Kaleesh Name Generator

Warrior names from Kalee in the style of Grievous

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Generate Kaleesh names modelled on Qymaen jai Sheelal and Ronderu lij Kummar: harsh, guttural given names, the jai / lij / san connectors, clan names full of doubled vowels and glottal stops, plus war-names and honorifics for a Kaleesh warlord, Sith apprentice or SWTOR character.

About Kaleesh names

The Kaleesh are the masked warrior species of the planet Kalee, best known through General Grievous, who was born Qymaen jai Sheelal. Few Kaleesh names appear in Star Wars, but they share a clear shape: a given name, a short connecting particle, then a family or clan name. Qymaen jai Sheelal, Ronderu lij Kummar and Bentilais san Sk'ar all follow it, and fans generally read jai as the male connector, lij as the female one and san as a regional or clan variant.

The sound is what sells a Kaleesh name. Given names stack hard consonants with q, sh, zh and k (Qymaen, Tyqaal, Dornaq), female names tend to run longer and end in open syllables (Ronderu, Kalderu, Tesharu), and clan names lean on doubled vowels and apostrophes that mark a glottal stop (Sheelal, Kummar, Sk'ar, Dru'ul, Tovarskl). Keep vowels short and dark, avoid soft l-heavy flow, and the name will sound like it belongs under a bone mask.

This list also covers the second naming habit Kaleesh have in the lore: a grim single-word name taken in Basic, like Grievous, used once a warrior leaves Kalee. Alongside those are war-titles earned against the Huk, the species' historic enemy, and bare clan names you can attach to a Kaleesh Sith, bounty hunter or SWTOR character such as Xalek.

How to choose Kaleesh names

Keep the structure: given name, particle, clan name. Use jai for male characters, lij for female ones and san for a character from a different region or era of Kalee; mixing them up is the fastest way to break immersion for lore-minded readers.
A Kaleesh who has left Kalee often takes a Basic war-name (Grievous, Malevolus, Ruinous). Give your character both: the full Kaleesh name for backstory and the Basic name for how the galaxy knows them.
Clan names work best with a doubled vowel or an apostrophe (Kummar, Sheelal, Sk'ar, Vu'kesh). Use only one of those devices per name; two at once starts to look like keyboard noise.
Epithets should come from Kaleesh history: the Huk War, the Jenuwaa Sea, the god Abesmi or the Izvoshra and Kolkpravis warrior orders. "Scourge of Huk" tells a reader more than "the Mighty" ever will.
For a Sith or Imperial Kaleesh, drop the particle and use the single given name plus a Sith title (Darth Qoreth, Lord Tzaqul); the harsh phonology already does the villain work.

Frequently asked questions

What is General Grievous's real Kaleesh name?

Qymaen jai Sheelal. He was a Kaleesh warlord from Kalee who fought the Huk before his reconstruction as a cyborg, and his mask and name pattern are the main source for every other Kaleesh name. His closest comrade in the Legends material was Ronderu lij Kummar, and the warlord Bentilais san Sk'ar is another named Kaleesh.

What do jai, lij and san mean in Kaleesh names?

They are connecting particles between the given name and the clan or family name. Star Wars never defined them precisely, but the examples line up with jai for male (Qymaen jai Sheelal), lij for female (Ronderu lij Kummar) and san appearing in Bentilais san Sk'ar. Most fan writers treat them as gendered or regional markers and the generator follows that convention.

Are there Kaleesh in Star Wars: The Old Republic?

Yes. Xalek, the Sith Inquisitor's Kaleesh apprentice, is the best-known SWTOR example, and Kaleesh turn up as Sith, Imperial soldiers and warriors in both SWTOR and Legends. The list includes single given names and bare clan names so you can build an Old Republic era character with or without the connecting particle.

Can I use these names for a Kaleesh Sith Lord?

Absolutely. The harsh q, zh and k sounds suit Sith titles well. Take a given name from the list, drop the particle and clan name for a public identity (Darth Tzaqul, Lord Hyrqash), and keep the full Kaleesh name as the character's birth name in their backstory, the same way Grievous kept Qymaen jai Sheelal.

