Tiefling Name Generator 5e
Player's Handbook-style tiefling names for D&D 5e
Generate D&D 5e tiefling names that follow the Player's Handbook conventions: Infernal male and female names, virtue names, and human-raised names, plus street aliases and full names with surnames or epithets. Made for 5e character sheets, backstories, and NPCs.
About tiefling names
The D&D 5e Player's Handbook lays out tiefling naming more explicitly than most races. Tieflings, it says, share the culture of the people who raised them, so many carry ordinary human names. Some, however, take names drawn from the Infernal language, and the book lists examples: Akmenos, Amnon, Barakas, Damakos, Ekemon, Iados, Kairon, Leucis, Melech, Mordai, Morthos, Pelaios, Skamos, and Therai for men; Akta, Anakis, Bryseis, Criella, Damaia, Ea, Kallista, Lerissa, Makaria, Nemeia, Orianna, Phelaia, and Rieta for women. Younger tieflings striving to find a place in the world often choose a virtue name instead: Art, Carrion, Chant, Creed, Despair, Excellence, Fear, Glory, Hope, Ideal, Music, Nowhere, Open, Poetry, Quest, Random, Reverence, Sorrow, Temerity, Torment, and Weary.
Most invented Infernal names here copy the phonetics of those official examples: Greek-flavored endings (-os, -on, -is, -ia), hard k and th sounds, and two or three syllables. Baldur's Gate 3, which runs on 5e rules, added recognizable names like Karlach, Zevlor, Rolan, and Alfira that many players now treat as canon flavor.
On a 5e character sheet, name and background go together. A tiefling with the Acolyte background might carry a virtue name like Reverence; a Criminal might have dropped an Infernal name for a plain alias. Choose the name that says something about how your character handles being a tiefling.
How to choose tiefling names
- Use the Player's Handbook lists as a tuning fork: if an invented name would sound at home next to Akmenos or Damaia, it fits 5e.
- Match name style to background: Acolyte and Folk Hero tieflings suit virtue names, Noble or Sage tieflings suit formal Infernal names, Urchins and Criminals suit short human nicknames.
- Virtue names in 5e can be neutral or bleak (Nowhere, Random, Weary), not only positive; the point is that the tiefling chose it.
- For NPCs, pair an Infernal first name with a local human surname (Kairon Vantis) so the character feels embedded in the town.
- Keep player-character names to two or three syllables so the table can say them quickly in combat.
Frequently asked questions
What are the official 5e tiefling names in the Player's Handbook?
Male Infernal names: Akmenos, Amnon, Barakas, Damakos, Ekemon, Iados, Kairon, Leucis, Melech, Mordai, Morthos, Pelaios, Skamos, Therai. Female: Akta, Anakis, Bryseis, Criella, Damaia, Ea, Kallista, Lerissa, Makaria, Nemeia, Orianna, Phelaia, Rieta. Virtue names include Art, Carrion, Chant, Creed, Despair, Excellence, Fear, Glory, Hope, Ideal, Music, Nowhere, Open, Poetry, Quest, Random, Reverence, Sorrow, Temerity, Torment, and Weary.
Do 5e tieflings have surnames?
The rules don't require them. Since tieflings are usually raised in human societies, any surname is normally a human family name from their home region rather than something Infernal, which is why most full names on this list pair an Infernal or virtue first name with a human-style surname.
Are Baldur's Gate 3 tiefling names valid for 5e?
Yes. Baldur's Gate 3 uses 5e rules and the Forgotten Realms setting, so names like Karlach, Zevlor, Rolan, Dammon, and Alfira are perfectly on-model for a 5e tiefling, though you may want to avoid reusing a named companion outright.
Can a tiefling have a normal human name in 5e?
Absolutely. The Player's Handbook says tieflings share the culture that raised them, so a tiefling from Waterdeep could simply be called Marius or Helena. Many players use a human name publicly and an Infernal or virtue name privately.
