Fae Name Generator

The fae of modern fantasy are the Fair Folk of Irish, Scottish and Welsh folklore, so their most convincing names come from those languages: Aoife, Niamh, Oisín and Midir from the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Aos Sí; Rhiannon, Gwydion, Arianrhod and Gwyn ap Nudd from the Welsh Mabinogion and the Tylwyth Teg; Tam Lin and Thomas the Rhymer from the border ballads. Shakespeare added Titania, Oberon and Puck, and later poets gave us Queen Mab and the Queen of Air and Darkness. Contemporary romantasy and fae-court fiction layers a second style on top: invented names with soft, aristocratic sounds and endings like -ith, -ys, -aine and -ara (Caelith, Vaerys, Sylvaine, Nyxara) that read as beautiful, ancient and slightly dangerous.

Two folklore rules shape fae naming in stories. First, true names have power, so fae rarely give them; instead they go by titles and epithets such as the Thorn Prince, the Lady Under the Hill or the Antlered King, and humans call them euphemisms like the Gentry and the Good Neighbours. Second, fae are tied to place and plant, which is why names drawn from hedgerow trees and poisonous flowers (Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Foxglove, Hellebore, Belladonna) feel right in a way that gemstones do not.

This list combines authentic Celtic names, invented court names, plant and bird names, folkloric titles and full name-plus-epithet pairings so you can name everything from a changeling child to the queen of the Unseelie Court.