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Generate original Black Butler style names for OCs, fan fiction and roleplay: Victorian nobles like Earl Lucian Thornwick, demon butlers like Adrian Malphas, grim reapers like Leonard T. Graves, plus manor servants, circus stage names and underworld aliases such as The Queen's Falcon.

About Black Butler names

Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) is set in a gothic version of late Victorian England, and its names follow the class system of the period closely. The nobility carry a title, a formal given name and a surname that sounds old and slightly sinister: Phantomhive, Midford, Trancy. Original nobles work the same way, so this list pairs period given names with invented estate surnames such as Thornwick, Mournhaven and Ravenhollow, across the ranks from baron to duke.

Below stairs the pattern flips. The Phantomhive servants go by one short name or a nickname (Finnian is Finny, Baldroy is Bard), the circus troupe uses stage names like Joker and Doll, and society figures pick up color nicknames like Madam Red. Grim reapers are office workers at heart, so they have plain English names, as in William T. Spears. A demon has no name of his own in the story: Sebastian was named by his young master. So the demon names here pair a polite given name with a surname drawn from old demonology and the Faust legend.

The 500 names cover nobles and heirs, ladies and madams, household staff, demon butlers, reapers and Dispatch officers, underworld aliases in the style of the Queen's Watchdog, circus performers, schoolboys with color surnames like the Weston College prefects, and foreign guests.

How to choose Black Butler names

  • Decide the character's class before the name. A noble needs a title, a formal given name and an estate surname (Viscount Emery Silverthorne); a servant needs one short name the household would actually shout down a corridor (Pippin, Hobb, Tansy).
  • Name a demon the way a contractor would. Think about who the master is and what they would pick, then pair a gentle given name with an ominous surname, as in Silas Abramelin or Helena Faustine.
  • Keep grim reapers bureaucratic. An ordinary English name with a middle initial, such as Martin J. Shears or Agatha M. Spindle, fits the Dispatch office far better than anything dark and dramatic. Put the flamboyance in the personality.
  • Give an underworld noble two names: the legal one for society and an alias for the work they do for the Crown. Earl Casimir Wraithby by day can be The Queen's Nightjar or The Wolf of Belgravia by night.
  • Stay inside the period. Given names that were in use in 1880s England (Edmund, Cecil, Arabella, Winifred) keep an OC believable next to the canon cast; modern names break the spell at once.

Frequently asked questions

What kind of names do Black Butler characters have?

Most of the cast have Victorian English names sorted by class. Nobles have titles and grand surnames like Phantomhive and Midford, servants use a single name or nickname, grim reapers have plain office-worker names, and circus performers go by stage names. This list follows the same split, from Earl Julian Ashencourt to a hall boy called Wick.

How do I name a demon butler OC?

In the series a demon takes whatever name the contractor gives, so start with the master and pick something they would choose. The list offers human-sounding options such as Adrian Malphas, Bastian Agrippa and Cordelia Crocell, where the surname hints at demonology. If you would rather keep the true name hidden, use an alias like The Crow Butler or The Midnight Steward.

Are these the names of real Black Butler characters?

No. They are original names in the style of the series for OCs, fan fiction and roleplay, not a roster of the manga's cast. Characters such as Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian Michaelis are mentioned in the guide only to show how the naming patterns work.

What do grim reaper names look like in Black Butler?

Reapers are presented as staff of a bureaucratic Dispatch office, so their names are ordinary English ones: William T. Spears, Ronald Knox, Grell Sutcliff. Original reapers in the list follow suit, for example Leonard T. Graves, Winifred Cross and Dispatch Clerk Osgood Pim. The Undertaker inspires a second style of trade aliases such as The Coffin Maker and The Epitaph Carver.

