Tieflings first appeared in 1994, in the Planescape Campaign Setting boxed set. 30 years later, the 2024 Player’s Handbook split their bloodlines into three fiendish legacies. The following are some examples you can find in my generator.
Vesha
Vesha means ”beautiful” and is from Sanskrit. Diminutives that I like are Vessie and Vesh.
Malkeus
Malkeus is connected to Perseus and is meaning ”lord of ruling embers”.
Riddle
Riddle comes from the Old English rǣdels (” puzzling question” or ”advice”).
Sillia
For a thief who picks pockets at funerals.
Vigil
From Latin vigilia and means ”alert” or ” watchful.”
Rhenos
”Forgiven debts” and is from a devil line who tears up contracts.
Patience
Puritan families used Patience and tiefling players use it for a monk or a druid. More names on that theme I’ve listed in this gender neutral names that mean patience.
Lantern
Lantern is an everyday object and I recommend it for the party member who walks into dark scenarios.
Mercy
I like Mercy on a barbarian who spares every enemy that surrenders.
Brimstone
Brimstone is the archaic term for sulfur, element 16.
More Tiefling Names From DnD Generator:
Kurrath
Kur was a Sumerian word for the underworld. Kurrath is from that root and means ”son of the low country”.
Lilitta
Lilitu is a class of Akkadian wind demons pictured as women. Lilitta is symbolizing ”she who rides the storm”.
Tiefling Virtue Names:
| Name | Pronunciation | Root |
|---|---|---|
| Vigil | VIJ-il | Latin vigilia, a night watch |
| Solace | SOL-iss | Old French solas, comfort |
| Ember | EM-ber | Old English æmerge, hot ashes |
| Echo | EK-oh | Greek ēkhō, returned sound |
| Cipher | SY-fer | Arabic sifr, empty or zero |
| Thrift | THRIFT | Old Norse thrift, thriving |
| Jubilee | JOO-bih-lee | Hebrew yobel, ram’s horn |
| Karma | KAR-muh | Sanskrit karman, deed |
| Havoc | HAV-uhk | Anglo-Norman havok, a cry to start looting |
| Vendetta | ven-DET-uh | Italian vendetta, blood revenge |
| Renegade | REN-uh-gayd | Spanish renegado, one who renounces a faith |
| Angst | ANGKST | German Angst, dread |
| Bluff | BLUF | Dutch bluffen, to brag or mislead |
| Paradise | PAIR-uh-dyse | Old Persian pairidaeza, a walled garden |
| Loot | LOOT | Hindi lut, plunder |
The list continues below.
Hinnael
Gehenna has roots in a valley outside Jerusalem, Gei-Hinnom in Hebrew. Hinnael links a family to that valley.
Malcauda
Dante used Malacoda, ”evil tail”, for the leader of a demon squad in Inferno. Malcauda is linked to the Latin cauda, tail.
Algira
Stargazers call Algol the Demon Star, from Arabic ra’s al-ghul, ”the demon’s head” and Algira is “land of the islands”.
Erebeth
Erebus is the Greek god of primordial darkness and Erebeth is about darkness and suffix -eth.
Ocypa
Ocypa, said OH-sip-ah, is from Ocypus olens, the devil’s coach horse beetle.
Kerasine
Keras is Greek for horn. Kerasine is meaning ”the horned one” and is best for a tiefling who carves her horns.
Daevrin
In Avestan scripture a daeva is a false god or a demon.
Umbrael
From umbra, the Latin for shadow. The -ael is similar to the angel Raphael.
Annwyth
According to Welsh legends Annwn is the otherworld, under the hills. Annwyth is combined with -wyth ending.
Muspelle
Muspelheim is the fire world of Norse myth.
