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Generate Nosferatu names in the Count Orlok tradition: Carpathian and Transylvanian nobles, German and Romanian mortal names from the Wisborg era, plague-lord epithets, and the sewer aliases of the Nosferatu clan from Vampire: The Masquerade.

About Nosferatu names

Nosferatu is the old word for the vampire as a thing of rot and plague rather than romance. F. W. Murnau's 1922 film renamed Dracula as Count Orlok and moved his victims to the German town of Wisborg, and that choice set the template: a harsh Carpathian name (Orlok, with its hard k) surrounded by plain Biedermeier German names like Thomas and Ellen Hutter, Knock, Harding and Professor Bulwer. Herzog's 1979 remake restored the Stoker names; Robert Eggers' 2024 version kept Orlok and added Friedrich and Anna Harding, Herr Knock and Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz. A good Nosferatu name lives in that gap between the foreign count and the townsfolk he feeds on.

For the vampire himself, look to Romanian, Hungarian, Serbian, Czech and Polish surnames, titles like Voivode, Boyar, Knez, Graf and Margrave, and single guttural names that sound like a cough in a crypt. Folklore supplies its own vocabulary: strigoi, moroi, nachzehrer, vrykolakas, upyr. In Vampire: The Masquerade the Nosferatu are the hideous sewer-dwelling clan, and they tend to drop their mortal names for handles like Gary Golden, Mitnick and Imalia.

This list gives you all of those registers: canon film characters, aristocratic full names, mortal names for victims and thralls, plague epithets, and clan aliases for the ugly ones under the city.

How to choose Nosferatu names

  • Give the vampire a name from a different country than his victims. Murnau's Orlok works because he is the only Eastern name in a German town, so pair a Carpathian count with Wisborg-style German or English townsfolk.
  • Favor hard consonants and closed syllables for the monster (Orlok, Varkas, Vorsk, Szabor) and softer, fuller names for the mortals (Ellen, Thomas, Anna, Friedrich).
  • A title does half the work. Count, Graf, Voivode, Boyar and Knez all say old nobility from the East, but use only one per character and spell it consistently.
  • For a Vampire: The Masquerade Nosferatu, decide whether the character buried their mortal name; a sewer alias like Cesspit Nan or Brother Grout says more about how they see themselves than any surname.
  • Read the name aloud in a whisper. Nosferatu names should sound wrong in a quiet room, so if it sounds charming or dashing, it belongs to a different kind of vampire.

Frequently asked questions

Why is the vampire in Nosferatu called Count Orlok instead of Dracula?

Murnau's studio never licensed Bram Stoker's novel, so the 1922 film changed every name: Dracula became Orlok, Harker became Hutter, Renfield became Knock. Stoker's widow sued anyway and the court ordered the prints destroyed, but copies survived. Herzog's 1979 remake used the Stoker names because the novel had entered the public domain.

What kind of names suit a Nosferatu-style vampire?

Eastern European aristocratic names with harsh sounds: Romanian, Hungarian, Serbian, Czech or Polish surnames, a title such as Count, Graf, Voivode or Boyar, and a single memorable name with a hard k, g or v. Folklore terms like strigoi, moroi and nachzehrer also work as titles or epithets.

How are Nosferatu clan names different in Vampire: The Masquerade?

In the tabletop game the Nosferatu are a clan of deformed vampires who live in sewers and trade information. Most abandon their mortal names and answer to aliases, nicknames and handles, so Nosferatu clan names tend to be short, ugly and a little funny, like Gary Golden or Mitnick, rather than aristocratic.

Can I use these names for a Dracula-style story or game?

Yes. The Carpathian noble names and the mortal German and Romanian names fit any gothic vampire story, and the epithets and clan aliases suit World of Darkness, D&D, Curse of Strahd and horror fiction. Only the film character names belong to existing works.

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A: 32 names

  • Abbot of the Drowned Crypt
  • Ábel Sötétfalvi
  • Abelard Harding
  • Adalbert Rotwurm
  • Adelheid Brenner
  • Adrian Nopțescu
  • Agathe Finsterberg
  • Aglaia Bărbulescu
  • Agrafena Gnilova
  • Albin Eberhart
  • Alexandru Gorunescu
  • Amadeus Hulgrim
  • Amalie Hallstein
  • Ambrose Fennick
  • Ambrose Vorsk
  • Anatol Negruzzi
  • Ancuța Vulpescu
  • Anežka Stínová
  • Anna Harding
  • Anselm Pestalozzi-Graue
  • Anselmus Schattenherr
  • Anton Sfetcu
  • Árpád Éjjeli
  • Arseny Mogilin
  • Aschgrau
  • Ashen Mollie
  • Ashenmaw
  • Attila Halottas
  • Augusta Knockwood
  • Augustin Mohr
  • Augustin Ulvrath
  • Aurel Ciobanu

