Entity Name Generator

Names for spirits, presences and things without a shape

Magic & Supernatural500 names

0 of 500 seen

This or that?

7 picks, 1 winner

Tap the name you like more.

Tap a name to copy it. The arrows swap one name.

Or browse all 500 names, A to Z

Generate entity names for ghosts, demons, cosmic presences and the unexplained things that haunt horror stories: unpronounceable true names, whispered titles like The Watcher in the Static, paranormal case-file names and investigator designations. Built for horror fiction, analog horror, SCP-style writing, tabletop games and creepypasta.

About entity names

An entity is what you call something when you do not know what it is. Ghost, demon, spirit and god all carry assumptions; entity only says that a thing is present and that it is not you. Good entity names keep that uncertainty, in three registers. The true name is the one almost nobody speaks: a clotted, alien word like Vel'sharoth or Ixquinal. The title is what the people who live with the thing actually say, and it describes behavior rather than appearance: The Watcher in the Static, The Thing That Counts Stairs, Grandmother Hush. The designation is the bureaucratic name an investigator or containment agency files it under: Entity Nightjar, The Carrow Anomaly, Presence Hemlock.

This generator mixes all three, plus the folklore style used for real hauntings (The Blue Lady of Harrow Fell, The Knocker of Ashby Lane), family-style nicknames that make a presence feel horribly domestic (Uncle Hollow, Mother Marrow), collective names for swarms and congregations, and the found-footage register of analog horror, where the entity is named for where it was caught: The Figure on the Trail Camera, The Voice on the Baby Monitor. Give an entity all three and let your characters argue about which is correct.

How to choose entity names

  • Decide what the entity is not before you name it. If it is not a ghost, avoid dead-person names; if it is not a demon, avoid the Latin and Hebrew endings (-iel, -oth, -us) that readers associate with grimoires. Titles like The Hollow Guest keep the category open.
  • Name the behavior, not the body. The Thing That Answers Back or The Footsteps That Stop When You Do tells the reader exactly how the entity will show up in the story without fixing its appearance, which is where the dread lives.
  • Use a designation when your story has an institution in it. Entity Nightjar or Anomaly Kestrel implies files, protocols and people who failed to contain it, and it lets characters talk about the thing without sounding like they believe in it.
  • Domestic nicknames (Grandmother Hush, Uncle Hollow, Little Hush) are the scariest option for stories about families and children, because they suggest the household has already made peace with the presence.
  • For an original true name, keep it to two or three syllables with one unusual cluster (Qorvath, Ghalvedra, Tesh'vakar). A longer name should be balanced by a short title characters actually use.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between an entity and a ghost or demon?

Ghost implies a dead human, demon implies a religious hierarchy, and both tell the reader what rules apply. Entity is deliberately neutral: it covers poltergeists, cosmic presences, tulpas, glitches in reality and things that have no origin at all. Writers use it when they want the presence to stay unexplained, which is why this generator leans on titles and designations that describe behavior rather than nature.

How do I name an entity for analog horror or a creepypasta?

Analog horror names the thing by the medium it was caught on or the place it appeared: The Face in the Test Pattern, The Caller From the Disconnected Line, The Shadow at the Sleep Study. Pair that with a cold designation (Entity Lowtide, Subject Pale Tenant) used by whichever agency or broadcaster is covering it up. The gap between the clinical name and the unsettling description is the whole effect.

Are these names good for Dead by Daylight, SCP or tabletop horror?

Yes. The designation and case-file styles (The Carrow Anomaly, Presence Hemlock, Incident Widow's Stair) fit SCP Foundation and Delta Green writing, the titles suit Call of Cthulhu and Kult, and the true names work for warlock patrons, haunted-house campaigns and original killers in Dead by Daylight-style fan fiction. All names are original and free to use.

Should my entity have a pronounceable name?

Give it at least one. An unpronounceable true name (Pthaumekh, Vhul'ra-Thep) is fine for a grimoire or a chant, but your characters need something to say under their breath in the hallway, and your readers need something to remember. Most memorable horror entities are known by a short everyday title, and the true name is revealed late, if ever.

