Male Wizard Name Generator

Scholarly names for archmages, sages and hedge wizards

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Generate male wizard names with the right weight of learning behind them: Latin and Greek given names, tower-and-tome surnames, epithets like 'the Patient', Magister titles and regional flavors from Germanic to Persian. Built for D&D, Pathfinder, novels and video games.

About male wizard names

Male wizard names work best when they sound learned rather than powerful. A wizard earns his magic from decades of study, so the classic pattern is an old, slightly formal given name followed by a surname that evokes the tower, the library or the night sky: Nicodemus Vellumgrave, Septimus Wyndhollow, Erasmus Quillfeather. Latin and Greek names (Aurelius, Demetrius, Ptolemy), Anglo-Saxon and medieval names (Aldhelm, Wulfstan, Osric) and the Victorian scholar set (Bartholomew, Thaddeus, Ignatius) all carry that weight instantly, which is why Gandalf, Merlin and Dumbledore sit so comfortably next to Elminster and Mordenkainen.

The second ingredient is how the name is worn. Court and academy wizards take a title: Magister, Archmagus, Loremaster, Provost. Wandering wizards pick up an epithet that hints at a story, such as Caradoc the Unblinking or Selwyn of the Drowned Library. Hedge wizards and village cunning-men get humble rustic names like Hob Marrowick or Ebenezer Crumb, and the villains of the piece tend toward hard invented mononyms such as Thundravane or Yzrakhal.

This list mixes all of those with regional flavors, so you can match a wizard to his homeland: Germanic (Dietrich Nebelwald), Slavic (Kazimir Zvezdin), Italian (Cosimo Lucernari), French, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Norse, Welsh and Irish, East Asian and elvish-style names are all here.

How to choose male wizard names

  • Decide where he studied before you pick a name: an academy wizard suits a Latin given name and a title, a self-taught hedge wizard suits a plain rustic name like Jedediah Cobblestone.
  • Use an epithet instead of a surname when the character is old or famous in-world; 'the Patient' or 'of the Salt Tower' tells players something a surname cannot.
  • Match the surname's imagery to his school of magic: ink, quill and candle words for divination and lore; frost, ember and storm words for evocation; dusk, hollow and raven words for necromancy.
  • Keep the name pronounceable at the table. Three or four syllables total is plenty; save the long invented mononyms for liches and BBEGs who will only be spoken of, not addressed.
  • If you want a regional feel, pair the given name and surname from the same language family; Dietrich Nebelwald reads as one coherent character, Dietrich Lucernari does not.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a wizard name sound male rather than neutral?

Mostly the given name. Classical and medieval masculine names ending in -us, -ric, -ard, -mund or -win (Aurelius, Aldric, Everard, Sigmund, Godwin) read as male to most readers. Surnames and epithets are usually gender-neutral, so you can pair the same surname with a name from the female wizard generator.

Are these names good for D&D wizards?

Yes. The Latin, Anglo-Saxon and epithet styles fit Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk human wizards, while the elvish-style entries (Thalion Moonquill, Sylvarien Oathwick) suit elf or half-elf wizards. For a Pathfinder or homebrew setting, pick a regional block that matches your nation's culture.

Should a wizard have a title like Archmage or Magister?

Only if your world has an institution to grant it. Magister and Master suggest a university or guild; Archmage or Archmagus suggests a formal ranking of mages; Loremaster, Archivist and Keeper suggest a library or order. A solitary tower wizard would more likely be known by an epithet.

Can I use these names in a novel or game I plan to publish?

Yes, all the names here are original combinations and free to use. Run a quick search on any name you plan to put on a cover to make sure it is not the name of a real author or an existing trademarked character.

