Dragonborn Name Generator

Draconic naming conventions

Dragonborn names should sound as if a dragon could say them: strong consonants, breathy and hissing sounds (rh, sh, kh, x) and open vowels. Our grammar builds given names of two or three syllables from beginnings such as Kal-, Thar-, Var- and Ix-, with endings that lean feminine (-ra, -isha, -ith), masculine (-ash, -ax, -oth) or neutral (-esh, -yx, -un). Only one vowel stands at a time, so the names stay crisp.

This page's list opens with Kalra Qorxirith, said KAL-rah.

Clan names

In many settings a dragonborn's clan comes first: honour belongs to the clan, and the clan name is said with weight. Our clan names are invented words of three or four syllables, longer and more rolling than given names, so the difference is audible. Formal address can put the clan first; in everyday speech most people will use the given name alone.

Childhood names

Many players like the idea of a childhood name: a nickname given young, sometimes kept for life. Ours are plain English words in quotes, either a single word or two joined together, the kind of thing a sibling calls you. They make a handy shorthand at the table and a gentle contrast with a fierce given name. None of the childhood names printed in published rulebooks is used.