Yaelokre Name Generator

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Generate Yaelokre-style names for Lark OCs, masked players and storybook villagers: herb-and-hedgerow names like Tansy Thornmallow, epithets like Wicket the Bellringer, troupe names like The Lantern Larks, and pastoral places to set them in.

About Yaelokre names

Yaelokre is the folk storybook project created by the artist Keath, and its songs, from Harpy Hare to the rest of the Hayfields EP, are framed as tales performed by the Larks: a troupe of masked travelling players who sing about hares, harvests, lanterns and loss. The fandom took to drawing its own Larks almost immediately, and a good Yaelokre name has to fit that world, which is part medieval English village, part children's picture book, and a little bit uncanny.

The register is pastoral and slightly old. First names come from hedgerow plants (Tansy, Sorrel, Teasel, Bryony), from old English diminutives (Maudie, Dorrit, Wilmot, Gilly) or from household things (Wicket, Thimble, Tallow, Quill). Surnames read like places or tools a villager would know: Thornmallow, Fennhollow, Lanternwick, Puddlemoss. Single names work too, because a Lark is often known only as Hobb the Tinker or Wren of the Hollow Hill, with the mask doing the rest.

This list mixes all of those layers: full storybook names, single given names and surnames you can recombine, occupational and mask epithets, troupe names for your own company of players, and hamlets, meres and lanes to set the story in. Nothing here is lifted from the songs, so your OC will not collide with canon.

How to choose Yaelokre names

  • Build a Lark name in three parts: a plant or old-fashioned given name, a hedgerow surname, and the thing they are known for. Teasel Mirrowmere, the Cloth-Dyer tells a whole story before the character opens their mouth.
  • Let the mask name the character. A hare, owl, deer or moth mask invites epithets like The Owlet of Ashenbrook or The Hare Who Counted Stars, which suit the songs' habit of naming characters by what they are and what they did.
  • Keep the vocabulary pre-industrial. Hay, harrow, lantern, tallow, rushlight, reeve and almanac all sound right; anything that implies electricity or cars will break the spell.
  • If you are naming a whole troupe, pick a place name first (Larchmoor, Puddlemoss, the Four Ways) and build the company around it: The Larchmoor Lanterns, The Four Ways Company.
  • Match the mood of the name to the song you are drawing from. Yaelokre swings between cosy and melancholy, so a cheerful name like Gilly the Goose-Girl and a sadder one like The Lark Who Lost Her Mask both belong, but not usually on the same character.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Lark in Yaelokre?

The Larks are the masked travelling players at the centre of Yaelokre's storytelling; the songs are presented as their tales and performances. Fans use the word for their own original characters in that world, which is why most people searching for a Yaelokre name generator want names for Lark OCs.

Are these names from the actual songs?

No. Everything here is original and written in the same pastoral, storybook register, so you can use it for fan art, OCs, roleplay or original projects without borrowing canon characters.

What makes a name sound like Yaelokre rather than generic cottagecore?

Masks and performance. Cottagecore names stop at Clementine Fairweather; a Yaelokre name usually adds a role or an animal, such as Clementine Hobb, the Hare-Masked Fiddler, and leans a little older and stranger, with words like harrow, tallow and reeve.

Can I use these for a Yaelokre-inspired troupe, band or Discord server?

Yes. The troupe names such as The Lantern Larks or The Hedgerow Players were written for exactly that, and the place names like Puddlemoss Green and the Four Ways Crossing work well for server channels, story settings or art series titles.

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A: 22 names

  • Agatha Hedgerow
  • Agatha the Apple-Wife
  • Alaric
  • Alaric Moonfallow
  • Alder
  • Alder Meadowsweet
  • Aldous
  • Aldous Brambleby
  • Aldous the Almoner
  • Ambergrove
  • Ambrose Greyfallow
  • Ambrose Tallowick
  • Ambrosine
  • Ambrosine Campion
  • Ansel
  • Ansel Puddingstone
  • Ansel the Fowler
  • Anwen Plumtallow
  • Ashenbrook
  • Aubrey
  • Aubrey Thornwhistle
  • Auntie Bramble

B: 27 names

  • Barleyhollow
  • Barnabas
  • Barnabas Swiftbrook
  • Barnabas the Bell-Founder
  • Barnaby Cloverhitch
  • Barnaby Wren
  • Barrowmoss
  • Beatrix Tumblehedge
  • Benedick
  • Benedick Owlhollow
  • Benedick the Bee-Master
  • Bluebell
  • Bracklebury
  • Bramble
  • Bramble Tallowick
  • Bramble the Beekeeper
  • Bramblewick Hollow
  • Brannoc
  • Brannoc the Barley-Reeve
  • Brannoc Yarrowdale
  • Brindle
  • Brindle Woodruff
  • Bristlecone
  • Bryony
  • Bryony Chafferdale
  • Bryony of the Ninefold Hedge
  • Burdock