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All 500 male wizard 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: 42 names

  • Abelard Sombrefeuille
  • Abram Hollowgate
  • Absalom Tiddle
  • Absalon Vaelcroft
  • Aelfric Moonward
  • Aerindel Silverglyph
  • Ailill Mac Saoi
  • Akiyama Tsukimori
  • Al-Hakim ibn Zafir
  • Alderic Vanthorne
  • Aldhelm Runeward
  • Alistair Greyfeather
  • Alonso Estrellavieja
  • Alphonse Lanternier
  • Alvar Sternhaus
  • Ambrose Kettlewick
  • Ambrosius Glyphwarden
  • Amias Ravenhall
  • Anatole Grismatin
  • Anatolius Greythorn
  • Ansel Nightshade
  • Anselm Crowhurst
  • Anselmo Cieloscuro
  • Ansgar Lichtenwald
  • Anzelm Wolkenstein
  • Aodh Seanleabhar
  • Apollonius Mirewick
  • Archivist Wendel Greaves
  • Archmage Theron Blackquill
  • Archmagus Corvin Hale
  • Ardashir Ruzbeh
  • Arjun Vedanta
  • Asbjorn Mistwright
  • Ashtaroth Vell
  • Athanasius Parchment
  • Athelstan Weatherglass
  • Augustin Pellworth
  • Augustus Moonvane
  • Aurelian Voss
  • Aurélien Grisvent
  • Aurelio Tenebrari
  • Aurelius Candlewright

B: 23 names

  • Babajide Olufemi
  • Baek Seo-jun
  • Bahram Setarehdan
  • Baltasar Lunaclara
  • Balthasar Greyhallow
  • Balthazar Schattenlicht
  • Barnaby Fellstone
  • Bartleby Greengage
  • Bartolomeo Notteluna
  • Basilius Stormcrown
  • Baudouin Cendrelune
  • Belmorath Kaine
  • Benedetto Stellavecchia
  • Benedick Quillharrow
  • Benedict of the Nine Candles
  • Benedict Sparrowmere
  • Benedikt Oldcastle
  • Bertold Eisenquell
  • Bertram Fennelwood
  • Bolesław Gwiazdowski
  • Bram Cindercote
  • Brother Anselm of the Ink
  • Brunolf Kaltwasser

C: 33 names

  • Cadfael Penrose
  • Caedmon Brightwater
  • Caedwalla Ashrune
  • Caelumir Vantheris
  • Caius Ashburner
  • Callixtus Thornvale
  • Callum Windscribe
  • Caradoc the Unblinking
  • Caspar Sternlicht
  • Caspian Vellmont
  • Cassian Morrow
  • Cassius Orreryhand
  • Cedric Ravenmoor
  • Chancellor Mordecai Rook
  • Claudius Astrolabe
  • Cormac Ó Draoi
  • Cornelius Fairweather
  • Cornelius Pagewright
  • Corvus Nightwell
  • Corwin Lampbury
  • Cosimo Lucernari
  • Cosmo Lanternwick
  • Crispin Hallowmere
  • Crispin Threadneedle
  • Cristóbal Tintaoscura
  • Cuthbert Ashmoor
  • Cyneric Darkmere
  • Cyprian Woldsgate
  • Cyprien Noirval
  • Cyrdrannar
  • Cyril Duskbrook
  • Cyrus Palimpsest
  • Cyrus Windhollow

D: 19 names

  • Dafydd Llanthony
  • Dagobert Thistlewood
  • Dariush Mehvar
  • Dathan Rookquill
  • Dean Barnabus Fellgate
  • Demetrius Ashvane
  • Desiderius Fennwick
  • Desmond Frostwell
  • Devendra Mantrik
  • Diarmuid Dorcha
  • Dickon Ashby
  • Dietrich Nebelwald
  • Dionysius Rookwell
  • Dobroslav Mrakovic
  • Domenico Brumarossa
  • Dorian Ashgrave
  • Dorian Vesper
  • Drethuval Moor
  • Dunstan of Hollow Tor

E: 24 names

  • Eachann Mac Fhearchair
  • Eadric Lampwell
  • Ebenezer Crumb
  • Eberhard Rabenstein
  • Edgar Wormwood
  • Edmund Starwick
  • Edwin Marchmont
  • Eirik Stormwright
  • Eldred Holloway
  • Eli Broadbent
  • Elias Tarrowgate
  • Emeric Nightgate
  • Emmerich Sallowood
  • Emrys Penhaligon
  • Endymion Glasscroft
  • Enoch Hatherleigh
  • Erasmus Pendlebury
  • Erasmus Quillfeather
  • Esteban Velanegra
  • Étienne Brumelune
  • Evander Lampwright
  • Everard the Sleepless
  • Ezio Notturno
  • Ezra Duskhollow

