Etruscan Name Generator
Names from the tombs and tablets of Etruria
Generate Etruscan names built from inscriptions and Roman accounts of Etruria: first names like Larth, Arnth, Thana and Ramtha, family names like Tarchna, Velcha and Spurinna, two- and three-part combinations such as Sethre Velcha and Thana Seianti, and Latinized forms like Lars Porsenna and Tanaquil.
About Etruscan names
Etruscan names look nothing like the Latin ones that replaced them. The language has no letter o, leans on th, ch and clusters of consonants, and gives family names endings such as -na, -nie and -u, so a list reads Larth, Velthur, Tarchna, Hulchnie, Partunu. What survives comes mostly from tomb walls, sarcophagi and votive gifts, plus a few people Roman historians wrote about.
An Etruscan carried a first name (praenomen) and a family name (gentilicium), in that order: Larth Velcha, Vel Saties, Aule Meteli. The stock of first names was small. Men were mostly Larth, Arnth, Vel, Aule, Laris, Sethre or Velthur. Women, unlike Roman women, had first names of their own: Thana, Thanchvil, Ramtha, Larthi, Velia, Fasti, and Hasti around Chiusi. A woman's family name took a feminine ending, so Velcha becomes Velchai and Tlesna becomes Tlesnei. Longer formulas add the father with clan (son) or sech (daughter), as in Laris Pulenas Larces clan, and northern inscriptions often name the mother's family too.
The list mixes single first names and family names, people known from inscriptions, new pairings of a first name with a family name, and the Latinized forms from Livy and other writers, such as Lars Porsenna, Tanaquil and Mastarna. Gods are left out.
How to choose Etruscan names
- Keep the order: first name, then family name. For a longer name add the father or mother the Etruscan way, as in Arnth Velimnas Aules or Arnza Felsni Velthinal, rather than a Roman nickname.
- Match the ending to the person. Family names in -na, -nie or -u are the men's forms; give a woman the feminine form, such as Tarchnai, Seianti or Afunei.
- Use the Latinized forms when the story is told from the Roman side. Lars, Arruns and Tanaquil are how Livy's readers knew these names; Larth, Arnth and Thanchvil are how their owners wrote them.
- Place a family where its tombs are: Velcha and Spurinna belong to Tarquinia, Matuna to Caere, Leinie to the Orvieto area, Velimna to Perugia and Seiante to Chiusi.
- Read th and ch as a breathy t and k, not as in the English words think and church: Thana is close to Tana and Velcha to Velka.
Frequently asked questions
How were Etruscan names structured?
A first name followed by a family name, as in Larth Velcha or Thana Seianti. Formal inscriptions add the father's first name with clan for a son or sech for a daughter, and sometimes the mother's family name as well. A few families also carried a third name that marked a branch of the family.
What are common Etruscan first names?
For men: Larth, Arnth, Vel, Aule, Laris, Sethre and Velthur. For women: Thana, Thanchvil, Ramtha, Larthi, Velia and Fasti. Lars, Arruns and Tanaquil are the Latin spellings of Larth, Arnth and Thanchvil.
Are all of these the names of real people?
The list has three kinds of entry. Some are people named in inscriptions or by ancient writers, such as Larth Tetnies, Thefarie Velianas and Lars Porsenna. Some are single first names and family names. The rest are combinations that pair a first name with a family name, like Sethre Velcha or Ramtha Tetnei, sometimes with a feminine ending formed by the usual rule; they follow the Etruscan pattern but are not records of a known person.
Why do some family names end in -s?
In many inscriptions from southern cities such as Tarquinia and Vulci the family name carries a final -s: Larth Tetnies, Laris Pulenas, Vel Saties. The list keeps that spelling for people known from those inscriptions and uses the plain form, such as Tetnie or Pulena, elsewhere.
