Pixie Names for D&D, Folklore and Pixie Hollow

A pixie name should sound like it was overheard rather than introduced. That is the whole trick. The pixies of Cornish and Devon folklore were never formally named to anyone — farmers learned what to call them from the sound they made in the hedgerow, or from whatever went missing that week.

That gives you two very different directions, and this page covers both. Pixie names built on real folklore run short and consonant-light: Piskin, Wyn, Joan the Wad. Names built for D&D lean softer and longer, because Sylvan is a flowing language and a Feywild pixie is a creature of light rather than mud. Then there is Pixie Hollow, which follows its own rule entirely — one word, taken straight from nature.

Below you will find 300 names sorted by where you actually need them, each with its meaning, plus a generator that builds new ones from the same roots.

Pixie Name Generator

The pixie name generator below runs on six different naming systems, because “pixie” means three different things depending on where you are standing. Cornish builds from real Westcountry roots and dialect. D&D builds Sylvan-sounding names that fit a Feywild NPC. Pixie Hollow follows Disney’s own rule, which is one word, taken from a plant, a weather condition or a small sound.

Male, female and surname modes handle the rest. Nothing here is random syllables — every option is assembled from a real root word, and the generator shows you what it means. Click any name to copy it.

Pixie Names From Cornish Folklore

Real pixie lore comes from Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, where it was taken seriously well into the 1800s. The names below use genuine Cornish and Westcountry roots, which is why they run shorter and blunter than the fairy names people usually expect. Joan the Wad is the only crowned one , she is the queen of the Cornish piskies, and her name simply means “Joan the torch.”

Name	Meaning
Piskin	From piskie, the Cornish form of pixie
Joan the Wad	Queen of the Cornish piskies; wad means torch
Bucca	The Cornish Puck; a sea-spirit of the west
Omfra	The pixie of Trevose Head who lost his laugh
Wyn	Cornish gwyn — white, fair, blessed
Tamsin	Cornish form of Thomasina, a Westcountry classic
Jago	Cornish for James; common on the moors
Kensa	Cornish for “first”
Lowen	Cornish for “happy”
Morwenna	Cornish — sea wave
Demelza	A Cornish place-name, “fort of Maeldaf”
Jenna	Cornish Jenifer, fair one
Talan	Cornish — bright brow
Kerra	Cornish — dearer, more beloved
Nessa	Cornish an nes, the nearer one
Perran	Cornish — after Saint Piran, patron of tin
Tressa	Cornish — third-born
Ennor	Cornish — the mainland, the boundary
Conan	Cornish and Breton — hound, wolf
Elowen	Cornish — elm tree
Steren	Cornish — star
Loveday	A real Cornish given name, for a day of reconciliation
Bryok	Cornish — after Saint Breock of the Downs
Tegen	Cornish — a pretty thing, a trinket
Sithney	A Cornish saint’s name, from Lizard peninsula
Rosen	Cornish — rose
Gwenna	Cornish — the fair one
Zennor	A Cornish village; home of the mermaid legend
Hedra	Cornish — October, and autumn itself
Merryn	Cornish saint; a name from the north coast

Pixie Names for D&D

In D&D 5e a pixie is a tiny fey, neutral good, Challenge 1/4, speaks only Sylvan, and casts from innate magic using pixie dust as its component. The name needs to sound like Sylvan — open vowels, liquid consonants, nothing hard-edged. One detail worth building on: the Monster Manual says pixies abhor weapons and will flee rather than fight, so a name that sounds like a swordsman is already off.

Name	Meaning
Aelinor	Sylvan-style — of the first light
Sylwen	Of the wood, blessed
Thistlewyn	Thistle-born, in the Feywild style
Nimwen	Small and fair
Eolith	A stone of dawn
Faelis	Of the fair folk
Cirren	A high, thin cloud
Lumeth	One who carries light
Ashwen	Blessed of the ash tree
Peverel	A Feywild name of the older courts
Orrisel	From orris root, used in perfume
Tamsyl	Woodland twin
Vessine	A small vessel; one who carries
Aurelin	Of gold, at the point it fades
Miralen	One who watches, marvels
Sorrelith	Of the sorrel plant
Ninuel	Of still water
Elorin	A song remembered
Hespin	Of the evening star
Caelwyn	Blessed of the sky
Yarrowen	Of yarrow, the wound-herb
Brightlin	A small brightness
Sylvenna	Of the deep wood
Tirrel	A small tremble, a shiver of air
Ovenna	Of the hearth-warmth
Lissandril	Graceful, flowing
Mossen	Of the moss
Enwyth	Within the withy, the willow
Perrilan	A small danger, charmingly meant
Dewhallow	Blessed by dew

Sylvan is not spoken only by fey — the names for characters who speak Sylvan too cover the mortals who learned it.

