Arbitrary Names

Here is a list of ten arbitrary names of each sex selected from a list of various names (historical, literary, mythological, prominent figures as well as personal kinsmen and acquaintances). The list of surnames only includes actual surnames in current or historic use (no fictional surnames).

Male names:

  1. By
  2. Othniel
  3. Vance
  4. Boaz
  5. Hori
  6. Herman
  7. Cal
  8. West
  9. Chilion
  10. Durant

Female names:

  1. Tekla
  2. Melanie
  3. Mandie
  4. Vennie
  5. Hildegard
  6. Nettie
  7. Yolanda
  8. Jommy
  9. Sexton
  10. Hamutal

Surnames:

  1. Muench
  2. Greven
  3. Flanagan
  4. Gallagher
  5. Beane
  6. Kischbaugh
  7. Wiley
  8. McBroom
  9. Cerny
  10. Chaney

This report was generated by the Arbitrary Name Generator at https://curtis.cleverness.us/prog/ang.php.

Notes:

  1. An equal probability is given to list each name, so a name common in society like John is just as likely as an uncommon name like Zurishaddai to be returned in the list.
  2. No special notation is given regarding the reputation of each name. Don't go around naming your babies a random name from this list without a bit a of research to ensure there aren't infamous, evil, or curst persons who have bore such a name.
  3. This list was developed in order to select interesting names for the game NetHack (this list may include names with hyphens or diacritical marks which are unsuitable names for NetHack).
  4. Some names have historically been given to both males and females, and they may appear in either of the lists.
  5. Each name is arbitrarily chosen from the list of names independently of each other name, so it is possible that the same name may appear twice or more in the list.