DnD Half-Elf Name Generator​ (female, male, & more)

Half-elves became a playable race in 1975, in the Greyhawk supplement Gary Gygax wrote with Rob Kuntz. These are some examples you can find in this generator.

Alden

”Old friend.” The 2014 Player’s Handbook gives this lineage a lifespan past 180 years.

Kieran

Kieran is from Ciarán, little dark one. Rules grant this bloodline darkvision out to 60 feet.

Wynne

Wynne comes close to the Welsh gwyn, white or fair. White dragons are the smallest and least clever chromatic dragons in the Monster Manual.

Sylvaine

Sylvaine has roots in silva, forest.

Ellis

Ellis is from the Welsh Elisedd and the biblical Elias, “my God is Yahweh”.

Liora

Liora is the word for ”my light” in Hebrew.

Sorin

Sorin has origins in Romanian soare, sun.

Elara

Elara is a moon of Jupiter. In the Forgotten Realms the moon belongs to the goddess Selûne,

Caspian

Most tables know Caspian (”white”) from C. S. Lewis, whose Prince Caspian came out in 1951.

Nyrravel

“Nyr” (night) and “-avel” (wing).

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Ysmirael

Ysmirael has the Sindarin root mir, jewel, with an invented “ys” for ice in front. Frost giants have hoarded treasure since Gygax wrote Hall of the Frost Giant Jarl.

Dathrowen

Dathrowen is made of a table-made “dath” for road and rowen.

Corvathel

Corvus (”raven” or ”crow”) and “-athel”.

Quennaris

”Tide keeper.” A made-up “quen” and “-aris” as a suffix.

Ilvesque

The “-esque” ending is a French suffix for ”in the style of”, and “ilv” is a homemade root for starlight.

Thornvael

”Valley of thorns.”

Oryndel

“Dawn-born.” Dawn is a 5th-level spell that fills a 30-foot-radius cylinder with sunlight.

Sairwick

“Sair” is silver, and “-wick” comes from the Old English wic, a farm or dwelling. Save

Haskeliar

Built from a harsh “hask” for flint and “-eliar” tail.

Esquith

“Esq” is minted for ink and “-uith” for keeper. I like it for an archivist who reads four languages and talks to nobody.

Brannoth

Brannoth is from bran, the husk of milled grain.Save

Tavrellin

”Inn-born.” The most famous inn in the game is the Yawning Portal in Waterdeep, whose open well drops into Undermountain.

Seraweth

“Sera” (foam) and “-weth” (voice), and is symbolizing ”foam voice”.

Luxandra

Luxandra has lux, light, and with “-andra” is meaning ”bearer of light”. The Light Domain gives a cleric Warding Flare, a reaction that imposes disadvantage on an attacker.

Vaelmund

“Vael”, the river root from Thornvael and “-mund”, the Old English word for protection.

Kelvarin

”Ember watcher” good for one who keeps the night fire going.

Faelisande

Friends shorten it to Fae or Sande.

Nimrae

“Nim” for white, “rae” for rain. Sindarin also uses nim for white, so that is borrowed from Tolkien.

Aldercai

Alder is an actual tree, and wood turns orange as it dries. This led to an ancient belief that alder bleeds when cut.Save

Gideral

”Hill watch.” Frontier towns hire half-elves as wardens.

Celimbra

Celimbra is symbolizing shade under leaves: “cel” for shade and “-imbra” for canopy. Tree Stride lets a caster enter into one tree and out of another up to 500 feet away.

Wrennaleth

Wren is a bird’s moniker and “-naleth” is hidden.

Rhosvane

Rhosvane comes from rhos, the Welsh word for moorland, with “-vane” for walker.

Tovan Hollowmere

Tovan is an invented variation of the Slavic element tov- (“friend” or “comrade”).

Ansovar

“Anso” for salt, “-var” for guard. I’ll give it to first mates with elf eyes and a human temper.

Tamsyrin

“Tam” for quiet, “syrin” for thread. Silence smothers every sound in a 20-foot sphere.

Aelwen

Aelwen closes on “-wen”, the Welsh form for white or blessed.

Lirenna

”Young leaf.” Lir is an Irish sea god and the father of the god Manannán mac Lir.

Davric

“Dav” means dusk, and “-ric” has the Germanic ending for ruler.Save

Jorrenwyl

Jorrenwyl is meaning stone wild, from “jorr” for stone and “-wyl” for wild. Stone giants in D&D treat the surface world as a dream.

Saelith

”Moon star” and I recommend it fits a night-watch cleric. I recommend it for a Circle of the Moon druid.

Maelis

Maelis is similar to Breton Maëlys (”prince” or ”chief”).

Calenne

”Lantern gate.” Gate opens a portal to another plane.

Thessaly

Thessaly is a region of Greece.

Evrain

Gearth ash. “Evr” for hearth, “-ain” for ash. Leomund’s Tiny Hut raises a 10-foot dome that shuts out weather and hostile creatures.

Arlen Fenwick

“Hare land by the marsh settlement”.

Soriel

Soriel has the Sindarin “-iel” which means a daughter, and “sor” for sun.

Rowan

Rowan comes from the Irish Ruadhán, little red one.

Halvern

Halvern has origins to “hal” for hall and “-vern” for spring water. Decanter of Endless Water gushes up to 30 gallons in its geyser setting.

Veyla

“Vey” is mist and “-la” is a quick close. Misty Step teleports a caster 30 feet as a bonus action.

Kyrvash

Kyrvash is made of “kyr” for obsidian and “-vash” for blade.

Zhaelora

Zhaelora means summer glow and is from “zhael” (summer) and “-ora” (glow). Titania rules the Summer Court of the Feywild in D&D lore.

Mnemaris

Mnemaris is from mneme, Greek for memory, and the suffix “-aris”. Modify Memory rewrites up to 24 hours of a target’s past.

Nymeth

”Veiled voice”.

Ithrenn

”Oath-bound.” Oath of Devotion binds a paladin to honesty and duty.

Vorhald

”Rune watch.” In Dungeons & Dragons runes are imbued with magic to grant them special effects.

Ulvessa

Kelp and hope are found in Ulvessa.

Celeste

From caelestis, heavenly.

Oenlise

It is a variant of Anelise which is a combination of Hannah (“grace,” or “favor”) and Elise with origins in Elisabeth (“God is my oath”).

Pellowyn

”Pebble fair.” Magic Stone charges up to 3 pebbles for a sling or a throw.

Garrovan

Garrovan is good for a sellsword.

Taerion

”Dust son.”

Lysander

Lysander is from the Greek Lysandros ( “freer of men” or ”liberator”). Freedom of Movement stops paralysis and restraints from holding its target.

Heddrin

“Hedd” (hedge root) and “-rin” (tail).

Aurelia

”Golden” and is from the Latin aureus. Gold dragons breathe fire or a weakening gas.