Worldbuilding Wednesday 10/30/19: Witches!

Haxan witches silent movie

Still from the silent movie Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, 1922

Witches are a staple of fantasy and horror fiction. In their broad definition, they mean any kind of magic-using female. But for this list I’m going to use a more narrow definition: the Halloween type of witch, evil, cackling, out to do no good. The kind that brews potions in a big black cauldron and has warts on her nose.

Such a witch often has a conventional name, but more often, a name with something off about it, one that is too old fashioned, too hard to pronounce, too ugly on the ear.  A classic one is Bellatrix LeStrange from the Harry Potter books. How can a character have a name like that and not be a witch?

Then there are made-up names, like Bavmorda, Azkadelia, and Elphaba… strange to say and, in English, strange to look at on the printed page. Those are the kind of names I generated here.

 

Witch Names

Zoralia

Betrezza

Malna

Chanagri

Suvaya

Gethga

Zija

Tatrabella

Bezabelle

Marifor

Luprys

Solza

Hundrene

Murvia

Yamba

Anguza

Ullena

Mazubal

Mitzra

Yezabyl

Rozibal

Yatra

 

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