Tiefling Name Generator
Generate infernal names, virtue names, and adopted aliases for your D&D tiefling character.
About Our Tiefling Name Generator
Tieflings carry an infernal bloodline — somewhere up the family tree, a pact with the Nine Hells left its mark in horns, tail, and name. In D&D 5e lore, tieflings draw names from three traditions. Some keep infernal names passed down through generations, like Akmenos or Damakos in the Player's Handbook — harsh, multisyllabic names heavy with the language of devils. Others reject the bloodline entirely and adopt a virtue name: a single word like Mercy, Despair, Hope, or Carrion, chosen to declare who they intend to be rather than where they came from. The rest simply take ordinary names from the human, elven, or dwarven culture that raised them, blending in as best a person with horns can.
Our AI generates names across all three traditions. Tell it what you need — a brooding infernal warlock, a paladin who took the name Penance, a tiefling bard passing as human in a port city — and get names that fit the character and the lore. Every name works at the table: pronounceable, distinctive, and ready for a character sheet.
Lore-Faithful
Names built on D&D 5e naming traditions — infernal bloodline names, virtue names, and adopted cultural names.
Every Tradition
Harsh infernal names, one-word virtue names, everyday aliases, surnames, and epithets for any tiefling concept.
Free to Use
All generated tiefling names are free to use in your campaigns, homebrew settings, streams, and published stories.
Tips for Naming Your Tiefling
Pick the Tradition First
The naming tradition is a backstory decision. An infernal name means the character keeps the bloodline; a virtue name means they made a statement against it; an ordinary name means they just want to live quietly. Decide that before browsing names.
Make a Virtue Name Cost Something
A virtue name is a vow, not a decoration. 'Solace' on a tiefling who comforts the dying lands harder than 'Shadow' on a rogue. Pick a word the character has to live up to — or visibly fails to.
Say It at the Table
Infernal names run three or four syllables, and your party will shorten yours by session two. Choose one with a short form you can stand — Zherakos becomes Zher, Malkareth becomes Mal. If the nickname annoys you, keep looking.
Use the Infernal Sound Palette
Canon infernal names lean on hard consonants and dark vowels — k, z, v, th, akh, os. If you're inventing your own, build from those sounds and it will sit naturally next to Akmenos and Kallista at the table.
Leave Room for the Arc
Tieflings can change names mid-campaign — adopting a virtue name after a defining moment is a classic arc. Starting as 'Tobin' and earning 'Reckoning' in session twelve is a story; plan for it.
Tiefling Name Ideas
Infernal Male Names
Zherakos, Malkareth, Vethyros, Drazmenos, Korvazius, Thamadar
Infernal Female Names
Nezzaria, Velkanthe, Orisheth, Mavakira, Lilureth, Sariveth
Dark Virtue Names
Sorrow, Ruin, Penance, Lament, Dread, Reckoning
Bright Virtue Names
Solace, Promise, Valor, Devotion, Radiance, Resolve
Surnames & Epithets
Ashveil, Brimlock, Duskmourn, Thornheart, Vexmarrow, Cinderfall
Everyday Adopted Names
Mira, Calder, Wren, Tobin, Essa, Jorrel