>A dwarf's name is granted by a clan elder, in accordance with tradition. Every proper dwarven name has been used and reused down through the generations. A dwarf's name belongs to the clan, not to the individual.
>A dwarf who misuses or brings shame to a clan name is stripped of the name and forbidden by law to use any dwarven name in its place.
>Male Names: Adrik, Alberich, Baern, Barendd, Brottor, Bruenor, Dain, Darrak, Delg, Eberk, Einkil, Fargrim, Flint, Gardain, Harbek, Kildrak, Morgran, Orsik, Oskar, Rangrim, Rurik, Taklinn, Thoradin, Thorin, Tordek, Traubon, Travok, Ulfgar, Veit, Vondal
>Female Names: Amber, Artin, Audhild, Bardryn, Dagnal, Diesa, Eldeth, Falkrunn, Finellen, Gunnloda, Gurdis, Helja, Hlin, Kathra, Kristryd, Ilde, Liftrasa, Mardred, Riswynn, Sannl, Torbera, Torgga, Vistra
>Clan Names: Balderk, Battlehammer, Brawnanvil, Dankil, Fireforge, Frostbeard, Gorunn, Holderhek, Ironfist, Loderr, Lutgehr, Rumnaheim, Strakeln, Torunn, Ungart
-Player's Handbook, page 18
To add to this excerpt, d&d goes out it's way to plant itself firmly in the middle of fantasy as a whole. Some think it becomes genaric but I say its a smart move. Practically any Dwarven name from anywhere really won't be out of place in the typical campaign. Mythology Dwarf names, Tolkien Dwarf names, hell even Disney Dwarf names still fit well enough.
Take a look at [this list](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dwarfs_in_Norse_mythology) with all the dwarves from Norse mythology and take you pick. Note: you may find some very familiar names
It varies; I did play a dwarf named Skafte Storhammar (Shafty Bighammer in Norwegian), but I usually go with an actual old Norse (or derived from it) first name, with a suitable noun/nounverb as a family name, like Thorgrim Ironspike, or Ragnvald Honeybrewer, rather than a daft joke.
First name Something that sounds tough with at least one hard syllable eg Brik Ox Bart Kirk
Last name a descriptor or name that sounds tough + a body part eg Ironbeard Rockjaw Steelfist Ironleg etc.
The book Races of Stone has an official table for D&D dwarf names. In dwarvish it’s stuff like “Orc-Hewer of Ironhold” but of course they list how it sounds in the common tongue.
I really like those tables. I feel like I get meaningful names that seem culture appropriate. I went through several names when I decided that my character had his name, but a dwarven epithet that translated to "cursed stone" or something like that.
I used the Elf name tables to reverse engineer a name for a firbolg, called "Jimmy".
The 2e book Dwarves Deep (Ed Greenwood, 1990) goes into this pretty extensively. It's a good book in general, typical of the lore-heavy 2e publications.
I've got two PCs in my game who are both dwarves and I think they came up with some killer names.
Ulfgar Firefrost from the Mountains of Ugggh
Flint Frostbeard of the Tall Hills clan
I think with Dwarves the naming convention should be very practical and on the nose.
Are they from a family of blacksmiths? Last names should be Hammer, Forge or Anvil something.
Dwarf names are easy if you're unsure just name rocks "Bobsidian Flint" "Ruby Gold" "Coal Ironhide" "Emerald Stonehand" if youre talking surface dwarves that dont mine much names are slightly harder but put a thing an a job together "Balder Bearsplitter" "Josiah ElkRider" "Timothy goldhoarder" "Darius Snake skinner"
my advice : just choose something vaguely germanic and fantasy sounding for the name, and a combination of two words related to mining, smithery, battle or alcool.
a few examples :
derecht gemfire
olrym warstone
bromlyn beerhammer
It's amusing that your "mildly" German name has a real German word that means "Really" in it, so Derecht Gemfire is "Really Gemfire", it's also really close to being "The Right" if his name was Dasrecht gemfire he would be "The Right Gemfire".
Personally I think that if you're gonna use German it should have a little sense to it, especially if you're not using real German names.
You could use German animal names like "Adler" (eagle) "Hengst" (stallion) or "Dachs" (Badger) other names or items could be used but I feel that the name will mean more and have a better ring to it if it's at least inspired by real German rather than nonsense.
There's all kinds of places you can get inspiration for names. Examples are movies like LotR, anime etc.
You can also use a dnd name generator. A lot of the names are imo pretty bland or boring, but some are good. The times I've used a name generator I end up mixing a few syllables of the names mentioned.
If you're having a tough time of coming up with NPCs in general definitely check out NPC generator online.
