D&D Shifter Name Generator

Wandering names and village names for Eberron shifters

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Generate D&D shifter names for Eberron characters: single wandering names like Stripe, Burr and Longfang, village names like Marda Thatcher, and paired forms like Harl "Badger" and Ike called Snag.

About D&D shifter names

Shifters in the Eberron setting of Dungeons & Dragons have no language of their own. They take the names of the people they live among, often the farming and forest communities of the Eldeen Reaches, and many also go by a single word for a trait, a look or a habit. The rulebook's own examples are Badger, Bear, Cat, Fang, Grace, Grim, Moon, Rain, Red, Scar, Stripe, Swift, Talon and Wolf, and all fourteen are in this list.

About two fifths of the names are single words of that kind, the wandering names. They run from beast and body (Claw, Mane, Tusk) through temperament (Patience, Restless) and weather, moon and season (Frost, Harvest, Thaw) to hunt and trail (Track, Snare, Burr). Some suit one kind of shifting: Thickhide for a beasthide, Longfang for a longtooth, Quickstep for a swiftstride, Farscent for a wildhunt.

The rest are for shifters with a foot in settled life. There are plain village names such as Marda Thatcher, and the largest group pairs a given name with a wandering name, as in Harl "Badger" or Ike called Snag. A few carry a title, such as Moonspeaker Hazel for a shifter druid or Elder Tusk for the oldest voice in a pack.

How to choose D&D shifter names

Choose the wandering name from something the character does at the table. A shifter who always scouts ahead is a Pointer or an Upwind; one who complains through every watch is a Grumble.
Match the name to the shifting. Beasthide shifters suit heavy names like Boarback and Ironpelt, longtooth shifters suit Redjaw and Gnash, swiftstride shifters suit Flit and Springheel, and wildhunt shifters suit Truetrack and Coldtrail.
Give a settled shifter two names. Family and neighbors use the given name and the road uses the wandering one, which is what the paired entries show.
Let a wandering name be earned in play. Start with a village name such as Tobin Wainwright and let the party hand out the one-word name after a memorable scene.
Keep it short. One or two syllables make a wandering name easy to call across a forest or a battle map.

Frequently asked questions

How do shifters get their names in D&D?

In Eberron, shifters have no language of their own and use the names of the culture around them. Many also go by a single descriptive word, and the rulebook gives Badger, Fang, Grim, Rain, Scar, Stripe and Talon among its examples. This list adds many more in the same style, such as Burr, Thaw and Hackle.

What is a good name for a longtooth or beasthide shifter?

For a longtooth, try Longfang, Redjaw, Snaggle or Gnash. For a beasthide, Thickhide, Boarback, Tusker and Ironpelt fit the tougher build. Swiftstride shifters suit Quickstep or Flit, and wildhunt shifters suit Farscent or Truetrack.

What do the quotation marks mean?

A name such as Harl "Badger" or Tamsin "Burr" gives a shifter's given name first and the wandering name in quotes. Use both together, or drop either half. Forms like Ike called Snag and Moss, once Tobias say the same thing in words.

How is this different from the Shifter Name Generator?

That page has modern first names with wilderness surnames for wolf, bear and dragon shifters in romance and urban fantasy. This one follows the D&D convention for the shifters of Eberron, so it has one-word names, village names and no dramatic surnames.

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All 500 D&D shifter names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

Plain text, one name per line.

A: 15 names

Abel "Amble"
Acorn
Ada "Acorn"
Agnes "Steady"
Alder "Birch" of the Towering Wood
Aldith
Aldith "Frost"
Aldo "Lope"
Aldo Haymaker
Amble
Annis "Ash"
Anselm "Quiet"
Auntie Ilse "Ruff"
Auntie Unity "Drought"
Autumn

B: 30 names

Badger
Bark
Barnaby "Grumble"
Bear
Bertram
Bertram "Bear"
Bess "Bobcat"
Beth "Briar"
Big Alma "Ironpelt"
Big Garth "Bristleback"
Birch
Birk "Bracken" of the Towering Wood
Blur
Boar
Boarback
Bobcat
Boone "Boarback"
Bram "Boar"
Bram Tanner
Brash
Brawn
Brenna "Bramble"
Briar
Bristle
Bristleback
Bryn "Rain"
Bryn Orchard
Burl
Burr
Burrow

C: 22 names

Cade "Coldtrail" of the Towering Wood
Cairn
Callus
Cass "Crow"
Cat
Clary "Cinder"
Claw
Clem "Claw"
Cloudburst, once Rosamund
Cobb "Bristle"
Cobb Furrow
Coldtrail
Colm "Cairn"
Cora "Vixen"
Cora Churnside
Corwin "Talon"
Covert, once Bartholomew
Crescent
Crookfang
Crow
Cub
Cuthbert