Related generators

More like this

Browse category

All 500 entity 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: 17 names

  • Aldravoss
  • Althuvane
  • Ammerah-Kai
  • Anomaly Candlewick
  • Anomaly Greymantle
  • Anomaly Kestrel
  • Anomaly Marrowbone
  • Anomaly Stillwater

A, continued

  • Anthevane
  • Ashen Nocturne
  • Ashkelion
  • Aumbrevane
  • Aunt Threnody
  • Auntie Nightsoil
  • Ayvorreth
  • Azhulek
  • Azrathune the Unseen

B: 10 names

  • Balquor
  • Bellacoth
  • Belmorra of the Static
  • Belthazzai
  • Bone Gloaming
  • Brakkoleth
  • Brethilmund
  • Bride-of-the-Cold-Spot
  • Brimvastre
  • Brother Tallow

C: 14 names

  • Caldreth
  • Captain Fathom
  • Carrion Hymn
  • Case File Hushmoor
  • Case File Mourningvale
  • Chelvane
  • Cinder Lullaby
  • Cinderhael
  • Cirque the Hollow
  • Cold Evensong
  • Corvuline
  • Counter-of-Breaths
  • Cousin Quietus
  • Cthirra

D: 15 names

  • Daevrik
  • Designation Coldharbor
  • Designation Nightbloom
  • Designation Quietus
  • Designation Sorrowglass
  • Designation Wraithmoth
  • Dhaemir Tull
  • Dhovaraine the Drowned Mother
  • Doctor Hollowell
  • Dravanzul
  • Drexilith
  • Drossamar
  • Duskamel
  • Dust Choir
  • Duvaskaroth

E: 17 names

  • Eater-of-Echoes
  • Ekthalion
  • Elkavane
  • Entity Blackroot
  • Entity Hollowmere
  • Entity Lowtide
  • Entity Nightjar
  • Entity Ninefold

E, continued

  • Entity Saltglass
  • Entity Thornwake
  • Entity Umbral Seven
  • Entity Vesper
  • Entity Wintergate
  • Erevash
  • Essembi
  • Ethelvane the Mirror-Walker
  • Evenrael

F: 7 names

  • Father Nightsoil
  • Faunmoreth the Orchard Shade
  • Felquith
  • Ferrolith
  • Fhalmor
  • Forlorne Ash
  • Furnaquil

G: 11 names

  • Gaszembar
  • Ghalvedra
  • Ghorvene
  • Ghrumlaine
  • Gilvaneth
  • Gorrandel
  • Grandfather Cinder
  • Grandmother Hush
  • Grauveth
  • Grimmathel
  • Gruvalith the Wall-Borer

H: 10 names

  • Halquandra
  • Haugrimm
  • He Who Is Owed
  • Hesketh-Maul the Lantern Thief
  • Hexaline
  • Hollovex
  • Hollow Vesper
  • Hollowreth
  • Hraunmoor
  • Hush-of-Lanterns

I: 13 names

  • Ilmarune the Unborn
  • Ilquandra
  • Incident Deepwell
  • Incident Saltchapel
  • Incident Widow's Stair
  • Irrovath
  • Ishkabrel
  • Iskaldis
  • Issavel
  • Ithrabbas
  • Ivvorath
  • Ixquinal
  • Izzalith

J: 5 names

  • Jasmirrah
  • Jevaroth
  • Jhoravex the Tallow Prince
  • Jhulmaine
  • Jorvalithe

K: 9 names

  • Kaethrum
  • Keeper-of-the-Unlit-Hour
  • Kelmaroth the Tide-Herald
  • Kethamira
  • Khorrunde
  • Kithrael
  • Kolvadis
  • Kreshmund
  • Kuulanoth

L: 8 names

  • Lady Absence
  • Lissathrek
  • Little Hush
  • Lorquandel
  • Lothvane the Whispering Tenant
  • Lovrassi
  • Lumvaskar
  • Luvexis

