Male Witch Name Generator

Grimoire-worthy names for warlocks, hedge wizards and cunning men

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Generate male witch names with real folkloric weight: Old Testament and Anglo-Saxon first names paired with hedge-witch surnames like Wormwood and Ravenscroft, plus Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, Romance and Nordic options for covens around the world.

About male witch names

Male witches have a long history that fiction tends to forget. Around a quarter of those tried for witchcraft in early modern Europe were men, and English villages had their cunning men alongside wise women: charm-makers, finders of lost goods and unbewitchers. Their names were simply the names of the period, which is why Obadiah, Ezekiel, Josiah, Jedediah, Silas and Thaddeus sound so witchy to modern ears; the Puritan and Old Testament register carries the whole atmosphere of Salem and Pendle with it.

The surname does the conjuring. The strongest male witch names pair a plain old-fashioned first name with a surname that could be an English hamlet (Ashcombe, Fenwick, Grimshaw, Winterbourne), a baneful herb (Wormwood, Henbane, Hemlock, Mandrake), a carrion bird (Crowe, Corvus, Rook, Shrike) or a compound that hints at the craft (Blackcandle, Cauldwell, Hexley, Moonwright). Anglo-Saxon survivals like Wolfric, Oswin and Leofric, Welsh and Gaelic names like Emrys, Gwydion and Taliesin, and Latin mouthfuls like Septimus and Ambrosius all read as older, stranger and more learned.

For covens outside the English tradition the same logic works in German, Italian, Spanish, French, Polish, Russian and Norse, where surnames meaning raven, wolf, owl, mist, night and black forest do the work Wormwood does in English.

How to choose male witch names

  • Pick the register before the name: Puritan and Old Testament (Obadiah Wormwood) for Salem-flavoured or folk-horror settings, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic (Wolfric Ashgrove, Emrys Blackthorn) for older and wilder magic, Latin (Septimus Foxglove) for a scholarly or occultist witch.
  • Let one half of the name carry the magic. Ambrose Ravenscroft works because Ambrose is ordinary; Corvus Nightshade is twice as dark and half as believable unless he chose the name himself.
  • Use a homely nickname (Hob, Old Tom, Jack) plus a village surname for a cunning man or hedge witch the neighbours trust; save the grand Latin and compound names for the villain or the coven's high priest.
  • For a contemporary male witch, a soft plant name (Rowan, Alder, Sorrel, Sage) with a solid English surname reads modern and kind rather than gothic.
  • Read the full name aloud in a sentence like "the charm was bought from Josiah Cauldwell of Pendle"; if the rhythm stumbles, swap the surname for one with a different number of syllables.

Frequently asked questions

What is a male witch called?

In most traditions a male witch is simply a witch. "Warlock" is common in fiction and games but historically meant oath-breaker and many practitioners reject it; other period terms include cunning man, wise man, conjurer, sorcerer and wizard. Pick whichever fits your setting and the character's own view of himself.

What makes a good male witch name?

An old-fashioned first name that was genuinely common in the 1500s to 1800s (Obadiah, Silas, Ezekiel, Ambrose, Wolfric) paired with a surname drawn from English place-names, baneful herbs, carrion birds or the tools of the craft (Wormwood, Ravenscroft, Hexley, Blackcandle). One evocative element is enough; stacking dark words makes a name feel like a costume.

Are there famous male witches in fiction and history?

Fictional examples include Merlin, Prospero, Ambrose Spellman from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Magnus Bane from the Shadowhunters books. Real people include Gerald Gardner and Alex Sanders, founders of modern Wicca, and men tried as witches such as John Fian of North Berwick, Johannes Junius of Bamberg, Urbain Grandier of Loudun and Giles Corey of Salem.

Can I use these names for a book, a D&D character or a costume?

Yes. The names are invented pairings and free to use commercially. A few first names and surnames echo real historical witch-trial families such as the Pendle Devices, so if you write historical fiction, double-check you are not accidentally using a real accused person's full name.

