Changeling Name Generator
Names for shapeshifters, doppelgangers, and fae-swapped children
Generate changeling names in three traditions: the short concept-names of D&D and Eberron changelings (Bin, Dox, Ruse), the borrowed personas they wear in disguise, and the eerie folkloric names of fae changelings and Changeling: The Lost characters. For D&D 5e, Eberron, World of Darkness, and fantasy fiction.
About changeling names
The word 'changeling' covers two very different creatures. In Dungeons & Dragons, especially Eberron, changelings are a shapeshifting race descended from doppelgangers. Their true names are short, abstract concept-words like Bin, Dox, Hars, Jin, Ruse, or Cover, and they wear any number of borrowed personas on top of that. Choosing a name in this style means picking a single evocative noun or verb that hints at the character's nature: Cipher for a spy, Solace for a healer, Sleight for a thief.
In European folklore, a changeling is a fae child secretly swapped for a human baby, and names in that tradition are wilder. Irish, Welsh, and Scottish sources give us Aoibheann, Niamh, Rhiannon, and Tam Lin; Shakespeare adds Puck, Peaseblossom, and Cobweb; and rural superstition supplies grim epithets like the Milk-Thief or the Left One. Changeling: The Lost characters often keep a mundane human name (Wren Cottersby) that no longer quite fits them.
The list here mixes all three layers, so you can give a D&D changeling a true name, several disguise names, and a fae-tinged past. It also holds old words for a changeling such as Crimbil and Killcrop, the taken children of ballad like Kilmeny, and moth names such as The Uncertain. The best changeling names carry a hint of what is not being said.
How to choose changeling names
- For a D&D or Eberron changeling, choose one short concept-word as the true name and two or three ordinary human names as personas; players enjoy the reveal.
- Pick concept-names that are nouns or verbs with double meanings (Cover, Slip, Story); adjectives like Faint or Soft feel weaker as names.
- For fae changelings, lean on hedgerow plants and small creatures (Nettle, Moth, Foxglove) or Celtic given names, and add an epithet like 'of the Hollow Hill'.
- A persona name should suit the society it is used in; a changeling passing as a Brelish noble needs a name like Odette Fairweather, not Ruse.
- Let the character choose their own name; changelings in most settings pick or discard names freely, and that choice is a characterization opportunity.
Frequently asked questions
How do changeling names work in D&D 5e and Eberron?
Changelings use short, single-word true names that are usually abstract concepts, such as Bin, Dox, Ruse, or Cipher, and adopt ordinary names for each persona they wear. Many keep their true name secret and answer only to a persona.
What are folklore changelings called?
Folklore rarely gives the swapped fae child a proper name; families used epithets like 'the stock' or spoke of the fairy child indirectly. Fiction and games fill the gap with Celtic names (Niamh, Rhiannon), plant names (Foxglove, Nettle), and Shakespearean fairy names like Puck.
Are these names usable for Changeling: The Lost or Changeling: The Dreaming?
Yes. The human-sounding persona names suit Lost characters who were taken and returned, while the fae and concept names work as court names, Mantle titles, or the names a Keeper gave a character in Arcadia.
Can I use these names in a published adventure or story?
Names on their own are rarely protected, and many here are ordinary words, plant and moth names, or figures from Shakespeare, old ballads and folklore such as Puck, Peaseblossom, Kilmeny and Tam Lin, which are in the public domain. The settings are another matter: Eberron lore and the courts of Changeling: The Lost belong to their publishers, and we have not checked any name against trademarks.
