Crocodile Name Generator

Fierce, funny and famous names for crocodiles

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Name a pet or zoo crocodile, a plush toy, a mascot or a story villain: legendary real crocs like Gustave and Lolong, Nile names like Sobek and Ramses, Aussie saltie names like Crikey and Kakadu, armoured bruisers like Panzer and Ironjaw, and puns like Snapoleon and Count Crocula.

About crocodile names

Crocodile names start with the famous ones. Gustave, the man-eating Nile croc of Burundi; Lolong, the Philippine giant who held the world record; Cassius, Brutus and Sweetheart from Australia's Northern Territory; Elvis at the Australian Reptile Park; and the ancient Egyptian crocodile god Sobek, with the devourer Ammit close behind. Fiction adds Tick-Tock from Peter Pan, Lyle the city crocodile, Schnappi, Roald Dahl's Enormous Crocodile and game characters like Renekton, Vector and King K. Rool.

The second big source is geography, because crocodiles are a world animal. Nile crocs take Egyptian names (Ramses, Cleopatra, Luxor, Papyrus) and African rivers and lakes (Zambezi, Limpopo, Okavango, Kariba); saltwater crocs carry Australian slang and Top End places (Crikey, Dundee, Kakadu, Daintree, Billabong); muggers and gharials get Ganga, Chambal and Sundarban; and the Cuban, Morelet's and American crocodiles of the Caribbean answer to Zapata, Cocodrilo and Orinoco. Words for crocodile in other languages, like Timsah, Buaya, Ngwenya and Wani, make subtle, unusual picks.

Then there is sheer armoured menace (Panzer, Ironjaw, Juggernaut, Sarcosuchus), the comedy of a dignified name on a toothy reptile (Bartholomew, Mildred, Lord Chompington), green and tiny names for hatchlings and plushies (Pickle, Kiwi, Lil Snap) and a solid run of puns from Snapoleon to Croc Norris.

How to choose crocodile names

Match the species to the region: an Egyptian or African-river name for a Nile croc, Aussie slang for a saltie, Ganga or Chambal for a mugger or gharial, Spanish names for Cuban and Morelet's crocodiles.
Size the name to the animal: a hatchling or plush suits Pickle, Nugget or Lil Snap, while a fifteen-foot male is a Goliath, Dominator or Juggernaut.
For a mascot or team, pick one or two syllables with a hard consonant that a crowd can chant: Croc, Snap, Tank, Gus, Sobek.
Comedy comes from contrast. A crocodile called Mildred, Percival or Doctor Teeth is funnier than another Jaws.
For villains, the myth names (Sobek, Apophis, Ammit, Makara) and the Latin species names (Porosus, Niloticus, Palustris) sound ancient and cold without being cartoonish.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most famous crocodile names?

Gustave (Burundi), Lolong (Philippines), Cassius, Brutus and Sweetheart (Australia) and Elvis (Australian Reptile Park) are the best-known real crocodiles. In fiction the famous ones are Tick-Tock from Peter Pan, Lyle, Schnappi, the Enormous Crocodile, Killer Croc, Renekton and Vector.

What is a good name for a female crocodile?

Egyptian queens and goddesses work well (Cleopatra, Nefertiti, Sekhmet, Taweret), as do Aussie picks like Sheila and Matilda, river names like Tana and Mara, and puns such as Jawsephine, Clawdia and Snappette.

What is the difference between crocodile and alligator names?

Alligator names lean on Louisiana and Florida: Cajun surnames, Creole food and bayou words. Crocodile names pull from Egypt, African rivers, Australia, India and the Caribbean instead. Names about teeth, armour and size (Snappy, Tank, Goliath) fit both, and we have a separate alligator generator for the Gulf South flavour.

Are any of these names trademarked?

Characters like Lyle, Schnappi, Renekton, Vector, Killer Croc, Feraligatr and King K. Rool belong to their franchises, so keep those for pets and fan projects. The Egyptian, river, Aussie, pun and species names are free to use in books, games and team names.

