Blades in the Dark Name Generator

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Generate names for a Blades in the Dark character sheet: scoundrels like Corwen Ashlock and Hroldt Brakkund, one-word aliases like Rasp and Magpie, and crews such as The Gutter Saints, plus nobles, Bluecoats, ghosts and leviathan hunter ships for the rest of Doskvol.

About Blades in the Dark names

A Blades in the Dark scoundrel needs three names before the first score: the one on the character sheet, the alias the street knows, and the name of the crew. Doskvol names sound Victorian but slightly off, as if from a country that never existed: a clipped given name with a weathered family name, like Corwen Ashlock, and a one-word alias taken from a tool, an animal or the weather, like Rasp, Stoat or Squall.

The largest share of the list is Akorosi, the heritage of the city itself. The other five heritages each get their own sound: rough and northern for Skovlan (Hroldt Brakkund), flowing for Iruvia (Sahvir Anixar), soft for Severos, quick and sharp for the Dagger Isles and strange for Tycheros (Ixis Morvaine). These sounds were invented for this page and are not real-world names. Full names with the alias in quotes, such as Kat "Sickle" Lowther, are ready to copy onto a sheet.

Crew names cover all six crew types: Assassins, Bravos, Cult, Hawkers, Shadows and Smugglers. The rest is the city around the crew: noble houses, Bluecoats, ghosts, Whispers and leviathan hunter ships. Six entries come from the game itself (Bazso Baz, Lyssa, Lord Scurlock, the Lampblacks, the Red Sashes and the Crows); everything else is an original in the same register.

How to choose Blades in the Dark names

  • Pick the alias first. In play the crew will say Gimlet or Magpie a hundred times and the full name twice, so choose the word you want to hear across the table.
  • Match the crew name to the crew type. The Quiet Knives reads as Assassins, The Gutter Saints as Bravos and The Low Tide Runners as Smugglers, and a name that fits the type tells the table what kind of trouble to expect.
  • Let heritage show in the sound and leave the rest to the fiction. A Skovlander such as Ulda Morhask in an Akorosi city already carries a story about the war without another word.
  • Give rivals and contacts names too. Constable Ned Pruitt or Lady Odalie Marrowick turns a faceless obstacle into someone the crew can bribe, blackmail or owe.

Frequently asked questions

What do names in Blades in the Dark sound like?

Most sound like nineteenth-century names that have drifted: short given names such as Pell, Brin and Tibb with worn family names like Vantry, Mosscroft and Tarnish. Each heritage outside Akoros has a different sound, and nearly every scoundrel also goes by a one-word alias.

Which names here are from the game itself?

Six: Bazso Baz, Lyssa, Lord Scurlock, The Lampblacks, The Red Sashes and The Crows. The rest were drafted for this page as originals in the same register. The rulebook prints its own tables of names, family names and aliases, and those are worth using alongside this list.

Does the generator include crew names?

Yes, for all six crew types. The Last Candle and The Pale Ledger suit Assassins, The Brickbats suit Bravos, Order of the Drowned Bell suits a Cult, The Brass Scales suit Hawkers, The Soft Soles suit Shadows and The Canal Rats suit Smugglers.

Can I use these names for other games?

Yes. The same names work for any gaslit, haunted or industrial fantasy city, including other games built on the same rules. Aliases and crew names travel best, since they are plain words and not setting terms.

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All 500 Blades in the Dark names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 19 names

  • Abel "Dram" Corvish
  • Adder
  • Addis "Tinder" Marrowgate
  • Aelyth Xanthorn
  • Agnet Ratline
  • Alder Flense
  • Aldra Uldane
  • Aleth Vesholu
  • Ambry Crabbe
  • Ansa "Funnel" Coppergate
  • Ansel Fenwright
  • Ardith Lugg
  • Arlo Rustwick
  • Arnulk Raskolm
  • Asheth Ilethorn
  • Auger
  • Avaqel Qavellin
  • Awl
  • Azelth Noctivar

B: 24 names

  • Barnabus Sprit
  • Bazso Baz
  • Bellows
  • Bersa Skarrund
  • Bess "Ember" Dagworth
  • Bessa Slatehouse
  • Bettrice Dray
  • Bex Ossory
  • Bluecoat Agnet Thorpe
  • Bluecoat Captain Marta Hollowell
  • Bluecoat Captain Osric Vane
  • Bluecoat Kell Dobbins
  • Bluecoat Pim Slatter
  • Bluecoat Rudd Garnet
  • Bluecoat Sergeant Harl Dunnock
  • Bly "Flue" Cawdrick
  • Bodkin
  • Borl Tindreth
  • Bram Gorse
  • Brin Mosscroft
  • Brissa Hask
  • Brizo Rennua
  • Brund Vosk
  • Brunna Kolgrest

