Night Vale Name Generator

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Generate names in the style of Welcome to Night Vale: residents like Marjorie Vance (not that one), interns like Intern Rashid, officials like Registrar of Doors Amadeo Finch, nameless figures like The Woman Who Waits by the Car Wash and entities like The Beige Presence.

About Night Vale names

Welcome to Night Vale is a podcast told as community radio from a small desert town, and its names work the way its news does: something ordinary is read out calmly, and then a tag makes it strange. Old Woman Josie, Intern Dana and Carlos the Scientist are a plain first name with a role. John Peters (you know, the farmer) is a plain full name with an aside. Others have only a description, like the Man in the Tan Jacket and the Glow Cloud.

This list keeps the same habits. There are residents with everyday American names of many origins (Lucinda Trujillo, Harlan Osei), residents with an aside (Ruth Akintola (no relation), Gus Paloma (currently a column of light)), tradespeople (Dolores the Locksmith), interns, scientists and radio staff, and officials whose titles run longer than their names, such as Registrar of Doors Amadeo Finch. The nameless get descriptions (The Woman Who Waits by the Car Wash), and the things in the sky get polite ones (The Beige Presence, That Which Idles Near the Overpass). Pets, committees, businesses, places and civic holidays fill out the town.

Thirty entries are from the podcast and are named in the questions below. Everything else is original, written for fan fiction, tabletop games and radio bulletins of your own.

How to choose Night Vale names

  • For a resident, start with a name you could find in any phone book and add one calm aside in parentheses. Ruth Akintola (no relation) works because the name is ordinary and the aside explains nothing.
  • Give a role instead of a surname when a character is known for one thing: Dolores the Locksmith, Intern Rashid, Coach Dombrowski.
  • For an official, let the title carry the joke and keep the person's name plain. Commissioner of Unexplained Lights Rita Sokolov reads best in a flat announcer's voice.
  • For something that should not be named, say where it is or what it does, politely and without horror adjectives: The Presence in Aisle Nine, The Weather That Looks Back.
  • Read the name aloud as if it were the third item in a community calendar. If it still sounds like routine news, it fits.

Frequently asked questions

Which names on this list are from Welcome to Night Vale itself?

Thirty: Cecil Palmer, Carlos the Scientist, Old Woman Josie, Intern Dana, Intern Maureen, John Peters (you know, the farmer), Hiram McDaniels, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, The Man in the Tan Jacket, The Glow Cloud, Steve Carlsberg, Mayor Pamela Winchell, Tamika Flynn, Khoshekh, Station Management, The Sheriff's Secret Police, Desert Bluffs, Radon Canyon, Big Rico's Pizza, The Dog Park, Earl Harlan, Telly the Barber, Michelle Nguyen, Larry Leroy, Out on the Edge of Town, Moonlite All-Nite Diner, Street Cleaning Day, Leann Hart, Marcus Vanston, The Whispering Forest and Huntokar. Everything else is original and is not part of the podcast. This is a fan page with no connection to the makers of the show.

How do I name a Night Vale OC?

Decide whether the character is a resident, a member of staff or something less defined. A resident gets an everyday name and at most one tag, such as Bea Winslow (the one who hums) or Paul the Unrelated. An intern or an official gets the job first and the name second, as in Intern Xochitl or Comptroller Hana Villareal.

What makes a name sound like Night Vale and not like ordinary horror?

Understatement. The names here stay away from gore and threats and treat the impossible as a minor civic matter: The Mild Dread, The Friendly Void on Fourth Street, The Subcommittee on Doors. If a name could run in a town newsletter without comment, it has the right tone.

Can I use these names for my own town?

Yes, that is what the original names are for. Places such as Antimony Flats and Mesa Verity and businesses such as Dusty's Tire and Prophecy can furnish a setting of your own, and Mandatory Kite Day gives it a calendar. The thirty names from the podcast belong to it, so treat those as references and build your cast from the rest.

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A: 55 names

  • A Chihuahua Named Thunder
  • A Cloud Shaped Like an Apology
  • A Deer with Too Many Opinions
  • A Familiar Face, Unfortunately
  • A Flock of Entirely Silent Geese
  • A Hawk Named Deborah
  • A Low Shape on the Horizon
  • A Perfectly Normal Horse
  • A Pillar of Considerate Flame
  • A Polite Voice on the Other Line
  • A Scientist Named Dave
  • A Scorpion in a Tiny Hat
  • A Sentient Patch of Haze

A, continued

  • A Stranger with Your Handwriting
  • A Vague Agency We Will Not Describe
  • A Very Tired Astronomer
  • A Voice You Trust, for Some Reason
  • Abe Feldman (the good notary)
  • Abel the Cartographer
  • Abernathy's Hardware and Soft Whispers
  • Acting Interim Mayor Bruno Castellanos
  • Acting Sheriff Dolph Emerson
  • Ada Kruger (unconfirmed)
  • Admiral Fluff
  • Advanced Reader Kimiko Sloan
  • Agatha the Notary
  • Agnes Tsosie

A, continued

  • Alderman Jericho Fontenot
  • Alistair Lujan
  • Alma the Forewarned
  • Alonzo Featherstone
  • Amadou the Baker
  • Amara Lightfoot (present, for now)
  • Amit the Unlicensed Meteorologist
  • Amos Kealoha (who built the fence around nothing)
  • An Entity Known Only as the Tenant
  • An Unfamiliar Cousin
  • Animal Control Officer Thaddeus Crow
  • Annika Morrow
  • Annual Lottery of Small Inconveniences
  • Ansel Mwangi