B: 40 names

  • Bálint Hullaházi
  • Balthasar Sargmeister
  • Ban Miroslav Crnković
  • Barabus
  • Barnabas Totenmaul
  • Baron Kálmán Farkasházy
  • Baron Ödön Feketehalmi
  • Baron Otokar Skalný
  • Baron Teodor Mărgescu
  • Baroness Judit Feketehalmi
  • Baroness Katalin Ördögh
  • Barrowlight
  • Benedek Varjú
  • Benedikt Hallstein
  • Benedikt Ostrovar
  • Bertalan Patkány
  • Bertram Tung
  • Bilge
  • Bishop of the Rat Choir
  • Blaskovic
  • Bleakspire
  • Blightcrow
  • Blister
  • Bogdan Gropescu
  • Bogusława Nietoperz
  • Bohumil Krkavec
  • Boilerroom Bo
  • Bonecold Bertie
  • Bonelace
  • Borbála Vészi
  • Boyar Grigore Vârtosu
  • Boyar Ilie Surdulescu
  • Boyar Iosif Lupescu
  • Boyar Petru Hârșanu
  • Božena Krkavcová
  • Brackish
  • Branislav Đurđević
  • Bronisław Cmentarny
  • Brother Fungus
  • Brother Grout

C: 42 names

  • Caleb Knockwood
  • Captain of the Demeter
  • Carrionwick
  • Casimir Varkas
  • Castellan of Dornwald
  • Catacomb Carl
  • Cecily Tallowby
  • Cesspit Nan
  • Cezar Umbrescu
  • Charlotte Mohr
  • Cinder
  • Cistern Sal
  • Clara Harding
  • Cobble
  • Cobweb Cass
  • Coffinwright
  • Conduit Clem
  • Constance Slaughter
  • Constantin Vlahuță
  • Cornelius Malkor
  • Corvinus Orlok

C, continued

  • Costache Moroianu
  • Count Anatol Brâncoveanu-Hulă
  • Count Emeric Szathmáry
  • Count Ignat Zărnescu
  • Count Ladislau Orsovan
  • Count Leopold Nachtvogel
  • Count of the Hollow Hill
  • Count Orlok
  • Count Sorin Vălescu
  • Count Vasile Orlovescu
  • Countess Domnica Vlăsceanu
  • Countess Elisabeta Mărgescu
  • Countess Ileana Streza
  • Countess Livia Zărnescu
  • Countess Smaranda Orlovescu
  • Crawlspace Kit
  • Creep
  • Cristian Vârcoleanu
  • Crypthollow
  • Csaba Sötétvölgyi
  • Culvert Kate

D: 19 names

  • Danica Mrkonjić
  • Danuta Mgła
  • Deacon Rust
  • Deep Cut Dan
  • Dionisie Bărbulescu
  • Doamna Ruxandra Negruzzi
  • Dochia Lupaș
  • Dorin Nălucescu
  • Dornwald
  • Dorothea Greaves
  • Dr. Van Helsing
  • Dr. Wilhelm Sievers
  • Drăgulin
  • Drain Snake Dez
  • Dripstone
  • Dumitru Vulpescu
  • Dušan Vučić-Noćnik
  • Duskmire
  • Dustmantle

E: 16 names

  • Ecaterina Moroianu
  • Echo
  • Elek Baranyi
  • Elias Grabgeist
  • Elisabeta Corvinescu
  • Ellen Hutter
  • Emil Răzvanu
  • Emmerich Finsterberg
  • Enoch Tallowby
  • Ephraim Slaughter
  • Ernst Grabow
  • Erzsébet Varjú
  • Evdokia Mogilina
  • Evgraf Morokhov
  • Ezekiel Zegrin
  • Ezra Hutterman

F: 12 names

  • Feodosia Tyomnaya
  • Ferdinánd Vámpírhegyi
  • Ferryman of the Mureș
  • Fester
  • Finsterberg
  • Floarea Pădurețu
  • Floodgate Fenn
  • Florian Blaskovic
  • Florin Lugosi-Neagu
  • Frieda Nebelmann
  • Friedrich Harding
  • Friedrich Schreck

G: 31 names

  • Gary Golden
  • Gáspár Vészi
  • Gavril Zănoagă
  • Gertrud Leichner
  • Géza Hollófalvi
  • Gheorghe Pătrașcu
  • Glafira Morokhova
  • Gloom
  • Gloomveil
  • Gottfried Knochenhand
  • Grabgeist
  • Graf Anselm von Krähenfels
  • Graf Heinrich von Nebelstein
  • Graf Konrad Grauwald
  • Graf of the Plague Road
  • Graf Orlok
  • Graf Siegmund von Rottwald
  • Grandfather Damp
  • Grauwald
  • Gravel Gus
  • Graveshade
  • Grażyna Szczur
  • Greasy Thom
  • Gregor Dornwald
  • Greifenstein
  • Grigore Munteanu
  • Grimeveil
  • Gristle
  • Grout Mother
  • Gustav Brenner
  • Gutterwick

