Vistani Name Generator
Ravenloft Vistani names for wanderers, seers, and caravan folk
Generate Vistani names for Curse of Strahd, Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, and gothic D&D campaigns: canonical-style Vistani given names, Balkan and Romanian-flavored surnames, and caravan titles like Madam and Rom Baro.
About Vistani names
The Vistani are the wandering caravan folk of Ravenloft, the only people who can pass freely through the Mists between the Domains of Dread. In Curse of Strahd they appear as fortune tellers, guides, and horse traders: Madam Eva at Tser Pool, Ezmerelda d'Avenir the monster hunter, and Luvash and Arrigal at the Vallaki camp. Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft gives them their own name lists (Alma, Draga, Simza, Tsura; Andrei, Fane, Marek, Rado) and family names such as Boem, Corvara, Kaldresh, Manusa, Naiat, and Zarovan.
The overall flavor is Balkan and Eastern European, matching Barovia's Romanian-tinged setting. Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Russian given names all fit, especially ones with soft endings like -a, -ina, and -ita for women and -mir, -slav, and -u for men. Traditional Romani names such as Kizzy, Talaitha, Luludja, and Zoltan add texture, though the Vistani are a fantasy people and 5th edition deliberately keeps the two distinct.
Titles matter in a Vistani camp. A respected seer is Madam or Old Mother; the leader of a band is the Rom Baro; elders may be Papa, Auntie, or Uncle to everyone. A caravan-born character usually pairs a given name with a family or band name (Ileana Zarovan, Marek Naiat), while an outcast like Ezmerelda might carry an unusual, foreign-sounding surname that marks her as apart.
How to choose Vistani names
- Pair a Balkan or Slavic given name with one of the Ravenloft family names (Boem, Corvara, Kaldresh, Manusa, Naiat, Zarovan) for a name that sounds like it came out of the sourcebook.
- Use titles to show status at a glance: Madam for seers, Rom Baro for the caravan leader, Papa or Auntie for elders.
- Give a Vistani fortune teller a single, weighty name (Madam Zamfira, Old Mother Kaldresh) rather than a full surname; players will remember it better.
- For an exiled or Mist-wandering Vistana, choose a surname that sounds slightly out of place, the way d'Avenir does, to hint at a story outside Barovia.
- Avoid names that are pure Russian or pure Romanian in one camp; mixing across Eastern Europe matches how the Vistani are portrayed as travelers.
Frequently asked questions
What are canonical Vistani names in Curse of Strahd?
Madam Eva, Ezmerelda d'Avenir, Luvash, Arrigal, Arabelle, Stanimir, Damia, Ratka, Alenka, Mirabel, and Sorvia are all Vistani in the adventure. Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft adds a longer list of sample names and family names.
Are the Vistani based on the Romani people?
The original 1980s Ravenloft Vistani drew heavily on Romani stereotypes. Fifth edition reworked them in Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft as a distinct fantasy culture, so this list favors broad Eastern European names and Ravenloft-specific family names.
Do Vistani use surnames?
Yes, but usually the name of their family or caravan band. Van Richten's Guide lists family names like Boem, Corvara, Kaldresh, Manusa, Naiat, and Zarovan; many Vistani are also known simply by a given name and a title such as Madam. This list also holds by-names from the road (Demyan the Fiddler, Hanna the Songkeeper) and family names in the same style, such as Velikresh and Drumara, which were made up for this list.
Can I use these Vistani names in my own published adventure?
The given names are real names, and the invented family names, by-names, and combinations here are free to use. Vistani, Ravenloft, and Barovia are Wizards of the Coast property, so a commercial product should be published through DMs Guild or with terms that allow those trademarks.
