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Curse Name Generator

Hexes, maledictions, and blights worth fearing

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Generate names for curses, hexes, and maledictions that sound like they were copied out of a grimoire: wasting sicknesses, oath-breaker's bindings, generational blights, and folk-hexes for your villains, spellbooks, and campaign lore.

About curse names

A curse name works differently from a spell name. Spells are named for what they do; curses are named for what they leave behind. The oldest recorded curses, from Mesopotamian tablets and Roman lead defixiones to medieval oath-breaker rites, focus on consequences: barrenness, wasting, blindness, madness, the loss of a name or a house. That is why the strongest curse names in fiction lean on concrete afflictions (The Marrow Rot, The Salted Womb, The Long Thirst) rather than abstract menace.

The list above mixes several structures worth stealing. Folk-hex names use everyday objects turned sinister: sour milk, salted earth, cracked bells, nine knots. Grimoire-style names use older vocabulary such as malison, malediction, bane, and blight, and often attach a number or a saint (The Ninefold Malison, The Fever of Saint Vitus). Dynastic curses name a house or a bloodline (The Doom of House Vael, Curse of the Ninth Son), which instantly implies history and stakes.

When picking one for a story or campaign, decide what the curse actually does first, then choose the name that hides it slightly. A curse called The Beggar's Blessing that slowly strips wealth is more chilling than one called The Poverty Curse, because the victim can misread it until it is too late.

Tips for choosing a name

  • Match the vocabulary to your setting: 'hex' and 'malison' feel folkloric and rural, 'malediction' feels ecclesiastical, and 'blight' or 'rot' feel physical and grounded.
  • Give the curse a specific rule for breaking it (an oath, a name, a burial) and let the name hint at that condition, like The Unclosed Door or Curse of the Unburied.
  • For a family or dynastic curse, attach a name or a number so it reads as history: The Doom of House Vael, Nine Winters' Curse.
  • Avoid stacking adjectives ('Dark Cursed Shadow Hex'). One strong noun and one unexpected modifier almost always beat three grim ones.
  • For tabletop games, keep the in-world name and write the mechanical effect separately; players remember The Wolf's Debt far better than 'Curse: -2 to saves'.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a curse and a hex?

In folklore, a hex is usually a smaller, personal piece of malicious magic cast by a witch or cunning-person, while a curse can be a divine punishment, an oath's consequence, or a lasting blight on a place or bloodline. Names for hexes tend to be homely and specific; curse names tend to be grander and more permanent.

Where do real historical curse names come from?

Many are named for the effect (wasting, barrenness), for the person or place cursed (the Curse of Tutankhamun, the Curse of the Kennedys), or for the object involved (the Hope Diamond). Ancient defixiones (curse tablets) named the target and the god invoked rather than the curse itself, which is a good model for ritual-style names.

Can I use these curse names in my book or game?

Yes. The names here are original phrases or common folkloric expressions, and you can use them freely in fiction, tabletop campaigns, video games, and other commercial projects.

How do I write a curse name in an invented language?

Pick two or three harsh consonant clusters (kh, gr, th, zz) and one long vowel, keep it to two or three syllables, then give it a plain-language nickname the common folk use. Characters saying 'the Grey Sleep' instead of 'Vokh'ramir' makes both names feel real.

