If you need to name your half-elf, go with an elven name or an ethnic human name, and modify it if so inclined. A half-elf name generator does not make a lot of sense in this context. Their names will either be human, elven, or when they strike off on their own, tossed aside in favor of one they choose for themselves. If you think about this logicially, a race with no culture of its own is not going to have established names of its own, either. Half-elves are described as "lacking a culture of their own", and "adopting the societies in which they find themselves". I'll be honest here: I think Paizo goofed on Half-elf names. OK, I support all the major races but Half-elves. That being said, just becuase a Golarion ethnicity may be based on a particular Earth culture, that doesn't necessarily mean that the names are, too. There is not a perfect 1-to-1 mapping between them, but there are enough similarities to make it possible to randomly construct names using historical names as guides. Most of Pathfinder's human ethnicies are modeled after a historical ethnicity or blend of ethnicities in Earth's history. All the major races and human ethnicities from the Inner Sea World Guide and the Tians from the Dragon Empires Gazatteer are supported. Surnames are also available in limited cases. Select a Golarion race or ethnicity from the navbar to generate random masculine or feminine names.
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