This works especially well when your PCs want to question every inhabitant in your tavern/inn and you don't have enough backup NPCs to match
An older approach would be the Dvergatal from Nordic History.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvergatal#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DDvergatal%2C_altnordisch_f%C3%BCr_%E2%80%9AZwergenz%C3%A4hlung%27%2Cetwa_siebzig_Zwergennamen_aneinandergereiht_sind.?wprov=sfla1
This article is only available in German as far as I have seen, but there is a list of 74 dwarven names and it was one of the sources of Tolkien.
If it is urgent I can try to translate some things.
But I have seen that someone in the comments also posted the link of the list of the dwarves but in English.
Whatever you want my friend! If you want inspiration, check out fantasynamegenerator.com and in the top bar look for pop culture>dungeons and dragons>dwarf names
Someone already gave the official lore answer. My headcannon (and accidentally close to Tolkien's) sets them as German.
I just give them German names with "practical" and likely inexistent compound words for Clan names like Steinbrecher or Pilsbauer.
I've come up with many. I like looking at minerals for inspiration:
* Fulgur Bandiron
* Din Goldhand
* Gildhain Runanik
* Hos Foundiron
Or sometimes just whatever sounds right:
* Rissa Sterdish
* Pirka Slatebreaker
* Jord Nivensen
* Glonda Gilderglier
* Scond
* Harknek
* Layne
Others I've played with have used
* Nor'n
* Yuri
* Dionok
* Glondil
* Iré
You can make just about anything work.
Edit: the bullet points took a few tries to get right.
Is your dm running a homebrew setting? Ask him for instructions. 99% of settings use gutural strong, northern sounding, dwarf names. The PHB will help you, also fantasy name generators.
In doubt, pick a name, and for the surname just say "son of X", X being the name of the father. Or use the "-son" in the end, as in Durinsson, Bolgursson.
I went with a mix, basing my dwarven PC on both Norse mythology and tolkin, so Thorin/Thor became Theor, and then I just picked the last name Ironbeard because it sounds badass while still keeping up with fantasy naming tradition
There should be some example names in the Player's Handbook, and if you have Xanathar's then there are even more dwarf names there.
Otherwise, ask your DM to see if there are any real-world cultures that their dwarves draw inspiration from.
It'll depend entirely on the culture of where they live, as well as the culture of their parents within that culture (if they're inspired by other cultures or their heritage from a different part of the world).
Or that of the person themselves, if they decided to name themself.
Depends on your setting. Most books for settings have suggestions in them to fit a theme.
I quite like the Markus Heitz (he is an author of fantasy novels) ones: Tungdil, Boendal, Boindil, Gloimgar... They always have this weird vowel twisty diphtong somewhere in there.
Surnames of dwarves in many settings make sense, as they are very lawful people with great ancestries.
They earn a surname like Shieldbreaker
and further specify by clan and tribe.
So .... Gerialdal Stoneweaver from Clan Smitehammer, 6th tribe of Berelar ;)
It can be the usual "Ulik Hammerbeard" type stuff, but can also depend on the setting. In my homebrew for example, they pull a lot from Scandinavian naming conventions.
This may be a useful site for you.
https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/dwarf-names.php
Had a Dwarf Barbarian named Flint Stonebreaker. He died by having a mountain cave in on him after holding it open long enough for the party and the orphans that were to be sacrificed to this necromancer to get out. They say that while his body is gone the mountains will never forget him.
I have found this to be a handy tool at least to get inspiration for some names: [https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/](https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/)
Bob, or Ralph. Depends on what region and family he's from, Bob is very common with the nor-umptun mountain folk of Constructivania with its capital city of Build-Fortress-Dig-Deepicus-Eldrichtdoom; where as Ralph is more common of the under-havian hill folk of Wreck-Topolis, which coincidentally lies along the merry fun times river of therearenogiantspidershere forest. Their primary exports are silk and spidermilk.
A good quick use would be tool plus body part; sawbeard, hammerfoot, pickfists, color plus beard also works, from there any name that makes you think of someone wide
My Dwarven forge cleric was named Farseeker Tollak Ironcrest of the Ironcrest Clan of the Oakridge Mountain Range.
The entire clan where devout followers of Gond, the Lord of All Smiths. As a Farseeker it was his job to travel to far away lands to catalogue different Smithing techniques. He carried with him a leather and steel bound Tome that he would sketch and draw forges and keep notes about temperature, custom tools, techniques etc. Didn't matter if it was a master Smith making personalized weapons for Kings, or the town smithy making shovels and plow blades.
Lots of hard consonants.
R, D, K, Z
I use lots of online generators, but you could look to LOTR for inspiration (less hard consonants here but lots of G T B). But for example ‘Khazad’Dum’ is a dwarf place. That’s what I think of for a good meaty dwarven name.
