Dragon Name Resource


Trouble naming your dragon? Want some help? The following is a compilation of names, lists, and useful tips, and ways of going about naming your dragon. This can also apply to a myriad of animals, people and 'objects' - use the tips for naming anything! If you've any tips or names you'd like to add to the list, just contact Dragonmaid!

Naming your Dragon after yourself...
after important dates...
after a friend...
after a book character...
strange words...
words from another language...
another word for their personality...
with special endings and beginnings...
after other dragons...
a popular people name...
after your fave computer games...
after Myths and Legends...


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Naming your dragon after yourself...
 Name a dragon after yourself. What could be simpler? Your nickname, your real name, a derivative of your name, your second name(s), a jumbled mix of your name, or even your name backwards! For example, the name I got via my parents is Lynnette Joy Faggotter so I could just call a dragon Lynnette or Joy. But, backwards, this is Ettennyl Yoj Rettoggaf (Cool Android name, huh!!?!?!). Now, this could be changed to Tennetyl, Lytenent, Raggoffet, Oyj Ttelynne, and probably heaps more! Try it with your own name, you mightn't like all the combinations (these are just some of the ones I like out of my own name) but it is an interesting excercise and you're bound to find some really nice names. You can do this with your alias(s) and any of your nicknames too!

Naming your dragon after important dates and places...
 When is your birthday? Pick the month, day, time of day, and use that for a name. Mix the letters up in that and use them for a name. A friend's birthday is in November, so she named one of her adopted dragons Vomenbre. If you have an anniversary, or a special occassion to remember, what better way to remember it than with a name? The Seventh of June - well Seventh in itself is a nice name, but it can become Thesevjun this is both a shortening of "The Seventh of June" and a scrambled word mix of Seventh & June - and is a really nice name as well. Try it yourself!

Naming your dragon after a friend...
 You can simply name your dragon(s) after close friends or relatives. If you think that would be little to easy or obvious, try mixing their full names up so that they are in different order, or using their second given names. You can also jumble the letters in their names up or spell them backwards to get other names.

Examples: Geraldine Healy === Gel === Enidlareg === Lanerigeld === Ylaeh
Alivia Hollitt === Alicia === Joan Cherie === Aivila Ttolloh === Naoj Eitehc
Natasha Gibbons === Tash === Ahsatan Snobbig === Shantaa === Bobigns
Glen Faggotter === Gaff === Wayne === Nelg Rettoggaf === Enyaw Legn


Naming your dragon after a book character...
 So, you've just finished reading an amazing novel, what better way to remember it than by naming your dragon after one of it's charaters? The hero, the heroine, the pet pooch, even an 'extra' in the book - all good sources for names. Some books - if they have a lot of characters or a plot that can get confusing - have name lists of each of the characters and their roles, it's just like a baby name book all laid out just for you to pick from. You can also apply the jumbling around technique to these too! One of my fave dragon books is Dragon Search (or Searching for Dragons) by Patricia C Wrede, the following examples are some names from the book, and the part in the book in which they play:

Mendanbar The Hero and The King of the Enchanted Forest
Cimorene The Heroine and Princess / Chief Cook and Librarian for the King of Dragons
Willin Mendanbar's Steward
Alexandra A Queen whose Princess daughters Mendanbar definitely doesn't want to marry...
Morwen A witch who lives in the Enchanted Forest and is friends with most of the main characters
Kazul The King of Dragons, She is the one they search for
Zemenar the Head Wizard of the Society of Wizards, basically the bad guy


So, these are just a very small few of the names that could be utilzed from the book. There's actually about 15 (atleast) more named characters in the book, so you've got a wide variety to choose from. Get out your favourite novel (even if it is the Hardy Boys) and choose one that strikes your fancy. The same goes for your Favourite TV Shows or Movies, there's a wealth of names to be plucked from.

Naming your dragon strange words...
 So, sit down with a dictionary, and pick out strange, interesting, or nice sounding words and use them to name your dragon. Make sure that the word means a nice thing (unless of course your dragon is evil, pathetic or some such thing) otherwise it could become melancholy or be teased, but on the whole you can't go wrong with this method.

Examples: Meridian -- a high point, a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith of a given place
Gentian -- any of several related (esp) mountain plants with showy (usu) blue flowers
Djellaba -- a long loose outergarment with full sleeves and a hood traditionally worn my Arabs
Crevasse -- a deep fissure (esp) in a glacier
Cirque -- a deep steep-walled basin on a mountain
Brahman -- Hindu for the highest caste traditionally asigned to the priesthood


There are literally thousands of words in the english language, so you can afford to be picky, but don't be too fussy, you're liable to get frustrated and give up, just hang in there, the right name is waiting for you. The easiest way of doing this is to open a dictionary to a random page, and then go through the ones on that page till you find a word you like.*

Naming your dragon words from another language...
 Think up a word that sums up the kind of character, appearance, or personality your dragon has - or you would like to have - then look up that or a similar word in a different language dictionary. You can use this in conjunction with other naming techniques, to create even more names. For example, I knew the word Rein in German meant Pure or Clean, so I named one of my dragons that, and I think it suits him.