Feywild Pixie Names

The Feywild runs on emotion rather than logic, and its pixies are named for whatever they were doing when someone first noticed them. These are longer and stranger than the Cornish set, and they work best for an NPC who is going to be a problem in a delightful way.

Name	Meaning
Wisp-of-Morning	Named for the hour she was first seen
Thornquiet	Silent among the brambles
Gloamstir	One who moves at dusk
Halfpenny	What she takes, and never more
Rimewhistle	The sound of frost forming
Nettlelaugh	Laughs where it stings
Quickfern	Fast as the fern uncurls
Dimbell	A bell heard faintly
Softmarrow	Gentle to the bone
Cobweb-Nine	The ninth of her line, or her ninth web
Lanternsly	Carries a light and misuses it
Brackenshy	Hides in the bracken
Owlet	Named for the bird she rides
Tallowthin	Burns low and long
Sundappled	Marked by light through leaves
Mirefoot	Walks on standing water
Glimmerask	Asks for shine, gives nothing
Hushwing	Flies without sound
Saltpetal	Of the coastal flowers
Windlebrook	Winds like a small stream
Fernhollow	From the hollow where ferns grow
Moth-and-Ash	Two things she was seen with
Chillnettle	Cold and stinging together
Featherfall	Descends slowly, always
Barleywick	Of the barley field’s edge
Snowdrop	The first flower, named for itself
Hollowbell	A bell with nothing inside
Twilight-Come	Arrives exactly at dusk
Pipperwill	A small persistent will
Ravelknot	Tangles and untangles both

Male Pixie Names

There is no separate male pixie tradition in folklore — Cornish sources describe piskies as wizened old men in green as often as anything else, and the Victorian idea of pixies as universally female came much later. These lean on Cornish, Welsh and Old English roots, which gives them the right weight without turning them into elves.

Name	Meaning
Piran	Cornish saint of tin miners
Brannoc	Cornish — of the raven
Hobb	From hob, the Westcountry house-spirit
Gwilym	Welsh form of William
Trevik	Cornish — of the small farm
Pellan	Cornish — of the pool
Anwyl	Welsh — beloved
Cadan	Cornish — battle, but a small one
Rhosyn	Welsh — rose, used for either
Denzel	A Cornish place-name, “high stronghold”
Kitto	Cornish diminutive of Christopher
Locryn	Cornish — a legendary king
Massen	Cornish form of Maximus
Nectan	Cornish saint of the waterfall
Oby	Westcountry shortening of Obadiah
Petroc	Cornish — the great saint of Padstow
Rewan	Cornish saint, a hermit
Selevan	Cornish form of Solomon
Tobyn	Westcountry form of Tobias
Uther	Of Cornish-Arthurian legend
Wella	Cornish for William, everyday form
Yestin	Cornish — the just one
Boden	Cornish — a dwelling
Carne	Cornish — a rock pile, a cairn
Dowr	Cornish — water
Gwedhen	Cornish — a tree
Hayle	A Cornish estuary town
Marrek	Cornish — a knight, or a horseman
Nyns	Cornish — the negative, “not”
Sten	Cornish — tin

Female Pixie Names

These follow the softer end of the Cornish and Welsh pattern, with the flower and weather naming that pixie lore actually uses. Worth knowing: in Devon, pixies were believed to be the returned souls of infants who died before baptism, which is why so many folkloric pixie names sound like names that were given and then never used.

Name	Meaning
Ailla	Cornish — very beautiful
Bersaba	Cornish form of Bathsheba
Cordelia	Of Cornish-Arthurian legend, Lear’s daughter
Derwa	A Cornish saint’s name
Endelyn	Cornish saint of the north coast
Ewella	Cornish — to rise up
Gwenep	Cornish saint; a parish name
Ia	Cornish saint who sailed on a leaf
Jowanet	Cornish form of Joan
Kerensa	Cornish — love
Lamorna	A Cornish cove
Melyor	Cornish — better, improving
Nonna	Cornish saint, mother of David
Olwen	Welsh — white footprint
Petronell	Cornish form of Petronella
Rozen	Cornish — rose
Senara	Cornish saint of Zennor
Sowena	Cornish — success
Tanquil	Cornish form of Tanguistel
Ursell	Cornish diminutive of Ursula
Verryan	A Cornish parish name
Wenna	Cornish saint, a mother of saints
Ygerna	Cornish — mother of Arthur
Blejan	Cornish — blossom
Ebrel	Cornish — April
Gwynder	Cornish — brightness
Haf	Welsh — summer
Meryn	Cornish saint; a soft variant
Eseld	Cornish form of Iseult
Tegenn	Cornish — a small pretty thing

