Calishite Name Generator
Calimshan names in the Player's Handbook style
Generate Calishite names for D&D characters from Calimshan: given names like Kudeiman and Ceshora, house names like Dulmara and Rostana, yn and el forms such as Bardeid yn Tehmen and Meilil el Pesharra, titled pashas and vizars, and genie-touched bynames.
About Calishite names
Calishites are one of the human ethnicities of the Forgotten Realms listed in the D&D 5e Player's Handbook, found mainly in Calimshan and the rest of southwest Faerun. The book gives a short sample that sets the sound: male names such as Aseir, Bardeid, Haseid, Khemed, Mehmen, Sudeiman and Zasheir, female names such as Atala, Ceidil, Hama, Jasmal, Meilil, Seipora, Yasheira and Zasheida, and surnames such as Basha, Dumein, Jassan, Khalid, Mostana, Pashar and Rein.
This list keeps those samples and builds outward from them. The 'ei' vowel, the sh, z and kh sounds, and endings in -eir, -eid, -men and -eiman mark the male names, while -ala, -il, -mal, -ora, -eira and -eida mark the female ones. Most of the given names and house names here are new coinages in that pattern. They are fantasy names, not real-world ones, so they carry no real meanings.
Realms names also use two small particles: yn for 'son of', and el in front of a family or house name, as in Bardeid yn Tehmen or Meilil el Pesharra. You will find plain two-part names, single given names and house names, yn and el forms, names with the titles pasha, vizar and sultan, and a set of genie-touched bynames for characters with elemental blood or a wish in the family story.
How to choose Calishite names
- For a name any Realms player will recognize, start from a Player's Handbook sample such as Haseid or Jasmal and pair it with one of the newer house names on the list.
- Use yn before a father's name (Sesheir yn Khuldeid) and el before a house name (Atala el Meshan). The two can stack into one long formal name, as in Oshmed yn Aseir el Nosmein.
- Keep titles for characters who hold the office. Pasha, vizar and sultan read as rank, so a first-level wanderer is better served by a plain two-part name.
- A genie-touched byname such as Emberborn or of the Four Winds suits a genasi, a sorcerer or anyone whose family tells stories about a djinni.
- Agree on one way to say the 'ei' in names like Zasheir and Meilil at your table and stick to it, so the whole party says the name the same way.
Frequently asked questions
What do Calishite names sound like?
They follow the samples in the Player's Handbook: flowing names built around an 'ei' vowel and soft consonants, such as Aseir, Zasheir, Meilil and Yasheira, with surnames like Dumein and Mostana. New names on this list, such as Kudeiman, Ceshora and Dulmara, are coined to match that sound.
Are these real Arabic names?
No. They are invented fantasy names in the style published for Calishite humans, and the list leaves out real-world given names and religious names. Do not look for real meanings in them, because there are none.
What do yn and el mean in a Calishite name?
In Forgotten Realms names yn marks a father's name, so Bardeid yn Tehmen is Bardeid, son of Tehmen. The particle el comes before a family or house name, as in Aseir el Moshana. The list has both forms on their own and stacked together.
Can I use these for a Calimshan campaign or a genasi?
Yes. The plain names suit any human from Calimshan, and bynames such as Deipora Emberborn and Suldeid of the Four Winds were added with genasi and elemental sorcerers in mind. The Forgotten Realms setting belongs to Wizards of the Coast, and no name here is presented as canon.
