Spirit Name Generator

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Generate spirit names drawn from world folklore and original invention: household and hearth spirits, nature and elemental spirits, guardian companions, and the nameless watchers of fords, wells and crossroads. Built for fantasy fiction, tabletop games and spirit characters of every mood.

About spirit names

Spirit names in folklore tend to describe a job or a place rather than a person. The Slavic domovoi is literally the house one, the Roman genius loci the spirit of the place, the Scottish bean nighe the washer-woman at the ford. Names like the Keeper of the Ford or the Lantern in the Fen follow the same logic: they tell you where the spirit lives and what it does, which is usually all that the living ever learn. Personal names appear only when a spirit is close to human, like the apsara Urvashi, the oread Echo or the sprite Ariel.

The sound of an invented spirit name should match its element and temper. Airy and watery spirits suit soft consonants and long vowels (Lumenara, Ondine, Sylvaine); earth and hearth spirits take short, homely names (Hob, Tomte, Goodwife Ember); shades and restless dead lean on hushed sounds (Wistmere, Mournwell, Umbriel). A spirit bound to a family often carries an old-fashioned human name with a mood word attached: Mercy Fallow, Silence Weir, Obadiah Rooke.

This generator mixes named spirits from Celtic, Norse, Slavic, Japanese, Greek, Hindu, African and Filipino tradition with original names in each of those registers, so you can match a spirit to its setting or borrow a pattern for a culture of your own.

How to choose spirit names

  • Decide what the spirit is attached to first (a hearth, a river, a person, a grudge) and let the name point at it. Spirits of place work best with descriptive titles; spirits of people take personal names.
  • Keep folklore names in their own setting. A domovoi in a Norwegian farmhouse or a kodama in a Welsh wood will read as a mistake to anyone who knows the sources.
  • For a guardian or companion spirit, pair a short given name with a place phrase (Orla of the Birch Grove, Corvin of the Rooks). It sounds bound and specific rather than generic.
  • Use kin titles (Granny Hawthorn, Brother Rime, Aunt Eglantine) for household spirits that families appease with offerings; it captures how people actually spoke to them.
  • If the spirit is meant to be frightening, do not name it plainly. The Woman Who Counts the Tide is scarier than any coined word because it implies a rule the reader does not yet understand.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a spirit and a ghost?

A ghost is the spirit of a specific dead person, so it usually keeps a human name or a description of how it died. Spirit is the broader word: it covers nature spirits, household spirits, elementals, guardian spirits and daimones that were never human at all. This generator focuses on that wider group, with a ghost name generator available separately.

What are some famous spirit names from folklore?

Ariel and Puck from English tradition, the domovoi and rusalka of Slavic lore, the Norse huldra and nisse, the Japanese kodama and zashiki-warashi, the Irish banshee, the Greek daimon Agathodaemon, the Hindu apsara Urvashi and the Filipino diwata are all well known. Many of the best-known spirits are types rather than individuals, which is why folklore names so often read like job titles.

How do I name a nature or elemental spirit?

Pick the element and let its sounds lead. Water and air spirits suit flowing names with l, s and long vowels (Lumenara, Sylvaine, Zephyrelle); fire spirits take sharper sounds (Pyralis, Cinderwake, Flintember); earth spirits are short and grounded (Hob, Sedgecap, Petrine). Adding a place phrase (Maelis of the Tide Pools) makes the spirit feel bound to a single spot.

Can I use these spirit names for a D&D character or a novel?

Yes. The folklore spirits are public domain and the original names are free to use. For a player character, the kin-title names and name-plus-place names work well for a spirit companion, familiar or warlock patron; the descriptive titles suit unnamed hauntings the party has to investigate.

