Orc Name Generator

Orc naming conventions

Orc names in most fantasy are short, harsh and easy to bellow across a battlefield. Our orc grammar uses blunt beginnings (Grak-, Maz-, Skar-, Urg-), closed vowels and endings that land hard: -ak, -uk, -og and -ash for men, -a, -sha, -ka and -rga for women. Names run from three to eight letters, with only one vowel at a time.

To keep them rough without sounding like nonsense, the grammar limits each name to one gr, one kr and one z, and stops endings such as -ug repeating inside a name. This page's list begins with Ghazuk Irongouger (GAH-zuk).

Harsh and clan styles

• Harsh names are one or two blunt syllables, the names of raiders and pit-fighters, followed by a deed-name.
• Clan names are slightly longer, with aspirated sounds such as gh and kh, and come with a clan epithet: of the plus an adjective and a noun, or the wild land the clan comes from.

Neither style tries to copy the orcs of any particular book or game. Clan names used by a well-known game series are blocked, so your warband's banner is your own.

Deed-names and clan epithets

A deed-name is earned: a body word or a beast joined to a deed, like the name of someone who once broke something important. A clan epithet belongs to the whole clan and is worn with pride. Orcs here can carry either, which gives you a quick way to show rank: young orcs with only a clan, veterans with a deed-name of their own.