A, continued

  • Antimony Flats
  • Anton Baptiste
  • Argon Gulch
  • Arlo Benavides (we waved back, regrettably)
  • Art Villalobos (the real one this time)
  • Arturo Blackwood
  • Arvid, Near the Dry Lake
  • Assessor of Shadows Nestor Vandenberg
  • Assistant Coroner for Minor Mysteries Jia Whitlow
  • Assistant Deputy Undersecretary for Sand Kirra Dalton
  • Associate Clerk of the Unopened Mail Rolf Jimenez
  • Astrid, Who Was Told Not To
  • Augustin Reyes-Holt
  • Aunt Philippa of the Many Cats

B: 30 names

  • Babysitter Chloe Adeyemi
  • Baltazar Winterbourne
  • Barium Butte
  • Barnaby Quintero
  • Baron von Scratch
  • Bartleby the Bulldog
  • Bea Winslow (the one who hums)
  • Beatrix Chowdhury
  • Benny the Tow Truck Driver
  • Bernadette Okafor
  • Bertrand Aguilar
  • Bess Arroyo (no longer on the list)
  • Big Jim Tsosie
  • Big Rico's Pizza
  • Big Sky Bait, Tackle and Notary

B, continued

  • Bill Nakashima (still missing, still cheerful)
  • Biscuit (a dog, as far as anyone can tell)
  • Bitter Creek Estates
  • Bo, from the Tire Yard
  • Board Operator Kostas Reilly
  • Bonnie Tsinajinnie (no further questions)
  • Booth Technician Mordecai Flood
  • Bridge Commissioner Enoch Yamada (there is no bridge)
  • Bridget, of the Twelve Casseroles
  • Bring Your Shadow to Work Day
  • Buck Sjoberg (the helpful one)
  • Bud Lachance (he was there, he saw nothing)
  • Budget Director Ignatius Mbah
  • Burt Zielinski (or someone wearing his hat)
  • Buttons, Destroyer of Slippers

C: 61 names

  • Cactus Flower Beauty Salon
  • Call Screener Anahita Boone
  • Calla the Taxidermist
  • Camp Counselor Rowan Etsitty
  • Captain Ruiz of the Bowling Team
  • Captain, the Dog Who Waits at the Station
  • Carl Whitehorse (he fixes the lights)
  • Carlos the Scientist
  • Carmela Underhill
  • Carmen's Husband, the Quiet One
  • Carol Lindgren (she would rather not)
  • Catalina Rookwood

C, continued

  • Cecil Palmer
  • Celestine Marrow
  • Chair of the Board of Vague Concerns Indira Lowell
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Tuesdays Lorenzo Babic
  • Chancellor of the Community College Rufina Dade
  • Chet Morales (he is doing his best)
  • Chief Auditor of Whispers Felicia Brandvold
  • Chief Engineer Solomon Etxeberria
  • Chief of the Volunteer Fog Department Hale Marchand
  • Chief Surveyor of the Scrublands Ananya Hale
  • Chip Onyango (he signed for the package)
  • Cinder Wash

C, continued

  • Citizens for a Quieter Sky
  • Citywide Hide and Seek, Mandatory
  • Clarence the Adequately Supervised
  • Class President Jamal Hightower
  • Clement Nwosu
  • Clementine the Barn Cat
  • Cleo Mirabal (according to the minutes)
  • Clerk of Missing Records Jasper Tso
  • Clerk of the Works Obadiah Sato
  • Clifton Nakamura
  • Clover, a Sheep of Uncertain Origin
  • Clyde Soto (he had it coming, weatherwise)

C, continued

  • Coach Dombrowski
  • Cobalt Canyon
  • Colonel Feathers
  • Commissioner Emeritus Alba Reinholt
  • Commissioner of Lawns Tiberius Akande
  • Commissioner of Unexplained Lights Rita Sokolov
  • Commissioner of Weights and Regrets Tavish Oduro
  • Community Calendar Editor Suki Brandon
  • Comptroller Hana Villareal
  • Constance Baek
  • Continuity Announcer Verna Ishikawa
  • Cora Banerjee (lost a bet with the moon)

C, continued

  • Cornelius Park
  • Coroner Emeritus Wilhelmina Abbasi
  • Council Stenographer Albion Eze
  • Councilmember Odette Farrington
  • County Clerk Basil Ogunleye
  • Cousin Armand
  • Coyote Corner Grocery
  • Coyote Wells
  • Crossing Guard Trainee Benji Aoki
  • Cub Reporter Lucía Brandt
  • Custodian of the Town Seal Marcel Igwe
  • Cy Fenwick (speaking as a private citizen)
  • Cyrus Okereke

D: 55 names

  • Dale Hutchinson (the other one)
  • Dario, Whom the Crows Prefer
  • Day of the Second Noon
  • Deacon, Behind the Feed Store
  • Dear Old Mrs. Finch
  • Debate Team Alternate Zara Whitehorse
  • Dee Marchetti-Lopez (ask her yourself)
  • Delphine Ruiz
  • Dennis, Formerly of Accounting
  • Deputy Assessor of Unclaimed Shadows Marta Greer
  • Deputy Clerk for Forbidden Permits Otto Fuentes
  • Deputy Comptroller of Hours Mi-Rae Gallagher
  • Deputy Director of Acceptable Dreams Noemi Strand

D, continued

  • Deputy Mayor Lucius Abara
  • Deputy Registrar of Forgotten Streets Lupita Sorrell
  • Desert Bluffs
  • Desert Rose Motor Lodge (no vacancy, no guests)
  • Desmond Varga
  • Dev the Librarian's Assistant
  • Dewey Amadi (somewhere in the walls)
  • Dinah Esposito (she heard it first)
  • Director of Emergency Whispering Samir Lachlan
  • Director of Tourism Lazaro Finnegan (resigned, visibly)
  • Dmitri Calloway
  • Dogcatcher General Efrain Solberg
  • Dolores the Locksmith
  • Dolores Vanterpool

