Staff Name Generator

Names for magic staves, rods and wizard staffs

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Generate staff names for wizard staves, rods, crooks and quarterstaffs: legendary titles like Staff of Hollow Stars, mythological staffs from the Caduceus to Ruyi Jingu Bang, Latin and Old Norse names, and short coined names like Ashenbrand or Greyhaft for D&D, video games and fantasy fiction.

About staff names

A staff is the one weapon a wizard carries everywhere, so its name has to do two jobs: sound old, and tell you what kind of magic lives in it. Fantasy games settled on a few reliable shapes. The descriptive title (Staff of the Magi, Staff of Power, Staff of Withering) says what it does; the proper noun (Atiesh, Wabbajack, Benediction) says it has a history; and the epithet (the Whispering Crook, the Old Ash) says someone has been telling stories about it for a long time. Real-world staffs add a fourth register: the Caduceus and Rod of Asclepius, the Thyrsus of Dionysus, Aaron's rod that budded, the khakkhara of wandering monks and Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang are all named objects that feel heavier than anything invented last week.

This generator draws on all of those. You will find Latin (Baculum Noctis, Virga Stellarum), Old Norse (Gambanteinn, Seiðstafr), Gaelic (Bachall Aoife) and elvish-flavoured names; staffs tied to owners and gods (Hecate's Torch-Staff, Baba Yaga's Pestle-Staff); pastoral and practical forms such as crooks, croziers, dowsing rods, distaffs and walking sticks; and plain coined names like Greyhaft or Sorrowquill. Use the titles for loot tables and item cards, the proper nouns for an archmage's signature weapon, and the humble walking-stick names for a hedge wizard who does not want attention.

How to choose staff names

  • Match the name to the wood and the owner. A druid's staff is hazel, rowan or yew and named like a living thing (the Waking Oak); a necromancer's is bone or blackened ash and named like a grave marker (Staff of the Drowned, Rod of Lead).
  • Use 'Staff of...' for a descriptive title the player reads on an item card, but give a legendary staff a proper name as well; Atiesh and Wabbajack are remembered, Staff of Fire is not.
  • Say the name out loud in a spell. A staff name is shouted in combat, so two or three stressed syllables (Greyhaft, Kingsplinter, Ashenbrand) beat a long clause.
  • Mix the vocabulary of shepherds, pilgrims and monks (crook, crozier, stave, khakkhara, distaff) into a setting to suggest that staffs were tools before they were weapons.
  • If the staff has a curse or a cost, hint at it in the name: Staff of the Oathbreaker, the Widow's Candle and Sorrow's Rod tell the party something is wrong before the first attunement.

Frequently asked questions

What are some famous magic staff names?

From tabletop and video games: the Staff of the Magi and Staff of Power (D&D), Wabbajack and the Staff of Magnus (The Elder Scrolls), Atiesh and Benediction (World of Warcraft) and the Staff of Homa (Genshin Impact). From myth and literature: the Caduceus, the Rod of Asclepius, the Thyrsus, Aaron's rod, Sun Wukong's Ruyi Jingu Bang, Gandalf's staff and Prospero's staff from The Tempest.

How do I name a staff for my D&D character?

Decide what the staff does and who made it, then pick a form: a descriptive title (Staff of Quiet Rain), a maker's name (Ysolde's Stave), an epithet (the Patient Rod) or a coined word (Duskhaft). Many players give a staff a formal title for the item card and a nickname the character actually uses at the table.

What is the difference between a staff, a rod, a wand and a crook?

In most fantasy settings a staff is head-height and two-handed, a rod is a short one-handed baton, a wand is a slender stick that channels a single effect, and a crook or crozier is a hooked staff associated with shepherds, druids and clergy. Stave and quarterstaff are older words for the fighting staff; a distaff is a spinner's tool and turns up on witches' staffs.

Can I use these staff names in a game or novel?

Yes, the original names are free to use for homebrew items, video games, novels and artwork. Names from published games and fiction (Wabbajack, Atiesh, Staff of the Magi) belong to their publishers and are included for reference; mythological names like the Caduceus are public domain.