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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: 36 names

  • Abiku
  • Absalom Hollow
  • Aegle
  • Aelindra
  • Aelith of the Morning Dew
  • Aetheris
  • Aethon
  • Agathodaemon
  • Aisling Dewmoor
  • Akikaze
  • Alderglen
  • Alouette
  • Amagumo
  • Amarantha
  • Ambriel
  • Ambrose Nightingale
  • Amity Colebrook
  • Amphitrite
  • Anima Vetus
  • Anito
  • Anselm Whitlock
  • Aoife of the Hawthorn
  • Apsara
  • Aquilon
  • Arethusa
  • Ariel
  • Ashara
  • Ashen Marrow
  • Ashwhistle
  • Aufhocker
  • Aunt Eglantine
  • Aura
  • Auravel
  • Aurelith
  • Aziza
  • Azrael

B: 27 names

  • Bannik
  • Barnabas Quill
  • Baron Samedi
  • Bean Nighe
  • Bean Sidhe
  • Bébinn Hushwater
  • Bereginya
  • Bhuta
  • Bilwis
  • Black Annis
  • Blackfen Hannah
  • Bluecap
  • Bodach
  • Bogmother
  • Bolotnik
  • Boreas
  • Brackenwood Mab
  • Bramble Jack
  • Bramblewisp
  • Brannoc of the Fire Pit
  • Brightwater
  • Brinewend
  • Brisalind
  • Brollachan
  • Bronwen Mist
  • Brother Rime
  • Bwbach

C: 21 names

  • Cacodaemon
  • Caelith
  • Cailleach Bheur
  • Candlemere
  • Candlewick Tom
  • Caoimhe Lanternly
  • Cassiel
  • Cathal Brume
  • Celestine Hollow
  • Ceridwyn of the Cauldron Pool
  • Cinder Sal
  • Cinderis
  • Cinderwake
  • Clurichaun
  • Coblynau
  • Coldbrook
  • Constance Vale
  • Coralveil
  • Corvin of the Rooks
  • Cressida Lowe
  • Cutty Soams

D: 19 names

  • Dagny of the Glacier Mouth
  • Dame Holle
  • Daphne
  • Dapplewyn
  • Ded Moroz
  • Dewlight
  • Dimmet
  • Diwata
  • Dolorem
  • Domovoi
  • Draugen
  • Drearmoor
  • Dryope
  • Dullahan
  • Dusk Moth
  • Duskhollow
  • Duskthorn
  • Duwende
  • Dvorovoi

E: 19 names

  • Each-Uisge
  • Echo
  • Eirlys
  • Eithne Ferncliff
  • Elowen
  • Eluned Vesper
  • Elyon
  • Emberkin
  • Emberlyn
  • Emrys of the Hollow Oak
  • Engkanto
  • Ephraim Dawnlight
  • Erytheia
  • Erzulie Freda
  • Eudaimon
  • Eurus
  • Evanthe
  • Evensong Fay
  • Ezekiel Tallis

F: 19 names

  • Faelith
  • Father Frost
  • Faunus
  • Fear Dearg
  • Fen Willowby
  • Fennel Mawkin
  • Fernlight
  • Fiddler Finn
  • Fionnuala Rook
  • Flickerwen
  • Flintember
  • Foamwright
  • Fogborn
  • Fossegrim
  • Frau Perchta
  • Frostwhisper
  • Fulmina
  • Funayurei
  • Fylgja

G: 22 names

  • Galatea
  • Galebrook
  • Galeth
  • Gandharva
  • Genius Loci
  • Gethin Holloway
  • Ghillie Dhu
  • Ghritachi
  • Gitche Manitou
  • Glacis
  • Glaistig
  • Glimmerkin
  • Gloamer
  • Gloaming Jack
  • Gossamer Nell
  • Grandmother Ash
  • Granny Hawthorn
  • Greywick
  • Gruagach
  • Guinevere Thorn
  • Gwyllion
  • Gwyn ap Nudd

H: 27 names

  • Hadraniel
  • Halvor of the Ice Field
  • Hamingja
  • Haniel
  • Hazelmere
  • Hearthling
  • Heinzelmannchen
  • Hephzibah Moor
  • Herne the Hunter
  • Hesper of the Evening Star
  • Hesperia
  • Hester Lark
  • Hexenfar
  • Hinzelmann
  • Hitodama
  • Hob Lanternlow
  • Hob Thrush
  • Hollowmere
  • Hollowreed
  • Hollybright
  • Hoshikaze
  • Hotarubi
  • Huldra
  • Hulijing
  • Hushwing
  • Hydria
  • Hypnos