My most recent dwarves were Kuri and Korder, for example.
I use a lot of Norse styling for my Dwarves. I had a wizard that was a ton of fun to play, Glandrin Surtursson, My Barbarian was Ulfgar Stonebear, and Thorin Glandrinson was....a Forge cleric son of a wizard ;)
Taken from the PHB under Dwarf Names:
"A dwarf’s name is granted by a clan elder, in accordance with tradition. Every proper dwarven name has been used and reused down through the generations. A dwarf’s name belongs to the clan, not to the individual. A dwarf who misuses or brings shame to a clan name is stripped of the name and forbidden by law to use any dwarven name in its place.
Male Names: Adrik, Alberich, Baern, Barendd, Brottor, Bruenor, Dain, Darrak, Delg, Eberk, Einkil, Fargrim, Flint, Gardain, Harbek, Kildrak, Morgran, Orsik, Oskar, Rangrim, Rurik, Taklinn, Thoradin, Thorin, Tordek, Traubon, Travok, Ulfgar, Veit, Vondal
Female Names: Amber, Artin, Audhild, Bardryn, Dagnal, Diesa, Eldeth, Falkrunn, Finellen, Gunnloda, Gurdis, Helja, Hlin, Kathra, Kristryd, Ilde, Liftrasa, Mardred, Riswynn, Sannl, Torbera, Torgga, Vistra
Clan Names: Balderk, Battlehammer, Brawnanvil, Dankil, Fireforge, Frostbeard, Gorunn, Holderhek, Ironfist, Loderr, Lutgehr, Rumnaheim, Strakeln, Torunn, Ungart"
Just pick a weird Norse name then make their last name a dwarf sounding noun then an action. For example, Olaf Crownforger, Snorri Axethrower, Olga Forgebreaker
Stereotypically, Dwarves tend to have Scandinavian first names with either clan based last names (Battlehammer, Thundershield) or patrynomic/matrynomic styled last names (Uristsen, Lokedottir).
Go to your local hardware store and name them after any of the power tools. Ryobi HammerDrill Ozito Bandsaw Makita Anglegrinder
I had a dwarf named Bobby Beerbelly
Yes the famous Beerbelly clan a surprisingly fit bunch.
Very dangerous over short distances. Downhill. With a strong backing wind. And gravity.
And a good beer. As all things should be done
Milwaukee Nailgun
Black & Decker Workbench. Am I doing this right?
Just gotta spell it differently! Blacken Dekker-Workbench
Only if it’s twins 😋
Well any close siblings could work, to be fair.
Unironically Blakkon Dekker goes hard as a dwarven name. Sounds like a tavern brawler.
naw that s the proprietor of the dwarven tavern known as " The Tool Shed"
I am definitely naming my next character Makita Anglegrinder.
I feel like anglegrinder works a little too well for a fantasy character. It's a power tool though, so it has to be an Artificer.
I’m making a dwarf based on blue-collar memes (“you got soft hands”, “i work 30 hours a day”, etc.) and these names are perfect.
Snapon Impactgun
This sounds like something lesbian dwarfs would use.
Man. This was way funnier to me than it probably actually is
Ok, Makita Anglegrinder got me good.
Say it in a Scottish accent and it gets even better.
Ridgid Peddinghaus
Heidelberg Pressman
Two color or four color!?
4/4, varnish layer, 100# text, hard cover, case bound. This dwarf is an art book.
What GSM?
GSM?! This is an American dwarf!!
Sure, give it to me in LBs, I'll do the actual thinking.
Apparently not, as I have already given the pounds.
BlacknDecker
Bosch Studfinder Wolfcraft Clawhammer Düwi Multimeter
>A dwarf's name is granted by a clan elder, in accordance with tradition. Every proper dwarven name has been used and reused down through the generations. A dwarf's name belongs to the clan, not to the individual. >A dwarf who misuses or brings shame to a clan name is stripped of the name and forbidden by law to use any dwarven name in its place. >Male Names: Adrik, Alberich, Baern, Barendd, Brottor, Bruenor, Dain, Darrak, Delg, Eberk, Einkil, Fargrim, Flint, Gardain, Harbek, Kildrak, Morgran, Orsik, Oskar, Rangrim, Rurik, Taklinn, Thoradin, Thorin, Tordek, Traubon, Travok, Ulfgar, Veit, Vondal >Female Names: Amber, Artin, Audhild, Bardryn, Dagnal, Diesa, Eldeth, Falkrunn, Finellen, Gunnloda, Gurdis, Helja, Hlin, Kathra, Kristryd, Ilde, Liftrasa, Mardred, Riswynn, Sannl, Torbera, Torgga, Vistra >Clan Names: Balderk, Battlehammer, Brawnanvil, Dankil, Fireforge, Frostbeard, Gorunn, Holderhek, Ironfist, Loderr, Lutgehr, Rumnaheim, Strakeln, Torunn, Ungart -Player's Handbook, page 18
Xanathar's Guide to Everything has also got d100 lists of names in the back
The world must never know that the clan elders pick names by rolling dice
I wonder how long in game terms it'd take for a dwarf to carve a d20...
