I have had trouble coming up with really cool names for both PC's and NPC's alike. Hopefully you can find a good name on this page, or at least one that gives you an idea for a good one. I have separated most of them into categories to help you choose between them. My favorites are listed first.
Laertes, Orion, Anchises, Odysseus, Telemon, Xerxes, Caligula, Amenhotep, Ramesses, Anubis, Isis, Osiris, Thoth, Sehkmet, Sobek, Colonius, Hyperion, Darian, Dorian, Thanatos, Xavier, Tiberius, Othello, Alexander, Dionysos, Logan, Redg.
Click here to see names and positions of Chaosites from my former campaign.
- Okay, and now more names for characters, as promised, in categories. These are Greek
Atreus, Agamemnon, Achilles, Aeschaelapius, Aeschylus, Artemis, Apollo, Ajax, Atlas, Aegisthus, Alexandros, Archimedes, Ares, Athena, Briseus, Chronos, Chlytemnestra, Hera, Herakles, Hermes, Hades, Helen, Hecktor, Hephaestus, Iffaegynia, Leto, Menelaus, Paris, Pallas, Patroklos, Perseus, Peleus, Plato, Poisiedon, Priam, Sophocles, Socrates, Sthenelos, Tydeus, Thyrstes, Xanthos, Zeus.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Caeser, Pontius, Claudius, Augustus, Brutus, Hercules, Nero.
Frigga, Freya, Odin, Wodin, Thor, Tues.
(more will be added to this section soon)
GODS/GODDESSES: Amun, Aton, Ra, Horus, Ra-Harakhti (actually this is Ra and Horus combined, meaning "Ra, Horus of the horizon").
KINGS: Menes, Amenophis, Ahknaton, Tutanhkaton, Tutanhkamon, Hepshepsut (she was one of the only queens), Cleopatra, Merneptah.
Darius, Kesis, Methil, Hamlet, Plotinus, Aristotle, Trevor, Blake, Hank, Derek, Damian.
- Miscellaneous female names
Ingrid, Diana, Blair, Laurel, Maxine, Jane, Heike, Christina, Brenna, Ann, Dagmar.
Old Testament names:
Mordecai
Malachi
Zaccariah
Other contributions (thanks to those who sent them in!):
Female
Celtic
Fiona, Aine, Alina, Erin, Genevieve, Lyonnesse, Maeve, Moira, Yseult,
Aphria, Cinnia, Cordelia, Venetia, Idelle, Lavenia, Aoife
Hebrew
Adine, Anis, Ahelia, Annaliesse, Azelie, Bathsheba, Bethsaida, Beula,
Carmelina, Chavive, Csilla, Daphne, Darissa, Delila, Derorice, Dinah, Eden,
Eleora, Eve, Ganice, Gilia, Giovanna, Hannela, Isabelle, Iris, Ivy, Jensine,
Joelle, Joxpa, Kannelite, Laylie, Lirita, Lisette, Mae, Mahilia, Maia,
Marimne, Mazel, Methetabel, Meira, Mitzi, Moselle, Nili, Zohar, Orzora,
Paili, Pazice, Penina, Sapphira, Seraphine, Shiri, Sidonia, Tahlia, Tamar,
Tivona, Vared, Yocheved, Zemil
greek
Acacia, Airlia, Alexandria, Alyssa, Amarande, Anatole, Anastasia, Anemone,
Anieli, Apolline, Asta, Carissa, Callia, Callidora, Calliope, Calista,
Candace, Cherise, Chloe, Cleo, Cynthia, Cyrellis, Damara, Deka, Delphine,
Dione, Doris, Ebony, Echo, Eirene, Effie, Eldoris, Elektra, Emili, Eranthe,
Eurydice, Euphemia, Evangelina, Evelyn, Faith, Fedora, Idola, Irene, Kairos,
Kali, Kalika, Kalonice, Kassia, Kate, Kay, Larissa, Laura, Leonora, Leonie,
Lexine, Lilah, Melissa, Maisie, Malva, Melita, Minerva, Nessia, Ophelia,
Odette, Pandora, Panthea, Persis, Pheobe, Philania, Philomena, Phyllis,
Pheobe, Theola, Selene, Sema, Sibyl, Sophia
Latin
Valenda, Valencia, valentina, Valerie, Valora, Vera, Verda, Virginia, Vita,
Salena, Serena, Sidra, Stella, Sylvana, Jill, June, Justine, Ursa, Undine,
Regina, Renata, Reseda, Rosa, Rosabel, Rosabla, Reosemary, Ruby, Vesta,
Celeste, Chanta, Charity, Christine, Clarissa, Faustine, Fawn, Felicia,
Fidelity, Floria, Ignatia, Imogene, Isadora, Lara, Larina, Loralie, Lenita,
