Vampire Last Name Generator
Aristocratic and gothic surnames for the undead
Generate vampire last names with real weight: Romanian and Hungarian noble houses, Old-World aristocratic surnames, Latin and gothic invented names, and Victorian family names fit for an ancient bloodline.
About vampire last names
A vampire's surname usually carries more history than the vampire admits to. The genre's founding names are real aristocratic families: Vlad Dracula belonged to the Drăculești branch of the House of Basarab, and Elizabeth Báthory, Nádasdy, and Hunyadi are genuine Hungarian noble houses. Nineteenth-century fiction added invented but plausible titles: Lord Ruthven, Sir Francis Varney, Countess Karnstein, and later Count Orlok and Baron von Krolock. Anne Rice's Lestat de Lioncourt set the template for French nobility, and Twilight's Cullen and Volturi show that even ordinary or Italian surnames work if the family behind them is old enough.
The best vampire last names fall into a few groups: real Romanian, Hungarian, Serbian, or Russian family names (Dumitrescu, Rákóczi, Volkov); noble particles like von, de, and van attached to a place (Von Carstein, De Montfort, Van der Berg); Latin words for night, blood, and death used as a house name (Noctis, Sanguis, Tenebris); and Victorian English gentry surnames with a dark edge (Ravenscroft, Ashcroft, Harrowgate). Vampire: The Masquerade adds clan names (Ventrue, Toreador, Lasombra) that many players use as surnames.
Compound names like Bloodmoon or Darkmore appear here too, but sparingly; they read as pulpy unless the whole setting is. For a vampire who has lived centuries, a name that could appear in a real land registry is usually more unsettling.
How to choose vampire last names
- Match the surname to where the vampire was born and turned; a 15th-century Wallachian boyar should not be named Blackwood.
- Add a noble particle for instant age: 'Von Ravenstahl' or 'De Villiers' suggests a coat of arms and a crumbling estate.
- Latin house names (Noctis, Sanguis, Aeternus) work well for a bloodline or coven rather than a single character.
- Pair a dark surname with an ordinary first name (Thomas Mortlake, Anne Sallow) for a vampire who passes as human.
- Vampires often change surnames every few decades; keeping a list of the family's aliases is a good worldbuilding exercise.
Frequently asked questions
What are famous vampire last names?
Dracula, Tepes, Báthory, Karnstein (from Carmilla), Ruthven, Orlok, Von Krolock, De Lioncourt (Lestat), Cullen, and Volturi are the most recognized; many are real historical families.
Are vampire surnames usually Romanian?
Not necessarily. Dracula made Transylvania the default, but the genre also uses French, German, English, Italian, and Russian names; the key is that the family sounds old and landed.
Can I use these surnames for Vampire: The Masquerade?
Yes. Kindred keep their mortal surnames, so pick one that fits the character's era and homeland; the clan names in the list (Ventrue, Toreador) can also be used as house names in homebrew settings.
Are these names free to use commercially?
Real surnames and the names of historical houses belong to nobody and turn up in fiction all the time. Names tied to specific modern properties (Cullen, Volturi, De Lioncourt, Von Zarovich, Volkihar, Mikaelson) are best kept to fan works. No name here was checked for rights, so look into a name before you publish under it.
