glorrik
  • Gnashtooth the Dretch
  • Gnawer of Thrones
  • Gol'thazzur
  • Goristro Ghurrbak
  • Gorrmund the Throat of the World
  • Gravetide
  • Graz'zt
  • Grezzuk
  • Grinmaw
  • Grr'xathiz the Ever-Chewing
  • Guecubu Bloodmist
  • Gum-Zzirath
  • Gzathul
  • Gzz'orrath

H: 15 names

  • Haagenti
  • Half-Fiend Azzura Thorn
  • Hazzmoth
  • Hekh'varoth
  • Hexxuth
  • Hollow's Heart
  • Hollowmaw
  • Hookmother
  • Hraz'kuul the Shackled Storm
  • Hroz-Abbeth
  • Hug'thirrak
  • Hul'gaaz, Sovereign of the Drowning Pits
  • Hurrgax
  • Huzzimar
  • Hzz'amorath

I: 15 names

  • Ibb'rukh the Scabbed Moon
  • Ikk'zulathe
  • Ikkazzar
  • Ikkzibb Nine-Bites the Quasit
  • Incubus Vaal'dorreth
  • Iqqoreth
  • Ith'qorath the Unblinking
  • Ith'raxxa the Blistered Queen
  • Ith-Na'sorr
  • Ixaal
  • Ixaroth
  • Ixx'thorra, Mother of Broken Wings
  • Ixzul the Hezrou
  • Izhar'okk, Sovereign of the Blind Deep
  • Izz'varok the Hollow Reaper

J: 10 names

  • Jakkrazz
  • Jarilith Ghurrzak
  • Jeth-Garrok
  • Jezz'kollar
  • Jhal'vozzek, Harvester of Skins
  • Jhorr'uz of the Hundred Eyes
  • Jokkzar
  • Juiblex
  • Jz'kareth
  • Jzallik

K: 20 names

  • Kabriri
  • Kazz'imoth, Prince of Teeth
  • Kearackinin, the Wells of Darkness
  • Kelvezu Assassin Zilleth
  • Kezzuroth
  • Kha'vullith
  • Khaz'ubbor, Warlord of the Brass Abyss
  • Khol'dezz, First Among Worms
  • Khreth
  • Khuzzeth

K, continued

  • Ki'zzuvok
  • Klurichir Warlord Azzkathar
  • Korrvash, Babau Assassin
  • Kostchtchie
  • Kraz'immol the Iron Tongue
  • Kthessa
  • Kur'zzhalim, Chain of the Deep
  • Kuzzvar
  • Kvor-Tathul
  • Kx'alith, Devourer of Kings

L: 13 names

  • Lakes of Molten Iron
  • Lamashtu
  • Lazbral'thull
  • Lazzuroth
  • Lel'zakresh, Who Gnaws the Root
  • Lhur'gathex
  • Lix'morrak, Duke of the Howling Stair
  • Lokzzur
  • Lord of the Ninety-Ninth Spiral
  • Lorrgex
  • Lozz'kirrim, Duke of Spines
  • Lupercio
  • Lur-Ghazzim

M: 21 names

  • Mal'thuzek the Flayed Crown
  • Marilith Vel'quorra
  • Marrowdrinker
  • Maurezhi Ghoul-Prince Yzzak
  • Mazmezz
  • Mbz'rukath
  • Mekh-Thuzzil
  • Mh'thraal, Keeper of Drowned Names
  • Mirewarden
  • Miska the Wolf-Spider

M, continued

  • Mizzroth
  • Mog'thirazz the Howling Gut
  • Molydeus Kurr'thazzeth
  • Mor'zzak, Unlit Flame
  • Mother of Gnawing Teeth
  • Mother of Maggots
  • Mulgraz
  • Murr'kazzeth
  • Muth'kazzar, Lady of Quiet Teeth
  • Muzzrek
  • Myrmyxicus Lord Vaz'thaggan

N: 19 names

  • Nabassu Ix'thorak
  • Nakkorim
  • Nalfeshnee Judge Ugrazzeth
  • Nax'zilloth, Her Mouth of Endless Night
  • Nek'zullah, Sister of Bile
  • Nekkazar
  • Nhal'kurrath, the Hollow Mother
  • Nightgorger
  • Nim-Zzorak

N, continued

  • Nobbrak
  • Nocticula
  • Nurr'qazzim
  • Nurrvoth
  • Ny'gorroth, Mistress of the Slithering Deep
  • Nyrrakh
  • Nyx'thalla, Queen of the Hollow Throne
  • Nyx'varath the Cradle-Rot
  • Nyzzor
  • Nz'kalloth, Warden of Locked Screams