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A: 14 names

  • Aaron's Bloom
  • Aaron's Rod
  • Aelith'var
  • Almond Branch of Levi
  • Anansi's Web-Staff
  • Anathema
  • Asclepius's Serpent Rod
  • Ash of the World Tree
  • Ashbough
  • Ashenbrand
  • Ashkindle
  • Astronomer's Alidade
  • Athena's Olive Branch
  • Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian

B: 33 names

  • Baba Yaga's Pestle-Staff
  • Bachall Aoife
  • Bachall Dubh
  • Bachall Ísu
  • Bachall na Gaoithe
  • Bachall Ruadh
  • Baculum Lucis
  • Baculum Lunae
  • Baculum Mendici
  • Baculum Noctis
  • Baculum Pluviae
  • Baculum Regum
  • Baculum Sapientiae
  • Baculum Stellarum
  • Baculum Tempestatis
  • Baculum Umbrarum
  • Baculus of the Pilgrim Knight
  • Baculus Pastoralis
  • Barrowbough
  • Bata an Rí
  • Beggar's Crutch
  • Benediction
  • Blackhaft
  • Bo of Bending Bamboo
  • Bo of the Seventh Dojo
  • Bo of the Whispering Reed
  • Bog Oak Staff of the Fenlands
  • Bog Queen's Crook
  • Boneshaft
  • Bowing Pine
  • Bran's Cauldron Staff
  • Brightcrook
  • Brigid's Flame-Staff

C: 32 names

  • Caduceus
  • Caewlin's Stave
  • Calen'dor
  • Candlehaft
  • Cartwright's Oak Stave
  • Chanting Cedar
  • Charcoal Burner's Pole
  • Cinderstave
  • Circe's Wand-Staff
  • Comet's Tail
  • Coyote's Crooked Stick
  • Crook of Bells
  • Crook of Hollow Hills
  • Crook of the Black Ewe
  • Crook of the Fold
  • Crook of the Grey Shepherdess
  • Crook of the Lamb
  • Crook of the Lost Lamb
  • Crook of the Pale Flock
  • Crook of the Shepherd Moon
  • Crook of Thistles
  • Crook of Winter Pasture
  • Crooked Hazel
  • Crooked Pine
  • Cross-Staff of the Pole Star
  • Crozier of Ash Sunday
  • Crozier of Hollow Bells
  • Crozier of Hollowmere
  • Crozier of Saint Elowen
  • Crozier of the Drowned Abbey
  • Crozier of the Green Bishop
  • Cú Roí's Staff

D: 13 names

  • Dirgestaff
  • Distaff of Frigg
  • Distaff of Nine Threads
  • Distaff of the Norns
  • Distaff of the Spinning Moon
  • Dorje-Staff of Nine Prongs
  • Dowser's Hazel
  • Dowsing Rod of Lost Rivers
  • Dowsing Rod of the Deep Well
  • Dreamstaff
  • Drunkard's Prop
  • Duskhaft
  • Duskmantle

E: 5 names

  • Eldrath's Stave
  • Elenwë's Bough
  • Emberbough
  • Emberwand
  • Eshu's Crossroads Staff

F: 9 names

  • Falling Ember
  • Fand's Sea-Staff
  • Fennel Stalk of the Fire Thief
  • Ferryman's Reed
  • Ferula of the Fire Thief
  • Ferula of the Heretic Pope
  • First Flame
  • Freya's Distaff
  • Frostwarden Stave

G: 12 names

  • Galdrastafur
  • Gallows Ash
  • Gallowsbranch
  • Gambanteinn
  • Gambler's Cane
  • Glasswand
  • Gravedigger's Measure
  • Greyhaft
  • Gríðarvölr
  • Gríðr's Iron Staff
  • Grief-Staff
  • Grimwick Staff

H: 11 names

  • Hamelin Pipe-Staff
  • Hazelbrand
  • Hecate's Crossroads Staff
  • Hecate's Torch-Staff
  • Hedge Witch's Blackthorn
  • Heqa of the Shepherd King
  • Hermes's Kerykeion
  • Hermit's Hazel
  • Hermit's Rowan
  • Hollow Star
  • Hollowbough