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All 1,000 Vistani names
A: 67 names
- Achim
- Adorjan
- Adrian
- Adriana
- Afanasy
- Agafya Kolyana
- Aglaia
- Agnessa
- Agnieszka
- Agota
- Agrafena the Fire Tender
- Akos
- Aksinya
- Akulina
- Albena Luncaru
- Aleksandar
- Alenka
- Alevtina
- Alexandru
- Alexei
- Alina
- Alma
- Alma Kaldresh
- Ambrus
- Anastasia
- Anastasia Radanovich
- Anatoly
- Anca
- Anca Vlaicu
- Andjelka
- Andras
- Andrei
- Andrei Zarovan
A, continued
- Andrey
- Anfisa
- Angel
- Aniela
- Aniko
- Anisoara
- Ankica
- Antal
- Anton
- Antonina Belovar
- Anuta
- Anzhela
- Arabelle
- Aranka
- Arina Negurescu
- Arkady
- Arrigal
- Arrigal Zarovanu
- Arseny the Horse Trader
- Artyom
- Asen Potcovaru
- Atanas
- Attila
- Auntie Darinka
- Auntie Dusanka
- Auntie Florica
- Auntie Lukerya
- Auntie Nevenka
- Auntie Ratka
- Aurel
- Aurelia
- Aurora
- Avdotya
- Avram
B: 53 names
- Balazs
- Balint
- Barbu
- Barnabas
- Barnabas Petrescu
- Bartlomiej
- Bavolesh
- Bedrich
- Bela
- Belnaiat
- Bence
- Benedek
- Bertalan
- Besnik
- Biljana
- Biserka
- Bistra
- Blagoy
- Blazena
- Blazenka
- Boem
- Bogdan
- Bogdan Ilyanov
- Bogdana
- Boglarka
- Bogoljub
- Bogoljub the Farrier
- Bogomil
- Bogumila Tsarevko
- Bohuslav Vetrovan
- Bohuslava
- Boiko
- Bojan
- Bojana
- Boleslaw
- Boris
- Borislav
- Borka
- Bosiljka
- Bosko
- Botond
- Boyana
- Bozena the Lantern Keeper
- Bozica
- Branka
- Branko
- Branko Vadomescu
- Bretislav
- Brindusa
- Bronislaw
- Bronislawa
- Bucur
- Budimir the Mapmaker
C: 44 names
- Calin
- Camelia
- Camlo
- Catalin
- Catalina
- Catinca
- Cedomir Tsarevko
- Celina
- Cenek
- Cezar
- Cezara
- Chavali
- Chavali Dragomirova
- Chavdar
- Chavdar the Drover
- Chavi
- Ciprian
- Claudiu
- Codresh
- Codrin
- Codruta
- Constantin
- Corina
- Cornel
- Cornelia
- Corvara
- Cosmin
- Cosmin Naiat
- Cosmina
- Costel
- Costin
- Cousin Hunor
- Cousin Mirko
- Cousin Ratko
- Crina
- Cristian
- Csaba
- Csilla
- Csongor
- Ctibor
- Ctibor the Piper
- Cvetko
- Cvijeta
- Czeslaw
D: 71 names
- Daciana
- Dagmar
- Dagmar the Midwife
- Dalibor Lautaru
- Dalina
- Dalma
- Damia
- Damia Voskresh
- Damian
- Damian Manusa
- Danica
- Danica Zaltescu
- Danil
- Danior
- Danuta
- Dario
- Dario Voskresh
- Darius
- Darko Focaru
- Darya
- Dasha
- Decebal
- Dejan
- Delyan
- Demyan the Fiddler
- Denes
- Desislava Negurescu
- Despina
- Dezso
- Dimitar
- Dimitri
- Djordje
- Djurdja
- Dmitri
- Dobrinka
D, continued
- Dobrivoje
- Dobromila of the Green Wagon
- Dobromir Kolyana
- Dobroslawa
- Dochia
- Doina
- Doina Manusa
- Domagoj the Ferryman
- Domnica
- Domokos
- Donka
- Dorin
- Dorin Zarovan
- Dorina
- Dorottya
- Doru
- Dorvena
- Draga
- Draga Ilyanovna
- Dragan
- Dragana
- Draginja
- Draginja the Herb Gatherer
- Dragoljub
- Dragomir
- Dragos
- Dragutin
- Drazen
- Drina
- Drumara
- Dubravka
- Dumitra
- Dumitru
- Dunya
- Durriken
- Dusan