D, continued

  • Doris the Unblinking
  • Dot Gallegos (she knows)
  • Dov Ellison (an acceptable neighbor)
  • Dr. Agnieszka Bright
  • Dr. Bao Winterson
  • Dr. Casimir Dunne
  • Dr. Cordelia Blackwell
  • Dr. Esteban Holcomb, Expert in Lights
  • Dr. Flora Montague-Reyes
  • Dr. Halvard Mbeki-Stone
  • Dr. Hiro Castellanos (it is too soon to say)
  • Dr. Imani Kozlowski
  • Dr. Joon-Ho Whitaker
  • Dr. Kwabena Stroud (seismology, mostly)

D, continued

  • Dr. Lin Fairchild-Ortega
  • Dr. Lucille Obi (results inconclusive)
  • Dr. Marisol Tengan
  • Dr. Ngozi Pereira
  • Dr. Odile Ramanathan
  • Dr. Philomena Ashby
  • Dr. Ravi Underhill
  • Dr. Samuel Achterberg, Who Has a Theory
  • Dr. Tansy Villegas
  • Dr. Thabo Ellery
  • Dry Gulch Community Pool
  • Duchess (answers only to static)
  • Dusty the Mule
  • Dusty's Tire and Prophecy

E: 20 names

  • Earl Harlan
  • Earl Stubbs (formerly of the hardware store)
  • East Nowhere
  • Editorials Director Simone Okwu
  • Elder Thompkins
  • Election Monitor Cosima Ward (hooded, as required)
  • Eleni the Soil Sampler
  • Elroy Vasquez-Stern
  • Elsie Huang (no, the other Elsie)
  • Emeka Sutherland

E, continued

  • Emil Santangelo
  • Emmett Sandoval
  • Enzo Hargreaves (somebody's uncle)
  • Esme, from Before
  • Esperanza Holloway
  • Etta Holm (she remembers the old sky)
  • Eunice Tanaka
  • Evelyn Tarbuck (allegedly)
  • Ezekiel Brannigan
  • Ezra, Under the Billboard

F: 17 names

  • Farm Report Correspondent Elmo Rask
  • Fatima Lockridge
  • Faye the Projectionist
  • Felipe Ostrander
  • Felix Yoon (also Felix Yoon)
  • Fenella, Keeper of the Beakers
  • Fern Takahashi (not at liberty to say)
  • Field Researcher Tevita Grange

F, continued

  • Fire Marshal Octavio Lund
  • Flo Underwood (awake since the incident)
  • Floyd Ogunbanjo (you know, from the meetings)
  • Former Intern Vasquez
  • Founders Day (founders unknown)
  • Fourth Grader of the Month Theo Nakai
  • Franklin Adeyemi
  • Friends of the Forbidden Library
  • Fundraising Coordinator Jax Oyinlola

G: 21 names

  • Gabe Larkspur (son of nobody in particular)
  • Garth Imamura (not available for comment, ever)
  • Gerald the Municipal Tortoise
  • Geraldine Mbeki
  • Gideon Marchetti
  • Gil Moreno (please return his ladder)
  • Ginny, from the Lost and Found
  • Gordon the Night Clerk
  • Grand Marshal of Street Sweeping Vera Toledano
  • Grandma Okafor, Who Remembers the First Sky

G, continued

  • Grandpa Hollis and His Ham Radio
  • Granny Blackwater
  • Great-Uncle Bartholomew
  • Greta Manygoats
  • Gretchen the Scientist's Assistant
  • Guadalupe Ashworth
  • Guest Host Lenora Vale
  • Gunnar, Out Where the Road Ends
  • Gunther, Who Mows at Midnight
  • Gus Paloma (currently a column of light)
  • Gwen Halvorsen (has not blinked since March)

H: 25 names

  • Hal Ndiaye (see previous bulletin)
  • Half-Moon Diner and Bait
  • Halima Brooks (for legal reasons, a neighbor)
  • Hall Monitor Felix Otero
  • Hank Dubois (the tall one)
  • Harbor Master Fiona Uzoma (there is no harbor)
  • Harlan Osei
  • Hattie Nez
  • Hazel Qureshi (very much a person)
  • Head Cheerleader Imani Kowalski
  • Head Juror Philippa Naidoo
  • Head of Parking Enforcement and Prophecy Lark Nwachukwu

H, continued

  • Health Inspector Beulah Santos
  • Hector Vandermolen
  • Helga the Twice Returned
  • Helium Heights
  • Henrietta Koslow
  • Hester the Clockmaker
  • Hiram McDaniels
  • Honorary Mayor for a Day Tessa Oyama
  • Hoyt Tallchief (he has seen the basement)
  • Hugh Santiago (we think)
  • Huntokar
  • Hush Puppy Shack
  • Hyacinth Brandt

I: 53 names

  • Idris Fontaine
  • Ignacio the Bus Driver
  • Ike Montenegro (legally distinct from the fog)
  • Imogen Begay
  • Ines Whitcomb (back from wherever that was)
  • Inez Thornbury (the quiet one)
  • Ingrid Balasubramanian
  • Inspector of Fences Graciela Thorn
  • Interim Director of Sirens Maren Castile
  • Intern Anselm
  • Intern Aroha
  • Intern Babajide
  • Intern Bartek

I, continued

  • Intern Brigid
  • Intern Calliope (we hope)
  • Intern Chidi
  • Intern Dana
  • Intern Dashiell
  • Intern Dolores, Third of That Name
  • Intern Elan
  • Intern Emmanuel (thriving, suspiciously)
  • Intern Fitzgerald (no, a different one)
  • Intern Greer
  • Intern Hamza (for college credit)
  • Intern Ichiro
  • Intern Jodie, Second Semester