Naming your dragon another word for their personality...
 Like with the foreign words technique, think up a word that sums up the dragon's personality or appearance. Then grab a Thesaurus and look it up. There is bound to be a really nice sounding, or even unusual, word that you could use for a name there.

Examples: Calm === Halcyon, Pacific, Hush, Serenity
Fire === Cannonade, Flak, Fusillade, Brio, Pizzazz
Flabby === Flaccid, Lax, Effete
Anger === Choler, Pique, Nark, Vex


Naming your dragon with special beginnings or endings...
 Some places, like Dragonskies Adoptions**, only name their dragons with special endings. The dragons of Pern*** are all born knowing their names, and they all end in -th. At Dragonskies all female's names end in -lyn, and males in -aar. You cannot choose your dragon's name, but you can suggest them to those at Dragonskies. You might like to have that kind of system yourself, naming all of your dragons with set endings. Just decide on what endings you like, and then try and stick to it as much as possible. Try to stay away from -th endings, and many adoption sites strictly emphasise that their dragons cannot be named thus, but apart from that you have a pretty free reign. Beginnings to names is the same, only there is no real restrictions on this. Use any letter mix, or a word or mixed letter combination of a word. Here's some ending examples I thought up:
  1. -gyn
  2. -haer
  3. -frear
  4. -lins
  5. -ack
  6. -ot
  7. -sis

And, some beginnings...
  1. Fyre-
  2. Ext-
  3. Taro-
  4. Dra-
  5. Poi-
  6. Col-
  7. Bub-

Of course, the beginnings and endings can be switched around, and even used together to get combinations like Drasis and Sisdra, Tarogyn and Gyntaro etc.

Naming your dragon after other dragons...
 You could choose to name a dragon after an already famous dragon from mythology, legend, or modern-fiction. Such dragons as Tiamut, Apep, Cecrops, Fafnir, Hydra, Jabberwocky, and Jormungand are well known or can be traced through mythology. Dragons from popular Fantasy are also so well known that many people would recognise them, Smaug from JRR Tolkein's The Hobbit for example. Do some research, get some mythology books from your local library, and name away. Just be sure to mention that you've named your dragon after them, and that they are not the actual ones - you could get a lot of beings incensed, especially the actual dragons...

Naming your dragon a popular people name...
 Go through a babyname book and pick out ones you like. It's easy, and can be really fun. You may deem the most popular names - such as Jack, John, Andrew, Jane - a little boring (sorry everyone named that!!!) but baby name books are always packed with interesting names, and their meanings, which can greatly enhance their 'specialness.' A list of the most popular baby names in the USA in 1997 is below.****

BoysGirls
MICHAEL
MATTHEW
NICHOLAS
JACOB
CHRISTOPHER
AUSTIN
JOSHUA
ZACHARY
ANDREW
BRANDON
JOHN
JOSEPH
TYLER
DANIEL
ANTHONY
JAMES
KYLE
RYAN
DAVID
CHRISTIAN
JONATHAN
JUSTIN
WILLIAM
ALEXANDER
ROBERT
BRIAN
JORDAN
KEVIN
STEVEN
SAMUEL
BENJAMIN
CODY
DYLAN
ERIC
NATHAN
JOSE
THOMAS
AARON
TIMOTHY
CAMERON
LUIS/LOUIS
CALEB
HUNTER
SEAN/SHAUN
CONNOR/CONOR
ADAM
JASON
MARK/MARC
JARED
JUAN
TRISTAN
DEVIN
LOGAN
JEREMY
JESSE
PATRICK
ETHAN
CHASE
GABRIEL
TRAVIS
ALEX
COLLIN/COLIN
ISAIAH
JEFFREY
LUKE
NOAH
CHARLES
JAKE
JESUS
TREVOR
IAN
BRENDAN
GARRETT
JACK
BLAKE
CARLOS
PAUL
ANGEL
DOMINIC/DOMINICK
KENNETH
MIGUEL
DAKOTA
ISAAC
NATHANIEL
COLE
EVAN
MASON
RICHARD
GEORGE/JORGE
GREGORY
JONATHON
COREY/CORY
PETER
SETH
ANTONIO
SPENCER
TAYLOR
ALAN
MARCUS
COLTON
LUCAS
DALTON
EDWARD
MITCHELL
SARAH
EMILY
CAITLYN
BRIANNA
ASHLEY
JESSICA
TAYLOR
MEGAN
HANNAH
SAMANTHA
MADISON
HALEY (pronounced HAY-LEE)
BRITTANY
KATHERINE
ALEXIS
MIKAYLA
KAYLA
JASMINE
JENNIFER
LAUREN
ALYSSA
HALEIGH (pronounced HAL-LEE)
NICOLE
RACHEL
MORGAN
STEPHANIE
AMANDA
VICTORIA
ELIZABETH
REBECCA
ALEXANDRA
AMBER
ANNA
COURTNEY
ALLISON
MADELINE
SYDNEY
OLIVIA
JORDAN
SAVANNAH
ABIGAIL
DESTINY
MARIA
CHRISTINA
JULIA
KRISTEN
DANIELLE
KELSEY
MACKENZIE
SHELBY
BROOKE
VANESSA
BAILEY
JACQUELINE
LAURA
MELISSA
GRACE
KAYLEE (Pronounced KAY-LEE)
KIMBERLY
LINDSEY
MICHELLE
MIRANDA
NATALIE
SABRINA
TIFFANY
SIERRA
EMMA
ERIN
MARISSA
SOPHIA
CASSANDRA
MARY
ADRIANA
CAROLINE
MARIAH
GABRIELLE
ANDREA
ALEXANDRIA
CHEYENNE
CRYSTAL
KELLY
DOMINIQUE
MONICA
GABRIELLA
KARINA
MARGARET
BRANDI
KALI (pronounced KAL-LEE)
LESLIE
ANGELA
ARIANA
DIANA
ERICA
ISABELLE
JOCELYN
LEAH
PAIGE
BETHANY
CHLOE
DAISY
HEATHER
ISABELLA