E: 22 names
- Ecaterina
- Efim Stelovan
- Efrosinya
- Elek
- Elisabeta
- Elitsa the Ballad Singer
- Emese
- Emil
- Emilia
- Emoke
- Endre
- Eniko
- Erzsebet
- Esmeralda
- Eszter
- Etelka
- Eugen
- Eugenia
- Eusebiu
- Evgeny
- Ezmerelda d'Avenir
- Ezmerelda Radanovich
F: 27 names
- Faina
- Fane
- Fane Corvara
- Fedosia
- Fedot
- Fedot the Wainwright
- Felicia
- Feodor
- Ferenc
- Ferka
- Ferka Kolyana
- Fevronia
- Fifika
- Filip
- Filofteia
- Flavia
- Flaviu
- Flora
- Florentina
- Florica
- Florica Petrescu
- Florin
- Florin Corvarescu
- Florina
- Foma Caravesh
- Frusina
- Fyodor
G: 40 names
- Gabor
- Galina
- Ganka
- Gaspar
- Gavriil
- Gavril
- Gedeon
- Gellert
- Gelu
- Gennady
- Genowefa
- Georgeta
- Gerasim
- Gergana
- Gergely
- Geza
- Gheorghe
- Gherghina
- Ghita
- Gizella
- Gleb
- Glikeria
- Goran
- Gordana
- Grandfather Haralambie
- Grandfather Milutin
- Grandfather Nestor
- Grandfather Zsigmond
- Grandmother Dobrila
- Grandmother Papusza
- Grandmother Pelageya
- Grandmother Saveta
- Grandmother Simza
- Grazyna
- Grigore
- Grigore Radanovich
- Grigori
- Gyongyi
- Gyongyver
- Gyula
H: 12 names
- Hajnalka
- Halvesh
- Hanna
- Hanna the Songkeeper
- Hanzi
- Havel
- Horatiu
- Horia
- Hristo
- Hristo the Coppersmith
- Hrvoje Ostrovesh
- Hynek
I: 38 names
- Iancu
- Ibolya
- Ignat
- Igor Ceatara
- Ilarie
- Ilarion
- Ildiko
- Ileana
- Ileana Zarovan
- Ilie
- Ilinca
- Ilinca Kolyana
- Ilona
- Ilya
- Imre
- Inessa
- Ioana
- Ioana Zarovanu
- Ion
- Ionela
- Ionut
- Iordache
- Iosif
- Iren
- Irina
- Iskra Focaru
- Istvan
- Iulia
- Iulian
- Iustin
- Iustina
- Ivan
- Ivan Kaldresh
- Ivana
- Ivanka
- Ivaylo Morvesh
- Ivo
- Izabela
J: 24 names
- Jacek
- Jadranka
- Jaelle
- Jagoda the Berry Picker
- Janos
- Janusz
- Jarmila Vadomescu
- Jaromir Velnaru
- Jasna
- Jedrzej
- Jelena
- Jelica
- Jelica the Weaver
- Jeno
- Jerzy
- Jindrich
- Jiri
- Jitka
- Jolan
- Jolanta
- Jovan
- Jovana
- Judit
- Julianna
K: 30 names
- Kaldresh
- Kalina
- Kalman
- Kamilla
- Kapitolina
- Karoly
- Katalin
- Katya
- Katya Manusa
- Kazimiera
- Kazimierz
- Kestrava
- Kinga
- Kira
- Kirill
- Kizzy
- Kizzy Zarovan
- Klara
- Klavdiya
- Klavdiya the Star Reader
- Kondrat
- Kosara
- Krasimir the Saddler
- Krasimira
- Kristof
- Krsto
- Krystyna
- Krystyna the Seamstress
- Kseniya
- Kvetoslava
L: 52 names
- Lacramioara
- Lada Cortovan
- Lala
- Larissa
- Laszlo
- Laurentiu
- Lavinia
- Lavr
- Lazar
- Lelia
- Lena
- Lena Kolyana
- Lenuta
- Leonid
- Lesya Varnesh
- Leszek
- Leszek the Wheelwright
- Lev
- Levente
- Levko
- Lidiya the Tea Brewer
- Ligia
- Liliana
- Lilla
- Liviu
- Ljerka
- Ljiljana
- Ljubica
- Ljubisa
- Ljubomir
- Lorand
- Loredana
- Lorinc
- Lucian
- Lucretia
- Lucyna
- Ludmila
- Ludwika
- Luiza
- Luka Drumovan
- Luludja
- Luludja Ilyanovna
- Lumesh
- Luminita
- Luminita Naiat
- Lumir
- Luvash
- Luvash Corvarescu
- Lyuba
- Lyuben
- Lyubov Ceatara
