Death Goddess Name Generator

Names for goddesses of death and the underworld

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Generate death goddess names from real mythology and original invention: Hel, Ereshkigal, Mictecacihuatl, Izanami, Morana and the Morrigan alongside coined names like Vessarine and Nocturra, Latin and Greek epithets, and titles such as Lady of the Last Door for a goddess of death in fiction, D&D or worldbuilding.

About death goddess names

Almost every mythology puts a woman at the door of the dead. Hel rules half the Norse dead in Niflheim; Ereshkigal is queen of the Sumerian Great Below; Mictecacihuatl keeps the bones in Mictlan; Izanami rots in Yomi; Persephone and Hecate share the Greek underworld; Morana is drowned in effigy each spring across Slavic Europe; the Morrigan, Badb and Macha circle Irish battlefields as crows. Others are gentler or stranger: Meng Po serves the soup of forgetting, Vanth carries a torch for Etruscan souls, Giltine's tongue drips poison, and Santa Muerte and Maman Brigitte still receive offerings today. Their names sound right because they come from living languages and carry a job: Ereshkigal means lady of the great earth, Mictecacihuatl means woman of the land of the dead.

The original names here follow those patterns. Some are coined with soft, dark phonology (Vessarine, Nocturra, Selmora); some are Latin or Greek abstractions such as Lacrima, Achlysia and Umbra Regina; some are English kennings and titles (Lady of the Last Door, The Quiet Midwife, Counter of Breaths) because real death goddesses are often called by a title rather than a name. Regional sets in Norse, Celtic, Japanese, Finnish, Nahua and Yoruba styles let you match a pantheon you are already building.

How to choose death goddess names

  • Decide what kind of death goddess she is before naming her: judge (Ereshkigal, Ammit), psychopomp (Vanth, Oya), queen of a realm (Hel, Mictecacihuatl) or the fear itself (Keres, Giltine); the role shapes whether the name should sound stern, kind or predatory.
  • Give her at least one epithet besides the name; real goddesses are invoked by titles like Lady of the Great Below or She Who Closes the Eyes, and a title lets frightened mortals avoid saying the name.
  • Match the phonology of the pantheon: Norse-style names use hard consonants and -hild/-run endings, Greek-style favor -eia and -essa, Nahuatl-style stack -tl and -cihuatl, and Latin abstractions (Mortalia, Lacrima) suit a classical or ecclesiastical setting.
  • Avoid lifting a living religion's figure wholesale for a villain; Santa Muerte, Oya and Kali are actively worshipped, so use them as reference points and coin your own name for the fiction.
  • Pair the goddess with a place and an object (the ferry, the ledger, the cold hearth) so her cult has something concrete to build temples and rites around.

Frequently asked questions

Who are the most famous goddesses of death?

Hel (Norse), Ereshkigal (Sumerian), Persephone and Hecate (Greek), Izanami (Japanese), Mictecacihuatl (Aztec), Morana or Marzanna (Slavic), the Morrigan (Irish), Kali and Nirrti (Hindu), Nephthys (Egyptian), Hine-nui-te-po (Maori), Giltine (Lithuanian), Santa Muerte (Mexican folk religion) and Maman Brigitte (Haitian Vodou).

What makes a name sound like a death goddess?

Darker vowels and soft or hushed consonants (m, n, s, th, v), endings that suggest the feminine divine (-a, -essa, -eia, -wen, -hild), and a meaning tied to night, endings, bone, ash or silence. Latin and Greek words for death and mourning (Mortalia, Lacrima, Achlys) also read instantly as mythic.

Can I use these names for D&D or a fantasy novel?

Yes. The coined names, Latin and Greek forms, and titles are original and free to use; the real goddesses are public mythology but will carry their existing stories with them, so pick a real name only if you want that association.

Is the goddess of death always evil?

Rarely in the source myths. Ereshkigal, Hel and Mictecacihuatl are rulers and keepers, not destroyers; Meng Po and Vanth are guides; Persephone is a queen who returns each spring. Many of the titles here, such as The Kind Ending or The Gentle Reaper, lean into that neutral or merciful reading.

