Troll Name Generator

Troll names: Origin, structure, and meaning

No, we don’t mean online trolls—trolls from fantasy and literature are mythical humanoid creatures with freakish strength who often pair their nefarious intentions with a sense of mischief. 

From the trolls who try to cook the protagonist in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit to the stone creatures brought to life in Disney’s Frozen, trolls often come in multiples and appear as an obstacle to your main character.

Troll naming conventions

Like many orcs, trolls have mononymic names, reflecting their primal nature and lack of strong familial heritage. Many trolls also have onomatopoeic names with harsh consonants, though more formal troll names often derive from Old English and Norwegian folklore.

Troll name inspiration

Troll names draw heavily from symbolism, even if their names are just onomatopeia for something as simple as a belch. As with many half-orc names, troll names should liberally use hard consonants (K, G, T) that almost require the speaker to spit. 

So what are you waiting for? Get up to some mischief with a lumbering nickname all your own! Try our troll name generator and never settle for stoney, one-dimensional troll names again.

List of troll names

A troll name can be as simple as a human name (Tom, Bert) or as fanciful as drawing on Norwegian medieval history and lore: look for names like Grendel and Tom as often as mononymic sounds like “Kreek.”