Gravedigger Name Generator
Sextons, diggers and undertakers for gothic stories and games
Generate gravedigger names for gothic fiction, westerns, tabletop games and the stage: Victorian diggers like Silas Mould and Mordecai Spade, village hands such as Tom Loam and Diggory Marl, titles like Sexton Crowe, nicknames like Lantern Jack and Six-Foot Sam, plus fantasy gravekeepers, apprentices and undertakers.
About gravedigger names
The gravedigger is one of the oldest stock figures in fiction: the one person in town on working terms with the churchyard. In Shakespeare's Hamlet the two diggers are the clowns of the play, and writers have kept that mix of dark and wry ever since. In an English parish the work often fell to the sexton, the church officer who looked after the building and the yard, rang the bell and dug the graves. That is why this list of 1,000 names holds Sexton Crowe and Sexton Morrow beside working names like Tom Loam and Diggory Marl.
The names come in styles you can mix. Victorian gothic diggers carry biblical first names and damp surnames (Silas Mould, Mordecai Spade). Nicknames say how the town sees the man: Lantern Jack, Six-Foot Sam. There are medieval and plague-year diggers such as Wat the Pitman, boot hill diggers like Hardpan Hank, women of the trade (Nettie Yew, Widow Marl), and the people around the work: apprentices, night-shift resurrection men, coffin-makers and undertakers like Mr. Sable.
For fantasy tables there are dwarf, halfling, orc and half-elf gravekeepers, from Brokk Stonebarrow to Pip Underbough. Diggers from across Europe appear under their own trade words, such as Totengräber Jakob and Fossoyeur Bastien, and a small share of puns is mixed in.
How to choose gravedigger names
- Match the name to how close the story stands. A digger seen from across the churchyard is Old Corwin or The Man at the Gate; one the reader follows home needs a full name like Amos Tulliver or Hester Loam.
- Let the surname do the damp work. Earth, yew, stone and bone surnames (Tom Loam, Barnabas Yewdale, Fred Kneebone) set the trade without a title, so the first name can stay ordinary.
- Use the family. Old Josiah Sexby, Ruth Sexby and Jabez Sexby under one surname show a trade handed down, which suits a village your players will come back to.
- Pick a nickname for a town that talks. Lantern Jack or Never-Late Nate tells readers what the neighbors say about him, and a nickname is easy to remember at a game table.
- Keep the tone dark and wry, not cruel. A pun like Les Diggins or Barry A. Lott fits a comedy or a Halloween sketch; for a funeral scene played straight, stay with the period names.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good name for a gravedigger character?
For a gothic or Victorian story, try a biblical first name with an earthy surname, such as Silas Mould, Mordecai Spade or Ezekiel Sodbury. For a village digger a short plain name works better: Tom Loam, Hob Barrow or Nettie Yew. If the town knows him only by reputation, use a nickname like Lantern Jack.
What is the difference between a gravedigger and a sexton?
A sexton is a church officer who looks after the church building and its yard, and the duties traditionally included ringing the bell and digging graves. A gravedigger is anyone who does the digging, whether for a parish, a town cemetery or a frontier boot hill. In a small parish the two were often the same person, which is why titles like Sexton Morrow and Sexton Crowe sit beside plain names here.
Are there names for undertakers and morticians too?
Yes. A share of the list covers the trades around the grave: undertakers and morticians such as Mr. Sable, Undertaker Pym and Mortician Edith Marlowe, plus coffin-makers, embalmers, coroners and hearse drivers. They help when a story needs the whole funeral procession and not only the person with the shovel.
Are these the names of real gravediggers?
No. The names are made for fictional characters from period first names, trade words and earthy surnames, and the list is not a record of real sextons or cemetery staff. If a combination happens to match a real person, that is coincidence.
