Troll Name Generator
Heavy two-syllable troll names built from stone, moss and bog elements, every syllable glossed, with bridge and cairn epithets.
6,438,600 combinations
Male, female and neutral troll names, each with a matching troll last name and the meaning of every element shown.
- Grumsakk Damphide
Grum gloom + sakk sack
Damp clinging wet + hide tough skin
- Mossunga Gritchewer
Moss green growth + unga young one
Grit coarse sand + chewer gnawer
- Glumhollump Stumpback
Glumhol gloom hollow + lump shapeless mass
Stump cut trunk + back broad shoulders
- Blodbak Stoneshank
Blod mud + bak back
Stone unmoving rock + shank leg bone
- Fenhagga Fenchewer
Fen wet lowland + hagga old woman
Fen wet lowland + chewer gnawer
- Snorbeknubb Boulderclub
Snorbek snow stream + nubb thumb
Boulder fallen rock + club heavy cudgel
- Vardmog Toadhump
Vard cairn + mog kin
Toad squat croaker + hump bent hunch
- Murklumpa Knotgut
Murk muddy dark + lumpa lump
Knot twisted tangle + gut innards
- Rimstanhump Stumpclub
Rimstan frost stone + hump bent hunch
Stump cut trunk + club heavy cudgel
- Troghidd Ironchain
Trog tunnel + hidd hide
Iron hard metal + chain heavy links
- Grotolda Stumpgut
Grot grotto + olda elder
Stump cut trunk + gut innards
- Fungrotald Sludgebelly
Fungrot fungus rot + ald old one
Sludge thick ooze + belly swollen paunch
- Dolmtunn Barrowback
Dolm standing stone + tunn weight
Barrow burial mound + back broad shoulders
- Hulmirna Bridgesack
Hulm river islet + irna ironworker
Bridge stone crossing + sack carrying bag
- Tarnholdbakk Sludgeheap
Tarnhold pool hollow + bakk back
Sludge thick ooze + heap great pile
- Yrngrud Stumpgrumble
Yrn iron ore + grud grudge
Stump cut trunk + grumble low rumble
- Brogknokka Bridgethumper
Brog boulder + knokka knuckle
Bridge stone crossing + thumper pounder
- Moldgravdolg Knotshank
Moldgrav mould pit + dolg mutterer
Knot twisted tangle + shank leg bone
- Bogokk Rimethumb
Bog sucking mire + okk eye
Rime frost crust + thumb blunt digit
- Vellwodda Gorsesitter
Vell spring + wodda heap
Gorse spiny shrub + sitter squatter
- Cragvoldlump Stonetooth
Cragvold crag field + lump shapeless mass
Stone unmoving rock + tooth fang
- Duruld Knotlurker
Dur grey + uld elder
Knot twisted tangle + lurker skulker
- Brogulla Bogclub
Brog boulder + ulla wool
Bog sucking mire + club heavy cudgel
- Bergrotfust Bridgedigger
Bergrot mountain root + fust fist
Bridge stone crossing + digger burrower
Need a name that means something in particular? Build one from its meaning.
How troll names are built
¶A troll name is two closed syllables and no more. The first element names the ground the troll lives in or under — mog moss, bog bog, brud a boulder, krum scree, klod clay, stog sludge — and the second names a part of the troll or a habit it has kept for centuries: bak a back, gul a gullet, grud a grudge, thul a waiter, plodd a plodder. Mogbak is moss back. Krumgrud is scree grudge. Nothing is decorative and nothing is abbreviated.
The sound is deliberately dull. Troll speech has short vowels, doubled consonants and hard stops, no long vowels to draw out and no sibilant hiss, and the stress sits flat on the first syllable so the name lands like a dropped stone. This is what separates trolls from orcs, who bark and snarl and load their names with sharp edges. A troll is not angry, it is old and slow, and its name is built to be said once and understood.
Female names take an open -a on the second element, giving Mossgrunna and Rimhulda, and the elder or neutral set uses two landscape words rather than a body word, because the oldest trolls are named for the ground itself: Aldstanhald, Bergrothodd. Beside the name sits a use-name given by the people who must deal with the troll, and it records the place it sits and the price it takes: Bridgetoll, Fordsitter, Cairnwaiter. Trolls never change either one.