I: 11 names

  • Idris Fenwick
  • Ifrit
  • Ignatia
  • Ignis Fatuus
  • Ikiryo
  • Ilvane
  • Ines of the Salt Flats
  • Isaura
  • Isolde Fairweather
  • Israfel
  • Ivorlight

J: 9 names

  • Jack Frost
  • Jack-o'-Lantern
  • Jasper Marrowby
  • Jengu
  • Jenny Greenteeth
  • Jerusha Ashby
  • Jinn
  • John Barleycorn
  • Juniper Hush

K: 16 names

  • Kagehana
  • Kapre
  • Kasumi-no-Kami
  • Kazehime
  • Kelpie of Loch Garve
  • Kelpwhisper
  • Kestrelmoor
  • Kikimora
  • Kinnara
  • Kiri-no-Sei
  • Kit Emberlow
  • Kitsunebi
  • Klabautermann
  • Knecht Ruprecht
  • Kobold
  • Kodama

L: 26 names

  • Lady of the Lake
  • Lailah
  • Lambana
  • Lampades
  • Landvaettir
  • Lantern Ike
  • Lantern Moll
  • Lanternette
  • Lar Familiaris
  • Lavinia Moss
  • Leafshadow
  • Leanan Sidhe
  • Lemures
  • Leshy
  • Lesovikha
  • Lichen Pell
  • Likho
  • Linnea of the Snowmelt
  • Liriel
  • Lorcan Shade
  • Lorelei
  • Lucasta Wren
  • Lumenara
  • Lumewick
  • Luminaris
  • Lux Errans

M: 30 names

  • Mab Hollowell
  • Mabon of the Apple Loft
  • Maelis of the Tide Pools
  • Mami Wata
  • Manes
  • Manitou
  • Marid
  • Marrowlight
  • Marshlight
  • Melusine
  • Menaka
  • Mercy Fallow
  • Meridwen
  • Millpond Mary
  • Mishipeshu
  • Mistmantle
  • Mizuhana
  • Mmoatia
  • Moosleute
  • Morozko
  • Morpheus
  • Morrigan Vell
  • Morrow
  • Morwenna Shade
  • Moss Ellery
  • Mosswind
  • Mother Holle
  • Mother Mist
  • Mothlight
  • Mournwell

N: 18 names

  • Nachtkrapp
  • Nan Frostwhistle
  • Nebulis
  • Nephele
  • Nerissa
  • Nettlewyn
  • Niamh Greyling
  • Nim Starling
  • Nimrelle
  • Nisse
  • Nixie
  • Nocturne
  • Nokken
  • Notus
  • Nuckelavee
  • Numen
  • Nythera
  • Nyxara

O: 13 names

  • Obadiah Rooke
  • Obscura
  • Oisin Marlowe
  • Old Goodie Thistle
  • Old Weirwen
  • Ondine Vey
  • Onryo
  • Oriande
  • Orielle
  • Orla of the Birch Grove
  • Ossian Fog
  • Ottoline Frost
  • Ovinnik

P: 21 names

  • Pales
  • Papa Legba
  • Patience Ferrier
  • Peg Powler
  • Pell Duskwater
  • Penates
  • Peregrine Ash
  • Petrine
  • Phantasos
  • Phanuel
  • Phobetor
  • Pinesough
  • Piran of the Tin Seams
  • Pitys
  • Polevik
  • Poludnitsa
  • Polunochnitsa
  • Preta
  • Puca
  • Puck
  • Pyralis

Q: 4 names

  • Qareen
  • Quenwick
  • Quietus
  • Quillon

R: 17 names

  • Rainsong
  • Rambha
  • Ravelle Nightmoth
  • Raziel
  • Reedwife
  • Rhoswen Tallow
  • Rime Kin
  • Rimefall
  • Rivermaid Tess
  • Robin Goodfellow
  • Roggenmuhme
  • Ronan Glimmer
  • Rowanveil
  • Ruadh of the Red Bog
  • Rubezahl
  • Ruewood
  • Rusalka

