Vampire: The Masquerade Name Generator

Vampire: The Masquerade is set in the World of Darkness, a version of our own world, so the best Kindred names are mortal names first. A vampire Embraced in 1990s Los Angeles keeps a 1990s name; one Embraced in Renaissance Venice keeps a Venetian one. Sebastian LaCroix, Nines Rodriguez, Jeanette Voerman and Isaac Abrams from Bloodlines are all plausible mortal names, and that realism is what makes the supernatural details land. Elders often go by a single ancient name (Hardestadt, Mithras, Helena, Ur-Shulgi) or an epithet like Smiling Jack, while neonates still answer to whatever their driver's license said.

Clan shapes the flavor. Ventrue favor old-money and dynastic names; Toreador names sound artistic or European; Brujah run to street names and nicknames; Nosferatu often abandon their mortal names for aliases like Gary Golden or Ratcatcher; Malkavians pick up strange handles; Tremere sound like scholars in a Regency; Giovanni and Hecata carry Venetian family names; Banu Haqim, Ministry and Lasombra names track their Middle Eastern, Egyptian and Iberian origins; Tzimisce reflect Carpathian and Slavic roots. Titles matter too: Prince, Primogen, Sheriff, Seneschal, Harpy, Bishop and Baron are used in play almost like names.

Use this list to find a mortal name that matches your character's clan, Embrace date and city, then decide whether the vampire kept it or buried it.