C: 35 names

  • Caddoc
  • Caddoc Elmstead
  • Caddoc the Cartwright
  • Caspian
  • Caspian Rookwood
  • Cecily Lanternmoss
  • Cecily of Cinderfold
  • Chafferdale
  • Chicory
  • Cinderfold
  • Clementine Hobb
  • Clemmie
  • Clemmie Oatwhistle
  • Clemmie of Copperbell
  • Cloudberry
  • Clover
  • Cloverhitch
  • Cobblewick
  • Cobwebby
  • Comfrey
  • Comfrey Dawnhallow
  • Copperbell Wood
  • Corwin
  • Corwin Ashfold
  • Corwin the Charcoal-Burner
  • Cosmo
  • Cosmo Pipperel
  • Cosmo the Mummer
  • Cowslip
  • Crispin
  • Crispin the Cobbler
  • Crispin Wagtail
  • Cuthbert
  • Cuthbert Hollymoss
  • Cuthbert the Coffin-Maker

D: 13 names

  • Dapplemoss
  • Dapplewood
  • Dawnhallow
  • Dorrit
  • Dorrit Honeyhollow
  • Dorrit the Dairy-Maid
  • Dove Hallowell
  • Dove the Dream-Teller
  • Dunny
  • Dunny Bittercress
  • Dunny of the Drowned Mill
  • Dunstan Hayrick
  • Duskhollow

E: 19 names

  • Ebenezer
  • Ebenezer Moorhatch
  • Ebenezer the Ewe-Herd
  • Edmund
  • Edmund Barrowmoss
  • Edric
  • Edric the Barrow-Digger
  • Edric Thistlewhip
  • Effie
  • Effie Mallowmere
  • Effie the Egg-Gatherer
  • Eglantine
  • Eglantine Sparrowhurst
  • Eglantine the Ember-Keeper
  • Elmstead
  • Elodie Featherstone
  • Elsbet
  • Elsbet Hedgeworth
  • Elsbet of Hedgeworth

F: 17 names

  • Father Tallow
  • Fennel
  • Fennel Hartsey
  • Fennhollow
  • Fennick
  • Fennick Goosewhistle
  • Fennick the Lamplighter
  • Fennimore
  • Fenwether
  • Fitch
  • Fitch Rushlight
  • Fitch the Rushlight Boy
  • Florian
  • Florian Stookfield
  • Florian the Flax-Beater
  • Foxglove
  • Furrowby

G: 20 names

  • Gallows Lane
  • Gideon
  • Gideon Hazelwhip
  • Gideon the Gleaner
  • Gilly
  • Gilly Hawthornby
  • Gilly the Goose-Girl
  • Godric
  • Godric Sorrelby
  • Godric the Grave-Tender
  • Goodman Tobiah
  • Goodwife Hester
  • Goosegrass Common
  • Goosewhistle
  • Gorsefield
  • Grandmother Teasel
  • Greer Half-Mask
  • Greer of Gallows Lane
  • Greer Sallowmere
  • Greyfallow

H: 31 names

  • Harebell
  • Harrowmere
  • Hartsey Meadow
  • Hayrick
  • Hazel
  • Hazelwhip
  • Heather
  • Hedgecock
  • Hedgeworth
  • Heloise
  • Heloise Cobblewick
  • Heloise of Harrowmere
  • Henrietta Mosscroft
  • Hester Fernhallow
  • Hester Quill
  • Hester the Hay-Wife
  • Hobb
  • Hobb Straw-Hat
  • Hobb the Tinker
  • Hobb Wendlemoor
  • Hobblewick
  • Hobnail Tobias
  • Hollis Puddlemoss
  • Hollis the Hedge-Wright
  • Hollowmere
  • Hollyhock
  • Hollyhock Fenwether
  • Hollyhock the Herb-Wife
  • Honeyhollow
  • Honor Fennimoor
  • Honor the Harper

I: 6 names

  • Isolde
  • Isolde Fennimore
  • Isolde of the Ice-House
  • Ivo
  • Ivo Cinderfold
  • Ivo the Fiddler

J: 11 names

  • Jasper
  • Jasper Quincewood
  • Jasper the Jester of Wickwell
  • Jessamy
  • Jessamy Hedgecock
  • Jory
  • Jory Stubblefield
  • Jory the Ferryman
  • Juniper
  • Juniper the Juggler
  • Juniper Wickwell