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A: 25 names

  • Acherousia
  • Achlydia
  • Achlys
  • Achlys of the Death Mist
  • Achlysia
  • Aisling Dubh
  • Ala
  • Alakshmi
  • Alecto
  • Allani
  • Allatu
  • Amarantha Fell
  • Ammit
  • Ammit Devourer of Hearts
  • Ana Dubh
  • Anima Ultima
  • Arsay
  • Asase Yaa
  • Ashmere
  • Ashvara
  • Asphodela
  • Ataegina
  • Atropos
  • Atropos Who Cuts
  • Auntie Ash

B: 16 names

  • Baba Yaga
  • Badb
  • Banshee
  • Bari-degi
  • Barrowen
  • Bean Nighe
  • Belet-Seri
  • Belvane
  • Bhadrakali
  • Bhairavi
  • Bleakwen
  • Bleikrún
  • Bride of Silence
  • Bride of the Barrow
  • Brimo
  • Brónach

C: 26 names

  • Cailleach
  • Cairnessa
  • Caliste Noir
  • Calyx Mortis
  • Caoineag
  • Caointeach
  • Chalmecacihuatl
  • Chamunda
  • Chamunda of the Skull Garland
  • Chinnamasta
  • Chthonia
  • Cihuacoatl
  • Cihuateteo
  • Cindressa
  • Cinerea
  • Cliodhna
  • Clotho
  • Clotho Who Spins
  • Cocytia
  • Corvessa
  • Counter of Breaths
  • Cressida Mourne
  • Cryptessa
  • Culsu
  • Custos Ianuae Ultimae
  • Cyhyraeth

D: 18 names

  • Daena
  • Dagrun
  • Dame Dusk
  • Dame of the Drowned Bell
  • Datsue-ba
  • Dauðvör
  • Dea Funeris
  • Dea Tacita
  • Despoina
  • Dhumavati
  • Dhumavati the Widow
  • Dimmhild
  • Dirgea
  • Diyu Mu
  • Domina Noctis
  • Dorothea Ash
  • Draugrún
  • Duskmantle

E: 17 names

  • Eidola
  • Elegiana
  • Eljudnir
  • Elowen Hush
  • Elysande
  • Emberdusk
  • Empusa
  • Enodia
  • Epitymbia
  • Erebeia
  • Erecura
  • Ereshkiana
  • Ereshkigal
  • Ereshkigal of the Great Below
  • Erinyalis
  • Ernmas
  • Exequia

F: 8 names

  • Fenhallow
  • Feralia
  • Finalis
  • Fionnuala the Keening
  • Fölva
  • Frostwake
  • Funera
  • Funestia

G: 17 names

  • Ganglot
  • Gatherer of Names
  • Geiravor
  • Geshtinanna
  • Giltine
  • Giltine of the Poisoned Tongue
  • Gjallarun
  • Glaistig
  • Goll
  • Gondul
  • Grafhildr
  • Grandmother Frost
  • Grandmother Yew
  • Graveline
  • Greythe
  • Gunnr
  • Gwrach y Rhibyn

H: 27 names

  • Harrowyn
  • Harrowyn the Thresholder
  • Hecate
  • Hecate of the Crossroads
  • Hekatessa
  • Hel
  • Hel Who Holds Half the Dead
  • Helgrima
  • Helvor
  • Henut-Imentet
  • Herfjotur
  • Hildr
  • Hine-nui-te-po
  • Hine-nui-te-po of the Dark
  • Hine-titama
  • Hjalmthrimul
  • Hljóðvör
  • Hlokk
  • Holda
  • Hollowmere
  • Hostess of the Long Table
  • Hrimgerd
  • Hrist
  • Huangquan Nu
  • Hukloban
  • Hungra
  • Hushwen

I: 14 names

  • Ilmarwen
  • Ilmheth
  • Imentet
  • Imperatrix Silentii
  • Irkallatu
  • Isharene
  • Isharene of the Cold Hearth
  • Isolde Wraith
  • Itzpapalotl
  • Itzpapalotl of the Obsidian Wings
  • Ixtab
  • Ixtab of the Rope
  • Izanami
  • Izanami of the Yellow Springs