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All 500 male witch names

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: 52 names

  • Abiel Sootfoot
  • Abner Greythorn
  • Abner Nightshade
  • Abram Nightsedge
  • Absalom Crane
  • Absalom Hexley
  • Absalon Crowmantle
  • Adam Featherlow
  • Adlai Cobweb
  • Aelfric Warder
  • Alaric Pendragon
  • Alasdair Cairncross
  • Alban Wickerman
  • Albin Gorse
  • Alder Quicksilver
  • Aldous Spellman
  • Aldric Stormcrow
  • Aldwyn Hedgerow
  • Aleksander Wron
  • Alexius Moonbrook
  • Alfred Sallowgate
  • Algernon Rookhaven
  • Alphonse Crookshank
  • Alpin Drummore
  • Alvar Dimwood
  • Alwin Adderley
  • Amasa Hollins
  • Ambrose Fenwick
  • Ambrose Ravenscroft
  • Ambrosius Thornhallow
  • Amias Kettlebrook
  • Amory Brackenridge
  • Amos Gallowgate
  • Ansel Wickford
  • Anselm Crookback
  • Anselm Foxhollow
  • Anselmo Corvino
  • Ansgar Greythorn
  • Archibald Hexworth
  • Arthur Pennycress
  • Arvid Ravnsborg
  • Asa Pendlewick
  • Asahel Mistletoe
  • Ash Corvidale
  • Aubrey Bellwether
  • Augustine Crowle
  • Augustus Wyrmhallow
  • Aurelian Dusk
  • Aurelius Nightshade
  • Aylmer Thornwick
  • Aymer Cauldwick
  • Azariah Hexam

B: 24 names

  • Bailey Quagmire
  • Baldric Hemlockshaw
  • Baldwin Ashenhurst
  • Balthazar Hemlock
  • Barnabas Wycliffe
  • Barnaby Crowcroft
  • Bartholomew Hollow
  • Bartholomew Quince
  • Bartley Ashwell
  • Barzillai Fenn
  • Bedwyr Corncrake
  • Benedetto Nerini
  • Benedict Sallow
  • Beriah Nightcaller
  • Bertram Gallowsmith
  • Bjorn Hexeberg
  • Black Tom Haversham
  • Boaz Fernwick
  • Borislav Nochnoy
  • Botolph Hexworthy
  • Bramble Hawkins
  • Bran Corvinus
  • Brogan Mistlethwaite
  • Bronislaw Czarny

C: 28 names

  • Cadfael Moonmere
  • Cadoc Wrenfield
  • Caleb Mooncroft
  • Callum Moorhen
  • Caradoc Blackmere
  • Caspar Yarrowell
  • Cassian Mallow
  • Cassius Mugwort
  • Cathal Hollowshee
  • Chileab Sallowmere
  • Cian Rookery
  • Clement Fairweather
  • Conall Fernshaw
  • Conrad Vetch
  • Cormac Nightbury
  • Cormac Widdershins
  • Cornelius Mandrake
  • Cornelius Tallow
  • Corvus Nightingale
  • Corvus the Elder
  • Cosimo Stregoni
  • Crispin Grimthorne
  • Crispin Weatherwax
  • Cuthbert Magpie
  • Cuthbert Ravenholt
  • Cyprian Wormsley
  • Cyril Wickwell
  • Cyrus Hexenberg

D: 18 names

  • Dag Ulvemose
  • Dashiell Grimmet
  • David Blackcairn
  • Declan Fennorwood
  • Denis Cobbler
  • Desmond Harkness
  • Diarmuid Ashgrove
  • Dietrich Wolfram
  • Digby Sallowhurst
  • Dobromir Wilk
  • Domenico Lunardi
  • Dominic Goatsbeard
  • Donal Blackwater
  • Dorian Graves
  • Dorian Moonbrook
  • Drogo Fenholm
  • Duncan Ravenwick
  • Dunstan Mosswell

