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Generate Soul Eater character names in Atsushi Ohkubo's style: quirky Western names for meisters, weapon partners whose names hide the weapon they turn into, animal-themed witches, and Kishin-egg villains. Includes canon DWMA students and staff plus hundreds of original names for a Soul Eater OC.

About Soul Eater names

Soul Eater names are jokes with a straight face. Atsushi Ohkubo builds almost every name from a pun or a reference, then plays it seriously: Maka is kama (scythe) spelled backwards, Soul Eater Evans nods to jazz pianist Bill Evans, Sid Barrett is Syd Barrett, Ox Ford and Harvar D. Éclair are universities, and Anya Hepburn is Audrey in a school uniform. Western names dominate because Death City sits in the Nevada desert.

Weapon partners usually carry their weapon in their name. Tsubaki Nakatsukasa hides a camellia and a chain scythe, Liz and Patty Thompson are Thompson submachine guns, Marie Mjolnir is a hammer, Azusa Yumi a bow, Harvar D. Éclair a lightning spear, Tsar Pushka a Russian cannon. Witches are named for their animal, often tacked on as a surname: Eruka Frog, Medusa and Arachne Gorgon, Angela Leon the chameleon, Tabatha Butterfly. Villains and Kishin eggs borrow real or legendary killers such as Jack the Ripper, Al Capone and Rasputin.

The list below includes canon DWMA students, staff, Death Scythes, witches and villains, plus original names for each group built on the same tricks: meisters with odd-but-plausible Western names, weapons whose surnames conceal a blade or a gun, animal-surnamed witches, and punny references for teachers and Death Scythes.

How to choose Soul Eater names

Pick the role first. Meisters get quirky but ordinary names; weapons should hide the weapon form somewhere in the name; witches get an animal surname or a name that sounds like their creature.
Use a reference you actually like. Ohkubo pulls from jazz musicians, old Hollywood, horror classics and universities; a tweak of a real name (Sid Barrett, Anya Hepburn) reads as authentic Soul Eater humor.
Keep weapon pairs consistent. Partners do not need matching names, but a scythe meister with a gun-named partner will confuse readers; decide the weapon form before you name the weapon.
Mix nationalities freely. The DWMA is international, and canon pairs Japanese, American, European and Russian names in the same class, so a Japanese meister with a French weapon partner is normal.
Check your pun out loud. Soul Eater names are meant to be said with a straight face; if it only works in writing (or only works once), pick a simpler reference.

Frequently asked questions

How does Soul Eater name its characters?

Mostly with puns and references. Meisters and students tend to have Western names with a hidden joke (Maka is scythe backwards, Ox Ford and Harvar D. are universities), weapon partners hide their weapon form in their name (Thompson, Mjolnir, Yumi), and witches carry an animal surname like Frog or Gorgon. Villains borrow historical or legendary killers.

What should I name a Soul Eater OC weapon?

Decide the weapon form first, then hide it in the surname or given name: a spear could be Lance Cerbera or Harvar-style wordplay, a sword could use Sabre, Kris, Falchion or Claymore, a gun could borrow a real manufacturer like Mauser, Mosin or Beretta. The list includes dozens of these for every common weapon type.

Do witches in Soul Eater have surnames?

Usually their animal. Eruka Frog, Angela Leon (chameleon), Tabatha Butterfly, Taruho Firefly and the Gorgon sisters follow that pattern, while Mizune and Mabaa go by one name. For an original witch, pair a first name with her creature, or use a Latin genus name for something subtler.

Can I use these names for fan fiction or roleplay?

Yes. Canon characters belong to Atsushi Ohkubo's Soul Eater and are listed for reference, but the original names here are free to use for OCs, DWMA roleplay, fan fiction and fan games.

