D&D Goblin Name Generator

D&D goblin names are short, sharp and easy to spit. The canonical examples say it all: Yeemik, Klarg and Droop from Lost Mine of Phandelver, Grol the Cragmaw king, Splug from Keep on the Shadowfell, and Balgron the Fat. One or two syllables, lots of k, g, z and hard stops, and no family names – goblins in 5e lore live in tribes ruled by a boss, and a goblin's identity is 'Yeemik of the Cragmaw tribe', not a surname. Volo's Guide to Monsters adds that goblins gain nicknames from deeds and mishaps (One-Ear, Halfnose, the Twice-Stabbed), that spellcasters are called 'booyahg' – with the word repeated for more powerful casters – and that every goblin fears Maglubiyet, the Mighty One.

This list follows those rules in layers. Bare names (Grix, Snix, Krug, Vurkul) work for warband minions and goblin player characters. Nicknames and epithets (Ratgut, Snaggletooth, Zog the Almost-Brave) attach to any name to make an NPC memorable in three words. Boss and title forms (Boss Klarg, Warchief Nazkul, King Grol of Cragmaw, Booyahg Booyahg Skettik) mark the leaders. Tribe names (Cragmaw, Redeye, Bloodfang, Wormpit Goblins) give the whole warren a banner. Since goblins became playable in Volo's Guide and Monsters of the Multiverse, the same names serve a goblin rogue or artificer at your table.

For comedy, lean into goblin self-importance – Lord Splug of the Wormpit – and for menace, keep it curt: Skarr, Gnash, Vex.