C: 20 names

  • Cade Tidewell
  • Calder Illwell
  • Calla Tarrei
  • Calyx Sangrave
  • Cask Emberly
  • Children of the Black Tide
  • Chisel
  • Cinder
  • Clem Quibble
  • Constable Ada Feltwick
  • Constable Dunn Larkspur
  • Constable Jeb Corley
  • Constable Mags Harkaway
  • Constable Ned Pruitt
  • Constable Orrin Tibbs
  • Corliss "Grapnel" Dunmere
  • Corwen Ashlock
  • Crowbar
  • Cuth Thwart
  • Cy "Gutter" Elphick

D: 14 names

  • Dagra Kaldrun
  • Darrow Gullet
  • Dav "Lockjaw" Easterby
  • Dell Quillfeather
  • Delphie Undercroft
  • Dessa "Hobnail" Fosdyke
  • Dorcas Winch
  • Dorrit Rundle
  • Drisk Kessua
  • Drizzle
  • Dunna Tulvik
  • Dunst Halfpenny
  • Dusk
  • Dyreth Tenebrin

E: 11 names

  • Edda Harrowgate
  • Eel
  • Eli "Icicle" Grindal
  • Elow Inkpen
  • Emmet Jape
  • Emon Vantling
  • Ennis "Lantern" Faircloth
  • Esk Scupper
  • Eskild Urrgast
  • Essaru Orushai
  • Ezra Blackmantle

F: 12 names

  • Faye Kelpwright
  • Fenna Varrigan
  • Fenwick Ironmonger
  • Ferret
  • Finch Kestle
  • Fitch Coldwater
  • Flick Weatherby
  • Flo "Jigsaw" Hackwell
  • Florin Tippet
  • Fog
  • Fria "Kettle" Gorsley
  • Fyrra Umbraze

G: 15 names

  • Gabe "Knuckle" Inskip
  • Gale
  • Gant Lye
  • Gar "Hinge" Hobbs
  • Garrun Ulverak
  • Gideon Duskerry
  • Gilly Jessel
  • Gimlet
  • Gloam
  • Gray Annet
  • Greer Loomis
  • Grett Wolmark
  • Gudra Yaskarr
  • Gull
  • Gustin Uffington

H: 22 names

  • Hail
  • Halcyx Vespertil
  • Harl Knell
  • Hask Wendrak
  • Havaz Azhkaren
  • Hedda "Pliers" Ironside
  • Heron
  • Hesko Ikkarek
  • Hesper Dunmarrow
  • Hessua Yethuan
  • Hester Evenwood
  • Hetty Vickery
  • Hob "Ladle" Jessick
  • Hobb Morrow
  • Holm Yrling
  • House Dunmoor
  • House Ellishaw
  • House Orrick
  • House Quillane
  • House Stennet
  • House Varrowmere
  • Hroldt Brakkund

I: 18 names

  • Idris Murk
  • Idro Wavrei
  • Ignace Farthingale
  • Ilixen Nivaquel
  • Ilse Wainscot
  • Ilyara Avranni
  • Imre Narrowgate
  • Ina "Mortar" Kembry
  • Ingra Aldermak
  • Inspector Cassius Brell
  • Inspector Merrin Holloway
  • Iraeth Wyrmont
  • Irik "Anvil" Juddock
  • Ishvel Soranth
  • Isold Gallowby
  • Ithela Ishuol
  • Ives Larch
  • Ixis Morvaine

J: 10 names

  • Jackdaw
  • Jaxeera Davazhir
  • Jem Yoxall
  • Jessamy Oakum
  • Jessek Zannua
  • Jessop Sootwell
  • Jorl Bruddock
  • Jory Mudlark
  • Joss "Whetstone" Kellaway
  • Jud "Nettle" Linnacre

K: 15 names

  • Kat "Sickle" Lowther
  • Kazhir Havaquen
  • Keepers of the Ninth Door
  • Keld Vintrak
  • Kellan Sternwick
  • Kes "Oilcan" Mossick
  • Kesh Sabua
  • Kessa Orrow
  • Kessavir Havarisse
  • Kester Addle
  • Kettra Korrigal
  • Kettrick Hookwell
  • Kit Pettifer
  • Kizzo Borrei
  • Kythe Ythrane

