Baldur's Gate 3 Name Generator

Baldur's Gate 3 names sit inside the Forgotten Realms, the same setting used by Dungeons & Dragons for forty years, so they follow conventions readers of R.A. Salvatore or Ed Greenwood will recognise immediately. Baldurian humans have late-medieval, faintly Anglo-French names with patrician surnames: Ulder Ravengard, Enver Gortash, Ketheric Thorm. Elves such as Halsin Silverbough and Astarion Ancunín get lyrical given names and nature-rooted surnames, while drow like Minthara Baenre and Viconia DeVir carry the harsher syllables and great-house names of Menzoberranzan. Tieflings from Elturel range from Infernal names (Zevlor, Dammon) to plain human ones (Rolan, Cal, Lia), and githyanki names like Lae'zel and Kith'rak Voss are clipped and apostrophe-split.

Larian also leans on nicknames and single names for memorable NPCs: Shadowheart, Withers, the Emperor, Auntie Ethel, Nine-Fingers Keene, Scratch. A one-word handle can carry as much weight as a full noble name if it hints at a story.

The list opens with every companion and major figure from all three acts, then moves through original names grouped by race so you can name a Tav, a hireling or a homebrew NPC that would not look out of place at camp. Use the canon section for reference and the original section for anything you plan to publish.