K: 3 names

  • Kit
  • Kit the Kite-Flyer
  • Kit Thimbleweed

L: 20 names

  • Lanternmoss
  • Larchmoor
  • Lark Tallowfield
  • Larkfeather
  • Leopold
  • Leopold Rushbrook
  • Leopold the Lute-Mender
  • Lettice Harrowgate
  • Lettice of the Long Furrow
  • Linden
  • Linnet
  • Linnet Sallowby
  • Linnet the Hedge-Singer
  • Little Wicket
  • Loveday
  • Loveday Brambleknot
  • Loveday of the Lantern Tree
  • Lowell
  • Lowell Dapplewood
  • Lowell the Lock-Keeper

M: 34 names

  • Mab of the Mothlight
  • Mab Quillingham
  • Mallory Fitch
  • Mallow
  • Marchwhistle
  • Marian Oakenshaw
  • Marian of Meadowsweet
  • Marigold
  • Marigold Pennywort
  • Marrow
  • Marrow Gallowglass
  • Marrow the Hay-Reeve
  • Marrow Two-Lanterns
  • Maudie
  • Maudie Lanternwick
  • Maudie of Mirrowmere
  • Maylis Owlsworth
  • Meadowsweet
  • Meadowsweet Lane
  • Merle Duskhollow
  • Merle the Crow-Keeper
  • Merryn
  • Merryn Thistledown
  • Mirabel
  • Mirabel the Moth-Catcher
  • Mirabel Thornfeather
  • Mirrowmere
  • Moonfallow
  • Moorhatch
  • Morrowgate
  • Mosscroft
  • Mossop
  • Mother Marrow
  • Mothwhistle

N: 8 names

  • Nan
  • Nan Copperwick
  • Nan the Hollow-Keeper
  • Nell Bramblehollow
  • Nettle Quillfeather
  • Nettle the Storyteller
  • Nettlewick
  • Nettlewick the Younger

O: 18 names

  • Oakenshaw
  • Oatwhistle
  • Old Mallory Lanternwick
  • Old Sallow
  • Oriel Cobwebby
  • Orrin
  • Orrin Cloudberry
  • Orrin the Oat-Thresher
  • Osier
  • Osric
  • Osric Pennywort
  • Oswin
  • Oswin Bracklebury
  • Oswin the Orchard-Keeper
  • Ottoline Harrowmere
  • Ottoline Pip
  • Ottoline the Almanac-Keeper
  • Owlsworth

P: 23 names

  • Pennyfeather
  • Percival
  • Percival the Pedlar
  • Percival Wickfallow
  • Perrin
  • Perrin Mothwhistle
  • Perrin the Pipe-Player
  • Petronel
  • Petronel the Puppeteer
  • Petronel Wickersham
  • Pip Bristlecone
  • Pip of the Low Meadow
  • Pip Paper-Crown
  • Pipkin Mossop
  • Pipperel
  • Plumhedge
  • Posy
  • Posy Larkfeather
  • Posy of the Bramble Gate
  • Prudence Harrowby
  • Prudence the Pie-Wife
  • Puddingstone
  • Puddlemoss Green

Q: 6 names

  • Quill Ashenbrook
  • Quill the Scribe of Larks
  • Quillingham
  • Quillon
  • Quillon Speedwell
  • Quincewood

R: 18 names

  • Rafe
  • Rafe Barleyhollow
  • Rafe the Reed-Cutter
  • Roderick
  • Roderick Plumhollow
  • Roderick the Reed-Weaver
  • Rookwood Hollow
  • Rosalind Fennybrook
  • Rosalind the Rose-Grafter
  • Rowan
  • Rowan Copperbell
  • Rue
  • Rue of Rookwood
  • Rue Thimblefoot
  • Rupert
  • Rupert the Rook-Scarer
  • Rupert Thistlehollow
  • Rushlight Row

S: 21 names

  • Sabeline
  • Sabeline Tallowmere
  • Sabeline the Seamstress
  • Sallow
  • Sallow Mere
  • Sebastian
  • Sebastian Furrowick
  • Sebastian the Scarecrow-Maker
  • Sibyl Larchmoor
  • Sibyl of the Sallow Mere
  • Silas
  • Silas the Sexton
  • Silas Thornberry
  • Sorrel
  • Sorrel Ambergrove
  • Sorrel Greer
  • Sorrel the Drover
  • Sparrowhurst
  • Stookfield
  • Stubblefield
  • Swiftbrook