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All 500 crocodile names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 22 names

Abyssinia
Achilles
Acutus
Adelaide River
Admiral Ambush
Agatha
Agusan
Ajax
Algernon
Amazonas
Ammit
Anubis
Anvil
Apep
Apophis
Archibald
Armor
Arnhem
Aswan
Attila
Augustus
Avocado

B: 38 names

Balthazar
Bandar
Banjo
Baringo
Baron Von Snap
Barra
Bartholomew
Basalt
Bastion
Bayou Bill
Beatrice
Behemoth
Belize
Bertha
Bhitarkanika
Big Barra
Billabong
Bingo
Bitey McBiteface
Blackwater
Bluey
Bogmire
Bongo
Bonza
Borneo
Brackish
Brawler
Broome
Bruce
Bruiser
Brunei
Brutus
Bulldozer
Bulwark
Bunawan
Bunyip
Burt
Button

C: 61 names

Caesar
Caiman
Caimán
Cairns
Cape York
Captain Clamp
Captain Croc
Cassius
Cataphractus
Cayo
Chambal
Chartreuse
Chewbacca
Chewy
Chobe
Chomp-Chomp
Chomper
Chompette
Chompsky
Cinder
Cipactli
Clawdia
Clementine
Cleo
Clover
Cobber
Coco
Cocodrilo
Colossus
Commander Crunch

C, continued

Congo
Cooktown
Cornelius
Count Crocula
Cretaceous
Crikey
Croc Brûlée
Croc Dundee
Croc Pot Pie
Croc Star
Croc-a-Cola
Crocky
Crocky Balboa
Croco
Crocodile Cleopatra
Crocodile Jack
Crocodile Rock
Crocodile Tears
Crocodilly
Crocodoodle
Crocodylus
Crocomire
Croconaw
Crocoshock
Crocpot
Croctopus
Crunch
Crusher
Cuddlebug
Cuddles
Cuthbert

D: 20 names

Daintree
Daly
Darwin
Deepwater
Deinosuchus
Delta Dawn
Dental Plan
Derby
Diesel
Digger
Dinkum
Django
Doctor Teeth
Dominator
Dorothea
Dozer
Driftwood
Drover
Duke Jawbone
Dundee

E: 8 names

Ebony
Edith
Egbert
Elvis
Emerald
Enormous Crocodile
Ethel
Eunice

F: 10 names

Fang
Fenrir
Feraligatr
Fifi
Fitzgerald
Fitzroy
Flint
Florence
Fossil
Freshie

G: 26 names

Gambia
Ganga
Gator Bait
Gavialis
General Gnaw
Genghis
Gertrude
Gharial
Gherkin
Gigi
Gizmo
Gnasher
Gobbler
Godzilla
Gogo
Goliath
Gove
Grandpa Snaps
Granite
Grinner
Grumeti
Guanacaste
Gumby
Gummy
Gunmetal
Gustave

H: 14 names

Hannibal
Harriet
Hatchling
Havana
Henrietta
Hercules
Hilda
Hook Bait
Horatio
Horus
Huggy
Hulk
Hulkling
Humphrey

I: 4 names

Ignatius
Intermedius
Ironhide
Irrawaddy

J: 16 names

Jacaré
Jackaroo
Jade
Jalapeño
Jardine
Jaws
Jawsephine
Jawsome
Jillaroo
Johnstoni
Jojo
Josephine
Juba
Juggernaut
Jumbo
Jurassic

K: 27 names

Kafue
Kakadu
Kalimantan
Kariba
Katherine
Kazinga
Kaziranga
Kerchunk
Kermit
Kersplash
Khnum
Kiki
Kiko
Kilimanjaro
Killer Croc
Kimberley
King K. Rool
Kingpin
Kiwi
Knobby
Kom Ombo
Kong
Kraken
Krokorok
Krookodile
Krys
Kununurra