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All 500 Etruscan names
A: 92 names
- Acsi
- Acvilna
- Afuna
- Afunei
- Alethna
- Alethnai
- Anina
- Aninai
- Apatru
- Apatrui
- Aprthna
- Aprthnai
- Apuna
- Apunei
- Apunie
- Aranth
- Aranth Katacina
- Aranth Telathura
- Aranth Velthiena
- Arath
- Arath Tulumne
- Arcmsna
- Arimnestos
- Arnt
- Arnt Cumere
- Arnt Cusu
- Arnt Felsni
- Arnt Meteli
- Arnt Petru Raufe
- Arnt Pini
- Arnt Salini
- Arnt Tlesna Cainal
- Arnt Umrana
- Arnth
- Arnth Alethnas
- Arnth Cai Cutu
- Arnth Camna
- Arnth Hulchnie
- Arnth Leinie of Volsinii
- Arnth Leinies
- Arnth Murina
- Arnth Partunu
- Arnth Rafi
- Arnth Spurinas Velthurus clan
- Arnth Tetnies
- Arnth Tute
A, continued
- Arnth Velcha
- Arnth Velimna, son of Aule
- Arnth Velimnas Aules
- Arnth Velthina
- Arnthi
- Arnthi Afunei
- Arntni
- Arnza
- Arnza Felsni Velthinal
- Arnza Vipi
- Arruns
- Arruns of Clusium
- Arruns Porsenna
- Arruns Tarquinius
- Arruns Veltymnus
- Aruns
- Aule
- Aule Alethna
- Aule Ceicna
- Aule Celatina Setmnal
- Aule Cusu
- Aule Feluske of Vetulonia
- Aule Lecu
- Aule Lecu of Volterra
- Aule Matuna Velus clan
- Aule Meteli
- Aule Meteli, son of Vel and Vesi
- Aule Pinie
- Aule Pumpu
- Aule Purni Marcnal
- Aule Tetnie
- Aule Velimna
- Aule Vipinas
- Aulia
- Aulia Tutnei
- Aulus Vibenna
- Auvile Feluskes
- Avile
- Avile Acvilnas
- Avile Apunie
- Avile Katacinas
- Avile Ninie
- Avile Tites
- Avile Velthiena
- Avile Vipiiennas
- Avle
C: 29 names
- Cacni
- Cae
- Cae Latini
- Cae Trepu
- Caecina
- Caeles Vibenna
- Caile
- Caile Vipinas
- Cainei
- Calisna
- Camitlna
- Camna
- Camnai
- Ceicna
- Ceicnei
- Ceisinie
- Celatina
- Cilnei
- Cilnius
- Clavtie
- Cneve
- Cneve Tarchunies Rumach
- Cucrina
- Cumere
- Cumerunia
- Curuna
- Curunei
- Cusu
- Cutu
F: 11 names
- Fasti
- Fasti Cainei
- Fasti Remznei
- Fasti Tetinei
- Fasti Tlesnei
- Fasti Tlesnei, daughter of Vel
- Fastia
- Fastia Velsi
- Felsna
- Felsni
- Feluske
H: 17 names
- Hanunia
- Hasti
- Hasti Afunei
- Hasti Cumerunia
- Hasti Marcnei
- Hasti Pulfnei
- Hasti Purnei
- Hasti Sentinati
- Hastia
- Hastia Cainei
- Hepni
- Hescana
- Hirumina Phersnachs
- Hulchena
- Hulchnie
- Huzcna
- Huzcnai
K: 4 names
- Kansinai
- Karcuna
- Karcuna Tulumnes
- Katacina
L: 91 names
- Larce
- Larce Alethna Arnthal clan
- Larce Hescana
- Larce Leinie
- Larce Matuna
- Larce Pulena
- Larce Tamsnie
- Larce Thefrina
- Larcna
- Larice
- Larice Telathuras
- Laris
- Laris Camna
- Laris Clavtie
- Laris Cusu
- Laris Felsna
- Laris Hescana
- Laris Matuna
- Laris Murina
- Laris Papathnas Velznach
- Laris Partunus
- Laris Pulenas
- Laris Pulenas Larces clan
- Laris Pumpus
- Laris Salini Vetnal
- Laris Tarna
- Laris Velara
- Lars
- Lars Porsenna
- Lars Tolumnius
- Lart
- Lart Cucrina Lausisa
- Lart Cusu
- Lart Petruni
- Lart Purni
- Lart Remzna
- Lart Seiante
- Lart Seiante Tlesnal
- Lart Tlesna
- Lart Tutna
- Lart Velara Aulesa
- Lart Vipi Lusce
- Larth
- Larth Alethnas
- Larth Camna
L, continued
- Larth Ceicna
- Larth Curuna
- Larth Felsnas
- Larth Hescana
- Larth Hulchena
- Larth Hulchena, son of Velthur
- Larth Leinies
- Larth Ninies
- Larth Partunu
- Larth Spurinna
- Larth Tarchna Aules clan
- Larth Tetnie, son of Arnth and Ramtha
- Larth Tetnies
- Larth Tute
- Larth Ulthes
- Larth Velcha
- Larthi
- Larthi Apunei
- Larthi Cilnei
- Larthi Curunei
- Larthi Leinei, daughter of Arnth
- Larthi Matunai
- Larthi Tarchnai
- Larthi Tetnei Arnthal sech
- Larthia
- Larthia Afunei
- Larthia Seianti
