Druid Tribe Name Generator

Names for nature-bound tribes, kindreds and groves

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Generate druid tribe names for D&D, Pathfinder, Celtic-flavoured fantasy and worldbuilding: totem tribes, grove kindreds, stone-circle folk, Gaulish and Gaelic peoples, and clans named for the land they keep.

About druid tribe names

A druid tribe is a people, not an order. Where a druid circle (Circle of the Moon, Circle of the Land) is the priesthood, the tribe is everyone who lives under it: the herders, hunters and charcoal burners who bring offerings to the grove and name their children after the wood. A tribe name should sound like something the neighbours would call them, or that they would paint on a shield. Real Celtic peoples did exactly this. The Carnutes hosted the great druid gathering in Gaul; the Eburones were 'yew people'; the Brigantes were 'the high ones'; the Silures and Iceni fought Rome from the hills and fens. Their names are short, plural and rooted in a tree, river, god or trait.

This list mixes four registers. Totem tribes (Tribe of the Grey Elk, Wolf-Brothers of the Fen, Stag-Sisters of the Heath) suit D&D cultures like the Uthgardt. Land-named kindreds (Blackfen Tribe, Hollowmere Folk, Thornhallow Folk) work for a map with a grove on it. Plain-English nature peoples (The Mossbound, Keepers of the Cairn, Folk of the Standing Stones) read well at the table. Gaulish, Gaelic and Welsh names (Nemetovari, Clann na Darach, Llwyth y Carw) give a historical or Celtic-fantasy feel.

Pick a tribe, then name its grove and its druids to match, and the culture will hold together.

How to choose druid tribe names

  • Name the tribe for something you can put on a banner: an animal, a tree, a stone or a piece of weather. Abstract virtues (Harmony Tribe) sound like an order, not a people.
  • Let the land name the tribe. If your map has a Black Fen or a Hollow Mere, the people who live there are the Blackfen Tribe or the Hollowmere Folk; players remember places and peoples together.
  • Vary the suffix: Tribe, Clan, Folk, Kin, Kindred and People all carry slightly different weight. Kin and Kindred suggest blood ties, Folk a settled community, Tribe a wandering one.
  • For a Celtic-flavoured setting, use the real pattern: a plural name with a meaning (Eburones, yew-people; Brigantes, high ones) and let the druids be the tribe's priests rather than a separate faction.
  • Give each tribe a totem druid circle to match (the Grey Elk tribe keeps a Circle of the Land: Tundra druid), and use the druid circle name generator for that half.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a druid tribe and a druid circle?

A circle is the druidic order or tradition; a tribe is the wider people who live by its teachings. In D&D terms, the Circle of the Moon is a subclass, while the Grey Elk Tribe is the culture a Moon druid might come from. This generator names the people; the druid circle name generator names the order.

What are good D&D druid tribe names?

Forgotten Realms tribes such as the Uthgardt use a totem animal plus 'tribe' (Black Lion, Great Worm, Sky Pony), and Reghed tribes use the Elk, Tiger, Wolf and Bear. Original names in that mould include Tribe of the Grey Elk, Wolf-Brothers of the Fen, Stag-Sisters of the Heath and Raven-Children of the Tor.

Are the Celtic tribe names real?

Many are. Carnutes, Eburones, Brigantes, Silures, Iceni, Arverni and others were real Gaulish and British peoples recorded by Caesar and Tacitus, and druids were their priests. Others (Nemetovari, Duravoci, Vernemeti) are invented using the same roots: nemeton for sacred grove, dervo for oak, -vices and -ones for peoples.

How do I use the Gaelic and Welsh names?

They are built from real words: Clann na Darach is 'children of the oak', Muintir na Coille is 'people of the wood', Llwyth y Carw is 'tribe of the deer'. Use them as-is for a Celtic-fantasy setting, or translate one into your own conlang to get a name with the same structure.

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A: 18 names

  • Aballones
  • Abnoba Tribe
  • Adderkin
  • Aedui
  • Alderwater Tribe
  • Ambidravi
  • Andecavi
  • Antlerborn
  • Antlerhelm Clan
  • Arduinna Clan
  • Artio People
  • Arverni
  • Ashenfold
  • Ashgrove Kin
  • Ashpaint Kin
  • Ashwalkers
  • Atrebates
  • Aurochs Kin

