Baldur's Gate Name Generator

The Baldur's Gate games span more than twenty years and two eras of Forgotten Realms design, and their names reflect that. The BioWare originals leaned on the sourcebooks of the late 1990s: human companions had short, slightly archaic names (Imoen, Khalid, Coran, Garrick), nobles used family names from the city's ruling houses (Entar Silvershield, Ajantis Ilvastarr, Nalia de'Arnise), and villains got harder consonants and Eastern-flavoured surnames such as Sarevok Anchev, Jon Irenicus and Yaga-Shura. Larian's Baldur's Gate 3 kept the same rules while adding a modern taste for evocative single names like Shadowheart and Withers.

Across both eras, race determines the sound. Elves and half-elves get lyrical names with soft consonants; drow such as Viconia DeVir carry Menzoberranzan house names; dwarves like Korgan Bloodaxe and Yeslick Orothiar pair a gruff given name with a clan surname; halflings and gnomes (Mazzy Fentan, Jan Jansen, Quayle) sound homely; and the gods themselves, Bhaal, Bane and Myrkul, are single monosyllables.

The list opens with every notable companion, ally and antagonist from Baldur's Gate I and II, Throne of Bhaal and Baldur's Gate 3, then adds original names by race and by patrician house so you can build a Bhaalspawn, a Flaming Fist officer or an Athkatlan noble who belongs on the Sword Coast.