Discworld Name Generator

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Generate character names in the style of the Discworld novels for fan fiction, tabletop games and costumes: Ankh-Morpork traders like Sell-It-Twice Wally Grubb, witches like Granny Dorcas Nettlebed, wizards, dwarfs like Jolly Softhammer, trolls, Feegles and Omnians, plus 24 names from the books as anchors.

About Discworld names

Names in the Discworld novels are jokes with rules, and each corner of the Disc has its own. Ankh-Morpork citizens carry Dickensian surnames and trade nicknames that work as a warning (Sell-It-Twice Wally Grubb). Lancre and Chalk witches use a homely title and a plain surname: Granny, Nanny, Mistress or Miss, as in Granny Dorcas Nettlebed. Unseen University wizards are often known by their post alone, so The Lecturer in Approximate Numbers is a complete name.

Other peoples follow suit. Dwarfs pair a saga patronymic with an unheroic surname (Grundi Grundisson, Jolly Softhammer), trolls are named for rocks and minerals, the golems on this list for their work, and every Igor is an Igor. Omnians are named with a whole pious sentence, shortened in daily use, Überwald nobles collect titles and gothic syllables, and the Nac Mac Feegle describe each other by size and temperament (Not-That-Ian-the-Other-Ian Ian).

This is a fan-made list written in the style of the books and is not connected with their author or publishers. Of the 500 names, 24 are canon characters included as anchors, among them Rincewind, Granny Weatherwax, Sam Vimes, Moist von Lipwig and Tiffany Aching; the FAQ lists them all. The rest are new, for fan fiction, tabletop characters, costumes and pets.

How to choose Discworld names

  • Decide where the character lives first. A name that works on the Chalk (Kitty Haystack) sounds wrong in a castle in Überwald, where you want something like Countess Isolde von Rabenhorst.
  • For a witch, choose the title by standing more than age: Miss for a witch of any age who never married, Mistress for one who expects respect, Nanny for the sociable sort and Granny for the one nobody argues with.
  • For a wizard, invent the post before the person. A chair nobody understands, such as The Chair of Speculative Plumbing, tells you more about the character than a first name would.
  • Shorten Omnian names for everyday use, as the books do: Arrive-Early-and-Stack-the-Chairs Steeple would answer to Brother Arrive or just Steeple.
  • Keep the canon names for fan fiction and private games. For anything you plan to publish, start from one of the new names and remember that the setting itself belongs to someone else.

Frequently asked questions

Which names in this list are from the Discworld books?

Twenty-four: Rincewind, Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Sam Vimes, Moist von Lipwig, Mustrum Ridcully, Havelock Vetinari, Carrot Ironfoundersson, Cheery Littlebottom, Tiffany Aching, Magrat Garlick, Adora Belle Dearheart, Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler, Nobby Nobbs, Fred Colon, Ponder Stibbons, Daft Wullie, Rob Anybody, Detritus, Dorfl, Angua von Überwald, Lady Sybil Ramkin, Agnes Nitt and Mightily Oats. The other names were drafted for this page in the same styles. If one of them happens to match a minor character, that is a coincidence.

How are Discworld witches named?

Mostly with a title and a plain country surname. Senior witches are Granny or Nanny, formal address is Mistress, Miss is used by unmarried witches of any age, and older styles such as Goodie, Gammer and Old Mother turn up too. In this list that gives Nanny Bessie Sprout, Mistress Tabitha Hatpin and Old Mother Stoat.

How do dwarf and troll names work on the Disc?

Dwarfs often carry a patronymic that repeats the given name, in the manner of the old sagas, or a surname far less fierce than its owner, which is why this list has Brok Broksson beside Humble Soupladle. Trolls are named for rocks and minerals, so Hornblende, Travertine and Old Conglomerate all fit.

Can I use these names in my own stories or games?

The new names are meant for fan fiction, tabletop characters, costumes and pets. The 24 canon names belong to the books, so keep them for fan works. If you plan to publish, remember that Discworld is another author's setting, and place your character in a world of your own.

