The name the monastery gives
In most monastic traditions, the door fee is your old name. An initiate enters with whatever name the world used and receives a new one when the master judges them ready, which may take years. The monastery name tends to be spare and pointed, often naming the quality the student most lacks or most embodies: Still Water for the restless one, Iron Path for the stubborn one. A monk's name is curriculum. When you roll above, the simplest results often fit best.
Economy of syllables
Monk naming runs opposite to bardic naming. Where a bard adds flourish, a monk subtracts. Short given names, no inherited surnames inside the order, and epithets that read like training notes: of the Open Palm, Silent Step, the Patient. The generator keeps monk flavor lean for that reason. If a rolled name feels too decorated, strip it to one or two syllables and you have probably found the version the abbot would have approved.
The old name as unfinished business
The name a monk surrendered at the gate makes a perfect loose thread. Maybe a sibling arrives mid-campaign using it. Maybe a bounty is still posted under it. A monk who has truly released the old name reacts to it like a stranger's, and a monk who flinches has work left to do on the mountain. Roll until you find a serene name, then quietly write down a second, ordinary one. That second name is a plot hook you are handing your DM.
This generator's monk flavor includes epithets like the Quiet, Open-Hand, the Patient, and titles like Brother, Sister, Master. About a third of rolled names carry one; the rest stay clean. Click any result to copy it.