Fantasy Species Name Generator

A species name in fantasy is really an ethnonym, the name of a people, and real ethnonyms come in three kinds. Some are what a people call themselves, and these tend to mean "the people" or "the true ones" (Tolkien's Eldar, Warcraft's Draenei, Inuit in the real world). Some are what neighbours call them, often descriptive or faintly rude: Halflings, Wildlings, the Fair Folk, Barrow-wights. And some are simply the name of a homeland or an ancestor with a suffix attached: the Dunedain, the Rohirrim, the Numenoreans. Good invented species names imitate one of these, which is why "Ilvari" or "the Grey Folk" feels like a people and "Shadowkin Prime" does not.

The form matters. Coined names ending in -i, -ari, -ar, -in or -ith (Drakari, Kitharan, Vaelin, Aurelith) read as elvish or classical and suit ancient or noble races. Blunt one- or two-syllable forms (Karrak, Skarven, Grimm) suit hardy or brutal peoples. English compounds in -kin, -folk, -ling, -wight and -walker are what humans in your setting would call something they don't understand, and they're perfect for the marginal or monstrous. Most settings use both: the Sylvari call themselves Sylvari; the farmers call them the Wood Folk.

The list below is arranged roughly by register, from coined proper names through folk names to descriptive kin-names, so you can pick a self-name and a common name for every people on your map.