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A: 19 names

  • Abstain-from-Second-Helpings Crumb
  • Acting-Captain Dudley Pennon
  • Adora Belle Dearheart
  • Agnes Nitt
  • Agni Minecart
  • Alchemist-Constable Florence Retort
  • Alderman Josiah Suet
  • All-Sales-Final Ossory Prout
  • Andesite the Younger

A, continued

  • Angua von Überwald
  • Anvil 3
  • Archchancellor Bedevere Trout
  • Archchancellor Ethelred Nave
  • Argue-Gently-and-Bring-Cake Barley
  • Arnold Twopence
  • Arrive-Early-and-Stack-the-Chairs Steeple
  • Augustus Ponsonby-Drain
  • Auntie Limestone
  • Awfully Loud Lachlan

B: 30 names

  • Barely-Used Barnaby Thwaite
  • Barite
  • Barnabas Clodpole
  • Baron Gustav von Donnerwetter
  • Baron Klaus von Mitternacht
  • Baron Ulrich von Pelz
  • Baron Wolfram von Bissenstein
  • Baroness Ottilie von Schreckenwald
  • Bartleby Runcible, Third Level
  • Be-Not-Hasty-in-Thy-Judgment Pew
  • Bear-Glad-Tidings-and-a-Collection-Plate
  • Beattie Mothball
  • Becky Stile
  • Bell-Ringer Constable Hob Clapper
  • Bernard Mulch

B, continued

  • Bespectacled Wilf
  • Big Basalt
  • Big Marl
  • Big Tam
  • Big Wee Gordon
  • Bit-a-Badger Bruce
  • Blot, Small God of Clerical Errors
  • Bodge, God of Temporary Repairs
  • Borgi Ironcrumb
  • Borrowed-It Blair
  • Brok Broksson
  • Brother Tumble of the Fools' Guild
  • Bruni Brunisson
  • Bucket Mary
  • Burgomaster Otto Glockenspiel

C: 39 names

  • Captain Leofric Stout
  • Carrot Ironfoundersson
  • Cheery Littlebottom
  • Chirpy Lowceiling
  • Constable Ada Clatter
  • Constable Barnacle Fogg, River Patrol
  • Constable Bjorn Tighthelm
  • Constable Eavestrough
  • Constable Fenris Barker
  • Constable Finial
  • Constable Gneiss
  • Constable Hattie Cobblestone
  • Constable Lionel Grave (Deceased)

C, continued

  • Constable Parapet
  • Constable Schist
  • Constable Thimble Stitchwick
  • Constable Wendell Semaphore
  • Constable Wilbur Thrupp
  • Cornelius Drabble, Guild of Rat-Catchers
  • Corporal Clarence Nettles
  • Corporal Maisie Whistle
  • Corporal Rhyolite
  • Corporal Shortcut Snaggs
  • Corporal Skalli Gravelsson
  • Correct-the-Wayward-with-Helpful-Diagrams
  • Corundum

C, continued

  • Count Anton de Crypte
  • Count Casimir von Fledermaus
  • Count Leopold de Sangfroid
  • Count Maximilian of the Seven Coffins
  • Count-Thy-Blessings-in-Triplicate Ledger
  • Countess Adelheid de la Tombe
  • Countess Hildegard von Dunkelturm
  • Countess Isolde von Rabenhorst
  • Countess Sidonie of Nachtschatten
  • Cousin Igor
  • Crank 16
  • Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler
  • Cuthbert Ledgerwood

D: 24 names

  • Daft Wullie
  • Daft-ish Dougie
  • Dagny Sidedoor
  • Deacon Much-Given-to-Sighing
  • Depart-Quietly-Having-Made-Thy-Point
  • Desk Sergeant Muriel Inkwell
  • Detritus
  • Dilly Lambswool
  • Dolerite
  • Dolf Dolfsson
  • Dolores Candlewick
  • Dorfl