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All 1,000 gravedigger names
A: 43 names
- Abel Bonehill
- Abel Mould the Younger
- Abel Sodden
- Abner Stonecross
- Absalom Hollowell
- Achille Deschamps
- Ada Dimmock
- Adkin of Yewgate
- Adrik Lodebarrow
- Aelar Duskmantle
- Agnes Deepdale
- Alard of the Plague Ground
- Alf Marlpit
- Algernon Dusk
- Alkali Abe
- Aloysius Tombs
- Alwin the Burier
- Ambrose Lychgate
- Amis of the Chantry Yard
- Amos "Deep Six" Tuttle
- Amos Tulliver
A, continued
- Anders Holebottom
- Angrim Bedrock
- Annis the Bellwoman
- Ansel of the Pest Field
- Apprentice Colm
- Archibald Coffinger
- Arroyo Abner
- Arthur Loamsby
- Asa Nethersole
- Ashen Verger Corvin
- Assunta Fossati
- Astrid Quietanvil
- Attendant Cyrus Lowe
- Aubrey of the Bone House
- Aubrin of the Long Years
- Augusta Mirk
- Augustus Mirkwell
- Auld Eck of the Kirkyard
- Auld Sandy Kirkbride
- Aunt Hester Sodbury
- Aylmer the Last Man Standing
- Azuk Spirit-Path
B: 60 names
- Baas Joost Kuiper
- Back-Row Barney
- Backhoe Benny
- Badkin the Silent
- Baldrek of the Hall of Ancestors
- Balthasar Kuhlmann
- Barbary Gloam
- Barlo Diggins
- Barlow "Cold Ground" Jessup
- Barnabas Yewdale
- Barnaby Earthrow
- Barrow Bob
- Barrow Wheeler
- Barrowkeeper Hale
- Barry A. Lott
- Barry Deepe
- Bartelot the Quiet
- Bartholomew Yardley
- Barundar the Entomber
- Barzillai Stroud
- Bate the Corpse-Road Walker
- Beadle Crumb
- Beadle Hobday
- Beatrix Fallow
- Becchino Tommaso
- Bedeau Firmin Duchêne
- Bedral Tam Ogilvie
- Bedral Wattie Lorimer
- Bell-Rope Bertie
- Bellman Tolley
B, continued
- Bellman Wace
- Belmar Ossuary-Born
- Ben Chalker
- Bent-Back Bram
- Bert Lowfield
- Bertram Tidy
- Bess the Delver
- Big Ray Tolliver
- Bill Backfill
- Bill Stonebury
- Black-Sleeve Bram Tully
- Blink Barker
- Bolga Underhall
- Bonewarden Ilse
- Boot Hill Bill
- Borgil Tombhewer
- Borzag Who Buries the Clan
- Boy Dickon
- Brannoc Farewell
- Brenna Coalshroud
- Brigid Mulroney
- Brokk Stonebarrow
- Brother Clement of the Garth
- Brother Digger Anselm
- Brother Mortis of the Quiet Order
- Bruni Undermound
- Buckboard Buck
- Bunce Deepcellar
- Bundle Bess
- Buzzard Bates
C: 54 names
- Cactus Clyde
- Caelia Lanternbough
- Caleb Mossop
- Caliche Carl
- Candle-End Clem
- Caretaker Grimm
- Caretaker Lowell Vane
- Caretaker Ottoline
- Carter's Lad Kit
- Catacomb Guide Lucan
- Catspaw Cass
- Cemetery Carl
- Charity Blackmere
- Charley Wickham
- Chester "Last Stop" Maddox
- Chief Digger Raikes
- Chief Mourner Blenkinsop
- Churchwarden Bly
- Churchwarden Stokes
- Cinderlamp Pell
- Cissy Dawnwatch
- Clara Penhallow-Stone
- Clarence Solemn
- Clay-Boots Bill
- Clem Dykes
- Clem Sutter of Tombstone Row
- Clete Barlow
C, continued
- Coachman Black Feathers
- Cobbin Rootcellar
- Coffin-Maker Jonas Elm
- Coffin-Maker Wright
- Col Marrow