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  • The Withering Hex
  • Curse of the Weeping Soul
  • The Screaming Silence
  • The Rotting Touch
  • Blight of the Damned
  • The Whispering Madness
  • The Crawling Dread
  • Plague of Black Tears
  • The Choking Mist
  • Hex of the Sleepless
  • The Wasting Sickness
  • Curse of the Stolen Voice
  • The Crimson Fever
  • Curse of the Broken Oath
  • The Petrifying Gaze
  • Hex of the Severed Ties
  • The Hollow Laughter
  • Curse of the Unspoken Name
  • The Bleeding Eyes
  • Curse of the Empty Cradle
  • Malediction of Ashes
  • The Ninefold Malison
  • Widow's Weal
  • Kingsbane
  • Curse of the Ninth Son
  • The Marrow Rot
  • Grave-Tongue
  • The Salted Womb
  • Curse of Standing Water
  • The Hollowing
  • The Long Thirst
  • Curse of the Unburied
  • The Wormwood Hex
  • Blight of the Threshing Floor
  • The Bitter Harvest
  • The Sleepless Vigil
  • Curse of the Turned Coin
  • The Wolf's Debt
  • The Judas Mark
  • The Millstone Curse
  • The Winter Tongue
  • The Beggar's Blessing
  • The Miser's Weight
  • Curse of the Seventh Door
  • The Blind Hex
  • The Leaden Feet
  • The Cinder Malison
  • Curse of the Faithless Ring
  • The Traitor's Tithe
  • The Nettle Hex
  • The Hangman's Kiss
  • The Yew Bane
  • The Ashen Cough
  • The Drowned Man's Debt
  • The Mirror Blight
  • Nine Winters' Curse
  • The Barren Vow
  • The Locusts' Tithe
  • The Widdershins Curse
  • The Sundering Word
  • Curse of the Second Shadow
  • The Kin-Blood Curse
  • Curse of Wax Bones
  • The Unclosed Door
  • Threefold Return
  • Curse of the Wagging Tongue
  • The Rusting Hex
  • The Wolfsbane Malediction
  • The Rime Curse
  • The Sundown Blight
  • The Moth Hunger
  • The Rooting Curse
  • Curse of the Backwards Sun
  • The Long Dusk
  • The Bramble Blight
  • The Toad's Malison
  • Curse of the Broken Compass
  • The Nine Knots
  • The Whistling Rot
  • Curse of the Grinning Skull
  • The Cracked Bell
  • Curse of Salt and Iron
  • The Bleeding Hearth
  • Curse of the Empty Nets
  • The Evil Eye
  • The Black Fast
  • The Wasting of Aldric
  • Mordecai's Malison
  • The Grey Sleep
  • The Iron Maiden's Kiss
  • Curse of the Thirteenth Guest
  • The Ravening
  • The Slow Unmaking
  • The Ash-Mouth
  • Curse of the Coward's Heart
  • The Hungering Debt
  • The Cradle Rot
  • The Fever of Saint Vitus
  • The Blackening
  • The Doom of House Vael
  • The Serpent's Portion
  • The Ninth Hour Hex
  • The Grave-Cold
  • The Widow's Knot
  • The Curse of Cain
  • The Whitening Sickness
  • The Hex of Turned Milk
  • The Wolf-Skin Curse
  • The Silvering
  • The Wandering Curse
  • The Curse of Wormwood Wine
  • The Blood-Rust
  • The Curse of Sightless Sons
  • The Bane of the Firstborn
  • The Weeping Hex
  • The Slow Salt
  • The Curse of Split Hooves
  • The Fasting Curse
  • The Nightmare Tithe
  • The Ash Wedding
  • The Curse of Feathered Ash
  • The Stone Sleep
  • The Bone-Song Curse
  • The Curse of Sour Ground
  • The Rope-Burn Hex
  • The Deathwatch Curse
  • The Curse of Sunday's Child
  • The Widow's Waltz
  • The Bell-Rot
  • The Curse of the Wolf Moon
  • The Ravening Thirst
  • The Doom of Nine Bells
  • The Hollow Crown Curse
  • The Curse of Sleeping Eyes
  • The Ash-Bride Curse
  • The Curse of Kettle-Black
  • The Beetle Plague
