About the Tiefling Name Generator
Tiefling characters in tabletop games tend to carry one of two kinds of name. The first is an infernal coinage, all hard consonants and trailing sibilants, handed down through a bloodline: this list holds ninety-three of them, from Vexanthar to Zorvaneth. The second is a virtue name, a single word chosen to describe the life the character means to lead, such as Solace, Reckoning or Vigil. Eighty-nine of those are stored here.
Both banks were written for this page. The infernal names are invented syllable patterns rather than words borrowed from any published setting, and the virtue names are ordinary English nouns rather than trademarked terms, so anything you draw is safe to publish in a campaign write-up or a novel.
The two epithet modes add a phrase such as "of the Ninth Ledger" or "of the Ashen Vow" after the name. Those work well for a character whose backstory involves an old bargain, a debt or a broken oath, which covers a good deal of tiefling material. Because the epithet is drawn separately, some pairings will land better than others, and rerolling until one clicks costs nothing.
Draw eight, read them out loud, and keep the one that survives being said at a table. If you need a matching party, the D and D Name Generator covers other ancestries and the Dragonborn Name Generator handles draconic naming, which follows very different sound rules.
How to use
- Choose an infernal name, a virtue name, or either with an epithet attached.
- Set how many names to roll so you have a shortlist to read aloud.
- Generate again whenever the first batch does not sound right for the character.
- Copy the shortlist into your character notes and mark the one you keep.
Common questions
- What is a tiefling virtue name?
- It is a single word describing an ideal, taken by a character who wants their name to state a purpose rather than a bloodline.
- Are these names from an official rulebook?
- No. Every name in both lists was invented for this generator, so nothing here is copied from a published setting.
- How do the epithets work?
- They are drawn separately from the name and appended, which gives phrases like Kalvethon of the Silent Contract for a character with a bargain in their past.
- Can I use these names in a published story?
- Yes. They are original coinages and ordinary English words, so you are free to use them in your own work.