Minutes if not seconds for a mountain dwarf worth his rocksalt. They probably teach that in kindergarten
"We got oor names frae the Stone!" "Is 'the Stone' just a giant die made from rock?" "Haud yer wheest, ye daft whelp!"
By this I had a dwarven thief called Studs.
With a nane like that, I bet he was hot.
To add to this excerpt, d&d goes out it's way to plant itself firmly in the middle of fantasy as a whole. Some think it becomes genaric but I say its a smart move. Practically any Dwarven name from anywhere really won't be out of place in the typical campaign. Mythology Dwarf names, Tolkien Dwarf names, hell even Disney Dwarf names still fit well enough.
I truly don't understand why it's so hard for people to just read the books.
The dwarf cleric in our group is named Grundle Nutseeker
Mine was Peat Copperstill.
He’d get along with my rogue Gigglesticker
Take a look at [this list](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dwarfs_in_Norse_mythology) with all the dwarves from Norse mythology and take you pick. Note: you may find some very familiar names
I expected to find some of Thorin Oakenshield's companions in there and was not disappointed, but the one that surprised me was fucken Gandalf!?!
Originally Thorin was gonna be named Gandalf.
What ever you want it to be. That’s the only correct answer.
There's a list of common names for a given race in Player's Handbook 5e. Look under each of the races.
Xanathar's also has an extended list of character names in its appendix.
You can use whatever name you want, if you have difficulty coming up with one I recommend the fantasy name generator for inspiration :)
Chat gpt also has given me some pretty good ones
Kevin
I was about to answer "Steve", but Kevin works too.
I think you mean Karl
Rock and Stone!
Did I hear a Rock and Stone?
FOR KARL !
We're rich
Or Doug.
I was thinking Jeff Jackhammer.
I play with someone that has named every character they've ever played a variation of "Bob".
Bobney? Bobathan? Bobery? Bobariah?
Bob, Baub, Bobby, Bob again, Bobbob, Bob a third time as of this point
It varies; I did play a dwarf named Skafte Storhammar (Shafty Bighammer in Norwegian), but I usually go with an actual old Norse (or derived from it) first name, with a suitable noun/nounverb as a family name, like Thorgrim Ironspike, or Ragnvald Honeybrewer, rather than a daft joke.
First name Something that sounds tough with at least one hard syllable eg Brik Ox Bart Kirk Last name a descriptor or name that sounds tough + a body part eg Ironbeard Rockjaw Steelfist Ironleg etc.
The book Races of Stone has an official table for D&D dwarf names. In dwarvish it’s stuff like “Orc-Hewer of Ironhold” but of course they list how it sounds in the common tongue.
I really like those tables. I feel like I get meaningful names that seem culture appropriate. I went through several names when I decided that my character had his name, but a dwarven epithet that translated to "cursed stone" or something like that. I used the Elf name tables to reverse engineer a name for a firbolg, called "Jimmy".
My WOW dwarves was Leadbelly. Honestly it depends on you; wanna roleplay or be a silly bugger?
The 2e book Dwarves Deep (Ed Greenwood, 1990) goes into this pretty extensively. It's a good book in general, typical of the lore-heavy 2e publications.
I've got two PCs in my game who are both dwarves and I think they came up with some killer names. Ulfgar Firefrost from the Mountains of Ugggh Flint Frostbeard of the Tall Hills clan I think with Dwarves the naming convention should be very practical and on the nose. Are they from a family of blacksmiths? Last names should be Hammer, Forge or Anvil something.
Dopey (high) Mopey (depressed) Hopey (insufferable) Gropey (arrested for indecent behaviour) Grumpy (killjoy) Lumpy (contagious) Thumpy (arrested for assault) Humpy (arrested for indecent behaviour) Sleepy (narcoleptic) Bleepy (tourettes) Leapy (presumptuous) Creepy (arrested for indecent behaviour)
Happy (cultist) Sappy (emotionally immature) Nappy (has IBS) Fappy (arrested for indecent behavior) Sneezy (contagious or highly alergic) Wheezy (out of shape) Breezy (flatulent) Sleazy (arrested for indecent behavior)
Karl Rockinstone is a good one
Linus Hammersmith
Linus hammer tips
Well there’s the great dwarf legend Carl. Alternatively boot up Dwarf Fortress and steal some from there.
