Keeper of the Lost Cities Name Generator

Names in Shannon Messenger's Keeper of the Lost Cities follow a recognizable pattern once you look at the cast. Elvin given names are short, elegant and usually real or nearly real human names with a twist: Fitz, Biana, Keefe, Dex, Marella, Wylie, Tiergan, Oralie, Kenric. They sound old-fashioned and a little aristocratic, which fits a species that lives for thousands of years and cares deeply about lineage. Surnames are the invented part. Vacker, Sencen, Dizznee, Heks, Redek, Endal, Ruewen and Alenefar are all two or three syllables, easy to say, and spelled just oddly enough to feel foreign. Nobles and Councillors drop their surnames entirely in favor of titles such as Lady Galvin, Sir Astin or Councillor Emery.

The other intelligent species each have their own sound. Goblins carry hard, Germanic names like Sandor, Grizel, Lovise and Woltzer. Gnomes use soft, plant-like names such as Calla, Lur, Flori and Amisi. Dwarves get clipped names (Ermete, Irja, Krikey), ogres get growly royal names (Dimitar, Gundula, Romhilda), and alicorns get bright sky-words like Silveny, Greyfell, Luna and Wynn.

This generator mixes every canon character and creature with original names built on the same rules, so you can name an OC, a new Foxfire prodigy, a Black Swan codename or an estate like Everglen or Candleshade that sounds like it belongs.