Valyrian name generator

Names from the Freehold of Valyria: dragonlords, sorcerers, their houses and their dragons.

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100+ Valyrian style names

  • Vhaedar
  • Ondrys
  • Maelaros
  • Zhaeron
  • Taegor

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What makes a name sound Valyrian

Before the Doom, Valyria ruled half of Essos from the backs of dragons, and its language still lives in Westeros through the Targaryens. High Valyrian names lean on a few sounds: ae and y (Daenerys), rh (Rhaenys), q and qh (Qoheros), and the hard x of dragons (Meraxes). Houses end in -os, -ys or -on, cities sound grand and old, and dragons sound like a threat. Describe the person, house, dragon or city you need, and the generator writes original names in the language of the dragonlords.

5 tips for naming a Valyrian character

  1. Lean on ae and y

    Most Valyrian names carry one of them: Vhaedar, Taelys, Saevor. They are the quickest way to sound like Old Valyria.

  2. Add a q or a rh

    Q and qh give a name an older, stranger edge: Jaeqor, Saeqora. Rh makes it royal: Rhaezon, Rhaeqa.

  3. End houses in -os, -ys or -on

    Velaryon, Belaerys and Qoheros all follow the pattern. House Zhaeros or House Naevaros sounds like one of the forty families.

  4. Make dragons harsher

    People flow, dragons bite. Give a dragon an x or a double r: Zhaedrax, Qyrrax, Saldrax.

  5. Borrow real words carefully

    Dracarys, valar morghulis and valar dohaeris are real High Valyrian phrases from the show. Use them as words in your story, not as names.

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Frequently asked questions

Build it from Valyrian sounds: ae, y, q, rh and a soft ending for people (Vhaedar, Zhaela), -os, -ys or -on for houses, and a hard x for dragons (Zhaedrax).

The old language of the Valyrian Freehold in A Song of Ice and Fire. For the TV shows, the linguist David J. Peterson turned George R. R. Martin's few words into a full language.

Dragonfire. It is the command a rider gives a dragon to breathe fire. Valar morghulis means all men must die, and valar dohaeris, all men must serve.

The forty noble houses of the Freehold that rode dragons. Most died in the Doom of Valyria; the Targaryens and Velaryons survived in Westeros.

Yes, for fan fiction, roleplay and tabletop games. A Song of Ice and Fire and its shows belong to their owners, so do not sell official-looking merchandise with them.

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