150+ Drow Names for D&D: Female, Male and House Names (2026)

This list has more than 150 drow names for Dungeons & Dragons and the Forgotten Realms: female and male first names, house names for your character’s family, and the canon drow from the novels and games they are modelled on. The first section explains the sound patterns that make a name read as drow, so you can build your own.

How drow names work

A drow is introduced with a first name and a house name, as in Drizzt Do’Urden or Jarlaxle Baenre. The house is the matriarchal family that rules the drow’s standing in the city, so the house name matters as much as the first name. Commoners and houseless drow go by a first name alone.

Drow names lean on a small set of sounds: z, x, v, q, l, r, th and doubled vowels. Female names in the novels tend to be longer and softer, often ending in -a, -ae, -iira, -ra or -yl, and priestesses of Lolth often carry the most elaborate names. Male names are shorter and harder, with -in, -on, -afein, -ryn and -ax endings. Apostrophes appear more often in house names than first names.

The Drow Name Generator builds names on these rules with a first name, a house and a short meaning for each. For the wider elf family, try the Dark Elf Name Generator or the Elf Name Generator.

Female drow names

Original names in the drow style, free to use for your character. The first group sounds like a high priestess, the second like an ordinary house member or a rogue.

Priestess and noble names

• Zelvyraa — long vowels and a trailing -aa, a matron’s name
• Ilvrae — soft and cold, a first daughter
• Qilthra — hard q with a whispered -thra
• Vhaelyss — for a priestess of Lolth
• Xyliira — the -iira ending of the high houses
• Szendra — sharp opening, soft close
• Yvraxa — for a matron mother
• Nhaundryl — an old-house name
• Zauvhira — three-syllable noble name
• Iltrynne — cold and formal
• Vaelinthra — a long courtly name
• Quaelyth — for a spider-touched priestess
• Shyndraa — whispery, with a doubled vowel
• Mhalvae — a younger daughter
• Irrhyza — harsh and regal
• Xullaeth — for a scheming second daughter
• Zhelviira — a first priestess
• Aunthrae — for a house wizard
• Vhosriel — elegant and cold
• Lirzaere — a court diplomat

Short and rogue names

• Zyl — one syllable, quick to say at the table
• Vex — a thief or a scout
• Ryza — short and sharp
• Ilra — soft two-syllable name
• Quess — for an assassin
• Nyx — Greek for night, used widely for drow characters
• Thyra — two syllables, cold
• Sael — short, elegant
• Vyll — a houseless drow
• Zessa — playful and dangerous
• Irae — Latin for “wraths”, fitting for a warrior
• Ulvra — a bounty hunter
• Kyrra — a spy
• Xaela — a spellcaster
• Maelys — a wanderer on the surface

Warrior and spellcaster names

• Zhaervae — a battle priestess
• Vyrlith — a blade dancer
• Quarra — a war captain
• Ilzhaere — a necromancer
• Szyrae — a sorceress of the Spider Queen
• Xenvyra — a warlock
• Thalzyn — a duelist
• Rhaevyss — a shadow-magic adept
• Nyzraal — a battle mage
• Vhelthra — a spider rider
• Zaunyl — a scout of the deep tunnels
• Iltharyn — a paladin who left Lolth
• Qyzaelle — a moon-blessed follower of Eilistraee
• Mhyrra — a house enforcer
• Vaszyl — a poisoner

Male drow names

Original names in the drow style, free to use. Male drow are lower in the drow hierarchy, and their names are shorter and harder than the women’s.

Weapon master and noble names

• Zaelthir — a weapon master of a great house
• Vorlaxin — a house mage
• Ryltarn — a patron of a house
• Quelzarin — for a noble son
• Xundrael — a spymaster
• Ilvrinon — a formal first son
• Szorlaen — a court blade
• Vhaundryn — a house wizard
• Tharvaxe — a war leader
• Nyzarin — a second son
• Jhaelryn — a mercenary captain
• Dhaurvin — an archmage
• Zarthoun — a weapon master
• Mhalrazin — a scout commander
• Velzaryx — a rival to the house heir

Short and mercenary names

• Zarn — one syllable, hard
• Vyx — a thief
• Ryl — a scout
• Qoth — an enforcer
• Dhax — a brawler
• Ilth — a quiet assassin
• Vorn — a mercenary
• Tzin — a spy
• Xar — a houseless outcast
• Kelzyn — a surface traveller
• Rhyl — a ranger
• Nalzar — a sellsword
• Sorvin — a smuggler
• Vhaln — a guard captain
• Zeth — a thief

Warrior and spellcaster names

• Vorzhael — a battle mage
• Rilvanth — a blademaster
• Xorvyn — a warlock
• Tzaryl — a spider rider
• Dhaelzor — a necromancer
• Quevrin — a duelist
• Jhalvyr — a shadow monk
• Zylthar — a war wizard
• Nhaerin — a follower of Vhaeraun
• Ilzarn — a crossbow sniper
• Vhorlath — a house champion
• Szaelin — a sorcerer
• Ryzmar — a ranger of the Underdark
• Xaurvin — a poison master
• Kalthyr — a fallen noble

Drow house names

Canon houses from the Forgotten Realms, then original house names you can use for your own campaign.