I, continued

  • Intern Kekoa
  • Intern Kofi (unpaid, unharmed)
  • Intern Leocadia
  • Intern Lorna
  • Intern Margit (on assignment)
  • Intern Mateus, Sent to Check the Noise
  • Intern Maureen
  • Intern Nikhil, Still at the Copier
  • Intern Number Eleven
  • Intern Oluwaseun
  • Intern Paloma
  • Intern Rashid
  • Intern Ruthanne

I, continued

  • Intern Soo-Jin
  • Intern Sunniva
  • Intern Tavita
  • Intern Thuy-Linh
  • Intern Tomasina, Wherever She Is
  • Intern Tyrell
  • Intern Wren
  • Intern Xochitl
  • Intern Yevgenia
  • Intern Zofia
  • Irene Ostrom (retired, technically)
  • Isidro Fairweather
  • It Who Must Not Be Scheduled
  • Itzel Monroe (the good electrician)

J: 14 names

  • Javier Thackeray
  • Jed Alvarado (exactly where we left him)
  • Jerome Bitsui (he repairs the swamp coolers)
  • Jim, Just Jim
  • Joan Pellegrino (the notary we trust)
  • Joaquin Reed (taller every week)
  • John Peters (you know, the farmer)
  • Jolene, at the End of the Cul-de-Sac
  • Jorge Wainwright (the one we like)
  • Josephine Etsitty
  • Jun Hargrove (out of office until the stars align)
  • Junior Deputy Tallulah Reyes
  • Juniper the Desert Tortoise
  • Justice of the Peace and Quiet Leander Achieng

K: 9 names

  • Kay Ihejirika (the one with the lantern)
  • Keanu the Dishwasher
  • Keeper of the Lost Property Ledger Anders Bello
  • Keeper of the Municipal Hourglass Sigrid Molina
  • Kenji the Reasonable
  • Khoshekh
  • Kiona Marsh (unaffected, somehow)
  • Kip Adebayo (still in line)
  • Kwame Stillwater

L: 35 names

  • Lab Technician Jules Okafor-Wynn
  • Lady Apricot Paws
  • Lake Nothing
  • Lakshmi Dunmore
  • Landlord Vance
  • Larry Leroy, Out on the Edge of Town
  • Late Night Jazz Host Delroy Marchetti
  • Leann Hart
  • Lemonade Entrepreneur Hui Min Carter
  • Lena, the Last Person in the Phone Book
  • Leon the Substitute Teacher

L, continued

  • Leopold Zamora
  • Les Aguirre (ask him about the weather)
  • Librarian in Chief (do not approach)
  • Librarian Liaison Chandra Pruitt
  • Liesel, Out Past the Water Tower
  • Lifeguard Trainee Soraya Peck
  • Lila Chaudhry (three of her, at last count)
  • Lionel Hashimoto
  • Little Paulette from Down the Block
  • Lois Trevino (it is a long story)
  • Lone Mesa Drive-In Theater
  • Lorraine Dufresne

L, continued

  • Lost Shadow Mesa
  • Lottie Graves (says she is fine)
  • Lou Castaneda (the one with the truck)
  • Louie the Sign Painter
  • Louisa Petrakis
  • Low Desert Credit Union
  • Lower Somewhere Road
  • Lucinda Trujillo
  • Lucinda's House of Clocks
  • Lupe Ostrowski (keeper of the spare key)
  • Luz Carmody (returned from the mesa)
  • Lyle Echeverria

M: 48 names

  • Mabel Otieno (do not thank her)
  • Madame Oyelaran, Seamstress to the Hooded
  • Maeve Olatunji (you know, the beekeeper)
  • Mandatory Kite Day
  • Mango the Parakeet (fluent in sirens)
  • Manny, Down at the Used Car Lot
  • Marching Band Drum Major Odin Flores
  • Marcus Vanston
  • Marge's Second Chance Thrift
  • Marguerite Oakhurst
  • Marguerite the Elder
  • Marguerite the Younger

M, continued

  • Marisela the Florist
  • Marisol Kettering
  • Marjorie Vance (not that one)
  • Marlene, Across from the Vacant Lot
  • Marshal of the Annual Parade Corinne Adjei
  • Marty Okpara (he means well)
  • Maurice Chee
  • Mavis Delgadillo
  • Mayor Pamela Winchell
  • Mayor Pro Tem Adaeze Whitfield
  • Mayoral Candidate Aurelio Banks (a persistent echo)
  • Mei, Who Answers the Other Phone

M, continued

  • Membership Drive Captain Ora Lindell
  • Mesa Verity
  • Mesa Vista Used Cars and Other Shapes
  • Michelle Nguyen
  • Milton Arce
  • Mimi Starkweather (she has always lived here)
  • Minh Carraway
  • Minister of Potholes Ferdinand Ojo
  • Minnie Park (since before the maps)
  • Mirage Car Wash
  • Mirage Junction
  • Mireille Hutchins

M, continued

  • Miss Odalys, the Piano Teacher
  • Mister Halloran from the Hardware Store
  • Mitch the Lifeguard, Despite Everything
  • Mittens the Unknowable
  • Monty Baptista (lawfully a resident)
  • Moonlite All-Nite Diner
  • Mordecai Salazar
  • Morning Host Baxter Nwankwo
  • Mr. Whiskers, Who Predicted It
  • Mrs. Delacroix, Third Grade
  • Ms. Okoro, Librarian (run)
  • Myrna Kobayashi (absolutely the original)

N: 21 names

  • Nadia Fitzwilliam
  • Nadine the Unconcerned
  • Naledi Price (owner of several keys)
  • Naomi Culpepper
  • Nate Villaseñor (as of this morning)
  • Ned Fairbanks (it was never proven)
  • Neighbor Ted
  • Nell Bustamante (a pillar of the community, literally)
  • Neon Arroyo
  • Nerys, Who Studies Things That Are Not There

