Nazgul Name Generator

Tolkien names only one of the Nine outright: Khamûl the Easterling, the Shadow of the East and second to the Witch-king of Angmar, whose own name he never gives. That silence is the point. The Nazgûl (Black Speech for Ring-wraiths, Úlairi in Quenya) were great men, kings, sorcerers and warriors, three of them Númenórean lords, who faded under their Nine Rings until even their names were lost. So a Nazgûl name is really two names: the mortal one they were born with, and the title or wraith-name that replaced it.

For the mortal names this generator follows the cultures Tolkien hints at. Númenórean and Black Númenórean names use Adûnaic, the tongue of Ar-Pharazôn, Gimilkhâd and the roleplaying-era Adûnaphel: circumflexed vowels, elements like zimra (jewel), gimil (stars), pharaz (gold), khôr (lord), zagar (sword) and the royal Ar- or Tar- prefix. Easterling names sound like Khamûl, clipped and harsh with kh, zh and û. Haradrim names take long vowels and h-sounds, and a few Quenya forms (Herumor, Fuinur) cover the Black Númenóreans of Umbar.

The wraith-names are Black Speech compounds built from gûl, burz, ghâsh and durb, alongside Sindarin shadow-names and the titles the free peoples gave them: the Black Captain, the Dwimmerlaik, the Morgul-lord. Familiar fan names from the old roleplaying supplements (Er-Mûrazôr, Dwar of Waw, Hoarmûrath) are included too.