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A: 15 names

Achqira lij Molshaar
Adsharu lij Oq'ral
Ael'qira
Aesharu lij Shraal
Amqira lij Mhurrak
Ankira lij Sk'ethal
Aqeru lij Braskal
Aqmaen jai Rhul'kesh
Aqvash jai Dronnak
Ashiru lij Mal'vor
Ashkraal the Unmasked
Ashqen san Muurak
Asqira lij Qezhul
Atrocius
Azhqira lij Ashkraal

B: 22 names

Bel'ira lij Ikmarr
Beleru lij Qarrul
Belmeru lij Mor'zhal
Bentilais san Sk'ar
Bentilais the Unbroken
Beqash san Ostravak
Besqaen san Kravvul
Bhaqira lij Ish'kar
Blade of the Kolkpravis
Bloodtide of the Burning Shore
Bonemask of the Kolkpravis
Bozhira lij Pezhkarr
Brasqen san Ul'shaar
Breaker of the Huk Line
Brekqan san Ullmar
Brovaq jai Thorvask
Bru'mashal
Bruleru lij Rethkarr
Brushqal jai Yezhkal
Brutalus
Bymaen jai Rhonnar
Byrvash jai Zhalshar

C: 8 names

Caedqen jai Shurmaal
Calamitus
Carnius
Champion of Kalee
Chaqeru lij Quural
Cheleru lij Pel'sur
Chorqal san Neth'kar
Cysharu lij Skuumal

D: 26 names

Danqira lij Kaarvosh
Delqaru lij Tesk'al
Dezhaal san Kaarvosh
Dezhvash san Oshkuul
Dezqira lij Orvethal
Dhameru lij Ezhkarr
Dhaqen jai Qol'vesh
Dhaqira lij Neth'kar
Dhulvash san Ibraq
Dolorus
Domeru lij Skeel'ur
Dornaq jai Mhurrak
Dorqash jai Pel'sur
Dreadus
Dreqmaen jai Wurrek
Dreshal jai Dronnak
Dreveru lij Rhuvesk
Dro'sheel
Drozhmaar
Drozhqal jai Rhuvesk
Dru'ul Ninefold
Drumarr the Maskless
Druqira lij Dronnak
Dushmaen san Korrash
Duvash jai Ul'shaar
Dynqel jai Zhorrak

E: 11 names

Ebraq jai Skoraal
Ekvrash
Esh'varok
Eshmira lij Skoraal
Esmaen san Hizhaar
Esmeru lij Kolk'var
Esqira lij Thraaval
Ethqen san Praal'sek
Evaru lij Orsheel
Ezhmaen jai Vokarr
Ezhqal jai Shoqar

F: 9 names

Faleru lij Tesk'al
Faqel san Dreshkaal
Ferocius
Fhaqaru lij Tharrvek
Fhaqen san Hezhaal
Frakmaen san Rokhaar
Furius
Furqmaen jai Tharrvek
Fyeru lij Nuqmarr

G: 14 names

Galqen jai Pezhkarr
Gevira lij Wurrek
Ghaqan san Vrokkal
Ghasharu lij Rhul'kesh
Ghoraq jai Thennar
Ghorrat Hukbane
Ghulqen
Ghurvash jai Tesqarr
Gorqash jai Ummarak
Govash jai Marruk
Gozhvash jai Uthmarr
Grievous
Gruzheru lij Uthmarr
Gulqash san Sevvrak

H: 23 names

Hakkar Spear-Keeper
Hand of Abesmi
Hanqel san Orrak
Harvash jai Muurak
Hazhvar san Tul'mhar
Hekqal jai Vek'shal
Hendqaen san Tyl'sor
Hesharu
Hesk'al Nine-Spears
Hezhraq
Hileru lij Ostravak
Hiqmaen jai Ish'kar
Hishira lij Vek'shal
Hoqira lij Vu'kesh
Hovraq jai Vashkuul
Hraqel
Huk-Breaker of Kalee
Hul'teqar
Hurasheel
Hurmeru lij Yezhkal
Hurqvash jai Quural
Hyqal lij Shaarok
Hyrqash jai Druumar

