Firbolg Name Generator

About Firbolg Names

Firbolg are gentle, reclusive giants who tend the deep forests as if the woods were their gardens — which, in a real sense, they are. A firbolg village can sit a half-day's walk from a human road and remain completely unknown for centuries because firbolg do not advertise their presence, do not trade aggressively, and have a quiet talent for being unseen.

A firbolg stands eight or more feet tall, with broad shoulders, a long face, and skin that takes on the soft greens and browns of moss and bark. Their voices are deep and slow. Their eyes are kind but evaluating. They tend orchards, mushroom rings, and wild herds, and they greet strangers with a wary politeness that is impossible to mistake for warmth.

Firbolg religion centers on quiet stewardship. The first firbolg, in their own myth, were carved from the trunks of the oldest forests by a sleeping god, and a firbolg's purpose is to maintain the forest until that god wakes again. Every firbolg has a sense of which woods they belong to. When that wood is threatened, a firbolg will often become quietly, terrifyingly determined.

Firbolg Naming Conventions

Firbolg do not really use names among themselves — a firbolg is known to other firbolg by scent, voice, and history rather than label. When dealing with outsiders, however, a firbolg adopts an elven-style name, since firbolg and woodland elves often share territory and language. These borrowed names tend toward gentle, flowing sounds: Sythal, Tannivh, Werdara, Beodir. Firbolg also accept nicknames that outsiders give them ("Big Bear," "Tall Friend," "Slow Voice"), and many seem amused rather than offended by these. There are no clan names.