Little Nightmares Name Generator

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Generate Little Nightmares names in the style of the games: tiny protagonists like Six, Mono, Low and Alone, looming adult monsters named for their jobs, groups of Guests and Viewers, and the Maw, the Pale City and other dreadful places. Includes the canon cast plus hundreds of original names for OCs, fan fiction, fan games and usernames.

About Little Nightmares names

Little Nightmares names work by contrast. The children are tiny and so are their names: a number (Six), a single quiet word (Mono, Low, Alone) or no name at all, just a raincoat or a paper bag. The adults who hunt them never get a name, only a role with a definite article in front: The Janitor, The Twin Chefs, The Teacher, The Thin Man. Groups are named as a flat plural (The Guests, The Viewers, The Bullies, The Nomes), and places are named for what they are in the plainest possible words: The Maw, The Depths, The Hideaway, The Pale City, The Signal Tower.

That plainness is the horror. A name like The Lady or The Hunter tells you nothing about who they were, only what they do to you now, and a child called Six sounds like an inventory number. The Very Little Nightmares prequel and the third game keep the grammar exactly (The Pretender, The Craftsman, Monster Baby, The Necropolis), so the pattern is the brand.

This generator starts with the canon characters, groups and locations from all the games and DLC, then gives you original names in every register: small worn-down names for a protagonist, job-titled and nicknamed monsters, collective nouns for the things that watch, grim industrial locations, the creatures that live in the walls, and Little Nightmares themed usernames for fans.

How to choose Little Nightmares names

  • Name a child like a thing that was overlooked: a number, a scrap (Thimble, Smudge, Wick), a weather (Dusk, Murk) or a tiny old-world name (Otto, Nell, Pim). One or two syllables, never a surname, never anything that sounds chosen with love.
  • Name an adult for the job and nothing else. The Seamstress, The Bellringer or The Night Nurse is scarier than any invented proper name, because the title is all that is left of them. If you want a personal name, make it a nursery nickname gone wrong: Mother Gristle, Uncle Tallow.
  • Pick a location name by asking what the building does: The Cannery, The Bottling Plant, The Deep Ward, The Sugar Works. Add a colour only if it is grey, pale or black.
  • Groups should be bland plurals that sound like a guest list or a school register: The Diners, The Boarders, The Choir. The blandness implies there are many and they all behave the same way.
  • For usernames, combine a canon noun with a small action or object (NomeHugger, LighterInTheDark, PaperBagMono) rather than reusing a bare character name, which is almost always taken.

Frequently asked questions

Does this include the real Little Nightmares characters?

Yes. The list opens with Six, Mono, Low, Alone, the Runaway Kid and every major adult and group from Little Nightmares I and II, the Secrets of the Maw DLC, Very Little Nightmares and Little Nightmares III, plus the named locations such as the Maw, the Pale City and the Necropolis. Those names belong to Bandai Namco and Tarsier/Supermassive and are listed for reference; everything after them is original.

How do I name a Little Nightmares OC?

Decide whether your character is a child or one of the adults. Children get a single small word: another number if you want to hint at Six's world, or a worn-down object name like Stub, Tack or Spool. Adults get a role with 'The' in front, chosen to fit the location they haunt, so a hospital OC might be The Orderly and a factory OC might be The Foreman. Avoid giving either side a full realistic name; it breaks the tone of the series.

What makes a good name for a monster in this style?

Long, thin, quiet and specific. The best ones describe a body or a habit in two or three plain words (The Long Lady, The Ceiling Walker, Crooked Neck) or borrow a job that involves hands, food or children (The Wet Nurse, The Sugar Boiler, The Taxidermist). Avoid words like demon, beast or slayer; nothing in Little Nightmares announces itself.

Can I use these names for a fan game, story or username?