H: 14 names

  • Half-Face Hattie
  • Halina Trumna
  • He Who Walks Before Dawn
  • Hedwig Knochenhauer
  • Henrietta Gant
  • Hermann Knochenhauer
  • Herr Knock
  • Hieronymus Nachtvogel
  • Hollow Pete
  • Hollowfang
  • Hooks
  • Horia Drăgulescu
  • Hospodar Bogdan Ciorescu
  • Hulgrim

I: 16 names

  • Iancu Vărzaru
  • Ignác Holló
  • Ignatius Szabor
  • Ignatz Scharloch
  • Ilarie Cojocaru
  • Ilie Boghici
  • Ilinca Crăciunescu
  • Ilona Farkasházy
  • Imalia
  • Imre Kriptai
  • Ioan Strigă
  • Ionel Stafie
  • Irina Cojocaru
  • Isidor Vrasko
  • Isolde Fennick
  • Iulian Cenușaru

J: 10 names

  • Jadwiga Cmentarna
  • Jakob Rattenhuber
  • Jelena Crnković
  • Jenő Denevér
  • Jeremiah Thornhollow
  • Jindřich Mlha
  • Johanna Totenberg
  • Jonathan Harker
  • Josephine Hutter
  • Josiah Greaves

K: 14 names

  • Kaltherz
  • Kaspar Nebelmann
  • Kazimierz Trumna
  • Kazimor
  • Keeper of Black Soil
  • Klara Aschgrau
  • Knez Dragomir Vukašin
  • Knez of the Wolf Gate
  • Knez Stanislav Morozić
  • Knez Vukašin Kamenović
  • Knochenhand
  • Knock
  • Knuckles Varga
  • Konstantin Weyland

L: 28 names

  • Lady Marzena Żywicka
  • Lady Wilhelmina Greifenstein
  • Lantern Eyes
  • Lanternless Lou
  • Lavinia Harrow
  • Lazăr Pădurețu
  • Lazar Tamnić
  • Leaky Meg
  • Leander Kazimor
  • Leichenfuchs
  • Lemuel Voss
  • Lénárd Árnyékos
  • Lichcrown
  • Liesl Grabow
  • Ljubica Tamnić
  • Lord Aurel Dascălu
  • Lord Ferenc Hollósy
  • Lord of the Empty House
  • Lord of the Sixty Coffins
  • Lőrinc Bátori-Kövesdy
  • Lothar Wurmthal
  • Lucian Morvoth
  • Lucy Harker
  • Ludmila Skalná
  • Ludovic Kaltherz
  • Ludovika Orlok
  • Luise Weyland
  • Lurker Lynch

M: 30 names

  • Magdalena Gorunescu
  • Malkor
  • Manhole Mattie
  • Margarethe Schreck
  • Margit Bátori-Kövesdy
  • Margrave Ulrich von Schattenburg
  • Margravine Ottilie von Dornwald
  • Maria Pătrașcu
  • Marin Strâmbu
  • Master of the Empress Mary
  • Master of the Rats
  • Mathias Leichenfuchs
  • Mathilde Wisborg
  • Mieczysław Mgła
  • Mihail Sângereanu
  • Miklós Fekete
  • Milica Vukašin
  • Milorad Sivić
  • Mina Harker
  • Mircea Vălceanu
  • Mistbone
  • Mister Scuttle
  • Mitnick
  • Moldgrave
  • Mordrin
  • Mortar Mae
  • Morvoth
  • Mother Mildew
  • Mouldy Marge
  • Mudlark

N: 8 names

  • Nachtvogel
  • Nebelmann
  • Nicolae Bălan
  • Nicolae Hulubescu
  • Nightrot
  • Nightsoil Ned
  • Nikodemus Harrow
  • Nikola Grobar

O: 14 names

  • Obadiah Gant
  • Octavian Negrea
  • Octavius Drăgulin
  • Ödön Sírásó
  • Old Man Manhole
  • Old Pustule
  • Orlok
  • Orlok of the Black Soil
  • Orlok the Elder
  • Orsolya Holló
  • Ostler of the Crooked Inn
  • Ostrovar
  • Ottilie Brandt
  • Ovidiu Cărbunaru

P: 17 names

  • Pale Bringer of Plague
  • Palefang
  • Paraschiva Sfetcu
  • Pavel Lupaș
  • Pelageya Krovnikova
  • Pestcrown
  • Pesthauch
  • Phineas Bulwer
  • Pipeworks Hal
  • Piroska Halász
  • Plaguegrin
  • Pockmark Pauly
  • Porfiry Tyomny
  • Přemysl Hrabě
  • Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz
  • Professor Bulwer
  • Profira Vărzaru