N, continued

  • Nettie's Pie Counter
  • News Stringer Tavon Hollis
  • Night Vale Parking Authority and Oracle
  • Nightingale Dry Cleaners
  • Nikolai Peabody
  • Nimbus the Hovering Cat
  • Noor Castellane
  • Nora the Second Locksmith
  • Norm Castillo (mostly a rumor)
  • Notary Public Marguerite Onwuachi
  • Nurse Calloway

O: 24 names

  • Odalys Ferreira
  • Odessa the Seamstress
  • Okonkwo's Radio Repair
  • Oksana, of the Night Shift
  • Old Bartholomew's Nephew
  • Old Blue, Who Howls in Reverse
  • Old Lady Sternwood
  • Old Man Ferreira
  • Old Mister Lindqvist
  • Old Mother Dust
  • Old Quarry Overlook
  • Old Woman Hattie Lou

O, continued

  • Old Woman Josie
  • Oleg the Piano Tuner
  • Omar Halloway (winner of the lottery, sadly)
  • Ombudsperson for the Void Kalinda Stroud
  • Opal Hernandez-Cho
  • Opal Reinhardt (do not make eye contact)
  • Ortega and Daughters Funeral Home and Florist
  • Orville Benally
  • Otis Ravenscroft
  • Ottilie Guzman
  • Overnight Producer Tomasz Wren
  • Ozzie Grant (the good dentist)

P: 32 names

  • Paloma Witherspoon-Diaz
  • Pancake (not a dog)
  • Papa Nguyen
  • Paper Route Kid Emilio Strand
  • Parade of the Hooded Volunteers
  • Parallel Parking Garage
  • Parks Supervisor Dagmar Ito
  • Patrice Lemoine (it is fine)
  • Paul the Unrelated
  • Pauline the Crossing Guard

P, continued

  • Peanut (three eyes, good boy)
  • Pearl Yazzie (she runs the swap meet)
  • Permit Officer Lorelei Attakai
  • Pete Ramos (slightly translucent)
  • Pete's Pawn and Portal
  • Petra the Well Digger
  • Petronella the Entomologist
  • Phyllis Oduya
  • Pickles the Iguana
  • Pilar Navarro (she counts the crows)
  • Planning Director Emory Tafoya

P, continued

  • Pledge Line Operator Hortense Yu
  • Poet Laureate of the Sand Wastes Isolde Ramirez
  • Postdoc Arjun Sterling
  • Posy Guerrero (nobody you need to worry about)
  • Priya Halloran
  • Professor Hoots
  • Program Director Fitz Almeida
  • Promotions Director Gigi Abdallah
  • Prudence Okonjo
  • Public Affairs Host Edwina Laski
  • Public Works Foreman Dell Ybarra

Q: 4 names

  • Quarterback Mateo Lindgren, Possibly a Mirage
  • Queenie Robles (yes, that Queenie)
  • Quiet Sands, Our Rival to the East
  • Quiet Week

R: 29 names

  • Radon Canyon
  • Rafael Lindholm
  • Ramona Thistlewood
  • Raul Pennington (left a note)
  • Ray Kimball (literally a swarm of moths)
  • Recorder of Deeds and Misdeeds Hamish Portillo
  • Recording Secretary Winnie Achterhof
  • Red Mesa Trailer Park
  • Reggie, Our Most Punctual Neighbor
  • Registrar of Doors Amadeo Finch
  • Remote Broadcast Coordinator Pim Arevalo
  • Renaldo the Geologist
  • Renata Solis (you remember, from the bank)
  • Reuben Montoya

R, continued

  • Rex, Who Fetches Things That Were Not Thrown
  • Rhea Colfax (the one from the dream)
  • Rodrigo Pemberton
  • Roland, Two Houses Down
  • Rosa, Who Studies Why the Sun Is Loud
  • Rosalba, of the Third Shift
  • Rosalind Achebe
  • Rosario Kessler
  • Roscoe Villanueva
  • Rosie's Roadside Jerky and Fortunes
  • Roy Achterberg (he says hello)
  • Rudy Chatterjee (cleared of all weather)
  • Rufus the Meter Reader
  • Russ Tovar (he reads the meters)
  • Ruth Akintola (no relation)

S: 54 names

  • Sal Dimitriou (probably)
  • Sales Manager Geneva Tolliver
  • Salt Cedar Cemetery and Miniature Golf
  • Sam the Other Barber
  • Sand Hollow (we do not speak of Sand Hollow)
  • Sandstone Terrace Retirement Village
  • Sanitation Chief Rosendo Macklin
  • School Board President Thelma Nakai
  • Science Fair Winner Ravi Castillo
  • Scrubland Feed and Seed
  • Second Selectman Marit Oyelowo
  • Second Sunrise Yoga and Tire Rotation
  • Secretary of the Unspoken Agenda Hobart Mendoza

S, continued

  • Senior Correspondent for Lights in the Sky
  • Senior Deputy for Things in the Sky Abner Quiroz
  • Señor Bigotes
  • Señora Villalobos, Who Keeps the Candles
  • Sergeant at Arms Linnea Tapahonso
  • Sergei Appleby
  • Shadow Lake (seasonal, emotional)
  • Shadow, Who Has None
  • Shirin Maddox
  • Sid Vasquez (the one who came back different)
  • Signal Technician Yolotli Brand
  • Silas Yamamoto
  • Silver Spur Western Wear and Tax Preparation
  • Simon the Beekeeper

S, continued

  • Sincere Stan's Slightly Used Mattresses
  • Sister of the Woman You Met Once
  • Smokey the Courthouse Cat
  • Socks (formerly two cats)
  • Soledad Whitlock
  • Somebody at the Door
  • Someone's Aunt, Possibly Yours
  • Something Kind in the Crawl Space
  • Sophomore Class Oracle Nico Halvorsen
  • Spelling Bee Champion Rosalie Tso
  • Sports Desk Anchor Dwight Sepulveda
  • Stanley Oyelaran
  • Station Accountant Mirela Hask