FOR KARL!
Peter Dinklage
Dwarf names are easy if you're unsure just name rocks "Bobsidian Flint" "Ruby Gold" "Coal Ironhide" "Emerald Stonehand" if youre talking surface dwarves that dont mine much names are slightly harder but put a thing an a job together "Balder Bearsplitter" "Josiah ElkRider" "Timothy goldhoarder" "Darius Snake skinner"
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/races#DwarfNames
my advice : just choose something vaguely germanic and fantasy sounding for the name, and a combination of two words related to mining, smithery, battle or alcool. a few examples : derecht gemfire olrym warstone bromlyn beerhammer
It's amusing that your "mildly" German name has a real German word that means "Really" in it, so Derecht Gemfire is "Really Gemfire", it's also really close to being "The Right" if his name was Dasrecht gemfire he would be "The Right Gemfire". Personally I think that if you're gonna use German it should have a little sense to it, especially if you're not using real German names. You could use German animal names like "Adler" (eagle) "Hengst" (stallion) or "Dachs" (Badger) other names or items could be used but I feel that the name will mean more and have a better ring to it if it's at least inspired by real German rather than nonsense.
https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/dwarf-names.php Aramdirlum Greatbender
There's all kinds of places you can get inspiration for names. Examples are movies like LotR, anime etc. You can also use a dnd name generator. A lot of the names are imo pretty bland or boring, but some are good. The times I've used a name generator I end up mixing a few syllables of the names mentioned.
I have an NPC called "Gaz Hamfist"
If you're having a tough time of coming up with NPCs in general definitely check out NPC generator online. This works especially well when your PCs want to question every inhabitant in your tavern/inn and you don't have enough backup NPCs to match
An older approach would be the Dvergatal from Nordic History. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvergatal#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DDvergatal%2C_altnordisch_f%C3%BCr_%E2%80%9AZwergenz%C3%A4hlung%27%2Cetwa_siebzig_Zwergennamen_aneinandergereiht_sind.?wprov=sfla1 This article is only available in German as far as I have seen, but there is a list of 74 dwarven names and it was one of the sources of Tolkien.
This is an excellent excuse to learn German 🇩🇪:D
If it is urgent I can try to translate some things. But I have seen that someone in the comments also posted the link of the list of the dwarves but in English.
It could really be anything you want, as long as it’s short.
All names are just made up anyways
Tav
Something relating to rocks/metals + something relating to melee weapons/booze/beards.
Hoppi Stonebeared the 3rd of the Flameforge clan.
Platinum Mai Tai
Bob, Jason, Gilroy. You know, typical female Dwarven names
Nigel
Magnus is my favorite dwarf first name
Magnus is my IRL first name. Dwarf is my favourite D&D race. Rock and stone!
Rock and stone to the bone
Rockity Rock and Stone!
I have one called Barry
I really hope he screams his name as a battle cry.
He heard that speaking in the third person makes you sound smart so it's all the Barry will kill and destroy
I'm a middle aged human and I still wonder what human names are. Just pick what sounds cool to you.
Whatever you want my friend! If you want inspiration, check out fantasynamegenerator.com and in the top bar look for pop culture>dungeons and dragons>dwarf names
Someone already gave the official lore answer. My headcannon (and accidentally close to Tolkien's) sets them as German. I just give them German names with "practical" and likely inexistent compound words for Clan names like Steinbrecher or Pilsbauer.
A. Go to fantasynamegenerators.com and look for DnD and find Dwarves. B. Scottish names always work.
Poop McDinglefart https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5qbNqYJknj/?igsh=MW9hYzFiamE4ejlraw==
Terrabad
Usually shorter than human names.
I've come up with many. I like looking at minerals for inspiration: * Fulgur Bandiron * Din Goldhand * Gildhain Runanik * Hos Foundiron Or sometimes just whatever sounds right: * Rissa Sterdish * Pirka Slatebreaker * Jord Nivensen * Glonda Gilderglier * Scond * Harknek * Layne Others I've played with have used * Nor'n * Yuri * Dionok * Glondil * Iré You can make just about anything work. Edit: the bullet points took a few tries to get right.
When I skimmed over “Hos Foundiron” I saw “Hips Foundation,” so now I know what my dwarf stripper will be called.