L: 39 names

  • Lady Clemence Nightwick
  • Lady Isaura Greywether
  • Lady Odalie Marrowick
  • Lady Ottoline Duskmoor
  • Lady Perpetua Ashvale
  • Lady Sidonie Vantreece
  • Lamprey
  • Lark Quoyle
  • Latch
  • Lavin Gaslow
  • Lazhan Jaxanneh
  • Len "Barnacle" Mayhurst
  • Leviathan Hunter Black Tithe
  • Leviathan Hunter Brazen Petrel
  • Leviathan Hunter Coldwake
  • Leviathan Hunter Harrow of the Void Sea
  • Leviathan Hunter Iron Kestrel
  • Leviathan Hunter Last Good Lamp
  • Leviathan Hunter Night's Bargain
  • Leviathan Hunter Patient Margaret
  • Leviathan Hunter Sorrowful Gull
  • Leviathan Hunter Widow's Lantern
  • Lil "Pestle" Norcrow
  • Linnet Inchmarrow
  • Liseth Usheth
  • Lord Aldwin Penhallow
  • Lord Emeric Whitlock
  • Lord Ezren Coldmantle
  • Lord Garrick Sternholt
  • Lord Ruskin Harrowmere
  • Lord Scurlock
  • Lord Tavish Brightwater
  • Lorrin Pennywhistle
  • Lott Bilge
  • Lowen Grubb
  • Luce Lampwright
  • Lund Drummak
  • Lyrix Zephane
  • Lyssa

M: 21 names

  • Mabry Quarrell
  • Magpie
  • Mags Cresset
  • Mallet
  • Maren Eelstone
  • Marrow Tallowmere
  • Marsh Tench
  • Maud "Cormorant" Netherby
  • Mazzo Omarrek
  • Merrit Rudge
  • Mezira Kelzhavi
  • Mick "Quickstep" Ormewell
  • Miraxa Saravesh
  • Modra Fennock
  • Mole
  • Morna Kettlewick
  • Morrig Stennock
  • Moth
  • Mother Sable, a Whisper
  • Murk
  • Myrrhen Aethrix

N: 13 names

  • Nakk Gostrund
  • Nance Rasmuss
  • Navethe Narsethi
  • Nell Drudge
  • Nesh Tessua
  • Nesira Zhavarre
  • Nethyx Belisond
  • Netta "Rattle" Pardowe
  • Neve Wragg
  • Nico Ironwell
  • Nim Snell
  • Nob "Otter" Oakshott
  • Nuvash Lavareen

O: 21 names

  • Obed Kilnworth
  • Oda Tolliver
  • Ode "Splinter" Quested
  • Odrin Coldharrow
  • Old Brine the Whisper
  • Olla "Newt" Pevens
  • Ollo Lumarek
  • Ombrae Orphelan
  • Order of the Drowned Bell
  • Oressa Thoravel
  • Orra Halkirr
  • Orrel Sallow
  • Orsolo Lanternby
  • Oryth Cindrael
  • Osheru Othravel
  • Osk Scrivens
  • Ostavan Uvaleen
  • Ostrid Jarrund
  • Othaya Sethuin
  • Oxaris Calyphon
  • Ozias Eaves

P: 16 names

  • Pale Hester
  • Patience Lockridge
  • Peg "Thimble" Rudlock
  • Pell Vantry
  • Perrin Brinehurst
  • Pesh Pellua
  • Petrel Marrowby
  • Pettr Iskarrow
  • Phael Dusmarre
  • Pierce Usk
  • Pike
  • Pip Fathom
  • Plumb
  • Pol "Tern" Quarmby
  • Prue Marl
  • Pruett Thackett

Q: 6 names

  • Qelara Miravesh
  • Qirra Aldarre
  • Queenie Gantry
  • Quent "Midge" Rackett
  • Quillo Sirrei
  • Quince Nettlebank

R: 17 names

  • Rab "Umber" Stannick
  • Rafe Oxbarrow
  • Ragda Jundrak
  • Raska Dakkua
  • Rasp
  • Ratchet
  • Reub Millrace
  • Rilla Underhay
  • Rillo Calarei
  • Rime
  • Rivet
  • Roddy Varnish
  • Rook
  • Ros "Gnat" Sandiford
  • Rosk Hawser
  • Rulf Dunnostr
  • Rusheth Lessuar

S: 35 names

  • Sable Graveney
  • Sahvir Anixar
  • Samm Vetch
  • Scuttle
  • Sedge Daggett
  • Seph Ingot
  • Sergeant Halk Brandle of the Bluecoats
  • Sergeant Tessa Grimshaw of the Bluecoats
  • Sergeant Wyll Stokes of the Bluecoats
  • Serrath Oluvane
  • Shavenne Vashiret
  • Shenu Ashuvar
  • Shim
  • Shrike
  • Sibyl Northgate
  • Silas Whelk
  • Sim "Thunder" Thorley
  • Sizzo Jorrei
  • Skeld Hoddrim
  • Sleet
  • Smoke
  • Soot
  • Sorla Kettergar
  • Sorrel Rookhurst
  • Soruth Zeshorn
  • Sothen Suvenar
  • Spanner
  • Sparrow
  • Squall
  • Stenn Keskar
  • Stoat
  • Suke "Vise" Tredwick
  • Suleth Athessin
  • Sygga Garrowmak
  • Sylix Erethane

