Good Warhammer orc names are short, hard and loud, like Gazrok or Snikrok, with a rank, a nickname or a clan bolted on: Mad Dok Grubnik Gitstompa of da Freebooterz. Warhammer's greenskins don't do quiet. This Warhammer orc name generator works for 40K Orks and for the Orcs of the Old World and Age of Sigmar: pick a setting, then add a title, a clan, a nickname, or the lot.
Ten good Warhammer orc names
All ten came from the generator, for 40K and for fantasy:
- Warboss Wurgutz: the rank comes first, the way Orks always introduce themselves.
- Mad Dok Grubnik Gitstompa of da Freebooterz: a Painboy with a nickname and a clan of pirates.
- Flash Git Dakkgul 'Eadbanga of da Evil Sunz: the dropped h in 'Eadbanga is pure Ork-speak.
- Kommando Boss Snikrok Bosskilla of da Deathskulls: a sneaky name for a sneaky Ork.
- Weirdboy Bulsnag: a Weirdboy is a psychic Ork, the nearest thing 40K has to an orc shaman.
- Gazsnag of da Deathskulls: a plain name and a clan, for a Boy in the mob.
- Mogkrak 'Ardnut: a fantasy Orc whose nickname means he's hard to crack.
- Dragrot One-Eye: a nickname that says what happened to him.
- Megaboss Bogruk da Biggest of da Bonegrinda tribe: Megaboss is an Ironjawz rank from Age of Sigmar.
- Great Shaman Bulnob Bosskilla of da Black Mountain: an Orc shaman from the Old World, with a tribe behind him.
How greenskins are named
- Short and hard. Two blunt syllables, lots of g, k and z: the sound of something being hit.
- Titles do the talking. An Ork's rank is part of their name: Warboss, Big Mek, Painboy, Weirdboy. The bigger the Ork, the longer it gets. The most famous of all is Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka.
- Nicknames in Ork-speak. 40K Orks talk in a kind of comic Cockney, dropping their hs and turning -er into -a: a smasher becomes a Smasha, a head-banger an 'Eadbanga.
- Shamans. In 40K a psychic Ork is a Weirdboy, who soaks up the energy of the Orks around him and lets it out, sometimes on purpose. In the Old World and Age of Sigmar they're called shamans. Choose a title for names like Weirdboy Bulsnag or Great Shaman Bulnob.
- Nothing subtle. If the name could be shouted at the start of a charge, it's right.
The 40K clans
- Goffs: the biggest, meanest and most fond of hand-to-hand fighting, in black and white.
- Evil Sunz: obsessed with speed, because red ones go faster.
- Bad Moons: the rich ones. Their teeth grow fastest, and Orks use teeth (teef) as money.
- Deathskulls: looters and scavengers, painted blue for luck.
- Snakebites: old-fashioned, riding boars and keeping squigs.
- Blood Axes: the ones who've picked up tactics from humans, which other Orks find suspicious.
Orcs of the Old World and Age of Sigmar
In Warhammer Fantasy, now the Old World, Orcs fight in tribes under a Warboss, with Black Orcs as the toughest of all; Grimgor Ironhide is the most famous. In Age of Sigmar they're Orruks, split into warclans like the armoured Ironjawz and the sneaky Kruleboyz, led by Megabosses.
Choose "Old World and Age of Sigmar" for fantasy titles (Big Boss, Megaboss, Shaman) and tribes instead of 40K clans.
Naming your army
- Name the boss first, with the full title, then give the mob nicknames that fit around them.
- Let the nickname come from the table. The Nob who survived a whole game on one wound has earned "Lucky".
- Your Waaagh! In 40K a Waaagh! is a war cry and a whole crusade at once, named after the boss who leads it. Once your Warboss has a name, the Waaagh! has one too.