Canon houses

• Baenre — the First House of Menzoberranzan
• Do’Urden — Drizzt’s family, destroyed in the novels
• Barrison Del’Armgo — the Second House, known for its warriors
• Mizzrym — a house known for betrayal, home of Pharaun Mizzrym
• Xorlarrin — a house of wizards
• Faen Tlabbar — a high house of Menzoberranzan
• Oblodra — a house of psionicists, destroyed during the Time of Troubles
• DeVir — the house destroyed by the Do’Urdens
• Melarn — the house of Halisstra Melarn in the War of the Spider Queen
• Hunzrin — a house of traders and farmers
• Agrach Dyrr — an old house that sided with the Jaezred Chaulssin
• Auvryndar — a house of the Underdark city of Maerimydra
• Jaelre — a house that worships Vhaeraun
• Shobalar — a minor house of Menzoberranzan

Original house names

• Vel’Zauryn — an ambitious minor house
• Xyl’Tharra — a house of priestesses
• Ilvrae’Zun — a merchant house
• Qor’Vaelith — an ancient house fallen from favour
• Sszareth — a house of assassins
• Nhal’Dyrr — a house of spider keepers
• Vhaeloth — a house of wizards
• Zauvyr — a warrior house
• Rhyl’Nathar — a house exiled to the surface
• Tyl’Quessra — a secretive house of spies
• Zhaun’Vyrr — a house of beast tamers
• Xal’Ithra — a young house rising fast

Famous drow from the novels and games

These are the canon characters the drow style is built on. Use them for reference, but pick an original name for your own character, because the DM and the other players will recognise these.

• Drizzt Do’Urden — the drow ranger of R. A. Salvatore’s novels
• Zaknafein — Drizzt’s father and the weapon master of House Do’Urden
• Jarlaxle Baenre — leader of the mercenary band Bregan D’aerthe
• Viconia DeVir — the cleric companion in Baldur’s Gate
• Minthara Baenre — the paladin companion in Baldur’s Gate 3
• Yvonnel Baenre — the long-lived matron mother of House Baenre
• Quenthel Baenre — mistress of Arach-Tinilith, the priestess academy
• Triel Baenre — a matron mother of House Baenre
• Gromph Baenre — the archmage of Menzoberranzan
• Malice Do’Urden — Drizzt’s mother, the matron of House Do’Urden
• Briza Do’Urden — Drizzt’s eldest sister
• Vierna Do’Urden — a sister of Drizzt
• Maya Do’Urden — the youngest sister of Drizzt
• Dinin Do’Urden — Drizzt’s brother
• Nalfein Do’Urden — Drizzt’s eldest brother
• Pharaun Mizzrym — the wizard of the War of the Spider Queen series
• Halisstra Melarn — a priestess who turns from Lolth
• Liriel Baenre — the heroine of Elaine Cunningham’s Starlight and Shadows
• Nimor Imphraezl — the villain of the War of the Spider Queen
• Kimmuriel Oblodra — a psionicist of Bregan D’aerthe
• Berg’inyon Baenre — the master of Melee-Magthere
• Ryld Argith — a weapon master in the War of the Spider Queen
• Danifae Yauntyrr — a battle-captive priestess
• Sos’Umptu Baenre — keeper of the Baenre chapel
• Eclavdra — a drow priestess of the Greyhawk setting
• Lolth — the Spider Queen, goddess of the drow
• Vhaeraun — the drow god of thieves and males
• Eilistraee — the drow goddess of song and the moonlit surface
• Kiaransalee — the drow goddess of vengeance and the undead
• Selvetarm — the drow god of warriors

Frequently asked questions

What is a good female drow name?

For a noble or priestess, pick a long name with a soft ending such as Zelvyraa, Xyliira or Vaelinthra. For a rogue or a warrior, a short name like Ryza, Quess or Zessa is easier to say at the table.

What is a good male drow name?

Male drow names are shorter and harder: Zaelthir, Vorlaxin or Ryltarn for a noble, Zarn, Vyx or Qoth for a mercenary. The -in, -ryn and -ax endings are the most recognisably drow.

Do drow have last names?

They have house names, which work like family names. A noble drow is introduced as first name plus house, for example Jarlaxle Baenre. A houseless drow uses only a first name.

Can I use Drizzt as a character name?

You can, but the whole table will think of Salvatore’s ranger. Most players take the sound pattern rather than the name itself. Our D&D Name Generator and the drow generator both produce original names in the same style.

What sounds make a name sound drow?

Z, x, v, q, th and doubled vowels, with apostrophes in house names. Compare Zaknafein, Jarlaxle and Vierna with surface-elf names such as Elrond or Galadriel, which rely on l, n and r and avoid the harsh consonants.