How Drow names work
The drow — dark elves of the Underdark in Dungeons & Dragons — carry a personal name followed by a noble house name, and in drow society the house is everything. A drow introduces themselves as first name + house, like Drizzt Do'Urden or Quenthel Baenre. Male and female names sound distinct: female names (the ruling sex in matriarchal drow society) tend toward flowing, imperious endings (Malice, Vierna, Quenthel), while male names lean harder and sharper (Zaknafein, Jarlaxle, Pharaun). House names roll with dark, sibilant syllables — Baenre, Xorlarrin, Mizzrym, Vandree.
Using these names at your table
- Players: generate until one fits, then make it yours — drow often add an apostrophe or a shortened "use name" for outsiders who can't manage the full form.
- Dungeon Masters: the 20-name batch instantly staffs a drow house, a merchant band like Bregan D'aerthe, or a list of priestesses of Lolth for your next Underdark arc.
- Writers: pair a lowborn first name with a great house to hint at ambition, or a fallen house name to hint at exile and revenge.
How this generator builds names
Names are assembled from drow-styled syllables — prefix, core, and ending for first names, and a separate set for house names — following the sound of canon 5e and Forgotten Realms examples, then filtered to remove awkward letter runs. That means tens of thousands of first-name and house combinations, so a whole drow court won't repeat. Everything is generated in your browser; nothing is stored.