Wraith Name Generator

Cold, hollow names for wraiths and dread spirits

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Generate wraith names with real menace: hissing single names like Vaelmoras and Kezrathis, titled undead such as Sithrik the Unburied, legend-style epithets like the Wraith of Caer Ulm, and Scots and Gaelic-flavored shades for folklore settings.

About wraith names

A wraith is not a gentle ghost. The word is Scots, first recorded in the 1500s for an apparition that appears as an omen of death, and fantasy has sharpened it into something colder: a spirit hollowed out by hatred, oath or curse that drains the living. Wraith names should carry that chill. The strongest ones avoid soft, rounded sounds and lean on sibilants, hard consonants and long dark vowels: Vaelmoras, Kezrathis, Ashkaroth, Skarnvael. Say one aloud and it should sound like a hiss through teeth.

The second great pattern is the remembered name with a broken title. Wraiths were people once, and the tragedy is in the gap between who they were and what they are: Sithrik the Unburied, Haldrek the Oathbroken, Ulric Sable, Once a Prince. Tolkien's Nazgûl, who lost their names entirely, show the extreme version; a wraith known only as the Ninth Watchman or the Hanged Knight of Dunmere has been reduced to its role and place.

Folklore wraiths are named by the place they haunt and the way they appear: the Wraith of Caer Ulm, the Lady in the Weir, the Grey Man o' the Brae, the Tollkeeper of Blackwater Bridge. This register suits horror campaigns and Gothic fiction where the dead are local and remembered. Mix all three for range.

How to choose wraith names

  • Decide what the wraith lost. A name that hints at the life before (Once a Prince, the Oathbroken, the Unburied) gives players and readers a mystery to pull on.
  • Use hard, hissing phonology for feral or ancient wraiths (Kezrathis, Ghaztaroth) and faded human names with cold surnames (Elspeth Craw, Odmund Frostgrave) for wraiths that still half-remember themselves.
  • Anchor folklore wraiths to a place: a ford, a weir, a bridge, a bell tower. The Wraith of the Salt Road is scarier than a wraith with no address.
  • Keep titles to one per name. Lord Veskarn, Dread Wraith of Sarn works; stacking three honorifics turns menace into parody.
  • For D&D or Pathfinder, name the wraith differently from the person it was, and reveal the original name as a plot beat when the party finds the grave or the record.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a wraith and a ghost?

Ghost is the broad word for any spirit of the dead. A wraith, in both Scots folklore and modern fantasy, is a darker, more dangerous kind: an omen of death, or a hollow spirit driven by malice or a curse that can harm or drain the living. Wraith names are therefore colder and more threatening than typical ghost names.

What are good wraith names for D&D?

Use a hissing invented name for the monster (Vorrathiel, Kezrathis, Nyxathor) or a titled former person for a named villain (Sithrik the Unburied, Lady Isilde of the Cold Stair, the Hanged Knight of Dunmere). Wraiths in 5e are often former warriors or nobles, so a lost title fits the lore.

Where does the word wraith come from?

It first appears in Scots in the early 1500s meaning an apparition or a double seen as a death omen; its deeper origin is uncertain. Tolkien's Ringwraiths made it a standard fantasy term for a corrupted, undying spirit, and D&D and video games followed.

Can I use these names for a character, game or story?

Yes. All the names are free to use for tabletop campaigns, fiction, games and usernames. Canon names from published settings are not included, so nothing here belongs to an existing franchise.

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A: 28 names

  • Abbot Cyneric, Wraith of the Burned Scriptorium
  • Abhorrek
  • Adelheid Frostmourn
  • Aeryth Nightcairn
  • Ailsa Duskhollow
  • Alaric Duskmantle
  • Aldous Half-Remembered
  • Aldous the Unburied
  • Alienor Greymourn
  • Althea Hollowmoor
  • Amaury Duskthorne
  • Angharad Duskveil
  • Anneliese Frostgloam
  • Anselm of the Broken Vow
  • Ansgar the Lost
  • Aoife of the Drowned Well
  • Arnulf the Unquiet
  • Ashkaroth
  • Ashmeer
  • Ashwraith of Tarn Hollow
  • Auld Grizel of the Moss
  • Auld Hamish of the Brae
  • Auld Ninian's Shade
  • Avelina Greycairn
  • Aveline Coldmourn
  • Azkhareth
  • Azmaroth
  • Azzhur the Shadowed