- Lyudmila
M: 95 names
- Maciej
- Madalina
- Madam Draga
- Madam Drahomira
- Madam Eva
- Madam Glafira
- Madam Ilinca
- Madam Jadwiga
- Madam Leposava
- Madam Libuse
- Madam Luludja
- Madam Odarka
- Madam Ruxandra
- Madam Sarolta
- Madam Sorvia
- Madam Tamara
- Madam Tsura
- Madam Vadoma
- Madam Vasilisa
- Madam Vesna
- Madam Zamfira
- Madam Zorka
- Madam Zornitsa
- Magdalena
- Makar
- Mala
- Mama Aurica
- Mama Dragica
- Mama Floarea
- Mama Ruzena
- Manole
- Manusa
- Marcela
- Marek
- Marek Naiat
- Marfa
- Margareta
- Margit
- Mariana
- Marica
- Marichka
- Maricica
- Marilena
- Marin
- Marioara
- Mariska
- Marius
M, continued
- Marta
- Marton
- Matei
- Matvey
- Matyas
- Mavra
- Maxim
- Melania
- Menyhert
- Merripen
- Mieczyslawa
- Mieszko Potcovaru
- Mihaela
- Mihai
- Mihaly
- Mihnea
- Mikhail
- Miklos
- Milan Drumovan
- Milena
- Mileva
- Milica
- Miljana
- Milorad
- Milosh
- Miloslava
- Milunka
- Milunka of the Red Wagon
- Mioara
- Miodrag Ostrovesh
- Mira
- Mira Naiat
- Mirabel
- Mircea
- Mirela
- Mirela Voskresh
- Mirjana
- Mirna Vantovich
- Miron
- Miroslav
- Mirovan
- Miruna
- Mladen
- Mojmir
- Momchil
- Momchil the Wagon Master
- Momcilo
- Myroslava the Lullaby Singer
N: 34 names
- Nada
- Nadezhda Voskresh
- Nadia
- Nadia Corvara
- Nae
- Naiat
- Naidra
- Nandor
- Narcisa
- Natalia
- Natasha
- Naum
- Nazar
- Neagu
- Nebojsa
- Nechifor
- Neculai
- Nedelcho
- Nedelya
- Nelu
- Nenad
- Nevena
- Nevena Ozrenko
- Nevyana
- Nicoleta
- Nicu
- Nika
- Nikita
- Nikola
- Nikolai
- Ninoslav
- Noemi
- Novak the Juggler
- Nuri
O: 36 names
- Oana
- Octavian
- Ognjen Ilyanov
- Oksana
- Old Father Krum
- Old Father Obrad
- Old Father Savva
- Old Mother Borbala
- Old Mother Desanka
- Old Mother Kaldresh
- Old Mother Matryona
- Old Mother Nevena
- Old Mother Radojka
- Oldrich
- Oldrich the Trailfinder
- Oleg
- Oleksa
- Oleksa of the Far Camp
- Olesya
- Olga Varnesh
- Olimpia
- Olivera
- Omelyan
- Oprea
- Orban
- Orest
- Orsolya
- Ortansa
- Orysya
- Osip
- Oskovan
- Ostap Vetrovan
- Oszkar
- Otakar
- Otilia
- Ovidiu
P: 37 names
- Pal
- Panas
- Panas the Campfire Cook
- Panna
- Pantelimon
- Papa Dario
- Papa Lajos
- Papa Milosh
- Papa Radovan
- Papa Trofim
- Papusza
- Paraschiva
- Pavel
- Pelinesh
- Penka
- Pesha
- Petar
- Petrache
- Petrica
- Petronela
- Petru
- Petru Manusa
- Petruta
- Petya
- Piroska
- Plamen Carutescu
- Platon
- Polina
- Praskovia
- Preda
- Predrag
- Premysl Carutescu
- Prokhor
- Prokop
- Przemyslaw
- Pulika
- Pyotr
R: 53 names
- Radim Velnaru
- Radisa
- Radka
- Radmila
- Rado
- Rado Boem
- Radomir the Guide
- Radu
- Radu Boem
- Raina
- Raisa
- Rajko
- Ralitsa Vlaicu
- Raluca
- Ramona
- Rasnovar
- Ratka
- Rawnie
- Razvan
- Reka
- Remus
- Rimma
- Rodica
- Rodion
- Roksolana
- Rom Baro Arpad
- Rom Baro Branko
- Rom Baro Costache
- Rom Baro Dragomir
- Rom Baro Kaloyan
- Rom Baro Marek
- Rom Baro Stanimir