D, continued

  • Doris (Formerly Derrick 5)
  • Dot Wainscot
  • Dr. Ambrose Tiddle
  • Dr. Erasmus Follicle
  • Dr. Horatio Gumption
  • Dr. Lysander Cogitate
  • Dr. Mortimer Flange
  • Dr. Octavius Oddment
  • Drippa, Goddess of Leaking Roofs
  • Drowsy Pillowfight
  • Duke Balthasar von und zu Finsterwald
  • Durk Pebbleson

E: 7 names

  • Edie Buttercross
  • Emeritus Professor Wilberforce Dodder
  • Enlighten-the-Lost-with-Clearly-Drawn-Maps
  • Ernst von Kakao, Black Ribboner
  • Eustace Gribble
  • Exalt-the-Meek-at-Convenient-Intervals
  • Ezra Stuttlebrick

F: 11 names

  • Fell-Off-a-Cart Fergal Mould
  • Ferdinand von Limonade, Black Ribboner
  • Fights-His-Own-Shadow Farquhar
  • Finlay the Gonnagle
  • First-In Fingal
  • Foreman Quartzite
  • Forgive-Thy-Neighbor's-Borrowed-Ladder
  • Frau Magda Sargnagel
  • Fräulein Liesl Fingerhut
  • Fred Colon
  • Fumbl, God of Dropped Toast

G: 35 names

  • Galbraith the Unhurried
  • Gammer Polly Hedgerow
  • Gammer Ruth Cobblewick
  • Gammer Tilly Crumpet
  • Gate Sergeant Alf Portcullis
  • Gerda Wobblestool
  • Gertie Scuttle
  • Go-Forth-and-Tidy Cloister
  • Goodie Hannah Pease
  • Goodie Joan Milkstool
  • Goodie Sal Goosegrass

G, continued

  • Goodie Tibby Radish
  • Graf Ruprecht von Nebelheim
  • Grag Dour Dourson
  • Granny Dorcas Nettlebed
  • Granny Elsie Turnpenny
  • Granny Hester Oatcake
  • Granny Maud Curdle
  • Granny Peg Kettlewell
  • Granny Sandstone
  • Granny Tabby Soot
  • Granny Weatherwax
  • Granny Winnie Hayrick

G, continued

  • Great-Uncle Igor
  • Greet-the-Stranger-with-Leaflets-and-Tea
  • Gregor Shanks
  • Greywacke
  • Grizzled Old Gillespie
  • Gruff Daintyfoot
  • Grumbly Loudsnore
  • Grundi Grundisson
  • Gruntle, God of Reluctant Mornings
  • Gunnar Crustsson, Battle-Bread Baker
  • Gunnbjorn Gunnbjornsson
  • Gypsum the Plasterer

H: 19 names

  • Hakon Shortshrift
  • Halli Hallisson
  • Hardly-a-Scratch Horace Dinge
  • Havelock Vetinari
  • Head Porter Cyril Stamp
  • Headfirst Hector
  • Hearty Flowerpot
  • Helga Brightedge, Axe Polisher
  • Hepzibah Thrimble

H, continued

  • Herr Doktor Emil von Blitzschlag
  • Hesitata, Goddess of Second Thoughts
  • Hetty Scrubb
  • Hoist 9
  • Hornblende
  • Hortense Grimp
  • Hubert Pentacle, Fourth Level
  • Humble Soupladle
  • Humbly-Mind-Thine-Own-Business Sexton
  • Humphrey Splint

I: 11 names

  • Ignatius Smeal
  • Igor from the Clacks Tower
  • Igor the Seamster
  • Igor with the Good Hands
  • Igor's Nephew Igor
  • Igor, Second Footman
  • Igorina of the Night Clinic
  • Inga Doilyson
  • Innkeeper Greta Knoblauch
  • Ironstone
  • It'll-Buff-Out Bertram Cogg

J: 2 names

  • Jinny Crabapple
  • Jolly Softhammer

K: 3 names

  • Kelda Ishbel of the Long Barrow
  • Kitty Haystack
  • Knock-Politely-and-Ye-Shall-Be-Heard

