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Fairy Name Generator
Flower Fairy, Courtly Fae and Fairy Court Names for Stories and Games
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How the Fairy / Fae Name Generator works
This fairy name generator makes fairy and fae names: flower-fairy names such as Thistledew, Foxglove Wing and Wren-in-the-Bramble, courtly fae names such as Bryonwen Nightbloom and Cerwyn of the Hollow Court, true names such as Mist-Veil and Ysolde-Thorn-Whisper, fae lords and ladies such as Lady Mirrasol Thornheart and Lord Ashveil, Herald of the Gloaming Hill, and fairy court names such as the Court of Dusk and Thorn and the Briar Ring. Choose female, male or either and generate up to a hundred at once.
How the fairy name generator works
Fairies come in two registers and this generator serves both. The flower fairy is small, winged and named for what grows in the hedge, Thistledew, Foxglove Wing, Clover Bell, Wren-in-the-Bramble, the fairy of the picture book and the bottom of the garden. The courtly fae is tall, beautiful, dangerous and named in the Welsh and French shapes that folklore gave the fair folk, Bryonwen, Mirrasol, Ashveil, Taliesar, with the epithets of thorn, dusk and moon, Nightbloom, Thornheart, Dewsworn. Between them sits the true name, the name a fae keeps hidden because whoever knows it holds them, built as a chain of hidden words, Mist-Veil, Thorn-Whisper, Ysolde-of-the-Hollow, the thing a bargain is made for. Above them are the lords and ladies of the fairy courts, and the courts themselves, named for a season, a time of day or a pair of things, the Court of Dusk and Thorn.
Flower fairy name compounds a hedge plant with a small suffix or a fairy noun, or hides a small creature in a plant. Courtly fae name gives the tall name alone, with an epithet, or with a court. True name gives the hidden chain alone or behind the public name. Fae lord or lady gives the title, the name and often an epithet and a court, or a rank within it, Herald, Seneschal, Huntsmaster. Fairy court name gives the court as an adjective, as a pair of things, or as a place, the Hollow Hill, the Moonlit Barrow, the Briar Ring.
The gender option splits the courtly list, with -wen, -elle and -a endings for females and -yn, -ael and -ien for males, and pairs the titles loosely, since a fae court does not always agree with the reader on which is which. Flower names, true names and courts are shared.
The lists are original. The Welsh and French shapes are the common property of folklore, and none of the names here belongs to a published setting or to any famous fairy of stage or film; a name meant for commercial use should be searched first.
For the pixie and sprite who are smaller still, the pixie page; for the nymph and dryad of the wild, the nymph page; for the satyr who serves the court, the satyr page; and for the changeling and the fey-touched, the fantasy character page.
FAQ
What is a fae true name?
The name a fae keeps hidden, because whoever knows it holds them. The True name kind builds it as a chain of hidden words, Mist-Veil, Thorn-Whisper, Ysolde-of-the-Hollow, and can put it behind the public name as the thing a bargain is made for.
Should I use a flower name or a courtly name?
A flower name for the small winged fairy of the hedge and the picture book, Thistledew, Clover Bell. A courtly name for the tall, dangerous fair folk of the ballads, Bryonwen Nightbloom, Lord Ashveil. Both are fairies; the register says which story you are in.
How do I name a fairy court?
Use the Fairy court name kind. It gives the court as an adjective, the Gloaming Court, as a pair of things, the Court of Dusk and Thorn, or as a place, the Hollow Hill, the Briar Ring. Pair two courts, Frost and Verdant, for the rival courts most settings use.
What ranks does a fairy court have?
Lord and Lady, Prince and Princess, King and Queen at the top, then the Herald, the Seneschal, the Huntsmaster, the Champion and the Envoy. The Fae lord or lady kind gives the title, the name and a rank within a named court.
Are any of these names from published works?
No. Every list is original. The Welsh and French shapes belong to folklore, which no one owns, and no name here is a famous fairy of stage, page or film, so a match with a published fae would be chance, and a name meant for commercial use should be searched first.
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