Demon Name Generator

How demon names are usually built

Demon names rely on friction. Hard stops, hissing z and x, and closing consonants that stop the tongue make a name feel like it should not be said lightly. Lesser demons are short and often comic, with small names such as Snikwick that match their size. Greater ones grow heavier: three syllables, a hard edge in the middle and a title that lists what they have devoured.

An apostrophe works as a pause in a name from another tongue. Use it for one family of fiends and not for every demon, so it still reads as a mark of origin.

Giving hell a hierarchy

Decide how rank shows in the name. Imps get short and rough names, fiends get a middle length and lords get long names with titles. Keep one sound for each infernal court, so a reader can tell which lord owns which servant by the first syllable. Decide the rules of true names too: if a name binds a demon, the story should explain who knows it, who has written it down and who has crossed it out. A demon who uses a false name creates a fine twist, so keep a note of each demon's real name, the false one and who has been fooled.

Twenty example demon names

• Snikwick an imp who steals buttons and secrets.
• Malgorax a fiend that commands a legion.
• Baelithoth, Devourer of Names a lord who erases people from memory.
• Vex'ul a messenger demon with a slippery tongue.
• Gribble a small imp that loves a bargain.
• Zarozeb, Prince of Nine Thorns a lord whose court is a garden of pain.
• Krav'ek a bounty hunter from the lower depths.
• Azul a short, quiet name for a dangerous torturer.
• Moruzul a debt collector with infinite patience.
• Pixnut an imp who works for a bad wizard.
• Xalaketh a fiend that speaks only in riddles.
• Nexioch, the Unforgiving a lord with a very long memory.
• Ghul a hungry, brutish thing from the pit.
• Vhalgor, Keeper of the Pit guards the doorway between worlds.
• Zibkin a juggling imp that cannot be trusted.
• Uros a fiend who sits in courts as an advisor.
• Gnashix a snarling guard of the lower gate.
• Malzebul, Lord of Smoke and Debt a lord who owns every contract.
• Spuch an imp whose name is also a sneeze.
• Bael'ath a duelling fiend from a noble house.