M: 19 names

  • Madam Threadneedle
  • Maeshvakar
  • Maevoreth the Nine-Eyed Seamstress
  • Malvereign
  • Mama Gravel
  • Marrow Light
  • Master Keyhole
  • Mavorreth
  • Meldrakh

M, continued

  • Mherrath
  • Miss Evenfall
  • Mister Saltmarsh
  • Mister Teeth
  • Morrowgast
  • Mortelle Vyn
  • Mother Marrow
  • Mouth-of-Many-Doors
  • Mrs. Candlesnuff
  • Murgolash

N: 10 names

  • Ne'quorath
  • Nerrithane
  • Nihr'ael
  • Nocturel
  • Norvaskar the Warden of Dusk
  • Noxquil
  • Nurse Pale
  • Nuulashar
  • Nuvorreth
  • Nyxmaroth

O: 15 names

  • Obraxis
  • Old Man Lantern
  • Oloveth
  • Olquithe
  • Ophuriel
  • Ormoloch
  • Oromandi
  • Orquindel
  • Orrhun
  • Orvendakh
  • Osqueth the Ash Midwife
  • Osseraine
  • Ossuvane
  • Oulmirae
  • Ovrenquil

P: 15 names

  • Papa Mirror
  • Pazquol
  • Pellmorath
  • Pellucine
  • Phaedrix
  • Prasmekh
  • Pravalune the Sleepwalker's Guest
  • Presence 13-Orchard
  • Presence Alder-Nine
  • Presence Ashfall
  • Presence Hemlock
  • Presence Lantern Row
  • Professor Umbra
  • Pthaumekh
  • Pyrravane

Q: 6 names

  • Qethmar
  • Qorvath
  • Quaszeroth
  • Quelmir
  • Quevrakin
  • Quorveth

R: 9 names

  • Raskuvel
  • Reverend Ashmouth
  • Rhavimbra
  • Rhenvastre
  • Rhogothar
  • Rimmelash
  • Rovaquine
  • Rust Matins
  • Ruumathel

S: 22 names

  • Sable Quietus
  • Sarquil
  • Seshem Ka
  • Sethrumel
  • Sethuvane the Bell Eater
  • Shaelmund
  • She Who Knocks Twice
  • Singer-Beneath-the-Floor
  • Sir Nothing
  • Sirrax
  • Sister Ashgrove

S, continued

  • Skarrumel
  • Skeirravane
  • Sorvaquine
  • Sovantu
  • Static Mother
  • Subject Cinderhush
  • Subject Hollow
  • Subject Mirrorwise
  • Subject Pale Tenant
  • Subject Threadbare
  • Sulquaine

T: 219 names

  • Tallow Null
  • Taurvane
  • Teller-of-the-Last-Name
  • Teneris Vox
  • Tesh'vakar
  • The Applause From the Empty Theatre
  • The Archivist of Screams
  • The Ashdown Presence
  • The Ashen Usher
  • The Attic Whistler of Dunmore
  • The Barrow Herald
  • The Beekeeper of Graves
  • The Bell That Rings Itself
  • The Bell-Ringer of Sunken Ashcombe

T, continued

  • The Black Dog of Thornley Moor
  • The Black Hymn
  • The Blue Lady of Harrow Fell
  • The Bone Cartographer
  • The Borrower of Voices
  • The Bramford Entity
  • The Bride of the Lowest Room
  • The Caller From the Disconnected Line
  • The Candle Warden
  • The Carrow Anomaly
  • The Cartographer of Dreams
  • The Clerk of the Unnumbered Door
  • The Clockmaker's Wife of Gallantry Row
  • The Cold Hand of Pewsey Stair
  • The Cold Spot

T, continued

  • The Collector of Breaths
  • The Crone of Quiet Lanes
  • The Crooked Steward
  • The Crying Bride of Sallow Creek
  • The Dancer in the Peripheral
  • The Doll That Remembers
  • The Doorman of the Endless Hotel
  • The Doppelganger at the Kitchen Table
  • The Drowned Bellringer
  • The Drowned Choir
  • The Drowned Sailor of Morrow Quay
  • The Dunwich Visitor
  • The Dweller Under Ice
  • The Ellery Manifestation