B: 14 names

  • Baroness Ilvith, Wraith of the Salt Tower
  • Bartholomew Sallow
  • Beatrix Nightmourn
  • Belzarak
  • Black Donald's Shade
  • Blind Ailig of the Ford
  • Brandt Ashencloak
  • Brandulf Coldhollow
  • Brannoch the Hollow
  • Branwen Hollowmere
  • Bregan Hollowvale
  • Brigid Ashencrown
  • Bronwen Hollowthorne
  • Brother Ansgar of the Unlit Cell

C: 22 names

  • Cadoc the Thrice-Buried
  • Caedmon Ashbrook
  • Cairnwraith
  • Caithness Wraith
  • Callum Graeme, Wraith of Glen Orrin
  • Calum of the Black Moss
  • Captain Hollace, Wraith of the Sunken Fleet
  • Carys Nightcairn
  • Cateline Greyhollow
  • Cecilia Hollowveil
  • Cecily Marrowvane
  • Celandine Frostmere
  • Cerulith
  • Cerys of the Sunken Lane
  • Ciaran Duskmourn
  • Clemence Duskwood
  • Colm Hollowcroft
  • Conall Duskbarrow
  • Corbin Ashgrave
  • Cormac Blackweir
  • Corvin Shadowfen
  • Cressida Hollowvale

D: 13 names

  • Dagny Stormshroud
  • Dame Orsabet, Wraith of the Leper Chapel
  • Declan Barrowshade
  • Deirdre Ashenfall
  • Draugmar Hollowcrown
  • Drauvenne
  • Draxxul
  • Drearan
  • Drust the Hollow
  • Dunmore the Oathless
  • Dunstan the Unrestful
  • Duskwarden Merrow
  • Dylan Ashcroft

E: 21 names

  • Eadric the Unmourned
  • Eamon Coldgrave
  • Eavan Mourne
  • Edwyn Hollowfield
  • Eiderveil
  • Eilidh Nightshade
  • Eira of the Drowned Fold
  • Eithne Caldwell
  • Elara Nightmourn
  • Elinor Duskvane
  • Eloise Hollowwick
  • Elowen Sable
  • Elsabet of the Drowned Chapel
  • Elsinore the Unwept
  • Elspeth Craw
  • Emeric the Pale Rider
  • Enid Duskfell
  • Eoghan Mistcairn
  • Ephyra Nightlorn
  • Ermengarde Duskshroud
  • Evrain Dusklock

F: 3 names

  • Fearghas the Unburied
  • Fennick Grey
  • Fingal the Forgotten

G: 18 names

  • Gallowglass Wraith
  • Garreth Hollowbrook
  • Gethin the Pale
  • Ghastrel
  • Ghaztaroth
  • Ghorrath the Mournful
  • Ghorvane
  • Ghulzara
  • Godric Sorrowvane
  • Gormlaith Hollowvane
  • Gorrund Bonewreath
  • Gravemantle
  • Gravewarden Thale
  • Grimhallow
  • Grimvael
  • Guinevere Hollowmourn
  • Gwendolyn Frostvane
  • Gwilym the Unrested

H: 14 names

  • Haldrek the Oathbroken
  • Halloran the Hushed
  • Hamish Mournhollow
  • Harbinger Coldsong
  • He of the Silent Bell
  • Hedda, Who Was a Queen
  • Helewise Duskgrave
  • Henrik Duskmourn
  • Hestia Morrow
  • Hexmire
  • Hildegard Duskmantle
  • Hollisvane
  • Hollowmere
  • Honoria Bleakwood