I: 5 names

  • Ilvaros
  • Iris's Rod
  • Ironhaft
  • Isis's Knotted Staff
  • Ithil'quen

J: 3 names

  • Jacob's Ladder Staff
  • Jacob's Staff
  • Jo of the River Crossing

K: 8 names

  • Kerykeion
  • Khakkhara
  • Khakkhara of Six Rings
  • Khakkhara of the Silent Monk
  • Khatvanga of the Charnel Ground
  • Kitsune's Lantern Staff
  • Koschei's Needle-Staff
  • Kukulkan's Feathered Staff

L: 12 names

  • Lamplight Crook
  • Lamplighter's Pole
  • Last Ember
  • Laughing Willow
  • Leshy's Root-Staff
  • Lignum Aeternum
  • Lignum Crucis
  • Lignum Mortis
  • Lignum Serpentis
  • Lignum Somniorum
  • Lignum Vitae
  • Lituus

M: 20 names

  • Mami Wata's Coral Staff
  • Manannán's Tide-Staff
  • Marsh King's Staff
  • Medea's Rod
  • Merlin's Hawthorn
  • Mimir's Well-Staff
  • Mirebough
  • Mirkroot
  • Miser's Cane
  • Mistwarden
  • Monk Tang's Nine-Ring Staff
  • Moonspire Staff
  • Morgaine's Apple Bough
  • Morrow's Rod
  • Mothlight Staff
  • Mountain Father's Staff
  • Mourner's Ash
  • Mourner's Willow
  • Mourning Staff
  • Muttering Elm

N: 5 names

  • Navigator's Crossstaff
  • Nezha's Fire-Tipped Staff
  • Nightwarden
  • Nimrael
  • Nimue's Willow

O: 7 names

  • Oathstaff
  • Old Flame
  • Ombrael
  • Orphan's Rod
  • Orunmila's Divining Rod
  • Osiris's Crook and Flail
  • Ossian's Stave

P: 7 names

  • Pilgrim's Ash
  • Pilgrim's Blackthorn
  • Pinecone Staff of Bacchus
  • Piper's Reed
  • Praying Cedar
  • Prometheus Reed
  • Ptah's Was-Staff

Q: 7 names

  • Quarterstaff of Little John's Oak
  • Quarterstaff of the Miller's Son
  • Quarterstaff of the Orchard Keeper
  • Quarterstaff of the Toll Bridge
  • Quarterstaff of the Vagrant Saint
  • Quetzal Plume Staff
  • Quillstave

R: 45 names

  • Ratcatcher's Rod
  • Reed of Styx
  • Reed of the Marsh King
  • Reed of the Nile
  • Reliquary Staff of Saint Oswin
  • Rimehaft
  • Ringing Staff of Jizo
  • Riven Star
  • River Mother's Rod
  • Rod of Asclepius
  • Rod of Chalk
  • Rod of Coral
  • Rod of Correction
  • Rod of Fallen Leaves
  • Rod of Horn
  • Rod of Hours
  • Rod of Jet
  • Rod of Judgement
  • Rod of Lead
  • Rod of Lodestone
  • Rod of Pharaoh's Dream
  • Rod of Roses

R, continued

  • Rod of Seven Metals
  • Rod of Sleep
  • Rod of the Dead Kings
  • Rod of the Diviner
  • Rod of the Drowned King
  • Rod of the Kindled Lamp
  • Rod of the Locust
  • Rod of the Quiet Orchard
  • Rod of the Salt Marsh
  • Rod of the Shepherd
  • Rod of the Splintered Sun
  • Rod of the Water-Finder
  • Rod of Thirteen Rings
  • Rod of Thorns
  • Rod of Tides
  • Rod of Wakening
  • Rod That Budded
  • Runastafr
  • Rune-Staff of Ódáinsakr
  • Runestave of Nine Nights
  • Runestave of the Barrow
  • Runestave of the Hanged God
  • Ruyi Jingu Bang