F: 14 names

  • Fabian Moorstone
  • Fabrizio Candelabro
  • Faelar Duskbinder
  • Farzan Mehrabadi
  • Felix Greenmantle
  • Fenwick Hollowmere
  • Fergus Ambercroft
  • Fiachra Mac Leabhair
  • Fintan of the Grey Stair
  • Florian Goldquill
  • Friedhelm Aschenberg
  • Fujiwara Tenkai
  • Fulke Brackenridge
  • Fyodor Zerkalov

G: 27 names

  • Galandor Ashwhisper
  • Garrick Stormwell
  • Garrulus Vane
  • Gaspar Cenicero
  • Gaspard Ombreveil
  • Gaspard Ravenhurst
  • Gavriel Duskward
  • Gerald Nightwick
  • Gerwin Holloquill
  • Ghorvath Pell
  • Gideon Puddlecombe
  • Gideon Rookhaven
  • Gilbert Ashbury
  • Giles Thornbury
  • Girolamo Specchiari
  • Godric Half-Vanished
  • Godwin Hollowell
  • Godwine Emberscribe
  • Gottfried Kerzenlicht
  • Grandmaster Alwyn Prosser
  • Gregor Alderwick
  • Gregorius Halewind
  • Grigori Polunochny
  • Gu Shuyin
  • Gunnar Frostscribe
  • Gwilym Brynmoor
  • Gwydion Ashbrook

H: 24 names

  • Hadrian Moorcastle
  • Hakon Emberrune
  • Halloran Vex
  • Halvard Runeshaper
  • Hamish the Long-Sighted
  • Hamlet Quillbury
  • Harbin Fennimoor
  • Hartmut Winterfeld
  • Helmrich Dunkelmoor
  • Heraclius Duskquill
  • Hereward Ashdown
  • Hezekiah Pottinger
  • Hieronymus Bookbinder
  • Hierophant Aldo Verrin
  • Hob Marrowick
  • Hollis Ashwright
  • Honoré Vieilletour
  • Horatio Penhallow
  • Hoshino Kagetsu
  • Hugh Farthingale
  • Hugo Wexcombe
  • Humbert Ashendale
  • Humphrey Wrenfield
  • Hyperion Duskmantle

I: 17 names

  • Idris al-Muqri
  • Idris Pennhallow
  • Ignacy Zmierzchowski
  • Ignatius Blackcowl
  • Ignatius Brightmoor
  • Ilvaras Quillthorn
  • Ingram Stormcowl
  • Ingvar Nightlantern
  • Inigo Candlemass
  • Ippolito Cenerini
  • Isembard Greywold
  • Isidore Lunecendre
  • Isidorus Ravelquill
  • Isidro Libroviejo
  • Ithilien Sageleaf
  • Ivo of the Salt Tower
  • Izrathis Grey

J: 12 names

  • Jabir al-Falaki
  • Jamshid Khatamkar
  • Jaromir Volkhin
  • Jasper Winterquill
  • Jedediah Cobblestone
  • Jerome Fallowfield
  • Joaquín Brumagris
  • Jonah Smallwick
  • Jonas Fennimore
  • Jorvik the Quiet
  • Julian Starcroft
  • Julius Vellumcroft

K: 12 names

  • Kaelith Starwarden
  • Kang Hae-won
  • Kaveh Dastanvis
  • Kazimir Zvezdin
  • Keeper Ivor Stanwick
  • Kendrick Sablewood
  • Kenelm Fogmantle
  • Kestrivar Odh
  • Kian Ketabdar
  • Kiran Jyotishi
  • Konrad Falkenrath
  • Kwame Odunsi