E: 39 names

  • Eamon Ravensdale
  • Ebenezer Grimstone
  • Ebenezer of the Fens
  • Eber Thornleigh
  • Eckhart Raab
  • Edgar Allanby
  • Edmund Greengrass
  • Edric Blackfen
  • Edwin Crowcastle
  • Einar Kraakedal
  • Eldon Hexbury
  • Eleazar Hexwood
  • Eli Harrowsmith
  • Eliakim Rook
  • Elias Thornbury
  • Elihu Fernbrake
  • Eliphaz Moonstone
  • Elm Gravesend
  • Elmer Nightwater
  • Elwood Tatterhood
  • Emmanuel Pike
  • Emrys Blackthorn
  • Emrys Saltmarsh
  • Enoch Coldwell
  • Eoghan Hawkridge
  • Ephraim Winterbourne
  • Ephron Graymoor
  • Erasmus Fogg
  • Ercole Malaspina
  • Ernest Thornwell
  • Esau Ravenstone
  • Etienne Hibou
  • Eustace Birdwhistle
  • Evander Blackstaff
  • Everard Crowthorne
  • Everett Blackhollow
  • Ewan Gallowshiels
  • Ezekiel Crowfoot
  • Ezra Candlemas

F: 18 names

  • Fabian Marlowe
  • Fabrizio Notturno
  • Felix Thorneycroft
  • Fennel Crowley
  • Fergus Corbie
  • Fergus Rowanlock
  • Fiachra Crowley
  • Fingal Mackraven
  • Fionn Hollowoak
  • Fitzwilliam Crane
  • Florian Ashdale
  • Florian Mandragore
  • Folke Nattskog
  • Francis Ravensmoor
  • Frederick Hobgood
  • Friedrich Hexenmeister
  • Fulke Crowmarsh
  • Fulke Nightingale

G: 28 names

  • Gabriel Moonshadow
  • Gaetan Sorcier
  • Gareth Wormhallow
  • Garrick Bramblewick
  • Gavin Foxhallow
  • Geoffrey Owlsworth
  • George Wickersham
  • Gerald Saltcoats
  • Gershon Ashbourne
  • Gianluca Cornacchia
  • Gideon Ashcombe
  • Gideon Toadflax
  • Gilbert Netherfield
  • Giles Crowthorpe
  • Gleb Vedun
  • Godfrey Raventhorpe
  • Godric Wolvercote
  • Godwin Cunningman
  • Gordon Blackley
  • Gorm Trolldal
  • Gottfried Nachtigall
  • Graham Fennimore
  • Gregory Hexenwood
  • Gresham Nightfold
  • Griffith Marlock
  • Grimalkin Jack
  • Gwydion Ravenhall
  • Gwythian Carne

H: 26 names

  • Habakkuk Lowe
  • Hadrian Gloaming
  • Hagen Ulverscroft
  • Halvard Ormsund
  • Hamish Warlockshaw
  • Hamlet Wrathall
  • Hanan Blackborough
  • Harold Duskwick
  • Harvey Mistcote
  • Hawthorn Pike
  • Heinrich Krahe
  • Hemlock Marsh
  • Henry Rookham
  • Herbert Candlewick
  • Hereward Blackfriar
  • Herluin Sallowby
  • Hezekiah Saltmarsh
  • Hilaire Crapaud
  • Hob Greymantle
  • Hodge Hexhallow
  • Horace Dimmock
  • Horatio Grimthorne
  • Howell Cragmoor
  • Hugo Mistwick
  • Hugo Ravenscroft
  • Humphrey Toadwell

I: 16 names

  • Ichabod Pendlebury
  • Idris Duskwater
  • Idris Penmorfa
  • Ignace Loup
  • Ignatius Crowder
  • Ignatius Wolfsbane
  • Ingram Sootwell
  • Ingvar Skygge
  • Innes Rowanlock
  • Isaac Ravenburgh
  • Ishmael Mugwort
  • Isidore Wickwire
  • Ithiel Raventree
  • Ivo Blackmarsh
  • Ivor Blackpenny
  • Izyaslav Sova

