Goliath Name Generator

Goliath names in Dungeons & Dragons come in three parts, and every part means something. The birth name is a short, open-voweled word given by parents: Aukan, Eglath, Kuori, Vaunea, Lo-Kag, Pethani. The middle name is a nickname earned through deeds and handed out by the clan chief or elders, always in Common: Bearkiller, Skywatcher, Steadyhand, Twice-Orphaned, Wordpainter. The last name is the clan name, a long, rolling word like Thuliaga, Kalagiano, Gathakanathi or Katho-Olavi. So a full goliath name reads Aukan Bearkiller Thuliaga, and in casual speech other goliaths simply use the nickname.

The nickname is the interesting part because it changes. Goliath culture is built on fair competition and constant self-improvement, so a young goliath called Rootsmasher for pulling a stump might later be renamed Wyrmslayer, or, after a humiliating loss, something less flattering like Twistedlimb. It is a living record of what a goliath has done lately, not who their family is.

When inventing your own, keep birth names to two or three syllables with lots of A, U and O sounds and the occasional hyphen (Gae-Al, Lo-Kag). Nicknames should be plain, concrete compounds a mountain tribe would actually say, not grand titles. Clan names should be long and rhythmic; the official Elemental Evil and Volo's lists (Anakalathai, Elanithino, Ogolakanu, Thunukalathi, Vaimei-Laga) are the model to imitate.