L: 31 names

  • Lady Araminta Cholmondeley-Bucket
  • Lady Brunhilde von Silbermond
  • Lady Drusilla Spoon
  • Lady Evadne of Castle Aschenglut
  • Lady Griselda von Mondschein
  • Lady Lapis
  • Lady Lupina von Heulen
  • Lady Melisande de Corvaille
  • Lady Ottoline Batwing-Smythe
  • Lady Sybil Ramkin

L, continued

  • Lady Thekla Wolfsmilch
  • Lady Wilhelmina von Fangzahn
  • Lamp-Post Len
  • Lance-Constable Feldspar
  • Lance-Constable Hilda Hammerthumb
  • Lance-Constable Mina von Nachtigall
  • Lance-Constable Perkin Mudlark
  • Lance-Corporal Bunty Lantern
  • Last-One-Left Lettice Bindweed
  • Last-Out Lennox

L, continued

  • Lathe 40
  • Lemuel Squint
  • Lend-Thine-Umbrella-unto-the-Needy
  • Lil Candlestub
  • Little Gravel
  • Lofty Underbridge
  • Long-Way-Down Lorne
  • Loom 8
  • Lord Percival Huffington-Smythe
  • Lord Tarquin Vole
  • Lost-One-Fight-Once Malcolm

M: 72 names

  • Madge Windfall
  • Magrat Garlick
  • Margrave Dietrich von Eisenkralle
  • Marmaduke Quill, Seventh Level
  • Master Lucius Ferrule, Guild of Assassins
  • Maudie Clinker
  • Mavis the Golem
  • Medium-Wee Murdo
  • Mightily Oats
  • Millstone of Quarry Lane
  • Mind-How-You-Go Perkins
  • Mind-Thy-Manners-in-the-Temple Font
  • Minnie Furrow
  • Misla, Goddess of Things Put Somewhere Safe

M, continued

  • Miss Cecily Mitten
  • Miss Clementina Dither
  • Miss Dulcie Mumble
  • Miss Ernestine Snood
  • Miss Euphemia Liniment
  • Miss Hyacinth Whey
  • Miss Lavinia Crumhorn
  • Miss Perpetua Cobweb
  • Miss Serpentine
  • Miss Violet Catkin
  • Missus Agate
  • Mistress Charity Fettle
  • Mistress Constance Thrush
  • Mistress Edith Shawl

M, continued

  • Mistress Honoria Rennet
  • Mistress Mildred Tansy
  • Mistress Tabitha Hatpin
  • Modest Tidyhelm
  • Moist von Lipwig
  • Molly Dishclout
  • Mopey Pocketlint
  • Mostly Lost Callum
  • Mostly Sensible Sandy
  • Mostly-Meat Morris Snadge
  • Mr. Aggregate
  • Mr. Algernon Pindrop
  • Mr. Bellows
  • Mr. Capstan
  • Mr. Furnace

M, continued

  • Mr. Kerbstone, Doorman
  • Mr. Lucian Singe, Guild of Alchemists
  • Mr. Malachite
  • Mr. Mangle
  • Mr. Ronald Inkwhistle, Sub-Editor
  • Mr. Septimus Blotter
  • Mr. Silas Quibble, Guild of Lawyers
  • Mr. Sluice
  • Mr. Thaddeus Wrangle, Notary
  • Mr. Treadle
  • Mr. Winch
  • Mr. Windlass
  • Mrs. Agatha Brickbat
  • Mrs. Beryl Bonnet

M, continued

  • Mrs. Cinnabar
  • Mrs. Dorabella Nubbin
  • Mrs. Dumpling of the Night Kitchen
  • Mrs. Ethel Parsnip
  • Mrs. Gladiola Tench
  • Mrs. Letty Applethwaite
  • Mrs. Olive Drizzle
  • Mrs. Prudence Offal
  • Mrs. Vera Fenceline
  • Mrs. Winnifred Kettledrum
  • Mudstone
  • Mumbling Old Sid
  • Mungo Sprocket
  • Mustrum Ridcully
  • Myrtle Woolsack

