Texas Name Generator
Authentic Texan names from the Panhandle to the Valley
Generate Texas names that sound like they belong on a ranch gate, a Friday-night roster or a Hill Country mailbox: double first names, Tejano surnames, German and Czech settler families and good old boys called Bubba and Dub. Great for fiction, screenplays, games and character sheets.
About Texas names
Texas names are a blend you will not find anywhere else, because the state was settled by several groups at once and they all left their mark on the phone book. Anglo-Southern families from Tennessee and Alabama brought Old Testament first names and a fondness for double names: Billy Ray, Bobbie Jo, Jimmie Lee, Sue Ellen, Norma Jean. Tejano families who were here before the Republic gave South Texas its Garzas, Treviños, Cantus, Villarreals and Hinojosas. German settlers filled the Hill Country with Schreiners, Kuhlmanns and Engelkes, and Czech farmers left Janak, Hruska, Kocurek and Pustejovsky across the Blackland Prairie. Black Texan families added Broussard, Thibodeaux and Hightower to East Texas.
On top of the legal name comes the nickname, which in Texas often replaces it entirely. A man can be Bubba, Dub, Hoss, Sonny, Cotton or Junior from grade school to the obituary, and a surname like Tatum, Crockett or Lamar doubles as a first name for boys. Women's names lean toward the soft double barrel (Ida Mae, Ruth Ann, Glenda Pearl) in older generations and toward Kaylee, Brooke and Shelby in younger ones.
To make a name read as Texan, pick the region first. A Valley name, a Panhandle name and a Houston name are not the same, and the surname usually tells you which one you are holding.
How to choose Texas names
- Match the surname to the region: Garza, Saenz or Elizondo for the Rio Grande Valley, Schreiner or Kuhlmann for the Hill Country, Janak or Kocurek for Czech towns like West and Schulenburg.
- Double first names (Billy Ray, Ruth Ann, Jimmie Lee) instantly place a character as older, rural or both; younger urban Texans rarely use them.
- Give at least one male character a nickname that everybody uses instead of his real name, like Bubba, Dub, Hoss or Skeeter, and reveal the legal name only on paperwork.
- Spanish first names sit naturally beside Anglo ones in the same family or small town; a sister named Yolanda and a brother named Wade is perfectly ordinary in Texas.
- Say the full name as a coach or a sheriff would bark it. Texan names tend to be two strong beats, so 'Colt Bledsoe' works better than three soft syllables.
Frequently asked questions
What makes a name sound Texan?
Usually a mix of a Southern or double first name (Travis, Wyatt, Bobbie Jo, Norma Jean) with a surname tied to one of the state's settler groups: Anglo-Southern, Tejano, German or Czech. Nicknames like Bubba, Tex and Dub used in place of given names are another giveaway.
Are Hispanic names included?
Yes. Tejano families have been in Texas since before statehood, and surnames like Garza, Treviño, Cantu, Villarreal, Hinojosa and Benavides are among the most common in the state, so the generator mixes them in alongside Anglo, German, Czech and Black Texan names.
Can I use these names for a novel or screenplay set in Texas?
Absolutely. All names are original combinations of real Texas first names and surnames, with no living private individuals, so they are safe for fiction, games, tabletop characters and creative projects.
Why are there so many German and Czech names?
Because large waves of German and Czech immigrants settled Central Texas in the 1840s to 1890s, founding towns like Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, West and Praha. Their descendants are still there, so names like Luckenbach, Wehmeyer, Hruska and Zapalac are as Texan as McCoy or Pruitt.
