PF2E Name Generator

PF2E is Pathfinder Second Edition, and the abbreviation is what most players type when they are hunting for character ideas mid-session. Second edition greatly expanded Golarion's playable ancestries, so this list goes past the eight in Player Core and covers the ones that show up in Player Core 2, Lost Omens Ancestry Guide and Howl of the Wild: catfolk (amurrun), kobolds, ratfolk (ysoki), tengu, kitsune, lizardfolk (iruxi), hobgoblins, kholo, tripkee (formerly grippli), automatons, androids, fetchlings, strix, sprites and poppets, along with versatile heritages such as nephilim, dhampir and beastkin.

Each ancestry has a signature sound. Catfolk use warm, purring names with animal-inspired surnames. Kobolds bark short names with hard k, x and z. Ratfolk go for quick, scampering names, tengu for bird-like clicks and Polynesian-influenced vowels, kitsune for Japanese names, lizardfolk for sibilant hisses, hobgoblins for stern military names, kholo for names that sound like laughter or teeth, and tripkee for croaks and pops. Androids and automatons often carry a designation, a chosen name, or both.

The list opens with every PF2E iconic (Fumbus the goblin alchemist, Korakai the tengu, Droogami the ratfolk, Ija the kitsune, Nhalmika the hobgoblin, Kalindlara the poppet) so you can see how Paizo names each ancestry, then gives original names in the same order.