Wizard Name Generator Based on Your Name

A wizard name based on your real name works because most fantasy wizards already carry old versions of ordinary names. Gandalf is Old Norse, Merlin is a Welsh Myrddin, and Albus, Severus and Remus are plain Latin. So the trick is to take a modern first name and roll it back a few centuries: John becomes Johannes, Mike becomes Michaelus, Sarah becomes Saraphine, Emily becomes Emeline, Beth becomes Elizabetha, Chris becomes Christoval. Latin endings (-us, -ius, -a), Old English or Norman spellings (Alberic, Waltheof, Isabeau) and French or German forms (Amandine, Katharina, Hannelore) all read as instantly wizardly without losing the original name.

The second half is a surname or epithet, and wizard surnames follow their own logic. They combine a quiet colour or element (Grey, Ash, Ember, Frost, Sable, Moon) with an object from a study or tower (quill, scribe, mantle, cowl, candle, lantern, staff, glass, veil, wold). Ashenquill, Frostmantle and Nightlantern sound like a person who owns a lot of books. Epithets do the same job with more personality: the Grey, the Elder, the Far-Seeing, of the Nine Candles, of the Silent Tower.

To use the list, find the entry that starts with your name (or the closest one; Ryan is Ryander, Ashley is Ashlynne, Jen is Jennavere) and take it as-is or swap the surname for one you like better. The result is a name that is unmistakably yours and unmistakably a wizard, which is what you want for a D&D character, a Hogwarts-style persona, a Renaissance faire badge or a Halloween costume.