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A: 18 names

  • Ada Finchley
  • Adrian Malphas
  • Agatha M. Spindle
  • Alfie Rowe
  • Alfie Tuttle
  • Alfred Hazelton
  • Alistair Naberius
  • Alistair P. Crane
  • Ambrose Dockett
  • Ambrose Trithemius
  • Anselm Glasya
  • Archie Penn
  • Arthur Coppinger
  • Arthur N. Tolle
  • Attendant Raghav Mishra
  • Auditor Lucian Frost
  • Augustin Forneus
  • Austin Ravenel

B: 29 names

  • Barnaby
  • Baron Augustin Marlowe-Finch
  • Baron Cornelius Wolfenden
  • Baron Fabian Wintersmith
  • Baron Hadrian Kettering
  • Baron Horatio Sedgewick
  • Baron Konrad von Falkenrath
  • Baron Ludovic Stonehaven
  • Baron Magnus Ironbridge
  • Baron Octavian Dunmere
  • Baron Phineas Crowhurst
  • Baron Roderick Gallowgate
  • Baroness Ernestine Cavendish-Moore
  • Baroness Octavia Lindqvist
  • Baroness Wilhelmina Drake
  • Basil F. Stroud
  • Basil Lyonesse
  • Bastian Agrippa
  • Bellows
  • Benedict Andras
  • Bernard O. Carrow
  • Bertie Crumb
  • Bertram Jett
  • Bess Whitlow
  • Big Top Tom
  • Black Bishop of the Manor
  • Bonehand
  • Bram
  • Butler of the Black Feather

C: 32 names

  • Casimir Andrealphus
  • Cecil Rosewood
  • Cecily Vesper
  • Cedric Filemore
  • Charlie Dunn
  • Chef Augie Flint
  • Chef Pâtissier Lucien Beaumont
  • Cinder
  • Clara Dunnock
  • Clement Goldsworthy
  • Clive Yewdale
  • Coachman Silas Bridger
  • Cobb
  • Columbine
  • Commissioner Hugh Stackpole
  • Comte Étienne de Rochambert
  • Conrad Sexton
  • Constable Ned Browning
  • Constantine Purson
  • Cook Marta Bellows
  • Cordelia Crocell
  • Cornelius Orobas
  • Count Alexei Morozov
  • Countess Augusta Thornbury
  • Countess Evangeline Marbury
  • Countess Henrietta Roseveare
  • Countess Isadora Lacewood
  • Countess Marianne Deverell
  • Crimson Bellamy
  • Crispin Belial
  • Cuthbert Snow
  • Cyprian Amdusias

D: 22 names

  • Dart, the Knife Thrower
  • Desmond Inkwell
  • Dimples
  • Dispatch Clerk Osgood Pim
  • Dobbin
  • Dolly Hemlock
  • Dominic Valefar
  • Domino
  • Dorothea Glass
  • Douglas Greenaway
  • Douglas Pyne
  • Dowager Countess Eudora Pym
  • Dowager Lady Hermione Trask
  • Dr. Rosamund Aldiss
  • Drusilla Vual
  • Duchess Georgiana Ravensmoor
  • Duchess Seraphina Alcott
  • Duke Cassius Wrenfield
  • Duke Evelyn Stratheden
  • Duke Ferdinand Blackwood-Marsh
  • Duke Lorcan Ashbourne
  • Duke Maximilian Aldercourt

E: 23 names

  • Earl Alaric Ravenhollow
  • Earl Auberon Vantresse
  • Earl Benedict Sablewood
  • Earl Casimir Wraithby
  • Earl Dorian Hollowell
  • Earl Evander Nightingale
  • Earl Florian Lockhaven
  • Earl Julian Ashencourt
  • Earl Leopold Grimsby
  • Earl Lucian Thornwick
  • Earl Lysander Thistlegrave
  • Earl Oswin Candlemere
  • Earl Percival Mournhaven
  • Earl Rainier Coldstream
  • Earl Simeon Duskworth
  • Earl Tristan Blackmere
  • Edgar W. Hollis
  • Edmund Blackmore
  • Edwin Lilywhite
  • Emil Gremory
  • Ernest Peacock
  • Eunice Clerkwell
  • Evander Seere

F: 15 names

  • Father Declan Rourke
  • Felix R. Mortlake
  • Felix Russet
  • Finch
  • Firebreath
  • First-Year Charlie Dunmore
  • First-Year Oliver Pennington
  • Footman Elias Crane
  • Footman Jasper Reed
  • Footman of the Owls
  • Forensics Reaper Mortimer Shaw
  • Francis Sable
  • Fräulein Annelise Brandt
  • Fräulein Liesel Weiss
  • Freiherr Lothar von Eichwald