J: 29 names

  • Jabez Fenholm
  • Jabez Moonwright
  • Jack Corbiewood
  • Jacob Nethercott
  • Jago Nance
  • James Gallowtree
  • Japheth Blackstaff
  • Jared Wormwell
  • Jaromir Sowa
  • Jasper Moonhallow
  • Jedediah Grimshaw
  • Jeremiah Coldharbour
  • Jeroboam Crowe
  • Jesse Gallowsby
  • Jethro Cobbold
  • Jocelin Ashmead
  • Joel Hemlockwell
  • Johann Schwarzwald
  • Jonah Hexwood
  • Jonah Saltcote
  • Jonas Gravesby
  • Joseph Hollowthorn
  • Josiah Cauldwell
  • Jubal Nightwood
  • Jude Wormcastle
  • Jules Ombre
  • Julian Ashworth
  • Julian Weatherwax
  • Julius Crowninshield

K: 8 names

  • Kazimierz Noc
  • Kazimir Wyrmwood
  • Kenan Moonraker
  • Kenver Pascoe
  • Kester Nightrook
  • Kit Hexwell
  • Knut Mørkeby
  • Konrad Eule

L: 28 names

  • Laban Toadstool
  • Lachlan Crowdie
  • Lambert Mossgrave
  • Lamech Hollowell
  • Lancelin Wyrmwood
  • Laurence Blackridge
  • Lawrence Fogmoor
  • Lazare Nuit
  • Leander Pike
  • Leif Uglestad
  • Lemuel Toadvine
  • Leo Mistwater
  • Leofric Hobb
  • Leonard Ravenscourt
  • Leonardo Belladonna
  • Leopold Moosbach
  • Lewis Ashpool
  • Linus Hobday
  • Lionel Wickmere
  • Llewellyn Hexam
  • Lloyd Moonsmith
  • Lorcan Duskwater
  • Lucan Ravensby
  • Lucas Greyhallow
  • Lucius Henbane
  • Luke Thornhill
  • Lysander Owlcroft
  • Lyubomir Temny

M: 20 names

  • Madoc Pellingham
  • Magnus Blackmantle
  • Magnus Varulv
  • Mahlon Saltmarsh
  • Malachi Fenwick
  • Marcel Vervaine
  • Marcus Wintershawe
  • Matteo Ombrosi
  • Matthias Dornbusch
  • Mawgan Penrose
  • Maximilian Dredge
  • Melchior Rue
  • Methuselah Finch
  • Micah Ashdown
  • Micaiah Grimley
  • Milosz Cien
  • Mordecai Slight
  • Moss Greenhallow
  • Mstislav Voron
  • Murdo Grimsby

N: 9 names

  • Nadab Wickhallow
  • Nathaniel Rookwood
  • Nehemiah Bletchley
  • Nettle Bracegirdle
  • Niall Blackcraig
  • Nick Cinderwell
  • Njal Seidmann
  • Noel Blackhallow
  • Norman Crowbridge

O: 22 names

  • Oak Halloway
  • Obadiah Wormwood
  • Octave Cendre
  • Octavian Hollowmere
  • Octavius Vervain
  • Oisin Marrowby
  • Olav Tåkeheim
  • Old Hob Wickersham
  • Oliver Duskmoor
  • Omri Blackwater
  • Orion Blackfeather
  • Orlando Nebbia
  • Orlando Wickheath
  • Osbert Moorcock
  • Oscar Hexmoor
  • Osmund Ravenwell
  • Osric Goatley
  • Oswald Thornsby
  • Oswin Hedgeworth
  • Othniel Corvid
  • Otto Rabenstein
  • Owain Mabinogg

P: 15 names

  • Padraig Moonmere
  • Pascal Grimoire
  • Patrick Nightmarsh
  • Paul Hexmere
  • Pelatiah Crowne
  • Percival Broomsedge
  • Percival Rookstone
  • Peregrine Blackstock
  • Peter Moonwick
  • Philip Crowswell
  • Phineas Broomsedge
  • Piers Gallowglass
  • Piran Blackwater
  • Piran Trevithick
  • Ptolemy Finchwell

