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Cleric Name Generator
Holy Titles, Patrons, Epithets and Priesthood Names for Cleric and Priest Characters
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How the Cleric / Priest Name Generator works
This cleric name generator makes cleric and priest names: plain names such as Ysolde Greymantle, Anselm Valcourt and Mirabel Sunhallow, names with a holy title such as Mother Cressida, Brother Halvard Northmere and High Priestess Helena of Corinthos, names with a patron such as Sister Ilsabet, Voice of Saint Ysolde and Adalric, Lantern of the Sleeping God, names with an epithet or deed such as Father Corwen the Merciful and Constance Everard, who turned the Grey Plague from Wexbury, and priesthood names such as the Priesthood of the Long Watch and the Temple of Saint Corwen. Choose female, male or either and generate up to a hundred at once.
How the cleric name generator works
A cleric's name is the name of a person who has been given to something larger, and the generator builds it in layers. The plain name is a shared human name of this section, Ysolde, Anselm, Cressida, Halvard, or an old cloister name, Cuthbert, Winifred, Aldhelm, Perpetua, with a surname that is either a shared house, Valcourt, Everard, Ashcombe, or a coined bright one, Sunhallow, Brightmantle, Dawnforge, Whitecliffe. The holy title is the rank, Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, High Priestess, Bishop, Canon, Deacon, Oracle, Hierophant, with the seat behind it, and the seats are the shared cities, Corinthos, Wexbury, Ostia, Thalorion. The patron is who the cleric serves, and the patrons are the shared saints and powers of this section, Saint Ysolde, the Blessed Wren, the Martyr Tessaly, the Sleeping God, the Winter Court, the Fallen Star, with the cleric's role beside them, Voice, Hand, Lantern, Vessel, Herald, Shepherd. The epithet is the temper, the Merciful, the Stern, the Weeping, the Sleepless, and the deed is the story, drawn from the shared events, buried the dead of the Nine Winters, kept the lamp lit through the Burning of Ostia, healed the Iron Duke and was not thanked.
Plain name gives the name and surname. Name with holy title gives the honorific or the rank and often the seat. Name with patron gives the saint or the power and the cleric's role. Name with epithet or deed gives the temper or the story. Priesthood name gives the priesthood, the Priesthood of the Long Watch, the Silent Lantern, the Temple of Saint Mirabel, the Bells of Valadria.
The gender option splits the given names and the honorific, Mother and Father, Sister and Brother, and leaves surnames, patrons, epithets and priesthoods shared; the title list carries High Priest and High Priestess, Abbot and Abbess both.
The lists are original. The given names are old European and cloister names in the public language, the saints and powers are the shared invented ones of this section, the surnames, roles and priesthoods are coined for this page, and no name is copied from a published cleric, deity or church; a match with a novel or a game would be chance, and a name intended for commercial use should be searched first.
For the god the cleric serves, the deity page; for the whole pantheon, the pantheon page; for the knight who serves the same saint with a sword, the paladin page; and for the monk in the cloister, the monk page.
FAQ
What is a holy title?
The rank, Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, High Priestess, Bishop, Abbot, Canon, Deacon, Vicar, Oracle, Hierophant, Chaplain. The Name with holy title kind puts it in front of the name and often names the seat, High Priestess Helena of Corinthos.
Who are the patrons?
The shared saints and powers of this fantasy section, Saint Ysolde, Saint Corwen, the Blessed Wren, the Martyr Tessaly, the Prophet Ammon, the Sleeping God, the Winter Court, the Fallen Star, so a cleric built here serves the same saint that the paladin, temple and festival pages name.
What is a patron name?
The patron with the cleric's role beside it, Voice, Hand, Lantern, Servant, Keeper, Vessel, Herald, Shepherd. The Name with patron kind gives it, Sister Ilsabet, Voice of Saint Ysolde, Adalric Everard, Lantern of the Sleeping God, Mother Cressida of the Winter Court.
How do I name a priesthood?
Use the Priesthood name kind. It joins a quiet adjective to a holy thing, the Priesthood of the Long Watch, the Silent Lantern, the Weeping Bell, names the temple for a saint, the Temple of Saint Corwen, or for a city on the shared map, the Bells of Valadria.
Are any of these names from published works?
No. Every list is original. The given names are old European and cloister names in the public language, the saints and powers are the shared invented ones of this section, the surnames, roles and priesthoods are coined for this page, and no name is copied from a published cleric, deity or church, so a match would be chance, and a name meant for commercial use should be searched first.
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