T: 117 names

  • Tallow
  • Tallow Brindlewood
  • Tallow the Candlewright
  • Tallowick Lane
  • Tam o' the Thicket
  • Tamsin Hollybrook
  • Tamsin the Wool-Spinner
  • Tamsy
  • Tamsy Foxglove
  • Tansy
  • Tansy Ash-Cheek
  • Tansy of the Four Ways
  • Tansy Thornmallow
  • Tansy Tobin
  • Teasel
  • Teasel Mirrowmere
  • Teasel the Cloth-Dyer
  • The Ashenbrook Ballad-Singers
  • The Badger of Barleyhollow
  • The Barleyhollow Band
  • The Brambleknot Brethren
  • The Cinderfold Circus
  • The Copperbell Carollers
  • The Crow That Sang at Harvest
  • The Deer Who Wore a Crown of Wheat
  • The Drowned Mill
  • The Drowned Mill Players
  • The Fawn Who Learned the Fiddle
  • The Fennhollow Fiddlers
  • The Fiddler's Boy Ivo
  • The Four Ways Company
  • The Four Ways Crossing
  • The Fox Who Carried Letters
  • The Gallows-Lane Choir
  • The Goat Who Kept the Gate
  • The Goosegrass Guild
  • The Hare and Harrow Players
  • The Hare and the Harrow
  • The Hare in the Harvest Moon

T, continued

  • The Hare in the Hayfield
  • The Hare Who Counted Stars
  • The Hare with the Lantern
  • The Harrow-Lane Hare
  • The Harrow-Lane Troupe
  • The Harvest-Home
  • The Harvest-Home Players
  • The Hay-Loft at Hollowhill
  • The Hayfield Mummers
  • The Hedge-Singers of Hartsey
  • The Hedgerow Players
  • The Hen-Wife of Hedgerow Lane
  • The Hollow Hill Players
  • The Hollowhill Hurdy-Gurdies
  • The Hound of Hollowhill
  • The Kid in the Hay-Loft
  • The Lamb of Larchmoor
  • The Lamb with the Paper Crown
  • The Lamplighters' Chorus
  • The Lantern Larks
  • The Lantern Tree
  • The Lantern-Tree Company
  • The Larchmoor Lanterns
  • The Lark Who Lost Her Mask
  • The Larks of the Low Meadow
  • The Larks Under Lantern-Light
  • The Little Lark of Lanternmoss
  • The Low Meadow
  • The Mask and Meadow Troupe
  • The Meadowsweet Masquers
  • The Miller's Lark
  • The Mirrowmere Masquers
  • The Mole Who Kept the Map
  • The Mothlight Fair
  • The Mothlight Minstrels
  • The Ninefold Hedge
  • The Ninefold Hedge Troupe
  • The Owl Who Read the Almanac
  • The Owlet of Ashenbrook

T, continued

  • The Owlet Who Carried the Lamp
  • The Owlsworth Orchestra
  • The Piper of Puddlemoss
  • The Puddlemoss Pipers
  • The Reeve's Daughter Maudie
  • The Rookwood Revellers
  • The Rushlight Revels
  • The Sallow Mere Singers
  • The Sparrow of Stookfield
  • The Stoat in the Stubble
  • The Stookfield Storytellers
  • The Tallowick Travellers
  • The Thimblefoot Theatre
  • The Vixen of the Four Ways
  • The Wendlemoor Waits
  • The Wickerbee Wanderers
  • The Widow Hedgeworth
  • The Wren at the Window
  • The Yarrowdale Yarn-Spinners
  • Thea Bramblewhistle
  • Thea the Thread-Witch
  • Thimble
  • Thimble Goosegrass
  • Thimble the Mender
  • Thimblefoot Lane
  • Thistle
  • Thistlewhip
  • Thornmallow
  • Tilly
  • Tilly Marchwhistle
  • Tilly the Tallow-Chandler
  • Tobiah
  • Tobiah the Thatcher
  • Tobiah Wickerbee
  • Tobias Hobnail
  • Tobin Morrowgate
  • Tristan
  • Tristan Hobblewick
  • Tumblehedge

U: 1 name

  • Uncle Fennick

W: 25 names

  • Wagtail
  • Wendel Furrowby
  • Wendel of Wendlemoor
  • Wendeline
  • Wendeline Cowslip
  • Wendlemoor
  • Whistlewick
  • Wickerbee Hollow
  • Wickerby
  • Wickersham
  • Wicket
  • Wicket Fennhollow
  • Wicket the Bellringer
  • Wilfred
  • Wilfred Gallowmere
  • Wilmot
  • Wilmot Gorsefield
  • Wilmot the Whittler
  • Winnie
  • Winnie the Wick-Dipper
  • Winnie Wickerbee
  • Winnifred Marrowby
  • Wren Barefoot
  • Wren Hollowhill
  • Wren of the Hollow Hill

Y: 5 names

  • Yarrow
  • Yarrowdale
  • Ysolde
  • Ysolde of the Yarrow Dale
  • Ysolde Plumhedge