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All 500 Texas names
A: 28 names
- Abel Mendoza
- Abelardo Cuellar
- Abraham Lucio
- Adelina Montemayor
- Adriana Jasso
- Agapito Salazar
- Alicia Pizaña
- Alma Delia Hinojosa
- Alma Rose Bolden
- Amado Guajardo
- Amos Guidry
- Amos Pickett
- Amparo Villegas
- Anabel Ruiz
- Angie Benavides
- Anita Guerra
- Anna Belle Duckworth
- Annette Sheppard
- Annie Laurie Pettit
- Antonia Carrizales
- Araceli Guajardo
- Aracely Pruneda
- Arlen Zapalac
- Armando De La Garza
- Arturo Lozano
- Augie Kowalski
- Aurora Resendez
- Austin Kemp
B: 37 names
- Baldemar Cadena
- Beatriz Olivares
- Beau Thibodeaux
- Becky Jo Stanfield
- Benito Garza
- Benny Jack Strahan
- Bernice Spurlock
- Bertha Quiroga
- Bess Hoskins
- Bettye Chastain
- Bill Ray Parmley
- Billy Ray Speer
- Birdie Mae Choate
- Blanca Sotelo
- Bo Weatherford
- Bobbie Jo Satterwhite
- Bobby Joe Kight
- Bonnie Lu Higginbotham
- Booker Hines
- Boone Culpepper
- Boyce Hammack
- Boyd Huckabee
- Brandi Nicole Odom
- Brantley Hoffmann
- Brenda Kay Marek
- Brenda Lee Roquemore
- Briggs Applewhite
- Brittany Varner
- Brock Sumrall
- Brock Wilkerson
- Brooke Landrum
- Bryce Weems
- Bubba Hightower
- Buck Rawlins
- Bucky Lanham
- Bum Pickering
- Burl Crenshaw
C: 42 names
- Cade Stovall
- Cal Haney
- Caleb Grimes
- Candace Whitlock
- Carla Jo Ashby
- Carmen Ybanez
- Carolina Moreno
- Cash Bridwell
- Cecil Skaggs
- Celia Svoboda
- Cesar Coronado
- Chance Zimmermann
- Cheryl Lynn Musgrove
- Cheyenne Goss
- Chip Moorhead
- Chuy Vasquez
- Cirilo Lujan
- Claudia Rivas
- Clay Haskins
- Clem Bagwell
- Cletus Wehmeyer
- Clifton Boyette
- Clint Tolliver
- Clovis Wheelock
- Clyde Wooten
- Cody Arispe
- Cody Wayne Holcomb
- Colby Parmer
- Colt Bledsoe
- Concepcion Ortiz
- Connie Sue Whitmire
- Consuelo Aleman
- Consuelo Pustejovsky
- Cooper Stiles
- Corina Villanueva
- Cory Don Blevins
- Coy Danner
- Cristobal Treviño
- Crockett Hale
- Cruz Serna
- Cullen Rabb
- Cutter Moseley
D: 35 names
- Dale Ray Tidwell
- Dalton Boatwright
- Dalton Sturgis
- Darla Jean Yarbrough
- Darlene Kay Trout
- Darlene Scarborough
- Darnell Pettway
- Darrell Lyles
- Darryl Fontenot
- Dawson Whitfield
- Dax Sheffield
- Deacon Maddox
- Deanna Crowley
- Debbie Sue Norwood
- Deborah Ann Hightower
- Delbert Oestreich
- Delfina Dusek
- Delia Cepeda
- Dell Honea
- Delmar Lindley
- Denton Blaylock
- Dewey Vrana
- Dixie Hankins
- Dolores Ramirez
- Donna Faye Renfro
- Dooley Vaughn
- Dora Lee Beasley
- Doris Ann Crutchfield
- Doyle Windham
- Duane Roebuck
- Dub Ferrell
- Dudley Feagin
- Duke Haggard
- Dusty Kirkland
- Dwayne Mosley
E: 26 names
- Earl Wayne Crump
- Earlene Crowder
- Earnest Skipworth
- Edna Earl Clevenger
- Efrain Olvera
- Eladio Carrillo
- Elaine Rucker
- Elena Muniz
- Elias Ybarra
- Elisa Bocanegra
- Eliseo Cardona
- Ellen Ruth Tyson
- Ellie Mae Grisham
- Eloy Guzman
- Elvira Zepeda
- Emmett Shackelford
- Ernesto Ybarra
- Esteban Longoria
- Estela Hlavaty
- Estella Dominguez
- Ethel Maye Bolin