The above list came from www.babynames.com, and they have two other lists at present, one of Shakespearien Names, and the other of names used in popular (and unpopluar...) daytime soaps. They're worth a look...

Naming your dragon after your fave computer games...
 Most people have them, and it can be anything from Space Invaders and Solitaire to Tekken 3 and Gran Turismo. A dragon named Spaceinvader isn't to be snorted at, neither is Tekken, but you can go a little more indepth. Jumble the letters, write them backwards, look for words within the names. You can also look within the game, find moves or character names and go with those. Also, we've finally found the point behind giving you all of those foreign language pages in manuals. No, it's not for people who speak those languages and buy the game, it's for people to choose names from. Take Battle Arena Toshinden for instance. You could name a dragon Eiji, Kayin, Sofia, Rungo, Fo, Mondo, Duke B Rambart or Ellis, or you you could go into their moves and pick one you like. Try your favourite move, or one with a particularly noce ring to it. Ellis's Swallow Dive for example, in German it is Schwalbensprung, Spanish it is Golondrina en Picado, and Zwaluduik for those in the Netherlands. All good names - just naming a dragon Swallow is a good alternative too. Here are a few more examples from BAT:

Character Move in English French German Spanish Dutch
Eiji Comet Strike Fulgurocoup Kometenschlag Golpe Fulgurante Komeetklap
Kayin Rising Sun Soleil Levant Sonnenaufgang Sol Naciente Rijzende Zon
Sofia Rattle Snake Serpent a Sonnettes Klapperschlange Serpiente Cascabel Ratelslang
Rungo Fire Wave Onde de Feu Feuerwelle Ola de Fuego Vuurgolf
Fo Rolling Thunder Tonnerre Foudroyant Donnergrollen Tronada Donderklap
Mondo Burning Spear Lance de Feu Brenneder Speer Lanza de Fuego Brandende Speer
Duke B Rambert Ogre Slash Botte de L'ogre Kannibalenschlag Tajada de Ogro Wildemanssteek
Ellis Fire Fly Mouche de Feu Feuerfliege Luciernaga Vuurvlieg


Naming your dragon after Myth and Legend...
 Myths and Legend offer countless names to choose from. Greek, Roman, Norse, Indian, you name the type and there's literally hundreds of names to choose from. In Arthurian Legend and Romance alone, there are around 4000 names to choose from. You may not want to name your dragon after someone who slew dragons for glory, but there are plenty of gods, goddesses, demigods, dieties and even mortals to whom dragons were sacred - you may want to choose from chinese mythology since the chinese revered and respected dragons and quite often regarded them as higher beings.



Don't Forget, Have Fun! Naming your dragon shouldn't be a tedious task, so find enjoyment in it, and rejoice in your dragon's new found name!


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*Dictionary meanings from The Penguin Pocket English Dictionary
**Dragonskies Adoptions at www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/lunar/441/
***Pern is a fantasy world featured in a series of books by Anne Mcafferey
****Popular baby names list comes from www.babynames.com

I spent a long time writing this all up and compiling info etc. Don't copy this and claim any of it as your own, though you can directly link to it or use any of the names listed here. If you do use any of the names, or even find inspiration, could you please put a text link to http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/legacy/265/nameres.html on your page saying that you did get inspiration from here, so others can come and get ideas.

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