Elf Last Name Generator

Family names come in two styles. A house name joins two parts from the elf type's own surname tables, and the translation underneath shows what it means in Common. A translated name skips the Elvish and gives you a plain English compound, the way a family might be known to outsiders.

Each elf type has its own house tables, so wood elf houses sound leafy, high elf houses sound formal, and most drow houses put an apostrophe between their parts.

Here's one high elf house name split into its two parts.

The translation simply joins the two glosses into one word, which is how a lot of fantasy family names read in English.

Not in the way we use surnames. Tolkien's elves are mostly known by a single name, sometimes with a father-name or a house attached. When Gildor meets the hobbits in The Fellowship of the Ring, he introduces himself as "Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod," and Inglorion is a patronymic meaning "son of Inglor" (Encyclopedia of Arda).

Games and other settings often do give elves family names, which is where this page comes in. If you're writing in a Tolkien-style world, try a father-name or a house instead of a modern surname.

Eighteen house names across the three elf types, each with its respelling and meaning in Common.

• UlirelOOL-eer-el, Owlpath
• ThaeonethTHAY-on-eth, Evertower
• Tzi'quarTSEE-kwar, Stingthrone
• HollorenHOL-lor-en, Hollybough
• DelaorilDEL-uh-or-il, Highglory
• Aun'rethOWN-reth, Slyscar
• YaealenYAY-al-en, Yewwood
• MaeilianMAY-il-ee-an, Silverflame
• Jhy'quarJEE-kwar, Obsidianthrone
• QuelquenKWEL-kwen, Swiftrunner
• EshonethESH-on-eth, Loretower
• Ghes'ithGHES-ith, Cruelshade
• AelnorAYL-nor, Dawnheart
• EshorienESH-or-ee-en, Lorebloom
• Vel'drielVEL-dree-el, Veiledpoison
• OlaenOH-luh-ayn, Ashspring
• AerondarAIR-on-dar, Sunkeep
• Vel'yrrVEL-eer, Veiledweaver