Leonie, Leta, Lilybel, Linda, Lorena, Lucia, Luna, Natica, Norine, Nydia,
Estelle, Donna, Durene, Tina, Toinette, Trista, Trixie, Belinda, Bonnibelle,
Olethea, Opal, Ora, Oralie, Oriana, oribelle, manda, marcella, Marina,
marissa, Maura, Maxine, Merius, Miranda, Paulette, Primrose, Asteria,
Celene, Essie, Vesperia, Angelica, Amity, Amelia, Ancelin, April, Araceli,
ardis, belle, Caledonia, Caltha, Camille, Cassiel, christabel, Diella,
Rosine, Akilina, Amabel, Amadis ,Amanda, Amadine, Andreana, Antonia, Araceli
Persian
Vashti, Saroush, Shirin, Khordad, Khorshed, Lila, Fravardin, dariah
Japanese
hoshi, shingi, Kameko, keiko, Kohana, Matsuda, Aiko, Akako, Chiko, Yuriko,
maemi, Chiyo, Mitsu, Miya, Nariko, Ai, Miyako, Suzume, Naomi, Akemi, Aki,
akira, Matsuko, Kami, Kumiko, marise, Kyoko, Maiya, Midori, Nariko, Toshi,
Yurimko,
Random
Sheila, ameliga, Alastair, Zita, Whitney, Nixie, Skye, Zara, Zayanah,
Xaviera, Tasi, Actassi, chubasca, kai, aliikai, kaikala, kaiolonia, ulani,
hae, Zsa Zsa, Day, Yoko, Sachi, una, Aimee, Alarice, Cara, Caroline,
Courtney, Charlene, Cheryl, Frabcine, Hazel, Heloise, idelle, Leilani,
Lorelei, nova, bambi, giacinta, Caprice, Fiorenza, Amaris, Aracadia,
Libania, rosemarie, Dove, Athena, Kawani, mea, Ninia, ooreanlei, Paremariam,
Spisia, Arimiani, Xia, Meimira, Cleopatra, Charmian, Calpurnia, Yzinka,
Simili, Curia, Quenia, mariposa, Issana, Lobelia, Ceres, Binne
Male
Celtic
Arawn, Bressal, Brion, Calum, Carado1c, Celyddon, Chad, Conan, Connell,
Comhall, Culaim, Driscol, Druce, Elwyn, Keene, Kermin, Kerry, Kunsgnos,
Kynthelig, Murdoc, Naois, Nemausus, Owyn, Pryderi, Pwyll, Sloan, Taran,
Tremaine, Tristan, Torrey
Greek
Achilles, Adonis, Adras, Aegis, Aeneas, Aesculapis, Aindriu, Alcander, Ajax,
Ambrose, Anastagio, Anastasios, Anasztaz, Anibal, Angell, Antares, Anteros,
Apollo, Alasd, Alec, Ambrocio, Athanasios, Aristrid, Baruch, Basil, Baste,
Boreas, Cenon, Chrysostom, Cleytus, Colin, Colum, Coridan, Cos, Cosima,
Cosmas, Cosmo, Cyrus, Cyril, Damae, Damian, Damlis, Daphnis, Demodocus,
Dolis, Eachann, Egidio, Eleftgerios, Ellery, Eogham, Erasmus, Ercole,
Estebe, Ettone, Eusebius, Euzen, Fabian, Fedor, Feodras, Giles, Gregory,
Hesperos, Julius, Jerome, Kit, Karsten, Lysander, Leander, Moses, Nicholas,
Nicodemus, Otis, Orion, Pallas, Pedro, Philander, Pyralis, Theodore, Theron,
Tibalt, Timothy, Sebastian, Stephen, Soterios, Ulysses, Urian, Xenos,
Xenophon
Latin
Titus, Trent, Vail, Valentine, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil, Vito,
Kilian, Justin, Silias, Silvester, Sinclair, Sol, Elroy, Emil, Magnus,
Marcus, Maurice, Maxwell, Miles, Monotague, Montgomery, Morris, Myer, Nero,
Ignatius, Laurence, Lester, Lionel, Lucius, orson, Benedict, Blandon,
Brandon, Plaire, Patrick, Paul, Porter, Proctor, Anthony, August, Austin,
Albion, Fabron, Felix, Forrest, Rex, Caesar, Carmine, Clark, Deszo, Alair,
Alula, Lamar, Aurelius, Rutus, Clement,
Japanese
Akira, Miki, kaori, Makoto, Kaemon, Reizo, Keitaro, Jomei, Tomeo, sumiko,
Kazuo, kenji, Kin, Hideaki, Hiroshi, Taji, Jiro, Dai, Rai, Juro, Reizo,
Renjiro, Sachio, seiji, Toshiro, Toru, Tadao.
Random
Turi, Tajo, Uzumati, Selik, Ahea, Alois, Anton, Drake, Deston, Morrell,
Didier, Reve, Cullin, Kalig, Saxton, Fie, Atiniui, Simiram, Soaladoab,
Coleman, Cyrus, Thomas, Zeke, Xavier, Vladimir, Stanislaus, Ulric, Kane,
Derek, Mackenzy, Machair, malcolm, Murphy, Igior, Davin, Morgan, Darian,
Chin,
Feel free to send me some names that you don't see here!
rorder@umich.edu
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