A barbarian's name should sound like it was shouted across a battlefield, and their epithet should say what kind of rage they carry. This barbarian name generator gives D&D 5e barbarians a strong first name and an epithet that fits their Primal Path, from the Berserker to the Path of the Beast.
The barbarian in D&D
A D&D barbarian fights on fury: their Rage makes them hit harder and shrug off blows.
- Paths: each barbarian follows a Primal Path, from the Berserker and the Totem Warrior in the Player's Handbook to the Zealot, Ancestral Guardian, Storm Herald, Wild Magic and Beast paths in later books. Each path gets its own epithets here.
- The word: barbarian comes from the Greek barbaros, used for anyone who didn't speak Greek, whose speech sounded like "bar-bar".
- Berserkers were real: Norse warriors said to fight in a trance, whose name probably means "bear-shirts".
Naming a barbarian
Barbarian names here have a Norse flavour: short, hard and easy to shout.
- The name (Grimkel, Rurik, Eir) should work as a war cry.
- The epithet says what kind of rage it is: a Totem Warrior might be "Child of the Eagle", an Ancestral Guardian "Guardian of the Line".
For the rest of the party, try the Viking, Paladin and Half-Orc name generators.
For every class and race, see all the D&D name generators.