T, continued

  • The Empty Pew
  • The Engine Beneath the Chapel
  • The Face in the Test Pattern
  • The Faceless Nun of Corbridge
  • The Faceless Porter of Kingsfold Station
  • The Feast That Waits
  • The Fellgate Intrusion
  • The Ferryman of Lost Names
  • The Figure on the Trail Camera
  • The Furnace Saint
  • The Gardener of Graves
  • The Gaunt Conductor
  • The Gentleman Below
  • The Glass Confessor
  • The Glitch in the Family Photo

T, continued

  • The Gray Child of the Orchard Road
  • The Green Child of Eskdale
  • The Grey Hum
  • The Grey Orderly
  • The Grimsby Haunting
  • The Grinning Orchard
  • The Guest in the Polaroid
  • The Hallway That Breathes
  • The Hanged Lantern
  • The Hanged Poacher of Brackenhurst
  • The Headless Coachman of Briar Bend
  • The Hitchhiker of Greyford Pass
  • The Hollins Phenomenon
  • The Hollow Behind the Eyes
  • The Hollow Bridegroom

T, continued

  • The Hollow Guest
  • The Hollow Lighthouse Keeper
  • The Hollow Messenger
  • The Hollow Shepherd
  • The Hollow-Eyed Groom of Thistle Farm
  • The Hooded Figure of Milepost Seven
  • The Hour Without Hands
  • The Hum Beneath Channel Zero
  • The Humming Woman
  • The Hungry Hour
  • The Ink-Drinker
  • The Keeper of Unsent Letters
  • The Kestrel Street Occupant
  • The Keyholder

T, continued

  • The Knocker of Ashby Lane
  • The Lady in Grey of Wexcombe Hall
  • The Lamplighter of Nowhere
  • The Lantern Man of Fenwater Marsh
  • The Lantern-Eater
  • The Last Passenger
  • The Laughing Girl of Halloway Bridge
  • The Ledger Keeper of Souls
  • The Lightkeeper of Grieve Point
  • The Lightless Pilgrim
  • The Listener Behind the Mirror
  • The Lockwood Residual
  • The Lodger Who Pays in Teeth
  • The Long Man
  • The Lullaby Thief

T, continued

  • The Man Made of Moths
  • The Maribel Apparition
  • The Matron of Empty Cradles
  • The Midnight Auditor
  • The Midwife of Ash
  • The Mirror Tenant
  • The Missing Person Who Came Back
  • The Mother of Hinges
  • The Mourner Who Never Leaves
  • The Mourning Child of Nethercote
  • The Mouth in the Wall
  • The Mouthless Choirmaster
  • The Nameless Drowner of Ketchum Pond
  • The Nameless Landlord

T, continued

  • The Nettleton Shade
  • The Ninth Guest
  • The Nurse Who Counts Backwards
  • The Oakhaven Echo
  • The Orange Lantern Man
  • The Orphan of the Deep Well
  • The Ossuary Clerk
  • The Pale Cartwright
  • The Pale Custodian
  • The Pale Nurse of Ward Nine
  • The Patient Dark
  • The Pemberly Attachment
  • The Phantom Lodger of Beckett Inn
  • The Phantom Organist of St. Alder
  • The Pilgrim of the Unmapped Road

T, continued

  • The Piper of Hollow Tor
  • The Prince of Locked Rooms
  • The Puppeteer of Sleepers
  • The Quarry Road Wanderer
  • The Quiet Caller
  • The Ragged Saint
  • The Ravenhill Poltergeist
  • The Red Visitor
  • The Reflection That Lags
  • The Riddle in the Attic
  • The Rocking Chair Widow of Elm Row
  • The Rotting Lantern
  • The Rust Bride
  • The Salt Mother
  • The Scratching Thing of Cellar Four