- Rom Baro Svetozar
- Rom Baro Tikhon
- Rom Baro Vasile
- Rom Baro Zoltan
- Roman
- Roman Radanovich
- Romulus
- Rositsa
- Roxana
- Rozalia
- Rozsa
- Rumen Zaltescu
- Rumyana
- Ruslan
- Ruslana
- Ruxandra
- Ruxandra Radanovich
- Ruza
- Ruza Kaldresh
- Ryszard
- Ryszard the Lamplighter
S: 69 names
- Sabina
- Sabina Petrovna
- Safta
- Sanda
- Sanda Boem
- Sandor
- Sandu
- Sanziana
- Sedzimir
- Semyon Luncaru
- Serafima
- Serban
- Sergei
- Sergiu
- Sevastita
- Shofranka
- Silvia
- Silviu
- Simion
- Simza
- Simza Corvarescu
- Slavica
- Slavka Stelovan
- Slawomir
- Slobodan Vantovich
- Smaranda
- Smaranda Corvara
- Smiljana Zaltescu
- Snezana
- Sofya Drumescu
- Solomiya the Dreamer
- Sorin
- Sorina
- Sorina Zarovanu
S, continued
- Sorvesh
- Sorvia
- Spas
- Spas the Bell Ringer
- Srdjan
- Stamen Lautaru
- Stana
- Stanca
- Stanimir
- Stanislav
- Stanislav Kolyana
- Stanislava of the Mists
- Stefan
- Stefania
- Stefka
- Stela
- Stelian
- Steliana
- Stepan
- Stevo
- Stiggur
- Stoica
- Stoyan
- Stoyan Corvara
- Stoyanka
- Svatopluk Voskresh
- Svetla
- Svetlana
- Svetoslav
- Svyatoslav Radanovich
- Syeira
- Szabolcs
- Szczepan
- Szilard
- Szymon
T: 44 names
- Tadeusz
- Tadeusz the Harness Maker
- Taisiya
- Talaitha
- Talaitha Kaldresh
- Tamas
- Tamirescu
- Tanase
- Tanya
- Tanya Vadoma
- Taras Mistovich
- Tatiana
- Tawno
- Tekla
- Temenuzhka
- Teodor
- Teodora
- Teodozja
- Terezia
- Tiberiu
- Tibor
- Tihomir the Night Watchman
- Tijana
- Timea
- Timofey
- Tinca
- Titus
- Tivadar
- Todor
- Todor Ilyanov
- Toma
- Traian
- Trifon
- Tsanko
- Tshaya
- Tsura
- Tsveta
- Tsvetana
- Tsvetelina
- Tsvetelina the Dancer
- Tudor
- Tudora
- Tudorita
- Tunde
U: 12 names
- Ulmara
- Ulyana
- Uncle Bogdan
- Uncle Gojko
- Uncle Kuzma
- Uncle Pencho
- Uncle Zaza
- Uncle Zdravko
- Uros
- Uros the Horse Whisperer
- Urszula
- Ustinya
V: 63 names
- Vaclav
- Vadoma
- Valentin
- Valeriu
- Valery
- Vali
- Vali Dragomirova
- Valko
- Vanya
- Varlam
- Varushka
- Varvara
- Vasile
- Vasile Vadomescu
- Vasilica
- Vasilka the Storyteller
- Vasily
- Vasylyna
- Velika
- Velikresh
- Velizar
- Velizar the Mist Walker
- Veljko
- Veljko of the Three Wagons
- Vendula Belovar
- Veniamin
- Ventsislav
- Vera
- Vesna
- Vesna Radanovich
- Veta
V, continued
- Victor
- Vidak
- Vidosava
- Vikenty
- Villo
- Vilma
- Vilmos
- Vince
- Vintila
- Viola
- Violeta
- Viorel
- Viorica
- Virag
- Vit
- Vitaly
- Vitezslav
- Vlad
- Vladimir
- Vladislav
- Vladislava Drumescu
- Vlasta Cortovan
- Vlatko
- Voichita
- Voicu
- Vozniat
- Vratislav Corvarescu
- Vsevolod
- Vuk
- Vuk Dragomirov
- Vukasin Dumbravesh
- Vukica
W: 5 names
- Wanda
- Wieslaw
- Wieslawa
- Witold
- Wojciech
Y: 19 names
- Yadranu
- Yakov
- Yana
- Yanka
- Yanko
- Yanko Petrescu
- Yarema
- Yaroslav
- Yaroslava the Card Reader
- Yaryna Petrescu
- Yavor
- Yegor
- Yelena
- Yermolai
- Yevdokia
- Yordan
- Yordanka
- Yoska
- Yuri