- Coldhands Carl
- Cole Ground
- Cole of the Pardon Yard
- Constance Ravenhill
- Cornelius Brasshandle
- Cornelius Mournay
- Coroner Aldous Peake
- Coroner Jocasta Reeve
- Coroner Winterbourne
- Corwyn Ashenleaf
- Cottonwood Cobb
- Cousin Lemuel Wormald
- Coyote Cal Rourke
- Creeping Jenny
- Crib Maddock
- Crispin Lanternwick
- Crooked Abe
- Crow-Friend Cal
- Cryptwarden Malloran
- Cuthbert Sallowfield
- Cuthwin of Saint Olave's Yard
- Cyril Boneham
D: 59 names
- Dafydd Pridd
- Dagna Lastvault
- Daisy Undermead
- Dame Edith of the Yews
- Dan Mireland
- Dark-Lantern Dick
- Davin Elderbloom
- Davy Peat
- Daw the Delver
- Dawn-Shift Dai
- Dead Man's Gulch Dan
- Deathwatch Porter Crane
- Declan Mulroney
- Dee Pitt
- Deep Dan
- Delphine Sorrow
- Denholm Sable
- Deputy Digger Dell
- Desmond Crape the Younger
- Dickon Dykeman
- Digby Hole
- Diggory Marl
- Diggory's Son Daniel Marl
- Dim-Lamp Davey Trask
- Director Harlan Quiet
- Ditchwater Dunn
- Dob Hillock
- Doc Hollowell the Coroner
- Doctor's Friend Finch
D, continued
- Dodger Dunleavy
- Dogwood Dex
- Dolgrin Nethershaft
- Don Fermín del Hoyo
- Doodgraver Cornelis
- Doornail Dave
- Dorcas Greenyard
- Dorian Yewshadow
- Dorthe Marblebraid
- Doug Downey
- Doug Itmyself
- Doug Wells
- Dougal Yirdman
- Dr. Lazarus Moone
- Dragomir the Gropar
- Drogo the Night Bearer
- Dromund Namecarver
- Drub Slowshovel
- Drusilla Hemlock
- Dry Creek Dobie
- Dry Well Wes
- Dunning of God's Acre
- Dunstan Yewhedge
- Durgan Cairnhand
- Durz Quiet-Tusk
- Dustin Graves
- Dusty Dobbs
- Dusty McGraw
- Dutch Vogel
- Dwalda Mournpick
E: 34 names
- Earl E. Shift
- Earthworm Earl
- Ebenezer Quillfeather
- Eberk Keystone
- Edda Hodrik's Daughter
- Edmund Cinderford
- Edwy the Tireless
- Eidra Oathslab
- Elder Crowhurst
- Eli Churchward
- Elias Wormald
- Elmer Tobin of Boot Hill
- Elowen Vesperlane
- Elric Mouldwright
- Elspeth Kirkyard
- Embalmer Fitch
- Embalmer Hollis Crane
- Embalmer Odette Lavelle
- Emeric Yardward
- Enoch Sodbury Junior
- Enoch Tallowby
- Enos Briar
- Ephraim Dimsdale
- Erasmus Pallister
- Ern Ivybridge
- Ethelinda Poole
- Eudo Deepdelver
- Eudora Lowfield
- Euphemia Slate
- Eusebio Piedra
- Eustace Blackplume
- Eustace Harlan
- Ezekiel Sodbury
- Ezra Coldwater
F: 23 names
- Faelan Two-Worlds
- Fargrim Lorecarver
- Fenja Understone
- Fenn the Younger
- Fennick Loamheaver
- Ferdi Longburrow
- Fergus Graeme
- Fingers Fenwick
- Firmin atte Crosse
- First-Frost Fergus
- Fitzwilliam Crape
- Flatrock Finley
- Flint Markham
- Florence Clodpole
- Fog-Lamp Fred
- Foreman Dutch Riley
- Fossoyeur Bastien
- Four-Corners Fitch
- Frank Rookwood
- Fred Kneebone
- Frostbit Finn
- Fulk Lanternbearer
- Funeral Furnisher Ponsonby
G: 55 names
- Gabe Downland
- Gaetano Terranova
- Gaffer Toombs
- Gaffer Wold
- Galen Halfwood
- Gamaliel Drury
- Gaspard Lafosse
