About Roll The Name

Roll The Name is a free fantasy character name generator built for tabletop role-playing players, dungeon masters, and writers. It exists to solve one small but real problem: you sit down to play, you need a name for a character, and you draw a blank.

What the site does

You pick a race and a class. The generator pulls from curated name pools that fit the lore, blends in class-flavored variations like epithets or titles when relevant, and gives you a list of names you can use right away. You can roll again as many times as you want. You can filter by gender, name length, or starting letter. You can tap any name to copy it to your clipboard. That is the whole tool.

Where the names come from

The race name pools draw from the published D&D 5th edition source books for examples of canonical names, augmented with original names crafted in the same linguistic style. Class flavor (epithets, title prefixes) is original. We do not reproduce the contents of any single source book wholesale. If you spot a name that you think comes from copyrighted material we should not be using, please write to us and we will review it.

Who runs the site

Roll The Name is operated by one person as a small side project. It is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast or any other game publisher. There is no team behind it, no investors, no parent company. The site runs on Cloudflare's free static-hosting tier, which is why we can keep it free for you to use.

How the site stays free

Roll The Name makes money two ways: display advertising, and affiliate links to gaming gear. As an Amazon Associate, Roll The Name earns from qualifying purchases made through those links, at no extra cost to you. There is no premium tier you have to unlock, no email list you have to join, no account you have to create. If you find the tool useful, the most helpful thing you can do is not block the ads.

What the site covers

The generator currently covers 15 D&D 5e races (Aasimar, Dragonborn, Drow, Dwarf, Elf, Firbolg, Genasi, Gnome, Goliath, Half-Elf, Half-Orc, Halfling, Human, Tabaxi, and Tiefling) and all 12 classes, each with its own page explaining how that race or class handles names in the lore. Next up: dedicated pages for popular race-class combinations. If there is a name type you wish we covered, the contact page is the place to ask.