Vecna
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Lich-king of the Greyhawk D&D mythos
- Origin
- Fantasy
Lich-king arch-villain from D&D's Greyhawk setting. Iconography: missing eye, severed hand, dark spellcraft. Used as the season-4 antagonist in Stranger Things; surged dramatically in dog-naming use 2022-2025.
About Vecna
Vecna is a fictional character originally created for the Dungeons & Dragons Greyhawk setting in 1976 by Brian Blume - a powerful undead lich-king known for his missing eye and severed left hand. The name surged into mainstream cultural awareness when Stranger Things season 4 (2022) used Vecna as its primary antagonist, a reality-warping villain from the Upside Down. As a dog name, Vecna fits dark, brindle, or black-coated breeds where the gothic register matches the dog visually. Two clean syllables, hard V opening - calls well across distance.