Pixie Hollow Names

Disney’s Pixie Hollow follows a single rule: one word, taken from the natural world, and it should match your fairy’s talent. Tinker, water, garden, light, animal, fast-flying and dust are the talents used in the films and the old MMO — and yes, male fairies are called sparrow men, not pixies. The names below are grouped by talent so they land correctly.

Name	Talent it fits	Meaning
Bramble	Garden	Thorned climbing plant
Tansy	Garden	A yellow flowering herb
Sorrel	Garden	A sharp-tasting leaf
Vetch	Garden	A climbing meadow plant
Clover	Garden	The luck plant
Ripple	Water	The smallest wave
Brook	Water	A small stream
Mistle	Water	From mist
Dewpearl	Water	A single drop
Cascade	Water	Falling water
Ember	Light	A small remaining fire
Glint	Light	A brief flash
Lumen	Light	A unit of light
Shimmer	Light	Trembling brightness
Halo	Light	A ring of light
Cog	Tinker	A gear tooth
Rivet	Tinker	A fastening pin
Sprocket	Tinker	A toothed wheel
Thimble	Tinker	Small, protective, useful
Copper	Tinker	The tinker’s metal
Vixen	Animal	A female fox
Wren	Animal	The smallest loud bird
Fennec	Animal	A tiny desert fox
Marten	Animal	A quick forest hunter
Dapple	Animal	A coat marking
Gale	Fast-flying	A strong wind
Swift	Fast-flying	The bird that never lands
Zephyr	Fast-flying	The west wind
Motes	Dust	Specks in a sunbeam
Spangle	Dust	A tiny glittering thing

Cute Pixie Names

Short, soft, and built on the small things pixies were actually associated with — dew, moss, seeds, the sound a cricket makes. Nothing here is longer than two syllables, because a cute name stops being cute at three.

Gnomes and pixies get mixed up constantly, but gnomes are a different tradition entirely — the gnome names list keeps them apart.

Name	Meaning
Pip	A seed
Nim	Quick, nimble
Tibb	An old Westcountry pet name
Dot	The smallest mark
Fen	Marshland
Wick	A candle’s thread; also a small settlement
Bibb	A small covering
Nell	A shortening of Helen, meaning light
Mim	Quiet, demure
Pog	A small round thing
Tuck	Folded away, hidden
Bee	The insect, straightforwardly
Poppet	A little doll; a Westcountry endearment
Nix	Nothing, and also a water spirit
Wisp	A thin strand
Dilly	A charming small thing
Momo	A soft repeating sound
Tot	A very small child
Puck	The mischief spirit itself
Bramblebit	A fragment of the hedge
Twee	Excessively dainty, worn proudly
Nubbin	A small lump
Winkle	A small shell
Sprig	A small shoot
Pebble	A rounded stone
Dimity	A light cotton cloth
Flit	To move in short darts
Cricket	The insect she takes her music from
Fizzle	A small failing sound
Bobbin	A thread-spool

Mischievous Pixie Names

This is the pixie’s actual reputation. Folklore pixies knot horses’ manes overnight, sour the milk, hide small objects and most famously lead travellers off the path — being pixy-led. The cure, seriously recorded across Devon, was to turn your coat inside out. These names all reference something a pixie is accused of doing.

