Witch Name Generator

Herb-wives, hexers and sea-witches

Witches in stories are as varied as the people who tell them: the wise woman at the edge of the village, the sorceress in the tower, the one who sells the wind to sailors. This generator gives each kind its own sound. The list on this page begins with Fathow the Quiet, said FAH-thow.

Every name is invented by our own grammar. Witches from novels, films, TV and myth are on our block list, and so are the family names of famous fictional covens. Witchcraft trials were real and cruel, so we use no names of real people who were accused.

Hedge, dark and sea

• Hedge names sound homely and old (Hett-, Pell-, Tib- with -ory, -ith or -ock): the herb-wife, the cunning man, the one everyone fetches when a cow falls ill.
• Dark names are sharper, with v, x and th (Vex-, Mor-, Thess- with -essa, -ix or -astra): the witch the village is afraid of.
• Sea names carry salt and shore (Sal-, Kel-, Strand- with -ora, -ine or -wen): the witch who reads tides and sells good weather.

Witches can be any gender, so all three genders are available; the name tells you the style, not who wears it.

Family names, titles and covens

A witch's second name tells you where she lives or who she answers to. A family name sounds like an old cottage (Nettlecroft, Crowmantle, Saltcombe), a title marks a reputation (the Unhurried, the Green-Fingered), and a coven names the circle she belongs to (of the Hemlock Coven). For covens on their own, choose Coven names only: The Bitter Thorn Coven, The Coven of the Silver Hare, The Nine of Crowmoor.