G: 14 names

  • Gabriel Ipos
  • Gamekeeper Angus Mair
  • Gardener Tobin Mosswood
  • Garnet Lovelace
  • Gideon Sharpe
  • Gilbert Howlett
  • Godfrey Umber
  • Goliath
  • Governess Harriet Lowe
  • Gräfin Theresia von Hohenwald
  • Graham Knell
  • Grin
  • Groom Owen Fairley
  • Gus Oakley

H: 31 names

  • Hall Boy Robin Sedge
  • Harlequin
  • Harold Plumley
  • Harriet Penrose
  • Hatchet
  • Hattie Broom
  • Hauptmann Ernst Vogler
  • He Who Pours the Tea
  • Head Boy Julian Ashcroft
  • Head Butler Aldous Pryce
  • Headmaster Alban Reeve
  • Hector V. Ruling
  • Heir Apparent Lucius Dane
  • Helena Faustine
  • Her Majesty's Ferret
  • Her Majesty's Moth
  • Her Majesty's Quiet Knife
  • Her Majesty's Shadow Hound
  • Herbert Brownlow
  • Herr Anton Reinhardt
  • Hobb
  • Hoopla
  • Houndmaster Bryn Calder
  • Housemaid Lottie Fenn
  • Housemaid Su-Lan Zhao
  • Housemaster Cuthbert Lyle
  • Howard L. Pryor
  • Hubert Tallow
  • Hugo Scarlett
  • Hugo Zagan
  • Humphrey Foxley

I: 6 names

  • Ignatius Pyre
  • Imogen R. Ashe
  • Inspector Amos Aldersgate
  • Inspector Hollis Pike
  • Isolde Ronove
  • Ivy Pennock

J: 6 names

  • Jem Tanner
  • Jerome Halphas
  • Josiah Pell
  • Judith A. Merrow
  • Juggler Jack
  • Juniper

K: 2 names

  • Khansama Gopal Das
  • Knives

L: 47 names

  • Lady Adelaide Sinclair-Rowe
  • Lady Arabella Swynford
  • Lady Beatrice Lyndhurst
  • Lady Constance Wolverley
  • Lady Eloise Fairbourne
  • Lady Frances Dunraven
  • Lady Genevieve Hartcastle
  • Lady Imogen Thackwell
  • Lady Lucinda Amberley
  • Lady Matilda Crestwood
  • Lady Ophelia Marchmont
  • Lady Philippa Graystone
  • Lady Rosalie Everard
  • Lady Vivian Aldermere
  • Lady Winifred Carlow
  • Laird Fergus MacAllister
  • Lamp Boy Toby Snuff
  • Lan-Ying
  • Lantern
  • Laundress Peg Waverly
  • Laurence Caim
  • Lavinia Steele
  • Lawrence Greyling

L, continued

  • Lazarus Murmur
  • Leonard T. Graves
  • Leonard Whitaker
  • Leopold Honorius
  • Lionel Stamp
  • Little Tilda
  • Liu Zhen
  • Lockjaw
  • Lord Anselm Greywater
  • Lord Archibald Ravensworth
  • Lord Cyril Nightshade
  • Lord Emrys Coldwater
  • Lord Hugo Featherstonehaugh
  • Lord Jasper Winterbourne
  • Lord Matthias Sorrowby
  • Lord Nathaniel Croswell
  • Lord Piers Gravenor
  • Lord Quentin Ashdown
  • Lord Raphael Morningside
  • Lord Sylvester Blackthorn
  • Lord Tobias Everleigh
  • Lord Wilfred Penhallow
  • Lucien Marchosias
  • Ludo

