Random First Name Generator

What this generator does

Picks a first name from banks covering masculine, feminine and gender-neutral names, so the draw spans the whole range rather than one list. Useful for character naming, test data and classroom examples.

How to use this tool

1. Choose how many names to generate.
2. Generate to see your results.
3. Enter a seed word if you want the same list back later; leave it empty for a fresh draw.

Worked examples

Three banks

Masculine, feminine and neutral name lists, drawn from together

Common use cases

• Naming a character for writing or games
• Placeholder names for forms or mockups
• Inspiration for baby names

How this generator works

Draws from three lists pooled into a single set of 315 entries: 120 names that read as masculine, 120 that read as feminine and 75 chosen for reading as neither. Thirteen names sit on two of those lists and are counted once, so the pool holds 302 distinct names, each with one chance. A batch is drawn without taking the same name twice, and no bank is removed from contention after it has come up once. “Don't repeat what I've already seen” starts ticked, so a name already shown this visit is not shown again until the box is unticked or the pool runs out.

Randomness and fairness

Names are drawn with your browser's cryptographic random number generator. Typing a seed swaps that for a deterministic draw: the same word gives the same names while the generator is unchanged, which is how you hand two people the same list without sending it to them. A seeded draw is deterministic, not cryptographic, and is not the tool for anything that needs to be unguessable.

For how randomness is produced across the whole site, see how Generate Random works.

Limitations and good to know

• Names are common Western given names and are not representative of any specific culture, era or region. A generated name may coincidentally match a real person.