Kor Name Generator

Kor are the pale, nomadic hook-and-rope climbers of Magic: The Gathering, first seen on Rath in Tempest and best known from Zendikar. Their canon names are short and vowel-led, usually two or three syllables with soft consonants: Nahiri the Lithomancer, Ayli the Eternal Pilgrim, Akiri the Line-Slinger, Munda the Ambush Leader, Orah the Skyclave Hierophant. A kor name rarely carries a family surname; instead a character is known by a deed, a role or a home region, which is why this list pairs plain given names with card-style epithets such as Hookmaster of Ondu, Sky Climber or Cartographer of Akoum.

On Rath the kor followed a different convention. Members of a tribe took the suffix en-Kor (Shaman en-Kor, Warrior en-Kor), while outcasts and rebels took il-Kor, the same system the Vec and Dal humans used. If you are writing a Tempest-era or Weatherlight-adjacent character, a name like Tahrin en-Kor or Dessa il-Kor immediately signals where they stand with their people.

For Zendikar kor, lean on the plane's geography and religion: the regions Ondu, Tazeem, Akoum, Murasa, Bala Ged and Guul Draz, the city of Sea Gate, the floating Skyclaves, and the three kor deities Kamsa (sky), Talib (earth) and Mangeni (sea). These details make an original name feel like it came off a real card.