The ogre comes from fairy tales, where it is a huge, hungry giant who eats travellers, and from D&D, where ogres live in tribes and fight with clubs. This ogre name generator makes brutish names, fairy-tale ogres, D&D ogres with a tribe and funny ogres who mostly want lunch.
Where ogres come from
The word ogre first appears in French fairy tales, most famously in Charles Perrault's collection of 1697.
- Perrault's ogres eat people, especially children: the ogre outwitted in "Puss in Boots" and the ogre in "Hop-o'-My-Thumb", whose seven-league boots are stolen.
- An ogress appears in Perrault's "Sleeping Beauty", as the prince's mother, who wants to eat her grandchildren.
- The origin of the word is uncertain. One suggestion is Orcus, a Roman god of the underworld.
- In D&D, ogres are huge, greedy and live in tribes, which is why tribe names suit them.
Naming an ogre
- Brutish ogres get short, thick names: Grubnak, Smashra.
- Fairy-tale ogres get an old, local name: Crookshin of Thornwood.
- D&D ogres get a tribe: Bolga of the Skull Rock.
- Funny ogres are friendlier than they look: Sir Snackalot, Little Nigel.
For other big brutes, try the Troll and Giant name generators.
For more beasts of legend, see all the mythical creature name generators.