Some wands are tools and some are characters. This wand name generator does both: a full wand-maker's description (wood, length, core and flexibility, in the style made famous by Ollivander), a named wand with a story, or a magic item in the D&D style, like the Wand of Lingering Frost.
Wood, core, length and flexibility
In Harry Potter, Ollivander describes every wand the same way. Harry's is holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple; Hermione's is vine. Ollivander only uses three cores: phoenix feather, dragon heartstring and unicorn hair. Other wand-makers use other things, so the generator adds a few more, like kelpie mane and thestral tail hair.
- Length runs from about 9 to 14 inches.
- Flexibility says something about the owner: unyielding for the stubborn, supple for the adaptable, brittle for a wand that won't last.
What the woods mean
Wand woods borrow from the folklore of trees:
- Rowan was planted by doors in Britain to keep witches and fairies out: a protective wood.
- Hazel is the dowser's wood, used to find water underground.
- Yew grows in churchyards and lives for thousands of years, linked with death and rebirth. Voldemort's wand is yew.
- Elder was thought unlucky to burn or cut, which suits the most dangerous wand in the books.
- Blackthorn and hawthorn are hedgerow woods of witches and fairies; holly stays green all winter.
Wands in games
- D&D wands are magic items named for what they do: the Wand of Magic Missiles, the Wand of Fireballs. The "Wand of…" format gives you new ones to use as treasure.
- Hogwarts Legacy lets you choose wood, core, length and flexibility for your character's wand, exactly the details the wand-maker format gives you.
- A named wand is for something rarer: an heirloom, a stolen wand, a wand that chose its owner.
For something taller, try the Staff Name Generator.