S: 168 names

  • Sael'thanor
  • Saltbough
  • Sanguine Rose
  • Scepter of Hollow Winters
  • Scepter of Meridian
  • Scepter of Ninefold Night
  • Scepter of Salt Kings
  • Scepter of the Dust Queen
  • Scepter of the Moth King
  • Scepter of the Unborn Sun
  • Sceptrum Aquilae
  • Sceptrum Cineris
  • Sceptrum Noctis
  • Sceptrum Salis
  • Sceptrum Umbrae
  • Scipio Eburneus
  • Scipio Regis
  • Seiðstafr
  • Sekhem of Dawn
  • Serpent Rod of Thebes
  • Sexton's Yew
  • Sha Wujing's Crescent Staff
  • Shakujo
  • Silverbough
  • Singing Birch
  • Skadi's Ski-Staff
  • Skull of Gul'dan
  • Slat Draíochta
  • Slat na Farraige
  • Slat na Gealaí
  • Songstaff
  • Sorrow's Rod
  • Sorrowbough

S, continued

  • Sorrowquill
  • Sorrowstave
  • Spindle of Fate
  • Spindle of Old Mother Frost
  • Spindle of the Sleeping Princess
  • Spindle of the Thirteenth Fairy
  • Staff of a Thousand Tongues
  • Staff of Ash and Lime
  • Staff of Ashfall
  • Staff of Bitter Wind
  • Staff of Bone and Bell
  • Staff of Broken Moons
  • Staff of Charming
  • Staff of Cold Iron
  • Staff of Early Frost
  • Staff of Echoes
  • Staff of Embers
  • Staff of Erasure
  • Staff of Fire
  • Staff of First Snow
  • Staff of Forgetting
  • Staff of Forgotten Tongues
  • Staff of Frost
  • Staff of Hasedoki
  • Staff of Healing
  • Staff of Hollow Bells
  • Staff of Hollow Stars
  • Staff of Homa
  • Staff of Jyggalag
  • Staff of Magnus
  • Staff of Many Doors
  • Staff of Midnight
  • Staff of Moses
  • Staff of Names

S, continued

  • Staff of Nine Winters
  • Staff of Power
  • Staff of Quiet Rain
  • Staff of Remembrance
  • Staff of Salt and Iron
  • Staff of Sheogorath
  • Staff of Still Water
  • Staff of Striking
  • Staff of Swarming Insects
  • Staff of Tempering
  • Staff of Ten Thousand Names
  • Staff of the Adder
  • Staff of the Basilisk
  • Staff of the Bell Tower
  • Staff of the Blasted Oak
  • Staff of the Bone Witch
  • Staff of the Burning Wood
  • Staff of the Coiled Serpent
  • Staff of the Dreaming
  • Staff of the Drowned
  • Staff of the Drowned Heron
  • Staff of the Drowned Sun
  • Staff of the Elder Wood
  • Staff of the Eleventh Hour
  • Staff of the Empty Field
  • Staff of the Faerie Queen
  • Staff of the Forge
  • Staff of the Goblin King
  • Staff of the Grey Hour
  • Staff of the Half-Dream
  • Staff of the Hare
  • Staff of the Hawthorn Gate
  • Staff of the Hearth

S, continued

  • Staff of the Hedge Witch
  • Staff of the Hollow Oak
  • Staff of the Horn Gate
  • Staff of the Horned Serpent
  • Staff of the Hourglass
  • Staff of the Ivory Gate
  • Staff of the Lantern Moth
  • Staff of the Lantern Pilgrim
  • Staff of the Locked Door
  • Staff of the Long Furrow
  • Staff of the Long Winter
  • Staff of the Magi
  • Staff of the Moth
  • Staff of the Nameless
  • Staff of the Nine Knots
  • Staff of the Ninth Watch
  • Staff of the Oathbreaker
  • Staff of the Old Stag
  • Staff of the Pyre
  • Staff of the Python
  • Staff of the Sea Witch
  • Staff of the Singing Wood
  • Staff of the Split Oak
  • Staff of the Tallow Moon
  • Staff of the Tide's Turn
  • Staff of the Tolling
  • Staff of the Unbroken Ward
  • Staff of the Undertow
  • Staff of the Unspoken
  • Staff of the Unturned Glass
  • Staff of the Vigil
  • Staff of the Wandering Monk
  • Staff of the Wandering Sun
  • Staff of the Winter Orchard