D: 24 names

Dag "Longfang"
Dapple
Darkmoon
Dart
Deadfall
Della "Dew"
Den
Den-Mother Bryn "Hush"
Den-Mother Fallow
Den-Mother Hettie "Burrow"
Dew
Dewclaw
Dewey "Drizzle"
Dinah "Dawn"
Dobbin "Thickhide" of Greenheart
Dorrit
Dorrit "Dapple"
Dot "Smudge"
Dour
Drizzle
Drought
Dunstan "Boulder"
Dunstan Plowright
Dusk, once Dorothea

E: 20 names

Eamon "Elk"
Earflick
Eclipse
Edda
Edda "Dusk"
Edric "Hound"
Effie "Flit"
Elder Greymuzzle
Elder Marda "Patience"
Elder Old Withers
Elder Tusk
Elder Whitewinter
Elk
Elsie "Freckle"
Elsie Applegarth
Emmet "Farscent"
Equinox
Esme "Softpaw"
Ewan "Eyetooth" of Varna
Eyetooth

F: 25 names

Fang
Faro "Ford"
Farscent
Fay "Featherfoot"
Featherfoot
Fenn "Otter"
Fenn Woodward
Fenna
Fenna "Reed"
Ferret
Ferris "Fleet" of Varna
Fidget
Finch "Fletch"
Firstfrost
Fleet
Fletch
Flint, once Ferdinand
Flit
Flora "Fern"
Ford
Fox
Franny "Fox"
Freckle
Frost
Fullmoon

G: 27 names

Gale, once Gwendolyn
Gareth "Ironjaw"
Garrow "Greymuzzle"
Garrow Hedger
Gil
Gil "Whistle"
Gloaming
Gnash
Gnaw
Goldie "Tawny"
Gorran "Snap" of Sharn
Gorse
Grace
Grady "Grizzle"
Grandfather Knot
Grandmother Sedge
Granny Dorcas "Crookfang"
Granny Mab "Earflick"
Greta "Gale"
Greta Hives
Greyfang
Grim
Grizzle
Gruff
Grumble
Gus "Gnash"
Gwen "Gorse"

H: 33 names

Hackle
Hail, once Hildred
Hal "Cub"
Hal Collier
Halfmoon
Hamm "Callus" of Sharn
Hardy
Hare
Harl "Badger"
Harl Millbrook
Harvest
Harvestmoon
Hattie "Hare"
Haunch
Hedda "Seeker" of Varna
Heron
Hesper "Newmoon"
Hettie "Wren"
Hettie Barleymow
Hewitt "Hollow"
Hilde "Hail"
Hind
Hoarfrost
Hob
Hob "Runt"
Hock, once Benedict
Hodge called Paw
Hound
Howler
Hugh "Hardy"
Huntmaster Jorin "Truetrack"
Huntmaster Stalk
Hush

I: 10 names

Ike called Snag
Ina "Rime"
Ingram "Brawn"
Ironjaw
Ironpelt
Isla "Mist"
Isla Rushmere
Ivo
Ivo "Fang"
Ivy called Sleet

J: 15 names

Jacoby called Longleap
Jem "Swift"
Jem Shepherd
Jenna "Sedge"
Jessa
Jessa "Kestrel"
Jilly "Whiff" of Sharn
Joan called Bide
Jorin "Squall"
Jorin Coppice
Jory "Pointer" of the Reaches
Joss "Dart"
Joss Ferrier
Jowl
Junie "Scamper"

K: 15 names

Kat "Blur" of Sharn
Kay called Quickstep
Keen
Kell "Flint"
Kerr "Stonehide" of the Reaches
Kerra "Keen"
Kester
Kester "Stoat"
Kestrel
Kip "Kit"
Kitty "Cat"
Kitty Stile
Knot
Knox called Redjaw
Knuckle

L: 24 names

Lanky
Lem called Lonesome
Lena "Murmur"
Lightfoot
Linnet "Harvest" of Greenheart
Liss "Lichen"
Little Pia "Tousle"
Little Wend "Tuft"
Lonesome
Long Tom "Lanky"
Longfang
Longleap
Longnight
Lope
Lorn "Wolf"
Lorn Forester
Lorna called Lure
Lotta
Lotta "Purr"
Lowsun
Lud "Burl" of the Eldeen Reaches
Lure
Lyle "Lightfoot"
Lynx