  • The Curse of Sunless Days
  • The Cinder Fast
  • The Curse of Falling Teeth
  • The Widow-Bane
  • The Grave-Wife's Hex
  • The Rotting Word
  • The Curse of Speaking Stone
  • The Nine Nights' Blight
  • The Curse of Turning Faces
  • The Choir of Rats
  • The Curse of Copper Tongues
  • The Blister Hex
  • The Salted Vow
  • The Curse of Blackened Wheat
  • The Owl-Sight Curse
  • The Curse of the Grave-Kissed
  • The Curse of Empty Wells
  • The Bramble Vow
  • The Curse of Falling Stars
  • The Curse of Barren Fields
  • The Weeping Wall Curse
  • The Curse of Nettles
  • The Curse of Silent Bells
  • The Nine-Tongued Malison
  • The Curse of Threadbare Sleep
  • The Hearthless Winter
  • The Ravencall Hex
  • Curse of the Drowned Bride
  • The Sallow Mark
  • The Ferryman's Toll
  • Curse of Unspoken Debts
  • The Bitter Root
  • The Sun-Shy Sickness
  • The Latchkey Curse
  • The Candlemas Blight
  • The Coffin-Nail Hex
  • The Hollow Tooth Hex
  • Curse of the Sour Well
  • The Thin Blood
  • The Ashwife's Malison
  • Curse of the Nameless Grave
  • The Blackthorn Binding
  • The Widow's Candle
  • Curse of the Cold Hearth
  • The Sleeping Fever
  • The Gallows Debt
  • The Rot Beneath the Nail
  • Curse of the Split Tongue
  • The Salt-Eyed Sickness
  • Curse of the Cracked Cup
  • The Curse of Wet Straw
  • Curse of the Hanged Oak
  • The Barrow-Chill
  • The Blind Lantern Hex
  • Curse of the Sunken Chapel
  • The Miller's Malison
  • The Bone-Ache
  • The Curse of Iron Rain
  • The Withered Hand
  • Curse of the Second Son
  • The Ravelling
  • The Fever of Saint Anthony
  • The Rat-Bride Curse
  • The Ashen Bread
  • The Curse of Backward Feet
  • The Nettle Crown
  • The Doom of House Marrow
  • The Whispering Rot
  • Curse of the Sealed Mouth
  • The Wolf-Winter Blight
  • The Curse of Falling Hair
  • The Rust-Lung
  • The Wax Tongue Hex
  • Curse of the Broken Loom
  • The Sour Cradle
  • The Bell-Tongue Malison
  • The Blackwater Chill
  • The Coin-Eye Curse
  • The Long Grief
  • The Threadbare Blessing
  • The Curse of Cold Iron
  • The Silent Choir
  • The Marrow-Thirst
  • The Curse of the Twelfth Night
  • The Yellow Sleep
  • The Hare's Curse
  • Curse of the Salted Bread
  • The Rope-Walker's Malison
  • The Curse of Turned Earth
  • The Grief-Root Curse
  • The Owl's Tithe
  • The Widowmaker's Kiss
  • The Curse of Locked Knees
  • The Wormwood Fast
  • The Curse of Broken Bread
  • The Cold Bed Hex
  • Curse of the Barren Orchard
  • The Rook's Curse
  • The Grave-Salt
  • The Blood-Bell
  • The Curse of Empty Chairs
  • The Blistered Vow
  • The Ashfall Blight
  • The Curse of the Rusted Key
  • The Nine Sorrows
  • Curse of the Weeping Stone
  • The Wolf-Tooth Fever
  • The Vinegar Hex
  • The Curse of the Sixth Finger
  • The Bitter Cup
  • The Curse of Wandering Fires
  • The Rat-King's Tithe
  • The Milk-Blood Hex
  • The Latchless Door
  • The Curse of Deaf Bells
  • The Kin-Rot
  • The Beggar's Malison
  • The Ash-Choked Well
  • The Blind Widow's Malison
  • Curse of the Broken Plough
  • The Bell-Wether's Curse
  • The Nightjar Hex
  • Curse of the Frozen Hearth
  • The Curse of Grinding Teeth
  • The Blackened Tithe
  • Curse of the Wolf's Hour
  • The Rot-Tongue
  • The Curse of Withered Vines
  • The Long Hunger
  • The Doom of House Ostrel
