This hag name generator makes a hag for a story or a game: a homely title, a crooked name, a kind taken from real folklore, such as Baba Yaga's forest or the Cailleach's winter, and a bargain.
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Name a hag, then read her bargain
Press New hag name. Tap a part to lock it, then press again. Lock the kind for a coven of river hags, or lock the name and press until the bargain fits your story.
The kinds come from real tales
A river hag is kin to Jenny Greenteeth and to Peg Powler of the River Tees. A winter hag is kin to the Cailleach of Gaelic myth. The list under the tool names the tale behind every kind. The names and bargains are made up, and no bargain harms anyone.
Tips
A hag's price is odd, never cruel: she wants a thing only you would miss.
Read the name in a creaky voice before you keep it.
Questions and answers
What is a hag in folklore?
A hag is a wizened old woman, or a fairy, witch or goddess who looks like one, often found in folklore and in children's tales such as Hansel and Gretel.
What are some hags from real folklore?
Baba Yaga of Slavic folklore, Black Annis of Leicestershire, Jenny Greenteeth and Peg Powler of English rivers, the Cailleach of Gaelic myth and the Befana of Italy, who brings gifts on Epiphany Eve.
How do you name a hag?
Give her a homely title, such as Granny, Auntie or Goody, and a short, crooked name: an old herb, such as Sorrel, or a made-up one, such as Frettle.
Are these hags from a game?
No. The names and bargains were written for this page and searched in Wikipedia titles and on fantasy fan wikis. The kinds follow folklore, not the monsters or rules of any game.
GoodyShort for Goodwife, once a polite form of address for a woman.
Gran
Grandmother
Granny
Great-Aunt
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M 1
Mother
N 1
Nan
O 2
Old
Old Nan
W 1
Widow
How this list was compiled: 13 homely forms of address, chosen on 2026-10-02. Goody is short for Goodwife, once a polite form of address for a woman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwife, read that day). Licence: own work
Name: all 96 names
Made-up names 59
Bessamy
Cobbleknee
Cobwick
Crabwort
Crookneedle
Dregwort
Dribbet
Eggwort
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Made-up names, continued
Flummet
Frettle
Fumblethumb
Gnattie
Gorseling
Greenthumb
Gristwick
Grumblin
Hepzy
Ibbot
Itchwick
Ivywick
Jaggit
Jumblewort
Lobbet
Meggoty
Meriall
Mirewick
Mosswick
Mothwick
Mugwick
Oddkin
Oddmoss
Oddstocking
Patchapron
Quickneedle
Quoddle
Raggit
Ragwick
Roddle
Rookwort
Rumblegut
Sloewick
Sootkin
Sourmilk
Spindlewort
Tattermoss
Thimblewort
Thinbroth
Toadwick
Toadwort
Umberly
Underwick
Vexley
Warmkettle
Wartley
Wobbet
Yarrowick
Yessamy
Yewkin
Zibbet
Old herb and hedgerow names 37
Agrimony
Betony
Borage
Bracken
Bramble
Briar
Bryony
Burdock
Campion
Chervil
Chicory
Clary
Comfrey
Cowslip
Dock
Fennel
Feverfew
Gorse
Hyssop
Madder
Mallow
Mugwort
Nettle
Pennyroyal
Rue
Samphire
Sedge
Sloe
Sorrel
Tansy
Teasel
Thistle
Tormentil
Vervain
Woad
Wormwood
Yarrow
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 96 names, written on 2026-10-02: made-up homely names, and the plain English names of herbs and hedgerow plants. The made-up names were screened by script that day: an English dictionary and two lists of real names; GeoNames places of 500 people and up with their alternate names (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0); every list on this site; a rude-word list (https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words); a list of well-known names from fantasy books and games; every word of every page title of 16 fantasy fan wikis, exact and one letter away; English Wikipedia page titles; entries of English Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org); and exact page titles on 12 fantasy fan wikis (lotr.fandom.com, forgottenrealms.fandom.com, elderscrolls.fandom.com, witcher.fandom.com, dragonage.fandom.com, gameofthrones.fandom.com, wot.fandom.com, harrypotter.fandom.com, wowpedia.fandom.com, pathfinder.fandom.com, criticalrole.fandom.com, zelda.fandom.com). The plant names are dictionary words and were checked for rude words only. 73 candidates were cut (35 a dictionary word, an old spelling of one or one letter from a crude one; 19 a name from published fiction, or one letter from it; 1 a real surname; 6 a Wikipedia page title; 5 on another list of this site; 3 a rude word inside or across the join; 3 a real place on the map; 1 a fan wiki page title), among them Mabbet, Grubbin, Crabbet, Snagroot, Knobble, Pockett, Bogwort, Moggle, Tibb, Whiskin. No list of fiction is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Licence: own work
Kind of hag: all 13 kinds of hag
A 1
alpine hagKin to Perchta, once thought to be a goddess in the Upper German, Austrian and Slovenian Alps.