S, continued

  • Station Management
  • Station Receptionist Calder Pham
  • Steve Carlsberg
  • Street Cleaning Day
  • Stu Papadakis (who owes everyone an explanation)
  • Substitute Host Marigold Tsui
  • Sulfur Draw
  • Summer Reading Captain Dorothea Lin
  • Sunita Rangan (twice, somehow)
  • Superintendent of Streetlights Carys Mondragon
  • Supervisor of Elections and Omens Bettina Charles
  • Susan, Who Is Late
  • Suvi Ellsworth
  • Sylvie Romero (off the record)

T: 346 names

  • Tabitha Arredondo
  • Tad Okoro (by all accounts)
  • Tamika Flynn
  • Tamsin the Archivist
  • Tax Collector Rashad Honeycutt
  • Team Mascot Trainee Piper Nwosu
  • Telly the Barber
  • Teodoro, Who Feeds the Lights
  • Thaddeus Kim
  • Thandi Wolfe (her shadow arrives first)
  • That Which Idles Near the Overpass
  • That Which Was Promised a Parking Space
  • The Acquaintance from a Party You Did Not Attend
  • The Agency on the Hill with No Windows

T, continued

  • The All-Night Pharmacy That Closes at Nine
  • The Angel Asleep in the Orchard
  • The Angel in the Borrowed Cardigan
  • The Angel on the Carport Roof
  • The Angel Who Borrowed the Ladder
  • The Angel Who Changes the Light Bulbs
  • The Angel Who Will Not Give a Name
  • The Announcer Before the Announcer
  • The Annual Counting of the Doors
  • The Antelope Seen Only in Rearview Mirrors
  • The Appetite Below the Cafeteria
  • The Applicant for a Job We Did Not Post
  • The Authority That Authorizes Other Authorities
  • The Basement Under City Hall

T, continued

  • The Bat Colony at the Old Drive-In
  • The Beige Presence
  • The Being That Signed the Lease
  • The Blue Door Antiques (do not open the blue door)
  • The Board of Unexplained Education
  • The Bobcat on the School Roof
  • The Boy on the Roof of the Library
  • The Brass Key Hotel
  • The Breathing Under Main Street
  • The Brotherhood of the Unmarked Helicopter
  • The Bureau of Weights, Measures and Portents
  • The Bureau That Does Not Exist (Room 4)
  • The Burro of Lost Mesa Road
  • The Caller with the Wrong Number, Again
  • The Cat That Sits Slightly Above the Sofa

T, continued

  • The Ceaseless Wind Chime
  • The Census Taker Who Counts Backward
  • The Chamber of Commerce and Secrets
  • The Child Behind the Vending Machine
  • The Child Counting Down from Something
  • The Clerk Who Has Always Worked Here
  • The Clock That Knows
  • The Cold Spot That Follows the Mail Carrier
  • The Collector of Left Gloves
  • The Colossus of the Scrublands
  • The Commission on Appropriate Screaming
  • The Committee Nobody Will Admit Serving On
  • The Committee to Re-Elect the Fog
  • The Corner of Somerset and Nowhere

T, continued

  • The Council of Hooded Volunteers
  • The Couple Who Finish Each Other's Silences
  • The Courier with the Unaddressed Envelope
  • The Coyote Who Reads the Mail
  • The Crooked Mile Gas and Go
  • The Crossing Guard at the Empty Intersection
  • The Crows of Lot B
  • The Culvert Behind the Fairgrounds
  • The Customer Ahead of You in Line
  • The Dancer in the Laundromat Window
  • The Dark Roast Coffee Hut
  • The Decommissioned Weather Station and Picnic Area
  • The Department of Acceptable Colors
  • The Department of Sand Removal and Return
  • The Department of Tuesday Affairs, Recently Renamed

T, continued

  • The Dim Hour
  • The Diner Regular in the Corner Booth
  • The Dog Park
  • The Door in the Desert
  • The Driver of the Unmarked Ice Cream Truck
  • The Dweller in the Model Home
  • The Echo That Answers First
  • The Empty Chair Barbershop
  • The Eye in the Water Tower
  • The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home
  • The Feast of Acceptable Lights
  • The Fellow in the Second Booth
  • The Festival of the Unlit Lamp
  • The Field Where the Lights Land

T, continued

  • The Figure at the Far End of the Aisle
  • The Fisherman at the Dry Lake
  • The Flicker
  • The Forbidden Playground
  • The Forbidden Wing of the Rec Center
  • The Fourth Member of the Trio
  • The Friend of a Friend of No One
  • The Friendly Void on Fourth Street
  • The Garden Club of Carnivorous Annuals
  • The Gardener of the Median Strip
  • The Gentle Abyss
  • The Gentleman Caller, Still Calling
  • The Gentleman in the Gray Raincoat
  • The Gentleman of the Empty Lot

T, continued

  • The Gila Monster Who Attends Mass Transit Meetings
  • The Girl in the Outdated Yearbook
  • The Girl Who Speaks Only in Forecasts
  • The Girl with the Paper Lantern
  • The Glow Cloud
  • The Glowing Scoop Ice Cream Parlor
  • The Goat Behind the Laundromat
  • The Gravel Pit East of the Gravel Pit
  • The Great Sand Sale
  • The Great Static
  • The Guest Nobody Invited to the Potluck
  • The Guild of Licensed Whisperers
  • The Historical Society (history pending)
  • The Hitchhiker on the Old Frontage Road
  • The Hole Behind the Elementary School