I: 16 names

  • Idonea Mistmourn
  • Idris Nightmourn
  • Ilharess Vaerun
  • Ilsabeth Nightshroud
  • Ilvane the Forsworn
  • Ingeborg Frostwake
  • Iona Sallowmere
  • Isadora Mourncastle
  • Isaura Nightveil
  • Iskerra Nightwell
  • Ismay Nightgloam
  • Isobel Nothing-Now
  • Isolde Bleakmere
  • Ithraxis
  • Ixilveth
  • Ixtharoth

J: 2 names

  • Joan of the Cinder Loch
  • Jorund Grimveil

K: 12 names

  • Kaelthrim
  • Karnaxis
  • Karrow Thrice-Forsworn
  • Kenna Frostwick
  • Kestrel Nightwane
  • Kethrazil
  • Kezrathis
  • Kharvaneth
  • Khessariel
  • Khorvash the Unseen
  • Korrigash
  • Kraethis

L: 16 names

  • Lady Isilde of the Cold Stair
  • Lady Margery Vell, the Wraith in Grey
  • Lavinia Greymantle
  • Leofric the Unrested
  • Lieth of the Nine Candles
  • Linnea Cairnmist
  • Lionel Greyhollow
  • Lisbet Hollowthorn
  • Lorcan of the Cold Flame
  • Lord Veskarn, Dread Wraith of Sarn
  • Lornwick
  • Lotharic Greyward
  • Lowri Frostmere
  • Lucius Shadowmourn
  • Ludovic Thorne, the Unforgiven
  • Lysandra Frostmourn

M: 35 names

  • Maerwyn Coldhallow
  • Maeve Coldharrow
  • Magister Corvane, the Unlit Scholar
  • Mairead Blackfen
  • Mairi of the Cold Kirk
  • Maladrith, Wraith of the Emberfall
  • Malakhai the Drowned
  • Malvina Greystone
  • Marguerite Ashenfall
  • Marianne Veilmourn
  • Marrowgaunt
  • Mathias Cold-of-Hand
  • Mathilde Frostwick
  • Maud of the Broken Bell
  • Maudeline Greyvane
  • Maurveth
  • Melisande Greywick
  • Meredith Mistmourn
  • Meridoc Vale
  • Merrick Palefrost
  • Mirabel Coldcairn
  • Mireille Hallowend
  • Morag of the Black Loch
  • Morcant Greyhallow
  • Mordrathiel
  • Morghast
  • Morrigaine
  • Morrigu Blackshroud
  • Morrokhan
  • Morrowen
  • Morthaine
  • Morvath the Forgotten
  • Morwenna Greyling
  • Mourndusk
  • Mournhollow

N: 17 names

  • Nalthiron
  • Narkhul
  • Nekhrazar
  • Nerissa Veilborn
  • Nerys Hollowmoor
  • Nessarine
  • Nethriel
  • Nezzarath
  • Nharzul
  • Niamh Hollowfen
  • Nightgaunt of Ashfall
  • Nihael
  • Nimue Frostwake
  • Nocturne
  • Nuala Nightwell
  • Nyctarion
  • Nyxathor

O: 17 names

  • Odmund Frostgrave
  • Oghrazad
  • Ombra
  • Ondine Greyshroud
  • Oran the Grey
  • Orbek Direhollow
  • Oriseth
  • Orla of the Empty Cradle
  • Oroboreth
  • Orrakhel
  • Osgar, Once a Bishop
  • Oskadriel
  • Oskar the Drowned
  • Ottilie Cairnveil
  • Oubliette
  • Owain the Unhallowed
  • Ozhkareth

P: 5 names

  • Perrin Greyshade
  • Phantasmere
  • Pherenike the Pale
  • Piers Duskmere
  • Prioress Aldgyth of the Cold Cloister

Q: 2 names

  • Quillivar
  • Quorrath

R: 16 names

  • Radomir Gloomvane
  • Ravenel the Nameless
  • Ravenholt Wraith
  • Ravenmourne
  • Ravenna Cairnwood
  • Ravok Sunderveil
  • Reeve Wulfstan of the Empty Hall
  • Rhiannon Greyvale
  • Rhoswen Gloamheart
  • Rhys Greyfell
  • Roisin of the Mist
  • Rosalind Duskwell
  • Rowan Greymist
  • Rowena Mistveil
  • Ruaridh Coldhallow
  • Ruvaak