- Gatekeeper Ansel
- Gatekeeper Purdy
- George Longbarrow
- Gerald Graveney-Smythe
- Gerrit Aardema
- Gervase Pitwarden
- Gholuk Stonepiler
- Gib the Sexton's Man
- Gideon Marrowby
- Giles Flint
- Gilmyn of the Ossuary
- Gimra Ashenbraid
- Godwin Clayfoot
- Goodman Ashby of the Lower Yard
- Goodman Bates
- Goodman Earthy
- Goodman Hale
- Goodman Pettigrew
- Goodman Sorrel
- Goodman Thrupp
G, continued
- Goodman Wick
- Goodwife Tansley
- Goody Thornapple
- Gorm Slatehand
- Gottlieb Grabner
- Grabarz Bogumił
- Grandfather Tulliver
- Granfer Leach
- Granfer Yeo
- Granny Spadework
- Gravekeeper Hesper of the Ninth Bell
- Gravekeeper Isolde Varn
- Gravekeeper Morrow
- Gravekeeper Ulric
- Gravel Gus Whitaker
- Gravetender Oswyn
- Greasy Gate Giles
- Grenna Hearthcairn
- Grey Gil
- Griselda Hallowes
- Ground-Reeve Alder
- Ground-Reeve Osric
- Groundskeeper Dale Hutchins
- Grundi Tombwarden
- Gulch Gallagher
- Gundar Memory-Keeper
- Guy the Ditcher
- Gwilym Carreg
H: 55 names
- Hal Lowground
- Hal Quarrington
- Half-Day Hank
- Half-Dollar Hal
- Half-Pint Hodge
- Hamish Mools
- Hamlin Bonegatherer
- Hamo Graveman
- Hankin the Lime-Strewer
- Harbek Chiselhand
- Hardpan Hank
- Harold Moleson
- Harry Cobbleton
- Hartley Loamwick
- Havrik Sealwright
- Hawkin Limeburner
- Head Groundsman Tuck
- Hearse-Driver Hobbs
- Hearse-Driver Old Kettering
- Helga Barrowbraid
- Hepzibah Thorne
- Herb Nettlebed
- Hermann Kirchhofer
- Hervey of the Minster Garth
- Hester Loam
- Hezekiah Ravenscroft
- Hezzy Strawn
H, continued
- Hick Spadeworth
- Hieronymus Schaufler
- High Noon Hollis
- Hilda Deepdelve
- Him Who Tucks the Town In
- Hjalmar Slabshoulder
- Hob Barrow
- Hob Barrow's Boy
- Hob of the Lychgate
- Hob Turfwhistle
- Hobkin Halfshroud
- Hobnail Harris
- Hodge Sedgemoor
- Hogni Lamp-of-the-Deep
- Holgar Deepmourner
- Hollow-Eyed Hendry
- Honoré Delaterre
- Honoria Vault
- Hooded Hal Vickers
- Horatio Bleakley
- Hrodi Coldhearth
- Hruk Mournfist
- Hubert Mourning
- Hugh atte Churchyard
- Hulda Greybasalt
- Humming Hector
- Humphrey Sorrowgate
- Hush-Now Harry
I: 12 names
- Ignatius Vesper
- Ignaz Tiefenbach
- Ilmari Hautala
- Ilsabet Thornveil
- Ingram atte Tombe
- Iolo of the Llan
- Ione Twilight-Born
- Isaac Bracken
- Isaac Loam the Third
- Isadora Nightshade
- Isaiah Cornerstone
- Iselin Runebarrow
J: 28 names
- Jabez Sexby
- Jack Moonspade
- Jack Mouldiwarp
- Jacob Tilth
- Jacob Yewdale the Elder
- Jankin Delver
- Japheth Clay
- Jasper Quade
- Jasper Underhay
- Jedediah Stroh
- Jem Yewtree
- Jemima Clay
- Jemmy Crowbar
- Jeremiah Blackloam
- Jessamy Dusk
- Jethro Cairnes
- Jim Wormley
- Jocelin Gravereeve
- Joe Turfmoor
- Joiner Seth Plank
- Jonas Ashgrave
- Jordan the Bellringer
- Josh Diggle
- Josiah Thurible
- Joss Gravel
- Jubal Thorn
- Jud Tumulus
- Judith Marrowby
K: 22 names
- Kaspar Erdmann