I: 19 names

Ikeru lij Thennar
Ikqaen jai Ukkaral
Imaqel lij Pashkal
Imqaen jai Brom'sal
Iqal lij Tol'vur
Iqmaen jai Nerrak
Iqvash jai Kashraal
Irsheru lij Ish'kar
Ishqaal san Kolk'var
Isqael san Vashkuul
Isqira lij Shurmaal
Iteru lij Tol'vur
Ithqen jai Brom'sal
Ivaru lij Shreekal
Ivqaru lij Zorr'vak
Ivraq jai Woshkraal
Ixqarel
Izveru lij Woshkraal
Izvoshra Sworn

J: 9 names

Jarqaal jai Pashkal
Jemeru lij Ibraq
Jethmaen jai Govhul
Jhaqal jai Orsheel
Jheshira lij Ahskur
Joraq san Vhulmarr
Jorqira lij Yurrhak
Jorvakk
Jurqen san Wurrek

K: 25 names

Ka'leshur
Kaevon jai Reshkul
Kalderu lij Sheelal
Kasheru lij Kreelal
Kaszharu lij Zesk'ur
Keeper of the Mask-Shrine
Kelmaen jai Oshtrak
Keqan san Urrumar
Keshvar san Tovarskl
Kessaru lij Mashaal
Kethira lij Gheshmar
Kethmaen jai Hesk'al
Khan of the Burning Shore
Kiqeru lij Tavroq
Kirqash jai Dhezmarr
Kor'deru
Kovaru lij Brekhal
Kovrash san Yezhkal
Krael san Zhalshar
Kummar
Kummar of the Thousand Dead
Kuzhmaen jai Yurrhak
Kyasharu lij Vokarr
Kyvoq san Pashkal
Kyzhmar

L: 15 names

Last of the Shrupak Oath
Lazhqal san Zorr'vak
Lesqaen jai Hu'kar
Lethmeru lij Thorvask
Lhaqira lij Dreshkaal
Lhorqash jai Zesk'ur
Liqeru lij Tek'ra
Lirqal lij Mhurrak
Lomeru lij Ullmar
Lord of the Izvoshra
Lovaru lij Ilvosk
Luqen san Pravekal
Lurqel san Mashaal
Lurrqash
Luvqash jai Hurzhak

M: 20 names

Malevolus
Maqvesh jai Tul'mhar
Mask of Seven Skulls
Masqira lij Oqtarr
Mavashu lij Hezhaal
Mavqira lij Drumarr
Mercilus
Mesh'ru lij Zhorrak
Meshqal
Mesqal san Zhorrak
Mhaqal jai Zur'ash
Mhezvar
Moqaen san Shreekal
Mordaen san Tuumal
Moseru lij Ummarak
Mozhqen jai Thorvask
Mur'qaen
Murqvash san Ahskur
Muzheru lij Kravvul
Myrasheel lij Kummar

N: 21 names

Nadraq jai Gheshmar
Nah'qal
Naqmar jai Urrumar
Narvash jai Zelkaar
Nashiru lij Shaarok
Nedmeru lij Chorvask
Nedvash san Hozhaar
Nefarius
Neqvash jai Drumarr
Neshal san Ish'kar
Nethqen san Brekhal
Nhaderu
Nisharu lij Burrhak
Noqen san Druumar
Nozhaal san Ikmarr
Nozheru lij Hesk'al
Nuqeru lij Hakkar
Nuqvael
Ny'quaal
Nyqira lij Tyl'sor
Nyraen jai Oqtarr

