Dwarven Name Generator

Dwarven naming conventions

Dwarves are short-spoken in most fantasy, and so are their names: one or two syllables, hard consonants and the stress on the first syllable. Our dwarf grammar starts with solid beginnings (Bram-, Hal-, Thra-, Brok-) and closes with endings that say the gender: -in, -ar, -rim and -dur for men, -hild, -dis, -run and -a for women. Names stay between three and eight letters.

Two rules fix the faults of careless generators. Neighbouring parts may not echo each other, so you won't get a doubled sound such as a -nor after a Thor-. And name parts that would point at a famous dwarf from fiction are blocked. This page's list begins with Dunabera of Clan Gremumek (DOO-nah-beh-rah).

Mountain and deep dwarves

• Mountain dwarves have names that sound Germanic or Norse: Bram, Hjal, Sig and endings such as -grim, -mund and -hild. They are the dwarves of high halls and trade roads.
• Deep dwarves have darker, heavier names with kh, zh and gr, endings such as -dun and -azh, and more often carry a clan name than a craft.

Neither style has paired vowels: dwarven names here use one vowel at a time, which keeps them short and hard.

Clan names and craft surnames

A dwarf's family name usually comes in one of two forms here. A craft compound joins a stone or metal word to a craft or body word, the kind of name that sounds earned at the forge. A clan name follows of Clan, an invented word for the kin group a dwarf answers to. Each element is limited per list, so one metal won't appear in three names out of six. Deep dwarves may also give the hold they come from.