J: 2 names

  • Jabme-Akka
  • Jiuquan Furen

K: 22 names

  • Kalaratri
  • Kaldrún
  • Kali
  • Kali of the Cremation Ground
  • Kalika
  • Kalma
  • Kalmatar
  • Kapu Mate
  • Katabasis
  • Keeper of the Ash Gate
  • Keeper of the Final Key
  • Keraphene
  • Kerastia
  • Keres
  • Kethrane
  • Kethrane of the Black Sail
  • Kipu-tytto
  • Kivutar
  • Knellise
  • Kore
  • Kuolematar
  • Kurohime

L: 29 names

  • Lachesis
  • Lachesis Who Measures
  • Lacrima
  • Lady Belladonna
  • Lady of the Black Sail
  • Lady of the Last Door
  • Lady of the Low Road
  • Lady Ossuary
  • Lady Quietus
  • Lady Underleaf
  • Lamashtu
  • Lamentia
  • Lamia
  • Lantern of the Lost
  • Larunda
  • Lastlight
  • Leinth
  • Lelwani
  • Lethara
  • Lethe
  • Letheia
  • Libitina
  • Libitina of the Undertakers
  • Libitinara
  • Lissandre
  • Loviatar
  • Loviatar Mother of Plagues
  • Luctua
  • Lysandra Noct

M: 71 names

  • Macaria
  • Macha
  • Madam Requiem
  • Maebh Dubh
  • Magwayen
  • Mahakali
  • Maiden of the Marrow
  • Maman Brigitte
  • Maman Brigitte of the Rum and Peppers
  • Mamitu
  • Manalatar
  • Manat
  • Mangagaway
  • Mania
  • Mara
  • Maraveth
  • Maraveth the Unwept
  • Mari of Anboto
  • Marzanna
  • Mater Sepulcrorum
  • Matron of Cinders
  • Mebuyan
  • Megaera
  • Melinoe
  • Melinotha
  • Meng Po
  • Meng Po of the Soup of Forgetting
  • Meretseger
  • Meretseger of the Peak
  • Mictecacihuatl
  • Mictecacihuatl of the Nine Layers
  • Miquiztli
  • Mirelle Pale
  • Mirewen
  • Miru

M, continued

  • Mistress of Moths
  • Mistress of the Final Hour
  • Mistress of the Mausoleum
  • Mistress Wormwood
  • Modgud of the Bridge
  • Moirana
  • Moirasha
  • Moonsett
  • Mora Noctis
  • Morana
  • Morana of the Melting Snow
  • Morgause Dim
  • Mormo
  • Morozka
  • Morrigan
  • Morrigan of the Battle Crows
  • Morrowen
  • Mors
  • Mors Femina
  • Morta
  • Mortalia
  • Mortessa
  • Mortis Domina
  • Mortua
  • Morvanna
  • Morvena
  • Morwenna Knell
  • Mother Lethe
  • Mother Marrowlight
  • Mother Nightshade
  • Mother of Moths and Bones
  • Mother of the Long Night
  • Mother Rot
  • Mothwen
  • Mrityudevi
  • Myrkvör

N: 27 names

  • Náhild
  • Nantosuelta
  • Nastrond
  • Nebet-Duat
  • Nekyia
  • Nemain
  • Nenia
  • Nephthys
  • Nephthys of the Bier
  • Nerissa Vale
  • Nerthys
  • Nifla
  • Nightwell
  • Nimue Pallor
  • Ninazimua
  • Nirrti
  • Nirrti of the Southwest
  • Nocthea
  • Noctua
  • Nocturra
  • Nocturra of the Seven Veils
  • Nóttvör
  • Nox Mater
  • Nungal
  • Nyx
  • Nyx Mother of Thanatos
  • Nyxara

O: 14 names

  • Obitra
  • Oblivia
  • Old Mother Mercy
  • Ophira
  • Orbona
  • Orcine
  • Oriselle
  • Oriselle the Lamp-Bearer
  • Orphnea
  • Ossia
  • Ossuaria
  • Our Lady of the Ferry
  • Oya
  • Oya of the Cemetery Gate

P: 12 names

  • Palden Lhamo
  • Palden Lhamo of the Blood Sea
  • Palefrost
  • Perchta
  • Perenna
  • Persephassa
  • Persephone
  • Persephone of the Pomegranate
  • Phlegethis
  • Proserpina
  • Psychopompe
  • Puella Ossium