- Kazrik Gravelbeard
- Keeper Dray
- Keeper Fenn
- Keeper Harrow of the East Rows
- Keeper Lodge
- Kestrel Silvermoss
- Ketel the Mound-Raiser
- Ketilda Cairnkeeper
- Keziah Stonehouse
- Kildra Epitaph-Chisel
- Kip the Barrow Boy
- Kit Slateman
- Kitty Quicklime
- Knock-Twice Ken
- Kolbek Niche-Cutter
- Koster Willem van Dijk
- Kragga Earth-Biter
- Kragni Thanestomb
- Kurdan Fellfield
- Küster Lorenz Vogt
- Kuzma Lopatin
L: 45 names
- Lad Jory
- Lagakh Ash-Carrier
- Lambert the Fossor
- Lamp-Oil Leo
- Lantern Jack
- Lanternkeeper Vey
- Last-Call Larry
- Latchkey Lou
- Lavinia Shroudley
- Layer-Out Nan Drabble
- Lazarus Dankworth
- Leah Stillwell
- Lean Luther
- Leander Pruitt
- Lefwin the Bedesman
- Lemuel Crabtree
- Lemuel Knoll
- Len Rootham
- Leopold Weeds
- Leoric Fadingstar
- Les Diggins
- Lettice Bonham
L, continued
- Level-Best Lester
- Lichen Len
- Liesel Erdmann
- Lightfoot Lenny
- Lily Toadflax
- Linton Furze
- Linus Withers
- Lionel Wreath
- Lirien Graywatch
- Little Wat Clay
- Lob Greenhalgh
- Lon Hatfield of the Hill
- Lonesome Lew Tackett
- Long Shadow Lou
- Lonnie Briggs
- Lookout Lottie
- Lou Sturf
- Low Tide Tim
- Low-Wall Lowry
- Lowell Down
- Lucius Greywether
- Luke Mossman
- Lychwarden Edric
M: 75 names
- Mabel Trench
- Maelis Stillbrook
- Magni Crypthammer
- Malachi Furrow
- Malachy Quirke
- Manny Plotz
- Marda Graniteveil
- Marigold Softspade
- Marjorie Vance-Kell
- Marker Mack
- Martha Coldbrook
- Mason Lapidge
- Master Digger Poll
- Master Digger Renshaw
- Master of the Rows
- Master Trench
- Matheu le Fossour
- Matthew Spade's Brother
- Matthias Deepdene
- Mátyás Sírásó
- Maud Churchgate
- Measuring Mike
- Meister Anselm Gruber
- Mercy Tallowfield
- Mère Clothilde Lafosse
- Merrit Tuckmound
- Mesquite Mose
- Micah Stillwater
- Midnight Moses
- Mikkel Kirkegaard
- Millicent Holloway
- Milo Deepfurrow
- Minnie Moleson
- Mirelle Hollowoak
- Miss Evangeline Crape
- Moe Soil
- Mogdush the Mound-Raiser
M, continued
- Mole
- Molly Lantern
- Montague Cribbins
- Moonless Mick
- Mordecai Spade
- Morgha Bone-Singer
- Morgran Deepvault
- Mort Pebbleworth
- Mortician Desmond Hale
- Mortician Edith Marlowe
- Mortician Lucille Greer
- Mortician Vance Holloway
- Mortician Wendell Ames
- Mortimer Lilywhite
- Mossy Mick
- Mother Rookwood
- Mother Sexton
- Mournwarden Sable Ires
- Mr. Ambrose Plume
- Mr. Erasmus Crape
- Mr. Graves-Whitby
- Mr. Josiah Velvet
- Mr. Linus Blackwell
- Mr. Octavian Hush
- Mr. Okafor of the Parks Department
- Mr. Pallbury
- Mr. Sable
- Mr. Thaddeus Pine
- Mrs. Araminta Sable
- Mrs. Constance Pallett
- Mrs. Lacewing
- Mrs. Tidewell the Layer-Out
- Muddy Pete
- Muffled Mags
- Mule Skinner Mott
- Murbol Deepscoop
- Mute Marcus
- Mute Pettifer
N: 24 names
- Nan Cobblestone
- Nargol Barrowback
- Narrow Ned
- Nat Cleft
- Nathaniel Gloam
- Ned Clay
- Ned the Sack
