Demon name generator

Generate original demon names for stories, games and campaigns, give them a rank and a domain in the style of the old grimoires, and draw each one a sigil.

Rukroth the Ashen
Say it: RUK-roth
Invented meaning (our infernal): "riddle ruin".
Male
Cyrira of the Last Candle
Say it: CYR-ira
Invented meaning (our infernal): "ember hunger".
Female
Malka the Thousand-Tongued
Say it: MAL-ka
Invented meaning (our infernal): "brimstone ember".
Female
Lyxara the Veiled
Say it: LYX-ara
Invented meaning (our infernal): "debt shadow".
Female
Sezzara of the Obsidian Court
Say it: SEZ-zara
Invented meaning (our infernal): "flame horn".
Female
Mogkazeth Drinker of Shadows
Say it: MOG-ka-zeth
Invented meaning (our infernal): "ruin mirror".
Male
Malgul Lantern of the Pit
Say it: MAL-gul
Invented meaning (our infernal): "brimstone scorn".
Male
Kravex Devourer of Dreams
Say it: KRA-vex
Invented meaning (our infernal): "shadow debt".
Male
Nyessa the Whisperer
Say it: NY-essa
Invented meaning (our infernal): "cinder candle".
Female
Vorrath Teller of Secrets
Say it: VOR-rath
Invented meaning (our infernal): "thorn whisper".
Male
Rathost Eater of Oaths
Say it: RATH-ost
Invented meaning (our infernal): "whisper flame".
Male
Aevane the Patient Flame
Say it: AE-vane
Invented meaning (our infernal): "shadow pact".
Female

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Demon card and sigil

Build a demon the way the old grimoires described them: a name, a rank, the legions it commands, how it appears, what it offers and what binds it, with a sigil drawn from its name. Type your own demon's name to get its sigil.

KindGenderYour demon's name (optional)

How the demon name generator works

Demon names here mix two kinds of sound. Male names lean guttural, with openings like Gor, Drak and Zul and endings such as -roth, -gath and -thul. Female names lean silky and sibilant, full of s, z, x and th sounds, with endings like -yss, -ithra and -zara. Each name is an opening, an optional middle syllable and an ending.

The generator does not use the names of real demons from religious texts or folklore. A filter blocks them, along with well-known demons from games and films, so every result is an original invention for your story.

Set Style to With a rank for titles like the old grimoires used: the Ars Goetia, compiled in the 17th century, ranks its 72 spirits as kings, dukes, princes, marquises, presidents, counts and knights. A demon of a deadly sin follows Peter Binsfeld, who in 1589 paired each sin with a prince of Hell, Mammon for greed and Belphegor for sloth among them.

Turn on titles to add an epithet such as the Whisperer, Keeper of Ashes or of the Ninth Gate. In fiction, demons are often known by what they do or where they rule, and a title hints at both.

That is Quick mode: instant and unlimited. For something more specific, switch to Custom mode, set a few options and add a sentence of details. An AI language model suggests 10 original names, each with how to say it and a suggested meaning, and More like this gives you variations on any name you like.

Demon names with notes

Hand-picked by our editors. Copy one, or use them as a starting point.

Name	Meaning or note
Nethroth	Male. Low and rumbling, a lord of deep places
Zagrath	Male. Snarling and sharp
Morephon	Male. Silky menace, good for a tempter
Drakthul	Male. Heavy and brutal, a warlord of the pit
Kulroth	Male. Cold, patient and very old
Vhalith	Male. Breathy and sly
Graxoth	Male. Grinding consonants, like stone on stone
Ixeus	Male. Short and strange, a trickster's name
Ulthurath	Male. Long and ceremonial, for a demon prince
Zebroth	Male. A buzzing opening and an unsettling finish
Skarix	Male. Scratchy and quick, an imp's name
Bezgor	Male. Blunt, loud and always hungry
Rathmog	Male. Grim and grinning
Hesax	Male. Hissing and brief
Uzthul	Male. Strange vowels with an ancient feel
Obzor	Male. Round and ominous
Xargath	Male. Alien and commanding
Sezyss	Female. All hiss, no warning
Lyxethra	Female. Glittering and dangerous
Vexine	Female. Vex in the sound, trouble in the plan
Moroxa	Female. Dark and regal
Nevira	Female. Cool, calm and calculating
Ashora	Female. Smoky and smooth
Belethra	Female. Elegant and cruel
Zelthys	Female. Sharp and mysterious
Cyrnyx	Female. Ends like Nyx, the Greek goddess of night
Sabessa	Female. Soft-spoken and patient
Yzravane	Female. A rare opening that sounds otherworldly
Malix	Female. Malice in sound, short and sharp
Thesith	Female. Whispery and hard to pin down
Irvane	Female. Restless and changeable
Vazara	Female. Fiery and proud
Laexia	Female. Delicate on the surface only
Kasrix	Female. Clicks like a lock turning
of the Ninth Gate	Title. Rules the last door before the abyss
the Whisperer	Title. Persuades rather than fights
Keeper of Ashes	Title. Guards what is left after the fire
Eater of Oaths	Title. Feeds on broken promises
the Bargainer	Title. Every deal has a catch
of the Hollow Crown	Title. A fallen ruler of an empty court
Weaver of Lies	Title. Spins illusions and false trails
Thief of Names	Title. Steals what makes you yourself
the Many-Eyed	Title. Sees everything and misses nothing
Collector of Debts	Title. Always comes back to collect
of the Obsidian Court	Title. Nobility of a glass-black realm
Speaker in Smoke	Title. Appears only in drifting smoke