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All 1,000 changeling names
A: 49 names
- Accord
- Adage
- Adelaide Farrar
- Agatha Pennock
- Agnes Corrigan
- Agrimony
- Ailbhe of the Rath
- Aisling of the Fair Hill
- Alaric Penrose
- Albin Sedgwick
- Alder
- Alias
- Alibi
- Alistair Fenn
- Alma Treadgold
- Almanac
- Almoner Brask
- Amabel Thrift
- Ambrose Quill
- Anagram
- Aneirin Harp-Stolen
- Angharad Moonwise
- Angle Shades
- Anon
- Anouk Serrano
- Ansel Greywood
- Anselm Draycott
- Antler-Crowned Davey
- Aodhán Seven-Years-Gone
- Aoibheann of the Hollow Hill
- Apprentice Pim
- Aps
- Araminta Loxley
- Archer Dunstable
- Archive
- Arianwen Silverwell
- Arras
- Ash
- Ashen Courtier
- Ashwane
- Aside
- Aspect
- Auberon Wisp
- Aubrey Lindqvist
- Auf
- Augur
- Auntie Marrable
- Aurelio Bramante
- Autumn's Bailiff
B: 55 names
- Ballast
- Banter
- Barnaby Quince
- Barter
- Bartholomew Nesbit
- Basil Hargrove
- Bastian Cray
- Beatrix Sallow
- Bébinn Fairy-Fostered
- Belladonna Twyce
- Benedict Locke
- Bertrand Lascelles
- Betony
- Bevel
- Bex
- Bide
- Bilberry
- Bin
- Bindweed
- Bistort
- Bittersweet
- Blackthorn
- Blanche Averill
- Blank
- Bláthnaid Underhill
- Blodeuwedd
- Blodwen of the Lake Door
- Blot
- Bluff
- Blur
- Bobbin
- Bodkin
- Bog Myrtle
- Borrow
- Bortbyting
- Bracken
- Braid
- Bram Willowmere
- Bramble
- Bran the Left-Behind
- Branwen Whitecrow
- Breesha of the Little Folk
- Brell
- Brevity
- Briar-Mended Kate
- Bríd of the Butter Churn
- Bronwen Halliday
- Brother Tobit
- Burd Ellen
- Burdock
- Burnish
- Burnished Brass
- Byline
- Bytting
- Byword
C: 85 names
- Cachet
- Cadence
- Cairn
- Calista Morrow
- Callum Ashcroft
- Cameo
- Campion
- Candlewick Joan
- Candor
- Cant
- Caoimhe Underhill
- Caper
- Captain Orrin Vey
- Carys Thornwood
- Casimir Blythe
- Caspian Reed
- Cassia Wendover
- Cathal Chimney-Flown
- Catriona of the Green Sleeves
- Caul
- Caz
- Cecily Rooke
- Cedric Wainwright
- Celestine Arbour
- Ceridwen Cauldron-Kept
- Chalk
- Chance
- Chaplain Merriweather
- Charade
- Childe Rowland
- Chorus
- Ciarán of the Thorn Tree
- Cinder
- Cipher
- Clamor
- Clarice Umberley
- Clasp
- Cleavers
- Clement Yardley
- Clementine Hale
- Clerk Evershed
- Clew
C, continued
- Clíodhna Wave-Born
- Cloak
- Clouded Drab
- Coax
- Cobnut
- Cobweb
- Coda
- Codex
- Coin
- Coleman Gray
- Colette Beaumaris
- Coltsfoot
- Comfrey
- Comma
- Connla of the Fiery Hair
- Conrad Ellsmere
- Constance Bell
- Cook's Boy Dickon
- Copy
- Cordelia Frost
- Cormac Weyland
- Corncrake
- Corr
- Corvin Ashmere
- Cosima Lowell
- Cousin Lettice
- Cousin Nobody
- Cover
- Cowslip
- Cranesbill
- Crease
- Credence
- Crewel
- Cricket
- Crimbil
- Crimson Thane
- Crux
- Cuckoo Flower