- Nehemiah Bellchamber
- Neriah Lastlight
- Nessa Dustvault
- Nettie Yew
- Nettles
- Never-Late Nate
- Never-Seen Nell
- New Boy Ned Pither
- Nicol the Cartman
- Night Warden Skerry
- Night-Shift Norm
- Nimble Nat Sykes
- Nine-Rows Nick
- Noah Silt
- Noll of the Red Cross Door
- Nonno Carmelo the Becchino
- Nugget Nolan
O: 45 names
- Obadiah Crowhurst
- Obie Crenshaw
- Octavius Moldwarp
- Odo Smallbarrow
- Odo the Bearer
- Odrik Lanternhelm
- Ol' Pap Fenster
- Old Barnabus of the Yews
- Old Beppe Fossati
- Old Casimiro the Enterrador
- Old Corwin
- Old Dunnock
- Old Emrys Bedd
- Old Father Trowel
- Old Gregory Stile
- Old Grimshaw's Nephew
- Old Halvard Gravdal
- Old Jephson
- Old Josiah Sexby
- Old Kazimierz Kopacz
- Old Man Tarrow
- Old Master Higgs
O, continued
- Old Maturin the Fossoyeur
- Old Mother Wintle
- Old Mr. Haddad
- Old Padraig of the Reilig
- Old Peg Barrow
- Old Sal Earthy
- Old Seward
- Old Vasile
- Old Wenzel of the Friedhof
- Old Wintle
- Olgrim Dolmenfoot
- One-Lamp Owen
- Ormund Hallwarden
- Orrin Mudge
- Orsik Cryptmason
- Orville Dunphy
- Osbert the Grey Bearer
- Oshgana Greyhands
- Ossuarian Thane Merrow
- Oswin Gritstone
- Ottavio Della Pietra
- Ottilie Mourne
- Ozias Greaves
P: 41 names
- Paige Turner-Soil
- Pale Joram
- Pallbearer Quince
- Pallbearer Tom Stout
- Pansy Hearthmound
- Pappy Lund
- Parish Clerk Venn
- Parish Digger Noakes
- Patience Sodbury
- Patient Paul
- Paydirt Pruett
- Penn Darkmould
- Perce Hedgerow
- Percival Slatemoor
- Père Anatole
- Perkin Turfcutter
- Perrin Lowdoor
- Peter Yewstock
- Peterkin Shroudbearer
- Phil Itin
P, continued
- Philippa Graveney
- Phineas Coldharbour
- Pick-and-Pan Purvis
- Piers atte Yew
- Piers Lichenfield
- Pine-Box Parker
- Pinyon Pike
- Pip Underbough
- Planter Pete Mulroy
- Plumb-Line Phil
- Pocket-Watch Percy
- Pony-Cart Pat
- Posy Quietbanks
- Pottle Thimblewood
- Preacher's Helper Hiram
- Prentice Ambrose Pye
- Prentice Rosie Finch
- Prentice Will Gudgeon
- Primrose Churchmouse
- Prosper Oakenlid
- Prudence Crowe
Q: 2 names
- Quiet Amos
- Quiet Boots Quigley
R: 40 names
- Radbek Stonesleep
- Ragni Ancestor's Lamp
- Raincoat Roy
- Ralf Earthman
- Ralph Yewbarrow
- Ratch the Fence
- Rattlebone Ray
- Raw Lad Rafferty
- Rawhide Rube
- Rebekah Longacre
- Red Dirt Reese
- Reg Thistlewood
- Reginald Hearseley
- Reliable Reuben
- Remedios del Hoyo
- Reuben Halfpenny
- Rex Tinpeace
- Reynold Pestman
- Rhoda Shovel
- Rhys Mournleaf
- Rob Shale
- Robin Litchway
- Rocco Campanaro
- Roger Tollbell
- Rolf Barrowman
- Rollo Hillkeep
- Rook Tanner
- Root-Cutter Rafe
- Rosamund Yewlett
- Round-Shoulders Ralph
- Rowley Stubbs
- Rufe Haskell
- Rufus Blackthorn
- Rulga Tusk-and-Trowel
- Runa Silentforge
- Ruprecht Steinmetz
- Rurik Gravehollow
- Rusty Spade
- Ruth Sexby
- Ruth Underwick
S: 79 names
- Sackcloth Sal
