Avatar Na'vi Name Generator

Na'vi names come from a fully constructed language created by linguist Paul Frommer for James Cameron's Avatar, which is why they sound consistent from film to film. The language has a small, distinctive sound inventory: ejective consonants written px, tx, and kx, a glottal stop written with an apostrophe (Tsu'tey, Mo'at, Lo'ak), the vowels ì and ä, and clusters like ts, ng, and rr. It has no b, d, g, or j sounds, so a name that avoids those and leans on the ejectives immediately reads as Na'vi rather than generic sci-fi.

Canonically, a Na'vi has a given name plus a formal full name built as given name + te + family name + parent's name + 'itan (son) or 'ite (daughter). Neytiri's full name is Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite, meaning Neytiri of the Tskaha family, daughter of Mo'at, and Tsu'tey's is Tsu'tey te Rongloa Ateyo'itan. In everyday use only the given name is spoken.

The list below mixes canon characters from both films, given names coined from real Na'vi vocabulary (Tsawke means sun, Txep is fire, Payoang is fish, Sanhì is star), and complete formal names you can adapt by swapping in your own family or parent name. Sea-clan Metkayina names like Tonowari, Ronal, and Tsireya sit alongside forest Omatikaya names so you can match your character's clan.