- Cue
- Curio
- Curtain
- Cusp
- Cyprian Holt
D: 33 names
- Dally
- Damaris Wolfe
- Damask
- Dame Ysmay Corbet
- Daphne Tredwell
- Dapple
- Decoy
- Deirdre of the Sorrows
- Delphine Sorrow
- Deph
- Desmond Kerrigan
- Detour
- Dilemma
- Dinah Oakley
- Dither
- Ditto
- Doctor Ephraim Lark
- Dodder
- Dog Rose
- Dogwood
- Doireann Oak-Daughter
- Dorian Ashcombe
- Double
- Dox
- Draft
- Drift
- Dross
- Dulcie Fairlie
- Dunnock
- Duplicate
- Dusk
- Dusky Thorn
- Dwindle
E: 39 names
- Eamon Dillard
- Earthstar
- Ebb
- Echo
- Eddy
- Edwin Rookwood
- Eilidh of the Knowe
- Eimear of the May Eve
- Eirlys Moonwhite
- Elder
- Elf-Child
- Elias Faraday
- Elide
- Elidyr
- Ellipsis
- Elowen Marsh
- Eluned Ring-Hidden
- Ember
- Emblem
- Emerald Supplicant
- Emeric Vaillant
- Emmerich Vance
- Emrys Fatherless
- Ems
- Enid Summerscale
- Enigma
- Epigram
- Errand
- Errant
- Errata
- Ersatz
- Esme Carrow
- Étaín Twice-Born
- Etch
- Ether
- Eustace Pym
- Evangeline Sorrell
- Everard Coyle
- Eyebright
F: 51 names
- Fabian Lockridge
- Fable
- Facade
- Facet
- Faded
- Fain
- Fairy Flax
- Falter
- Farce
- Fate
- Fathom
- Faye Hartigan
- Fearghas Lost-at-Samhain
- Feathered Gothic
- Feint
- Felix Addlestone
- Fennick Sloe
- Ferdinand Hobbes
- Ferrous
- Ferrule
- Ferryman Osk
- Fesk
- Fetch
- Fetter
- Fettle
- Fiachra Half-Fae
- Fib
- Figment
- Filigree
- Fionnuala Swan-Sister
- Fleabane
- Fletcher Dane
- Flicker
- Flint
- Flit
- Florian Estcourt
- Flourish
- Foil
- Fold
- Footnote
- Forfeit
- Foxglove
- Fray
- Frederica Lund
- Fret
- Fringe
- Froghopper
- Fugue
- Fume
- Fumitory
- Furl
G: 39 names
- Gaffer Stubbs
- Gambit
- Garn
- Gauze
- Genevieve Marlow
- Georgiana Tew
- Gethin of the Dancing Ring
- Gideon Ashworth
- Gilt
- Gist
- Gitto Bach
- Glance
- Glass
- Glasswright Lo
- Gleam
- Glimmer
- Glint
- Gloam
- Gloss
- Glow-Worm
- Glyph
- Gnomon
- Godfrey Marlin
- Goldcrest
- Goodwife Tansley
- Gorse
- Gossamer
- Graft
- Grain
- Gráinne Nightwalker
- Granny Oddfellow
- Griffin Stannard
- Grist
- Guile
- Guise
- Gwendolen Owlfoot
- Gwion Bach
- Gwri Golden-Hair
- Gwyneth Parrish
H: 34 names
- Half-Remembered Hal
- Half-Sídhe
- Halfpenny
- Hallmark
- Hamish Durward
- Harriet Ashdown
- Hars
- Hawthorn
- Haze
- Hearsay
- Heirloom
- Heledd Lark-Voiced
- Hem
- Hemlock
- Henbane
- Henrietta Clove
- Herb Robert
- Hesk
- Hester Nightingale
- Heurodis
- Hilary Ormsby
- Hint
- Hitch
- Hoax
- Hollis Peverell
- Hollow
- Hollow-Day Hobb
- Homage
- Honesty
- Honora Slade
- Hop
- Horatio Selwyn
- Hugo Lisle
- Hush
I: 24 names
- Ianthe Carrick
- Idiom
- Idris Fallow
- Ignatius Bellweather
- Ilm
- Ilse Mothwing
- Imogen Wintour
- Impostor
- Imprint
- Ines Calloway
- Ink
- Inkcap
- Inkling