Q: 1 name

  • Quill

R: 20 names

  • Rada Cărbunaru
  • Radomír Temný
  • Radovan Gavrilović
  • Rag and Bone Ruth
  • Rat Tailor
  • Rathollow
  • Ratking Reggie
  • Rattenkönig
  • Ratwhisper
  • Răzvan Moroiu
  • Reeve of Wormthal
  • Remus Crăpătură
  • Renfield
  • Rosamund Bulwer
  • Rotwurm
  • Rozália Fekete
  • Rudolf Leichner
  • Rupert Vargulf
  • Ruth Harding
  • Ružica Đurđević

S: 46 names

  • Safta Boghici
  • Sallowbrow
  • Sándor Kőváry
  • Sargmeister
  • Savely Krovnikov
  • Scabbard
  • Scharloch
  • Schattenherr
  • Scrapple
  • Sebastian Vogler
  • Seneschal of the Bone Hall
  • Seraphine Orlocke
  • Severin Mordrin
  • Sewer Saint
  • Sewerline Sid
  • Sexton of Nebelstein
  • Shadow on the Plague Ship
  • Shanks
  • Shiver
  • Shroudfinger
  • Silas Orlocke
  • Silviu Strigoi
  • Simion Crăciunescu

S, continued

  • Sister Soot
  • Sleeper in the Sixty Crates
  • Slobodan Raković
  • Sludge Parson
  • Slurry
  • Smaranda Lupescu
  • Smudge
  • Sootbeard
  • Sootclaw
  • Sorin Strigoescu
  • Spindleshanks
  • Sprocket
  • Stanca Zănoagă
  • Ștefan Boțoc
  • Steward of Finsterberg
  • Storm Drain Sam
  • Strigan
  • Stump
  • Sultana Drăgulescu
  • Sump
  • Sylvester Pesthauch
  • Szabor
  • Szilveszter Penész

T: 43 names

  • Tallow Jack
  • Tallowvein
  • Tamás Vérfarkas
  • Tarpaulin Tess
  • Teofil Băjenaru
  • Terézia Kőváry
  • The Archivist
  • The Bird of Death
  • The Buyer of Ruined Houses
  • The Carpathian Guest
  • The Coffin Earth Count
  • The Count Who Bought the House Across the Street
  • The Drainpipe Vicar
  • The Guest Who Casts No Warmth
  • The Hollow Man
  • The Hungry Shadow
  • The Janitor
  • The Lodger of Wisborg
  • The Long-Fingered One
  • The Mole King
  • The Plumber

T, continued

  • The Rat Plague's Father
  • The Rat-Bringer of Wisborg
  • The Sexton
  • The Shadow That Climbs
  • The Shape on the Stair
  • The Sleeper Below Deck
  • The Thing in the Hold
  • The Wisborg Plague Lord
  • Theodor Aschgrau
  • Theodora Wurmthal
  • Theodosia Hutterman
  • Thomas Hutter
  • Thornhollow
  • Tiberiu Strigan
  • Tivadar Ördögh
  • Tobias Wisborg
  • Tollkeeper of the Borgo Road
  • Toma Sângeorzan
  • Totenmaul
  • Tudor Hâdescu
  • Tudora Sângeorzan
  • Tunnel Bishop

U: 3 names

  • Ulvrath
  • Undercroft Annie
  • Undertow

V: 24 names

  • Valerian Nosferat
  • Valeriu Stanciu
  • Vargulf
  • Varkas
  • Vasile Pricolescu
  • Vendel Koponya
  • Vermin Vic
  • Veronica Hârșanu
  • Veronika Szathmáry
  • Vesna Morozić
  • Victoria Strâmbu
  • Viktor Kaltherz
  • Vlad Mortescu
  • Vlăduț Cernat
  • Voivode Bogdan Cerniceanu
  • Voivode Mircea Strigoescu
  • Voivode of the Dead Pass
  • Voivode Radu Corvinescu
  • Voivode Ștefan Lupu-Negru
  • Vojtěch Stín
  • Vorsk
  • Vrasko
  • Vratislav Hrobek
  • Vuk Mrkonjić

W: 12 names

  • Warden of Schattenburg
  • Warden of Stairwell Nine
  • Wendelin Grauwald
  • Widow Wormwood
  • Wilhelm Sievers
  • Wilhelmina Voss
  • Wojciech Nietoperz
  • Wolfgang Totenberg
  • Wormgate Willa
  • Wormkiss
  • Wretch
  • Wurmthal

Y: 1 name

  • Yefim Gnilov

Z: 7 names

  • Zamfira Cernat
  • Zbigniew Szczur
  • Zdislava Temná
  • Zegrin
  • Zoltán Sírkő
  • Zsigmond Halász
  • Zsófia Sötétfalvi