S, continued

  • Staff of the Woodlands
  • Staff of the Wyrm's Tooth
  • Staff of Thread and Needle
  • Staff of Thunder and Lightning
  • Staff of Tiwanaku
  • Staff of Tongues
  • Staff of Unlocking
  • Staff of Warding
  • Staff of Wax and Wick
  • Staff of Whispers
  • Staff of Withering
  • Staff of Worms
  • Staff of Years
  • Stafr Dauðans
  • Stafr Eldsins
  • Stafr Hrafnsins
  • Stafr Íssins
  • Stafr Náttarinnar
  • Stafr Ormsins
  • Stafr Úlfsins
  • Stafr Vindsins
  • Starfall Staff
  • Stave of Lost Roads
  • Stave of Pilgrim's Rest
  • Stave of the Cartographer
  • Stave of the Cinder Monk
  • Stave of the Ferry Toll
  • Stave of the Long Mile
  • Stave of the Milestone
  • Stave of the Unmapped
  • Stormcrook
  • Sunspire Staff
  • Surveyor's Chain-Staff
  • Susanoo's Serpent-Staff

T: 48 names

  • Tallowstaff
  • Tengu's Feather Staff
  • Thalorin
  • The Bargeman's Pole
  • The Bishop's Crozier
  • The Bitter Yew
  • The Black Thorn
  • The Burning Ash
  • The Crane's Leg
  • The Crown Thorn
  • The Drowned Ash
  • The Ferryman's Pole
  • The Gentle Cudgel
  • The Grey Pilgrim's Stave
  • The Hermit's Walking Stick
  • The Heron's Leg
  • The Hollow Rowan
  • The Leaning Elder
  • The Long Thorn
  • The Old Ash
  • The Pale Yew
  • The Patient Rod
  • The Patient Yew
  • The Reed of Lethe

T, continued

  • The Shepherd's Grudge
  • The Shepherd's Oath
  • The Silent Crook
  • The Sleeping Willow
  • The Spider's Spindle
  • The Unbending Rod
  • The Waking Oak
  • The Wandering Rod
  • The Weaver's Spindle
  • The Weeping Willow
  • The Whispering Crook
  • Thornbough
  • Thornrod
  • Thornwick Stave
  • Thoth's Reed-Staff
  • Thunderhaft
  • Thyrsus
  • Thyrsus of the Maenad Queen
  • Thyrsus of the Wine Dark Sea
  • Tidecrook
  • Tinker's Crooked Ash
  • Tiresias's Cornel Staff
  • Tlaloc's Rain Rod
  • Truthstaff

V: 16 names

  • Velkanor
  • Viracocha's Staff of the Sun
  • Virga Aurea
  • Virga Cineris
  • Virga Ferrea
  • Virga Glaciei
  • Virga Ignis
  • Virga Noctis
  • Virga Somnii
  • Virga Stellarum
  • Virga Tonitrui
  • Virga Vermium
  • Vivien's Reed
  • Vodyanoy's Reed-Staff
  • Völundrstafr
  • Völva's Distaff

W: 17 names

  • Wabbajack
  • Wailing Willow
  • Walking Staff of the Drowned Pilgrim
  • Walking Stick of the Blind Prophet
  • Walking Stick of the Mountain Hermit
  • Walking Stick of the Peat Cutter
  • Walking Stick of the Wandering Scholar
  • Wand-Staff of Holda
  • Warden's Rowan
  • Was of the Two Lands
  • Was-Scepter of Sobek
  • Widow's Candle
  • Widow's Willow
  • Windcrook
  • Worldbough
  • Wyrmhaft
  • Wyrmstaff

Y: 3 names

  • Yewbough
  • Yggdrasil Splinter
  • Ysolde's Stave