Crocodile Name Generator

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.