B: 32 names

  • Balefire Folk
  • Barkmask Folk
  • Barrowkeepers
  • Beacon Hill Clan
  • Bear-Mother's Brood
  • Bear-Sons of the Ridge
  • Bearbrothers
  • Beechmast Clan
  • Bellovaci
  • Beltane Tribe
  • Bittern People
  • Bituriges
  • Blackfen Tribe
  • Blackthorn People
  • Blood Moon People
  • Boann Kin
  • Boar-Kin of the Holt
  • Bogoak Folk
  • Bogwater Tribe
  • Bolgii
  • Boneflute Tribe
  • Bonfire Tribe
  • Bramblewood Clan
  • Branovices
  • Briarhook Tribe
  • Brigantes
  • Brightwater People
  • Brigid's Folk
  • Brood of the Black Adder
  • Brood of the Marsh Wyrm
  • Brood of the Thunder Hawk
  • Burners of the Needfire

C: 41 names

  • Cairnwood Tribe
  • Caledonii
  • Capercaillie Clan
  • Carnutes
  • Carvers of the Standing Oak
  • Catuvellauni
  • Cave Bear Tribe
  • Cenél Faoláin
  • Cenél Fiach
  • Cernunnos Clan
  • Chalkdown Tribe
  • Charcoal-Eye Folk
  • Children of Root and Antler
  • Children of the Hollow Oak
  • Children of the Last Wolf
  • Children of the Thunder Oak
  • Clan of the Bent Pine
  • Clan of the Black Heron
  • Clan of the Bone Tree
  • Clan of the Crooked Yew

C, continued

  • Clan of the Grey Boar
  • Clan of the Ice Elk
  • Clan of the Mossy Stone
  • Clan of the Red Fox
  • Clan of the Three Rivers
  • Clan of the Wet Moon
  • Clan of the Winter Hare
  • Clann an Fhia
  • Clann an Iolair
  • Clann an Mhadra Rua
  • Clann Doire
  • Clann na bhFaolchon
  • Clann na Coille
  • Clann na Darach
  • Clann na Gealaí
  • Clann na Gréine
  • Claybrow Clan
  • Climbers of the Old Pine
  • Coldwater Kin
  • Corca Mara
  • Cornovii

D: 25 names

  • Dál Fiach
  • Dál na Gealaí
  • Dancers of the Bone Moon
  • Dancers of the Turning Year
  • Danu's Kin
  • Daoine na Darach
  • Dark Moon Kin
  • Daughters of the Cold Spring
  • Daughters of the Red Deer
  • Daughters of the Still Pool
  • Daughters of the Wet Wind
  • Deadfall Folk
  • Deeproot Tribe
  • Demetae
  • Dervonii
  • Diggers of the Barrow
  • Dobunni
  • Dragonbone Clan
  • Drownedwood Clan
  • Dryad Tribe
  • Dumnonii
  • Dunates
  • Dunmoss Clan
  • Duravoci
  • Durotriges

E: 7 names

  • Eburoduni
  • Eburones
  • Eburovices
  • Elk-Daughters of the Ridge
  • Embergrove People
  • Epidii
  • Epona's People

F: 29 names

  • Fairy Ring Tribe
  • Featherbraid Folk
  • Fenfire Tribe
  • Fernfolk
  • Fernhollow Folk
  • Finders of the Lost Grove
  • Fir Bolg
  • Fir Domnann
  • Fir na Coille
  • First Leaf Folk
  • Fishers of the Salmon Pool
  • Flintknapper Kin
  • Folk of the Crane Marsh
  • Folk of the Deep Roots
  • Folk of the Ember Moor
  • Folk of the Fallen Star
  • Folk of the Hanging Moss
  • Folk of the Sleeping Giant
  • Folk of the Standing Stones
  • Folk of the Summer Grove
  • Folk of the Whispering Ash
  • Folk of the White Hind
  • Folk of the Wolf Road
  • Fourwinds Tribe
  • Fox-Kin of the Brake
  • Foxglove Tribe
  • Foxkin
  • Frostfern Tribe
  • Furhood Kin

G: 16 names

  • Gannetrock Tribe
  • Gatherers of the Bright Moss
  • Get of the Grey Wolf
  • Glacierfoot People
  • Gloaming Tribe
  • Glowworm Tribe
  • Goldenbough Tribe
  • Goshawk Kin
  • Greenfoot Clan
  • Grey Seal Clan
  • Greyhand Tribe
  • Greymere Tribe
  • Greymoor Tribe
  • Greywillow People
  • Gwerin y Coed
  • Gwerin y Dderwen

H: 27 names

  • Hare-Kin of the Down
  • Harvest Moon Tribe
  • Hawkridge Tribe
  • Hawthorn People
  • Hazelwand Tribe
  • Hearthmoss Clan
  • Heartwood Folk
  • Heathborn
  • Heirs of the Drowned Wood
  • Heirs of the First Oak
  • Heirs of the Hollow Hill
  • Helvetii
  • Herders of the Forest Cattle
  • Herne's Chosen
  • Herne's Tribe
  • Heron-Kin of the Mere
  • Heronmere Clan
  • Hidecloak People
  • Hoarfrost Kin
  • Hollowash Kin
  • Hollowhorn Clan
  • Hollowmere Folk
  • Holly Crown Tribe
  • Hoofprint Tribe
  • Horned God Kin
  • Hunter's Moon People
  • Hunters of the White Boar

