High Elf Name Generator

High elves are the oldest, proudest and most refined of the elven peoples, and their names show it. Whether you are looking at Tolkien's Noldor and Vanyar, the Asur of Ulthuan, D&D's sun and moon elves, the Altmer of Summerset or the Quel'dorei of Silvermoon, the same sounds recur: long open vowels, liquid consonants (l, r, n, th), and soft endings like -iel, -ion, -wen, -dil and -thir. Harsh clusters and short blunt syllables are rare; a high elf name should feel like it was sung before it was spoken.

Structure varies by setting. Tolkien's elves usually carry a single meaningful name (Glorfindel, Idril, Celebrimbor) with an epithet or house (Ecthelion of the Fountain). Warhammer high elves take a given name plus a title earned in war or study (Teclis, Loremaster of Hoeth). D&D and Warcraft elves use family names that translate into Common, so Amastacia, Galanodel and Sunstrider become Starflower, Moonwhisper and a dynastic house. Altmer names tend to be three or four syllables with a -mo, -nwe or -il ending and no surname at all.

This generator mixes canonical figures from those worlds with original names that follow the same phonology, and includes stand-alone house names so you can combine a given name with a lineage of your own.