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All 1,000 vampire last names
A: 47 names
- Abashidze
- Abendroth
- Acciaioli
- Acheron
- Aconite
- Aemilius
- Aeternus
- Ahlefeldt
- Akropolites
- Albescu
- Albizzi
- Aldobrandini
- Alexandrescu
- Almásy
- Altieri
- Altomanović
- Alucard
- Amaranth
- Amilakhvari
- Andrássy
- Angelescu
- Angelos
- Annibaldi
- Antiquus
- Antonescu
- Apafi
- Apponyi
- Apraksin
- Arcanus
- Ardelean
- Argyros
- Arianiti
- Armagnac
- Artsruni
- Asen
- Ashcroft
- Ashenbrook
- Ashenvale
- Ashford
- Ashgrove
- Ater
- Atrox
- Auersperg
- Aurelius
- Avernus
- Aviz
- Ayala
B: 71 names
- Babonić
- Baglioni
- Bagration
- Bagratuni
- Bălăceanu
- Bălan
- Balassa
- Băleanu
- Balliol
- Balş
- Balšić
- Banér
- Bánffy
- Barbarigo
- Barberini
- Bărbulescu
- Barcsay
- Barrowcliffe
- Barrowmere
- Baryatinsky
- Basarab
- Báthory
- Batthyány
- Beauchamp
- Beaufort
- Beaumont
- Bebek
- Béldi
- Belladonna
- Bellamy
- Belmont
- Belmonte
- Belov
- Belsky
- Bembo
B, continued
- Benavides
- Bentivoglio
- Bercsényi
- Bestuzhev
- Bethlen
- Bibescu
- Bielke
- Blackett
- Blackmoor
- Blackthorne
- Blackwell
- Blackwood
- Bloodmoon
- Bloodworth
- Bocskai
- Bogdan
- Bohun
- Boncompagni
- Borghese
- Borgia
- Bornemisza
- Botaneiates
- Brahe
- Branas
- Brâncoveanu
- Branicki
- Branković
- Brătianu
- Brissac
- Broglie
- Brujah
- Brumalis
- Bryennios
- Bucur
- Buturlin
- Buzescu
C: 78 names
- Caecilius
- Caetani
- Caligo
- Callimachi
- Calpurnius
- Câmpineanu
- Cantacuzino
- Cantemir
- Capet
- Cappadocius
- Caracciolo
- Carafa
- Caragea
- Cardona
- Carfax
- Carmine
- Cassius
- Catafalque
- Catargiu
- Cenci
- Cerement
- Cernat
- Cernea
- Černín
- Charnwood
- Châteaubriant
- Chavchavadze
- Cherkassky
- Chernov
- Chernyshev
- Chevreuse
- Chiaramonte
- Chigi
- Chodkiewicz
- Choiseul
- Choniates
- Cicuta
- Cillei
- Cinis
C, continued
- Cinnabar
- Ciobanu
- Claudius
- Clermont-Tonnerre
- Cocytus
- Coffin
- Cojocaru
- Coldwell
- Colonna
- Comminges
- Comyn
- Constantinescu
- Contarini
- Corbea
- Corbu
- Cornaro
- Cornelius
- Corsini
- Corvinus
- Corvus
- Costache
- Costin
- Courtenay
- Craioveşti
- Crepusculum
- Creţulescu
- Crichton
- Crimson
- Cristea
- Crnojević
- Cronqvist
- Crowhurst
- Cruor
- Crussol
- Csák
- Csáky
- Cullen
- Cuza
- Czartoryski
D: 128 names
- D'Anjou
- D'Arcy
- D'Aubigny
- D'Estaing
- D'Harcourt
- Da Carrara
- Da Polenta
- Da Vinci
- Dacre
- Dadiani
- Dalassenos
- Damaskinos
- Dandolo
- Dăneşti
- Dankworth
- Darke
- Darkmore
- De Alba
- De Almeida
- De Alvarado
- De Beauharnais
- De Beauvoir
- De Belleforest
- De Blois
- De Borja
- De Braganza
- De Burgh
- De Cárdenas
- De Chastelet
- De Clare
- De Coligny
- De Corbeau
- De Coucy
- De Craon
- De Croixmare
- De Foix
- De Grimaud
- De Guise
- De Guzmán
- De la Cerda
- De la Gardie
- De La Tour
D, continued
- De Lacy
- De Lancre
- De Lencastre
- De Lioncourt
- De Lorraine
- De Magpyr
- De Malemort
- De Malestroit
- De Marbeuf
- De Mauléon
- De Mauvoisin
