Undine Name Generator

Water elemental names from Paracelsus to Rusalka

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Generate undine names with the right liquid sound: water spirits from European folklore and literature (Undine, Melusine, Lorelei, the Rhinemaidens, rusalki, nereids and river gods), plus original names and epithets for water elementals in fantasy, D&D and fiction.

About undine names

The undine was named by the 16th-century alchemist Paracelsus, who sorted the elemental beings into gnomes (earth), sylphs (air), salamanders (fire) and undines (water), from Latin unda, "wave". His undines were human-looking spirits without souls who could gain one by marrying a mortal, a premise Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué turned into the 1811 novella Undine (with the knight Huldbrand and the cold water-uncle Kühleborn), reworked by Giraudoux, Dvořák's Rusalka and Andersen's Little Mermaid. The word later broadened to cover almost any female fresh-water spirit: Germanic nixies and the Lorelei, Wagner's Rhinemaidens Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde, Slavic rusalki, Celtic lake ladies like Nimue, and the classical naiads and nereids.

A convincing undine name leans on liquid consonants and open vowels: l, r, n, m, s and long a/e/i sounds, as in Ondine, Melusine, Nerissa, Liriel or Vellamo. Harsh stops and clusters feel wrong for a creature of pools and mist. Germanic, French, Slavic and Greek forms each give a different flavour, and an epithet naming her particular water (of the Mill Pool, Stillmere, Coldbrook) roots a spirit in a place the way folklore always did.

The list mixes attested names from myth and literature with original ones built on the same sounds, plus a handful of male water spirits and river gods for settings where undines are not all women.

How to choose undine names

  • Match the language to your setting: Undine, Nixie and the Rhinemaidens feel German and Romantic; Ondine, Marine and Delphine feel French; Rusalka, Mavka and Vesna feel Slavic; Galene and Kymothoe feel classical Greek.
  • Tie the spirit to one body of water. Folklore undines belong to a specific spring, mill pool, weir or river, so a place-epithet like "of the Mill Pool" or a surname such as Stillmere or Coldbrook makes a character feel grounded.
  • Keep the sounds soft: favour l, r, n, m, s, v and long vowels, and avoid hard k/g/t clusters unless you want the spirit to feel cold and dangerous, as Kühleborn does in Fouqué's tale.
  • For a tragic or romantic arc, borrow from the literary tradition (Undine, Melusine, Lorelei, Rusalka), all of whom are tied to stories about love, silence and broken promises; for a tabletop water elemental, an original name plus epithet avoids pulling in that baggage.
  • If you need a male undine or river spirit, use the Greek river gods (Alpheus, Achelous, Peneus), Norse and Slavic figures (Aegir, Vodnik, Nokken) or Welsh sea names (Llyr, Dylan) rather than feminising or inventing from scratch.

Frequently asked questions

What is an undine?

An undine (or ondine) is a water elemental spirit, one of the four classes of elementals described by Paracelsus alongside gnomes, sylphs and salamanders. In later folklore and fiction the word usually means a female water spirit of springs, rivers and lakes who looks human, lacks an immortal soul, and can gain one by marrying a mortal man; if he is unfaithful she must return to the water and he often dies.

Is an undine the same as a mermaid or a nymph?

They overlap but are not identical. Mermaids are sea creatures with fish tails; undines are fresh-water spirits who look fully human. Greek naiads and nereids are the nearest classical equivalent, and many writers treat undine as a catch-all for water nymphs, which is why this generator includes nereid, naiad, rusalka and nixie names alongside literary undines.

Where does the name Undine come from?

Paracelsus coined it from Latin unda, meaning wave, in his 16th-century book on elemental beings. Fouqué's 1811 novella made Undine a personal name, and French Ondine, Italian Ondina and Spanish Undina followed. All are still used as given names today.

Can I use these names for D&D water genasi or elementals?

Yes. The flowing sounds suit water genasi, water elementals, marids, sea elves and fey of lakes and rivers. Names from myth and literature are public domain; the original names here are free to use in any game, story or project.

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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: 34 names

  • Aalto
  • Acaste
  • Achelous
  • Actaea
  • Admete
  • Aegina
  • Aegir
  • Aelisande
  • Aganippe
  • Ahtelis
  • Ahti
  • Aigue
  • Alcinoe
  • Aldrenne
  • Alpheus
  • Amalthea
  • Amatheia
  • Amphitrite
  • Amphitrite Crownwave
  • Anguana
  • Anjana
  • Antevorta
  • Anthracia
  • Apseudes
  • Aquamarine
  • Aquenne
  • Arethusa
  • Arethusa of Ortygia
  • Argyra
  • Arnemetia
  • Asopus
  • Asrai
  • Autonoe
  • Azurine

B: 18 names

  • Bara
  • Baruna
  • Belisama
  • Ben-Varrey
  • Berehynia
  • Bertalda
  • Blodughadda
  • Boann
  • Boann of the Boyne
  • Bølge
  • Brannoc
  • Brannoc Seafoam
  • Brennoc of the Weir
  • Bride of the Brook
  • Bride of the River
  • Brisenne
  • Bylgja
  • Bylgjudis