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All 1,000 tiefling names
A: 68 names
- Abirech
- Abrakos
- Absence
- Absolution
- Achazel
- Adelheid
- Adrasteia
- Adrastos
- Aelia
- Afterward
- Agathokar
- Aglaure
- Agnese "Solemn" Whitlow
- Aigisthon
- Aithemon
- Akaia
- Akantha
- Akheron
- Akmeine
- Akmenos
- Akmenos Redhorn
- Akribas
- Akrisemon Whitby
- Akta
- Akta Merrivale
- Alaric
- Alban "Tidings" Rook
- Aletheia
- Alfira
- Alibi
- Alkemnos
- Amakos
- Amaris
- Ambition
A, continued
- Ambrakos
- Ambrion
- Amends
- Amnekos Cooper
- Amnon
- Amnon Blackridge
- Amphithea
- Anakeira Thwaite
- Anakhe
- Anakis
- Anakis Thornbury
- Andrageus
- Aneskhia the Unafraid
- Anneliese
- Anselm
- Answer
- Antheron
- Antikleis
- Appeal
- Arabella
- Ardor
- Arkemion
- Art
- Arvax
- Ash
- Ashkara
- Ashkon
- Ashmedon
- Ashra
- Ashterin
- Astyreia
- Aurelie
- Axiom
- Azrek
B: 43 names
- Ballad
- Balthazor
- Balthos
- Balthos Grimsby
- Barakas
- Barakas Emberwright
- Baraxis
- Barchiel
- Barnabas
- Baruth
- Baskarion Dunmore
- Bastian
- Bastrakon
- Bathia
- Bathsheba
- Beatrix
- Beliara
- Belissa
- Belkaios
- Belkanthe
- Bellerai
- Belmirosh
- Belphegon
- Belzith
- Benedetta "Homecoming" Sorrel
- Berenike
- Berothas
- Bertram "Hindsight" Moss
- Bertrand
- Bex
- Blanche
- Boreakis
- Braskon the Oathkeeper
- Briessa Bexley
- Brimathe
- Brindle
- Brisakor
- Brontemon
- Brykemon
- Bryneia
- Bryseis
- Bryseis Blackthorne
- Bryskara
C: 44 names
- Cademon
- Cadence
- Cadenza
- Cadmaros
- Cal
- Calderis
- Calista
- Callidora
- Candlelight
- Candlewick
- Candor
- Carrion
- Cassimon
- Chalcis
- Chalkeus
- Chant
- Chaos
- Chorekos
- Chrysanthe
- Cinder
- Cinderheel
- Clarimond "Mend" Holt
- Clarity
- Clink
- Clothilde
- Cobble
- Comfort Brightwater
- Conjecture
- Constancy
- Corollary
- Corvanos
- Corwin
- Cosima
- Couplet
- Courage
- Creed
- Creed Vandermere
- Criella
- Criella Duskwhisper
- Crispin "Tarry" Vane
- Crossroads
- Cyprion
- Cyrella
- Cyrene
D: 47 names
- Dakmara
- Damaia
- Damaia Ashcroft
- Damakos
- Damakos Sunderhoof
- Damarete
- Damaris
- Dameira Elmstead
- Damekhra
- Dammon
- Damokrai
- Danais
- Danis
- Daring Dunn
- Dathekos Hale
- Dathmos
- Defiance
- Deimakon
- Delphinia
- Delphis
- Demnaros
- Derkylis
- Descant
- Despair
- Dessaris the Hearthkeeper
- Detour
- Devotion
- Dexikrai
- Dianthe
- Dietrich
- Dodger
- Dolomech
- Doorstep
- Dorvakai Hornbroken
- Dorykleia
- Drakon
- Draneia
- Draskos
- Dravimos
- Dread
- Dresmos
- Dreth
- Dromakar
- Dromenos
- Drusalis
- Dulmeth
- Dunstan
E: 56 names
- Ea
- Ea Halloran
- Echo
- Edmund
- Eirakhne of the Nine Candles
- Eirene
- Ekemon
- Ekemon Hallowfell
- Ekhenais
- Ekhtara
- Ekmelis
- Ektoras
- Elegy
- Elekon
- Elektra
- Elkah
- Elowen "Abide" Carrick
- Elsewhere
- Elspeth
- Elthamos
- Elysia
- Ember
- Ember Whitlock
- Emeric
- Encore
- Endure
- Enigma
- Enkalos
- Envy
- Ephraia
- Ephraios
- Ephyra
- Epilogue
- Equanimity
