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Creating the perfect name for yourDungeons & Dragonscharacter can prove challenging at times. After all, this is the name you’re going to be stuck with for a potentially years-long adventure, so it’s only natural that you want it to be good. Plus, fantasy names for fantastical species can be even more challenging.
Tieflings are a particularly tricky species to name, as their naming conventions are relatively singular to the world of Dungeons & Dragons. However, there are some tips and tricks you can employ to generate your own tiefling names. Here’s what you need to know to pick a great name for your tiefling.
How Tiefling Names Work
Tiefling naming conventions are relatively specific and easy to grasp in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Broadly speaking,tiefling names fall into two distinct categories.
Some tieflings may be born to human parents, or even elvish, orcish, or any other species in theDungeons & Dragons multiverse.
If this is the case,your tiefling will likely have a name belonging to that culture or species, rather than an infernal or virtuous one.
Infernal Names
This naming convention ismost common for tieflings.
Because tieflings have infernal heritage,their names can be borrowed from demons and devilsfrom the D&D world and beyond.
Though tieflings have an infernal heritage,it doesn’t mean your tiefling has to be evil or maligned.A tiefling’s heritage has no bearing on their personality.
These names tend to be consonant-heavy, and sometimes use apostrophes mid-name; but, these names aren’t necessarily all derived from demons or infernal beasts.
Malros
Virtue Names
Secondly, because many tieflings are cast out of society at a young age,some tieflings bestow names upon themselves.
These names are borrowed from virtues or conceptsthat tieflings idolize or respect, and should inform your character’s personality more than anything else.
Brute
Flight
Because virtue names are based on real-world virtues,any virtue can be used for any gender tiefling, and they are generally non-conforming.