L: 28 names

  • Lachlan Greyfell
  • Ladislav Temnovsky
  • Laurence Hexworth
  • Lazar Mračnić
  • Lazarus Inkbury
  • Leander Frostcroft
  • Lector Cassian Thorne
  • Leofwine Ashspire
  • Léonce Sombreval
  • Leopold Candleburn
  • Leopold Schattenau
  • Li Wenxuan
  • Lionel Whitcombe
  • Llewelyn Mabinogh
  • Lodovico Pergamena
  • Lorathil Brightward
  • Lorcan Duskbury
  • Loremaster Ezra Hawthorn
  • Lorenzo Espejonegro
  • Lowell Nightquill
  • Lu Tianshu
  • Lucan Two-Lanterns
  • Lucian Ravensby
  • Lucius Inkhallow
  • Lucretius Ashenbrook
  • Ludovic Hollowcastle
  • Lysander Vael
  • Lysias Emberwick

M: 29 names

  • Madoc Hollowglen
  • Maelthurin
  • Magister Aurelius Vane
  • Magister Lucan Forthwright
  • Magister Oriel Damask
  • Magnus Thornwell
  • Malachi Greymoor
  • Malcolm Starwell
  • Mansur al-Kitabi
  • Marcellus Folio
  • Marcus Underhallow
  • Marmaduke Ashley-Vane
  • Marsilio Fumagallo
  • Martin Colebrook
  • Master Elric Sandoval
  • Mateo Cirioviejo
  • Matthias Fogwell
  • Maurice Verrefroid
  • Maximus Lanternbrook
  • Meinhard Glimmerholz
  • Melchior Rauchfeder
  • Micah Tallow
  • Milo Wyndcastle
  • Mizushima Seigen
  • Montague Stormquill
  • Mordecai Ravensholme
  • Mortimer Vale
  • Morvath the Unlit
  • Mungo Fairweather

N: 18 names

  • Naeris Stormleaf
  • Nakatsu Hoshimaru
  • Narcisse Étoilenoir
  • Nasir al-Din Qamari
  • Nathaniel Inkmoor
  • Navid Atashgar
  • Ned Hobcroft
  • Nehemiah Grubb
  • Nestor the Unhurried
  • Nicanor Greylock
  • Niccolò Ombrosi
  • Nicodemus Halebrook
  • Nicodemus Vellumgrave
  • Nicolás Vientoluz
  • Nikephoros Brightquill
  • Nikolai Starotsvet
  • Nilesh Vidyadhar
  • Nymrodal Vance

O: 21 names

  • Obadiah Cinderwell
  • Obadiah Marchpane
  • Obasi Nwachukwu
  • Oberon Ashwick
  • Octavian Duskfell
  • Octavius Runebinder
  • Old Master Tobin
  • Orazio Stellanti
  • Orindel Glasswind
  • Orlando Brambleby
  • Osbert Glyphcroft
  • Osgood Frostbury
  • Osher Greymantle
  • Oskaveth
  • Osric Tallowmere
  • Oswald Kittredge
  • Oswin of the Far Lamp
  • Otfried Sturmbach
  • Otho Nightmere
  • Owain Fellstar
  • Ozrian Halkett

P: 16 names

  • Pellegrino Vetriari
  • Percival the Threadbare
  • Peregrine Dustmantle
  • Philemon Bracegirdle
  • Philip Ravensdale
  • Phineas Glimmerwick
  • Piers Gallowglass
  • Piers Thornhallow
  • Preceptor Lucius Orvane
  • Prefect Osric Lamplow
  • Procopius Ashenhall
  • Provost Hadrian Moss
  • Ptolemy Sandquill
  • Ptolemy Starwatcher
  • Pyotr Knigolyub
  • Pyrranthal

Q: 5 names

  • Quentin Ravelstone
  • Quillan Stormcroft
  • Quillon Everbright
  • Quintus the Old Wick
  • Quorvessin

R: 21 names

  • Radomir Svechnikov
  • Rafe Ashmantle
  • Raffaele Lunardi
  • Ragnvald Starcaller
  • Randolph Starbury
  • Rashid ibn Tahir
  • Raynor Greythorne
  • Reinholt Nachtwald
  • Rémy Plumeciel
  • Reuben Candlemere
  • Reynard Ashcombe
  • Rhodri Caerlun
  • Rodrigo Sombravela
  • Rohan Shastri
  • Roland Kettleburn
  • Roland Many-Keys
  • Rolf Mistbury
  • Rostam Sepehri
  • Rostislav Dymnikov
  • Rowland Greystoke
  • Ruairí Coill