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All 500 Calishite names
A: 27 names
- Adeira Ulsana
- Aldeir Meshan
- Aldeir yn Dumeid
- Aldeir yn Dumeid el Fassein
- Ameid
- Ameid Brassbound
- Ameid Golsha
- Ameida Calmein
- Ameida the Mirage-Eyed
- Arkeid Pashan
- Arshmen Dumar
- Arshmen el Poshtan
- Aseipa Hulmana
- Aseir
- Aseir el Moshana
- Asheiman Bashein
- Asheiman el Tamosta
- Asmal Golsha
- Asmeir
- Asmeir yn Kazmen
- Asmeir yn Khuldeid el Pesharra
- Atala
- Atala el Meshan
- Atheira Basha
- Atheira el Rein
- Azala Sashan
- Azheir Meshein
B: 21 names
- Baldeiman
- Baldeiman Ladrein
- Baldeiman the Djinn-Blessed
- Bardeid Valsha
- Bardeid yn Tehmen
- Bardeir Mostein
- Bardeir yn Khomeid el Kostana
- Bardeir yn Urmeid
- Baseir Pashar
- Baseir yn Hezmen el Adrein
- Baseira el Pashan
- Baseira Teshein
- Basha
- Beilil
- Belmen Dessan
- Belsha
- Bemeid
- Bemeid el Meshein
- Buleid el Ibsana
- Buleid Sulmana
- Buleid yn Pasheir el Dumar
C: 18 names
- Calmeida
- Calmeida Veshan
- Caseira Adrein
- Caseira of the Still Air
- Casheir Embertongue
- Casheir Zeshtana
- Ceidil Meshein
- Ceidora el Teshein
- Ceidora Halrein
- Ceimal Reshana
- Ceisora Bashein
- Ceshora
- Ceshora Bursana
- Cheilil
- Cheilil Ashbreath
- Curdeid Tamosta
- Curdeid yn Yuldeir
- Curmein
D: 22 names
- Dameida Jassein
- Dasheir Pesharra
- Dasheir yn Nardeid
- Dasheira
- Dasheira Rostana
- Dehmen Umrein
- Dehmen yn Kudeiman el Bassan
- Deilil el Yasmar
- Deilil Kostana
- Deipora Emberborn
- Deipora Lashar
- Demeid Hulmana
- Demeid the Dao-Sworn
- Dessan
- Dulmara
- Dulmed Basha
- Dulmed yn Kasheid
- Dumeid Reishar
- Dumein
- Durein
- Dusala el Dumar
- Dusala Mostein
E: 9 names
- Eidala el Oshtein
- Eidala Khurein
- Elseida
- Elsheir
- Elsheir Dumar
- Emseid Lumein
- Eshala Tulshan
- Eshmen
- Eshmen Khalmein
F: 8 names
- Faseid el Bashein
- Faseid Jassan
- Fasmal el Bassan
- Fasmal Umrein
- Feidil Hesmar
- Fesheira Kheshan
- Fuleiman Kostana
- Fuleiman yn Pelmeid el Pashan
G: 8 names
- Galmed
- Galmed Mustein
- Gaseir Tulshan
- Gaseir yn Hulmen el Zostar
- Gaseir yn Varmeid
- Ghesala Hadrein
- Gurdeid
- Gurdeid yn Thaseir
H: 29 names
- Hadeiman
- Hadeiman Moshana
- Haldeir Bursana
- Haldeir the Glass-Eyed
- Haldeir yn Reseid
- Halrein
- Hama
- Hamala Mostana
- Hameira
- Hameira Cindereye
- Harmeid Halrein
- Harmeid yn Azheir
- Harmeid yn Khurmen el Calmein
- Haseid Shostar
- Haseiman the Marid's Ward
- Haseiman Veshan
- Haseira el Kheshan
- Haseira Rumar
- Heilil
- Heimala
- Heimala el Dulmara
- Hesheir Nosmein
- Hesmal el Hadrein
- Hesmal Yasmar
- Hezmen Curmein
- Hezmen yn Jasmeid
- Himeira Jeshar
- Hulmana
- Hulmen Yeshan
I: 13 names
- Ibeida Adrein
- Ibsana
- Ibsheid Hesmar
- Ibsheid yn Casheir
- Ilsheida Jassan
- Imdeir Adrein
- Isala Dashein
- Isala Galeborn
- Iseid el Zalmein
- Iseid Kheshar
- Iseid yn Tabeir
- Iseira