O: 25 names

Oathbound of Shrupak
Obrak san Chorvask
Odius
Ohqal jai Eshtrak
Oleru lij Kashraal
Olmaen jai Qezhul
Omqaen san Shraal
Oqeru lij Tuumal
Oqira lij Hizhaar
Oqmaen jai Bresk'al
Ordevu lij Kreelal
Orqash san Reshkul
Orr'vaskel
Orshqen jai Ilvosk
Orvak jai Hakkar
Oryqan jai Thennar
Orzhekk
Orzhira lij Dhezmarr
Oshaan lij Vorlaak
Oshkuul Hukfeaster
Oshqaen jai Kal'shek
Ovshira lij Qol'vesh
Ozheru lij Nerrak
Ozhvar jai Eqqul
Ozmaen san Shoqar

P: 11 names

Paqeru lij Eqqul
Pasheru lij Vhulmarr
Pashqen jai Zelkaar
Pelqaru lij Ashkraal
Pelqash san Ilmarrak
Perfidus
Perrqen jai Irrmal
Phaleru lij Kaarvosh
Phaqel lij Shreekal
Pruzhqal san Dhezmarr
Pyqaan jai Kreelal

Q: 23 names

Qal'sheel
Qaldris jai Tek'ra
Qalira lij Reshkul
Qarmul jai Vu'kesh
Qashvor san Eqqul
Qemaru lij Tuumal
Qevrak jai Kravvul
Qhalen
Qiran
Qiveru lij Faskraal
Qol'vesh the Silent Blade
Qoreth san Qezhul
Qorvash jai Mal'vor
Quaden jai Tshorrak
Quasharu lij Pashkal
Quel'mokk
Quemira lij Oshtrak
Quinderu
Quorqel san Tavroq
Quvaru lij Velk'ur
Quvash san Nerrak
Quzhmaen jai Jekkral
Qymaen jai Sheelal

R: 28 names

Ramqen san Sk'ethal
Rancorus
Ravasheel lij Dru'ul
Ravenous
Ravok jai Skeel'ur
Reaver of the Yam'rii
Reshiru lij Urrumar
Rethmaen san Faskraal
Rezqan jai Vaskal
Rhaleru lij Pravekal
Rhaqin san Dru'ul
Rhazhen jai Burrhak
Rhe'zhaal
Rhoqan jai Kummar
Rhukqal jai Faskraal
Rhuvok san Eshtrak
Rhuzhira lij Burrhak
Rokhaar Bone-Sworn
Ronderu lij Kummar
Ronderu Sword of Kalee
Rosheru lij Zhalshar
Roshmira lij Govhul
Rozqel san Avreshal
Ruinous
Ruqan jai Korrash
Ruqmeru lij Oshkuul
Ruvashu lij Brom'sal
Ryvash san Qarrul

S: 36 names

Sarqel san Kreelal
Savagus
Scourge of Huk
Sekmaen san Oqtarr
Sekvash jai Zorr'vak
Shaarok Mask-Maker
Shadow over Abregado
Shakzhul
Shaleru lij Vaskal
Shaq'umar
Shaqvar san Mhurrak
Sharqa lij Zelkaar
Shavok san Vethrak
Shazaru lij Hurzhak
Sheelal
Sheelal the Masked
Shemaen jai Dhu'var
Shenaru lij Yshkaal
Sheqan jai Shreekal
Sheveru lij Shoqar
Shevira lij Hesk'al
Shuqaen
Shyqel jai Braskal
Shyqira lij Zur'ash
Sk'ar
Skaqel jai Kesh'tur
Skevaru lij Velk'ur
Skullcarver of Shrupak
Slayer of the Huk Hive
Sorqul jai Drumarr
Sovqaen jai Ullmar
Sozhqal san Govhul
Spear of Abesmi
Sulmeru lij Korrash
Sy'mara
Syvaru lij Praal'sek