C: 24 names

  • Calypso
  • Carmenta
  • Castalia
  • Castalia of Delphi
  • Ceasg
  • Cephissus
  • Cerceis
  • Chryseis
  • Cliodhna
  • Cliodhna Ninthwave
  • Clota
  • Clytie
  • Coralie
  • Coralie Tidewell
  • Coralline
  • Corvan
  • Corvan Blackwater
  • Coventina
  • Coventina of the Wall
  • Creusa
  • Cyane
  • Cymothoe
  • Cymothoe Wavequick
  • Cyrene

D: 15 names

  • Dahut
  • Daughter of the Danube
  • Daughter of the Rhine
  • Daughter of Vellamo
  • Delmira
  • Delphine
  • Delphine Saltmere
  • Deva
  • Dirce
  • Doris
  • Doto
  • Drofn
  • Dufa
  • Dylan
  • Dynamene

E: 15 names

  • Écume
  • Egeria
  • Egeria of the Grove
  • Eidothea
  • Eione
  • Ellurine
  • Elowise
  • Espuma
  • Euagore
  • Euarne
  • Eudora
  • Eukrante
  • Eulimene
  • Eupompe
  • Eurynome

F: 8 names

  • Fand
  • Fenrilla
  • Fiorelle
  • Flosshilde
  • Fontaine
  • Fontus
  • Fossegrim
  • Fuente

G: 8 names

  • Galatea
  • Galatea Milkwhite
  • Galaxaura
  • Galene
  • Glaucus
  • Glauke
  • Glaukonome
  • Gwragedd Annwn

H: 13 names

  • Halie
  • Halimede
  • Halimere
  • Havfrue
  • Hefring
  • Heleionome
  • Himinglaeva
  • Hippocrene
  • Hippothoe
  • Hronn
  • Hronnhild
  • Huldbrand
  • Hydriade

I: 12 names

  • Ianassa
  • Ianeira
  • Ianthe
  • Icauna
  • Idyia
  • Ilsenne
  • Ilvaren
  • Ilyrelle
  • Ilyrelle Deepspring
  • Inachus
  • Ismenis
  • Isolwen

J: 6 names

  • Jenny Greenteeth
  • Jezero
  • Juras Mate
  • Jurate
  • Juturna
  • Juturna Healwater

K: 16 names

  • Kallianassa
  • Kallianeira
  • Kallirhoe
  • Keeper of the Well
  • Kelpie
  • Kenver Covewarden
  • Kilde
  • Klymene
  • Kolga
  • Kolgeth
  • Krenaia
  • Kühleborn
  • Kühleborn of the Black Valley
  • Kymo
  • Kymodoke
  • Kymothoe

L: 30 names

  • Ladon
  • Lady of Coldwater
  • Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach
  • Lady of the Mere
  • Lady of the Mill Pool
  • Lahe
  • Lamia of the Spring
  • Lamorna
  • Lamorna Covewater
  • Laomedeia
  • Laume
  • Laverelle
  • Leiagora
  • Liban
  • Lilaea
  • Limnaia
  • Limnoreia
  • Lir
  • Lirandel
  • Lirenne
  • Liriel
  • Liriel Rainveil
  • Lirova
  • Lisenne
  • Llyr
  • Lorelei
  • Lorelei of the Rhine
  • Loreley
  • Lowen Springwarden
  • Lysianassa

M: 57 names

  • Maelor
  • Maelor Deepwell
  • Maelor of the Mere
  • Maerwen
  • Maerwen Coldbrook
  • Maiden of the Millrace
  • Maiden of the Weir
  • Maighdean Mhara
  • Maira
  • Manannan
  • Maravel
  • Marée
  • Maren
  • Maren Shoalkeeper
  • Mari Morgan
  • Marilla
  • Marilla Reedwater
  • Marina
  • Marine
  • Marinella
  • Marisa
  • Marisela
  • Marisela Pearlwater
  • Marisol
  • Marrelle
  • Matrona
  • Mavka
  • Meerfrau
  • Melite
  • Melobosis
  • Melusina
  • Melusine
  • Melusine of Lusignan
  • Menestho
  • Menippe
  • Meralith
  • Mererid
  • Mererid Rockpool
  • Meri
  • Meriven
  • Merovan
  • Merrow
  • Merryn Seawarden
  • Metis
  • Minthe
  • Miravel
  • Morgelyn
  • Morgen
  • Morvoren
  • Morwenna
  • Morwenna Seaspray
  • Mother of Springs
  • Moura Encantada
  • Muirgen
  • Muirne
  • Muriel
  • Muriel Deepsinger

