Holy Book Name Generator

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Generate holy book names for the religions in your world: books, tablets, scrolls, gospels, psalters, sutras, canticles and single-word canons with the weight of real scripture. Built for fantasy novels, tabletop campaigns and worldbuilding projects.

About holy book names

Real scriptures are named in only a few ways, and fictional holy books feel authentic when they copy the pattern. Many are simply a proper noun that means something in the founding language: Torah (teaching), Quran (recitation), Avesta, Vedas (knowledge), Tripitaka (three baskets). Others name the form of the text, such as the Book of the Dead, the Analects, the Psalms, the Sutras, the Tablets of Destiny, or the Gospel according to someone. A third group is named for a prophet, a place, or the moment of revelation. Long compound titles suggest an organised church with scribes; a bare word like the Kethal suggests an ancient, oral faith whose name predates writing.

The names here cover all three. You will find Book, Scroll, Tablet and Codex titles for the physical object; Gospel, Testament, Revelation and Psalter for texts tied to a messenger or a moment; Sutra, Canticle, Litany and Hymnal for devotional or recited works; Sayings and Teachings of a named figure; and one-word canons with invented etymologies. Mix the registers inside a single religion. A faith with the Tablets of Ashur-Tal as its law, the Canticles of the Third Moon as its liturgy and the Sayings of the Hooded Teacher as later commentary immediately feels like it has a history.

How to choose holy book names

  • Match the format to the medium your culture writes on: tablets for bronze-age faiths, scrolls for desert and classical ones, books and codices for anything with a priesthood and parchment.
  • Give every major religion more than one text, using different title styles: a law book, a hymn collection and a later commentary make a faith feel old.
  • Name at least one text after a place or event (Revelations at Kessar Rock, Words Spoken on the Ice) so the scripture is anchored in your world's geography and history.
  • Keep one-word titles short and pronounceable (the Kethal, the Vaskari); players and readers will use them constantly, and a long invented word will get shortened anyway.
  • Avoid titles that directly echo real scriptures unless the parallel is deliberate; a fictional 'Book of Revelation' reads as a placeholder rather than a creation.

Frequently asked questions

How are real holy books named?

Usually by a word for what the text is (teaching, recitation, knowledge, sayings), by the form it takes (book, scroll, tablets, sutra, psalms, gospel), or by a founder, compiler or place. Many titles were given later by outsiders or translators, which is why a religion can have a sacred name for its text and a common name that everyone else uses.

What is the difference between a gospel, a testament, a sutra and a canticle?

In this generator, Gospel and Testament imply a text carrying the message of a single messenger or covenant; Revelation implies something disclosed at a specific place or moment; Sutra is a concise teaching meant to be memorised; Canticle, Hymnal, Psalter and Litany are sung or recited devotional collections. Use the form to signal how the faith relates to the text.

Can I use these names for a D&D or Pathfinder campaign?

Yes. They work as the scriptures of a cleric's or paladin's church, as plot-critical artifacts, or as the book a villainous cult quotes from. Pair a title with a deity from the related god and deity generators and a few named prophets to build a complete religion quickly.

Are any of these the names of real religious texts?

No. The titles are invented, though they borrow the naming habits of real scriptures so they feel plausible. If you are writing about a real faith, use its actual texts and treat these as fictional counterparts only.

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B: 43 names

  • Book of Sacred Measures
  • Book of Smoke and Incense
  • Book of the Bell and the Bowl
  • Book of the Blessed Orchard
  • Book of the Blue Dawn
  • Book of the Burning Well
  • Book of the Crimson Dawn
  • Book of the Everburning Cedar
  • Book of the Faithful Dog
  • Book of the Faithful Ox
  • Book of the Firstborn Light
  • Book of the Golden Plow
  • Book of the Guarded Well
  • Book of the Hidden Ford

B, continued

  • Book of the Honest Scale
  • Book of the Last Lamb
  • Book of the Laughing Prophet
  • Book of the Listening Stone
  • Book of the Long Night
  • Book of the Ninety-Nine Doors
  • Book of the Open Gate
  • Book of the Penitent Road
  • Book of the Quiet Hour
  • Book of the Saltwater Saints
  • Book of the Seven Stars
  • Book of the Shuttered Lamp
  • Book of the Silent Choir
  • Book of the Singing Reeds