O: 17 names

  • Obox-ob
  • Ogg'ruthaz
  • Oggvath
  • Ogz'threth
  • Ommzak
  • Oq'thammar the Mouth Below
  • Orcus
  • Orr'bizzak, Whose Laughter Bleeds

O, continued

  • Orr-Vexath
  • Orrvax
  • Oth'grazzik the Splitting Skull
  • Ovv'thazir the Hungering Void
  • Oxx'tharrum
  • Ozhekuth
  • Ozolleth
  • Ozz'kular the Unmaking
  • Ozzrim

P: 13 names

  • Pale Night
  • Palrethee Emberlash
  • Pazuzu
  • Pazzrith
  • Ph'naxith
  • Phaz-Kurrim
  • Phazz'kulor
  • Phex'urrath, the Unfathomed
  • Phl'kazzor
  • Phorrvex
  • Pitcaller
  • Pthorrak
  • Pyr'zaleth, Flame That Eats Light

Q: 11 names

  • Qa'thuul, Duke of the Black Rain
  • Qhazzul
  • Qor'vellaz, Lady of the Scalding Bog
  • Quaz'illek
  • Quazzim
  • Quemmik
  • Quizzik Fleabitten
  • Quor'izzath, Tyrant of the Drowned Layer
  • Quth'ammar the Red Mist
  • Quu'vexis
  • Quz-Nakhim

R: 10 names

  • Raz'tholluk, Scourge of the Upper Layers
  • Rhaz'dakh the Many-Jawed
  • Rhizzek
  • Rixxuleth
  • Ro'zzhek
  • Rokh'zammur, the Bloodied Chalice
  • Rotcrown
  • Ru'gathzul, Tyrant of Weeping Stone
  • Rutterkin Grubbel
  • Ruz-Phalleth

S: 30 names

  • Saal'thivok, Speaker of the Unspoken
  • Screamweaver
  • Seb'gorrax, Who Hates the Dawn
  • Sekh'thulam, Drinker of Wounds
  • Sess'innek
  • Shadow Demon Ssivvith
  • Shax
  • She Who Waits in Bile
  • Shedaklah, the Slime Pits
  • Shendilavri
  • Sibriex Flesh-Shaper Ubbrozz
  • Sizz'korath, the Seething Crown
  • Skazz'vul, the Tooth Beneath the Tongue
  • Skazzuk
  • Skel'azzar, Warden of the Flesh Gate

S, continued

  • Skorr'izzet
  • Skrizzik the Quasit
  • Skul-Rezzak
  • Skuzzar
  • Socothbenoth
  • Sorrgath
  • Sorrowjaw
  • Soulgnaw
  • Spinefather
  • Ssarith'ko the Coiling Dark
  • Ssz'karoth
  • Sszorreth
  • Succubus Lilithra Veil
  • Suzzkar
  • Szal'dreth of the Inverted Sky

T: 91 names

  • Tabbaroth
  • Tch'zallak
  • Teeth of the Deep
  • Tekkoroth
  • Terr'vozzul
  • Thalk'reza, Bride of Famine
  • Thallizek
  • Thanatos, the Belly of Death
  • Thazz'morok
  • Thazzem
  • The Ashen Gullet
  • The Bile Sea
  • The Black Rain Reach

T, continued

  • The Bleeding Tongue
  • The Bone Sea
  • The Bottomless Widow
  • The Brass Abyss
  • The Chained Sea
  • The Chasm of Unwoven Things
  • The Choking Dark
  • The Demonweb Pits
  • The Drowned Cathedral of Quor'izzath
  • The Drowned Choir
  • The Endless Maze
  • The Ever-Chewing Dark
  • The Faceless Maw of Layer 214

T, continued

  • The Flesh Gate
  • The Gallows Tide
  • The Gaping Maw
  • The Gnawer Beneath
  • The Gnawing Winter
  • The Gorge of Broken Seals
  • The Gorger's Table
  • The Grand Abyss
  • The Hollow Throne
  • The Horned Silence
  • The Howling Stair
  • The Hungry Lamp
  • The Last Door

T, continued

  • The Lidless Hunger
  • The Maggot Orchards
  • The Mire Eternal
  • The Nine Hundredth Fall
  • The Obsidian Fen
  • The Pale Gnashing
  • The Pale Gnashing Fields
  • The Phantom Plane
  • The Pits of Gnashing
  • The Rotting Lightfields
  • The Rust Cathedral
  • The Scalding Bogs
  • The Screaming Jungle

T, continued

  • The Seething Crown Peaks
  • The Seven-Horned Gluttony
  • The Shrieking Bloom
  • The Silent Swarm
  • The Slithering Deep
  • The Spine Gardens
  • The Sunless Spiral
  • The Thing Beneath the Grave
  • The Thousand-Mouthed Sovereign
  • The Throne of Rust
  • The Tooth Ravine
  • The Unmaking
  • The Upturned Graves