S: 33 names

  • Sabine Hollowcroft
  • Sabriel Ashenveil
  • Saethrin
  • Sallowine
  • Saryon Mournwick
  • Saxon Nightgrave
  • Seraphel Voidmourn
  • Seraphine the Unwept
  • Serrin Ashvale
  • Seveth Morrowvane
  • She Who Drowned Twice
  • Shrikewraith
  • Sibylla Ashengloam
  • Sigrun Mourneveil
  • Sigurd Ashenhelm
  • Silvermist Wraith
  • Siobhan Greycairn
  • Sir Halbrand, the Knight Who Would Not Yield
  • Sir Oswy, the Knight Beneath the Ice
  • Sithrik the Unburied
  • Skarnvael
  • Skathrael
  • Skellig Mourndark
  • Skerrivane
  • Skorrath the Forlorn
  • Solenne Nightmere
  • Solvei Wintermourn
  • Sophronia Nightveil
  • Sorrowgaunt
  • Stellan Coldfen
  • Struan Greyveil
  • Sythraxis
  • Szarveth

T: 136 names

  • Tadhg the Unrested
  • Tam Linn's Shadow
  • Tamsin Cray of the Hanging Oak
  • Tancred Hollowmere
  • Tanith Hollowgrave
  • Tegan Mistmoor
  • Thaddeus Crane, Late of Marrowick
  • Thalassar
  • Thanatrix
  • Thane Morcar, the Twice-Dead
  • Tharvok the Chained
  • The Bean-Nighe of Glen Sorrow
  • The Beheaded Steward
  • The Bell Tower Wraith
  • The Bell-Ringer of Hollins
  • The Black Nurse of Ravensmoor
  • The Bodach of Glen Fyne
  • The Bonewife
  • The Bride Under the Ice
  • The Bridegroom of Bone
  • The Caileach of Loch Dubh
  • The Cairn Wraith
  • The Candle-Eater
  • The Chained Bride
  • The Cinder Wraith of Kelmarsh
  • The Cloaked Toll-Taker
  • The Cold Bride of Thornwick
  • The Cold Procession
  • The Cowled Archivist
  • The Crypt Warden of Hask
  • The Drowned Bailiff of Sarn Water
  • The Drowned Captain of Marrow Bay
  • The Drowned Choir
  • The Drowned Nun of St. Aelfric

T, continued

  • The Echo in the Cistern
  • The Faceless Almoner
  • The Ferryman of Ashmere
  • The Gallows Wraith
  • The Gaoler of Stillwater Keep
  • The Grey Ferrywoman
  • The Grey Lass o' the Linn
  • The Grey Man o' the Brae
  • The Grey Nun of Caer Morrow
  • The Grey Piper of Culnore
  • The Hanged Knight of Dunmere
  • The Harrow-Wraith
  • The Herald of Ashes
  • The Hollow Bell of Vensmoor
  • The Hollow Chorister
  • The Hollow Steward of Grimhall
  • The Hollow Vigil
  • The Hollow Widow of Pennance Row
  • The Hollowed Huntsman
  • The Hollowmother
  • The Hooded Bellwether
  • The Howling Reeve of Cray
  • The Keening Sister
  • The Keeper of the Drowned Bell
  • The Knight Errant of Nowhere
  • The Lady in the Weir
  • The Lady of the Cinder Stair
  • The Lady of the Flooded Mine
  • The Lady Who Walks the Ice
  • The Lantern Wraith
  • The Last Breath of Vennmoor
  • The Last Lamplighter of Orm
  • The Last Sexton of Arn
  • The Miller's Wraith

