🦎 Argonian Name Generator
Generate Argonian names with meanings and audio pronunciation. Choose a name style for Jel names, action names, trait names, or feature names in the style of The Elder Scrolls.
What Is an Argonian?
An Argonian is a reptilian member of a playable race in The Elder Scrolls, native to the swamps of Black Marsh. Argonians call themselves the Saxhleel, which means people of the Root in Jel, the Argonian language. They share a deep bond with the Hist, a race of ancient, sentient trees, and they can breathe underwater.
Argonians go by a Jel name or a name translated into the common tongue. Haj-Ei is the Jel form of Hides-His-Eyes, and Wuthilul is the Jel form of Mere-Glim. The UESP Jel dictionary lists more than 150 Jel words, such as mota (hunter) and vakka (sun).
How to Use the Argonian Name Generator?
The Argonian name generator works in 4 steps. It holds 733 unique names, and every name has a meaning.
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1. Pick a Name Style
Pick Jel Name, Action Name, Trait Name, or Feature Name. A Jel name joins 2 Jel words, such as Mota-Vakka. An action name, such as Wades-In-Reeds, describes what the Argonian does.
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2. Choose a Gender
Gender changes only Trait names, which use His or Her, as in Guards-His-Heart or Guards-Her-Heart. The filter greys out for the other 3 styles, because those names fit any Argonian.
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3. Generate Names
Click Generate. More Options adds an optional length or first-letter filter.
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4. Listen, Save, and Copy
Click 🔊 to hear a name. Click ♡ to save it. Click 🔒 to keep the first word and swap the rest.
How to Name an Argonian Character?
An Argonian name either uses Jel words or describes the Argonian in the common tongue. Descriptive names often follow a habit, a deed, or a body feature, and the words join with hyphens. The table below shows the 4 name styles in this generator, with a canon example and a generated name.
| Name Style | Pattern | Canon Example | Example Name | Meaning |
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| Jel Name | Jel word + Jel word | Haj-Ei | Mota-Vakka | Hunter of the sun |
| Action Name | Action + where it happens | Stands-In-Shallows | Wades-In-Fog | One who wades in fog |
| Trait Name | Action + His or Her + noun | Hides-His-Eyes | Guards-Her-Heart | One who guards her heart |
| Feature Name | Body feature | Bright-Throat | Gold-Crest | One with the golden crest |
4 Quick Tips for Naming an Argonian
- Start from a habit or a deed. Argonian names often describe behavior, so a quiet scout suits Waits-Among-Ferns.
- Use Jel for a traditional feel. Jel names like Xal-Uxith (sacred one of the nest) sound older and closer to Black Marsh.
- Match His or Her to the character. Trait names carry a pronoun, so Hides-His-Eyes and Hides-Her-Eyes name different Argonians.
- Keep it to 2 or 3 words. Names like Gold-Crest or Swims-In-Rain stay easy to say in a story or a game session.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do Argonian names work?
Argonians use either a Jel name or a translated name in the common tongue. Translated names describe the Argonian, as in Stands-In-Shallows and Hides-His-Eyes. Jel names join Jel words, as in Haj-Ei, the Jel form of Hides-His-Eyes.
Why do Argonian names have hyphens?
Hyphens join the words of a descriptive name into 1 name. Stands-In-Shallows and Scouts-Many-Marshes are single names made of 3 words. Jel names use hyphens too, as in Raj-nassa (elder leader).
What language do Argonians speak?
Argonians speak Jel. The UESP Jel dictionary lists more than 150 words, such as xal (sacred), deek (little), and leel (tribe or people). Saxhleel, the name Argonians use for themselves, means people of the Root.
Are Argonian names male or female?
Most Argonian names fit any gender. Names that carry a pronoun, such as Hides-His-Eyes, show the gender of the Argonian. In this generator, Trait names use His or Her, and the other 3 styles fit anyone.
What is a good Argonian name?
A good Argonian name describes the character in a few words. Examples include Wades-In-Fog for a patient scout, Guards-Her-Heart for a loyal friend, and Mota-Vakka (hunter of the sun) for a Jel name.