- Saer atte Grove
- Sagebrush Sol
- Sam Stonelow
- Saturnino Campos
- Scratch Hobbins
- Seamus Clay O'Rourke
- Selina Graves-Hart
- Septimus Nightingale
- Sepulturero Anselmo
- Seth Greensward
- Seven-Bells Seb
- Sewal of the Lower Pit
- Sexton Aldwin Pike
- Sexton Bellweather
- Sexton Crowe
- Sexton Dunmore
- Sexton Ellery Voss
- Sexton Greaves the Elder
- Sexton Hallam of the North Gate
- Sexton Jonah Wend
- Sexton Marsh
- Sexton Morrow
- Sexton Pennyfather
- Sexton Thorpe
- Sexton's Daughter Lil
- Sextoness Abigail Wren
- Shanks Malloy
- Shelley Diggs
- Shiver Shaw
- Shovel Jim Rudd
- Shovel-for-Hire Hugh
- Shulbag Pitmaker
- Sid Ditchfield
- Sigrun Vaultwarden
- Silas Mould
- Silver Lode Silas
- Silvestro Malinconico
- Simeon Hearse
S, continued
- Simkin atte Stile
- Simon Coldsoil
- Sister Perpetua of the Garth
- Sister Vesper of the Last Lamp
- Six-Foot Sam
- Skaldi Urnkeeper
- Slim Varney
- Slow Walter
- Sly Sexton Skeggs
- Small Hours Sim
- Snagrat Last-Rites
- Snuffed Candle Sam
- Sod-Turner Sy
- Soft-Paw Pascoe
- Soft-Step Simon
- Soft-Wheels Wilkie
- Solomon Gravenor
- Sorrel Nightjar
- Sorry Simkins
- Spry Spratt
- Square-Corners Cuthbert
- Stace the Searcher's Lad
- Stan Underwood
- Stary Maciej
- Stigand Earthwarden
- Stigr Halfpick
- Stone-Still Stan
- Stonecutter Amos Gray
- Stooped Stephen
- Storn Gatecrypt
- Stovepipe Stokes
- Sukey Turfe
- Sunday Saul
- Sundown Sully
- Superintendent Agnew
- Sven Jordgren
- Sveni Ancestorward
- Swift Sukie
- Sylvester Pallister
- Sylvi Halfmoon Thorne
T: 126 names
- Tabitha Lych
- Tadhg Fodmoor
- Tallgrass Tom Yancey
- Tallow Tom
- Tam Cairnside
- Tamsin Evenfall
- Tansy Mossfoot
- Tarpaulin Tess
- Tea-Flask Ted
- Ted Clayborne
- Temperance Mould
- Thad Rowanbeck
- Thaddeus "Tad" Kimbrough
- Thaddeus Grimshaw
- Thawing Thom
- The Acre's Steward
- The Bedmaker
- The Bell's Second Voice
- The Borrowed Time Collector
- The Borrower
- The Careful Stranger
- The Churchyard Philosopher
- The Clod Prophet
- The Closer of Accounts
- The Counter of Stones
- The Dawn Leveler
- The Dusk Clerk
- The Earth's Clerk
- The Evening Caller
- The Fellow in the Fog
- The Ferryman's Cousin
T, continued
- The Final Friend
- The Friend of Crows
- The Frost Breaker
- The Gentle Excavator
- The Grey Gardener
- The Half-Seen
- The Hat in Hand
- The Hatless Stranger
- The Hill's Only Citizen
- The Hollow Road Hermit
- The Humble Doorman
- The Keeper of Row Nine
- The Kindly Shade
- The Lamplighter of the Rows
- The Lantern at the Far End
- The Last Appointment
- The Last Neighbor
- The Last Tailor
- The Leaning Figure
- The Loam Friar
- The Long Sleep's Porter
- The Lych-Gate Shadow
- The Man at the Gate
- The Man with the Measuring Rod
- The Marrow Lane Recluse
- The Midnight Clerk
- The Mole of St. Agnes
- The Mossback
- The Muddy Saint
- The Mute at the Door
