Rangers live at the edges of the map, so their names tend to be short, practical and borrowed from the wild. This ranger name generator gives D&D 5e rangers a first name that sounds at home in the woods and an epithet for their Ranger Conclave, from the Hunter to the Gloom Stalker.
The ranger in D&D
A D&D ranger is a hunter and tracker of the wilds, mixing weapons with nature magic.
- Conclaves: rangers follow the Hunter or the Beast Master in the Player's Handbook, or the Gloom Stalker, Horizon Walker, Monster Slayer, Fey Wanderer or Swarmkeeper in later books.
- Real rangers: in medieval England a ranger was an officer who patrolled a royal forest, keeping watch on its deer and its poachers.
- Strider: Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings did more than anyone to fix the ranger as a fantasy hero.
Naming a ranger
Ranger names are short and practical: Brook, Stone, Fallon, Lorne.
- The epithet follows the conclave: a Gloom Stalker "the Moth-Haunted", a Horizon Walker "of the Far Horizons", a Monster Slayer "the Stake-Bearer".
- An animal companion needs a name too: try the Werewolf Name Generator's wolf names.
For the rest of the party, try the Druid, Rogue and Wood Elf name generators.
For every class and race, see all the D&D name generators.