Werewolf Name Generator

Two lives, one name

A werewolf lives two lives, and the best werewolf names work in both: plain enough to belong to a neighbour, rough enough to be shouted across a moonlit field. The list on this page begins with Yorruth Sootear, said YOR-ruth.

The shape-shifting wolf appears in folklore across Europe and beyond, so it belongs to no single story. Every name, pack and byname here is written by us, and werewolves and wolves from novels, films, TV and myth are on our block list.

Feral and old blood

• Feral names are one or two syllables you can growl: Rask, Torv, Gav and Kurr at the start, -ek, -ar or -ka at the end. They suit the newly turned, the outcasts and the ones who have stopped pretending.
• Old blood names have a Germanic ring: Ulv-, Sig-, Hild- and Brun- with endings such as -ulf, -wald, -hild and -run. They suit werewolf families who keep records, rules and grudges going back generations.

Stress falls on the first syllable in both styles, and each name comes with a hint for saying it.

Packs, bynames and titles

A werewolf's second name says where they belong. A pack name joins two words (of the Rimefang Pack, of the Ashjaw Pack); a byname is what others call them for their looks or habits (Rustpelt, Tatterfoot, Moonjaw); a title marks a reputation (the Twice-Bitten, the Half-Tamed). For a whole territory, Pack names only gives names such as The Pack of the Hungry Moon or The Thornmere Pack.