Angel Name Generator

How angel names are usually built

Many angel names end in -el or -iel, a sound taken from old languages where it stands for God or for a bright power. That ending is why the names feel instantly celestial. The first half is a short, open syllable, and the whole name usually lands on three syllables: Kadiel, Sarael, Zephiriah. A title or office follows, and the office matters: it tells readers whether this being carries news, stands over a cradle or leads a charge.

Callings shape the sound. Messengers take light, quick names, guardians take warm ones with long vowels, and warriors take names with one hard consonant in the middle that gives the name some bite.

Keeping a heavenly host consistent

Decide how angels are ranked and how a reader can tell. A rank word such as Seraph or Warden before the name gives the order of the host without a chart. Decide whether angels keep one name for ever, receive a new one with each task or are known only by an office. Keep the ending -el to one family of beings, so that readers know that a being with a different ending belongs to another tradition. Avoid the famous names, because readers will think of the original and not of your character. Keep a sheet with each angel's name, rank, calling and the people they have visited, so that your guardians do not guard the same house twice.

Twenty example angel names

• Kadiel, Bearer of Tidings a young messenger who is never late.
• Sarael, Warden of Thresholds stands at every door that is about to open.
• Seraph Zephiriah a high singer who needs no trumpet.
• Hanaiel, Keeper of the Sleeping watches over the night nurses.
• Marshal Tamiel of the Seventh Wall commands a host that is never relieved.
• Lumiel, Voice of the Third Hour speaks when the world is quiet.
• Orahel, Shepherd of Small Hours guides sleepers back to their beds.
• Razahel, Sword of the Dawn Gate a warrior who prefers to speak first.
• Herald Nuriel a messenger with sealed orders.
• Pharael, Companion of Travellers walks beside the lost without a word.
• Abaniel, Shield against the Dark a stern guardian with a gentle laugh.
• Warden Belahel of the Night Road looks after those who work through the night.
• Evenael, Courier of the Last Word brings the final message at a bedside.
• Gazael, Lance of the Seventh Wall a veteran of an old, quiet war.
• Sentinel Ishiah of the Doorstep a patient watcher of a single house.
• Mereniel, Reader of the Morning Scroll the first angel to see each sunrise.
• Tamariel, Friend of the Sick sits with the ones nobody visits.
• Uzielael, Champion of the Fallen fights beside those who lost.
• Chorister Vevaniah a singer who has lost her high note.
• Yeriel, Lamp of the Lonely lights one window in every town.