T, continued

  • The Mourning Veil
  • The Ninth Watchman
  • The One Who Walks Backward
  • The Pale Piper
  • The Pale Warden
  • The Pilgrim Who Never Arrived
  • The Reaper of Fallow Hill
  • The Reeve Who Counts the Dead
  • The Revenant Magistrate
  • The Rider at the Gallows Crossroads
  • The Rider Without a Shadow
  • The Sallow Squire
  • The Seneschal of Ash
  • The Sentinel of the Sunken Gate
  • The Sexton's Shade
  • The Shade of Gorsefell
  • The Shade on the Tithe Road
  • The Shade Who Waits
  • The Shepherd of Lost Souls
  • The Shroud of Hask
  • The Shroudbearer
  • The Shrouded Seneschal
  • The Sleeper Under the Mill
  • The Spectre of Hangman's Tarn
  • The Spinner in the Garret
  • The Stillborn Dawn
  • The Thing in the Bell Tower
  • The Tollkeeper of Blackwater Bridge
  • The Unburied Abbess
  • The Unlit Procession
  • The Unnamed Knight of Sorrowgate
  • The Vigil-Keeper
  • The Warden of the Frozen Ferry
  • The Watcher in the Reeds

T, continued

  • The Watcher of Gallows Hill
  • The Watchman of Gibbet Lane
  • The Weaver in the Wall
  • The Weeping Reeve
  • The Whisper at the Ford
  • The Widow of Weirwater
  • The Widower of the Weir
  • The Witherking
  • The Woman at the Sluice Gate
  • The Wraith at the Ninth Milestone
  • The Wraith Beneath the Chapel
  • The Wraith o' Dunmallie Kirk
  • The Wraith o' the Corrie
  • The Wraith o' the Whinny Brae
  • The Wraith of Caer Ulm
  • The Wraith of Cold Harbour Stair
  • The Wraith of Lonely Tor
  • The Wraith of Old Hallam
  • The Wraith of the Broken Causeway
  • The Wraith of the Leaden Bell
  • The Wraith of the Salt Road
  • The Wraith of the Seventh Bell
  • The Wraith of the Snow Gate
  • The Wraith on the Moor Road
  • The Wraith That Counts the Stairs
  • The Wraith-Mother of Hask Fen
  • Thessaly Vane
  • Thessekh
  • Thistlewraith
  • Thornwraith of Eskmoor
  • Thrymmoth
  • Thurgrim Coldbarrow
  • Tiberius Palegrave
  • Torvik Gloamspire

U: 9 names

  • Ukhrazad
  • Ulfgrimm
  • Ulric Sable, Once a Prince
  • Ulthamar
  • Ulthezzar
  • Ulyssia Veilwright
  • Umberesh
  • Unmourned Elis
  • Unquiet Aldric

V: 26 names

  • Vaedra the Unlit
  • Vaelmoras
  • Vaelorith
  • Valdris the Oathbound
  • Vantrim
  • Varrendeth
  • Vaskorath
  • Vasterik Doomshroud
  • Veilbreaker Osric
  • Velkrazoth
  • Velloresh
  • Vellosar
  • Verity Duskgrave
  • Veshrael
  • Vesperine
  • Vesperwraith
  • Vexathir
  • Vexillion
  • Vhalkorath
  • Vhessaline
  • Vhorrizul
  • Vorn the Hollow-Eyed
  • Vorrathiel
  • Vorrunde
  • Vozhdrak
  • Vraimoth

W: 10 names

  • Wendeline Mourne
  • Wilhelmina Duskgloam
  • Winifred Sable-Vane
  • Wraith-Knight Orsenne
  • Wraithlord Vaskarion
  • Wraithmother Ghaella
  • Wraithqueen Ilsevere
  • Wrathmoor
  • Wulfric the Unwritten
  • Wystan Greyfell

X: 2 names

  • Xalvadris
  • Xerathis

Y: 4 names

  • Ygritte Ashlock
  • Ysbail the Cold
  • Ysmay Cinderwake
  • Ysolde Greymourn

Z: 9 names

  • Zalthorix
  • Zarvethis
  • Zerakhiel
  • Zhaleth
  • Zhaskiel
  • Zhogruul
  • Zhurazel
  • Zhyrrex
  • Zyrrakoth