Gargoyle Name Generator

Names for gargoyles, from gothic grotesques to the little one in your garden.

Style
Name format

Press Generate Names for 8 gargoyle names.

Tap a name to copy it, or the bookmark to keep it.

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By Rich · Updated

Example Gargoyle Names

A few names this generator came up with. Tap one to copy it, or press "Generate Names" above for more.

Any · Name only

  • Sister Drusilla
  • Hubert of the West Door
  • Osric of the Abbey Gate
  • Little Squat

Any · With a title

  • Sister Agnes, Watcher on the Roof
  • Cragsnout the Ever-Waking
  • Little Mossy, Keeper of the Spire
  • Sister Clotilde, Guardian of the Bells

Gothic · Name only

  • Dripspout
  • Grimgrin
  • Leadmaw
  • Thornbrow

Cathedral guardian · Name only

  • Sister Godiva
  • Sister Ursula
  • Sister Theodosia
  • Sister Petronella

Cathedral guardian · With a title

  • Sister Edith, Warden of the Gate
  • Sister Frideswide the Rain-Spitter
  • Sister Scholastica the Moss-Covered
  • Brother Osric, Guardian of the Bells

Cute · Name only

  • Gravel
  • Little Clay
  • Little Puddle
  • Little Tiny

How the Gargoyle Name Generator Works

It works from 151 names and name parts, which combine into over 4,400 possible results.

The choices:

  • Style: Any, Gothic, Cathedral guardian, Cute.
  • Name format:
    • Name only, e.g. Sister Theodosia
    • With a title, e.g. Guttergrin of the Long Night

Each press gives you 8 names. "Show 8 more" adds 8 you haven't seen yet, until the names for the choices you've made run out.

A gargoyle is, strictly, a carved waterspout: the word comes from the French for throat, and rain pours out of its mouth. Over centuries they became the stone guardians of cathedrals. This gargoyle name generator makes gothic names like Grimspout, cathedral guardians named for their tower, and cute names for a garden gargoyle.

Gargoyles and grotesques

A gargoyle is, strictly, a carved waterspout that throws rain clear of a building's walls.

  • The word comes from the French gargouille, throat, and is related to "gargle": the water pours out of its mouth.
  • Grotesques: carved figures that don't carry water aren't gargoyles at all, though almost everyone calls them that.
  • Notre-Dame's famous brooding "gargoyles" on the gallery are grotesques, added in the 1800s by the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
  • La Gargouille was a dragon in a legend from Rouen, said to have been defeated by Saint Romanus, the city's bishop.

Naming a gargoyle

  • Gothic names are stony and grim: Grimspout, Slatefang, Mossgutter.
  • Cathedral guardians get names like the monks and nuns who'd have walked beneath them: Sister Hildegard, Oswin of the High Parapet.
  • Cute names suit a garden gargoyle: Little Pebble, Little Pudding.

For other things that watch from the rooftops, try the Ghost and Haunted House name generators, and for something made of stone that moves, the Golem Name Generator.

For more beasts of legend, see all the mythical creature name generators.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between a gargoyle and a grotesque?
A gargoyle is a carved waterspout; a grotesque is a carved figure that doesn't carry water. Most stone monsters on buildings are grotesques.
Where does the word gargoyle come from?
From the French gargouille, meaning throat, because rainwater pours out of the gargoyle's mouth.
Are the Notre-Dame gargoyles real gargoyles?
The famous figures on the gallery are grotesques, added in the 1800s by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. The cathedral has real gargoyle waterspouts too.

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