- Eusebio Cantu
- Evangelina Garza
- Everett Oakes
- Evie Faircloth
- Ezra Baugh
F: 12 names
- Fannie Crow
- Faye Richter
- Felipe Escamilla
- Fermin Escobar
- Fern Carlisle
- Fidel Casarez
- Flint Barksdale
- Flora Belle Medlin
- Floyd Batson
- Ford Whitehurst
- Frances Ann Bledsoe
- Frankie Pruneda
G: 18 names
- Gabe Janak
- Garland Fitch
- Garrett Mireles
- Garth Spradlin
- Gayle Ingram
- Georgia Mae Wiggins
- Geraldine Coffey
- Gerardo Solano
- Gideon Marrs
- Gilberto Hernandez
- Ginger Cantrell
- Glenda Pearl Gattis
- Gloria Vasquez
- Gonzalo Trejo
- Graciela Benavidez
- Graciela Pompa
- Grady Pipkin
- Gus Zachary
H: 15 names
- Hal Ledbetter
- Hank Kimbrough
- Harlan McCoy
- Harper Vinson
- Hayden Lusk
- Hector Treviño
- Helene Strawn
- Hollis Dobbs
- Holt Ransom
- Homer Wofford
- Hortencia Ramos
- Hoss Canfield
- Hub Rister
- Humberto Ybarra
- Hunter Brazile
I: 13 names
- Ida Mae Rutledge
- Ignacio Bazan
- Ike Barrera
- Ike Quintanilla
- Imelda Kubala
- Imogene Cockrell
- Inez Castillo
- Inocencia Garza
- Iris Calloway
- Irma Vallejo
- Isidro Ozuna
- Israel Barrientos
- Ivy Lou Hamrick
J: 28 names
- Jace Bartosh
- Jackie Lynn Hamby
- Jarrod Hensley
- Jasper Wingo
- Javier Quintero
- Jeanette Swindell
- Jeb Fortenberry
- Jed Whisenant
- Jerry Don Massey
- Jesse Cavazos
- Jethro Cotten
- Jewel Ann Dement
- Jim Bob Carruthers
- Jimbo Coker
- Jimmie Lee Hooks
- Jimmy Dale Loudermilk
- Joaquin Molina
- Jodie Hightower
- Jolene Pruitt
- Jorge Almanza
- Josefina Arredondo
- Josie Kirkpatrick
- Juana Ledesma
- Juanita Zamora
- Jud Pemberton
- Judd Honeycutt
- Julie Anne Tarpley
- Junior Garza
K: 14 names
- Kate Driscoll
- Kathleen Yeager
- Kathy Sue Prewitt
- Kayla Dunagan
- Kaylee Lott
- Kelsey Dunnam
- Kenna Tharp
- Kerri Brinkley
- Kimberly Crouch
- Kirby Strickland
- Knox Ivey
- Kody Pena
- Kristi Roark
- Kyle Truett
L: 41 names
- Lacey Dietert
- Lacy Stegall
- Lalo Carbajal
- Lalo Rodriguez
- Lamar Cobb
- Lance Oglesby
- Lane Caddell
- Lavonne Burkhalter
- Leland Whitsett
- Lena Mae Goodnight
- Leona Faye Brister
- Leroy Cisneros
- Leticia Rangel
- Levi Hardcastle
- Lincoln Ables
- Linda Faye Tullos
- Lisa Marie Kallus
- Lois Jean Northcutt
- Lonnie Zuniga
- Lorelei Paschal
- Lorena Sifuentes
- Lorene Hatcher
- Lorenzo Hinojosa
- Loretta Fenner
- Lorraine Pharr
- Lou Ann Kersey
- Lou Ellen Gober
- Lourdes Montalvo
- Loyce Sherrill
- Loyd Hruska
- Lucinda Saldaña
- Lupe Maldonado
- Lupe Polasek
- Lupe Rendon
- Lupe Treviño
- Lupita Chapa
- Luther Dewberry
- Luz Elena Navarro
- Lydia Huerta
- Lyle Kallenberg
- Lyndon Rowe
M: 29 names
- Macie Brandt
- Mack Purcell
- Magdalena Ortega
- Marcella Turnbow
- Marcy Broadnax
- Margarita Sandoval
- Margie Lou Speegle
- Maria Elena Canales
- Maribel Garza
- Marisol Sebesta
- Marjorie Estes
- Marta Rincon
- Martha Nell Pogue
- Mattie Breedlove
- Mavis Cagle
- Maxine Bartlett
- Mayra Guevara
- Melba Knox
- Melvin Hardeman
- Mercedes Galvan
- Merle Rountree
- Miguel Angel Saenz
- Minerva Arriaga
