D&D High Elf Name Generator

High elves in D&D 5e are the sun elves and moon elves of the Forgotten Realms and the elves of Greyhawk's Celene: keepers of ancient magic, born into families with names that stretch back to Myth Drannor and Evermeet. Their names are built from long vowels and soft consonants (l, r, n, th, v), rarely include hard k or g sounds, and usually run three or four syllables. The Player's Handbook gives canonical examples such as Adran, Erevan, Ivellios, Quarion and Soveliss for males, and Althaea, Anastrianna, Caelynn, Keyleth and Naivara for females.

Elven family names are ancient and often translated into Common: Amakiir means Gemflower, Galanodel is Moonwhisper, Liadon is Silverfrond, Nailo is Nightbreeze and Xiloscient is Goldpetal. Forgotten Realms lore adds noble houses like Craulnober, Miritar, Starym, Irithyl, Moonflower and Durothil, which instantly signal a character of old blood from Evermeet or the ruins of Cormanthor.

A good high elf name should feel like it belongs to someone who has lived two hundred years already. Avoid names that sound like Tolkien's Sindarin transplants (Legolas, Thranduil) if you want a distinctly D&D flavour, and remember that elves also take a child name and later an adult name they choose for themselves, so an elf may have a name history worth writing down.