Navi Name Generator

The Navi Name Generator produces one to ten made-up Na'vi-style names in the pattern of the blue-skinned people of Pandora from the Avatar films: two or three syllables, usually with an apostrophe marking the glottal stop, like Ona'yu, Tsa'tu, Saya'li or Ora'sun. Choose male, female or random, set the count and press generate. The list holds 327 names, 229 tagged male and 98 female. Results are names only; the tool does not show meanings, clan affiliations or a full formal name with lineage, though the section below explains how to build one.

What you can set

• Category: Random, Male or Female. Because male entries outnumber female ones more than two to one, Random will return more male-tagged names.
• Number of names: 1 to 10 per click. The default is 5.

Each result is shown on its own card as plain text, so you can copy the ones you like. Names within a single batch don't repeat.

How the names are built

The names are invented, not taken from the films, and they follow the sounds of the Na'vi language that Paul Frommer created for Avatar. That language uses a small set of consonants (t, k, p, ts, n, m, l, r, y, w and the ejectives written tx, kx, px), an apostrophe for the glottal stop, and vowels that can be written with a grave accent (ì) or umlaut (ä). The generator uses the plain vowels and the apostrophe, which is why nearly every result has one: Una'ti, Ema'ki, Aru'vo, Yula'ki, Eyrina. A few entries are single words that look like film vocabulary, such as Eyktan, which is the Na'vi word for a clan leader, so treat those as names a character might be called rather than canon-checked names.

Making a full Na'vi name

In the films, a formal Na'vi name has four parts: the given name, the word te, the family name, and a parent's name with a suffix meaning "son of" ('itan) or "daughter of" ('ite). Neytiri's full name is Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite: Neytiri, of the family Tskaha, daughter of Mo'at. Jake Sully's Na'vi name is Jakesully te Suli Txepìvit'itan. To turn a generated name into a formal one, generate three: use the first as the given name, the second as the family name, and the third as the parent, then add 'itan or 'ite. Ona'yu te Tsa'tu Saya'li'ite is a daughter of Saya'li from the Tsa'tu family.

Clan names in the films end in the syllable -aya or take the form of a descriptive phrase: the Omatikaya (forest clan), Metkayina (reef clan), Tayrangi (plains clan). Ikran, the mountain banshees the Na'vi bond with, don't have a naming convention on screen, so riders generally give them short, punchy names; a two-syllable generated name works as well for an ikran as for a rider.

Ways people use it

• Avatar roleplay and fan fiction. A batch of ten gives you a hunter, her ikran and her clan-mates in one click.
• "What is my Na'vi name" games. Pick your gender, generate one, and that's yours. There's no quiz; it's random, which is more fun to argue about.
• Usernames and gamertags. Names like Yira'vo or Ora'sun are short, pronounceable and rarely taken.
• Other alien or fantasy species. The syllable pattern reads as "not from Earth" without belonging to any other franchise. For different flavors of fantasy naming, try the Argonian Name Generator, the Homestuck Troll Name Generator or the Random God Name Generator; the Medieval Name Generator is the human-history counterpart.

All naming tools on the site are listed under all name generators.