DnD dragonborn names

A dragonborn name is a given name plus a clan name, and the clan pool is small enough to print whole: eight first elements by eight second elements. This page lists all 64, names the one that repeats itself, and puts 10,000 draws behind the given names so the numbers can be re-run rather than trusted.

The short answer

Dragonborn, 10,000 draws, seed 20261027
Measure	Value
Distinct full names	9,961 / 10,000 (0.39% repeats)
Distinct given names	7,979
Clan names available	64 (8 heads x 8 tails)
Mean given-name length	7.59 letters (median 8)
Syllables	2 or 3 only — 31.7% two, 68.3% three
Busiest ending	ash at 1,003 names (10.03%)

Twelve names from that run:

Thunith Scaleclaw
Thiraasoth Wyrmbreath
Kivaalash Wyrmclaw
Baavunax Cinderfire
Droxisesh Emberclaw
Vanur Frostbreath
Thurirash Cinderscale
Buraalith Wyrmfire
Kular Stormtail
Druzarir Cindertail
Thumum Stormbreath
Vaakoresh Frostfire

All 64 clan names

Every dragonborn clan name in the generator is one of these combinations. Read across a row to hear a family; read down a column to hear what all eight families have in common.

8 clan heads x 8 clan tails = 64 names
Head	-claw	-scale	-tail	-wing	-breath	-maw	-crest	-fire
Ember	Emberclaw	Emberscale	Embertail	Emberwing	Emberbreath	Embermaw	Embercrest	Emberfire
Storm	Stormclaw	Stormscale	Stormtail	Stormwing	Stormbreath	Stormmaw	Stormcrest	Stormfire
Ash	Ashclaw	Ashscale	Ashtail	Ashwing	Ashbreath	Ashmaw	Ashcrest	Ashfire
Iron	Ironclaw	Ironscale	Irontail	Ironwing	Ironbreath	Ironmaw	Ironcrest	Ironfire
Frost	Frostclaw	Frostscale	Frosttail	Frostwing	Frostbreath	Frostmaw	Frostcrest	Frostfire
Cinder	Cinderclaw	Cinderscale	Cindertail	Cinderwing	Cinderbreath	Cindermaw	Cindercrest	Cinderfire
Scale	Scaleclaw	Scalescale	Scaletail	Scalewing	Scalebreath	Scalemaw	Scalecrest	Scalefire
Wyrm	Wyrmclaw	Wyrmscale	Wyrmtail	Wyrmwing	Wyrmbreath	Wyrmmaw	Wyrmcrest	Wyrmfire

What the pool says

One of the 64 names is a tautology. Scale is both a head and a tail, so the grid produces Scalescale — the only cell where the same word appears twice. If you use the pool straight from the generator, that is the name to skip. The cause is structural, not a typo: the clan pool is a head-by-tail grid and Scale sits on both axes, so the grid emits it once as a name of its own. To avoid it, pick another tail for that family (Scaleclaw, Scalebreath) — or keep Scalescale on purpose and say the clan is named for the scale that gave it its name.
Two heads are temperature, one is a contradiction. Frost and fire both live in the pool, so Frostfire exists; so does Stormfire. Nothing in the generator stops the combination, because both halves are legal words — it is your table that has to decide whether a frost clan with a fire name makes sense. Same cause as the one above — two independent lists multiplied together, not a vocabulary check. If you want the strict reading, drop Frostfire and keep Stormfire; if you want the mythic one, say the clan survived both and took both words as its name.
The given names never use one syllable or four. In 10,000 draws every given name had two or three syllables (31.7% / 68.3%), and the mean length of 7.59 letters over 10,000 draws (7.60 in the 2,000-draw comparison below) puts dragonborn sixth of the 36 cultures — behind High Elf (7.89), Mountain Dwarf (7.76), Drow (7.71), Tiefling (7.62) and Yuan-ti (7.61).

Where dragonborn sits among 36 cultures

Longest given names first, 2,000 draws each, seed 20261027
Culture	Mean letters	Busiest ending	Its share
Ember	Emberclaw	Emberscale	Embertail	Emberwing	Emberbreath	Embermaw	Embercrest	Emberfire
Storm	Stormclaw	Stormscale	Stormtail	Stormwing	Stormbreath	Stormmaw	Stormcrest	Stormfire
Ash	Ashclaw	Ashscale	Ashtail	Ashwing	Ashbreath	Ashmaw	Ashcrest	Ashfire
Iron	Ironclaw	Ironscale	Irontail	Ironwing	Ironbreath	Ironmaw	Ironcrest	Ironfire
Frost	Frostclaw	Frostscale	Frosttail	Frostwing	Frostbreath	Frostmaw	Frostcrest	Frostfire
Cinder	Cinderclaw	Cinderscale	Cindertail	Cinderwing	Cinderbreath	Cindermaw	Cindercrest	Cinderfire
Scale	Scaleclaw	Scalescale	Scaletail	Scalewing	Scalebreath	Scalemaw	Scalecrest	Scalefire
Wyrm	Wyrmclaw	Wyrmscale	Wyrmtail	Wyrmwing	Wyrmbreath	Wyrmmaw	Wyrmcrest	Wyrmfire

Endings, counted

Dragonborn closing syllables, 10,000 draws
Ending	Names	Share
Ember	Emberclaw	Emberscale	Embertail	Emberwing	Emberbreath	Embermaw	Embercrest	Emberfire
Storm	Stormclaw	Stormscale	Stormtail	Stormwing	Stormbreath	Stormmaw	Stormcrest	Stormfire
Ash	Ashclaw	Ashscale	Ashtail	Ashwing	Ashbreath	Ashmaw	Ashcrest	Ashfire
Iron	Ironclaw	Ironscale	Irontail	Ironwing	Ironbreath	Ironmaw	Ironcrest	Ironfire
Frost	Frostclaw	Frostscale	Frosttail	Frostwing	Frostbreath	Frostmaw	Frostcrest	Frostfire
Cinder	Cinderclaw	Cinderscale	Cindertail	Cinderwing	Cinderbreath	Cindermaw	Cindercrest	Cinderfire
Scale	Scaleclaw	Scalescale	Scaletail	Scalewing	Scalebreath	Scalemaw	Scalecrest	Scalefire
Wyrm	Wyrmclaw	Wyrmscale	Wyrmtail	Wyrmwing	Wyrmbreath	Wyrmmaw	Wyrmcrest	Wyrmfire

How this was measured

Pools. Given names: 10 openings x 5 vowels x 10 endings. Clan names: 8 heads (Ember, Storm, Ash, Iron, Frost, Cinder, Scale, Wyrm) x 8 tails (claw, scale, tail, wing, breath, maw, crest, fire).

Sample. 10,000 dragonborn draws at seed 20261027, gender Neutral, five styles cycled; the 36-culture comparison uses 2,000 draws per culture at the same seed.

Counting. "Ending" is the closing the generator returns, not a guess from spelling; syllables are vowel groups in the given name; repeat rate is (10,000 - distinct) / 10,000.

Reproduce it

var s=document.createElement('script'); s.src='/assets/dragon-stats.js'; document.body.appendChild(s);

Open the generator, paste that line in the console, and it prints the same tables for seed 20261027.

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