T, continued

  • The Screaming Skull of Tanner's Mill
  • The Sculptor of Fog
  • The Seamstress of Shadows
  • The Second Shadow
  • The Sentinel of Gallowsgate
  • The Shadow at the Sleep Study
  • The Shadow in the Sacristy at Bramwell
  • The Shadow Monk of Ravensworth Priory
  • The Shadow That Eats Names
  • The Shape at Saltmarsh Lock
  • The Shape in the Night-Vision Footage
  • The Shepherd of Drowned Lambs
  • The Silent Bailiff
  • The Silhouette at Frame 24

T, continued

  • The Singing Ghost of Wren Chapel
  • The Sleepless Congregation
  • The Smile on the Security Feed
  • The Smiling Absence
  • The Southgate Resident
  • The Sovereign of Sleep Paralysis
  • The Sower of Teeth
  • The Static Between Stations
  • The Stitched Man
  • The Stranger at the Foot of the Bed
  • The Surveyor of Bones
  • The Tallow King
  • The Tenant of the Thirteenth Floor
  • The Tenant Upstairs
  • The Thin Gentleman

T, continued

  • The Thing Behind the Static
  • The Thing in the Backrooms Lobby
  • The Thing in the Cistern
  • The Thing That Answers Back
  • The Thing That Counts Stairs
  • The Thing That Wears Faces
  • The Tilbury Shadow
  • The Toll-Taker
  • The Twins of Marrow Lane
  • The Ulverston Knocker
  • The Unblinking
  • The Unlit Bride
  • The Unmade Child
  • The Unraveler

T, continued

  • The Vane Street Whisper
  • The Vestry Ghoul
  • The Visitor After the Emergency Broadcast
  • The Visitor Without a Door
  • The Voice on the Baby Monitor
  • The Walker Between Frames
  • The Wanderer in the Wallpaper
  • The Warden of Wrong Turns
  • The Watcher in the Static
  • The Weaver of Static
  • The Weeping Boy of Room Twelve
  • The Weeping Stone of Calder Moss
  • The Weeping Widow of Larkspur House
  • The Wellow Chapel Visitant
  • The Whisper Under the Floorboards

T, continued

  • The Whistler in the Reeds
  • The Whistling Miner of Coldpit
  • The White Doe of Whitlow Wood
  • The White Knocker
  • The Widow in the Walls
  • The Witness at Every Window
  • The Yardley Cold Spot
  • The Yellow Tenant
  • Thessevane
  • Tholomund
  • Thravendyl
  • Thundrac
  • Tilmarrow
  • Torvaquil
  • Tzalvex

U: 10 names

  • Uldrimane
  • Ullabis
  • Ulmora Dhy
  • Ulquiel the Door Without a House
  • Ulvaskar
  • Umbral Hush
  • Uncle Hollow
  • Ushkorreth
  • Uvashkerri
  • Uzzirae

V: 12 names

  • Vashtaren
  • Vaszeroth
  • Veil Threnody
  • Vel'sharoth
  • Velquane
  • Velvet Null
  • Venoctis
  • Vexilla Morn
  • Vhoramel
  • Volgrethe
  • Vorrhaken
  • Vrenquil

W: 9 names

  • Walker-of-Wrong-Stairs
  • Wearer-of-Borrowed-Faces
  • Wendakai
  • Whisperling
  • Wortheline
  • Wrathemor
  • Wrenvaskar the Salt Widow
  • Wuldraith
  • Wyrmath-Ul

X: 5 names

  • Xandrivel
  • Xevrin Tal
  • Xiquaran
  • Xoth-Ikari
  • Xuulan

Y: 6 names

  • Yathmakkar
  • Yavanquil
  • Yeshmoral
  • Yevrune the Mourner Below
  • Yrrhamel
  • Yuulmbai

Z: 7 names

  • Zaszemund
  • Zavorrine
  • Zephrassa
  • Zethiron
  • Zoltharic
  • Zorrquine
  • Zuulamor