B 1
bog hagKin to the grindylow of Yorkshire and Lancashire, a name connected with meres, bogs and lakes.
C 1
cave hagKin to Black Annis of English folklore, said to live in a cave in the Dane Hills of Leicestershire.
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F 2
forest hagKin to Baba Yaga of Slavic folklore, often linked with forest wildlife; in some tales she helps the hero.
frost hagKin to Frau Holle of the German fairy tale the Brothers Grimm collected, also called Old Mother Frost.
G 1
gift-bringing hagKin to the Befana of Italian folklore, an old woman who brings gifts to children on Epiphany Eve, January 5.
H 1
hunting croneKin to Mallt-y-Nos of Welsh mythology, a crone who rides with the hounds of the Wild Hunt.
N 1
night hagKin to the mare of Germanic and Slavic folklore, which sits on sleepers and brings nightmares.
P 1
pond hagKin to Nelly Longarms of English folklore, who dwells at the bottom of deep ponds, rivers and wells.
R 1
river hagKin to Jenny Greenteeth and to Peg Powler of the River Tees, river hags of English folklore.
S 1
spring hagKin to Baba Dochia of Romanian mythology, an old woman identified with the return of spring.
W 2
wildwood hagKin to Muma Pădurii of Romanian folklore, an old woman of the forest who protects its animals and plants.
winter hagKin to the Cailleach of Gaelic myth, a divine hag tied to the weather, especially storms and winter.
How this list was compiled: 13 kinds of hag. The labels are ours; each line names a figure of real folklore and says only what the opening of her English Wikipedia article says (read on 2026-10-02; a script checked the words behind each line). The harsher parts of the old tales are left out. No hag of a named game is used. Licence: own work
Bargain: all 52 bargains
A 41
a blanket of fog for a clear day in return
a blessing on your boots for mud from seven roads
a bottle of echoes for a shout from the hilltop
a bottled sneeze for a button from every coat you own
a broom that sweeps by itself for a year of your sneezes
Show all 52 bargains (47 more)
A, continued
a bundle of dry kindling for a wet afternoon's talk
a candle that burns backward for the end of a story
a cat that can find north for a saucer of cream each night
a cat's nine yawns for a spoonful of moonlight
a charm against stubbed toes for your second-best hat
a crooked walking stick for a straight answer
a cure for a creaking door for the creak itself
a cure for warts for a basket of windfall apples
a dream of flying for a feather a goose dropped
a hen that lays speckled stones for your shadow on Sundays
a jar of firefly light for a moth-eaten shawl
a jar of summer for a winter's worth of firewood, stacked
a kettle that never boils dry for a promise to visit
a knot that holds any wind for a kite she can fly
a lantern that never goes out for a story she has not heard
a lucky name for your boat for one ride in it
a map of every mushroom ring for three honest answers
a mended kettle for a patched excuse
a path that shortens for a tune to shorten the evening
a penny that always comes back for a secret that never does
a pie that is never finished for your family soup recipe
a pinch of courage for a pinch of salt
a remedy for bad dreams for a good one, described in full
a ribbon that ties itself for a knot she cannot undo
a riddle's answer for a better riddle
a sack of chestnuts for the story of how you got here
a seed that grows overnight for a day of weeding her garden
a spell to find lost things for the thing you had lost
a spoon that stirs alone for an hour of peeling turnips
a stone that stays warm for a winter of carrying her water
a sure cure for boredom for a week of your idle hours
a thimble of starlight for the loan of your spectacles
a week without rain for a puddle to keep
a whistle that calls the wind for the color of your scarf
a word that opens any gate for the last line of a story
an umbrella of crow feathers for a sunny day in March
C 1
the cure for hiccups for a jar of this morning's fog
D 1
directions through the marsh for the shoes you came in
F 1
fair weather tomorrow for a loaf baked yesterday
G 1
good weather for a week for a song nobody else knows
K 1
the knack of whistling for a tune you cannot shake
L 1
luck at finding lost socks for a ball of red wool
O 2
one of her nine thimbles for the thread to go with it
one true answer for a riddle she cannot solve
S 1
safe passage through the wood for news from town
T 1
three small wishes for three large chores
W 1
the wind's secret name for your own nickname
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 52 bargains, written on 2026-10-02 to read after the words "who trades": what the hag gives, then what she asks. Odd, never cruel: no bargain harms anyone. Checked by script against every list on this site for repeats. Nothing was cut. Licence: own work