- Inlay
- Innkeeper Bellamy
- Interim
- Irene Castellan
- Iris
- Iron-Tongue Ezra
- Isabeau Wickham
- Isidore Fane
- Isolde Penhallow
- Iss
- Ivo Blackmoor
J: 18 names
- Jacinta Montrose
- Jack of Thorns
- Jack-by-the-Hedge
- Janet of Carterhaugh
- Jape
- Jasper Thorne
- Jerome Cavendish
- Jest
- Jin
- Jinx
- Jocelyn Hardcastle
- Johnnie in the Cradle
- Jor
- Josephine Wilder
- Jot
- Jowan Moor-Led
- Julian Sparrowhawk
- Juliet Ravensby
K: 13 names
- Katya Brennock
- Kenelm Dacre
- Kerensa of the Pisky Ring
- Kesh
- Killcrop
- Kilmeny
- Kin
- Kit Fenwright
- Kite
- Kiv
- Knack
- Knell
- Knot
L: 41 names
- Lacquer
- Lacuna
- Lady Ermengarde Voss
- Lady's Bedstraw
- Lantern Jenny
- Lapse
- Lark
- Lark Halloran
- Last Year's Girl
- Latch
- Lavinia Sturt
- Leander Hobday
- Ledger
- Legend
- Leonie Garrick
- Leopold Marchetti
- Líadan of the Sídhe
- Lichen
- Lien
- Lilt
- Linger
- Linnet Fairbairn
- Lionel Trevanion
- Llinos of the Fair Family
- Loan
- Lodestone
- Loom
- Lorcan Madigan
- Lord Hawksmoor's Nephew
- Lords-and-Ladies
- Lore
- Lorn
- Lowenna Tide-Given
- Lucan Vale
- Lucian Greaves
- Lucinda Applegarth
- Lucius Merrivale
- Ludovic Strange
- Lull
- Lure
- Lysander Poole
M: 68 names
- Mabel Fotheringay
- Mabon ap Modron
- Madame Solenne
- Magistrate Crowhurst
- Magnus Eldridge
- Mairead Elf-Shot
- Malachi Stroud
- Malekin
- Mantle
- Mar
- Margery Thistlewood
- Margin
- Marguerite Vosse
- Marigold Nightjar
- Marisol Deverel
- Marketwise Pru
- Marlowe Wickersham
- Marrow
- Marsh Marigold
- Mask
- Master Pennywhistle
- Matthias Kemble
- Maud Ellery
- Mavis Tolliver
- Maxim
- Meabh Wildhaired
- Meadowsweet
- Meander
- Meld
- Mend
- Meredith Oakshott
- Merrow Kell
- Merveille du Jour
- Mettle
M, continued
- Mev
- Mien
- Milkwort
- Millicent Bray
- Mimic
- Mingle
- Mirage
- Mireille Duquesne
- Mirrorless Maeve
- Mirth
- Miss Arabella Finch
- Mist
- Mister Halfacre
- Mongán
- Moniker
- Monkshood
- Mòrag of the Fairy Flag
- Morl
- Mortimer Gladwell
- Morwenna Saltmoor
- Mote
- Mote Two
- Moth
- Moth-to-Flame Micah
- Motif
- Motley
- Muffle
- Mugwort
- Muirenn of the Sídhe
- Muirne of the Ring Fort
- Mummer
- Murmur
- Muse
- Mustardseed
N: 30 names
- Nanny Willoughby
- Nathaniel Burrows
- Natterjack
- Naught
- Neasa Greywater
- Needle
- Nell Hollowsong
- Nerissa Hawthorne
- Nesh
- Nettle
- Neville Scrivener
- Niamh of the Silver Branch
- Nib
- Nicodemus Blackstone
- Nightshade
- Nil
- Nimbus
- Nine
- Ninefold
- Nix
- Nobody's Daughter
- Nod
- Nolwenn Korrigan-Kissed
- Nook
- Notary Beauchamp
- Nuala Owlwing
- Nuance
- Null
- Nurse Greenaway
- Nuthatch
O: 25 names
- Oan
- Oath
- Oberon's Get
- Ochre
- Octavia Linden
- Odette Fairweather
- Odhrán Otter-Kin
