Georgian Name Generator

Georgian names belong to the Kartvelian language family, unrelated to Russian, Turkish or Persian, so they have a sound all their own: first names such as Giorgi, Davit, Levan, Irakli, Nikoloz and Zurab for men, Nino, Tamar, Mariam, Ketevan, Natia and Salome for women. Many come from the Orthodox calendar in Georgian form (Ioseb, Iakob, Ekaterine, Elene), others from medieval epics and royalty (Tinatin, Nestan, Rusudan, Vakhtang, Bagrat), and a few from everyday words, like Mzia from 'sun' and Gvantsa from a mountain flower. Nicknames are nearly universal: Dato for Davit, Gela for Giorgi, Keti for Ketevan, Sopo for Sopio, Tamuna for Tamar.

Surnames tell you roughly where a family is from. The suffix -shvili ('child of') dominates the east around Tbilisi and Kakheti (Gelashvili, Javakhishvili), -dze ('son of') the west in Imereti and Guria (Beridze, Gogoladze), -ia, -ua and -ava are Megrelian (Shengelia, Todua, Kharebava), -ani is Svan (Dadiani, Kvitsiani), and -uri, -uli and -eli mark the mountain regions and old noble houses (Tsiklauri, Arabuli, Tsereteli, Eristavi). Princely families like Bagrationi and Orbeliani carry their own endings. Georgians use no patronymic in daily life, so a full name is simply first name plus surname.

The list pairs common first names with surnames from every region, and adds real figures from Georgian history for characters with royal or literary weight.