Custom Villager Names
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Villagers will be assigned random names you can customize through the config. Villager professions can be changed through a config file.
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VillagerUnknown's Custom Villager Names
Villagers will be assigned random names you can customize through the config.
Villager professions can be replaced through a config file. This is compatible with modded villagers by manually adding their profession to the config file.
Use a Name Tag with a custom name on a Villager to reset the profession in their name.
Options:
- Chance to Prepend Text To Name
- Prepend Text
- Prepend the villager's profession to their name.
- Chance to Append the "Jr." suffix to babies.
- Chance to Append the "Sr." suffix to adults.
Support
- Report bugs at https://github.com/VillagerUnknown/CustomVillagerNames/issues
- View the changelog at https://github.com/VillagerUnknown/CustomVillagerNames/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.3
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as villagerunknown-customvillagernames-1.1.0+1.21.5.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 31 KB
- Download link checked 18 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.