- Iseira Saltspray
J: 23 names
- Jadeir
- Jadeir yn Lehmen
- Jaseida Zhumein
- Jaseir
- Jaseir yn Hadeiman el Reishar
- Jaseir Zalmein
- Jasmal
- Jasmeid
- Jasmeid Sparkhanded
- Jasmeida
- Jasmeida Cloudstrider
- Jasmeil el Belsha
- Jasmeil Pashar
- Jeidil
- Jeshala Vostein
- Jesheid Oshtein
- Jesheid yn Seldeir
- Jhaseira Mostana
- Jhemed Dashein
- Jhemed yn Emseid
- Jumein
- Jusmal el Reshana
- Jusmal Sulmana
K: 32 names
- Kasheid el Hulmana
- Kasheid Zostar
- Kasheida Ibsana
- Kazmen Jeshar
- Keilil el Ushtar
- Keilil Lumein
- Kelmen
- Kemeid
- Kesmal Khalmein
- Khalid
- Khalmein
- Khaseir
- Khaseir of the Singing Dunes
- Khaseira
- Khaseira el Curmein
- Kheidil Bassan
- Kheidil Coalheart
- Kheleir
- Kheleir yn Faseid
- Khemed
- Khemed Jassein
- Khemen Durein
- Khemen yn Imdeir
- Khesora
- Khesora Durein
- Khomeid
- Khomeid Sudrein
- Khuldeid Mossan
- Khurmen Calmein
- Khurmen yn Bemeid
- Kudeiman
- Kudeiman el Lumein
L: 18 names
- Ladrein
- Lameida el Kheshar
- Lameida Nulmar
- Lameir Rein
- Lameir yn Belmen
- Lasheira
- Lasmed Khurein
- Lasmed yn Haseiman
- Lasmed yn Lusheir el Marsana
- Lehmen Dumein
- Leidil
- Leidil Poshtan
- Leipora
- Leipora the Wind-Touched
- Lusheir
- Lusheir Jassara
- Lusmal of the Burning Sands
- Lusmal Tamosta
M: 31 names
- Mardeid
- Mardeid yn Khaseir
- Maseid Elmostan
- Maseipa
- Maseipa Pashar
- Masheira el Halrein
- Masheira Jassein
- Medeir el Vostein
- Medeir Ibsana
- Medeir Tidecaller
- Mehmen Orsha
- Mehmen Whirlwind's Heir
- Mehseir Dulmara
- Mehseir yn Kelmen
- Meidil Lashar
- Meilil el Pesharra
- Meilil Zeshtana
- Meilora
- Meilora el Dumein
- Meipora
- Meishala Mustein
- Melmeid Belsha
- Mesala
- Meshan
- Mesheid
- Mesheid Dustborn
- Mesheid Kheshan
- Meshein
- Mossan
- Mulsheir Seldein
- Mulsheir yn Demeid
N: 17 names
- Nardeid
- Nardeid of the Brass Lamp
- Nehmed Teshein
- Nehmed yn Sedeiman
- Neilil el Fushar
- Neilil Golmein
- Neipora el Sashan
- Neipora Jassara
- Nesheira Dulmara
- Nesheira Dunesinger
- Nesmal el Khurein
- Nesmal Zhumein
- Noseir Ulsana
- Noseir yn Ibsheid el Hesmar
- Nulmar
- Nusmal
- Nusmal el Zeshtana
O: 9 names
- Olmen
- Orseida el Calmein
- Orseida Ushtar
- Oseira Pesharra
- Oshala el Dashein
- Oshala Ladrein
- Oshmed Pesmar
- Oshmed yn Aseir el Nosmein
- Oshmed yn Maseid
P: 27 names
- Pardeir el Seldein
- Pardeir Khostar
- Pardeir yn Arkeid
- Pasha Arkeid yn Sesheir
- Pasha Azheir Jumein
- Pasha Elsheir el Dumein
- Pasha Galmed el Reishar
- Pasha Jadeir Khalid
- Pasha Maseid Zeshtana
- Pasha Mulsheir yn Khemen
- Pasha Sudeir el Meshan
- Pasha Tehmen el Basha
- Pasha Zadeiman Fassein
- Pashar
- Pashein
- Pasheir Curmein
- Pasheir yn Fuleiman
- Pasheira Elmostan
- Pehmen
- Pehmen yn Jhemed el Lashar
- Pehmen yn Rameiman
- Peilil Khalid
- Pelmeid Rostana
- Pelmeid yn Mehmen
- Pesala el Valsha
- Pesala Orsha
- Poshtan
R: 17 names
