Random Name Generator

Need a random name for a character, a writing prompt, a tabletop RPG, a baby-name brainstorm, or test data with realistic international flavor? HitRandom’s random name generator draws from bundled popular-name banks — real forenames and surnames sourced from census-style datasets (CC0 public domain). One click gives you a copyable tile; raise the quantity for bulk lists used in fiction workshops, QA test suites, or party games.

Thirteen high-search origins: English (US & UK), Spanish, German, French, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Chinese (pinyin, CN only), Korean, Arabic, Indian, Russian, and Portuguese. That covers the long-tail searches people actually type — random German name, random Japanese name generator, random Korean name, random Spanish name, and similar — without shipping all 106 countries in the upstream dataset. More origins can be added later; v1 keeps the JSON lean and fast to load.

First, last, or full name: Output type controls what you get. First name picks from popular forenames for the chosen origin. Last name picks from surnames. Full name combines a forename and surname from the same origin — deep pools (~10 × ~10 ≈ 100 combinations per country) mean plenty of variety even with Allow duplicates off. Chinese and Korean full names use surname-first order (e.g. Wáng Ruòxī, Kim Ji-an); Japanese romanized names use given-first Western convention (e.g. Haruki Murakami). Origins that lack surname data in the source (Arabic in v1) support first names only; full-name mode is limited to origins with both forenames and surnames (12 of 13 launch origins).

Gender from real data: The gender filter uses the dataset’s F/M column on forenames — Female, Male, or Any. No guessing from name spelling. This matters for QA teams building signup flows, for writers who need gender-specific character names, and for anyone who searched random girl name or random boy name by culture.

Romanized display (v1): Names show in romanized Latin script — the dataset’s Romanized Name field — so Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and Russian names are readable and copy-paste friendly without requiring native-script fonts. Localized native-script display may arrive in a future update.

Crypto-secure randomness: Each pick uses crypto.getRandomValues() via our shared random core — never Math.random(). Unique mode shuffles without replacement when Allow duplicates is off. Everything runs in your browser; nothing uploads to a server.

Bulk names, copy, and download: Generate up to 50 names per click. Twenty-five or fewer show as orange tiles with individual copy buttons; larger batches open a text panel with comma, space, newline, tab, column, and JSON formats. Download .txt or .csv, revisit recent batches from session history, and toggle sound if you want audio feedback.

Not the Name Picker: HitRandom also has a Random Name Picker for raffles — paste your own list and pick a winner with optional reveal animation. This generator is for when you don’t have a list yet and need culturally grounded random names. Different tools, different search intent, no keyword cannibalization.