This ogre name generator pairs one blunt, invented name with what the ogre is known for, as in "Yulb the Bridge-Sitter" or "Grubbok Who Ate the Mill." Every name and byname is our own.
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A grunt and a small story
Press New ogre name. Lock a name such as Thubbok and press until the byname fits: the Turnip-Hoarder, of the Long Nap, Who Sat on the Bakery. Or lock a byname and try names on it.
Three shapes of byname
A byname starts with "the" for a habit, "of the" for a thing the ogre is tied to, or "Who" for one thing it did. The list under the tool holds all of them, and the ogres in them are clumsy more than fierce.
Questions and answers
What is an ogre?
An ogre is a legendary monster of folklore and fairy tales, usually pictured as a large, hideous being in human shape. Ogres appear in the mythology, folklore and fiction of many parts of the world, English Wikipedia says.
Where does the word ogre come from?
The word is of French origin. English Wikipedia says it was used by the twelfth-century poet Chrétien de Troyes and gained wide use through the fairy tales of Charles Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy.
What is a good name for an ogre?
Short and heavy: one or two syllables that sound like a grunt, such as Yulb or Mubbrok. This page adds a byname, so the name also says what the ogre is known for.
Are these ogre names from a film or a game?
None that we found. Each name is invented, and a name that matched a Wikipedia page, a word in its text or a page on the fan wikis we read was cut. Search a name before you publish it.
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 59 blunt, invented ogre names of one or two syllables, written on 2026-10-03. Each was screened that day against an English dictionary and lists of real first names and surnames; GeoNames places of 500 people and up (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0); every list on this site, the orc, troll and giant names among them; a rude-word list; every word of every page title of 16 fantasy fan wikis, and names one letter from the first word of one; the page titles and redirects of English Wikipedia and a full-text search of it (https://en.wikipedia.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0); and exact page titles on 8 fantasy fan wikis (forgottenrealms.fandom.com, pathfinder.fandom.com, elderscrolls.fandom.com, wowpedia.fandom.com, lotr.fandom.com, witcher.fandom.com, criticalrole.fandom.com, harrypotter.fandom.com). 113 candidates were cut (47 a name from published fiction, or one letter from it; 19 found in the text of English Wikipedia; 12 a real first name or surname; 11 taken out on a second reading; 8 on another list of this site; 6 a Wikipedia page title; 4 a dictionary word; 2 other reasons; 2 a fan wiki page title; 1 a real place; 1 a rude word inside or across the join), among them Mog, Brug, Krund, Hrum, Flug, Gomp. One more name was taken out on 2026-10-05 because it sounds like a rude word of another language. No list of names is complete, so search a name before you publish it. Licence: own work
Known as: all 83 bynames
B 7
the Barn-Leaner
the Barrel-Hugger
the Belly-Drummer
the Bog-Stomper
the Boulder-Roller
the Bread-Squasher
the Bridge-Sitter
C 4
the Cart-Tipper
the Cheese-Roller
the Chimney-Peeker
the Cloud-Blower
Show all 83 bynames (72 more)
D 2
the Ditch-Digger
the Door-Leaner
F 3
the Fence-Stepper
the Field-Flattener
the Foot-Stamper
G 2
the Gate-Lifter
the Goat-Counter
H 1
the Hill-Flattener
K 1
the Kettle-Denter
L 3
the Ladle-Bender
the Log-Carrier
the Loud Whisperer
M 2
the Moss-Back
the Mud-Wader
O 14
of the Bent Ladle
of the Borrowed Cauldron
of the Cracked Bell
of the Endless Yawn
of the Giant Spoon
of the Long Nap
of the Lumpy Porridge
of the Missing Boot
of the Seven Suppers
of the Stolen Nap
of the Third Helping
of the Wobbly Tooth
the Onion-Breath
the Ox-Lifter
P 3
the Pebble-Chewer
the Pie-Taker
the Pumpkin-Roller
R 1
the Roof-Patter
S 5
the Slow Clapper
the Soup-Slurper
the Stair-Breaker
the Stew-Stirrer
the Stump-Sitter
T 4
the Thatch-Eater
the Toll-Taker
the Tree-Shaker
the Turnip-Hoarder
W 31
the Wagon-Sitter
the Well-Blocker
Who Asked Twice
Who Ate the Mill
Who Blew Out the Lighthouse
Who Borrowed the Town Bell
Who Cannot Find His Other Sock
Who Carried the Cow Home
Who Counts on One Hand
Who Fell Through the Bridge
Who Fishes with a Tree
Who Forgot the Way Home
Who Hides Behind Thin Trees
Who Hums While Eating
Who Juggles Millstones
Who Keeps a Pet Boulder
Who Lost a Staring Contest to a Cow
Who Lost the Riddle Game
Who Mistook a Haystack for a Bed
Who Naps in the Road
Who Outshouted the Thunder
Who Picks His Teeth with a Fence Post
Who Sat on the Bakery
Who Sat on the Hat Shop
Who Sneezed the Roof Off
Who Startled His Own Shadow
Who Swallowed a Bagpipe
Who Tripped Over the Mountain
Who Uses a Door as a Plate
Who Wears a Barrel
Who Wrestles Fog
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 83 bynames, each a small story about a large, clumsy neighbor, written on 2026-10-03. Nobody is hurt in any of them. Checked against every list on this site for repeats, and each was looked up as a page title of English Wikipedia. 3 candidates were cut (1 a Wikipedia page title; 1 on another list of this site; 1 taken out on a second reading), among them the Late Riser, the Wall-Leaner, of the Two Left Boots. Licence: own work