Argonian Name Generator

The Argonian Name Generator gives you one to ten names for the lizard-folk of Black Marsh, drawn from a list of 855 (418 male, 436 female). Each result is a two-part name, a given name followed by a family name, in the style of "Mez-Jeen Augussareth" or "Neehee Xertus". Choose male, female or random, set how many you want, and press the button. It is built for Skyrim and Elder Scrolls Online players naming a new character, tabletop players in an Elder Scrolls-flavored campaign, and writers who need a cast of Saxhleel that does not all sound the same.

How the names are built

Every name in the list has two words. The given name is the Argonian part. Roughly half of them are hyphenated Jel-style compounds (Meeh-Deseith, En-Sakee, Olank-Jeen, Dur-Eijar), and the rest are single words with the hissing, doubled-vowel sound the games use for the race: Gisen, Deetleel, Neesen, Beekeeta, Pasharaje. The family name is Tamrielic in shape, with Latinate endings such as -eus, -esh, -us, -ees and -ion (Canisareeth, Theerteus, Nagmean, Xemseus, Caleedaresh). That pairing mirrors how Bethesda names Argonians who live outside the marsh: a Jel personal name kept from home, and a surname adopted or assigned in the Imperial-run provinces.

The gender filter is a straight split of the list, so "Male" only ever returns names tagged male and "Random" draws from all 855. Results within one batch never repeat because the tool shuffles the filtered list and takes the first few.

Argonian naming in Elder Scrolls lore

Argonians call themselves Saxhleel and their language Jel. In the games their names fall into three recognizable patterns, and the generator covers the first two:

• Jel names. Single or hyphenated words in the native tongue, often with doubled vowels: Jaree-Ra, Talen-Jei, Keerava, Shahvee, Wujeeta, Derkeethus, Deeja, Madesi (all from Skyrim). These are the most common form for Argonians born in Black Marsh.
• Tamrielic names. Names adopted for dealing with outsiders, or full names with an Imperial-style family name, as with the Argonian characters of Cyrodiil and the Morrowind slave population. The list's surnames follow this convention.
• Translated (Cyrodilic) names. Descriptive phrases rendered in the common tongue, such as Sees-All-Colors, Hides-His-Heart or Runs-In-Circles. The games use these for Argonians whose Jel name has a meaning worth translating. The generator does not produce this style; if you want one, take a trait of your character and write it as a three-word hyphenated phrase.

Lore also holds that Argonians do not have gendered names in the way human races do, since Jel names describe rather than classify, so the male and female tags here are a convenience for players rather than a rule of the setting. Feel free to ignore them.

Using the names

• Skyrim and ESO characters. Both games accept spaces and hyphens in character names, so a full two-word result fits in the name box. In ESO the second word doubles as a plausible guild-roster surname.
• Tabletop campaigns. Generate ten at once to stock a marsh village or a dockside crew; the family names make it easy to signal which NPCs are related.
• Fan fiction. Combining a Jel given name with a Tamrielic surname is a quick way to mark an Argonian who grew up outside Black Marsh.

For other reptilian or beast-race names, the Lizardfolk Name Generator covers the D&D equivalent, and the Elden Ring Name Generator and Navi Name Generator handle other franchises. The Random God Name Generator is useful for naming a Hist-related cult or shrine.