The original children, adults, groups and places are free to use in fan fiction, fan games, tabletop horror or your own project. The canon names are trademarks of their owners, so use them for fan work only. The username section near the end is written to be distinctive enough to still be available on most platforms.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 5 names

  • Ada
  • Alone
  • Ash
  • Aunt Lamprey
  • Auntie Glass

B: 4 names

  • Bea
  • Bramble
  • Brother Lye
  • Button

C: 9 names

  • Candle
  • CandyFactoryKid
  • Carnevale
  • Chalk
  • Cinder
  • Coal
  • Cook Gristle
  • Crooked Neck
  • Crumb

D: 5 names

  • Dame Marrow
  • DeepWardKid
  • Doctor Fathom
  • Dot
  • Dusk

E: 4 names

  • Edda
  • ElevatorNome
  • Ember
  • EyeOfTheMaw

F: 4 names

  • Father Pewter
  • Fen
  • FerrymanFare
  • Flint

G: 8 names

  • Gaunt
  • Gil
  • Gloam
  • Gluttonjaw
  • Goody Cinder
  • Granddad Rasp
  • GrannyUnderwater
  • Grit

H: 8 names

  • Half
  • HandsInTheWalls
  • HideawayNome
  • Hollow
  • HungerOfSix
  • Hush
  • Hushling
  • Husk

I: 4 names

  • Ilse
  • Ines
  • Ink
  • Ivo

K: 3 names

  • Kindling
  • Kit
  • Knot

L: 23 names

  • LadysMirror
  • Lantern Hill
  • Latch
  • Lesser
  • LighterInTheDark
  • Lint
  • Little Bag
  • Little Crow
  • Little Eel
  • Little Fork
  • Little Hood
  • Little Key
  • Little Lantern
  • Little Lighter
  • Little Rat
  • Little Spoon
  • Lone
  • Long Arms
  • LongArmsAgain
  • Lotte
  • Lou
  • Low
  • LowAndAlone

M: 24 names

  • Mab
  • Madam Gullet
  • Mama Flense
  • Manyfinger
  • Master Crookback
  • Matchstick
  • Matron Bleak
  • MawGuest
  • MawRunner
  • Mim
  • Mira
  • Missus Gorge
  • Mister Gaunt
  • Mister Lantern
  • Mistress Tinderbox
  • Mono
  • MonoNoHat
  • Monster Baby
  • Monster Six
  • Mote
  • Mote-in-the-Dark
  • Moth
  • Mother Gristle
  • Murk

N: 11 names

  • Nanny Sallow
  • NecropolisLow
  • Ned
  • Needle
  • Nell
  • Nib
  • Nine
  • Nobody
  • NomeHugger
  • NomeInAHat
  • Nurse Tallow

O: 6 names

  • Ochre
  • Old Bellows
  • Old Man Eel
  • Old Sallow
  • Oona
  • Otto

P: 10 names

  • PaleCityMono
  • Papa Hollow
  • PaperBagMono
  • Patch
  • Pebble
  • Peg
  • Pewter
  • Pim
  • Pip
  • Porter Gloam

Q: 2 names

  • Quiet
  • QuietCorridor

R: 8 names

  • Rag
  • Rain Town
  • RaincoatSix
  • Roger the Janitor
  • Roo
  • Rudi
  • RunawayKidd
  • Rust

S: 21 names

  • Sable
  • Scrap
  • Seven
  • Shadow Six
  • SignalTowerStatic
  • Sister Suture
  • Six
  • SixIsHungry
  • SixWithAKey
  • Slate
  • Slaughter Row
  • Smudge
  • Sol
  • Soot
  • SootyNome
  • Spindle
  • Splinter
  • Spool
  • Stiltfoot
  • Stray
  • Stub