S: 34 names

  • Sable of the Hedgerows
  • Sable Wyn
  • Salamander
  • Saltmarrow
  • Samodiva
  • Sandalphon
  • Saoirse Wyld
  • Schrat
  • Sedgecap
  • Selkie
  • Seraphiel
  • Seraphine Dusk
  • Shadeling
  • Shimmerfen
  • Shiraboshi
  • Shishiga
  • Silat
  • Silence Weir
  • Silvanus
  • Simbi
  • Skogsra
  • Snegurochka
  • Solvei of the Long Night
  • Somnia
  • Sootling
  • Sorcha Thistlewood
  • Sorrel Dusk
  • Sorrowind
  • Stellaris
  • Stormlily
  • Sunmote
  • Sylph
  • Sylvaine
  • Syrinx

T: 71 names

  • Tadhg Hollowmoor
  • Tallow Meg
  • Tamsin Fey
  • Tavish of the Cairn
  • Temperance Grey
  • Tenebris
  • Tengu
  • Terrafin
  • The Barrow Wight
  • The Bell-Ringer of Dunwich
  • The Blue Flame of the Bog
  • The Boy Who Sweeps the Ashes
  • The Bridge Warden
  • The Candle at the Window
  • The Churchyard Sentinel
  • The Corn Mother
  • The Drowned Bell
  • The Erlking
  • The Ferryman's Shade
  • The Girl in the Birch
  • The Green Man
  • The Grey Walker
  • The Harvest Wraith
  • The Hearth Crone
  • The Hedge Wife
  • The Hollow King
  • The Keeper of the Ford
  • The Kind One Beneath the Floor
  • The Knocker in the Mine
  • The Lady of the Mill Pond
  • The Lamplighter of Lost Lanes
  • The Lantern Boy
  • The Lantern in the Fen
  • The Last Sheaf
  • The Miller's Daughter

T, continued

  • The Nightjar Voice
  • The Old One in the Yew
  • The Orchard Watcher
  • The Pale Rider of the Fells
  • The Piper of the Hollow
  • The Quiet Guest
  • The Reaper of the Reeds
  • The Shepherd of Lost Lambs
  • The Singer in the Culvert
  • The Sleeper Under the Hill
  • The Stair Walker
  • The Threshold Guest
  • The Voice in the Chimney
  • The Watcher at the Crossroads
  • The Weeper at the Well
  • The Whistler on the Moor
  • The Widow of the Weir
  • The Wind Bride
  • The Woman Who Counts the Tide
  • Thetis
  • Thimble Goodwin
  • Thistle Bet
  • Thornwhistle
  • Thrushmere
  • Tideglass
  • Tikbalang
  • Tilottama
  • Tobiah of the Granary
  • Tod Amberlee
  • Tokoloshe
  • Tom Tit Tot
  • Tommyknocker
  • Tomte
  • Tsukihana
  • Tsukumogami
  • Tylwyth Teg

U: 7 names

  • Ubume
  • Umbra Lenis
  • Umbriel
  • Undine
  • Uriel
  • Urisk
  • Urvashi

V: 10 names

  • Vanthe
  • Verity Blackthorn
  • Vesperae
  • Vesperine
  • Vesperis
  • Vetala
  • Veyla
  • Vila
  • Vodyanoy
  • Volcanis

W: 11 names

  • Wavecrest Sibyl
  • Wellkeeper Ann
  • Whisperling
  • Wichtel
  • Wick Lowry
  • Wilhelmina Snow
  • Will-o'-the-Wisp
  • Wisp Annie
  • Wispen
  • Wistmere
  • Wren of the Rafters

Y: 7 names

  • Yaksha
  • Yakshini
  • Ysmay
  • Ysolde of the Reeds
  • Ysolt of the Standing Stones
  • Yuki-onna
  • Yukihime

Z: 5 names

  • Zadkiel
  • Zashiki-warashi
  • Zduhac
  • Zephyrelle
  • Zephyrus