Raen Name Generator

The Raen are the light-scaled clan of Final Fantasy XIV's Au Ra, and their naming follows Far Eastern conventions from Doma, Hingashi and the Ruby Sea. According to the official lore notes from Square Enix, Raen names are Japanese in flavor but deliberately archaic or slightly altered, so they sound like something out of a Sengoku chronicle rather than a modern phone book. Given names come first: Yugiri, Gosetsu, Kotokaze, Rasho, Kanae, Ihanami and Isse are all canon Raen from Doma and Sui-no-Sato. Family names follow, and while surnames were traditionally an aristocratic privilege in Doma, most player Raen carry one; 'Mistwalker' is a Common translation of Yugiri's shinobi clan name, and untranslated ones like Daito or Ryusen are just as valid.

Good Raen surnames use classic Japanese place and nature elements: kaze (wind), nami (wave), gane or kane (metal), tsuki (moon), gawa (river), zaki (cape), shiro (castle). Given names lean toward samurai-era forms (Kagetora, Yoshitsune, Motochika, Sadamune) or soft nature words for women (Suzume, Hotaru, Kikyo, Nadeshiko). Sui-no-Sato Raen who live beneath the Ruby Sea favor water imagery, while Hingan Raen from Kugane use more polished, courtly names.

The list above puts the archaic and lore-styled names first, followed by a shorter block of ordinary Japanese names for players who prefer a Yugiri-style name that is easy to spell in Party Finder.