Tips for choosing a good name

Let the sound do the scaring

Hard, guttural names suit brutes and warlords. Hissing, silky names suit tempters and schemers. Choose by what your demon does, not only by how evil it is.

Make the title the hook

A title like the Bargainer or Thief of Names tells players how the demon operates. It also gives them something to research before the big meeting.

Keep the true name secret

Many stories treat a demon's true name as a source of power over it. Give your demon a title for everyday use and save the real name for a dramatic reveal.

Stay original

Names taken from religious texts can distract or upset players and readers. Invented names like these still sound ancient and keep the focus on your story.

Where famous demon names come from

By The Nomezo Editors · Updated October 22, 2026 · How we research names

Many of the best-known demon names began as the names of gods. The Greek word daimōn first meant any spirit, good or bad; when the Bible was translated into Greek, the gods of other nations were merged into a single category of demons. So Baal, a Canaanite title meaning lord, lives on in Beelzebub and Belphegor, and the goddess Astarte became Astaroth. The generator blocks these real names, so every result is your own; here is where they came from:

Famous demon names and their origins
Name	Where it comes from
Beelzebub	From Baal-zebub, god of the Philistine city of Ekron, usually read as lord of the flies
Astaroth	From Astarte, a Phoenician goddess, turned into a male demon; a duke in the Goetia
Belphegor	From Baal-Peor, a god named in the Book of Numbers; Binsfeld's demon of sloth
Asmodeus	The demon of the Book of Tobit; the name probably comes from Avestan words for wrath and demon
Lilith	Linked to Akkadian lilītu spirits; first named as Adam's first wife in the Alphabet of Ben Sira, about 700 to 1000 CE
Mammon	Aramaic for wealth; personified as a demon of greed in the Middle Ages
Abaddon	Hebrew for destruction, first a place, then the angel of the bottomless pit in Revelation
Lucifer	Latin for light-bringer, the Roman name for the morning star

Ranks, legions and the seven sins

The grimoires organized demons like a royal court. The Ars Goetia, the first part of The Lesser Key of Solomon compiled in the mid-17th century, lists 72 spirits, each with a rank (king, duke, prince, marquis, president, count or knight), a number of legions it commands, and the things it can teach or reveal. Bael, the first, is a king; Astaroth is a duke.

In 1589 Peter Binsfeld paired each deadly sin with a prince of Hell: Lucifer with pride, Mammon with greed, Asmodeus with lust, Leviathan with envy, Beelzebub with gluttony, Satan with wrath and Belphegor with sloth. Set Style to With a rank or A demon of a deadly sin for original names in both patterns, and use the demon card for legions and the rest.

Demons and devils in D&D

Dungeons & Dragons splits fiends in two. According to the System Reference Document 5.1, demons are chaotic evil and speak Abyssal, while devils are lawful evil and speak Infernal; the SRD 5.2.1 places demons in the Abyss and devils in the Nine Hells. Demons in the SRD include the balor, marilith and vrock; devils include the pit fiend, erinyes and imp. A demon's name should sound like chaos, a devil's like a contract.

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

Demons in other traditions

Other cultures have their own spirits, and not every one is evil. Handle them with care, and never use a god people worship today as a demon.

Demon-like spirits in other traditions
Name	Tradition	Note
Oni	Japanese folklore	Horned ogres driven out each Setsubun with thrown beans; today their faces also guard roofs from misfortune
Daeva, div	Persian	From an old word for god, later demons; the same root gives Sanskrit deva, god
Rakshasa	Hindu, Buddhist and Jain	Shapeshifting, often man-eating, but not always evil: Vibhishana is righteous
Pazuzu	Mesopotamian	A wind demon whose image also protected mothers and babies from Lamashtu
Jinn	Arabian and Islamic	Not demons: they have free will and can be good or bad

Sigils

A sigil, from Latin sigillum, a seal, is a spirit's pictorial signature; The Lesser Key gives one for each of its 72 spirits. One old way to make a new sigil turns the letters of a name into numbers, finds them on a magic square and joins them with a line. The demon card uses that method, so it draws a new sigil for every name rather than copying a historical seal.