Name	Meaning
Pixyled	The state of being lost by pixie mischief
Manetangle	Knots horses’ manes at night
Milkturn	Sours the milk in the churn
Coatwrong	The reason you turned your coat inside out
Loselight	The false light on the moor
Widdershins	Counter-clockwise; the unlucky direction
Keyhide	Takes the one key you need
Crookpath	Bends the track behind you
Thistledodge	Never where you reach
Bogwink	Winks from the marsh, then is gone
Nettlespite	Puts stings where hands go
Latchlift	Opens what was shut
Breadsalt	Spoils the offering left out
Gorsegrin	Grins from the yellow scrub
Sourcream	The most-reported pixie crime
Turnabout	Sends you back the way you came
Bellstop	Silences a bell mid-ring
Hedgeknot	Ties the gap in the hedge shut
Lampsnuff	Puts out the light you carried
Gatespin	Swings the gate as you approach
Cropsit	Sits on the grain so it will not thresh
Ponyride	Rides the colts until they are exhausted
Shoehide	The other one is gone
Wellmurk	Clouds clean water
Crumbsnatch	Takes what falls, and a little more
Peatslip	Makes the footing give
Namecall	Calls your name from nowhere
Stilewrong	Moves the step over the wall
Fogspin	Turns a mist into a maze
Rushwhistle	Whistles in the reeds to draw you in

Manic Pixie Dream Girl Names

Worth knowing before you use this: film critic Nathan Rabin coined the term in 2007, reviewing Elizabethtown, and he meant it as criticism — a character type that “exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors.” He publicly apologised for the phrase in 2014 after it became a label people applied to any woman with short hair. The names below are the register the trope uses: vintage, slightly unusual, always a little too memorable.

Name	Why it fits the type
Claire	Kirsten Dunst’s character in Elizabethtown, the original
Sam	Natalie Portman in Garden State, the other famous one
Ramona	Scott Pilgrim; the hair-colour-per-act version
Summer	(500) Days of Summer, which then dismantles the trope
Clementine	Eternal Sunshine, which dismantles it harder
Penny	Vintage, small, slightly out of time
Birdie	A nickname used as a full name
Juno	Mythological, deployed casually
Winnie	Diminutive, warm, deliberately childlike
Margot	French, chilly, a little unreachable
Coco	Two syllables of pure whimsy
Wren	Nature name, small bird, no edges
Sunday	A day used as a name
Delphine	Ornate, faintly ridiculous, memorable
Lark	Another bird, another lightness
Zelda	Literary, jazz-age, unstable by association
Poppy	Bright, brief, English
Nico	Androgynous, borrowed from music
Bijou	French for jewel; a costume name
Marnie	Vintage, slightly melancholy
Ondine	A water spirit; the name promises she will leave
Frankie	A man’s name worn ironically
Clove	A spice used as a person
Esme	Salinger by way of the 2010s
Tuesday	The other day-name, less used
Cricket	A sound used as a person
Vera	Old-fashioned, deliberately
Plum	A fruit, offered as a whole personality
Mabel	Revived Victorian, warm, slightly mad
Jem	Short, sharp, not quite a full name

Pixie Last Names

Folklore pixies do not have surnames, so this is invented territory — but it can be invented consistently. The pattern that works is place plus feature, the same way English hamlet names were built: a thing, then where it is. Pair any of these with a first name from the sections above.

Surname	Meaning
Thistledown	The seed-fluff of a thistle
Mossbarrow	A burial mound gone green
Dewhollow	A dip that collects dew
Fernwhistle	The sound in the ferns
Brackenmere	A pool among bracken
Gorsewick	A settlement in the yellow scrub
Peatlow	Low ground, peat soil
Rimebarrow	A frosted mound
Sallowbrook	Willow by a stream
Nettlecombe	A valley of nettles — a real Somerset place
Hazelrush	Hazel and reeds together
Tormead	A meadow under a tor
Sedgewind	Wind through sedge grass
Applecross	Where the orchard path crosses
Foxglade	A clearing the foxes use
Heatherfell	Open heather upland
Cloudberry	A northern moorland fruit
Willowick	A settlement among willows
Stonecress	Cress growing on stone
Marshlight	The will-o’-the-wisp itself
Oakenshade	Under the oaks
Bilberry	The moorland berry
Larkmoor	Moorland the larks nest on
Rushbank	The reeded edge of water
Elderford	A crossing by elder trees
Bramblewick	A holding in the brambles
Furzedown	Furze-covered hill — a real English place-name
Coombewater	Water in a steep valley
Wrenhollow	Where the wrens nest
Mirestile	A step over a boggy gap

Conclusion

The three pixie traditions barely overlap, and that is genuinely useful. If you want folklore, go Cornish and keep it short — Piskin, Kerensa, Wyn. If you want a Feywild NPC, go long and Sylvan and remember the creature you are naming would rather vanish than draw a blade. If you want Pixie Hollow, pick one word from a garden and stop there.

The pixie name generator at the top of the page runs on all three sets, so if none of the 300 above is right you can keep pulling until something is. Click any name to copy it.

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