Job Name Generator

A job name does more for a character than almost any other single detail. Tell a reader someone is a Court Stenographer, a Saturation Diver or a Knocker-Upper and they immediately picture a daily routine, a set of tools, a social class and a few opinions. That is why writers, game masters, teachers and improv hosts reach for random occupations: a specific job is a shortcut to a specific person. Generic labels like office worker or scientist do none of that work, so this list favors precise titles over broad ones.

Real job titles follow patterns worth knowing. Trades and crafts are usually a single noun (Farrier, Glazier, Cooper), often from an old verb for the work. Modern roles stack a domain onto a function (Wind Turbine Technician, Revenue Operations Analyst), and corporate ladders add seniority words like Senior, Lead, Head of and Chief. Historical jobs survive as surnames (Fletcher, Thatcher, Mercer), which makes them handy for period fiction, while fantasy and sci-fi jobs are just familiar structures with new nouns: Golem Mechanic, Cryosleep Technician.

When you draw a job, let it shape the rest of the character: their schedule, their vocabulary, who they complain about and what they notice first in a room.