How to name a demon

1
Choose its nature
A chaotic demon wants destruction; a lawful devil wants a contract. The sound follows: harsh and guttural for one, smooth and courtly for the other.
2
Give it a rank and a domain
The old grimoires gave every spirit a rank and a field of power. A Duchess of Broken Oaths is easier to remember than a bare name.
3
Decide what it offers and what binds it
In the grimoires a spirit teaches, finds or reveals something, at a price. A clear rule that binds it gives your heroes a way to win.
4
Draw its sigil
A sigil, from Latin sigillum, a seal, works as the demon's signature in a story. The card above draws one from the name.
5
Keep real faiths out of it
Don't use gods people worship today as demons. Many old demon names came from gods of earlier religions; say so in your world rather than borrowing living ones.

For tieflings, the descendants of fiends, try the tiefling name generator, or the witch name generator for whoever summoned it.

Sources

Wikipedia: The Lesser Key of Solomon: the Ars Goetia, its 72 spirits and their ranks
Wikipedia: Pseudomonarchia Daemonum: Johann Weyer's 1577 list
Wikipedia: Peter Binsfeld: the seven princes of Hell and their sins, 1589
Wikipedia: Demon: how gods of other nations became demons
Wikipedia: Beelzebub: where the name Beelzebub comes from
Wikipedia: Astaroth: where the name Astaroth comes from
Wikipedia: Belphegor: where the name Belphegor comes from
Wikipedia: Asmodeus: where the name Asmodeus comes from
Wikipedia: Lilith: where the name Lilith comes from
Wikipedia: Mammon: where the name Mammon comes from
Wikipedia: Abaddon: where the name Abaddon comes from
Wikipedia: Lucifer: where the name Lucifer comes from
Wikipedia: Sigil (magic): sigils and the magic-square method
Wikipedia: Oni: oni and Setsubun
Wikipedia: Daeva: Persian daevas and Sanskrit devas
Wikipedia: Rakshasa: rakshasas, not all evil
Wikipedia: Jinn: why jinn are not demons
D&D System Reference Document 5.1: demons and devils, alignments and languages (CC BY 4.0)
D&D System Reference Document 5.2.1: demons and the Abyss (CC BY 4.0)

Frequently asked questions

How do you make a demon name?

Combine a dark opening like Gor, Drak, Sez or Lyx with an ending such as -roth, -gath, -yss or -ithra. Make it a little hard to say casually, then add a title that describes what the demon does.

What are good female demon names?

Sezyss, Lyxethra, Vexine, Moroxa, Nevira and Belethra all have a sibilant, dangerous sound. Endings like -yss, -ithra and -zara work especially well.

Where does the word demon come from?

It comes from the Greek daimon, which originally meant a spirit or divine power and was not always evil. The sense of an evil spirit came later.

Are these real demon names?

No. Every name is invented from syllables, and the generator filters out the names of demons from religious texts, folklore, games and films. That keeps your villain original.

Can I use these names for a game or story?

Yes. Use them freely for tabletop villains, horror fiction, video games or a dark fantasy novel.

What is the difference between a demon and a devil?

In Dungeons & Dragons, demons are chaotic evil fiends who speak Abyssal and come from the Abyss, while devils are lawful evil, speak Infernal and come from the Nine Hells. In older Christian writing the two words overlap: devil comes from Greek diabolos, slanderer.

What is the Ars Goetia?

The first part of The Lesser Key of Solomon, a grimoire compiled in the mid-17th century. It lists 72 spirits, each with a rank such as king, duke, prince, marquis, president, count or knight. Much of it comes from Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum of 1577.

Which demons stand for the seven deadly sins?

In Peter Binsfeld's classification of 1589: Lucifer for pride, Mammon for greed, Asmodeus for lust, Leviathan for envy, Beelzebub for gluttony, Satan for wrath and Belphegor for sloth. Set Style to A demon of a deadly sin for original names in that pattern.

Are jinn demons?

No. In Islamic belief jinn are made of smokeless fire, have free will and can be good or bad; only some, the shayatin, are evil. The generator doesn't treat them as demons.

How do you make a demon sigil?

One old method turns each letter of a name into a number, finds the numbers on a magic square and joins them with a line, starting with a circle and ending with a bar. The demon card above draws one for any name, so every sigil is new.

What is Custom mode?

Custom mode lets you set a few options and add a sentence of details. An AI language model then suggests 10 original names, each with how to say it and a suggested meaning, and you can ask for more like any name you like.

Are the meanings in Custom mode real?

For invented names, the meanings are suggestions for your story, not real word origins. AI can make mistakes, so check any claim about a real language before you rely on it.