Voodoo Name Generator

In Haitian Vodou a priest is a houngan (also spelled oungan) and a priestess is a mambo (manbo); initiates call them Papa and Manman. A bòkò is a sorcerer who works with both hands. In New Orleans the historical titles were Voodoo Queen, Doctor, Mother and Madame, and hoodoo practitioners were called root doctors, conjure men or women, two-headed doctors and treaters (traiteurs in Cajun country).

The most widely served lwa are Papa Legba (gatekeeper), Damballa and Ayida Wedo (serpent and rainbow), Erzulie Freda and Ezili Dantor (love and motherhood), Ogou Feray (iron and war), Agwe and Lasirenn (the sea), Azaka (farming), Simbi (water and magic), Gran Bwa (the forest), and the Gede family of the dead led by Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte.

Vodou is a living religion, so treat it the way you would any faith: human characters can carry authentic Haitian or Creole names and titles such as Mambo or Houngan, while the lwa are best used as the spirits they are rather than as character names. Avoid stereotypes about dolls and curses; real practice centres on healing, ancestors and community.

Haitian names use Kreyòl and French—Papa Legba, Mambo Yvrose Saint-Fleur, Ti Jean—while New Orleans names reflect Louisiana Creole culture and English titles: Queen Marie Laveau, Doctor John, Madame Odile Lacroix, Mother Thibodeaux. The generator includes both so you can match the setting.