  • The Fall of the Kessery Line
  • Curse of the Vane Blood
  • The Doom of House Halloran
  • The Ruin of House Cerwyn
  • The Malison of House Dray
  • Curse of the Last Athelmere
  • The Doom of the Ninth Earl
  • The Fading of House Ilse
  • Curse of the Seven Brothers Corrow
  • The Blight of House Fennick
  • The Curse of the Unbroken Line
  • The Fever of Saint Elmo
  • Saint Brannoc's Palsy
  • The Sweat of Saint Rue
  • The Chill of Saint Osric
  • The Fever of Saint Fiacre
  • The Blindness of Saint Odile
  • The Palsy of Saint Wilgefortis
  • The Glass Bones
  • The Lead Tongue
  • The Splintered Spine
  • The Milk-Eye
  • The Hen's Foot
  • The Frost-Finger
  • The Sleeping Lung
  • The Iron Jaw
  • The Wax Ear
  • The Backwards Heart
  • The Curse of Wandering Teeth
  • The Bruised Sleep
  • The Sinking Chest
  • The Curse of Heavy Eyelids
  • The Cracked Voice
  • The Bitter Tongue
  • The Curse of Cold Hands
  • The Trembling Hand
  • The Marrow-Worm
  • The Hollow Belly
  • The Curse of Knotted Hair
  • The Curse of Grey Gums
  • The Bleeding Nail
  • The Curse of the Second Skin
  • The Fish-Scale Sickness
  • The Curse of Webbed Fingers
  • The Owl-Neck
  • The Curse of the Sunken Eye
  • The Blue Lip Fever
  • The Curse of Weeping Palms
  • The Cracked Churn
  • The Nine Needles
  • The Bent Nail
  • The Upturned Horseshoe
  • The Broken Distaff
  • The Sour Butter Hex
  • The Empty Salt Cellar
  • The Curse of the Unswept Threshold
  • The Spilled Milk Malison
  • The Curse of the Left Shoe
  • The Knotted Rope
  • The Cracked Mirror Curse
  • The Curse of the Bent Spoon
  • The Ashes in the Bread
  • The Curse of the Blown Candle
  • The Wrong-Way Broom
  • The Curse of the Rusted Hinge
  • The Nail in the Doorpost
  • The Cold Kettle Curse
  • The Curse of the Turned Key
  • The Thirteenth Stitch
  • The Curse of the Rotting Thatch
  • The Torn Hem
  • The Curse of the Cracked Bowl
  • The Buried Comb
  • The Curse of the Widdershins Wheel
  • The Frayed Wick
  • The Sevenfold Silence
  • The Thirteen Steps
  • The Curse of the Fourth Knock
  • The Curse of the Eleventh Hour
  • The Curse of Two Shadows
  • The Curse of the Fifth Season
  • The Hundred Winters' Malison
  • The Nine-Times-Nine Hex
  • The Dry Rain
  • The Black Frost
  • The Iron Sky
  • The Curse of Salted Rain
  • The Ash Wind
  • The Curse of the Standing Storm
  • The Grey Dawn Blight
  • The Curse of the Sunless Field
  • The Red Fog
  • The Curse of the Rotting River
  • The Bitter Snow
  • The Curse of Still Air
  • The Curse of the Sinking Ground
  • The Salt Tide
  • The Curse of Burning Frost
  • The Blistered Earth
  • The Curse of the Barren Rain
  • The Grey Fen Blight
  • The Curse of Wandering Stones
  • The Ashen Moon
  • The Curse of the Bleeding Sun
  • The Cold Sun Sickness
  • The Magpie's Bargain
  • The Cuckoo Curse
  • The Curse of the Grinning Fox
  • The Crow's Portion
  • The Toad's Kiss
  • The Curse of the Blind Hound
  • The Serpent's Milk
  • The Curse of the Weeping Hare
  • The Moth-Wing Blight
  • The Curse of the Rat's Tooth
  • The Adder's Bargain
  • The Curse of the Sleeping Hen
  • The Raven's Debt
  • The Spider's Tithe
  • The Curse of the Barren Ewe
  • The Goat-Eye Hex
  • The Curse of the Rook's Nest
  • The Bat-Wing Fever