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All 500 Soul Eater names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 28 names

Aarav Talwar
Absalom Finch
Ada Lovelock
Adaeze Ida
Agnes Adder
Ahab
Akane Hoshi
Akemi Tōdō
Al Capone
Alexandre
Amadeus Mozarelli
Ambrose Tallow
Amélie Berthier
Anatoly Tokarev
Angela Leon
Annika Arquebus
Ansel Whitlock
Anya Hepburn
Aoi Kodachi
Arachne Gorgon
Archibald Pluck
Arisa
Art Tatumoto
Asahi Tokiwa
Asura
Augustus Peel
Ayumu Kagenui
Azusa Yumi

B: 34 names

Baba Yagatha
Barnabus Grimm
Barnaby Crouch
Baron Bombard
Bartholomew Quince
Basil Thornbury
Bathsheba Bat
Beatrix Beetle
Beatrix Hollowell
Bela Lugosiev
Belle Gunnison
Benedict Ashgrove
Bessie Smithers
Billie Holliday Vane
Billie Hook
Bird Parker-Moon
Bixby Lorne
Black Shuck
Black Star
Blair
Blake Tommygun
Bloody Mary Marlowe
Bluebeard Barbeau
Bo Staffson
Bora Kama
Boris Degtyaryov
Boris Karlovsky
Bram Stokely
Bren Macallister
Brew
Brigid Dussack
Bruno Castellane
Brutus Rapiere
Buster Keatonby

C: 29 names

Caleb Cleaver
Calla Chameleon
Carmilla Leech
Cary Grantham
Casper Reinholt
Caspian Reed
Cassius Greyfeather
Chakram Rao
Chet Bakerly
Chiaki Kurokawa
Cicada Mireille
Circe Sowbug
Clara Bowman
Clay Sizemore
Clementine Vossberg
Cleo Fontaine
Coleman Hawksworth
Colette Charleville
Colt Redding
Coltrane Evans
Cornelius Dread
Cornelius Fogg
Corvina Crowe
Cosmo Brightwater
Countess Bathorsky
Countess Carronade
Crippen Cravath
Crona
Cutlass Corsair

D: 22 names

Daichi Yari
Dame Demilune
Dashiell Marrow
Death the Kid
Delia Mantis
Delphine Ashworth
Delphine Moray
Dengu Dinga
Derringer Della
Devika Khanda
Dexter Holloway
Dexter Quillon
Dieter Mannlicher
Dinah Marchbanks
Dirk Halvard
Dizzy Gillingham
Django Derringer
Django Reinhardtsen
Dmitri Makarov
Dorian Lockwood
Duke Ellingsworth
Duke Mortaigne

E: 16 names

Edgar Allan Crow
Edie Nakashima
Eibon
Elif Yatagan
Ella Fitzgibbon
Elodie Moreau
Enrique
Errol Flynnigan
Eruka Frog
Esmeralda Nix
Eternal Feather
Etta Gravesend
Euryale Gorgon
Excalibur
Ezekiel Rook
Ezra Quillfeather

F: 16 names

Fabrizio Bodeo
Farid Saif
Fats Wallerby
Felis Catriona
Felix Nightingale
Fenwick Moss
Feodor
Ferdinand Fléau
Fisher King
Flamberge Fontaine
Florian Kesselring
Flynn Falchion
Franken Stein
Free
Frey D. Sadoko
Fuyuki Amatsuka

G: 20 names

Gaston Lebel
Gatling Graves
Genevieve Spindle
Gideon Marsh
Gilles the Gaunt
Giovanni Carcano
Giriko
Giselle Guillotine
Gladius Ferro
Glen Claymore
Gopher
Grace Kellington
Gray Voulge
Gregor Mendeleev
Greta Garbeaux
Greta Lindqvist
Greta Steyr
Gretchen Gorgon
Grim Grinning Gus
Gustav Glaive

H: 29 names

Hal Baselard
Halle Bardwell
Hamid Kilij
Hanna Barbarossa
Hans Dreyse
Hare Burkeson
Harpoon Halvorsen
Harriet Sixpence
Haru Sakamoto
Haruki Naginata
Harvar D. Éclair
Hattie Sparrow
Hayato Kuroba
Headless Hessian
Hecate Hound
Hedy Lamarrsen
Henrietta Hornet
Hesper Sunderland
Hester Hatchet
Hexe Nachtigall
Hikari Tanegashima
Hinata Kuzuryu
Hiro
Hollis Penrose
Horatio Blunt
Hortense Maelstrom
Howlin Wolfram
Hugo Delacroix
Hugo Mauser

