Discover evocative Hittite names that capture the spirit of Bronze Age Anatolia and bring historical depth and authenticity to your characters and storytelling.
Most of what we know about Hittite names and naming conventions comes from studying cuneiform inscriptions. That means we have limited knowledge about how names might have been used in an everyday context, as these are generally formal texts.
We know the Hittites used names from other languages, like Hurrian and Luwian.
Some names were theophoric; this means they contained a reference to a god.
We also know that there were simple names as well as more complex composite names.
The Hittites didn’t use surnames in the modern sense. Instead, people might have used more flexible identifiers like their parentage, their title, or where they came from or lived.
Here are examples inspired by historically attested Hittite naming conventions:
Šuppiluliuma Arnuwanda
Puduhepa Tawananna
Hantili Zidanta
Muwatalli Kurunta
Arinna Ziplantawiya
Telipinu Allanzu
Huzziya Tahurwaili
Tudhaliya Kantuzzili
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