Dwarvish Name Generator

Dwarvish is not one language but a family of invented ones, and each has a distinct sound. Tolkien's Khuzdul is Semitic in structure: words are built on three-consonant roots (KH-Z-D for dwarf, B-R-Z for red, Z-R-K for spike, KH-L-D for glass) with vowels slotted in between, and it uses a handful of endings such as -ûn (a person or thing), -dûm (mansion or hall), -zâram (lake) and -gathol (fortress). Very few Khuzdul personal names are recorded, since dwarves keep their true names secret, but Azaghâl, Telchar, Narvi, Mîm, Khîm and Ibun survive, alongside place-names like Zirak-zigil and Kheled-zâram.

Warhammer's Khazalid is harsher and more Germanic, full of K, Z, G and R: Karak (hold), Baraz (bond), Zharr (fire), Grimnir and Grungni for the ancestor gods, Gromril for the legendary metal, Dammaz Kron for the Book of Grudges. D&D's Dwarvish uses the Dethek runic script and gives clan names like Balderk, Rumnaheim, Strakeln and Ungart that sit somewhere between the two.

The names above are grouped by tongue: canon Khuzdul, then new names assembled from attested Khuzdul roots and endings, then Khazalid words and combinations, then D&D Dwarvish. Use them for a dwarf's secret inner name, for runic inscriptions, for holds and heirlooms, or anywhere you want a name that clearly comes from a language rather than from English.