- Erebos
- Erekhai Tanner
- Erinya
- Erisyne
- Erithakon
- Errata
- Erymanthis
- Erysia
- Erzik
- Eudokeia
- Eulalie
- Eumakhon
- Eumenakos Stannard
- Eurymon
- Evadnis Larkspur
- Evander "Plenty" Stokes
- Evanthis
- Evensong Fenn
- Eventually
- Evrakai
- Excellence
- Exile
F: 22 names
- Fabian "Kept Word" Lark
- Faedra
- Faith
- Farrakon
- Farther
- Fear
- Fenaia
- Fenrikos
- Fenrisa
- Fenwick
- Ferdinand
- Ferrakos
- Ferria
- Fervor
- Fiddle
- Footnote
- Forbear
- Forfeit
- Forthright
- Fortitude
- Frederica
- Fury
G: 35 names
- Gaiara
- Galaisor
- Galantha
- Galatea
- Galdros
- Galenia
- Galeon
- Galinthe
- Galkhira
- Gamble
- Gawain "Late Bloom" Pike
- Gemnon
- Genevieve
- Geryakis
- Gethros
- Ghaleth
- Ghalmech
- Gisela
- Glory
- Glykemon
- Glykera
- Godfrey
- Gomri
- Gorekh the Patient
- Gorgythe
- Gorrim
- Gorthas
- Grace
- Greta
- Grief
- Gristle
- Grythane
- Guex
- Gutter
- Gyrakon
H: 44 names
- Hadrakon
- Hadrekai the Forgiven
- Hadrith
- Haemon
- Haimonis
- Halcyra
- Halfpenny
- Halkemas
- Halkis
- Halkyone
- Halmekai Underhill
- Hameth
- Harbor
- Harekhne
- Harmony
- Hartwin
- Havoc
- Hazeth
- Hearthlight
- Hekaba
- Hekalene
- Hekatemon
- Helena
- Hemera
- Henrietta
- Hereafter
- Hesione
- Heskai
- Hesmech
- Hesmira
- Hesperia
- Hesteia
- Hesykhe
- Hildegard
- Honor
- Hope
- Hope Kestrelmoor
- Hopscotch
- Horatio "Belong" Tull
- Humility
- Hyllakai
- Hymn
- Hyperos
- Hyrtakes
I: 31 names
- Iados
- Iados Ravensong
- Ianessa Sedgewick
- Ianthe
- Ide
- Ideal
- Idrakon
- Ignatius "Bygone" Crewe
- Ikaros
- Ilionai
- Ilithya
- Imogen
- Ingrid
- Iolanthe
- Ione
- Iphis
- Irethis the Unwelcome
- Irkalis
- Irrax
- Isaura
- Iskaros
- Iskemon
- Ismeh
- Ismene
- Ismenia
- Issoria
- Isthmos
- Itharion
- Ithekos
- Ixemos Colgrave
- Izarune
J: 11 names
- Jarekos
- Jaromir
- Jasper
- Jazira
- Jethrai
- Jezrik
- Joachim
- Jorakhel the Debt-Paid
- Jorakis
- Jorvash
- Justice
K: 51 names
- Kadmon
- Kaethos
- Kaethos Redwater
- Kairon
- Kairon Vantis
- Kalathea
- Kaldessa
- Kaldremai
- Kallia
- Kallimeia Rushworth
- Kalliroe
- Kallista
- Kallista Sable
- Kaltheia
- Kalthos
- Kalyndris
- Kalypsa
- Karessa
- Karlach
- Kaskaros
- Kasmekon the Unbowed
- Kassia
- Kastorai
- Kavim
- Kelith
- Kellech
- Kelmar
- Kelmathis
- Kemathe
- Kemnos
- Keresh
- Kessandra
- Kettle
- Kezzim
- Kharis
- Kharmeia Finch
- Khloris
- Khrysothe
- Kindle
- Kindness Kettering
- Kinship
- Kleodora
- Knuckles
- Korethon the Last Invited
- Korineia Calloway
- Koronides
- Korvimech
- Korythis
- Korzah
- Kyrion Stroud
- Kyrmech
L: 43 names
- Lakhesor
- Lakrissa
- Lambert
- Lamechos
- Lameia
- Lament
- Lamiya
- Lampblack
- Lampetos
- Lamprisa
- Landfall
- Lantern
- Laodike
- Largesse
- Laskemon Wainwright
- Latchkey
- Leberecht
- Lekaros
- Leniency
- Leopold
- Lerissa
- Lerissa Marchbanks
- Lethakon
- Lethe
- Leucis
- Leucis Vantrell
- Leukessa Coldharbor
- Leuketh
- Leukothea
- Lia
- Lilura