M: 66 names

  • Madam Amaranth
  • Madam Carmine
  • Madam Indigo
  • Madam Ivory
  • Madam Noir
  • Madam Pearl
  • Madam Sable
  • Madam Verdigris
  • Madam Violet
  • Madam Xu Yulan
  • Mademoiselle Colette Marchand
  • Mags
  • Marchioness Francesca Sterling-Hale
  • Marchioness Honoria Fenwick
  • Marchioness Leonora Swift
  • Marguerite Botis
  • Marian E. Shrewsbury
  • Marionette
  • Marquess Alexander Ravenscar
  • Marquess Bartholomew Fairchild
  • Marquess Caspian Aldersey
  • Marquess Edric Stormont
  • Marquess Gideon Harrowgate
  • Marquess Leander Whitlock-Vane
  • Marquess Reginald Hawksmoor
  • Marquess Victor Lindenmoor
  • Marrow
  • Martin J. Shears
  • Master Aubrey Vane
  • Master Cedric Lowell
  • Master Edwin Hawthorne
  • Master Felix Larkin
  • Master Guo Wei

M, continued

  • Master Jonah Farrow
  • Master Linus Pembroke
  • Master Noel Ashworth
  • Master Theo Blackwell
  • Maximilian Furcas
  • Minnie Spratt
  • Miss Agnes Threadgold
  • Miss Annabel Summerhayes
  • Miss Cecilia Rosewarne
  • Miss Charlotte Ainsley
  • Miss Clementine Waycross
  • Miss Dorothy Kingsford
  • Miss Eleanora Brightwell
  • Miss Felicity Castellane
  • Miss Juliet Hargrove
  • Miss Marigold Treadwell
  • Miss Penelope Fairweather
  • Miss Primrose Lacey
  • Molly Pruett
  • Monsieur Armand Delacour
  • Montague Crowe
  • Monty Kerr
  • Morgana Leraje
  • Morris E. Toombs
  • Motley
  • Mr. Feng of Shanghai
  • Mr. Grimshaw
  • Mr. Lockwood
  • Mr. Quill
  • Mr. Wendell Hartigan of Boston
  • Mrs. Abernathy
  • Mrs. Dovecote
  • Mrs. Pennyfeather

N: 8 names

  • Nanny Beatrice Moss
  • Ned Hargreave
  • Nettle
  • Nicodemus Scratch
  • Nigel Overton
  • Nigel Sandys
  • Night Porter Enoch Vail
  • Noble of the Underworld

O: 7 names

  • Odette Black
  • Old Mr. Arakawa
  • One Hell of a Footman
  • Oscar Ledger
  • Oscar Vapula
  • Oswald Cardinal
  • Ottilie Haagenti

P: 19 names

  • Page Boy Timothy Latch
  • Parlourmaid Edith Swann
  • Patches
  • Percy Lavender
  • Percy Lockhart
  • Philippa Thornton
  • Pierrot
  • Piers Wolfe
  • Pippin
  • Polly Thistle
  • Pout
  • Prefect Alaric Auburn
  • Prefect Dorian Silverlake
  • Prefect Hector Blackstone
  • Prefect Lucius Purcell
  • Prince Arjun Vikram Chaudhuri
  • Prince Devendra Pratap Rathore
  • Princess Nandini Rathore
  • Punchinello

R: 16 names

  • Raphael Malebranche
  • Records Keeper Prudence Vale
  • Reginald Ashby
  • Retrieval Officer Noel Hythe
  • Ribbon
  • Ringmaster Lorimer Fox
  • Roland Sallos
  • Roland Sterling
  • Rook
  • Rosalind Beleth
  • Rosamund K. Tally
  • Rouge Carmichael
  • Rowan Blackwell
  • Rufus Bellweather
  • Rupert Pallister
  • Rupert Silverdale