  • The Curse of the Wandering Cat
  • The Curse of the Blind Mole
  • The Curse of the Drowned Rat
  • The Tithe of Teeth
  • The Toll of Nine Coins
  • The Curse of Unpaid Bread
  • The Ferryman's Second Coin
  • The Debt of Ashes
  • The Curse of the Borrowed Name
  • The Tithe of Firstborn Lambs
  • The Curse of the Unreturned Ring
  • The Debt of Salt
  • The Toll of the Seventh Bridge
  • The Curse of the Broken Ledger
  • The Curse of the Unpaid Grave
  • The Reaper's Tithe
  • The Curse of the Borrowed Shadow
  • Halvard's Wasting
  • Old Meg's Knot
  • Corvin's Malison
  • The Bane of Ysolde
  • Aldwin's Blight
  • Mother Gethin's Hex
  • The Curse of Tam Ferrow
  • Bishop Orley's Malediction
  • The Malison of Old Crane
  • Sister Marrow's Fast
  • The Curse of Wat Hollow
  • Grandmother Sallow's Kiss
  • The Blight of Duncalf
  • The Wasting of Elspeth Vane
  • Old Tobit's Debt
  • The Defixio of Lead
  • Malediction of the Crossroads
  • The Binding of the Lead Tablet
  • The Curse of the Nailed Doll
  • The Malediction of Three Roads
  • The Curse of the Buried Tablet
  • The Malediction of Bound Feet
  • The Curse of the Written Name
  • The Malison of the Sealed Jar
  • The Curse of the Pierced Figure
  • The Malediction of Ash and Wax
  • The Curse of the Well-Thrown Coin
  • The Malediction of the Nine Nails
  • The Third Dawn Curse
  • The Hour of Ashes
  • The Curse of the Unturned Hour
  • The Midnight Fast
  • The Curse of the Stopped Clock
  • The Sundial Malison
  • The Curse of the Backwards Year
  • The Blight of the Long Noon
  • The Curse of the Endless Vespers
  • The Curse of the Unrung Hour
  • The Malison of the Last Bell
  • The Curse of the Slow Sabbath
  • The Blight of Midsummer's Eve
  • The Curse of the Wolf's Dusk
  • The Dreamless Sleep
  • The Curse of Waking Dreams
  • The Sleep of Salt
  • The Curse of the Borrowed Dream
  • The Night-Hag's Weight
  • The Curse of the Sleeping Tongue
  • The Waking Malison
  • The Curse of the Nightmare Loom
  • The Sleep-Rot
  • The Curse of the Unshut Eye
  • The Nameless Fever
  • The Curse of the Forgotten Face
  • The Malison of the Swallowed Word
  • The Curse of Backward Speech
  • The Stolen Name Blight
  • The Tallow Sickness
  • Curse of the Unlit Lamp
  • The Gaoler's Lullaby
  • The Hex of the Turned Cloak
  • The Quicklime Vow
  • Curse of the Wandering Grave
  • The Peat-Smoke Malison
  • The Lych-Gate Debt
  • The Curse of the Bridle Ring
  • The Fen-Light Fever
  • Curse of the Ill-Cut Loaf
  • The Hex of the Blunted Scythe
  • The Alderman's Palsy
  • The Curse of Three Sisters Bane
  • The Chalk-Face Sickness
  • The Sexton's Bargain
  • Curse of the Uncounted Sheep
  • The Malison of the Rain Barrel
  • The Hex of the Sunwise Ring
  • The Curse of the Barren Beehive
  • The Cobbler's Blight
  • The Malediction of the Weeping Ledger
  • The Curse of the Cracked Font
  • The Bog-Iron Chill
  • The Malison of the Blank Page
  • Curse of the Ill-Struck Bell
  • The Warden's Ague
  • The Curse of the Grave-Cart
  • The Hex of Sour Ale
  • The Curse of Unmatched Shoes
  • The Cormorant's Malison
  • The Yellow-Eyed Ague
  • Curse of the Fallow Year
  • The Hex of the Widow's Hem
  • The Curse of the Grinding Wheel
  • The Malediction of Bloodied Chalk

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