L: 21 names

Lady Nile
Lagarto
Larrikin
Latirostris
Leatherback
Leatherhead
Leopold
Leviathan
Lil Snap
Lime
Limpopo
Lockjaw
Loki
Lolo
Lolong
Longtooth
Lord Chompington
Luangwa
Lulu
Luxor
Lyle

M: 42 names

Madagascar
Magnus
Mahanadi
Major Mandible
Makara
Malachite
Mango
Mangrove
Mangrove Mike
Mantrap
Mara
Marjorie
Mary River
Matcha
Matilda
Maude
Mauler
Maximus
Mecistops
Mekong
Methuselah
Mildred
Mimi
Mindanao
Mindorensis
Minibite
Miss Scales
Momo
Montgomery
Morelet
Moreletii
Mortimer
Mosasaur
Mr. Snappy
Mrs. Chompers
Mudbug
Muddy
Mudskipper
Mugger
Munch
Munchkin
Murkwater

N: 19 names

Naivasha
Nefertari
Nefertiti
Nero
Nessie
Nhulunbuy
Nibbler
Nibbles
Niger
Nilah
Nile
Niloticus
Nilufar
Nomnom
Normanby
Novaeguineae
Nubia
Nugget
Nutcracker

O: 13 names

Obsidian
Odin
Okavango
Old Man River
Old Nile
Old Scaly
Olive
Onyx
Ord
Orinoco
Osiris
Osteolaemus
Outback

P: 26 names

Palawan
Palustris
Pantanal
Panzer
Papyrus
Peanut
Peg Leg
Percival
Peridot
Pesto
Petsuchos
Pharaoh
Philippa
Pickle
Pip
Pirate Croc
Pistachio
Porosus
Primeval
Prince Papyrus
Professor Snaps
Proserpine
Prudence
Ptolemy
Puddles
Purussaurus

Q: 1 name

Queen Sobek

R: 19 names

Ragnar
Raja
Ramses
Rango
Rani
Reginald
Relic
Renekton
Renenutet
Rex
Rhombifer
Ridgeback
Ripper
Rivet
Rocco
Rocky Croc
Rovuma
Rufiji
Rusty

S: 60 names

Sahara
Saltie
Saltmarsh
Salty
Sandile
Sarawak
Sarcosuchus
Savanna
Scaleback
Scalina
Scarab
Schnappi
Schnozz
Scissorjaw
Sekhmet
Senegal
Serengeti
Sergeant Snap
Sheila
Sherman
Shire
Shrek
Siamensis
Sir Bites-a-Lot
Sir Snaps
Slate
Sledge
Smiley
Smokey
Snaggletooth
Snap Judgement
Snapchat
Snapdragon
Snapdragon Sue
Snapoleon
Snapper
Snappette
Snappy
Snapshot
Snuggles
Sobek
Sobeka
Sobekneferu
Spartacus
Sphinx
Sploosh
Sprout
Squirt
Steeltrap
Stillwater
Strewth
Stumpy
Sumatra
Sunda
Sundarban
Supercroc
Swaggie
Swampthing
Sweetheart
Sweetie

T: 29 names

Tamarindo
Tana
Tanganyika
Tango
Tank
Tárcoles
Tater
Taweret
Tetraspis
Thaddeus
Thor
Thwack
Tiamat
Tick-Tock
Tidewater
Tiko
Titan
Tomistoma
Toothless Tom
Toothpick
Toothy
Top End
Torque
Totodile
Townsville
Triassic
Tulum
Turkana
Tutankhamun

U: 1 name

Usumacinta

V: 4 names

Vector
Victoria
Viridian
Volta

W: 10 names

Wallop
Wasabi
Wenlock
Whomp
Wilbur
Winifred
Winston
Wolfgang
Wrecker
Wyndham

Y: 4 names

Yacaré
Yoda
Yowie
Yucatán

Z: 5 names

Zambezi
Zapata
Zeke
Ziggy
Zippy