- De Mendoza
- De Merode
- De Montespan
- De Montfort
- De Montmorency
- De Mortain
- De Morteforêt
- De Nemours
- De Nerval
- De Noailles
- De Noirmont
- De Noirmoutier
- De Osorio
- De Pointe du Lac
- De Polignac
- De Rais
- De Rambouillet
- De Rocheblave
- De Rochefort
- De Rohan
- De Romanus
- De Sade
- De Sévigné
- De Silva
- De Sombreuil
- De Sousa
- De Talleyrand
- De Toledo
- De Valois
- De Vaudémont
- De Vaux
- De Velasco
D, continued
- De Vere
- De Villefort
- De Villiers
- De Warenne
- De Zúñiga
- Dei Conti
- Dejanović
- Delacroix
- Della Rovere
- Della Scala
- Della Torre
- Demidov
- Denali
- Despenser
- Dessewffy
- Devereux
- Di Malavita
- Di Notte
- Diaconescu
- Dietrichstein
- Dirus
- Dobó
- Dolgorukov
- Domitius
- Doria
- Doukas
- Dracula
- Drăculești
- Drágffy
- Dragomir
- Dragoş
- Drašković
- Draven
- Drugeth
- Du Bellay
- Du Plessis
- Dudescu
- Dukagjini
- Dumitrescu
- Dunkel
- Đurić
- Duskmoor
- Duskwood
E: 11 names
- Eldritch
- Elegy
- Ellsworth
- Enescu
- Erdődy
- Erebus
- Erskine
- Este
- Esterházy
- Evensong
- Exsanguis
F: 23 names
- Fabius
- Fairbourne
- Fairfax
- Falier
- Farnese
- Fenwick
- Ferox
- Ferrers
- Festetics
- Fieschi
- Filipescu
- Firlej
- Fitzgerald
- Flavius
- Florescu
- Forgách
- Foscari
- Fotheringay
- Frangepán
- Frankopan
- Frescobaldi
- Frostmoor
- Funestus
G: 33 names
- Gabras
- Gagarin
- Gangrel
- Garai
- Garnet
- Gaunt
- Gelidus
- Georgescu
- Ghica
- Giedraitis
- Giovanni
- Giustiniani
- Glinsky
- Gloamhurst
- Golescu
- Golitsyn
- Gonzaga
- Goštautas
- Gradenigo
- Gramont
- Gravesend
- Greceanu
- Greythorne
- Grigorescu
- Grimaldi
- Grimm
- Grimsditch
- Grimshaw
- Grimwald
- Guicciardini
- Gurieli
- Gyldenstierne
- Gyulay
H: 20 names
- Habsburg
- Hadik
- Hallowell
- Harrach
- Harrowgate
- Haţegan
- Hauteville
- Hawksworth
- Héderváry
- Hesperus
- Hohenlohe
- Hohenzollern
- Hollingsworth
- Holloway
- Homonnai
- Horatius
- Horvat
- Hrvatinić
- Huitfeldt
- Hunyadi
I: 7 names
- Illésházy
- Immortalis
- Infernus
- Insomnis
- Ionescu
- Iordache
- Ipsilanti
J: 7 names
- Jagiellon
- Jaqeli
- Jelačić
- Jósika
- Jovanović
- Joyeuse
- Junius
K: 40 names
- Kačić
- Kain
- Kállay
- Kálnoky
- Kanizsai
- Karađorđević
- Karnstein
- Károlyi
- Kastrioti
- Kavanagh
- Keglević
- Kemény
- Kendeffy
- Kęsgaila
- Kessler
- Keyserling
- Khevenhüller
- Khovansky
- Kingsley
- Kinizsi
- Kinský
- Kmita
- Kogălniceanu
- Kolowrat
- Komnenos
- Koniecpolski
- Königsmarck
- Kornis
- Kosača
- Kőszegi
- Kotromanić
- Kounic
- Kourkouas
- Kovač
- Krasiński
- Kropotkin
- Kurakin
- Kurbsky
- Kurjaković
- Kuznetsov
L: 42 names
- La Rochefoucauld
- La Trémoille
- Lackfi
- Lahmian
- Lahovary
- Lamberg
- Lamia
- Lanckoroński
- Lăpuşneanu
- Laskaris
- Lasombra
- Lautrec
- Lazarević
- Leijonhufvud
- Lekapenos
- Lemures
- Lestrange
- Leszczyński
- Lethe
- Letum
- Lévis-Mirepoix
- Lewenhaupt
- Liechtenstein
- Lividus
- Lobkowicz
- Lockhart
- Lopukhin
- Loredan
- Losonczy
- Lovelace
- Lovell