B, continued

  • Book of the Ten Thousand Names
  • Book of the Turning Year
  • Book of the Unbroken Ring
  • Book of the Unclouded Mind
  • Book of the Unending Day
  • Book of the Unfailing Lamp
  • Book of the Unfinished Temple
  • Book of the Unsleeping Eye
  • Book of the Wandering Light
  • Book of the Wandering Saint
  • Book of the Watcher in the Reeds
  • Book of the Wheat Crown
  • Book of the Wheel and Wick
  • Book of the Wine-Dark Sea
  • Book of the Wise Fool

C: 25 names

  • Canticle of Seven Sorrows
  • Canticle of the Beekeepers
  • Canticle of the Grey Mother
  • Canticle of the Morning Mist
  • Canticle of the Peacemakers
  • Canticle of the Road Home
  • Canticle of the Turning Tide
  • Canticle of the Unseen Shore
  • Canticle of the Wounded Healer
  • Canticles of Mourning and Morning
  • Canticles of the Ash Grove
  • Canticles of the Crossing

C, continued

  • Canticles of the Deep Wood
  • Canticles of the Harvest Moon
  • Canticles of the Hidden Spring
  • Canticles of the Last Snow
  • Canticles of the Lower Sea
  • Canticles of the Salt Mother
  • Canticles of the Silver Bell
  • Canticles of the Third Moon
  • Codex Lunaris
  • Codex of the Living Flame
  • Codex of the Seventh Dawn
  • Codex of the Still Water
  • Codex Solaris

G: 8 names

  • Gospel of the Broken Bread
  • Gospel of the Kindled Heart
  • Gospel of the Lantern Bearer
  • Gospel of the Nine Lepers
  • Gospel of the Open Hand
  • Gospel of the Orchard Tomb
  • Gospel of the Planted Seed
  • Gospel of the Quiet Water

H: 19 names

  • Hymnal of the Ashen Choir
  • Hymnal of the Dawn Watch
  • Hymnal of the Grieving Bells
  • Hymnal of the Last Harvest
  • Hymnal of the Northern Lights
  • Hymnal of the Seven Hills
  • Hymnal of the Sunken Isles
  • Hymnal of the Twelve Springs
  • Hymnal of the Whispering Pines

H, continued

  • Hymns of the Beacon Isles
  • Hymns of the Copper Choir
  • Hymns of the Red Dunes
  • Hymns of the Reed Sea
  • Hymns of the River Wardens
  • Hymns of the Threshold Keepers
  • Hymns of the Wandering Tribes
  • Hymns to the Bright Ferryman
  • Hymns to the Dawn Mother
  • Hymns to the Hearth-Keeper

L: 18 names

  • Liber Aurorae
  • Liber Misericordiae
  • Litanies of the Burning Coast
  • Litanies of the Drowned Monastery
  • Litanies of the Dry Season
  • Litanies of the Lantern Road
  • Litanies of the Mountain Watch
  • Litanies of the Pale Garden
  • Litanies of the Sand Pilgrims

L, continued

  • Litanies of the White Road
  • Litany of Hearth and Home
  • Litany of the Faithful Hound
  • Litany of the Hundred Candles
  • Litany of the Lighthouse Keepers
  • Litany of the Nameless Martyrs
  • Litany of the Open Sea
  • Litany of the Seventy Saints
  • Litany of the Starved Saints

P: 20 names

  • Proverbs of the Blind Weaver
  • Proverbs of the Salt Road
  • Psalms for the Long Road
  • Psalms of the Caravan
  • Psalms of the Cedar Hall
  • Psalms of the Drowning Coast
  • Psalms of the Forgotten Well
  • Psalms of the Glassblowers
  • Psalms of the Hollow Hills
  • Psalms of the Iron Road

P, continued

  • Psalms of the Lighthouse
  • Psalms of the Locked Garden
  • Psalms of the Lonely Tower
  • Psalms of the Lowlands
  • Psalms of the Mill Wheel
  • Psalms of the Sea Wardens
  • Psalms of the Shepherd Queen
  • Psalms of the Snowfields
  • Psalms of the Unburdened
  • Psalms of the Wandering Flock

R: 16 names

  • Revelation of the Cup
  • Revelation of the Garden Gate
  • Revelation of the Hermit Talos
  • Revelation of the Iron Gate
  • Revelation of the Moth
  • Revelation of the Seventh Bell
  • Revelation of the Tall Grass
  • Revelation of the Three Lamps