T, continued

  • The Hollow Parade
  • The Homecoming Game Against the Void
  • The Homeowners Association of Elder Court
  • The Hooded Chorus
  • The Horse Nobody Owns
  • The Host of the Show After This One
  • The Humming Beneath the Library
  • The Humming Bird Cafe (it hums)
  • The Hummingbird That Never Lands
  • The Hunger at the Edge of the Map
  • The Intern Who Came Back
  • The Jackrabbit at the Crossroads
  • The Javelina Committee
  • The Jogger Who Never Gets Any Closer

T, continued

  • The Kid Selling Lemonade at Three in the Morning
  • The Knitting Circle That Meets Underground
  • The Koi in the Fountain That Whisper
  • The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Scrublands
  • The Lady at the Counter with No Reflection
  • The Lady with the Binoculars and the List
  • The Lady with the Unlabeled Jars
  • The Last Laundromat
  • The League of Concerned Mailboxes
  • The Lesser Glow
  • The Lights Above the Bowling Alley
  • The Listener on the Party Line
  • The Listener Who Calls Every Night
  • The Listening Sand
  • The Lizard on the Courthouse Clock

T, continued

  • The Lodger in the Spare Room You Do Not Have
  • The Long Shadow Over Lot C
  • The Long Tuesday
  • The Lot Behind the Radio Station
  • The Man Holding the Door for No One
  • The Man in the Green Visor
  • The Man in the Photograph on Your Mantel
  • The Man in the Tan Jacket
  • The Man Under the Stopped Clock
  • The Man Who Arrives Just Before It Happens
  • The Man with the Borrowed Umbrella
  • The Man You Almost Recognize
  • The Many-Voiced Dial Tone
  • The Mayor's Parrot, Who Knows Too Much

T, continued

  • The Midnight Sun Tanning Salon
  • The Midsummer Humming
  • The Mild Dread
  • The Ministry of Lawn Ornaments
  • The Minor Duke of the Parking Structure
  • The Mirage That Stayed for Dinner
  • The Moths of the Porch Light Congregation
  • The Motorist Parked Outside Since Tuesday
  • The Mourner at Every Funeral
  • The Municipal Labyrinth
  • The Municipal Office of Lost Time
  • The Murmuring Obelisk
  • The Neighbor Nobody Remembers Meeting
  • The Neighbor with the Very Long Hose
  • The Neighborhood Watch That Watches Back

T, continued

  • The Night Janitor at the Station
  • The Night of Agreeable Silence
  • The Night Vale Amateur Astronomy Circle
  • The Night Vale Bowling League of Destiny
  • The Night Vale Lodge of Assorted Antlers
  • The Night Vale Youth Choir of Low Tones
  • The Night Walker with the Red Flashlight
  • The Office of Permits You Cannot Apply For
  • The Office of Things Found in the Desert
  • The Old Fellow on the Bench That Was Not There
  • The Old Light
  • The Old Town Drain
  • The One Standing at the Edge of the Photograph
  • The Onlooker in Every Parade

T, continued

  • The Open Sign That Is Always Lit
  • The Opening of the Old Time Capsule (do not attend)
  • The Orange Light That Hovers Over the Reservoir
  • The Order of the Unlit Lantern
  • The Overlook Nobody Returns From Early
  • The Painter of the Same Blank Fence
  • The Pale Weather
  • The Pancake Breakfast of the Secret Police
  • The Paper Moon Stationery Shop
  • The Parent Teacher Association of the Abyss
  • The Parking Lot Nobody Built
  • The Passenger in the Back Seat
  • The Patient One
  • The Pedestrian Who Casts Two Shadows

T, continued

  • The Person in Apartment Zero
  • The Possum in the Suggestion Box
  • The Presence in Aisle Nine
  • The Previous Host (a portrait, mostly)
  • The Proprietor Nobody Has Seen
  • The Pulse in the Asphalt
  • The Quail Family on Juniper Street
  • The Quiet Hours Bookshop
  • The Quiet That Arrived on Thursday
  • The Quilting Bee of the End Times
  • The Radiant Stranger Above the Feed Store
  • The Rattlesnake Under the Welcome Mat
  • The Raven with the Punch Card
  • The Regular at the Bowling Alley, Lane Unknown
  • The Remembering

T, continued

  • The Road That Loops
  • The Roadrunner That Stops to Stare
  • The Ruins of the Old Mall
  • The Rumble Named Gerald
  • The Salesman with Nothing in the Case
  • The Sand Dollar Savings and Loan
  • The Science Team in the Rented Storefront
  • The Scientist with the Clipboard
  • The Scrubland Scouts
  • The Scrublands Beyond the Scrublands
  • The Second Moon, Briefly
  • The Secret Library Card Review Board
  • The Secret Police Auxiliary Bake Sale
  • The Secret Police, Traffic Division

T, continued

  • The Shadow with Its Own Opinions
  • The Shape That Attends the Meetings
  • The Sheriff's Secret Marching Band
  • The Sheriff's Secret Police
  • The Shimmer Over the Ball Field
  • The Shop on the Corner That Was Not There Yesterday
  • The Shopper with the Empty Cart
  • The Sleeper on the Courthouse Steps
  • The Slow Lightning
  • The Smiling Fog
  • The Society for the Prevention of Daylight
  • The Soft Thunder
  • The Sorrowful Vortex
  • The Sound a Door Makes When It Is Thinking
  • The Sound Engineer Nobody Hired

T, continued

  • The Spinning Plate Gyros and Gyroscopes
  • The Stairs to the Sky, Currently Closed
  • The Stairwell That Remembers
  • The Starlite Roller Rink
  • The Stenographer in the Back of the Room
  • The Storm Cellar Under the Bandstand
  • The Stranger at Pump Three
  • The Stranger Dressed for a Different Weather
  • The Stranger Who Returned Your Wallet, Fuller
  • The Stranger Who Says Your Name Correctly
  • The Subcommittee on Doors
  • The Subcommittee on Subcommittees
  • The Substitute Who Taught Us Too Much
  • The Sum of All Porch Lights

