Kobolds are small, scaly and proud of it. In D&D they're draconic creatures who worship the god Kurtulmak and, given the chance, serve a real dragon. Their names are short and quick, like the kobolds themselves. This kobold name generator gives you names like Ixik and Krikket, and can add a title for the job each kobold does in the tribe.
What kobold names sound like
Kobolds speak Draconic, and their names sound like it squeezed into something small: one or two syllables, sharp consonants (k, x, z) and short vowels. Ixik, Zekk, Tazz. A name you could yip.
Two famous kobolds show the range. Meepo, from the third-edition adventure The Sunless Citadel, is the kobold who has lost his tribe's pet dragon and wants it back. Deekin Scalesinger, the kobold bard of the Neverwinter Nights expansions, follows the hero around planning to write a book about them.
Kobolds and their jobs
A kobold tribe survives by working together: digging tunnels, setting traps and, if they're lucky, looking after a dragon's hoard. A title for a kobold's job does two things at once: it tells the players what the kobold is good at, and it gives the kobold something to be proud of.
- Ixik the Trapmaker is the one to talk to before walking down that corridor.
- Snarf the Dragon-Feeder knows where the dragon sleeps.
- Zekk the Egg-Keeper will fight harder than anyone else in the tribe.
Kobolds as player characters
Kobolds became a playable race in Volo's Guide to Monsters, and players love them. A few ideas for a kobold character's name:
- Keep the tribe name small. A short name like Tikka is a good base for an adventurer's grand new title.
- Let them rename themselves. A kobold who has left the tribe might add "Dragonslayer" to their name before they've seen a dragon.
- Use the title as a backstory. A former Egg-Keeper has a reason to protect the party's weakest member.
For more, add an epithet with the Epithet Generator.