R, continued

  • Revelations at Kessar Rock
  • Revelations of the Blindfolded Child
  • Revelations of the Cave at Sorn
  • Revelations of the Drowned Seer
  • Revelations of the Hermit of Dunmar
  • Revelations of the Sleeping Prophetess
  • Revelations of the Summer Saint
  • Revelations of the Tin Lantern

S: 77 names

  • Sayings of the Bronze Abbess
  • Sayings of the Chained Saint
  • Sayings of the Ferry Saint
  • Sayings of the Harbor Saint
  • Sayings of the Hooded Teacher
  • Sayings of the Lake Prophet
  • Sayings of the Ninth Abbot
  • Sayings of the Old Ferryman
  • Sayings of the Prophet Nessa
  • Sayings of the Prophet Ulric
  • Sayings of the River Mother
  • Sayings of the Salt Hermit

S, continued

  • Sayings of the Tin Prophet
  • Sayings of the Wandering Monk
  • Sayings of the Weaver Saint
  • Sayings of the Well-Keeper
  • Scroll of Endless Rain
  • Scroll of the Burning Wheel
  • Scroll of the Cloud Mother
  • Scroll of the Dawn Pilgrims
  • Scroll of the Deep Forest
  • Scroll of the Dying Lamp
  • Scroll of the Final Snow
  • Scroll of the First Dawn
  • Scroll of the Gentle Flood

S, continued

  • Scroll of the Gentle Thunder
  • Scroll of the Hundred Hearths
  • Scroll of the Kindly Judge
  • Scroll of the Lost Ten
  • Scroll of the Mended Net
  • Scroll of the Seventh Prophet
  • Scroll of the Thirteenth Hour
  • Scroll of the Unbowed Tree
  • Scroll of the Unheard Prayer
  • Scroll of the Unyielding Root
  • Scroll of the Waking Child
  • Scroll of the Walking Mountain
  • Scrolls of Nine Lamentations

S, continued

  • Scrolls of the Amber Road
  • Scrolls of the Autumn Court
  • Scrolls of the Cedar Temple
  • Scrolls of the Dust Prophets
  • Scrolls of the Far Shore
  • Scrolls of the Grey Monks
  • Scrolls of the High Pass
  • Scrolls of the Sand Temple
  • Scrolls of the Seventh Gate
  • Scrolls of the Sleepless Order
  • Scrolls of the Stone Choir
  • Scrolls of the Thirteen Wells
  • Scrolls of the White Oxen

S, continued

  • Scrolls of Ur-Kaddim
  • Sutra of the Boundless Field
  • Sutra of the Crescent Shore
  • Sutra of the Falling Leaf
  • Sutra of the Lotus Gate
  • Sutra of the Open Palm
  • Sutra of the Opened Eye
  • Sutra of the Quiet Mountain
  • Sutra of the Seventh Step
  • Sutra of the Shattered Bowl
  • Sutra of the Thousand Petals
  • Sutra of the Wind Bell
  • Sutra of the Winter Crane

S, continued

  • Sutras of the Bell Tower
  • Sutras of the Cedar Gate
  • Sutras of the Cedar Monks
  • Sutras of the Crooked Path
  • Sutras of the Empty Bowl
  • Sutras of the Falling Snow
  • Sutras of the Green Mountain
  • Sutras of the Long Rain
  • Sutras of the Patient Hand
  • Sutras of the Plain Robe
  • Sutras of the Still Mountain
  • Sutras of the Three Lanterns
  • Sutras of the Unlit Lamp

T: 266 names

  • Tablet of the Burning Hand
  • Tablet of the Burnt Offering
  • Tablet of the First Fire
  • Tablet of the Forgiving Hand
  • Tablet of the Hundredth Name
  • Tablet of the Mended Heart
  • Tablet of the River Oath
  • Tablet of the Seven Vows
  • Tablet of the Shepherd's Crook
  • Tablet of the Sleeping King
  • Tablet of the Stone Shepherd
  • Tablet of the Unnamed Friend
  • Tablet of the Weeping Stone
  • Tablet of the Weeping Willow