- Larthia Velimnei
- Lartle
- Laru
- Laru Petru
- Laru Slanzu
- Larza
- Larza Celatina
- Larza Lartle
- Latini
- Lauchme
- Lausus
- Lecu
- Leinei
- Leinie
- Lethi
- Licine
- Lucumo
- Lucumo of Clusium
- Luisna
M: 29 names
- Macstrna
- Maecenas
- Mamarce
- Mamarce Apunie
- Mamarce Hulchena
- Mamarce Katacina
- Mamarce Tulumne
- Mamarce Velthienas
- Marce
- Marce Camitlnas
- Marce Ceicna
- Marce Clavtie
- Marce Matulnas
- Marce Partunu Larisal clan
- Marce Pulena
- Marce Tarchna
- Marce Tarna
- Marcnei
- Marcni
- Mastarna
- Matausni
- Matulna
- Matulnai
- Matuna
- Matunai
- Meteli
- Mezentius
- Mezentius of Caere
- Murina
N: 2 names
- Ninie
- Numesie
O: 1 name
- Olenus Calenus
P: 24 names
- Papathna
- Partunu
- Perperna
- Pesna
- Pesna Arcmsnas Sveamach
- Petru
- Petru Scevas
- Petru Scevas of Cortona
- Petruni
- Pini
- Pinie
- Plaute
- Porsenna
- Porsenna of Clusium
- Precu
- Presnte
- Presnti
- Pulena
- Pulfna
- Pulfnei
- Pumpu
- Pup Velimna Au Cahatial
- Purnei
- Purni
R: 24 names
- Rafi
- Ramtha
- Ramtha Alethnai
- Ramtha Aninai
- Ramtha Apatrui
- Ramtha Huzcnai
- Ramtha Matulnai
- Ramtha Matulnai sech Marces
- Ramtha Spurinai
- Ramtha Tetnei
- Ramtha Velchai
- Ramtha Visnai
- Ramutha
- Ramutha Kansinai
- Rasce
- Ravnthu
- Ravnthu Aprthnai
- Ravnthu Camnai
- Ravnthu Tarchnai
- Ravnthu Tarchnai Aules sech
- Ravnthu Thefrinai
- Ravnthu Velchai
- Remzna
- Remznei
S: 33 names
- Salini
- Satie
- Seiante
- Seianti
- Seianti Hanunia of Clusium
- Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa
- Seitithi
- Sentinate
- Sentinati
- Sethra
- Sethra Camnai Larisal sech
- Sethra Leinei
- Sethra Tetnei
- Sethre
- Sethre Ceicna
- Sethre Ceisinies
- Sethre Curuna
- Sethre Leinie
- Sethre Pumpu
- Sethre Spurinna
- Sethre Tetnie
- Sethre Tute
- Sethre Tute, son of Larth
- Sethre Velcha
- Sethre Velcha Larthal clan
- Sisenna
- Slanzu
- Spurie
- Spurie Matuna
- Spurinai
- Spurinna
- Spurinna the Haruspex
- Statlane
T: 62 names
- Tamsnie
- Tanaquil
- Tanaquil of Tarquinii
- Tarchna
- Tarchnai
- Tarchon
- Tarchunie
- Tarna
- Tarnai
- Tarquinius
- Tarquitius
- Tarquitius Priscus
- Telathura
- Tetina
- Tetinei
- Tetnei
- Tetnie
- Thana
- Thana Cainei
- Thana Ceicnei
- Thana Marcnei
- Thana Seianti
- Thana Seianti Tlesnal
- Thana Tlesnei
- Thana Velchai
- Thana Velchai Larthal sech
- Thanachvil
- Thanchvil
- Thanchvil Camnai
- Thanchvil Leinei
- Thanchvil Matunai
T, continued
- Thanchvil Matunai Velus sech
- Thanchvil Spurinai
- Thanchvil Tarchnai
- Thanchvil Tarnai
- Thanchvil Verati
- Thania
- Thania Purnei
- Thania Seianti
- Thania Tutnei
- Thania Umranei
- Thefarie
- Thefarie Veliana of Caere
- Thefarie Velianas
- Thefrina
- Thefrinai
- Thucer
- Tita
- Tita Presnti
- Tite
- Tite Petruni
- Tite Vipina
- Tlesna
- Tlesnei
- Tolumnius
- Tolumnius of Veii
- Trepu
- Tulumne
- Tute
- Tutna
- Tutnei
- Tyrrhenus
U: 5 names
- Ulthe
- Umrana
- Umranei
- Urgulania
- Uslna
V: 76 names
- Veilia
- Veilia Velimnei
- Veilia Velthinei
- Vel
- Vel Alethna
- Vel Apuna
- Vel Hescana
- Vel Leinies
- Vel Leinies Arnthal clan
- Vel Luisna Lusce
- Vel Matunas
- Vel Pinies
- Vel Pumpu Pruciu
- Vel Saties
- Vel Saties of Vulci
- Vel Tlesna
- Vel Umrana Titial
- Vel Uslna Nufresa
- Vel Velimna
- Vel Vipinana
- Velara
- Velcha
- Velchai
- Velche
- Velche Cusu
- Velche Marcni
- Velelia
- Velia
- Velia Ceicnei
- Velia Seitithi
- Velia Spurinai
- Velia Spurinai Velthurus sech
- Velia Tarnai
- Velia Velcha
- Veliana
- Velimna
- Velimnei
- Velsi