- Odmieniec
- Oisín Half-Fae
- Old Man's Beard
- Old Mother Hesketh
- Old Tom the Lamplighter
- Olwen Pryce
- Omen
- Ondine Farrow
- Onyx
- Orl
- Órlaith of the Green Mound
- Orson Hathersage
- Osgood Pennyfeather
- Osric Tallis
- Ossify
- Oswin Calder
- Ottilie Marchbank
- Ottoline Fenwick
P: 54 names
- Pageant
- Pale
- Palimpsest
- Pall
- Paper
- Parable
- Parry
- Pascal Delacroix
- Passage
- Patch
- Patience Underwood
- Patina
- Pattern
- Pawn
- Peach Blossom
- Peaseblossom
- Pell
- Penumbra
- Percival Grey
- Peregrine Sykes
- Perpetua Nash
- Perrin Hollowell
- Pesk
- Petal
- Petronella Vaux
- Philippa Stormont
- Philomena Strood
- Piers Godwin
- Pigwiggen
- Pimpernel
- Pip
- Pipistrelle
- Pith
- Pivot
- Placeholder
- Pleat
- Pledge-Keeper Odell
- Plentyn Newid
- Plume
- Podmenysh
- Poise
- Pond Skater
- Postmistress Ruddock
- Postscript
- Pretense
- Pretext
- Prism
- Prologue
- Prompt
- Proxy
- Prudence Garland
- Puck
- Puffball
- Puzzle
Q: 9 names
- Quaver
- Queen Mab
- Quentin Harrow
- Query
- Quiet
- Quill
- Quirk
- Quon
- Quorum
R: 43 names
- Rafe Underhill
- Rafferty Moss
- Ragged Robin
- Ragwort
- Ramona Esterhazy
- Rasp
- Ravel
- Rebus
- Recant
- Reckon
- Redact
- Reeve Halloway
- Refrain
- Remnant
- Replica
- Reprise
- Reth
- Reverie
- Rhiannon Birdsong
- Rhoda Winship
- Riddle
- Rift
- Rime
- Rind
- Riposte
- Ripple
- Robin Goodfellow
- Róisín of the Lone Bush
- Roland Kestrel
- Rosalie Fontaine
- Rosalind Ashby
- Rosamund Wyke
- Rote
- Rowan
- Rowena Tisdale
- Ruairí Red-Cap
- Rue
- Ruin
- Rumor
- Rumple
- Rune
- Rupert Ellingham
- Ruse
S: 96 names
- Sabine Corwin
- Sable Merrick
- Sabrina Wellwater
- Sadhbh Deer-Child
- Sallow
- Salt-and-Iron Ines
- Saoirse Elsewhere
- Sarn
- Scald
- Scrawl
- Scribe Tolland
- Scrim
- Seam
- Sebastian Frayne
- Second
- Seem
- Self-Heal
- Selina Hartwell
- Selvage
- Semblance
- Seonaid Peat-Smoke
- Septimus Gale
- Sequel
- Seraphine Dunmore
- Seren Starfallen
- Sev
- Sever
- Shade
- Shadow
- Shadowplay
- Sham
- Sheen
- Shift
- Shroud
- Shutter
- Sidony Fairclough
- Sift
- Sigil
- Sigrid Halvorsen
- Silas Marrow
- Silt
- Silvan Cotter
- Simeon Grantham
- Simulacrum
- Siobhán of the Cold Cradle
- Síofra
- Sir Orfeo
- Sister Emmeline
S, continued
- Skein
- Sketch
- Skifting
- Skillywidden
- Skim
- Skip
- Sleight
- Slip
- Sliver
- Sloe
- Slow-Worm
- Smoke
- Smudge
- Snare
- Snowdrop
- Snuff
- Sobriquet
- Solace
- Solomon Marchant
- Sonnet
- Sooth
- Sorcha Candle-Bright
- Sorrel
- Sorrow-in-Snow
- Spark
- Speck
- Speedwell
- Spindle
- Spindleberry
- Splinter
- Spool
- Sprig
- Squire Radcliffe
- Stablehand Corwen
- Stand-In
- Stellan Brandt
- Stencil
- Stitch
- Stitched Tomas
- Stitchwort
- Story
- Strand
- Stray