T, continued

  • Tablet of Unending Mercy
  • Tablets of Ahm-Sekhel
  • Tablets of Ashur-Tal
  • Tablets of Enmeshar
  • Tablets of Kesh-Amurru
  • Tablets of Ninurra
  • Tablets of Sarrukin
  • Tablets of Seven Tongues
  • Tablets of Shar-Natal
  • Tablets of the Broken Altar
  • Tablets of the Deep Cistern
  • Tablets of the Lost Harbour
  • Tablets of the Morning Law
  • Tablets of the Morning Star
  • Tablets of the Shining Path

T, continued

  • Tablets of the Sleeping Giant
  • Tablets of the Sunken Chapel
  • Teachings of Mother Ysolde
  • Teachings of Oman the Quiet
  • Teachings of the Cave Mother
  • Teachings of the Dune Hermits
  • Teachings of the Fig Tree
  • Teachings of the Four Winds
  • Teachings of the Gentle Hunter
  • Teachings of the Hollow Oak
  • Teachings of the Iron Saint
  • Teachings of the Moth Prophet
  • Teachings of the Orchard Hermit
  • Teachings of the Pilgrim Ashra
  • Teachings of the Prophet Meris

T, continued

  • Teachings of the Reed Pipe
  • Teachings of the River Hermits
  • Teachings of the Salt-Father
  • Teachings of the Shipwright Prophet
  • Teachings of the Silent Sisters
  • Teachings of the Still Pond
  • Teachings of the Thousand Hermits
  • Teachings of the Wind Monks
  • Teachings of the Woodcutter Saint
  • Testament of the Cave Prophets
  • Testament of the Lantern Monks
  • The Akkaran
  • The Aldermere Testament
  • The Amarant Codex
  • The Amber Testament

T, continued

  • The Anwyn Testament
  • The Ashen Testament
  • The Aurelian Codex
  • The Aurenic Sutras
  • The Avalesh
  • The Book of Ashes
  • The Book of Blessed Bread
  • The Book of Bone and Bloom
  • The Book of Brief Lives
  • The Book of Bright Hours
  • The Book of Clean Water
  • The Book of Dew
  • The Book of Dusk Prayers
  • The Book of Ember and Frost

T, continued

  • The Book of Falling Stars
  • The Book of Feathers
  • The Book of First Rains
  • The Book of Forty Days
  • The Book of Gathered Light
  • The Book of Gentle Endings
  • The Book of Gleaning
  • The Book of Good Counsel
  • The Book of Harvest Moons
  • The Book of Holy Measure
  • The Book of Honey and Salt
  • The Book of Humble Stones
  • The Book of Just Weights
  • The Book of Kindling
  • The Book of Knotted Cord

T, continued

  • The Book of Lamps
  • The Book of Lanterns and Locks
  • The Book of Lesser Lights
  • The Book of Many Waters
  • The Book of Mercies
  • The Book of Mountains
  • The Book of Open Hands
  • The Book of Pilgrims
  • The Book of Plain Speech
  • The Book of Quiet Graves
  • The Book of Quiet Strength
  • The Book of Reckoning
  • The Book of Rest
  • The Book of Returning
  • The Book of Rivers

T, continued

  • The Book of Roads and Rests
  • The Book of Salt and Promise
  • The Book of Salt Tears
  • The Book of Seven Fords
  • The Book of Seven Silences
  • The Book of Small Fires
  • The Book of Small Mercies
  • The Book of Stone Faces
  • The Book of the Blind Judge
  • The Book of the Bridge
  • The Book of the Broken Crown
  • The Book of the Covenant Stone
  • The Book of the Covenant Tree
  • The Book of the Lamb and Lion
  • The Book of the Lonely Shepherd

T, continued

  • The Book of the Morning Prayer
  • The Book of the Mourning Mother
  • The Book of the Nine Suns
  • The Book of the Open Sky
  • The Book of the Potter's Wheel
  • The Book of the Serpent's Shedding
  • The Book of the Seven Wicks
  • The Book of the Unbowed Head
  • The Book of the Unclosed Door
  • The Book of the Vine
  • The Book of the Watchful Stars
  • The Book of the Yoke
  • The Book of Thresholds
  • The Book of Tides
  • The Book of Unspoken Names

T, continued

  • The Book of Wayfaring
  • The Book of Winters
  • The Brazen Scripture
  • The Brennar Testament
  • The Canticle of Harvest
  • The Canticle of Hollow Bells
  • The Cloudbook
  • The Corraline Canon
  • The Corvane Testament
  • The Covenant of Rain
  • The Dhalmaran
  • The Eldric Canticles
  • The Eleventh Gospel
  • The Ennead of Tarsis