N: 19 names

  • Nancy Ditchwater
  • Nanny Bessie Sprout
  • Nanny Dolly Barleycorn
  • Nanny Flo Dripping
  • Nanny Ivy Poultice
  • Nanny Lottie Bramley
  • Nanny Ogg
  • Nanny Queenie Marrow
  • Nearly-Fresh Norris Gudgeon

N, continued

  • Nearly-Tall Niall
  • Nell Burdock
  • Never-Lost-a-Fight Kenny
  • Night Watchman Seth Gander
  • No-Bother Baird
  • No-Refunds Ruby Tallow
  • Nobby Nobbs
  • Not-as-Wee-as-He-Looks Fergus
  • Not-That-Ian-the-Other-Ian Ian
  • Nudj, God of Gentle Reminders

O: 21 names

  • Ochre of the Long Shift
  • Odo Scrimshank
  • Old Baron Ohnezahn
  • Old Bedrock Bedrocksson
  • Old Brickdust
  • Old Conglomerate
  • Old Granny Clogg
  • Old Igor of the Lower Laboratory
  • Old Man Mizzle
  • Old Man Slate

O, continued

  • Old Mother Cardigan
  • Old Mother Flannel
  • Old Mother Stoat
  • Old Mother Turnip
  • Old Scuttlebutt, Eighth Level
  • Old Tom Guttering
  • Olivine
  • Olvir Olvirsson the Unremarkable
  • Oolite the Carter
  • Orm Ormsson
  • Osbert Staffe, Second Level

P: 17 names

  • Peevish Kneesock
  • Perpetual Student Alaric Moss
  • Persuade-the-Doubtful-with-Reasonable-Biscuits
  • Pfft, Small God of Deflating Things
  • Philomena Sludge
  • Ponder Stibbons
  • Posy Fiddlestick
  • Potsherd

P, continued

  • Princess Ilse von Katzenjammer
  • Probationary Constable Timothy Shiver
  • Professor Albrecht Funkenflug
  • Professor Aloysius Blunt
  • Professor Lancelot Wimple
  • Professor Montague Sconce
  • Prue Hobnail
  • Puddingstone
  • Pulley 22

Q: 2 names

  • Queueth, Goddess of Waiting One's Turn
  • Quick-Hands Keir

R: 9 names

  • Ragni Halfpick
  • Rebuke-the-Proud-with-Mild-Sarcasm Tithe
  • Receipt-Giving Roland Swagge
  • Reg Trowel
  • Rejoice-Quietly-After-Bedtime Hassock
  • Rincewind
  • Rise-Early-and-Complain-Not Lamb
  • Rob Anybody
  • Rosie Turnstile

S: 39 names

  • Sam Vimes
  • Scoria
  • Seamus Dreggs
  • Sell-It-Twice Wally Grubb
  • Semaphore Sue of Tower Seven
  • Senior Postman Bidwell
  • Sergeant Bartholomew Stoop
  • Sergeant Edna Flatiron
  • Sergeant Obadiah Truncheon
  • Sergeant Pumice
  • Share-Thy-Sandwiches-with-the-Heathen
  • Shingle
  • Sidney Lumpet

S, continued

  • Sigrid Gentlefist
  • Sing-Loudly-Though-Out-of-Tune Vestry
  • Sir Reginald Crumple
  • Sir Tancred von Spinnwebe
  • Sister Patience-in-Queues
  • Skint, God of the Day Before Payday
  • Slightly Singed Nigel
  • Slightly-Bigger-Than-Wee-Dougal Dougal
  • Slipcast
  • Sniffly Teacosy
  • Snik, God of Scissors Never Found
  • Snorri Thimblehelm
  • Soapstone of the Bathhouse

