Greyhawk Name Generator

Greyhawk names work best when you know which of the Flanaess's human peoples a character comes from. Oeridians, the founders of the Great Kingdom, Furyondy and Nyrond, carry clipped Germanic-sounding names and surnames that often double as noble houses (Ivid Naelax, Belvor, Jallarzi Sallavarian, the Cranden and Garasteth lines). The Suel of Keoland, the Scarlet Brotherhood and the northern barbarian kingdoms prefer Latin-flavored forms such as Slerotin, Kevelli Mauk, Korenth Zan and Sevvord Redbeard, with house names like Neheli, Rhola and Linth. Flan names, native to Oerth and strongest in Tenh, Geoff and the Rovers of the Barrens, are softer and often Celtic in feel, sometimes with a descriptive epithet like Durishi Great Hound. Baklunish names from Ket, Ekbir, Tusmit and Zeif draw on Persian and Arabic sounds: Xargun, Muammar Qharan, Beygraf Zoltan.

The setting's most famous names belong to Gary Gygax's original campaign: Mordenkainen, Bigby, Tenser, Otiluke, Rary and the rest of the Circle of Eight, plus villains like Iuz, Iggwilv, Vecna and Acererak. Many are player names spelled backwards or tweaked, which is why Drawmij sounds the way it does.

This generator mixes canon figures and places with original names built on each culture's conventions, so you can drop a new Nyrondese knight, Ketite merchant or Scarlet Brother into a game without breaking the feel of Oerth.