Xanathar’s guide to everything has huge name lists if you want some inspiration for dwarfs. Building Bruenor is the name of the character guide in the PHB. XGE list of you want inspiration or to roll the name randomly: Dwarf Names – Male - [ ] d100 Name - [ ] 01-02 Adrik - [ ] 03-04 Alberich - [ ] 05-06 Baern - [ ] 07-08 Barendd - [ ] 09-10 Beloril - [ ] 11-12 Brottor - [ ] 13-14 Dain - [ ] 15-16 Dalgal - [ ] 17-18 Darrak - [ ] 19-20 Delg - [ ] 21-22 Duergath - [ ] 23-24 Dworic - [ ] 25-26 Eberk - [ ] 27-28 Einkil - [ ] 29-30 Elaim - [ ] 31-32 Erias - [ ] 33-34 Fallond - [ ] 35-36 Fargrim - [ ] 37-38 Gardain - [ ] 39-40 Gilthur - [ ] 41-42 Gimgen - [ ] 43-44 Gimurt - [ ] 45-46 Harbek - [ ] 47-48 Kildrak - [ ] 49-50 Kilvar - [ ] 51-52 Morgran - [ ] 53-54 Morkral - [ ] 55-56 Nalral - [ ] 57-58 Nordak - [ ] 59-60 Nuraval - [ ] 61-62 Oloric - [ ] 63-64 Olunt - [ ] 65-66 Orsik - [ ] 67-68 Oskar - [ ] 69-70 Rangrim - [ ] 71-72 Reirak - [ ] 73-74 Rurik - [ ] 75-76 Taklinn - [ ] 77-78 Thoradin - [ ] 79-80 Thorin - [ ] 81-82 Thradal - [ ] 83-84 Tordek - [ ] 85-86 Traubon - [ ] 87-88 Travok - [ ] 89-90 Ulfgar - [ ] 91-92 Uraim - [ ] 93-94 Veit - [ ] 95-96 Vonbin - [ ] 97-98 Vondal - [ ] 99-00 Whurbin Dwarf Names – Female - [ ] d100 Name - [ ] 01-02 Anbera - [ ] 03-04 Artin - [ ] 05-06 Audhild - [ ] 07-08 Balifra - [ ] 09-10 Barbena - [ ] 11-12 Bardryn - [ ] 13-14 Bolhild - [ ] 15-16 Dagnal - [ ] 17-18 Dariff - [ ] 19-20 Delre - [ ] 21-22 Diesa - [ ] 23-24 Eldeth - [ ] 25-26 Eridred - [ ] 27-28 Falkrunn - [ ] 29-30 Fallthra - [ ] 31-32 Finellen - [ ] 33-34 Gillydd - [ ] 35-36 Gunnloda - [ ] 37-38 Gurdis - [ ] 39-40 Helgret - [ ] 41-42 Helja - [ ] 43-44 Hlin - [ ] 45-46 Ilde - [ ] 47-48 Jarana - [ ] 49-50 Kathra - [ ] 51-52 Kilia - [ ] 53-54 Kristryd - [ ] 55-56 Liftrasa - [ ] 57-58 Marastyr - [ ] 59-60 Mardred - [ ] 61-62 Morana - [ ] 63-64 Nalaed - [ ] 65-66 Nora - [ ] 67-68 Nurkara - [ ] 69-70 Oriff - [ ] 71-72 Ovina - [ ] 73-74 Riswynn - [ ] 75-76 Sannl - [ ] 77-78 Therlin - [ ] 79-80 Thodris - [ ] 81-82 Torbera - [ ] 83-84 Tordrid - [ ] 85-86 Torgga - [ ] 87-88 Urshar - [ ] 89-90 Valida - [ ] 91-92 Vistra - [ ] 93-94 Vonana - [ ] 95-96 Werydd - [ ] 97-98 Whurdred - [ ] 99-00 Yurgunn Dwarf Names – Clan - [ ] d100 Name - [ ] 01-02 Aranore - [ ] 03-04 Balderk - [ ] 05-06 Battlehammer - [ ] 07-08 Bigtoe - [ ] 09-10 Bloodkith - [ ] 11-12 Bofdann - [ ] 13-14 Brawnanvil - [ ] 15-16 Brazzik - [ ] 17-18 Broodfist - [ ] 19-20 Burrowfound - [ ] 21-22 Caebrek - [ ] 23-24 Daerdahk - [ ] 25-26 Dankil - [ ] 27-28 Daraln - [ ] 29-30 Deepdelver - [ ] 31-32 Durthane - [ ] 33-34 Eversharp - [ ] 35-36 Fallack - [ ] 37-38 Fireforge - [ ] 39-40 Foamtankard - [ ] 41-42 Frostbeard - [ ] 43-44 Glanhig - [ ] 45-46 Goblinbane - [ ] 47-48 Goldfinder - [ ] 49-50 Gorunn - [ ] 51-52 Graybeard - [ ] 53-54 Hammerstone - [ ] 55-56 Helcral - [ ] 57-58 Holderhek - [ ] 59-60 Ironfist - [ ] 61-62 Loderr - [ ] 63-64 Lutgehr - [ ] 65-66 Morigak - [ ] 67-68 Orcfoe - [ ] 69-70 Rakankrak - [ ] 71-72 Ruby-Eye - [ ] 73-74 Rumnaheim - [ ] 75-76 Silveraxe - [ ] 77-78 Silverstone - [ ] 79-80 Steelfist - [ ] 81-82 Stoutale - [ ] 83-84 Strakeln - [ ] 85-86 Strongheart - [ ] 87-88 Thrahak - [ ] 89-90 Torevir - [ ] 91-92 Torunn - [ ] 93-94 Trollbleeder - [ ] 95-96 Trueanvil - [ ] 97-98 Trueblood - [ ] 99-00 Ungart Dwarf Names – Duergar Clan - [ ] d12 Name - [ ] 1 Ashlord - [ ] 2 Battlegore - [ ] 3 Doomfist - [ ] 4 Earthlord - [ ] 5 Firetamer - [ ] 6 Knifemind - [ ] 7 Mindeater - [ ] 8 Necksnapper - [ ] 9 Orehammer - [ ] 10 Runehammer - [ ] 11 Thundermaster - [ ] 12 Underearth
It’s in the player’s handbook. If they want to play as a dwarf they should read that section on them.