I: 16 names

Ianthe Ibis
Ichabod Crane-Evans
Ignatius Pell
Imogen Starling
Index
Ingeborg Ermine
Ingrid Bergsdottir
Ingrid Halberdine
Irina Stechkina
Isadora Ocelot
Ishaan Katar
Ishtar Scorpion
Itsuki Aozora
Ivan Mosin
Ivo Ranseur
Ivy Mackerel

J: 11 names

Jacinta Jackdaw
Jack the Ripper
Jacqueline O'Lantern Dupré
Jasper Ellery
Jean Harlowe
Jersey Devlin
Jinn Galland
Joe Buttataki
Jory Blackadder
Juniper Hale
Justin Law

K: 26 names

Kaede Amagiri
Kaguya
Kaiser Haubitze
Kaito Kusarigama
Kami Albarn
Kana Altair
Kanata Hibiki
Kanon Shirogane
Kaspar Schmidt-Rubin
Kasper Scimitar
Katar Singh
Kenji Tantō-Kuroda
Kenta Kama
Kikimora Mouse
Kikyo Tendo
Kilik Rung
Kim Diehl
Kit Cinquedea
Kohaku Minase
Konstantin Voss
Krait Katarina
Krampus Kroll
Kris Dolman
Kukri Rai
Kusari Gama
Kwame Assegai

L: 34 names

Lamia Adderley
Lamprey Lenore
Lance Cerbera
Lantern Jaw Lowell
Lauren Bacallister
Lavinia Lynx
Layla Khanjar
Leander Cole
Lena Vetterli
Leopold Lance
Lepora Hare
Lester Youngblood
Lewis Gunther
Lilith Crane
Little Demon
Liz Thompson
Lizzie Bordenne
Lon Chaneyworth
Lorcan Fitch
Lord Death
Lorelei Locust
Lotte Luger
Lottie Bardiche
Louis Pasteurelle
Lucius Morrow
Ludmila Scarlatti
Ludo Lanzknecht
Ludovic Chassepot
Ludwig Van
Luna Mothe
Lupa Wolfe
Lupin
Lux Caraway
Lysander Poole

M: 45 names

Mabaa
Mabel Wickersham
Mace Whitlock
Mad Hatter Hattersley
Mae Westerly
Maka Albarn
Maleva Raven
Mamba Magdalena
Mantis Orchidae
Marguerite Dumas
Marie Curiosa
Marie Mjolnir
Marigold Magpie
Marisol Oyelaran
Marlene Dietrichsen
Marlow Tannhauser
Marquis Falconet
Marty Shelley
Masamune Nakatsukasa
Mathilde Mace
Maxim Gorlov
Medusa Gorgon
Meera Bichuwa
Mehmet Pala
Meme Tatane
Mifune
Miles Davidson
Milo Sevenoaks
Mina Harudori
Minato Hoshimiya
Minerva Cobblestone
Mingus Albarn
Mio Kirigaya
Mira Naigus
Mireille Beaufort
Misericorde Mercier
Mizune
Momoka Shinonome
Monk Blackwell
Mordecai Ashe
Morgause Spider
Morningstar Sterling
Morwenna Mink
Mosquito
Mothman Mortimer

N: 16 names

Nadia Jambiya
Nadia Volkova
Nagi Nata
Nagisa Shirakawa
Nao Nodachi
Ned Bowie
Nell Corvidae
Nerissa Nautilus
Nettie Okonkwo
Nidhogg
Nikola Teslavich
Nina Simoneaux
Noah
Noctua Strix
Nosferatu Nolte
Nozomi Shirayuki