- Rameida el Ladrein
- Rameida Jumein
- Rameiman Jumein
- Reidil Khalmein
- Reipora el Durein
- Reipora Valsha
- Reishar
- Reseid
- Resmal
- Rhemed Lashar
- Rhemed yn Dehmen
- Rostana
- Ruldeir el Sulmana
- Ruldeir Smokeveil
- Ruldeir Yasmar
- Ruseipa Belsha
- Ruseipa Wavesworn
S: 55 names
- Saseira
- Saseira Zalmein
- Sashan
- Sedeiman Vostein
- Sedeiman yn Hesheir el Mossan
- Seidil
- Seidil Meshan
- Seipala
- Seipala Skyblooded
- Seipora Khalid
- Seishora Reishar
- Seishora Stormcalled
- Seldein
- Seldeir Umrein
- Sesheida el Ashein
- Sesheida Jeshar
- Sesheir
- Sesheir yn Khuldeid
- Shadeir Poshtan
- Shadeir yn Curdeid el Jassan
- Shadeir yn Thelmed
- Shasmal
- Shasmal Sandwalker
- Sheipora Fushar
- Sheipora Lampkeeper
- Shemed
- Shemed the Lamp-Born
S, continued
- Shemed yn Haseid
- Shulmeid
- Shulmeid Eshtan
- Shumala
- Shumala the Bottle-Freed
- Sudeiman el Dessan
- Sudeiman Yeshan
- Sudeiman yn Arshmen
- Sudeir Themar
- Sudeir yn Melmeid
- Sudrein
- Suldeid
- Suldeid of the Four Winds
- Suldeid yn Hulmen
- Sulmeira el Jumein
- Sulmeira Shostar
- Sulmen
- Sulmen Pashein
- Sultan Dasheir Jeshar
- Sultan Kheleir Zalmein
- Sultan Lehmen Tulshan
- Sultan Nehmed el Ashein
- Sultan Seldeir el Pashein
- Sultan Shulmeid el Dashein
- Sultan Sulmen el Yeshan
- Sultan Vaseir Poshtan
- Sultan Zasheir yn Belmen
- Sultan Zheseid yn Thaseir
T: 22 names
- Tabeir Reshana
- Tabeir the Unburnt
- Taseid Hadrein
- Taseid the Twice-Wished
- Taseid yn Olmen
- Tasheida el Nulmar
- Tasheida Mossan
- Tehmen Fassein
- Teidala Veshan
- Teilil el Mostein
- Teilil Rein
- Tesheir
- Tesheir Bassan
- Tesmal of the Ninth Wish
- Tesmal Shostar
- Thaseir Marsana
- Thelmed
- Thesala
- Thesala Pashan
- Tulmen Damosta
- Tulmen yn Rameiman el Fushar
- Tuseida Zostar
U: 13 names
- Udeir Mostana
- Udeir yn Kemeid
- Udeir yn Melmeid el Pesmar
- Ulmed Nulmar
- Ulmed of the Shimmering Heat
- Ulsana
- Ulseira el Elmostan
- Ulseira Sudrein
- Umrein
- Urmeid el Yeshan
- Urmeid Fassein
- Useira
- Useira Dessan
V: 25 names
- Valsha
- Varmeid Ashein
- Varmeid yn Tesheir el Zhumein
- Vaseir Rumar
- Vaseir yn Ulmed
- Vasheira el Basha
- Vasheira Pesmar
- Vehmed
- Vehmed Khalid
- Veipora Dumein
- Vesmal el Mustein
- Vesmal Moshana
- Vizar Emseid yn Dulmed
- Vizar Haseid el Eshtan
- Vizar Imdeir yn Kazmen
- Vizar Khemed Nulmar
- Vizar Olmen el Elmostan
- Vizar Reseid el Khalmein
- Vizar Vehmed Tamosta
- Vizar Vulmen el Teshein
- Vizar Yusheid Hadrein
- Vizar Zulmeid Veshan
- Vostein
- Vulmen
- Vulmen yn Baseir
Y: 18 names
- Yameida Kostana
- Yameida Thunderlung
- Yaseipa Ashein
- Yasheil
- Yasheil el Rostana
- Yasheira el Golmein
- Yasheira Pashein
- Yashmal Orsha
- Yeidil el Jassara
- Yeidil Marsana
- Yuldeir Khostar
- Yuldeir yn Kemeid el Rostana
- Yuleira el Ulsana
- Yuleira Pashein
- Yusheid el Rumar
- Yusheid Nosmein
- Yusmal Seldein
- Yusmal Wishbound