This wood elf name generator joins a short opening to a short ending, then adds a home grove such as the Alder Fen. Every grove is named for a real tree, with one checked fact about it.
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Press for a name, then choose the grove
Press New wood elf name. Tap the grove to lock it, and each new press names another elf of the same wood. Lock an ending instead to name a family.
Groves named for real trees
Each grove pairs a tree with a landform: a fen, a hollow, a ridge. The list under the tool has a true line for every tree. Rowans are also called mountain-ashes, and the fruit of the hazel is the hazelnut.
Tips
Fit the grove to your map: willow for wet ground, fir and larch for the mountains.
A short name has to carry across a clearing, so try yours aloud.
Questions and answers
What is a wood elf?
Wood elf is a general term for an elf that lives in wooded places such as forests. Several fantasy games and book series have wood elves of their own; the names here follow none of them.
How do you make up a wood elf name?
Keep it short: two syllables, soft consonants and a light ending. Then say where the elf is from. Ysalen of the Alder Fen and Wylreth of Rowan Hollow are made that way.
Are these names from a game or a book?
No. The openings and endings are our own. Each name they can spell was looked up as a page title on Wikipedia and on fan wikis of fantasy games and books, and any part that made a match came out.
Are the trees real?
Yes. Every grove is named for a real tree, from alder and rowan to ginkgo and baobab, and the line beside it was checked against the Wikipedia article on that tree.
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 41 short openings, capitalized because each starts the name. None is an opening of the elf name page or the high elf name page of this site. Every name the Opening and Ending rows can spell was screened by script on 2026-10-02 and the part behind a hit was cut: an English dictionary, United States first-name and surname files, GeoNames places (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0), every list on this site and its sister sites, a rude-word list read across the join (https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and-Otherwise-Bad-Words), a list of well-known names from fantasy books and games and names one letter from them, every word of every page title of 16 fantasy fan wikis, 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). 51 candidates were cut (15 on another list of this site; 13 a Wikipedia page title; 8 a real first name or surname; 8 a name from published fiction or myth, or one letter from it; 2 a real place; 2 a fan wiki page title; 1 a rude word inside or across the join; 1 a dictionary word; 1 other reasons), among them Jae, Tam, Ava, Cae, Ume, Lio. No list of fiction is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Licence: own work
Ending: all 28 endings
D 3
dirSaid "deer".
drisSaid "driss".
drothSaid "droth".
F 1
fethSaid "feth".
L 6
lanSaid "lan".
lenSaid "len", quick and light.
lethSaid "leth".
lithSaid "lith", the i short.
lorSaid "lor".
lunSaid "loon".
Show all 28 endings (18 more)
M 1
mirSaid "meer".
N 3
nilSaid "nil".
nisSaid "niss".
norSaid "nor".
R 6
ralSaid "ral".
ranSaid "ran".
relSaid "rel".
rethSaid "reth", like the end of breath.
risSaid "riss".
rynSaid "rin".
S 2
senSaid "sen".
shaeSaid "shay".
T 2
thasSaid "thass".
thilSaid "thil", the th soft.
V 3
velSaid "vel".
vethSaid "veth".
vynSaid "vin".
W 1
wenSaid "wen".
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 28 short endings, each with our own note on how to say it. None is an ending of the elf name page or the high elf name page of this site. The screen is described in the Opening row's source. Nothing was cut. Licence: own work
Home grove: all 47 home groves
Broadleaf trees 15
the Alder FenAlders are trees of the birch family.
the Ash RiseAsh trees belong to the olive and lilac family.
Aspen ReachAspens were called asps in earlier forms of English.
Beech HangerBeeches are deciduous trees of the genus Fagus.
the Birch StairBirches are typically short-lived pioneer trees.
Chestnut BankChestnuts are in the beech family, and the trees bear edible nuts.
Show all 47 home groves (41 more)
Broadleaf trees, continued
Conker AvenueThe horse chestnut is also called the conker tree.
the Elm RideElms are spread over most of the Northern Hemisphere.
Hornbeam RidgeThe hornbeam is named for its hard wood, likened to horn.
Linden WalkLindens are called limes in Europe and basswoods in North America.
the Oak SteadingThe nut of an oak is the acorn, borne in a cup.
Plane Tree ShadeIn the wild, most plane trees grow beside rivers or in other wet places.
Poplar FordPoplars, aspens and cottonwoods all belong to one genus, Populus.
Sycamore GreenIn the British Isles the sycamore is a species of maple.
Willow MereWillows are found mainly on moist soils in cold and temperate regions.
Conifers 12
Bristlecone SummitThe Great Basin bristlecone pine grows in the higher mountains of California, Nevada and Utah.
Cypress ColonnadeThe Mediterranean cypress is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Iran.
Fir ShoulderFirs are conifers found on mountains.
Hemlock RavineThe hemlock tree is named for the smell of its crushed leaves, which recalled an unrelated plant.
Juniper ScarJunipers are conifers of the cypress family.
the Larch TerracesLarches are deciduous conifers, and grow high in the mountains in the south of their range.
Pine SaddlePines carry their needles in bunches, usually of two to five.
the Redwood AisleThe coast redwood has produced the tallest living trees on Earth.
Sequoia StandGiant sequoias are the largest trees on Earth.
Spruce NotchSpruce needles are four-sided.
Swamp Cypress SloughThe bald cypress is a deciduous conifer that stands up well to floods.
the Yew CircleThe common yew is a conifer and a woodland tree across much of Europe.
Small trees and hedge trees 12
Blackthorn GapBlackthorn is also called sloe, and its wood is used to make walking sticks.
the Boxwood MazeCommon box grows wild from southern England south to northern Morocco.
Crabapple LeaThe scientific name of the European crab apple means forest apple.
Dogwood ThicketDogwoods can be told by their blossoms, berries and distinctive bark.
Elder DellThe flowers of the elder are called elderflower and the fruit elderberry.
Hawthorn BrakeHawthorn is also called quickthorn, whitethorn and May-tree.
Hazel CoombeThe fruit of the hazel is the hazelnut.
Medlar GarthThe fruit of the medlar has been cultivated since Roman times.
Mulberry LawnMulberries are deciduous trees of the genus Morus.
Rowan HollowRowans are also called mountain-ashes.
Spindle HedgeThe spindle tree grows at the edges of forests and in hedges across much of Europe.
Whitebeam EdgeThe leaves of the whitebeam are almost white underneath.
Trees of warm and far lands 8
the Banyan PillarsA banyan grows extra trunks from prop roots, so the tree can keep spreading outward.
Baobab RingBaobabs are native to Africa, Australia and Madagascar.
Black Locust RowThe black locust is a hardwood tree of the legume family.
Ginkgo CourtThe ginkgo is the last living species of an order that first appeared over 290 million years ago.
Hickory BendThe name hickory comes from an Algonquian word.
Laurel HeightThe bay laurel is an evergreen shrub or small tree.
Magnolia StepsMagnolias are evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs known for large, fragrant flowers.
Olive TerraceThe olive is a subtropical evergreen tree.
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 47 invented groves, each named for a real tree and a landform. The line on each tree was checked against the English Wikipedia article on that tree on 2026-10-02 (linked on each line; CC BY-SA 4.0); the wording is ours. Each grove name was searched that day as a GeoNames place, an English Wikipedia page title and a page title of 16 fantasy fan wikis. 5 candidates were cut (5 a Wikipedia page title), among them the Cedar Heights, Holly Knoll, Maple Run, the Cork Oaks, the Weeping Willows. Licence: own work