T: 329 names

  • Tack
  • Tallow
  • Tatter
  • Teo
  • The Announcer
  • The Apothecary
  • The Ash Gardens
  • The Ash Line
  • The Attic Hum
  • The Attic Kids
  • The Bagheads
  • The Barber
  • The Bath Attendant
  • The Bath Crawler
  • The Bathers
  • The Bell Foundry
  • The Bell Worm
  • The Bellringer
  • The Bent Woman
  • The Black Pier
  • The Boiler Halls
  • The Bone Boiler
  • The Bone Orchard
  • The Bottle Kids
  • The Bottling Plant
  • The Boy in the Paper Bag
  • The Bread Rat
  • The Broadcast Floor
  • The Bullies
  • The Butcher
  • The Butler
  • The Button Works
  • The Cabinet Thing
  • The Candlemaker
  • The Candy Factory
  • The Cannery
  • The Cannery Foreman
  • The Caretaker
  • The Carousel
  • The Ceiling Walker
  • The Cellar Kids
  • The Cellar Mould
  • The Cellar Stair
  • The Chambermaid
  • The Chaplain
  • The Chimney Reacher
  • The Chimney Sweep
  • The Choir
  • The Cistern
  • The Clock Ward
  • The Clockmaker
  • The Coal Heaver
  • The Coat Rack Men
  • The Cold Store

T, continued

  • The Conductor
  • The Confectioner
  • The Congregation
  • The Craftsman
  • The Crawlers
  • The Crawlspace
  • The Crooked Butler
  • The Crooked House
  • The Crossing Guard
  • The Cupboard Children
  • The Curtain Shape
  • The Deep Ward
  • The Dentist
  • The Depths
  • The Diners
  • The Dinner Monitor
  • The Doctor
  • The Dogcatcher
  • The Doll Maker
  • The Dollhouse
  • The Dolls
  • The Drainpipe Licker
  • The Drowned
  • The Drowned Quarter
  • The Drowned School
  • The Dumbwaiter Shaft
  • The Dye House
  • The Eel Wife
  • The Elevator Operator
  • The Eyeless
  • The Eyes
  • The Faceless Chef
  • The Famished
  • The Ferryman
  • The Fishbone Docks
  • The Fishmonger
  • The Flashlight Girl
  • The Flooded Library
  • The Floorboard Creeper
  • The Fog Dog
  • The Fog Market
  • The Freak Tent
  • The Furnace Deck
  • The Gallows Yard
  • The Gaslight Terrace
  • The Gasmask Kids
  • The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat
  • The Glass Conservatory
  • The Glass Matron
  • The Glassblower
  • The Glitching Remains
  • The Gluttons
  • The Gnawing
  • The Gourmands
  • The Governess

T, continued

  • The Granny
  • The Gravedigger
  • The Grey Harbour
  • The Groundskeeper
  • The Guest Area
  • The Guests
  • The Gut Stringer
  • The Gutter Eels
  • The Hall Monitor
  • The Hall of Mirrors
  • The Hall of Wax
  • The Hands
  • The Hanging Coats
  • The Hanging Gardens
  • The Harbourmaster
  • The Hatless Boy
  • The Headmaster's Wife
  • The Headmistress
  • The Hideaway
  • The Hollow Chef
  • The Hollow Hotel
  • The Hooded
  • The Hospital
  • The Humming Nanny
  • The Hunger
  • The Hungry
  • The Hunter
  • The Hunter's Cabin
  • The Hush
  • The Incinerator
  • The Inmates
  • The Institute
  • The Iron Nursery
  • The Ironmonger
  • The Janitor
  • The Keyholders
  • The Keyhole Eye
  • The Kiln Yard
  • The Kitchen
  • The Knife Grinder
  • The Lady
  • The Lady's Quarters
  • The Lair
  • The Lamp Moth
  • The Lamp Trimmer
  • The Lamplighter
  • The Landlady
  • The Lantern Bridge
  • The Lantern Fish
  • The Lanternheads
  • The Last Station
  • The Laughing Guard
  • The Laundress
  • The Leaning Man
  • The Leaning Tenements