- Subtext
- Surrogate
- Swatch
- Sway
- Sylvie Aldermere
T: 112 names
- Tabitha Crowe
- Tacharan
- Tadhg of the Empty Cradle
- Tallow
- Tally
- Tam Ashgrove
- Tam Lin
- Tamper
- Tamsin Blackwell
- Tangle
- Tarn
- Tarnish
- Tarquin Ashbury
- Tatter
- Teasel
- Tegwen Rushlight
- Teller
- Temperance Oakhurst
- Template
- Tenet
- Tenor
- Thaddeus Kilbride
- The Anomalous
- The Baker's Third Daughter
- The Borrowed Bairn
- The Changed Child
- The Confused
- The Cradle Guest
- The Cuckoo's Egg
- The Delicate
- The Drinker
- The Eggshell Brewer
- The Elf-Left
- The Ever-Hungry
- The Fairies' Leaving
- The Gentry's Own
- The Girl Who Was Swapped
- The Good Neighbours' Gift
- The Gothic
- The Greybeard in Swaddling
- The Hearth Stranger
- The Hedge-Warden
- The Herald
- The Hill's Fosterling
- The Hollow Log
- The Honourable Miss Quayle
- The Iron-Shy
- The Lackey
- The Leaden Mirror's Clerk
- The Left One
- The Midsummer Foundling
- The Milk-Thief
- The Not-Brother
- The One in the Cradle
- The One Who Knew the Tune
- The Piper in the Cot
T, continued
- The Returned Boy
- The Satellite
- The Second Child
- The Seventh Winter
- The Sister Who Came Back
- The Spectacle
- The Sprawler
- The Stock
- The Summer King's Left Hand
- The Suspected
- The Thing by the Fire
- The Threshold Child
- The Tithe-Child
- The Uncertain
- The Unchristened
- The Uninvited
- The Unrocked
- The Vapourer
- The Wrong Twin
- Thea Ravensworth
- Theodora Lyle
- Thimble
- Thistledown
- Thomasina Birch
- Thornmile Walker
- Thread
- Thrice-Sold Sam
- Thrum
- Tib
- Tide
- Tincture
- Tinsmith Jem
- Tithe
- Toadflax
- Toadstool
- Tobiah Elsewhere
- Tobias Larkin
- Token
- Tolm
- Tormentil
- Trace
- Traveller's Joy
- Treecreeper
- Tremor
- Trick
- Trill
- Trim
- Trope
- Truce
- True Lover's Knot
- True Thomas
- Tryst
- Tuck
- Twelve
- Twill
- Twine
U: 8 names
- Ull
- Ulric Dunmow
- Umber
- Umbra
- Una Fitzwarren
- Understudy
- Undertow
- Ursula Pendry
V: 22 names
- Vaihdokas
- Valentine Carew
- Vane
- Vapor
- Varnish
- Vash
- Veil
- Vell
- Vellum
- Veneer
- Venn
- Verdant Molly
- Verity
- Verso
- Vervain
- Vesper
- Vestige
- Vetch
- Vignette
- Vivienne Arkwright
- Void
- Vow
W: 35 names
- Waft
- Wanderer
- Wane
- Warp
- Wax
- Weave
- Wechselbalg
- Wend
- Wesk
- Whim
- Whirligig
- Whisper
- Whitethroat
- Whorl
- Wick
- Wicket
- Widdershins
- Widow Hargreave
- Wile
- Wilhelmina Crane
- Willow
- Wilt
- Winifred Sparrow
- Wink
- Winterborn
- Wish
- Wisp
- Witch Hazel
- Wormwood
- Wraith
- Wren Cottersby
- Wren the Returned
- Writ
- Wry
- Wyn
X: 1 name
- Xavier Montclair
Y: 10 names
- Yallery Brown
- Yarl
- Yarn
- Yester
- Yev
- Yew
- Yield
- Young Master Fennimore
- Ysolde Thornwake
- Yvaine Lockhart