I: 5 names

  • Icemere People
  • Iceni
  • Imbolc Folk
  • Ivyhold Clan
  • Ivywatch People

K: 18 names

  • Keepers of the Cairn
  • Keepers of the Dead Yew
  • Keepers of the Hawthorn Gate
  • Keepers of the Nine Stones
  • Keepers of the Salmon Leap
  • Keepers of the Unfelled Wood
  • Keepers of the Wolf Fire
  • Kelpforest Clan
  • Kin of Root and Rain
  • Kin of the First Fire
  • Kin of the Grey Tarn
  • Kin of the Hollow Yew
  • Kin of the Last Bear
  • Kin of the Nightjar
  • Kin of the Sleeping Stone
  • Kin of the Waking Stone
  • Kin of the Wild Hunt
  • Kingfisher Kin

L: 20 names

  • Lemovices
  • Lightning-Struck Oak Tribe
  • Lindonates
  • Lingones
  • Listeners at the Spring
  • Llwyth y Blaidd
  • Llwyth y Carw
  • Llwyth y Dderwen
  • Llwyth y Gigfran
  • Llwyth y Llyn
  • Llwyth y Mynydd
  • Llwyth yr Afon
  • Llwyth yr Arth
  • Llwyth yr Eryr
  • Longest Night Kin
  • Lucht an Uisce
  • Lucht na Darach
  • Lucht na Gaoithe
  • Lughnasa Kin
  • Lynx Clan

M: 21 names

  • Manannan Tribe
  • Meibion y Dderwen
  • Meltwater Folk
  • Menapii
  • Menhir Kin
  • Merched y Lleuad
  • Midwinter Tribe
  • Mistletoe Kin
  • Mistvale Kin
  • Moon-Mother's Daughters
  • Moonfall People
  • Morini
  • Morrigan's Tribe
  • Mossfoot Clan
  • Mossmantle People
  • Mountain Hare Kin
  • Mudheel People
  • Muintir na Coille
  • Muintir na Locha
  • Muintir na Sléibhte
  • Mushroom Ring Clan

N: 12 names

  • Namnetes
  • Nantovices
  • Needfire Kin
  • Nemetes
  • Nemetii
  • Nemetona Kin
  • Nemetovari
  • Nervii
  • Nightingale Clan
  • Nightjar Kin
  • Ninewells People
  • Novantae

O: 11 names

  • Oak-Father's Children
  • Oakenhold
  • Oakheart Tribe
  • Orbweaver Folk
  • Ordovices
  • Osismii
  • Otterbank Tribe
  • Otterkin
  • Owl-Daughters of the Yew
  • Owl-light Clan
  • Owlsisters

P: 22 names

  • Parisii
  • Pass Warden Tribe
  • Pawmark Clan
  • Peatcutter Tribe
  • Peatfolk
  • People of the Bright Ford
  • People of the Deer Road
  • People of the Far Pines
  • People of the Green Flame
  • People of the High Moss
  • People of the Long Shadow
  • People of the Old Path
  • People of the Quiet Water
  • People of the Red Earth
  • People of the Thunder Stones
  • People of the Tide Caves
  • Peregrine Kin
  • Pictones
  • Pine Marten Clan
  • Plant y Coed
  • Plant y Lleuad
  • Ptarmigan People

R: 20 names

  • Rainbringer People
  • Raven Tribe
  • Raven-Children of the Tor
  • Ravenkin
  • Ravensmoor Clan
  • Red Deer Folk
  • Redones
  • Regrowth Tribe
  • Riders of the Red Elk
  • Rimeoak Clan
  • Ringstone Clan
  • Riverbone Clan
  • Rockpool People
  • Rootborn
  • Rootcrown Tribe
  • Rootholm
  • Rowanberry Folk
  • Rowanwarden Clan
  • Runners of the High Moor
  • Rushlight Tribe

S: 46 names

  • Salmon Tribe
  • Salmon-Kin of the Falls
  • Saltmarsh Kin
  • Samhain People
  • Sapblood Kin
  • Sapwood Clan
  • Seedfall Folk
  • Seekers of the Hidden Spring
  • Selgovae
  • Selkie Clan
  • Senones
  • Sequana Folk
  • Sequani
  • Shepherds of the Mist
  • Shepherds of the Wild Herd
  • Silures
  • Silverbirch Clan
  • Singers of the Long Dark
  • Singers of the Salt Wind
  • Singers of the Thaw
  • Sixstones Clan
  • Slowworm Tribe
  • Sluagh na Gealaí

