This minotaur name generator joins a made-up name with a Greek ring to an epithet about the maze, such as of the Seventh Turning. The myth has one Minotaur, and his own name was Asterion.
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Press New minotaur name. Tap the name or the epithet to lock it, then press again. Lock an epithet such as Who Counts the Doors and every press gives it a new bearer.
The Minotaur of the myth
In Greek mythology the Minotaur, also known as Asterion or Asterius, had the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man. He lived at the center of the Labyrinth, a maze that Daedalus designed at the command of King Minos of Crete.
Tips
Say the name slowly. It should sound heavy.
Questions and answers
What was the Minotaur's real name?
Asterion, also written Asterius. The word Minotaur itself means the bull of Minos, after the king of Crete who had the Labyrinth built.
What is a good name for a minotaur?
A heavy first sound, a Greek-sounding ending and an epithet that says something about the maze, such as Kratheon of the Seventh Turning.
Are these minotaur names real Greek names?
No. They are made up to sound Greek, with endings such as -eon, -ax and -os. Each was searched as a name, a place and a word, and matches were cut.
Is this minotaur name generator for a tabletop game?
It works for any game or story. The page follows the Greek myth only and takes no name, clan or rule from a published game.
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 124 names, written on 2026-10-02: a heavy opening sound joined to a Greek-sounding ending such as -eon, -ax, -os or -ion. They are made up; some lean on a Greek root. Every name was 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, and every named place in Greece (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; 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). 25 candidates were cut (19 a name from published fiction, or one letter from it; 4 a Wikipedia page title; 1 a real place on the map; 1 a name from Greek myth in another spelling), among them Gormeon, Thurion, Thevros, Horneus, Morthax, Brathion, Druthos, Ixarion. No list of names or of fiction is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Licence: own work
Epithet: all 61 epithets
C 1
the Corner-Watcher
D 3
the Door-Listener
the Doorwarden
the Dust-Treader
E 1
Echo-Walker
F 1
Friend of Masons
H 1
Horn-Polisher
K 1
Keeper of the Center
L 3
the Lamp-Dimmer
the Leftward
the Long-Remembering
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M 2
the Mapless
the Maze-Born
O 23
of the Blind Alley
of the Blind Passage
of the Bronze Door
of the Coiled Stair
of the Cold Threshold
of the Deepest Court
of the Echoing Hall
of the False Door
of the First Fork
of the Forty Corners
of the Inner Ring
of the Longest Passage
of the Low Ceiling
of the Outer Wall
of the Secret Landing
of the Seventh Turning
of the Spinning Compass
of the Sunless Garden
of the Thousand Turns
of the Twin Passages
of the Unfinished Wing
of the Walled-Up Arch
of the Winding Dark
R 1
the Roof-Brusher
S 2
the Stair-Climber
the Stone-Shouldered
T 3
Thread-Finder
the Torch-Bearer
the Turn-Counter
U 1
the Unlost
W 18
the Wall-Leaner
Wallbreaker
the Wanderer Within
Who Answers the Echo
Who Chalks the Walls
Who Counts the Doors
Who Does Not Retrace
Who Draws the Map
Who Guards Nothing
Who Hears Footsteps
Who Knows the Exit
Who Misses the Stars
Who Moved the Walls
Who Paces the Night
Who Remembers Daylight
Who Sits in the Gateway
Who Sleeps at the Crossing
Who Waits at the Center
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 61 epithets, written on 2026-10-02. Every one is about the maze: its turnings, doors, walls and center. The Labyrinth of the myth was a maze-like construction designed by Daedalus at the command of King Minos of Crete, and the Minotaur lived at its center (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur, read that day). Checked by script against every list on this site for repeats, against the page titles of 16 fantasy fan wikis, and as English Wikipedia page titles with and without "The". 3 candidates were cut (the title of a film, of a song and of a company); plain phrases that are also a title somewhere, such as blind alley and false door, were kept. Licence: own work