Thursday, March 7, 2013

Averoigne Name Generator

I have to admit, this post is mostly for me. The most difficult thing that I do as both a player and a referee is names. Regardless of the game, the most difficult part of character creation for me is naming the character. A majority of the NPCs in my campaigns are actually named by players, not me.

Thus, one of my favorite resources when it comes to campaign worlds is a list of names. What follows is a list of names found in Averoigne; however, I have endeavored to make this list even more useful than it already is for me.

There are two lists, one for male names and the other for female names. Each list has 100 names, therefore I can simply roll a d100 to come up with the name of an NPC. In addition, the first 50 names in each list are Averni names and the second 50 are Salian names.

Thus, with one roll I not only have a name for an NPC, but a general background and a general disposition towards the PCs depending upon their background and the organizations they belong to.

Of course, if I specifically need an Averni name, I can simply subtract 50 from the roll if it is 51+ and do the opposite if I need a Salian name. Also note that since all Dwarves, Elves, Half-elves and Halflings are born of human parents, these tables cover names for them as well.

Male Names


  1. Ailin
  2. Ascon
  3. Braddon
  4. Brian
  5. Callan
  6. Colum
  7. Donal
  8. Doolish
  9. Edern
  10. Eoin
  11. Ferghus
  12. Finlo
  13. Garmon
  14. Gilbrid
  15. Herve
  16. Hugh
  17. Illiam
  18. Ionhar
  19. Jago
  20. Jowan
  21. Kerron
  22. Kitto
  23. Lonan
  24. Lucan
  25. Manus
  26. Mudach
  27. Nele
  28. Nevan
  29. Ogma
  30. Oran
  31. Patric
  32. Peddyr
  33. Quillon
  34. Quin
  35. Rigard
  36. Robart
  37. Sedric
  38. Sorely
  39. Thaddy
  40. Torin
  41. Ullick
  42. Urmen
  43. Vaddon
  44. Vaughn
  45. Wilmot
  46. Withell
  47. Yann
  48. Yestin
  49. Zephan
  50. Zethar
  51. Alberic
  52. Anskar
  53. Arnulf
  54. Berno
  55. Brice
  56. Cheldric
  57. Clodomir
  58. Clovis
  59. Cyr
  60. Dalfin
  61. Dreux
  62. Drogo
  63. Ebbo
  64. Emmeran
  65. Fardulf
  66. Folmar
  67. Gerold
  68. Giso
  69. Grimbald
  70. Gunthar
  71. Hilduin
  72. Hincmar
  73. Hunald
  74. Imbert
  75. Leodegar
  76. Lothar
  77. Mauger
  78. Merovech
  79. Nithard
  80. Notker
  81. Odo
  82. Odulf
  83. Orderic
  84. Panteleon
  85. Pepin
  86. Radigis
  87. Rothad
  88. Sergius
  89. Sigebert
  90. Suidger
  91. Taurin
  92. Thankmar
  93. Theodulf
  94. Theodoric
  95. Vigor
  96. Vulmar
  97. Walaric
  98. Wibert
  99. Wulfram
  100. Zwentibold

Female Names


  1. Aine
  2. Alma
  3. Binne
  4. Blair
  5. Breena
  6. Cahan
  7. Creidne
  8. Davan
  9. Dymphna
  10. Eilis
  11. Ena
  12. Finola
  13. Flidais
  14. Gemma
  15. Gweneth
  16. Hilda
  17. Honorah
  18. Ina
  19. Isleen
  20. Jileen
  21. Juliane
  22. Keelie
  23. Kinnat
  24. Mabh
  25. Morgan
  26. Myrna
  27. Nia
  28. Nola
  29. Oona
  30. Ornice
  31. Payton
  32. Philomena
  33. Renny
  34. Rowena
  35. Sine
  36. Sorcha
  37. Sybil
  38. Tara
  39. Troya
  40. Tuiren
  41. Uli
  42. Ursula
  43. Vevina
  44. Vivienne
  45. Whiltiera
  46. Withypol
  47. Yseult
  48. Yvon
  49. Zaira
  50. Zinna
  51. Adallinda
  52. Adaltrude
  53. Adelheid
  54. Alpaida
  55. Alpais
  56. Ansgard
  57. Aubirge
  58. Audofleda
  59. Basina
  60. Berenga
  61. Bertha
  62. Bertrada
  63. Clothild
  64. Eadgithu
  65. Emma
  66. Engelberga
  67. Ermengard
  68. Ermentrudis
  69. Fara
  70. Fastrada
  71. Foy
  72. Genofeva
  73. Gersvinda
  74. Gisela
  75. Gudula
  76. Gudule
  77. Gundrada
  78. Herleva
  79. Hildegard
  80. Hildegund
  81. Hiltrude
  82. Hodierna
  83. Ingeltrude
  84. Joveta
  85. Liutgarde
  86. Madelgarde
  87. Mechtild
  88. Moschia
  89. Oda
  90. Ogiva
  91. Radogund
  92. Rosamund
  93. Rothaide
  94. Rotrude
  95. Rotrudis
  96. Ruothilde
  97. Theodelinda
  98. Theoderada
  99. Theutberga
  100. Waldrada

3 comments:

  1. Ooh, fascinating. This born of human parents notion is the first I have heard of it. So what do two elves produce? An elf? Or a human? Do you have this written up somewhere?

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  2. I'm not very good at naming NPCs, so for my Traveller game, I pick a nationality, X, and Google, "X Baby Names." I now have a planets that use Celtic, French, Slavik and African names... makes it easy for me to generate. I also have my players choose names from those lists if they're from the planets in question.

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