S, continued

  • Smertae
  • Snowthorn Folk
  • Sons of the Bog Iron
  • Sons of the Burning Heath
  • Sons of the Old Boar
  • Sons of the Standing Stone
  • Speakers for the Drowned
  • Speakers for the Stag
  • Speakers for the Wind
  • Speakers of the Old Tongue
  • Spring Flood Kin
  • Stag Beetle Tribe
  • Stag-Sisters of the Heath
  • Stagkin
  • Stagsong Tribe
  • Stillmere Clan
  • Stonecircle Clan
  • Storm-Mother's Tribe
  • Stormoak Folk
  • Stormpetrel Kin
  • Suessiones
  • Sunkenforest Tribe
  • Swimmers of the Cold Loch

T: 89 names

  • Tanglewood People
  • Taranis Folk
  • Tarpan Kin
  • Tawny Owl Kin
  • Tectosages
  • Tenders of the Hearth Oak
  • Tenders of the Moss Bed
  • The Alder Clan
  • The Antler Crown
  • The Barkhide
  • The Barkspeakers
  • The Beck Folk
  • The Birchfolk
  • The Bough Keepers
  • The Brake Folk
  • The Bramble Kin
  • The Brambleback
  • The Carr People
  • The Cinderwood
  • The Combe Folk
  • The Coppice People
  • The Dolmen Folk
  • The Elderbark
  • The Feathered Kin
  • The Greenblood
  • The Greenwardens
  • The Hazelkin
  • The Heronwatch
  • The Hollow Tree Folk

T, continued

  • The Hollowborn
  • The Hollykin
  • The Holt Folk
  • The Horned Kin
  • The Leafshorn
  • The Linn People
  • The Mireborn
  • The Mistwalkers
  • The Mossbound
  • The Ness Kin
  • The Owlkin
  • The Rainsingers
  • The Rootbound
  • The Sapdrinkers
  • The Spinney Kin
  • The Stag-King's People
  • The Stillwater Kindred
  • The Stonelisteners
  • The Sunwardens
  • The Talon Folk
  • The Thornfolk
  • The Thornwake
  • The Tor Kin
  • The Tumulus People
  • The Unfelled
  • The Wickerfolk
  • The Winterroot
  • The Wrenfolk
  • Thistlecrown Clan
  • Thornback Tribe

T, continued

  • Thornhallow Folk
  • Thornmoor Kin
  • Thunderhead Clan
  • Treant Clan
  • Treveri
  • Tribe of the Broken Antler
  • Tribe of the Burning Yew
  • Tribe of the Cold Spring
  • Tribe of the Drowned Grove
  • Tribe of the Fallow Deer
  • Tribe of the First Rain
  • Tribe of the Grey Elk
  • Tribe of the Hollow Hill
  • Tribe of the Last Aurochs
  • Tribe of the Nine Springs
  • Tribe of the Salt Oak
  • Tribe of the Seventh Spring
  • Tribe of the Singing Bog
  • Tribe of the Split Ash
  • Tribe of the Wandering Stone
  • Tribe of the White Stag
  • Trinovantes
  • Tuath an Cheo
  • Tuath na Coille
  • Tuath na hAbhann
  • Tuath na Mara
  • Tuath Uisce
  • Tuatha Dara
  • Tylwyth y Bryn
  • Tylwyth y Coed

U: 2 names

  • Uí Bhroc
  • Uxellones

V: 6 names

  • Vacomagi
  • Veneti
  • Vernemeti
  • Vidubrates
  • Volcae
  • Votadini

W: 32 names

  • Walkers of the Ash Road
  • Walkers of the Deer Path
  • Walkers of the Lost Coast
  • Wardens of Sorrow Tarn
  • Wardens of the Bone Cairn
  • Wardens of the Red Heath
  • Wardens of the Sleeping Bear
  • Wardens of the Weir
  • Wardens of Willowmere
  • Watchers of the Heron Pool
  • Watchers of the Long Ridge
  • Watchers of the Ninth Ford
  • Watchers of the Pale Hill
  • Weavers of Bramble
  • Weavers of Willow
  • Wetfoot Kin
  • Wild Boar People
  • Wild Goose Folk
  • Wildfire Kin
  • Willowisp People
  • Windfall Kin
  • Wisent Tribe
  • Woad People
  • Woadface People
  • Wolf Moon Folk
  • Wolf-Brothers of the Fen
  • Wolf-Father's Get
  • Wolfmother's Children
  • Wolfsbane Clan
  • Wolverine Kin
  • Wrackline Kin
  • Wyrmwood Kin

Y: 1 name

  • Yewvale Tribe