- Linnet "Betide" Farrow
- Lokaris
- Lorcan "Likewise" Dray
- Lorgath
- Lucius "Unburdened" Keel
- Ludovic
- Lullaby
- Lykessa Vosswater
- Lyriel
- Lysander
- Lyseia
- Lystrakos
M: 57 names
- Madrigal
- Maheth
- Makaria
- Makaria Duskthorn
- Makhaera
- Makhesia Pendry
- Makhris
- Malachos
- Malgrim
- Malice
- Malkios
- Maraxis
- Mardakos
- Marduk
- Margin
- Marguerite
- Marisol
- Marius
- Mathilde "Fathom" Renwick
- Mattis
- Mavros
- Mazrekon the Bridge-Burner
- Mechthild
- Mekhaios
- Mekhane
- Melaneia Wetherby
- Melantha
- Melech
- Melech Grimwald
- Meliora
- Melkara
- Menace
- Menethos
- Menkaia
- Menkos
- Menkos Ashenbrook
- Mercy
- Meridia
- Meskaron
- Mettle
- Milestone
- Mirabel "Clement" Ashby
- Mirth
- Mnesakor
- Mol
- Molchar
- Moltrekas
- Mordai
- Mordai Ashworth
- Mordekon Mallory
- Morkemai Pryce
- Morthos
- Morthos Halloway
- Morvanthe
- Music
- Myrrine
- Myrtalis
N: 37 names
- Nabor
- Nadros
- Naskon
- Nathaniel
- Naubolos
- Needle
- Nemarine Quarrie
- Nemeia
- Nemeia Cinderhorn
- Nemekos
- Nemesia
- Nemkais
- Nephris
- Nerakis
- Nerissa
- Neros
- Neros Ravenholt
- Nerthis
- Neskaia Emberhand
- Nestrakai
- Nettle
- Never
- Nezzar
- Nikaia
- Nikarete
- Nikaron
- Nimble
- Ninepence
- Nizreth
- Nomakai
- Nonetheless
- Nowhere
- Nykos
- Nyktis
- Nyssa
- Nyxandre
- Nyxaria
O: 43 names
- Obrax
- Ochimos
- Odalys "Daylight" Brandt
- Oinone
- Okelion
- Okhrane
- Okta
- Olethra
- Omen
- Open
- Ophelis
- Ophimos
- Ophira
- Ophrakos of the Long Road
- Oreithyia
- Oreskai Lowell
- Orianna
- Orianna Blackfathom
- Orimakhe
- Orimessa
- Orithe
- Orkanos
- Orkhessa
- Ormenai
- Orovan
- Orphea
- Orsabet
- Orthemon
- Orthrai
- Orzim
- Oskhira
- Osmenos
- Osric
- Ostreia the Lamplighter
- Oswin
- Otherwise
- Ottilie "Hush" Pemberton
- Ottoline
- Outbound
- Overture
- Ozeria
- Ozias
- Ozrakhen
P: 64 names
- Pact
- Pandarek
- Parable
- Parmekon Fairbairn
- Paskeron
- Passage
- Passion
- Patch
- Patience
- Peirakon
- Pelaios
- Pelaios Grendon
- Pelekhai Oakhurst
- Penance
- Penance Corvane
- Pennywhistle
- Percival
- Perimos
- Persephia
- Persis
- Petra
- Phaedon
- Phaedra
- Phaenna
- Phaenyra
- Phalkai
- Pharakos
- Pharzeh
- Pheidamon
- Phelaia
- Phelaia Nightbloom
- Phelanthe Saltmarsh
P, continued
- Phemnai
- Philoktes
- Philomache
- Phineas
- Phlegra
- Phorkas
- Phryneia Marsh
- Phyrene the Ashen
- Plainsong Yarrow
- Pluck
- Poetry
- Poetry Marlowe
- Polydakis
- Polyxeine
- Postscript
- Praxion
- Precedent
- Preface
- Premise
- Prevail
- Pride
- Probity
- Promise
- Proverb
- Prudence
- Pyraxos
- Pyrethe
- Pyrmessa Coalfoot
- Pyrra
- Pyrrhakon
- Pyrros
Q: 6 names
- Qorim
- Quellith
- Quentin
- Quest
- Question
- Quithos
R: 53 names
- Raimund
- Random
- Rapture
- Raskethe
- Rathmos
- Rattle
- Ravamon
- Ravanos
- Ravmar
- Reason
- Rebellion
- Rebuttal
- Recompense
- Rectitude
- Rekhmira
- Rekmon
- Remorse
- Requiem
- Resolve
- Restitution
- Restraint
- Reverence
- Reverence Tallow
