Harpy Name Generator

Harpies come from Greek mythology, and so do the best harpy names. The originals were storm spirits — daughters of Thaumas and the Oceanid Electra — and their names describe wind and speed: Aello ("storm-swift"), Ocypete ("swift-wing"), Celaeno ("the dark one"), Podarge ("fleet-foot") and Nicothoe ("swift-victory"). Later writers turned them into the foul, clawed bird-women who tormented King Phineus and were driven off by the Argonauts to the Strophades islands. A convincing harpy name therefore sounds Greek and feminine, and usually points to wind, storm, darkness, hunger, snatching or shrieking.

That gives you a simple recipe. Take a Greek root — thyella (storm), zophos (gloom), kataigis (squall), harpazo (to snatch), krauge (shriek), onyx (talon), pteryx (wing), bronte (thunder), astrape (lightning) — and give it a feminine ending such as -a, -e, -is, -ia or -ine. Thyellis, Zophira, Kataigis, Harpaxa, Kraugia, Onyche, Pterine, Brontia and Astrape all follow this pattern and sit comfortably alongside the canonical five. Names of related monsters (the Furies, the Gorgons, the Sirens) fit as well, since ancient sources frequently blurred the lines between them.

For D&D, Pathfinder and darker fantasy, harpies are often given a flock title (Roost-Mother, Talon-Queen, Wind-Sister) or a Common-tongue epithet like Ripwing or Gallowsfeather. This list covers all three styles so you can name a single monster, an entire flock or a tragic winged heroine.