T, continued

  • The Leeches
  • The Librarian
  • The Lift Boy
  • The Lighthouse Keeper
  • The Listeners
  • The Long Corridor
  • The Long Lady
  • The Long Stair
  • The Lost Ones
  • The Low Road
  • The Lower Galley
  • The Lunch Lady
  • The Man with the Hook
  • The Mannequin Brides
  • The Mannequins
  • The Many Hands
  • The Mask Maker
  • The Matchstick Mill
  • The Matron
  • The Matron of Ward Nine
  • The Maw
  • The Meat Locker
  • The Mirror Twin
  • The Mortician
  • The Mourners
  • The Mouths
  • The Music Hall
  • The Nanny
  • The Necropolis
  • The Nest
  • The Netmender
  • The Night Ferry
  • The Night Nurse
  • The Nightwatchman
  • The Nomes
  • The Nowhere
  • The Nurse with the Bell
  • The Orderly
  • The Organ Grinder
  • The Organist
  • The Orphanage
  • The Orphans
  • The Oyster Woman
  • The Pale City
  • The Pale Marsh
  • The Paper Bag Kid
  • The Paper Bride
  • The Paper Children
  • The Paper Mill
  • The Patients
  • The Pharmacist
  • The Pie Man
  • The Pier Arcade
  • The Pillow Smotherer
  • The Pipe Eel

T, continued

  • The Porcelain Boys
  • The Portraitist
  • The Pretender
  • The Prison
  • The Projectionist
  • The Pumping Station
  • The Puppet Theatre
  • The Puppeteer
  • The Quarantine Wing
  • The Quiet Ones
  • The Radio Host
  • The Radio Room
  • The Rafter Spider
  • The Rail Cut
  • The Raincoats
  • The Ratcatcher
  • The Residence
  • The Ringmaster
  • The Rumbling
  • The Runaway Kid
  • The Salt Cellars
  • The Salt Crab
  • The Salt Road
  • The Sausage Maker
  • The School
  • The Schoolmarm
  • The Scullion
  • The Seamstress
  • The Sewer Choir
  • The Sewer Church
  • The Shadow Children
  • The Shadow on the Stair
  • The Shoe Factory
  • The Sick Bay
  • The Signal Tower
  • The Signal Yard
  • The Signalman
  • The Sink Grabber
  • The Sleepers
  • The Sleeping Surgeon
  • The Smiling Host
  • The Smoke Baby
  • The Smokehouse
  • The Smokestack Quarter
  • The Soot Children
  • The Soot Mill
  • The Spiral
  • The Stairwell Mouth
  • The Stationmaster
  • The Stilted Doctor
  • The Stilts
  • The Stitch Spider
  • The Stitched
  • The Stitched Teacher
  • The Stoker

T, continued

  • The Sugar Boiler
  • The Sugar Flies
  • The Sugar Works
  • The Sunken Cinema
  • The Supervisor
  • The Surgeon
  • The Switchboard Operator
  • The Tailor
  • The Tall Nurse
  • The Tall Ones
  • The Tallow Works
  • The Tannery
  • The Tar Child
  • The Taxidermist
  • The Taxidermy Hall
  • The Teacher
  • The Thin Man
  • The Thing in the Cupboard
  • The Ticket Taker
  • The Tideway
  • The Tin Boys
  • The Tower
  • The Toy Room
  • The Toymaker
  • The Transmission
  • The Truant Officer
  • The Tunnel Mouth
  • The Twin Chefs
  • The Under-Bed
  • The Undercroft
  • The Undertaker
  • The Usher
  • The Vent Breather
  • The Viewers
  • The Wall Knocker
  • The Warden
  • The Wardrobe Clatter
  • The Wards
  • The Wax Groom
  • The Wax Men
  • The Waxworks
  • The Weeping Cook
  • The Wet Nurse
  • The Whistling Porter
  • The Wig Maker
  • The Wilderness
  • The Woman in the Veil
  • TheMawCalls
  • Thimble
  • ThinManWatches
  • Thread
  • Tinder
  • Tobi
  • Twig
  • TwinChefTaster

U: 3 names

  • Umber
  • Una
  • Uncle Tallow

V: 1 name

  • Vik

W: 7 names

  • Warden Smother
  • Wetmouth
  • Wick
  • Widow Flint
  • Wim
  • Wisp
  • Wren

Z: 1 name

  • Ziv