O: 12 names

Octavia Inkwell
Odette Lacroix
Oksana Dragunova
Oleander Pitch
Olwen Owl
Oona Fairbanks
Ophelia Vane
Oriel Moth
Orson Wellesby
Ottilie Brisk
Otto Brambleton
Ox Ford

P: 19 names

Pandora Pangolin
Patty Thompson
Pearl Haskins
Pequod Penrose
Percival Quaint
Perdita Blake
Persephone Kettle
Petra Pike
Phineas Larkspur
Pied Piper Pfeiffer
Pietro Beretta-Rossi
Pike Morrow
Pip Sandoval
Pomona Wasp
Poppy Halloran
Pot of Fire
Pot of Thunder
Prudence Thorne
Pyotr Kalashnik

Q: 3 names

Queequeg Quill
Quill Attenborough
Quincy Partisan

R: 24 names

Rafe Teller
Ragnarok
Ramona Quickstep
Rasputin
Ratcatcher Rourke
Red Hood Ripley
Reginald Hollowbone
Rei Kazehaya
Remy Enfield
Ren Tachi
Ren Yagami-Hoshi
Rhys Carrow
Riku Kunai
Risa
Rohan Urumi
Rook Halberstam
Rory Seax
Rosa Rapieri
Rosalie Raccoon
Rosalind Franklinstein
Rosalind Vexley
Rufus Pembrook
Ruthie Calloway
Ryo Tsukishiro

S: 39 names

Sable Nocturne
Sabre Lindqvist
Saffron Okabe
Sai Kuroda
Saki Yumehara
Salamander Seraphina
Sanjuro Nakatsukasa
Sara Beretta
Sarah Vaughnwright
Satchmo Jones
Sawney Beane
Scythe Ruthven
Sedna Seal
Selma Culverin
Seraphina Bloodworth
Sergei Simonov
Serpentia Sylvie
Setsuna Kagurazaka
Shaula Gorgon
Shiori Fujimine
Shuri Kenmore
Sid Barrett
Sidney Varga
Silas Hawke
Sonson J.
Sora Wakizashi
Soraya Zulfiqar
Sōta Kanzaki
Soul Eater Evans
Spirit Albarn
Spring Heel Jacques
Starbuck Stavros
Sten Gunnarsson
Stheno Gorgon
Stiletto Stella
Sumire Hoshizora
Svetlana Nagant
Sweeney Blade
Sylvie Roux

T: 29 names

Tabatha Butterfly
Tabitha Quince
Tadpole Jackson
Taiki Sawamura
Tamsin Alder
Tamsin Toad
Tanto Suzuhara
Tanya Kopis
Taranta Weaver
Tariq Shamshir
Taruho Firefly
Tessen Tachibana
Tezca Tlipoca
Thaddeus Fairweather
The Bone Fiddler
Thelonius Monkton
Theo Bramhall
Theodora Tarantula
Tilda Brennan
Tilly Marchmont
Tobiah Redfern
Tobias Trebuchet
Touka Mizusawa
Tsar Pushka
Tsubaki Nakatsukasa
Tsugumi Harudori
Tsukasa Orimoto
Tsumugi Harukaze
Tunde Shotel

U: 2 names

Ulysses Marchetti
Ursa Brambleback

V: 9 names

Val Verdun
Veronique Vulture
Vespa Stinger
Vesper Lin
Vincent Priceley
Viper Valentina
Vivien Leighton
Vlad Tepesh
Vulpa Renard

W: 10 names

Wanda Sixsmith
Wendigo Wendell
Wes Evans
Wesley Winchester
Widow Wickham
Wilhelm Walther
Wilhelmina Crowe
Winifred Gallows
Wren Kisaragi
Wyn Warhammer

Y: 6 names

Yevgenia Morozova
Yoshino Hasumi
Ysolde Newt
Yui Tsurugi
Yuna Kagamine
Yuzuki Amano

Z: 5 names

Zanna Zweihand
Zelda Winterbourne
Zola Knobkerrie
Zsófia Cassowary
Zubaidah