S, continued

  • Soggy Struan
  • Solemn Custard
  • Special Constable Mrs. Enid Brisket
  • Stig Stigsson
  • Still-Warm Stanley Crust
  • Stuck-in-the-Jug Jamie
  • Student Wizard Tobin Squib
  • Sturdy Breadcrumb
  • Sub-Dean Roderick Mallow
  • Suffer-the-Small-Hours-Gladly Vesper
  • Sukie Greengage
  • Sulky Coalscuttle
  • Sven Gravelthroat

T: 56 names

  • Talc
  • Thaumatologist Enoch Fizzle
  • The Bogeyman Under the Second Stair
  • The Chair of Reluctant Astronomy
  • The Chair of Speculative Plumbing
  • The Chair of Unintended Consequences
  • The Dean of Pointed Remarks
  • The Dowager Countess von Grabstein
  • The Fairy of Lost Buttons
  • The Gnome of Stubbed Toes
  • The Honorable Peregrine Mudd
  • The Honorary Reader in Biscuits
  • The Keeper of the Lesser Hats
  • The Lecturer in Approximate Numbers

T, continued

  • The Lecturer in Ornamental Logic
  • The Lecturer in Theoretical Lunch
  • The Lecturer in Unreliable History
  • The Left Glove Goblin
  • The Margrave of Schattenburg
  • The Monday Bogle
  • The Other Igor
  • The Professor of Comparative Dragons
  • The Professor of Improbable Botany
  • The Professor of Inadvisable Geometry
  • The Professor of Lost Umbrellas
  • The Professor of Persistent Weather
  • The Professor of Things Best Left Alone
  • The Reader in Marginal Notes

T, continued

  • The Reader in Small Print
  • The Senior Fellow in Applied Napping
  • The Senior Tutor in Mild Peril
  • The Spirit of the Last Biscuit
  • The Thing in the Coal Cellar
  • The Tooth Fairy's Bookkeeper
  • The Under-Bursar for Loose Change
  • The Visiting Lecturer in Inexplicable Phenomena
  • The Warden of the Late Supper
  • Thora Meekly
  • Thorvi Thorvisson
  • Three-for-a-Penny Petunia Sprottle
  • Three-Hats Malone
  • Three-Sheep Tormod

T, continued

  • Thrifty Buttonhook
  • Thunder Mildhelm
  • Tidy Bumpnoggin
  • Tiffany Aching
  • Tobias Pennyweather
  • Tosti Tostisson
  • Traffic Constable Norbert Clamp
  • Travertine
  • Treadmill 31
  • Trudy Gatepost
  • Trust-Me-Guv Gideon Flitch
  • Tufa
  • Tuttut, Goddess of Mild Disapproval
  • Twice-Bitten Tavish

U: 9 names

  • Ulfar Smallbeer
  • Umber the Tablet-Keeper
  • Umbrage, God of Taking It Personally
  • Uncle Ballast
  • Uncle Igor
  • Uncle Lodestone
  • Under-Librarian Percy Vellum
  • Under-the-Dresser Duff
  • Up-the-Chimney Ramsay

V: 3 names

  • Varg Vargsson
  • Viktor Zahnweh
  • Visit-the-Sick-with-Improving-Literature

W: 14 names

  • Walk-Humbly-and-Wipe-Thy-Feet Mattock
  • Watch Captain Rudi Stiefel
  • Watchman Ned Rattle
  • Wee Canny Coll
  • Wee Dougal
  • Wee Fearless Fraser
  • Wee Rory, the Gonnagle's Apprentice
  • Wee Shouty Ewan
  • Whistling Nora
  • Wibbla, Goddess of Wobbly Table Legs
  • Wilfred Snaggle
  • Wilma Pondweed
  • Wizard-in-Waiting Basil Flume
  • Wobblo the Fool

Y: 7 names

  • Yawnus, God of Long Meetings
  • Yesterday's-Fish Mabel Whelk
  • Yngvi Yngvisson
  • Young Cobble
  • Young Count Dieter the Reformed
  • Young Igor from the Hospital
  • Young Pyrite

Z: 1 name

  • Zircon