Q: 4 names

  • Queen Below
  • Queen of Cold Candles
  • Queen of the Asphodel Meadow
  • Quiessa

R: 10 names

  • Raktadevi
  • Ran
  • Randgrid
  • Rangda
  • Ravenelle
  • Regina Umbrarum
  • Reginleif
  • Requia
  • Rota
  • Rowena Dusk

S: 48 names

  • Saint Ashleaf
  • Saint of Sudden Ends
  • Saltmourne
  • Santa Muerte
  • Santa Muerte of the Scythe
  • Sanzu-no-Uba
  • Sarquine
  • Sarquine of the Quiet Table
  • Sævara
  • Sedna
  • Sedna Beneath the Ice
  • Sekhet-Amenti
  • Sekhmet
  • Selmora
  • Selmora Beneath the Hill
  • Sema
  • Sepulcra
  • Seraphine Dirge
  • Serket
  • Shamshan Kali
  • She of the Cold Hearth
  • She Who Closes the Eyes
  • She Who Names the Dead
  • She Who Waits at the Hedge

S, continued

  • Shinigami-hime
  • Shmashana Devi
  • Shroudia
  • Sibylla Tenebris
  • Sigrun
  • Sister Cinder
  • Sister Shroud
  • Skeggjold
  • Skjalfa
  • Skogul
  • Skotia
  • Skuld
  • Smrtnica
  • Sombra
  • Somnia Mortis
  • Sorrowind
  • Spandaramet
  • Stillbrook
  • Stygiane
  • Styx
  • Sultrun
  • Surmatar
  • Svava
  • Svipul

T: 54 names

  • Tamsin Gray
  • Taphia
  • Tartaria
  • Tavira
  • Tenebra
  • Tenebra the Kind
  • Tenebrae Mater
  • Terminalia
  • Tessaly Mourne
  • Thanateia
  • Thanatessa
  • The Bone Mother
  • The Candle Snuffer
  • The Crone of Crossroads
  • The Dowager of Dust
  • The Duchess of Dirges
  • The Ferrywoman of Lost Names
  • The Gentle Reaper
  • The Gravesinger
  • The Gray Nurse
  • The Grey Hand
  • The Hearse Maiden
  • The Hollow Bride
  • The Kind Ending
  • The Lady Without Footsteps
  • The Lamplighter of Graves
  • The Last Lullaby

T, continued

  • The Marchioness of Mourning
  • The Midnight Matron
  • The Moonless Queen
  • The Pale Shepherdess
  • The Quiet Midwife
  • The Salt Widow
  • The Silent Weigher
  • The Sleep Giver
  • The Thresholder
  • The Unanswered Door
  • The Veiled Ledger
  • The Washer of Shrouds
  • The Weeping Gate
  • The Widow of Winters
  • The Woman at the Ford
  • Thessamor
  • Thogn
  • Threnody
  • Tisiphone
  • Tlaltecuhtli
  • Tollwen
  • Tombelle
  • Tuonen Neito
  • Tuonen Tytti
  • Tuonetar
  • Tymbe
  • Tzitzimitl

U: 4 names

  • Umbra Regina
  • Umbrielle
  • Umbrielle of the Last Door
  • Urd

V: 16 names

  • Vaeliss
  • Valgerd of the Slain
  • Valmora
  • Vammatar
  • Vanth
  • Velatrix
  • Veliuona
  • Velu Mate
  • Veluthe
  • Verdandi
  • Vesperine
  • Vesperthanna
  • Vessarine
  • Vessarine Who Counts the Breaths
  • Vigilia
  • Virgo Cineris

W: 5 names

  • Wakelorn
  • Warden of the Lower River
  • Weaver of Shrouds
  • Winnowra
  • Winterhush

Y: 10 names

  • Yami
  • Yewa
  • Ylvane
  • Ylvane Who Keeps the Ferry
  • Yohualcihuatl
  • Yomi-no-Hime
  • Yomotsu-okami
  • Yomotsu-shikome
  • Ysmay Hollow
  • Ysolde Graveborn

Z: 4 names

  • Zarethe
  • Zimarzla
  • Zmora
  • Zophoressa