T: 91 names

  • Tacko Ostrei
  • Tallow
  • Tam Lath
  • Tansy Cinderby
  • Tavro Marrek
  • Temper Harrowick
  • Tesh Nallek
  • Tess "Mizzle" Upshaw
  • Thavin Selumar
  • Thaw
  • The Barge Ghosts
  • The Bellringer Who Stayed
  • The Bilge Brothers
  • The Bitter Cup
  • The Black Lantern Line
  • The Black Wicks
  • The Brass Scales
  • The Brickbats
  • The Broken Bottles
  • The Canal Rats
  • The Choir Below
  • The Clinker Boys
  • The Closed Eyes
  • The Corner Kings
  • The Crows
  • The Customs Dodgers
  • The Dockside Mauls
  • The Dream Merchants
  • The Drowned Lamplighter
  • The Empty Frames

T, continued

  • The Gentle Borrowers
  • The Ghost of Brackwater Lock
  • The Glass Cutters
  • The Gutter Saints
  • The Hidden Hold
  • The Hollow Bridegroom
  • The Hollow Hymn
  • The Honeyed Hook
  • The Iron Hobnails
  • The Knuckle Choir
  • The Lady in the Canal
  • The Lampblacks
  • The Last Candle
  • The Leaf and Vial
  • The Listening Dark
  • The Low Tide Runners
  • The Mourning Glove
  • The Night Apothecaries
  • The Ninth Bell
  • The Open Hand of Ash
  • The Pale Ledger
  • The Patient Hands
  • The Prybars
  • The Quiet Knives
  • The Quiet Oars
  • The Red Sashes
  • The Rooftop Rooks
  • The Salt Communion
  • The Salt Road Company
  • The Second Story Men

T, continued

  • The Skylight Society
  • The Snuffers
  • The Soft Soles
  • The Spark Peddlers
  • The Split Lips
  • The Sweet Smoke Company
  • The Tallow Hands
  • The Thing at the Tide Gate
  • The Unlatched
  • The Unlit Chapel
  • The Velvet Cart
  • The Velvet Wire
  • The Weeping Clerk
  • The Whisper Locks
  • Thessaly Brack
  • Thessin Surathe
  • Thrask Strummak
  • Thyx Vaelmont
  • Tibb Tarnish
  • Tigg Wormsley
  • Tivaro Xanavi
  • Tobe Oldacre
  • Tobren Hollin
  • Tod "Wedge" Ullathorn
  • Tongs
  • Torrund Malk
  • Tovezh Tazhmere
  • Tovrik Grenskul
  • Trowel
  • Tulla Lodrum
  • Tully Garnish

U: 10 names

  • Udo "Candle" Venner
  • Ugg Maskerrig
  • Ulda Morhask
  • Ulrin Umberley
  • Unwin Canker
  • Urla "Yardarm" Vospry
  • Ursel Mizzen
  • Ushara Evethar
  • Usher Yew
  • Uzelle Yazmareth

V: 14 names

  • Vance Dross
  • Varley Voss
  • Varr Hilduk
  • Velda Noskund
  • Venzo Vellek
  • Vera "Cork" Wadlow
  • Verity Bodkin
  • Vesith Arrothay
  • Vesko Hesprei
  • Vesper Heddle
  • Vessels of the Deep Mother
  • Vik Nock
  • Vin "Zinc" Wethergall
  • Vyrene Ombreval

W: 16 names

  • Walt "Bramble" Yelland
  • Wat "Bitters" Yarrowby
  • Weasel
  • Wet-Footed Jem
  • Whisper Corvin Hale
  • Whisper Kell Sornay
  • Whisper Nyle Ashby
  • Whisper Odalys Marsh
  • Whisper Thessa Voll
  • Wick Estwick
  • Wilf Orlop
  • Winnet Pikestaff
  • Wren
  • Wulm Oskarrin
  • Wyck Fogmoor
  • Wynn Kirtle

X: 2 names

  • Xanthis Ozharan
  • Xyrell Quellisar

Y: 11 names

  • Yan Pintle
  • Yarrow Wexcombe
  • Yates Coalby
  • Yaxir Ilvaquir
  • Yeseth Hathuvane
  • Yev "Clapper" Aldhouse
  • Yora "Burr" Abernock
  • Yorra Pettrak
  • Yrska Ruvnok
  • Ysanth Pyrrhane
  • Ysolt Brakken

Z: 8 names

  • Zack Quayside
  • Zane "Clinker" Bexley
  • Zarro Quarrua
  • Zeb Dimmock
  • Zella Bellweather
  • Zhirelle Ixavar
  • Zib Quoin
  • Zora "Dowel" Birtwhist