Monster Name Generator

How these monster names are built

Monsters in folklore rarely have names; they have descriptions that harden into names: the Thing in the Well, the Tall Man of the Fen, the Widow of the Woods. This generator’s folk names follow that pattern, each with a hint about where the monster is found or what it does, because a good monster name is also a plot hook.

The beast’s own name, where a setting gives it one, is short and guttural: gr, sk, th, gh onsets, dark vowels, and a hard close (-k, -g, -th). This grammar builds one or two syllables with glossed endings: -oth (the devourer), -ak (the render), -gul (the lurker), -thra (the many-limbed), -ur (the old one).

Use Beast name only for a named antagonist and Folk name only for a rumour the party hears at the inn. The combined form is what the bard writes down afterwards.

Example monster names

A fixed sample from the generator above, so you can see the range before you press the button. Every list you generate is different; every link you copy reproduces its list exactly.

• Dralsla, the Bridge-Toll
• Kungul, the Hollow-Eyed
• Kashesh, the Cellar-Thing
• Nonslath, the Hollow-Eyed
• Ush, the Chimney-Climber
• Thena, the Eater of Roads
• Begril, the Pale Crawler
• Gragvur, the Hungry Fog
• Kogok, the Bell-Ringer
• Mekgul, the Hungry Fog
• Bakoth, the Hollow-Eyed
• Ruga, the Chimney-Climber
• Grurkag, the Skinless Hound
• Sluroth, the Gnawer at the Roots
• Grakur, the Marsh-Lurker
• Gothgul, the Tall Man of the Fen
• Komoth, the Bridge-Toll
• Gakok, the Hollow-Eyed
• Kithoth, the Weeping Beast
• Slu, the Many-Mouthed
• Thukmu, the Chimney-Climber