Demonic Name Generator

Demonic names in Western tradition are mostly the ruins of other people's gods. Baal, Moloch, Dagon, and Astaroth (from Astarte) were Canaanite deities; Beelzebub is 'Baal Zebub', lord of the flies, a mockery of Baal; Asmodeus descends from the Persian wrath-demon Aeshma; Lilith comes from the Akkadian lilitu night-spirits. That layered history is why the classic names feel heavy: they are older than the religions that demonised them. Later grimoires added the 72 Goetic spirits with their formal, Latinised endings (Paimon, Stolas, Naberius, Decarabia), and medieval theology sorted the seven princes by sin: Lucifer for pride, Mammon for greed, Asmodeus for lust, Leviathan for envy, Beelzebub for gluttony, Satan for wrath, Belphegor for sloth.

Demonic naming also includes titles used in place of names, since speaking a demon's true name was thought dangerous: the Adversary, the Accuser, the Prince of Lies, the Unclean One. Latin adjectives from exorcism rites (Maledictus, Perditus, Atrox) work as either names or epithets.

When inventing demonic names, the reliable phonetic recipe is hard stops and gutturals (k, g, kh, gh, z), a low vowel, and one to three syllables: Kazrath, Ghazrak, Vorthax. Hyphenated forms suggest a title or lineage, and sibilant forms (Sszaryn, Vhorlissa) suit serpentine or female demons.