T, continued

  • The Summer Intern, Still Here in Winter
  • The Sundial That Runs Fast
  • The Sunken Garden Nursery
  • The Supper Club of the Outer Dark
  • The Swarm Formerly Known as Tuesday
  • The Tall Angel by the Mailbox
  • The Tall Stranger with the Clipboard
  • The Tarantula Parade
  • The Task Force on the Sound
  • The Tenant Before You
  • The Thing in the Cistern
  • The Thing in the Fish Tank, Affectionately Greg
  • The Thing We Agreed Was a Dog
  • The Thing Wearing the Sunset

T, continued

  • The Thing with the Lovely Singing Voice
  • The Third Sunset
  • The Tide That Comes In from the Desert
  • The Tilted Glass Lounge
  • The Tortoiseshell with the Human Sigh
  • The Tourist Photographing the Ground
  • The Town Owl, Unelected
  • The Traveler Asking the Way to Here
  • The Tribunal of Small Claims and Large Omens
  • The Turquoise Glare
  • The Unblinking Billboard
  • The Understudy Community Playhouse
  • The Understudy for the Evening News
  • The Unfinished Overpass
  • The Unfinished Sentence

T, continued

  • The Uninvited Constellation
  • The Union of Overnight Shift Workers
  • The Unnamed Thing, Do Not Name It
  • The Unraveling
  • The Used Sky District
  • The Usher from the Closed Theater
  • The Usual Suspect, Whoever That Is
  • The Vast and Reasonable Silence
  • The Velvet Curtain Cinema
  • The Violet Hour That Stayed
  • The Visiting Hydrologist
  • The Visitor Who Signed the Guest Book Twice
  • The Voice Between Stations
  • The Voice in the Drain

T, continued

  • The Voice That Reads the Fine Print
  • The Volunteer Fog Department
  • The Vulture on the Radio Tower
  • The Watcher at the Bus Stop
  • The Weather That Looks Back
  • The Whispering Forest
  • The Whistler on Elm Street
  • The Whistling Kettle Tea Room
  • The Whole of the Dark, Politely
  • The Widow Abernathy's Sister
  • The Wind That Asks Questions
  • The Woman Humming in the Produce Section
  • The Woman in the Yellow Rain Boots
  • The Woman Selling Maps of Nowhere
  • The Woman Under the Flickering Streetlight

T, continued

  • The Woman Who Knows Your Middle Name
  • The Woman Who Waits by the Car Wash
  • Thea Woodhull (do not bring up the casserole)
  • Third Assistant Clerk of the Night Court Ozias Lam
  • Those Men by the Unmarked Van
  • Those Who Applaud from Beneath
  • Three Lights Crossing
  • Thuy Abernathy
  • Tia Lourdes, Up on the Ridge
  • Tilda the Overdue
  • Tino Blackburn (found again)
  • Tobias Lindqvist
  • Tobin the Reluctant Botanist
  • Tofu the Hairless Cat

T, continued

  • Tom Ibarra (you know, the plumber)
  • Tomas Wainscott
  • Tova Mendez (it was her turn)
  • Traffic Commissioner Cassius Delacroix
  • Traffic Helicopter Pilot Runa Castaño
  • Traffic Reporter Glenda Okoye
  • Tran Family Bakery and Tarot
  • Treasurer Imelda Stonebridge
  • Trevor, Who Lives by the Overpass
  • Troop Leader Yusuf Brandt
  • Trucker Lou-Ann
  • Trudy Mahlangu (we do not discuss the garage)
  • Tumbleweed (a dog, not a tumbleweed)
  • Tumbleweed Lanes
  • Tunde, Up at the Observatory

U: 3 names

  • Una Desrosiers (you have met)
  • Uncle Desmond, Twice Removed
  • Undersheriff Rosalyn Becenti

V: 9 names

  • Valedictorian Abena Marsh
  • Vasquez Brothers Locksmithing and Unlocksmithing
  • Verity, Next Door to the Humming House
  • Vern Adler (last seen being ordinary)
  • Vernon Kowalczyk
  • Vic Sorensen (do not ask about the boat)
  • Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Humming Dora Vance
  • Vista del Nada
  • Viv Etcitty (there was a form for that)

W: 21 names

  • Waffles the Night Dog
  • Walt Espinoza (the birds vouch for him)
  • Walter Yellowhorse
  • Wanda Petrov (please stop asking)
  • Ward Captain Burke Olawale
  • Warden of the Community Garden Silvio Okeke
  • Water Board Chair Eliseo Crane
  • Wear a Mirror to School Day
  • Weather Desk Volunteer Coby Renner
  • Weekend Host Pilar Devereaux

W, continued

  • Wendell Tran
  • Wes the Punctual
  • West Bluffs (they know what they did)
  • What the Coyotes Bow To
  • Whatever Lives in the Radio Tower
  • Whoever Keeps Leaving the Porch Light On
  • Widow Castellanos
  • Wilhelmina, Who Counts the Stars Twice
  • Winifred Castellano
  • Winnie Calderon (it followed her home)
  • Winona Strand

X: 2 names

  • Xenon Springs
  • Xiomara the Welder

Y: 8 names

  • Yara, Keeper of the Sandbags
  • Yasmin, Who Studies the Clocks
  • Yearbook Editor Malachi Dunn
  • Yesenia the Surveyor
  • Yolanda Prewitt
  • Young Tobias, Wise Beyond His Minutes
  • Your Double, Seen at the Mall
  • Yuki Brennan (you would know her if you saw her)

Z: 4 names

  • Zainab Hollister
  • Zeke Farrow (from the canyon, he says)
  • Ziggy the Ferret
  • Zoning Commissioner Petunia Hawthorne