M: 36 names

Mabel "Merry"
Mabel Greenacre
Mace "Maul"
Mane
Marda "Thistle"
Marda Thatcher
Marten
Matty "Patch"
Maud
Maud "Grace"
Merrick
Merrick "Grim"
Merry
Merry called Hailstone
Milo called Mane
Mirren "Afterglow" of Greenheart
Moll "Marten"
Moon
Moonrise
Moonset
Moonspeaker Annis "Moonrise"
Moonspeaker Colm "Eclipse"
Moonspeaker Grey Tansy
Moonspeaker Hawthorn
Moonspeaker Hazel
Moonspeaker Mizzle
Moonspeaker Nightfall
Moonspeaker Old Rime
Moonspeaker Orrin "Halfmoon"
Moonspeaker Una "Longnight"
Moonspeaker Wenna "Crescent"
Moonspeaker Yew
Moss, once Tobias
Mungo "Tusker" of the Eldeen Reaches
Mutter
Muzzle

N: 14 names

Nan "Ember"
Nan Hayward
Ned "Snuffle"
Ned Drover
Nell
Nell "Hazel"
Nessa called Stray
Netta "Nimble"
Nightsight
Nimble
Nole "Notch"
Noll called Nightsight
Nora "Nettle"
Notch

O: 21 names

Odette "Solstice" of the Reaches
Odo
Odo "Brisket"
Old Mother Bracken
Old Nash "Greyfang"
Old Oakes "Gnarl"
Old Tibby "Icicle"
Old Wilma "Embers"
Oldscent
Olwen called Heather
Opal "Owl"
Opal Weir
Orla "Autumn"
Orrin
Orrin "Track"
Osric "Thunder"
Oswin "Oxhide"
Otis called Oldscent
Otter
Owl
Oxhide

P: 20 names

Pack-Elder Brindle
Pack-Elder Edith "Heedful"
Pack-Elder Garrow "Sinew"
Pack-Elder Oldtooth
Pack-Elder Silvermane
Patience
Paw
Peg "Prickle"
Pell "Pelt"
Pell Carter
Pelt
Piers
Piers "Heron"
Pippa "Springheel" of Sharn
Pointer
Polecat
Posy "Pounce"
Prickle
Pru called Prowl
Purr

Q: 5 names

Quarry
Quickstep
Quiet
Quint "Quarry"
Quiver

R: 17 names

Rafe
Rafe "Scar"
Rain
Red
Redjaw
Reed
Renna called Restless
Restless
Rhoda "Red"
Rhoda Gleaner
Rollo "Tumble"
Rook called Roost
Roost
Rosie "Snowmelt" of the Eldeen Reaches
Rudd "Russet"
Ruff
Ruth "Rowan"

S: 48 names

Sable "Midnight" of the Reaches
Sabre
Sal "Sooty"
Saltlick
Scamper
Scar
Scent
Scowl
Scrappy
Scruff
Seeker
Seth "Spoor"
Sharpear
Shrew
Silas called Surly
Sim "Slip"
Sim Fowler
Skitter
Slink
Slip
Sly
Snag
Snaggle
Snap
Snare
Snare, once Sebastian
Snout
Snowmelt
Snuffle
Softpaw
Solstice
Sooty
Sorrel called Shrew
Spoor
Springheel
Spry
Squint
Stag
Steady
Stoat
Stonehide
Stripe
Stripe, once Stephen
Stubborn
Sundog
Surly
Swift
Sybil "Squint"

T: 28 names

Talon
Tam "Twig"
Tamsin "Burr"
Tamsin Fields
Tangle
Tansy called Tinder
Tess "Thorn"
Tess Miller
Thaw
Thea "Thaw"
Thicket
Thickhide
Thistle, once Theodora
Thom "Thicket"
Tilly
Tilly "Skitter"
Tinder
Tobin "Nock"
Tobin Wainwright
Track
Trail
Truetrack
Tuck called Waymark
Tuft
Tumble
Tusk
Tusker
Twig

U: 10 names

Ugo "Knuckle"
Ulf "Howler"
Ulla
Ulla "Moon"
Una "Gloaming"
Uncle Stig "Snarl"
Uncle Tarn "Gruff"
Upwind
Urban called Upwind
Ursa "Honeypaw"

V: 6 names

Varn "Sabre"
Vera "Wary"
Verity called Yearling
Vern "Bark"
Vesna "Smoke"
Vixen

W: 25 names

Walt called Whelp
Wane
Wary
Wat
Wat "Stub"
Weasel
Wenna "Moss"
Wenna Cooper
Whelp
Whet
Whiff
Whisker
Whistle
Wildcat
Wilf "Weasel"
Wilf Hopyard
Willa "Willow"
Windfall
Winnie
Winnie "Whisker"
Winter
Wolf
Wren, once Winifred
Wynn "Fog" of the Towering Wood
Wystan "Winter"

Y: 8 names

Yara "Lynx"
Yearling
Yew
Yorick "Yowl"
Young Nia "Minnow"
Young Penn "Pup"
Young Roan "Scrappy"
Young Vi "Spry"

Z: 2 names

Zeb
Zeb "Hackle"