Werewolf Name Generator

Werewolf names draw on a deep well of real mythology. Norse legend gives us Fenrir and his sons Sköll and Hati, Odin's wolves Geri and Freki, and the úlfhéðnar wolf-warriors; Greek myth has Lycaon, the Arcadian king turned into a wolf by Zeus and the source of the word lycanthropy; Rome had Lupa, the she-wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus. Medieval Europe recorded named 'werewolves' in court records (Peter Stumpp, Gilles Garnier) and in Marie de France's lai of Bisclavret. Any of these works as a title, a pack legend, or a name a werewolf takes for themselves.

For characters born human, the strongest choice is a given name that quietly contains a wolf: Wolfgang, Ulf, Rudolf, Randolph, and Adolphus in Germanic languages; Faolan, Phelan, and Conall in Irish; Vuk and Vlk in Slavic; Lupe and Lupita in Spanish; Farkas in Hungarian; Ylva for a woman in Scandinavia. Modern werewolf fiction, from Twilight's La Push pack to Teen Wolf and The Originals, prefers rugged, ordinary names (Sam, Derek, Hayley, Alcide) that let the wolf be a surprise.

Tabletop games add a third style. Werewolf: The Apocalypse Garou earn hyphenated deed names (Runs-With-Thunder, Breaks-the-Chain), and animal-fantasy packs use pelt-and-fang compounds (Greymane, Frostfang). The list mixes all of these so you can name an alpha, a bitten teenager, or an ancient wolf-god.