- Lubomirski
- Lucian
- Lucifugus
- Lucretius
- Lunaris
- Lungu
- Lupescu
- Lupu
- Lusignan
- Luynes
- Lychgate
M: 66 names
- MacCarthy
- Madder
- Majláth
- Malaspina
- Malatesta
- Malefica
- Malfoy
- Malherbe
- Malkavian
- Maltravers
- Mamikonian
- Mandeville
- Manes
- Manlius
- Manole
- Manteuffel
- Marinescu
- Markov
- Marlowe
- Marmion
- Marrowick
- Martinic
- Mascarenhas
- Mauclerc
- Mauleverer
- Mavrocordat
- Mavrogheni
- Medici
- Meinster
- Menshikov
- Meshchersky
- Metochites
- Mihăilescu
M, continued
- Mikaelson
- Mikes
- Miloslavsky
- Mitterhaus
- Mniszech
- Mocenigo
- Moldovan
- Moncada
- Montacute
- Montefeltro
- Montresor
- Moraru
- Mordax
- Morgenstern
- Morosini
- Morozov
- Morrow
- Mortemart
- Mortifer
- Mortimer
- Mortis
- Mortlake
- Mortlock
- Moruzi
- Mourne
- Movilă
- Mowbray
- Mrak
- Mrnjavčević
- Mstislavsky
- Munteanu
- Muşat
- Muzaka
N: 39 names
- Nachtmann
- Nádasdy
- Naryshkin
- Natt och Dag
- Neagu
- Necrarch
- Neculce
- Negrea
- Negrescu
- Negru
- Negruzzi
- Nelipić
- Nemanjić
- Nethercott
- Neville
- Nex
- Nicolescu
- Nightbourne
- Nightfall
- Nightingale
- Nightshade
- Nightwell
- Nihil
- Nikolić
- Nistor
- Noctis
- Noctivagus
- Noctua
- Nocturne
- Nocturni
- Nocturnus
- Nopcsa
- Noronha
- Nosferatu
- Nostitz
- Notaras
- Novak
- Nox
- Nyáry
O: 31 names
- O'Donnell
- O'Neill
- O'Rourke
- Obolensky
- Obrenović
- Obscura
- Obsidian
- Occasus
- Occultus
- Octavius
- Odescalchi
- Odobescu
- Odoevsky
- Ogiński
- Olteanu
- Onyx
- Opaliński
- Orbeliani
- Orcus
- Orczy
- Ordelaffi
- Orlok
- Orlov
- Oršić
- Orsini
- Ossian
- Ossoliński
- Ostrogski
- Ostroróg
- Oxblood
- Oxenstierna
P: 36 names
- Pacheco
- Pădureanu
- Palaiologos
- Palecroft
- Pálffy
- Pallavicini
- Pallidus
- Pavlović
- Pázmány
- Pazzi
- Pemberton
- Penhallow
- Percy
- Perényi
- Pernštejn
- Pervigil
- Petrescu
- Petronius
- Petrov
- Petrović
- Philanthropenos
- Phlegethon
- Phokas
- Piast
- Pierleoni
- Pignatelli
- Pisani
- Plantagenet
- Podmaniczky
- Pongrácz
- Poniatowski
- Popescu
- Porphyry
- Portocarrero
- Potocki
- Preda
Q: 2 names
- Querini
- Quiñones
R: 38 names
- Rabe
- Rackham
- Racoviţă
- Ráday
- Radović
- Radulescu
- Radziwiłł
- Rákóczi
- Rantzau
- Rapax
- Ravel
- Ravenhurst
- Ravenscar
- Ravenscroft
- Ravensworth
- Ravnos
- Razumovsky
- Redgrave
- Repnin
- Requesens
- Requiem
- Révay
- Reventlow
- Rhédey
- Rochechouart
- Romodanovsky
- Rookwood
- Rosenkrantz
- Rosetti
- Rostopchin
- Rozgonyi
- Rožmberk
- Rubenian
- Rucellai
- Rumyantsev
- Rusu
- Ruthven
- Rzewuski
S: 82 names
- Sable
- Sabran
- Saburov
- Saint-Germain
- Saint-Simon
- Sainte-Croix
- Sallow
- Saltykov
- Salubri
- Salvatore
- Salviati
- Sandoval
- Sanguinarius
- Sanguine
- Sanguinetti
- Sanguis
- Sanguszko
- Sanseverino
- Sapieha
- Sârbu
- Savelli
- Savoia
- Scaligeri
- Schauenburg
- Schreck
- Schwarzenberg
- Scrope
- Sempiternus
- Sempronius
- Sepulchra
- Şerban
- Sergius
- Seton
- Sexton
- Sforza
- Shadowmere
- Shcherbatov
- Sheremetev
- Shishman
