We Designed Two Romance Novel Name Generators

Romance novel titles, especially old-school romances and bodice rippers, seem to come out of a generator. We decided to have some fun with this concept. Here are two charts to help you develop a distinctive romance novel title—or have some fun. Create a title using your full name.

Romance Title Chart #1

Today the popular trend now for historicals is to add “Duke,” another title, or “Rogue,” “Rake,” “Devil,” or “Scoundrel” to a previously known idiom or name. Take, for example, The Viscount Who Loved Me or I Kissed an Earl.

Some modern titles have me groaning. They are a bit silly, and so is this chart!

Use your first, middle (if you have one), and last names to form a romance novel title. Take my name, for example, Jacqueline Diaz. J and D become A Jewel’s Dream. Not bad, not bad.

When I used my husband’s initials E, P & M, the result was: An Earl Pursues His Mistress. That one sounds very intriguing! Try different combinations and see what you can come up with.

LETTER	FIRST NAME	MIDDLE NAME	LAST NAME
A	(An) Aristocrat	After (the)	All/Always
B	(The) Baron	Better (be)	Beauty/Beautiful
C	(A) Countess	Caress(es)	Caring/Care
D	(The) Duke	Does/Did/Do	(a) Dream (s)
E	(An) Earl	Embrace(s)	Ecstasy
F	(A) Fantasy	Feels (for)	Forever
G	(A) Gentleman	Get(s)	(the) Girl/ Guy
H	He/ She	Has/ Have	(His/ Her) Heart
I	I	In/ Is/ It	Inside
J	(A) Jewel(s/’s)	Just (has/ have)	Joy
K	(The) King	Know(s)	Kiss(es)
L	(A) Lady	Lust(s) (for)	Love(s)
M	(A) Master	Make(s)	(A/ His) Mistress
N	(A) Nobleman	Never (is)	Need(s/ed)
O	(The) Overlord	Of/ Or	Obsession
P	(The) Prince	Pursue(s)	Passion
Q	(A) Queen	Question(s)	(the) Queen
R	(The) Royal	Ravish(es)	Romance(s)
S	(The) Squire	Seduce(s)	(a) Sinner
T	(The) Tycoon	Touch(es)	(of) Temptation
U	(The) Ultimate	Use(s)	(of) Unity/United
V	(The) Viscount	Visit(s)	(a) Virgin
W	(The) Warrior	Woo(s/ing)	(a) Wench
X	(The) X-Factor	eXcite(s)	(of) eXtasy
Y	You	Yearn(s/ing) (for)	(for) You
Z	(The) Zealous	(and) Zany	Zest

Sweet Savage Flame’s Zebra Romance Title Chart

Our romance novel name generator is styled a la Zebra’s naming conventions. No one did formulaic titles better than the folks at Kensington/ Zebra. For over 20 years, they released romances that adhered to a certain formula. Let’s see:

Another possibility:

Use the initials of your name to create a unique title. If you don’t have a middle name, that’s okay. It still works.

For example, my name, Jacqueline Diaz, would be Jubilant Destiny, which sounds pretty romantic. Then I took my husband’s initials and got Enchanting Pittsburgh Marriage, which I’m sure applies to many people, but it lacks a certain je ne sai quoi.

Try and see what title you come up with using the chart! Does it sound like a great bodice ripper?

The Zebra Romance Title Generator Chart

LETTER	FIRST NAME	MIDDLE NAME	LAST NAME
A	Adoring	Algonquin	Amethyst
B	Beautiful	Boston	Bliss
C	Captivating	Connecticut	Coitus
D	Darling	Dakota	Destiny
E	Enchanting	El Paso	Ecstasy
F	Furious	Fresno	Flame
G	Golden	Georgia	Glow
H	Hot	Hialeah	Heart
I	Impulsive	Indiana	Intercourse
J	Jubilant	Jacksonville	Jewel
K	Kinky	Kentucky	Kiss
L	Lusty	Louisiana	Love
M	Magical	Minnesota	Marriage
N	Naughty	Nantucket	Nectar
O	Obsessive	Oregon	Opal
P	Purple	Pittsburgh	Passion
Q	Quivering	Quebec	Queen
R	Ravishing	Rhode Island	Rapture
S	Seductive	Seminole	Slave
T	Tempestuous	Tucson	Torment
U	Ultimate	Utah	Union
V	Virile	Vermont	Virgin
W	Wanton	Wyoming	Wench
X	Xenial	Xalapa	Xanthium
Y	Yellow	Yosemite	Yearning
Z	Zealous	Zamora	Zinnia

Your Opinion on Our Romance Title Generator

If you liked either of these title charts we designed, maybe we’ll come up with more. Let us know in the comments.

What book title do the initials of your name create? Play around, have some fun, and see what combinations you can come up with!

As always, please drop a comment, and let’s talk romance.