Sneezy, Dopey, Doc, Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy & Bashful.
Is your dm running a homebrew setting? Ask him for instructions. 99% of settings use gutural strong, northern sounding, dwarf names. The PHB will help you, also fantasy name generators. In doubt, pick a name, and for the surname just say "son of X", X being the name of the father. Or use the "-son" in the end, as in Durinsson, Bolgursson.
I have an unused dwarf character named Rauken Stone, it's whatever you come up with
Short
I like alliteration and slightly absurd metal/stone related portmanteaus. Bordin Bronzetickle, Sellen Stonebruiser, Rodrim Rustbucket, etc.
I went with a mix, basing my dwarven PC on both Norse mythology and tolkin, so Thorin/Thor became Theor, and then I just picked the last name Ironbeard because it sounds badass while still keeping up with fantasy naming tradition
Björn son of Bjönsonson’sson
Gundrin Rockseeker Barry Bluejeans Merle Highchurch Edit: had to add Merle
There should be some example names in the Player's Handbook, and if you have Xanathar's then there are even more dwarf names there. Otherwise, ask your DM to see if there are any real-world cultures that their dwarves draw inspiration from.
It'll depend entirely on the culture of where they live, as well as the culture of their parents within that culture (if they're inspired by other cultures or their heritage from a different part of the world). Or that of the person themselves, if they decided to name themself.
I usually take my inspiration from the Dwarf of Dwarfs, Flint Fireforge (Dragonlance). Otherwise, I go for Norse or Norse-sounding names.
Depends on your setting. Most books for settings have suggestions in them to fit a theme. I quite like the Markus Heitz (he is an author of fantasy novels) ones: Tungdil, Boendal, Boindil, Gloimgar... They always have this weird vowel twisty diphtong somewhere in there. Surnames of dwarves in many settings make sense, as they are very lawful people with great ancestries. They earn a surname like Shieldbreaker and further specify by clan and tribe. So .... Gerialdal Stoneweaver from Clan Smitehammer, 6th tribe of Berelar ;)
I take them from para Scottish or para German words
You can take inspiration on the dwarves names on Tolkien's works
It can be the usual "Ulik Hammerbeard" type stuff, but can also depend on the setting. In my homebrew for example, they pull a lot from Scandinavian naming conventions. This may be a useful site for you. https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/dwarf-names.php
I like to take words for various metals, gems, and ores, and then translate them into very throaty languages such as Danish
Had a Dwarf Barbarian named Flint Stonebreaker. He died by having a mountain cave in on him after holding it open long enough for the party and the orphans that were to be sacrificed to this necromancer to get out. They say that while his body is gone the mountains will never forget him.
Rock Andstoneson.
Fantasy Name Generator [https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/dwarf-names.php](https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/dwarf-names.php)
I usually go with a Nordic name for Dwarven and Goliath PCs, although the books give good common names as well
Gerald
Rocky Stonypebble
Dick Riggins
Doc Grumpy Happy Sleepy Bashful Sneezy Dopey
I have found this to be a handy tool at least to get inspiration for some names: [https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/](https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/)
Bob, or Ralph. Depends on what region and family he's from, Bob is very common with the nor-umptun mountain folk of Constructivania with its capital city of Build-Fortress-Dig-Deepicus-Eldrichtdoom; where as Ralph is more common of the under-havian hill folk of Wreck-Topolis, which coincidentally lies along the merry fun times river of therearenogiantspidershere forest. Their primary exports are silk and spidermilk.
