Known by different names in different places
Rangers collect names regionally, like dialects. The hamlet at the forest's edge knows the Gray Walker. The garrison at the pass logs a scout named Thorn. The ranger's mother still uses the birth name nobody else has heard in a decade. None of these are aliases in the rogue's sense; they are what different communities independently decided to call the quiet figure who keeps the roads safe. Roll a few names above and assign each one to a different map region. That spread IS the character.
Trail names and how they form
A trail name is given, never chosen, which separates it from a bard's stage name. It records what people noticed: where the ranger appears (Mirefoot), what they hunt (Wolfsbane), how they move (Swiftbrook). The epithets in this generator follow that observational grammar, of the Wilds and Longstrider rather than anything ceremonial. The best ones are slightly inaccurate, because secondhand reputation always is, and a ranger mildly annoyed by their own legend is instantly playable.
The name kept private
Most rangers guard the birth name the way they guard a campsite: not paranoid, just careful. It belongs to the settled life they left or lost, and they spend it only on people who earn it. The moment a ranger tells a party member their real name is a louder declaration of trust than any speech. Roll until you have both pieces, the name the wilds use and the name the hearth used, and make the party work for the second one.
This generator's ranger flavor includes epithets like the Tracker, Pathfinder, the Silent, and titles like , , the. About a third of rolled names carry one; the rest stay clean. Click any result to copy it.