Q: 2 names

  • Quentin Ashgate
  • Quintus Grimbold

R: 30 names

  • Radoslaw Mgla
  • Ragnar Svartskog
  • Ralph Hollowcroft
  • Randolph Greymoor
  • Ranulf Grimsdyke
  • Raymond Wickstone
  • Reginald Nightbriar
  • Reinhold Kessel
  • Remus Drury
  • Reuben Fenwright
  • Reuben Nightwell
  • Reuel Crowmere
  • Rhys Gwyllion
  • Richard Fenwold
  • Rinaldo Serpente
  • Robert Blackmoss
  • Robin Goodfellow
  • Roderick Crowmoor
  • Roger Hexthorpe
  • Roland Blackhurst
  • Ronan Widdershins
  • Rostislav Tuman
  • Rowan Crowe
  • Rowan Hedgeward
  • Ruairidh Moodie
  • Ruaridh Glenmoor
  • Rue Penhallow
  • Rufus Mistbury
  • Rune Hallowmere
  • Rupert Moonfold

S: 22 names

  • Sage Thistlewood
  • Samuel Wickersby
  • Seamus Lyncham
  • Sebastian Nightjar
  • Sebastian Ravenmere
  • Septimus Foxglove
  • Shem Pendle
  • Siegfried Nebelhorn
  • Sigurd Galdrason
  • Silas Hexley
  • Silas Ravenscar
  • Simon Blackbriar
  • Solomon Blackcandle
  • Solomon Harrowgate
  • Sorley Mackintosh
  • Sorrel Ashby
  • Stanislaw Zmij
  • Stephen Hollowdale
  • Struan Kinnaird
  • Sviatoslav Koldun
  • Sylvain Bellefeuille
  • Sylvester Duskgate

T: 25 names

  • Tadhg Morrow
  • Taliesin Mabwood
  • Terence Crowfield
  • Thaddeus Blackcandle
  • Theobald Schattenwald
  • Theodore Nightwell
  • Theron Nightjar
  • Theron Nightwood
  • Thibault Chouette
  • Thomas Fenhallow
  • Thorn Wickham
  • Tiberius Greymantle
  • Timothy Wickmoor
  • Tobiah Grimwade
  • Tobias Wraxall
  • Tomasz Cmentarz
  • Tommaso Fumagalli
  • Torin Saltwick
  • Torquil Blackadder
  • Torquil Corbie
  • Torsten Natteravn
  • Tristan Polwhele
  • Tristram Blackmere
  • Tubal Ironwort
  • Turold Wintermarsh

U: 6 names

  • Ulf Heksemark
  • Ulric Wintergast
  • Ulrich Finsterwalde
  • Ultan Greyfell
  • Uriah Kettleworth
  • Uzziah Rookhurst

V: 7 names

  • Valerian Hollow
  • Vernon Ashcroft
  • Victor Ravencastle
  • Vidar Runeberg
  • Vincent Moonbriar
  • Volker Mondschein
  • Vsevolod Chernobog

W: 16 names

  • Walter Greymarsh
  • Walter Nightgale
  • Warren Hexlock
  • Wendel Mossbank
  • Wenzel Krauthammer
  • Wilfred Nightcastle
  • Wilfrid Greencroft
  • Wilhelm Eisenkraut
  • William Crowhallow
  • Winston Duskbridge
  • Wladyslaw Kruk
  • Wolfric Ashgrove
  • Wolfric Nightshade
  • Wyatt Fenbriar
  • Wymond Blackrook
  • Wystan Shrike

X: 1 name

  • Xavier Blackthorpe

Y: 3 names

  • Yaroslav Volkhv
  • Yarrow Fenn
  • Yves Sanglier

Z: 8 names

  • Zachariah Hollowell
  • Zachary Wickhallow
  • Zbigniew Mroczny
  • Zebedee Crane
  • Zebulon Crowhurst
  • Zerubbabel Wick
  • Zimri Nightwell
  • Zoran Crnogorac