Tiefling last names DnD:
| Last name | Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Cindervow | Oath over ashes | SIN-der-vow |
| Brasswright | Smith of devils | BRASS-ryte |
| Dolmark | Debt at birth | DOLE-mark |
| Ashenquill | Signed in ash | ASH-uhn-kwil |
| Nithergrave | Spite kept buried | NITH-er-grayv |
| Velmourne | Grief behind doors | vel-MORN |
| Tollmere | Bell over water | TOLL-meer |
| Grimsalt | Soured bargain | GRIM-sawlt |
| Kethmarrow | Fire in bone | KETH-mar-oh |
| Ossivane | Bone banner | OSS-ih-vayn |
| Malgarran | Keeper of dangers | mal-GAR-uhn |
| Vexholt | Unseized holding | VEKS-holt |
| Umbrister | Walks in shade | um-BRIS-ter |
| Sablekin | Black-clad family | SAY-buhl-kin |
| Pyrelaw | Judgment by fire | PYRE-law |
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Agnira
Agni is a Vedic fire god and is the Sanskrit word for fire. Agnira adds -ira and means”fire-kept”.
Cinerra
”Ash woman.” Cinerra comes from the Latin cinis, ash,. I like it for a paladin with a revenge oath.
Skotara
Skotos is Greek for darkness and Skotara is ”gloom.”
Lailesh
Two Hebrew words meet here: laylah, night, and esh, fire. Lailesh is ”a fire at night”.
Afareth
Afar is the Hebrew word for dust and Afareth is “dust-colored.”
Vorragh
Vorago is Latin for a chasm or a whirlpool. Vorragh is optimal for a demon-blooded brawler.
Arallis
Arallu was an Akkadian name for the underworld. Arallis is meaning ”daughter of the dust hall”.
Belladra
Belladonna is Italian for ”beautiful lady”, and women used the plant’s juice in their eyes to widen the pupils. Belladra is “beautiful or fair shadow”.
Zorvek
Zorvek is a hell-born quartermaster and is found in a lot of fantasy fiction.
Vesskar
I view Vesskar as a villain the party hears before they see him.
Iovra
”Quiet oath”.
Tiefling names female:
| Name | Meaning | Root | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noctavia | Born at night | Latin nox, night | nok-TAY-vee-uh |
| Pyrrhena | Fed by fire | Greek pyr, fire | pih-RAY-nuh |
| Shachara | Child of daybreak | Hebrew shachar, dawn | shah-KHAR-uh |
| Qadmira | Of the old line | Aramaic qadmaya, ancient | kad-MEER-uh |
| Ereshka | From below | Akkadian ersetu, underworld | eh-RESH-kuh |
| Hrimvara | Marked by frost | Old Norse hrim, rime | HREEM-var-uh |
| Bealdra | Bold one | Old English beald, bold | BEEL-druh |
| Gwynhael | Pale and blessed | Welsh gwyn, white | GWIN-hyle |
| Dorchana | Dark-eyed | Irish dorcha, dark | dor-KAH-nuh |
| Azhara | Keeper of flame | Persian azar, fire | ah-ZHAR-uh |
| Ratrika | Daughter of night | Sanskrit ratri, night | RAH-trih-kuh |
| Jamrissa | Live ember | Arabic jamra, ember | jam-REE-suh |
| Vranessa | Crow sister | Slavic vrana, crow | vrah-NES-uh |
| Tuulira | Carried by wind | Finnish tuuli, wind | too-LEER-uh |
| Kemetra | Of black soil | Egyptian kemet, black land | keh-MET-ruh |
Even more down from here.
Ninthe
I’ll give it to a child born on the ninth day of a month.
Grulvax
Barbarians with an Abyssal streak wear it well.
Pellis
”Silver lie”.
Ashvenna
A poisoner with polished manners.
Kethrin
”Clear” or ”pure” with roots in Greek Aikaterine.
Oriath
”Still water”.
Zaerwyn
“Fair or blessed-like”.
Drezmar
Drezmar is meaning ”red ledger” and hands a warlock a backstory in one word.
Velkira
From the Norse Valkyrie, “chooser of the slain.”
Quelara
A laughing plague is the image here.
Nithos
Nithos comes from Old English nīþ (”hostility” or ”hatred.”).
Karvos
Karvos is a Hungarian derivative of kard (”sword”).
Yssira
Slow poison served in crystal
Tavrenne
Contract lawyer of the lower planes.
Hekkis
“Ruler of the household.”
Azerion
”Lord of brass thrones”.
Vexara
”Sharp bargains.”
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