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Rogue Name Generator
Thieves Guild, Street Alias and Heist Names for Rogue and Assassin Characters
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How the Rogue / Thief Name Generator works
Use this rogue name generator to fill a shortlist in seconds. Generate rogue and thief names: plain names such as Nell Quill, Tam Fletcher and Vesper Ashcombe, street names such as Corin Quickfinger, Softstep and Silas the Knife, aliases such as the Sparrow, the Velvet Hand and Wren Marsh, called the Magpie, names with a heist or reputation such as Jax, who robbed the Iron Duke twice and Cressida the Uncaught, and thieves guild names such as the Grey Hand and the Rooks of Saltmouth. Choose female, male or either and generate up to a hundred at once.
Rogue name generator: the patterns behind each name
A rogue's name is a small name, since a thief does not want to be remembered, and the generator keeps it short and streetwise. The plain name is a clipped given name, Nell, Tam, Kit, Wat, Jax, Moll, or one of the shared human names cut down to the streets, Cressida, Silas, Lucien, with a trade surname of the kind a thief might borrow, Fletcher, Cutter, Tallow, Weaver, Pike, or a house name the thief has no right to, Ashcombe, Blackwell. The street name is the name the alley uses, a compound of what the hands do, Quickfinger, Softstep, Lighthand, Slytongue, Shadowkey, or a tool, Nell the Knife, Corin the Hook. The alias is the name the watch knows and cannot pin, a bird, the Sparrow, the Magpie, the Jackdaw, or a masked title, the Velvet Hand, the Laughing Ghost, the Painted Fox, the Grey Lady. The heist is the story, drawn from the shared cities and events of this section, robbed the Iron Duke twice, emptied the Corinthos mint in a night, stole the Salt Wars treaty, and the reputation is the epithet the story earns, the Uncaught, the Light-Fingered, the Unhanged. The guilds sit in the shared port and river cities, Saltmouth, Gullhaven, Corinthos, Valadria, with their own low quarters, the Saltmouth Docks, the Corinthos Undercity, the Gullhaven Rookeries.
Plain name gives the clipped name and surname. Street name gives the compound or the tool. Alias gives the bird or the masked title, alone or fixed to a name. Name with heist or reputation gives the story or the epithet. Thieves guild name gives the guild, the Grey Hand, the Rooks of Saltmouth, the Velvet Needles, the Corinthos Lanterns.
The gender option splits the given names and leaves surnames, street names, aliases, heists and guilds shared, since the alley does not ask.
The lists are original. The given names are short European names and nicknames in the public language, the surnames are trades and common English family names, the street names, aliases and guilds are coined for this page, and no name is copied from a published rogue or thieves guild; a match with a novel or a game would be chance, and a name intended for commercial use should be searched first.
For the killer for hire rather than the thief, the assassin page; for the city the guild works, the city page; for the shop the thief fences through, the shop page; and for the ranger who works the wood instead of the alley, the ranger page.
FAQ
What is a street name?
The name the alley uses, a compound of what the hands do, Quickfinger, Softstep, Lighthand, Shadowkey, or a tool, Nell the Knife, Corin the Hook. The Street name kind gives it alone or behind a clipped given name.
What is an alias?
The name the watch knows and cannot pin to a face, a bird, the Sparrow, the Magpie, the Jackdaw, or a masked title, the Velvet Hand, the Laughing Ghost, the Grey Lady. The Alias kind gives it alone, tied to a city, or fixed to a plain name.
What is a heist name?
The story the thief is known for, drawn from the shared cities and events of this section. The Name with heist or reputation kind gives it, Jax, who robbed the Iron Duke twice, Nell Quill, who emptied the Corinthos mint in a night, or the epithet it earns, the Uncaught, the Unhanged.
How do I name a thieves guild?
Use the Thieves guild name kind. It joins a quiet adjective to a small thing, the Grey Hand, the Velvet Needles, the Hollow Key, or names the guild for its city on the shared map, the Rooks of Saltmouth, the Corinthos Lanterns, the Gullhaven Masks.
Are any of these names from published works?
No. Every list is original. The given names are short European names and nicknames in the public language, the surnames are trades and common family names, the street names, aliases and guilds are coined for this page, and no name is copied from a published rogue or thieves guild, so a match would be chance, and a name meant for commercial use should be searched first.
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