S: 25 names

  • Saif al-Layl
  • Sakamoto Reikai
  • Sampson Inkcroft
  • Saul Emberwell
  • Selthorik Ambervane
  • Selwyn of the Drowned Library
  • Septimus Quillborne
  • Septimus Wyndhollow
  • Sethvorral
  • Shen Qingyan
  • Shirogane Taihei
  • Siegmund Rauchenfels
  • Sigebert Nachtglas
  • Sigvard Moonrune
  • Silas Thornapple
  • Silvester Moonhaven
  • Simeon Wyndham
  • Simon Goodspell
  • Sohrab Mahtabi
  • Solomon Whitlow
  • Stanislav Mglistov
  • Steinar Coldquill
  • Stephen Hollowood
  • Sylvarien Oathwick
  • Sylvester Wyndmere

T: 29 names

  • Tadhg Ó Réaltaí
  • Taerion Voss
  • Tam Littlebright
  • Tancred Ravenwick
  • Tarquin the Unwritten
  • Tendai Mhondoro
  • Tenzin Wangdu
  • Teodor Stjärnberg
  • Teodoro Candelar
  • Tewdrig Morwenstow
  • Thaddeus Blackwater
  • Thales Greywater
  • Thalion Moonquill
  • Thane Hollowmantle
  • Thelonius Fairbanks
  • Theobald Crickmore
  • Théodule Encrefort
  • Thorvald Icequill
  • Thundravane
  • Tiberius Holloweye
  • Tiberius Inkwright
  • Tiernan Ashwell
  • Tihomir Zvezdanov
  • Titus Ashmere
  • Tobias Ravenscroft
  • Tobit Applegarth
  • Tommaso Vetrocupo
  • Torsten Winterglyph
  • Tristram Hollowby

U: 7 names

  • Ugolino Cerasanti
  • Ulric Frostmoor
  • Ulrich Mondstein
  • Ulvarrick
  • Ulwin Greycroft
  • Ulysses Marrowgate
  • Urban Emberhallow

V: 12 names

  • Vaelor Inkspire
  • Valentin Brouillard
  • Valerian Duskwell
  • Valerio Inchiostri
  • Vasili Tumanov
  • Vexmaris
  • Victor Thornmere
  • Vikram Granthakar
  • Vincent Ashenwood
  • Virgil Starmantle
  • Volkmar Grauwald
  • Vortigern Ash-Handed

W: 17 names

  • Wacław Księgarz
  • Warden Felix Harrowgate
  • Warrick Nightbury
  • Wat Tinderly
  • Wen Moyuan
  • Wendelin Tintenbach
  • Wendell Hawkmoor
  • Wilfred Tanglewood
  • Wilhelm Fogcastle
  • Willoughby Starhallow
  • Winston Hargrove
  • Wolfram Ashburn
  • Wraithmoor Kaal
  • Wulfric Blackthorn
  • Wulfstan Nightlore
  • Wymond Greyhallow
  • Wystan the Meticulous

X: 4 names

  • Xandravos
  • Xavier Nightgrove
  • Xerxes Greywick
  • Xu Yunzhou

Y: 7 names

  • Yahya al-Musawir
  • Yaroslav Lunevsky
  • Yorick Stonequill
  • Ysengrin Vespéral
  • Yusuf al-Raml
  • Yves Candlecroft
  • Yzrakhal

Z: 14 names

  • Zachariah Mistwood
  • Zakariya al-Nujumi
  • Zanobi Cristalli
  • Zbigniew Mrocznik
  • Zebedee Cruikshank
  • Zebulon Starcroft
  • Zeno Mistmantle
  • Zenodotus Inkmere
  • Zephyrin of the Last Candle
  • Zhang Xingyun
  • Zhou Mingzhe
  • Zorvanthel
  • Zosimus Emberwell
  • Zuberi Mwalimu