N: 45 names

  • Naelith
  • Naiadne
  • Naida
  • Naida Riverbend
  • Nais
  • Nakineitsi
  • Nakki
  • Nalissa
  • Narella
  • Narella Sandbar
  • Nausithoe
  • Neckan
  • Necksa
  • Necksa of the Nine Rivers
  • Nelferch
  • Nemertes
  • Nereida
  • Nereus
  • Nereza
  • Nerielle
  • Nerielle Glasswater
  • Nerine
  • Nerissa
  • Nerisse
  • Nerisse Stillmere
  • Nerita
  • Nerita Cavepool
  • Nerithe
  • Nerwenna
  • Nerwyn
  • Neryssa
  • Neryssa Wavebreak
  • Nesaie
  • Neso
  • Nimiane
  • Nimiane Mistmaid
  • Nimue
  • Nimue of the Lake
  • Nix of the Mill-Pond
  • Nixa
  • Nixie
  • Njord
  • Nocke
  • Nokken
  • Nomia

O: 18 names

  • Oceane
  • Oceanus
  • Ocyrhoe
  • Olwenne
  • Onda
  • Ondavere
  • Ondelore
  • Ondelys
  • Ondina
  • Ondine
  • Ondine of the Mill Pool
  • Ondrea
  • Ondrea Meresong
  • Ondrelle
  • Oreithyia
  • Oriselle
  • Oswen
  • Oswen Mistford

P: 34 names

  • Palaemon
  • Pasithea
  • Peg Powler
  • Pegaea
  • Peirene
  • Peirene of Corinth
  • Pelagia
  • Pelagie
  • Pelagie Deepcurrent
  • Peneus
  • Perise
  • Perla
  • Perseis
  • Petraea
  • Pherusa
  • Philyra
  • Phorcys
  • Pleione
  • Plexaure
  • Ploto
  • Polydora
  • Polynoe
  • Polyxo
  • Pontoporeia
  • Pontus
  • Postvorta
  • Potameia
  • Pronoe
  • Proteus
  • Proto
  • Protomedeia
  • Prymno
  • Psamathe
  • Psamathe Sandborn

Q: 2 names

  • Queen of the Fountain
  • Quillane

R: 22 names

  • Ran
  • Ran of the Drowned
  • Reka
  • Rhodeia
  • Rhoswen Fenwater
  • Rilla
  • Rilla Millrace
  • Rillen
  • Rillen Brooksong
  • Rillian
  • Ripple
  • Rivenne
  • Rivière
  • Rivulet
  • Roselinde
  • Roselinde Dewvale
  • Rosmere
  • Rusalia
  • Rusalina
  • Rusalka
  • Rusalka of the Vltava
  • Ruscello

S: 33 names

  • Sabrina
  • Sabrina of the Severn
  • Salacia
  • Salacia Saltqueen
  • Salmacis
  • Samodiva
  • Sao
  • Scamander
  • Selkie
  • Sello
  • Selwyne
  • Senuna
  • Sequana
  • Sequana of the Seine
  • Serenne
  • Sinann
  • Sinann of the Shannon
  • Sirelise
  • Sirelle
  • Sirelle Undertow
  • Sirenia
  • Sister of the Seine
  • Sorgente
  • Souconna
  • Speio
  • Spirit of the Ford
  • Stima Apelor
  • Styx
  • Sulis
  • Switezianka
  • Sylvaine Quietpool
  • Syrelle
  • Syrinx

T: 30 names

  • Talisa
  • Talise
  • Talise Meadowbrook
  • Tallulah
  • Talvienne
  • Tamesis
  • Telesto
  • Thalassa
  • Thalen
  • Thalen Coldspring
  • Thalia
  • Thalia Bloomwater
  • Thalisse
  • Thalisse Foamcrest
  • Thalorin
  • Thalune
  • Thaumas
  • The Maid of Stillmere
  • The Singing Weir
  • The Weeping Spring
  • Thebe
  • Themisto
  • Thessaline
  • Thetis
  • Thetis Silverfoot
  • Thoe
  • Tiberinus
  • Tidessa
  • Topielica
  • Triton

U: 12 names

  • Udens Mate
  • Ulrienne
  • Ulvenne
  • Ulvenne Brookhollow
  • Undina
  • Undine
  • Undinė
  • Undine of the Danube
  • Undrea
  • Undrielle
  • Unn
  • Unnhild

V: 30 names

  • Vaelise
  • Vaila
  • Vanora
  • Vanora Stormsurge
  • Vedenemo
  • Vellamaid
  • Vellamo
  • Vellamo of the Deep
  • Vellavar
  • Velloria
  • Venilia
  • Venilia Shoreward
  • Verbeia
  • Vesi
  • Vesperelle
  • Vesselyn
  • Vesselyn Mistfall
  • Vetehinen
  • Vila
  • Viviane
  • Vivienne
  • Vivienne Lakelight
  • Voda
  • Vodianikha
  • Vodnik
  • Vodyana
  • Vodyanoy
  • Voice of the Waterfall
  • Volturnus
  • Vouivre

W: 6 names

  • Wasserfrau
  • Wavelet
  • Wellgunde
  • Wendaline
  • Woglinde
  • Wyrelle

X: 2 names

  • Xana
  • Xanthe

Y: 7 names

  • Yara
  • Yara Rainfall
  • Yareli
  • Yselde
  • Ysmere
  • Ysolt
  • Ysolt Clearspring

Z: 3 names

  • Zaira Cascade
  • Zamire
  • Zeuxo