More troll names
Male troll names
- Brudtorn Gravelchin boulder tusk
- Durhald Lichenpot grey keeper
- Trogmog Dampgrumble tunnel kin
- Flinttost Oakheap spark-stone tooth
- Blodgrip Rootsack mud crushing hold
- Hrundul Rubblewaiter old stone slowness
- Bloddul Boulderjaw mud slowness
- Stendnubb Rootshank stone thumb
- Klodbrau Gravelsnout clay brow
- Sladgul Dampgrumble slate gullet
- Snorsnodd Bogchain snow snout
- Buldhidd Stumptoll cobble hide
- Delvborr Slatesack cave son
- Druburg Fungusfist drip groan
- Thodrond Rubblepot thaw girth
- Hrunokk Gloompot old stone eye
- Drubtost Fensack drip tooth
- Vardstubb Barrowshank cairn shank
Female troll names
- Mosstunna Stumpdigger green growth weight
- Bramskarra Stumpwaiter bramble scar
- Stigmagga Stumpbrow path kin
- Wethstubba Boulderbelly damp weather shank
- Stangirna Mossplodder standing stone ironworker
- Hagkinna Gritthumb peat bank cheek
- Cairthokka Fenchewer cairn thumper
- Frostplodda Thornsnout biting cold plodder
- Umbrulla Fordheap shade wool
- Delvplodda Cairnchewer cave plodder
- Stonskulla Boggut stone skull
- Wethplodda Fenbelly damp weather plodder
- Fenkluna Cairnshank wet lowland paw
- Dorndagga Gravelshank thorn daughter
- Thistdagga Slatelurker thistle daughter
- Klumpnagga Sludgethumb clod nagger
- Bogwodda Mudsack sucking mire heap
- Raggrippa Gravelsitter rough stone grip
Neutral troll names
- Dunmarkdrumm Dampjaw grey march thud
- Quagmorthul Gravelsitter quagmire waiter
- Lurgvoldgrunn Cavesitter lichen field grumble
- Nubstanbrokk Stumpshank stump stone knuckle
- Nubstandolg Sludgeknuckle stump stone mutterer
- Umbrokbon Rimehide shade rock bone
- Klodfengrud Bogsleeper clay fen grudge
- Snorbekharr Bogclub snow stream grey one
- Hrunmogbrokk Sludgechewer old moss knuckle
- Sludmogtorn Rubblechain sludge moss tusk
- Rimstanbidd Stonesleeper frost stone lingerer
- Delvmoruld Fenchain cave moor elder
- Mudholtgrunn Fungussleeper mud wood grumble
- Quagmortrog Fenchain quagmire digger
- Vardholtunn Sludgetooth cairn hollow weight
- Thoddrimgul Slateshank thaw frost gullet
- Grimdalald Barrowfist gloom valley old one
- Fungrotsitt Gritbrow fungus rot squatter
Questions
What are good troll names?
Two heavy syllables, ground first and body second: Mogbak, Brudgul, Klodhump, Stoggrud. Keep the vowels short and let the consonants double at the join. If the name takes more than a second to say, or if it has a graceful vowel run in it, it belongs to some other creature. A troll name should sound like a rock settling.
How are troll names different from orc names?
Orc names are aggressive: sharp consonants, snarled endings, and meanings about killing and breaking. Troll names are dull and ancient. They are built from the vocabulary of stone, moss, bog and bridge, and the second element is usually a body part or a habit rather than a weapon. A troll is patient, not violent, and the name should read that way. A rock troll takes a harder first element than a cave or a bridge troll, but all three sit in the same register.
What are good troll last names?
Trolls do not carry family names, they carry use-names given by the people who deal with them, and those name a place and a price: Bridgetoll, Fordsitter, Cairnwaiter, Mosshoarder, Bogbelly. The first half says where the troll sits and the second says what it does to whoever comes past, which is all most travellers need to know.
Do female trolls have different names?
The elements are the same and only the ending changes. Female names take an open -a on the second element, so grunn becomes grunna and hulda closes softly, giving Mossgrunna, Rimhulda, Sludkinna. It softens the landing without making the name light. The neutral set is used for elders of either sex, and it pairs two landscape words instead.
How long should a troll name be?
Two syllables for almost every troll, and three only for elders whose names have absorbed a second piece of landscape. Length in troll naming tracks age rather than status, so a long name means an old troll and an old troll means one that has watched a river change course. Short is the default and short is correct.