- Mirella Cortez
- Mirta Solis
- Misty Halbert
- Moises Perales
- Mona Lisa Talley
- Myrna Seals
N: 12 names
- Nadine Gooch
- Nelda Mae Harmon
- Nellie Mae Vance
- Nena Rodriguez
- Nestor Villarreal
- Neva Jo Sutherland
- Noe Garcia
- Nolan Ochoa
- Nora Beth Hollis
- Norma Jean Crisp
- Norma Jurecka
- Norma Linda Vela
O: 9 names
- Obie Rosales
- Octavio Barrera
- Odessa Broussard
- Ofelia Cantu
- Olga Leal
- Opal Hurd
- Orville Nix
- Osvaldo Medrano
- Otis Pavlicek
P: 13 names
- Paige Whitworth
- Pancho Aguirre
- Patsy Ruth Lindsey
- Pattie Caruthers
- Paula Kay Redding
- Paulette Moncrief
- Peggy Ann Wilhite
- Peggy Sue Aldridge
- Percy Lockhart
- Pete Nunley
- Pilar Cardenas
- Porter Gilmore
- Priscilla Vela
Q: 1 name
- Quincy Lott
R: 42 names
- Rafael Escobedo
- Ramiro Casares
- Ramiro Villarreal
- Ramon Garza
- Ramona Saenz
- Rance Stallings
- Ranger Thompson
- Raquel Esparza
- Reagan Thornhill
- Reb Slaughter
- Reba Starnes
- Reed Tatum
- Reese Tankersley
- Refugio Garza
- Regina Lyons
- Reuben Elizondo
- Rex Bonner
- Rey Mendieta
- Rhea Lynn Pate
- Rhett Braswell
- Rhonda Gail Pickens
- Rita Mae Gandy
- Rocio Ontiveros
- Roddy Prideaux
- Rogelio Almaguer
- Ronnie Gene Coats
- Rooster Tubbs
- Rosa Maria Tijerina
- Rosalie Gaines
- Rosalinda Cantu
- Rosalva Hinojosa
- Roscoe Kocurek
- Rosemary Tuttle
- Rosie Flores
- Royal Dunaway
- Royce Lee Scroggins
- Royce Thigpen
- Ruben Salinas
- Ruby Fay Dossett
- Rudy Gamez
- Rusty Engelke
- Ruth Ann Sikes
S: 28 names
- Sadie Vickery
- Sandra Delagarza
- Sandra Kay Humphreys
- Sandy Riggins
- Santos Guerrero
- Saul Carrasco
- Shane Kolb
- Sharla Grubbs
- Shawna Nobles
- Sheila Pace
- Shelby Lynn Puckett
- Shelley Greer
- Sheree Franklin
- Sherry Lynn Hammons
- Shirley Mae Whitt
- Shonda Grant
- Shorty McAdams
- Silvestre Cano
- Soledad Segura
- Sondra Lamb
- Sonia Palacios
- Sonny Faulkenberry
- Sterling Dupree
- Stetson Crabtree
- Stoney Blakemore
- Sue Ellen Trammell
- Suzanne Goforth
- Sylvia Pedraza
T: 32 names
- Talmadge Eubanks
- Tammy Lynn Boggs
- Tanner Luckenbach
- Tanner Reese Bell
- Tanner Rhodes
- Tanya Wimberly
- Tara Gilbreath
- Tate Oliphant
- Teodoro Reyna
- Terrell Mikeska
- Tessa Stroud
- Tex Mitchell
- Tiffany Hobbs
- Tino Cervantes
- Tito Alvarado
- Toby Gentry
- Tomas Balderas
- Tommie Sue Driskill
- Tonya Kay Pollard
- Tori Lancaster
- Tracy Lynn Ferguson
- Travis Whitaker
- Trey Schreiner
- Tripp Lafferty
- Trisha Hollingsworth
- Troy Don Farris
- Troy Tomek
- Trudy Ann Lovelace
- Tucker Rains
- Twila Mae Ward
- Ty Shelton
- Tyrell Gilmore
V: 5 names
- Velma Teague
- Verna Lou Hartsfield
- Vernon Matula
- Vicente Saucedo
- Vonda Blackburn
W: 14 names
- Wade Tyree
- Wanda Lee Stubblefield
- Waylon Dorsey
- Weldon Eckhardt
- Wes Killough
- Wes Laney
- Wilfredo Cavazos
- Willa Dean Prather
- Wilma Gaskin
- Winona Kuhlmann
- Woody Pendergrass
- Wyatt Hargrove
- Wyman Rushing
- Wynonna Cates
Y: 5 names
- Yadira Ornelas
- Yesenia Delgado
- Yolanda Benavides
- Yvette Alaniz
- Yvonne Briseno