T, continued

  • The Evannic Testament
  • The Gospel According to the Wind
  • The Gospel of Almonds
  • The Gospel of Clay
  • The Gospel of Roots
  • The Gospel of Seedtime
  • The Gospel of Small Things
  • The Gospel of the Cold Stream
  • The Gospel of the Crossroads
  • The Gospel of the Deep Well
  • The Gospel of the Fallow Field
  • The Gospel of the Furrow
  • The Gospel of the Grafted Branch
  • The Gospel of the Lame Ox
  • The Gospel of the Silent Hill

T, continued

  • The Gospel of the Threshing Floor
  • The Gospel of Thorns
  • The Gospel of Wells
  • The Halcyon Testament
  • The Haldric Hymnal
  • The Harrowing Gospel
  • The Hidden Gospel of Sarn
  • The Hollow Scripture
  • The Hymnal of Thessaly Vale
  • The Hymnal of Thirst
  • The Hymns of Absence
  • The Hymns of the Orchard Keepers
  • The Idrisene Codex
  • The Iron Psalter
  • The Irradan

T, continued

  • The Isvari Codex
  • The Ivory Testament
  • The Kessandrine Canon
  • The Kethal
  • The Kirrathan
  • The Kyrovane
  • The Lamplighter's Gospel
  • The Last Testament of Aradoc
  • The Law of the Hearth
  • The Laws of Ilvaren
  • The Ledger of Souls
  • The Lesser Testament
  • The Litany of Birds
  • The Litany of Crowns
  • The Litany of Hours

T, continued

  • The Litany of Little Lights
  • The Litany of Unbroken Vows
  • The Mantle of Truths
  • The Maranthic Codex
  • The Merathic Testament
  • The Mirovene Codex
  • The Mirrorless Text
  • The Narrow Path Scriptures
  • The Nathrec
  • The Nethari Testament
  • The Oathbook of the Nine Clans
  • The Orchard Gospel
  • The Orisons of Saint Halvard
  • The Ormund Codex

T, continued

  • The Orrhic Canon
  • The Orsine Canon
  • The Orvandic Codex
  • The Orwen Psalter
  • The Oskarene Canon
  • The Ossuary Scriptures
  • The Pale Scripture
  • The Pellucid Gospel
  • The Prophecies of Avenstar
  • The Psalter of Iron Kings
  • The Red Tablets
  • The Revelation at Hollow Ford
  • The Rimeward Gospel
  • The Sacred Weft
  • The Sayings of Quen-Thar

T, continued

  • The Sayings of the Desert Widow
  • The Sayings of the Ember Prophet
  • The Scroll That Was Not Written
  • The Second Revelation
  • The Seraphic Codex
  • The Sevasti
  • The Seven Pillars of Mourning
  • The Seveth
  • The Shepherd's Gospel
  • The Sunder Testament
  • The Tablets of Dawn
  • The Tablets of Ember
  • The Tablets of Iddo
  • The Tablets of Law and Mercy
  • The Tablets of Patience

T, continued

  • The Tablets of the Heron
  • The Tallow Scriptures
  • The Tanmurra
  • The Tavaric Canon
  • The Testament of Ash-Kerath
  • The Testament of Hollow Reed
  • The Testament of Ilmara
  • The Testament of Seven Brothers
  • The Testament of the Last Shepherd
  • The Testament of the Mended Cloak
  • The Thessalon Gospel
  • The Thessic Canon
  • The Thirteenth Tablet
  • The Ulfhara
  • The Ulmaric Codex

T, continued

  • The Unburnt Pages
  • The Valdric Psalter
  • The Vantharic Codex
  • The Vaskari
  • The Velanoth
  • The Vellum of Saints
  • The Vesperine Canticles
  • The Vessamir
  • The Veyamir
  • The Wardric Testament
  • The Words Beneath the Ice
  • The Words of Yeshar the Lame
  • The Yavrenic Psalter
  • The Zarethi Canon
  • The Zhurvad Texts

W: 8 names

  • Words of the Drowned Bell
  • Words of the Fisher Prophet
  • Words of the Mountain Hermit
  • Words of the Mountain Mother
  • Words of the Prophet Anselm
  • Words of the Spring Prophet
  • Words of the Star-Singer
  • Words Spoken on the Ice