T, continued

  • The Vale of Locked Screams
  • The Weeping Wastes
  • The Well of Rotting Moons
  • The Whisper That Rots
  • The Widow's Deep
  • The Worm Empire
  • Thessik of the Ten Thousand Larvae
  • Thex'vollun, Lord of the Sunless Tower
  • Thorr'ubbek
  • Thra'xul, Breaker of Seals
  • Thrazzuk
  • Throatweaver
  • Thuggrax of the Glabrezu Court

T, continued

  • Thulmoth
  • Thum-Ozzar
  • Thuz'ammoth, Eater of Names
  • Thuz'vok
  • Tirrzoth
  • Tiz-Vokkur
  • Tkh'ullomar, Lord of the Silent Swarm
  • Tongue of the Pit
  • Turaglas
  • Tuz'ghollah, King of the Pus Tides
  • Tyk'vurrash
  • Tzal'morrith, Duchess of the Obsidian Fen
  • Tzumarr

U: 14 names

  • Ubbraz
  • Ugudenk
  • Ul'gorrim the Howler Beneath
  • Ulk'tharrish, Warden of the Last Door
  • Ulthamog the Unburied
  • Ulthrazz
  • Ulv-Korrith
  • Ur'vethrak the Mouth of Endings
  • Urgh'thaz, Herald of the Gaping Dark
  • Uridezu Rat-Demon Skrath
  • Urr'vazzik
  • Uth'rakkim
  • Uzz'mith of the Many Mouths
  • Uzzilek

V: 23 names

  • Vakh'zoreth, Lord of the Upturned Grave
  • Vaxxoth
  • Ve'ghul, Butcher of Heavens
  • Veth'azzim
  • Vex'thazir
  • Vezzimoth
  • Vhal'zurrak the Thrice-Skinned
  • Vhex'korra, Bride of the Screaming Dark
  • Vhexxa
  • Voice of the Endless Fall
  • Voidsuckle

V, continued

  • Voll-Kazzeth
  • Vorr'ghet the Bloated Star
  • Vrass'kolith, Tyrant of the Maggot Orchards
  • Vrax
  • Vrethak
  • Vrock of the Red Wind
  • Vrr'thaxis
  • Vucarik
  • Vurrgix
  • Vuul'gorath, Prince of the Broken Wheel
  • Vzz'ekhalath
  • Vzzarik

W: 13 names

  • Wastrilith Tide-Lord Gholl'mar
  • Wazz'irrek
  • Wazzurim
  • Wex'thuloth, Bearer of the Hungry Lamp
  • Widowroot
  • Woeful Escarand
  • Wormlord
  • Wraa'thiz
  • Wrakkoth
  • Wum-Ikkoreth
  • Wurr'gzath
  • Wuzz'gareth, the Choking Dark
  • Wyrrzak

X: 13 names

  • Xar'kobeth, Master of the Gallows Tide
  • Xaz'rhul, Lord of the Weeping Pit
  • Xazz'ulom
  • Xeth'mora
  • Xethrul
  • Xev'marrak
  • Xillmorr
  • Xirr'ka, Whisperer of the Last Layer
  • Xol'gethra, Herald of the Rotting Moon
  • Xorrith
  • Xoveron
  • Xu'gharrith
  • Xy'zorreth the Sleepless Pit

Y: 15 names

  • Ya'zhoreth, Wound in the World
  • Yag'thorr, Marrow-King of the Bone Sea
  • Yazzik Nine-Tongues
  • Yeenoghu
  • Ykh'morath, Queen of Ten Thousand Hooks
  • Ykorrath
  • Yl'thagra the Shivering Feast
  • Yochlol Handmaiden Ssyrrith
  • Yorr'thamak, Baron of the Mire Eternal
  • Yth'gurrazz
  • Ythmarrok
  • Yuzzgor
  • Yx-Brathok
  • Yzz'ekaroth
  • Yzzath

Z: 23 names

  • Zakh'ennor, Lord of Rotting Light
  • Zam'thorrek, the Grinning Abyss
  • Zanassu
  • Zaxxul
  • Zel'kthys, Who Counts the Dead
  • Zeph'gorrak, Prince of the Hollowing
  • Zepphrak
  • Zionyn
  • Zizzlith the Manes
  • Zog'thuleth, Who Swallows Rivers
  • Zorr'ithek, King of the Gnawing Winter

Z, continued

  • Zothrikk
  • Zub'karreth
  • Zub-Qarreth
  • Zuggtmoy
  • Zurrvok
  • Zyl'ammoth
  • Zzal'kuvith, Prince of the Unwoven
  • Zzeth'kurr the Dripping Crown
  • Zzh'kaal
  • Zzirrax
  • Zzor'ul
  • Zzuriath