T: 41 names

Tabrakk
Tameru lij Hozhaar
Taqeru lij Oqtarr
Tarmeru lij Mor'zhal
Tarqen jai Brukkal
Tarquen jai Yshkaal
Tashmaen jai Shaarok
Tavoru lij Hezhaal
Tazhmaen jai Neth'kar
Tehqal jai Skeel'ur
Tenebrus
Teqira lij Rhonnar
Terqash jai Tuumal
Tesharu lij Qezhul
Tesheru lij Ghorrat
Tesk'al Shorewarden
Tev'rakk
Thaqen san Velthaar
Thaqvor jai Ahskur
Thorvask Hive-Burner
Thozhira lij Rokhaar
Threshkaan
Thuleru lij Vrokkal
Thulqan san Ekkrash
Thuraen san Mashaal
Tolmaen jai Velk'ur
Tolmeru lij Qol'vesh
Toqvash jai Lorvakk
Tor'qash
Tormentus
Torqal
Tovarskl the Elder
Trusharu
Tsameru lij Mashaal
Tsevira lij Irrmal
Tsu'meru
Tukvash san Hurzhak
Tuqmaen san Abrakk
Tusk of the Kolkpravis
Tyqaal jai Vorsheel
Tzaqul jai Orrak

U: 20 names

Ulmeru lij Druumar
Ulqaar jai Tesk'al
Ulqash
Ulqen san Dul'kaar
Ulqira lij Bresk'al
Ulqvorr
Ulsharu lij Vorlaak
Ulvaq jai Oshkuul
Ulzheru lij Jekkral
Umqira lij Sk'ar
Unqel san Vrokkal
Uqrael jai Brekhal
Uqshira lij Tesqarr
Urvash jai Molshaar
Usharu lij Hu'kar
Ushqel san Shraal
Uvmeru lij Sevvrak
Uvraq jai Kolk'var
Uz'maen
Uzhqen san Irrmal

V: 28 names

Valshuru lij Zhalshar
Vaqen san Rethkarr
Vaqmeru lij Kesh'tur
Vash'tarr
Vashira lij Tesqarr
Velk'ur Tide-Caller
Velmaen san Ghorrat
Velqira lij Marruk
Ves'hiru
Vesharu lij Ilmarrak
Vesheru
Vexus
Vezhaal san Brukkal
Vhaen jai Hezhaal
Vikmaen jai Abrakk
Vindictus
Voice of Abesmi
Vorasheel lij Hu'kar
Vordash san Ezhkarr
Vorqal san Nuqmarr
Vorqen san Dul'kaar
Vozhqen jai Chorvask
Vrakmaen san Jekkral
Vremeru lij Ukkaral
Vu'kesh Bonecarver
Vurmaen san Tovarskl
Vurqash jai Ashkraal
Vymeru

W: 10 names

Warden of the Jenuwaa
Warlord of the Black Dunes
Wenqira lij Urrumar
Wesqel jai Marruk
Wishiru lij Lorvakk
Wolqash jai Skuumal
Wozhqal san Kesh'tur
Wrekqan jai Mhaskul
Wurmaen san Braskal
Wymeru lij Tshorrak

X: 4 names

Xalek
Xaq'maen san Orvethal
Xeleru lij Avreshal
Xorqash jai Praal'sek

Y: 16 names

Yaqira lij Muurak
Yarqul jai Narrhesh
Yashqal jai Tol'vur
Yashqira lij Gheshmar
Ybrek san Sheelal
Yeqira lij Tul'mhar
Yeshqal jai Rokhaar
Yoqen jai Heshmarr
Yovaru lij Mhaskul
Yrqal lij Druumar
Ysharu lij Kal'shek
Yshkaal of the Black Sands
Ysqira lij Dhu'var
Yuvaru lij Qarrul
Yuvrak san Lorvakk
Yzmaen san Kaarvosh

Z: 21 names

Zalqaen san Ikmarr
Zalsharu lij Vashkuul
Zaqira lij Kolk'var
Zeqira lij Narrhesh
Zesharu lij Rhonnar
Zethqan san Mhaskul
Zeveru lij Velthaar
Zevqal jai Mor'zhal
Zhaderu lij Orrak
Zhamaen jai Orsheel
Zhameru lij Ekkrash
Zhemaq jai Oq'ral
Zhequen san Vorlaak
Zhimeru lij Ukkaral
Zho'rakal
Zhorvaen jai Sevvrak
Zimeru lij Orrak
Zorqash jai Velthaar
Zorqvel
Zovaru lij Ilvosk
Zubaru lij Eshtrak