- The Night Gardener
- The Night-Shift Hand
T, continued
- The Old Hand
- The One Nobody Thanks
- The One Who Stays Late
- The Parish Mole
- The Patient One
- The Rain-Coated Figure
- The Reader of Names
- The Root-Wise Elder
- The Seventh Bearer
- The Shepherd of Stones
- The Shut-Eye Chamberlain
- The Sixth-Day Laborer
- The Sleepers' Concierge
- The Soil's Accountant
- The Stillness Keeper
- The Tenants' Agent
- The Tender of the Low Garden
- The Tidy One
- The Town's Longest Memory
- The Turner of Turf
- The Underground Landlord
- The Usher of the Hill
- The Verge-Walker
- The Watcher by the Wall
- The Winter Planter
- The Yew-Shade Man
- Theodore Stillman
- Théophile Lapierre
- Thessaly Wakefield
- Third-Hand Theo
- Thokk the Gentle
T, continued
- Thomasin Pitt
- Thorek Runecutter
- Thorga Ember-in-Stone
- Three-Shovel Ned
- Thrumli Dustbeard
- Thurkel the Unafraid
- Thurstan Mallow
- Thyra Ironshroud
- Tibb of the Charnel Garth
- Tiberius Holloway
- Tío Braulio
- Tobe the Lookout
- Tobias Lychgate the Last
- Tobias Shroudley
- Tobit Leadbetter
- Tobyn of the Dead Cart
- Tolly Churchstile
- Tom Loam
- Tombwarden Castellan
- Topher Soil
- Torbek Ninth-Level
- Torsten Graver
- Torvald Barrowdelve
- Tostig Howedigger
- Totengräber Jakob
- Totengräber Veit Moser
- Trundle Tom
- Tuck Underhill
- Tumbleweed Tobe
- Tuppence
- Two-Coat Tobias
- Two-Guinea Gabe
U: 14 names
- Ugrash Honors-the-Fallen
- Ulfgar Longsleep
- Underkeeper Dabbs
- Undertaker Dove
- Undertaker Horace Blackett
- Undertaker Josephus Varnish
- Undertaker Pym
- Undertaker Quill
- Undertaker Sombre of Mill Lane
- Unlatched Una
- Upholder Jeremiah Baize
- Uriah Pitchford
- Ursula Bleak
- Urzoga Bone-Tender
V: 12 names
- Varek Lowgallery
- Varis Greenbarrow
- Varzog Pyre-Tender
- Vaultkeeper Dross
- Verger Lightfoot
- Verger Oakley
- Verger Pym
- Verity Ashdown
- Vernon Ebonwood
- Vigdis Cairnsong
- Virgil Pettibone
- Vondal Sealstone
W: 34 names
- Wagon-Rut Wiley
- Walt Deepditch
- Walter atte Hallows
- Warden Oakes
- Warden of the Yard
- Warden Sallow of the Old Ground
- Warden Tibbs
- Warin the Layer-Out
- Wat Sandiford
- Wat the Pitman
- Weathervane Vern
- Welby Burrowes
- Wendell "Two Planks" Hobbs
- Wet-Weather Will
- Wheelbarrow Wyn
- Whiskey Row Walt
- Whisper Whitlow
- Whistling Joe
- Widow Marl
- Widow Okeby
- Widow Tarrow of the East Rows
- Wilf Clodd
- Wilfred Mortlake
- Wilkin atte Beck
- Will Turfitt
- Winifred Mossgrove
- Winston Elmwood
- Wojciech Kopacz the Younger
- Wraithfriend Wicke
- Wreath-Maker Flora Dunn
- Wren the Runner
- Wrong-Row Roddy
- Wulfric Sodcutter
- Wymond of the Long Pit
Y: 10 names
- Yardkeeper Brandt
- Yardkeeper Holt
- Yardkeeper Mullins
- Yazgra Cairn-Mother
- Yew-Shade Hugh
- Yngva Stillhammer
- Young Amos Tulliver
- Young Tam Loam
- Ysmay Quietglade
- Ysolde Flintbarrow