- Shuisky
- Shuvalov
S, continued
- Sieniawski
- Silvanus
- Sinclair
- Skeel
- Skleros
- Slătineanu
- Slavata
- Šlik
- Smiřický
- Sobieski
- Sokolov
- Sparre
- Spinola
- Stanescu
- Starhemberg
- Ştefănescu
- Stenbock
- Sterling
- Šternberk
- Ştirbei
- Stojanović
- Strahd
- Stratsimir
- Streshnev
- Strix
- Stroe
- Stroganov
- Stromkirk
- Stroud
- Strozzi
- Sturdza
- Styx
- Šubić
- Suţu
- Švamberk
- Synadenos
- Szapáry
- Szapolyai
- Széchenyi
- Szilágyi
- Sztáray
T: 35 names
- Taciturnus
- Tancarville
- Tarchaneiotes
- Tarnowski
- Tarquinius
- Tartarus
- Távora
- Tęczyński
- Teleki
- Tenebris
- Teodorescu
- Tepes
- Terter
- Thackeray
- Thököly
- Thopia
- Thornhill
- Thornwick
- Thurn und Taxis
- Thurzó
- Tiepolo
- Toldalagi
- Toreador
- Tornabuoni
- Tornikes
- Torvus
- Trastámara
- Trauttmansdorff
- Tremere
- Trolle
- Trubetskoy
- Tsereteli
- Turenne
- Tyszkiewicz
- Tzimisce
U: 8 names
- Ubaldini
- Ujlaki
- Ulfeldt
- Umbra
- Umfraville
- Ungureanu
- Ureche
- Ursu
V: 121 names
- Văcărescu
- Valdštejn
- Valerius
- Van Aken
- Van Alstyne
- Van Arkel
- Van Borselen
- Van Brederode
- Van Buskirk
- Van Cortlandt
- Van der Berg
- Van der Vliet
- Van Doorn
- Van Duyn
- Van Egmont
- Van Heeckeren
- Van Helmont
- Van Horne
- Van Houten
- Van Leeuwen
- Van Lynden
- Van Nostrand
- Van Ostade
- Van Pallandt
- Van Rensselaer
- Van Rijn
- Van Schaick
- Van Wassenaer
- Van Wyck
- Van Zandt
- Vandermeer
- Vane
- Varney
- Vartenberk
- Vasa
- Vasilescu
- Vasiliu
- Vasquez de Coronado
- Vatatzes
- Vavasour
V, continued
- Vendramin
- Ventadour
- Ventimiglia
- Ventrue
- Vermilion
- Vespera
- Vesperis
- Vespertilio
- Vexley
- Visconti
- Vlădescu
- Vlahović
- Vlaicu
- Vlastimirović
- Voicu
- Vojinović
- Voldaren
- Volkihar
- Volkonsky
- Volkov
- Volturi
- Vom Stein
- Von Adlerhorst
- Von Ansbach
- Von Blankenheim
- Von Carstein
- Von der Pahlen
- Von Dornberg
- Von Drachenfels
- Von Ehrenfels
- Von Eichenwald
- Von Eisenwald
- Von Falkenhayn
- Von Falkenstein
- Von Finsterwalde
- Von Grauwald
- Von Greifenklau
- Von Grimmelshausen
- Von Hallstadt
- Von Hohenwald
V, continued
- Von Kesselstadt
- Von Königsegg
- Von Krähenfels
- Von Krolock
- Von Kronenberg
- Von Lichtenberg
- Von Lieven
- Von Mansfeld
- Von Mitternacht
- Von Nachtigall
- Von Nachtwald
- Von Nebelstein
- Von Rabenau
- Von Rauenstein
- Von Ravensburg
- Von Ravenstahl
- Von Reinholt
- Von Rothenburg
- Von Schattenberg
- Von Schwarzenfeld
- Von Steinbach
- Von Sternberg
- Von Sturmhold
- Von Tiesenhausen
- Von Todtmoos
- Von Totleben
- Von Uexküll
- Von Waldeck
- Von Wittgenstein
- Von Wolfsberg
- Von Wolkenstein
- Von Zarovich
- Vorador
- Vorax
- Voronov
- Vorontsov
- Vorotynsky
- Vukanović
- Vukovic
- Vulpe
- Vyazemsky
W: 17 names
- Wass
- Welf
- Wenckheim
- Wesselényi
- Westenra
- Whitlock
- Windisch-Graetz
- Winterbourne
- Wintermere
- Wiśniowiecki
- Wittelsbach
- Wolfe
- Wolfram
- Wolfsbane
- Wraithwood
- Wrangel
- Wycliffe
Y: 3 names
- Yaxley
- Yorga
- Yusupov