- Reverie
- Rhadamon
- Rhadine
- Rhaena
- Rhaimekos Ostler
- Rhakemis
- Rhakemnon Sootbrow
- Rhakista
- Rhamnos
- Rhaskos
- Rhea
- Rhenaia
- Rhesia
- Rhesmai
- Rhistel
- Rhodamech
- Rhodanthe
- Rhodope
- Rhoimos
- Riddle
- Rieta
- Rieta Coalbright
- Rietara Millbrook
- Roderick
- Rolan
- Rosalba
- Rosamund "Stay" Hollis
- Rowena
- Rue
- Ruin
S: 57 names
- Sabine
- Sabra
- Sabrael
- Sakromai
- Samakhis Who Stayed
- Sarissa
- Sarkeia
- Sarkon
- Sarmech
- Sarpemon
- Sathrine
- Sathrios
- Scorn
- Scrap
- Sekaros
- Sekhara
- Seldom
- Sephrane the Twice-Pardoned
- Seraphine
- Serenity
- Sethaia
- Sethmon
- Sethra
- Sibylla
- Sidonie "Welkin" Thorpe
- Sidrakai
- Silence
- Silfy
- Simeon
- Skaimon Nettlebed
- Skamandrai
- Skamira
- Skamos
- Skamos Ironhorn
- Skarros
- Skemaios the Mild
- Slate
- Snuffer
- Sojourn
- Solace
- Solace Ravencourt
- Sophrone
- Sorrow
- Sorrow Ashgrove
- Spite
- Stanza
- Steadfast
- Sthenelai
- Still
- Stillwater Lyle
- Stovepipe
- Stratonax
- Strife
- Styrakos
- Sufferance
- Sunder
- Szarina
T: 70 names
- Tack
- Tally
- Tamsin
- Tancred "Sooner" Bright
- Tanith
- Tarkemnos Half-Horn
- Tarkhon
- Tarsemon
- Tatters
- Telesilla
- Telmakai
- Temekhis
- Temerity
- Temerity Fairweather
- Temperance
- Tempo
- Teremon
- Testimony
- Tethemon Aldergate
- Thalassa
- Thalia
- Thalmech
- Thamur
- Thamyrine
- Thaneira Pennywell
- Tharquin
- Tharsine
- Theia
- Thelkara Cinderbraid
- Themisto
- Theokleon
- Theorem
- Therai
- Therai Wintermoor
- Theressa Dovecote
T, continued
- Therimakos
- Thermais
- Thermech
- Thersakon
- Thesis
- Thessakar
- Thessalos
- Thessaly
- Thessanne
- Thessia
- Thimble
- Thissra
- Thoasmech
- Thonessa
- Thoramis
- Thorn
- Threadbare
- Threnody
- Threshold
- Thryssa
- Thuln
- Thymbrai
- Thymoros
- Thyra
- Timandra
- Tirzeth
- Tisandros Harrowgate
- Tobias
- Toll
- Torment
- Tovath
- Triumph
- Tuppence
- Turzak
- Tychon
U: 18 names
- Ulcheros
- Ulkaios
- Ulmar
- Ulmekhis the Honest Devil
- Ulmoros
- Ulric
- Umbrakis
- Umbriel
- Umi
- Undaunted
- Unfinished
- Unhurried
- Unlikely
- Urikon
- Urmiel
- Ushkaros
- Uskaia
- Uzmira
V: 37 names
- Valerakis
- Valkethe
- Valor
- Valthemon
- Vandros
- Varakos
- Vardakor
- Varkemon
- Vaseia
- Vasemon Barrowby
- Vashira
- Vashti
- Vasilithe
- Vaskemai the Gate-Warden
- Vaskira
- Vaskos
- Vekhanis
- Vekron
- Velkeris
- Vengeance
- Verenthe
- Verity
- Verity Blackwood
- Vesperis
- Vethanne Goldeneye
- Vethrakas
- Vexara
- Vexia
- Vexim
- Vice
- Vigil
- Vivienne
- Vorenzhal
- Vorkanne
- Vorthos
- Voskarion
- Vrasidan
W: 13 names
- Walburga
- Wander
- Waystone
- Weary
- Welcome Greaves
- Whisper
- Whistle
- Wilhelmina
- Willing Hartley
- Winifred
- Woe
- Wonder
- Wrath
X: 16 names
- Xandrai
- Xanemai Tailcurl
- Xanthe
- Xanthemor
- Xanthippe
- Xanthos
- Xaphan
- Xarethe
- Xathis
- Xenia
- Xenokleia
- Xenokrai
- Xerakos
- Xeria
- Xuthemai
- Xuthia
Y: 3 names
- Yesterday
- Yrsanthe Okerby
- Yvette