S: 34 names

  • Sabine Gusion
  • Sawdust
  • Scaramouche
  • Scullery Maid Nan Pickett
  • Senior Reaper Thaddeus Bell
  • Seraphine Balam
  • Sergeant Thomas Whelk
  • Seth Marrable
  • Signor Matteo Ferrante
  • Signor Silvio Marchetti
  • Signorina Bianca Rinaldi
  • Silas Abramelin
  • Simon Pruitt
  • Simon Tawney
  • Sir Alistair Drummond-Hale
  • Sir Barnabas Whitcombe
  • Sir Clarence Holloway
  • Sir Edmund Greaves
  • Sir Frederick Lanyon
  • Sir Gerard Montrose
  • Sir Humphrey Ashgrove
  • Sir Lawrence Pembridge
  • Sir Maxwell Thorne
  • Sir Oliver Castlemaine
  • Sir Randolph Eversley
  • Sir Tarquin Wolcott
  • Sorrel
  • Spangle
  • Specs
  • Stableboy Kit Harrow
  • Stanley Cuff
  • Steward of the Seventh Bell
  • Stilts
  • Supervisor Alden Wray

T: 72 names

  • Tansy
  • Teddy Marsh
  • The Bell Ringer
  • The Boy Earl of Mournhaven
  • The Chessmaster of the Manor
  • The Clockmaker Earl
  • The Coffin Maker
  • The Contract Hound
  • The Crow Butler
  • The Crown's Bloodhound
  • The Crown's Cobweb
  • The Crown's Gravekeeper
  • The Crown's Left Hand
  • The Deserter in Grey
  • The Dollmaker of Holborn
  • The Earl's Black Knight
  • The Embalmer
  • The Epitaph Carver
  • The Fencing Housemaid
  • The Fox of Mayfair
  • The Gardener Who Talks to Crows
  • The Gentleman in Black
  • The Glasshouse Earl
  • The Gloved Marquess
  • The Gravedigger of Whitechapel
  • The Heron of the Thames
  • The Hound of Whitehall
  • The Jackal of Limehouse
  • The Lamplit Mourner
  • The Last Heir of Blackmere
  • The Magpie of Seven Dials
  • The Masked Viscount
  • The Midnight Guest
  • The Midnight Steward
  • The Mortician of Cheapside
  • The Moth Valet

T, continued

  • The Orphan Earl of Hollowell
  • The Owl of Bloomsbury
  • The Pallbearer
  • The Patient Devil
  • The Pawnbroker of Souls
  • The Perfumer Count
  • The Queen's Black Rook
  • The Queen's Falcon
  • The Queen's Lantern
  • The Queen's Locksmith
  • The Queen's Mastiff
  • The Queen's Nightjar
  • The Queen's Raven
  • The Queen's Thorn
  • The Queen's Viper
  • The Raven in Tailcoat
  • The Sexton
  • The Spider of Spitalfields
  • The Stag of Yorkshire
  • The Tailcoated Shadow
  • The Tea Merchant of Shanghai
  • The Veiled Sovereign
  • The Wolf of Belgravia
  • The Young Earl of Thornwick
  • Theodore Bifrons
  • Thimble
  • Thistledown
  • Tightrope
  • Tobias Weyer
  • Tom Ackerly
  • Trainee Reaper Jude Carter
  • Trapeze
  • Tristram Lyon
  • Tully
  • Tumble
  • Tutor Ansel Whitby

U: 1 name

  • Underbutler Clement Ware

V: 22 names

  • Valentin Asmoday
  • Valet Étienne Morel
  • Valet Lucius Penhale
  • Velvet, the Beast Tamer
  • Verity Orias
  • Vermilion Hart
  • Vice Headmaster Ignatius Thorpe
  • Victor Lychgate
  • Victor Malacoda
  • Viscount Ambrose Swancourt
  • Viscount Aurelian Foxglove
  • Viscount Crispin Larkspur
  • Viscount Desmond Halewyn
  • Viscount Emery Silverthorne
  • Viscount Ignatius Bellamy-Rook
  • Viscount Lionel Marchbanks
  • Viscount Rupert Quillfeather
  • Viscount Thaddeus Moorcroft
  • Viscount Valentine Ardenleigh
  • Viscountess Celeste Harrowby
  • Viscountess Delphine Armitage
  • Vivienne Zepar

W: 8 names

  • Wallace Harrow
  • Walter Blewett
  • Whipcrack
  • Wick
  • Wilbur Greenhalgh
  • Wilf Saltmarsh
  • Winifred Cross
  • Wink

Y: 2 names

  • Young Master Emil Hartwell
  • Young Master Rowan Ellery