01 · Pick a genre and gender
A Western fantasy knight, a cyberpunk mercenary, and a Lovecraftian investigator all need very different name sounds.
English, French, and Latin-rooted names all sound different: a knight needs weight (August), an assassin needs something short and sharp (Cain), and a noblewoman needs a vowel ending (Viola). The generator builds names from etymology and genre mood, and gives you both formats at once.
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A Western fantasy knight, a cyberpunk mercenary, and a Lovecraftian investigator all need very different name sounds.
Drop in identity and vibe keywords — fallen noble, mercenary, archbishop — and the names pick up class and era.
Use the Latin spelling in your prose and keep both formats in your story bible — no transliteration table to check.
For example, Adrian: every name comes in both formats at once, ready for your prose and your story bible.
Generated from English stress patterns, French endings, and Latin meanings — not syllables smashed together.
Vanderbilt (old money), Holland (landed gentry), a de … surname (French nobility) — each carries its origins with it.
Each name comes with a one-line note on its roots and meaning, ready to drop into a character bio.
A Lovecraftian investigator and a Western fantasy paladin get names with completely different flavors.
Your input isn't stored or used for training — it's used only for this generation.
In English, your prose uses the Latin spelling (Adrian), while your story bible can keep both formats for flavor. You get both at once, with no transliteration table to check.
English names usually stress the first syllable, so a rendering should stay short and avoid obscure spellings. French- and Latin-rooted names often end in vowels, and keeping endings like -a, -ia, or -us preserves where the name comes from.
Yes — switch the name type to Family Name for class-coded surnames, such as the Hollands or the Vanderbilt family.
Names are deduplicated within a single run; repeats can happen across runs, so search your platform once before final use.
No. It's used only for this generation — never stored, never used for training.
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