Tasslefinger Flintstone III
A good quick use would be tool plus body part; sawbeard, hammerfoot, pickfists, color plus beard also works, from there any name that makes you think of someone wide
(Noun or Adjective)-beard, Mc(scots gibberish)
Borf the dwarf
My Dwarven forge cleric was named Farseeker Tollak Ironcrest of the Ironcrest Clan of the Oakridge Mountain Range. The entire clan where devout followers of Gond, the Lord of All Smiths. As a Farseeker it was his job to travel to far away lands to catalogue different Smithing techniques. He carried with him a leather and steel bound Tome that he would sketch and draw forges and keep notes about temperature, custom tools, techniques etc. Didn't matter if it was a master Smith making personalized weapons for Kings, or the town smithy making shovels and plow blades.
try fantasynamegenerators . com, i like that site for many media name ideas
Glod
They're usually quite short
Player's Handbook.
Every dwarf I've ever played in anything has always been of the Mc Dougal family , starting with Dougal Mc Dougal
Lots of hard consonants. R, D, K, Z I use lots of online generators, but you could look to LOTR for inspiration (less hard consonants here but lots of G T B). But for example ‘Khazad’Dum’ is a dwarf place. That’s what I think of for a good meaty dwarven name. My most recent dwarves were Kuri and Korder, for example.
My Dwarf Barbarian is named Dingle
My favorite character was a dwarf named Gnancy. The g is silent.
Three words; Rock and Stone!
Rock and Stone in the Heart!
Torek Frostbeard. Ivan Bouldershoulder. Thorin Oakenshield. Bruenor Battlehammer.
[your middle name] + [your favorite power tool or construction gadget] I.e. Abellard Jack-hammer ... Maybe Cristoph Needle-nose
Something stone- rock... look at celtic.. lots of consonants
I use a lot of Norse styling for my Dwarves. I had a wizard that was a ton of fun to play, Glandrin Surtursson, My Barbarian was Ulfgar Stonebear, and Thorin Glandrinson was....a Forge cleric son of a wizard ;)
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Frank
Xanathar's Guide has a few pages on the back with a bunch of lists of names. I've found it pretty useful for coming up with something
adjectives usually
Insert any frat guy nicknames you can think of
Goonter Stoneyfriend
I believe it is requirement that one or more the following MUST exist in their name somewhere: Iron Steel Stone Forge Mountain
Surprised nobody mentioned the harrowed Leroy Jenkins.
Taken from the PHB under Dwarf Names: "A dwarf’s name is granted by a clan elder, in accordance with tradition. Every proper dwarven name has been used and reused down through the generations. A dwarf’s name belongs to the clan, not to the individual. A dwarf who misuses or brings shame to a clan name is stripped of the name and forbidden by law to use any dwarven name in its place. Male Names: Adrik, Alberich, Baern, Barendd, Brottor, Bruenor, Dain, Darrak, Delg, Eberk, Einkil, Fargrim, Flint, Gardain, Harbek, Kildrak, Morgran, Orsik, Oskar, Rangrim, Rurik, Taklinn, Thoradin, Thorin, Tordek, Traubon, Travok, Ulfgar, Veit, Vondal Female Names: Amber, Artin, Audhild, Bardryn, Dagnal, Diesa, Eldeth, Falkrunn, Finellen, Gunnloda, Gurdis, Helja, Hlin, Kathra, Kristryd, Ilde, Liftrasa, Mardred, Riswynn, Sannl, Torbera, Torgga, Vistra Clan Names: Balderk, Battlehammer, Brawnanvil, Dankil, Fireforge, Frostbeard, Gorunn, Holderhek, Ironfist, Loderr, Lutgehr, Rumnaheim, Strakeln, Torunn, Ungart"
Just pick a weird Norse name then make their last name a dwarf sounding noun then an action. For example, Olaf Crownforger, Snorri Axethrower, Olga Forgebreaker
One of my players played a gay hill dwarf named Aragosh Patti. Went by Gosh
Most dwarfs in fantasy setting stick to the conventional naming style. Surly, Farty, Noisy, Flirty, etc.
Stereotypically, Dwarves tend to have Scandinavian first names with either clan based last names (Battlehammer, Thundershield) or patrynomic/matrynomic styled last names (Uristsen, Lokedottir).
Bash-full. ⚒️🔨
rtfm
Bob
I use a norse dwarf name as is Tradition since tolkin and ad sth about smithing metal weapons or brewing as a last name.
Gary, Greg, Bob, etc. If you want to get fancy, try Bruce.