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Generate draugr names for Norse undead in games, tabletop campaigns and stories: Old Norse names with grave bynames like Asgaut Blue-Hand and Aud the Unburied, barrow titles like The Sleepless Jarl, ranks like Grave-Thane Ulfar and sea-draugr like The Half-Boat Rower.

About draugr names

A draugr is not a ghost. In the Icelandic sagas the dead who walk have bodies: heavy, strong, swollen and dark, described as blue as Hel or corpse-pale. Many stay in their burial mounds guarding what was buried with them, and the Old Norse word for that kind is haugbui, mound-dweller. Others leave the grave at night, ride the roofs of farmhouses and kill livestock, and are called aptrganga, again-walkers. A good draugr name says which kind you have.

The sagas name their dead the way they name the living: a personal name and a byname. This list does the same. Most entries pair an Old Norse name with a grave byname (Asgaut Blue-Hand, Hroar Roof-Rider, Hallgerd Hollow-Cheek) or an epithet (Ketilbjorn the Restless, Aud the Unburied). Others are titles for a nameless barrow lord (The Sleepless Jarl, The Hoard-Sitter), a lord tied to a place (The Barrow-King of Hrafnsey), or a rank and a name in the manner of video game enemies (Grave-Thane Ulfar, Cairn-Berserk Vebjorn). Women are among the dead throughout, as they are in the sagas.

A last group covers the sea-draugr of later Norwegian coastal folklore, the drowned sailor who rows half a boat: Onund Kelp-Beard, The Skerry-Sitter, The Half-Boat Rower.

How to choose draugr names

  • Decide first whether the draugr stays or walks. A mound-dweller suits a title about what it guards, like The Gold-Brooder or Audun Hoard-Brooder. A walker suits a name about what it does to the farm, like Gamli Door-Breaker or Jorund Gable-Sitter.
  • Let the byname hint at the death or the burial. Ofeig Twice-Buried, Starkad Nine-Wounds and Kodran Ship-Buried each give a game master a backstory in two words.
  • Use ranks to build a whole barrow. Put Wakeful Thrall Nagli and Risen Housecarl Thorgaut in the first hall, a Mound-Captain Hrodgeir at the door and The Seated King at the end.
  • For a coastal or ship setting, pick from the sea names. The Drowned Helmsman, Ketil Wet-Cloak and The Dripping Twelve fit a wreck, a boathouse or a fog bank better than a burial mound does.
  • Keep the horror in the idea, not the detail. The saga dead are frightening because they are heavy, patient and holding a grudge, so a plain name like Leif the Grudging often works better than a gruesome one.

Frequently asked questions

Which names on this list come from the sagas?

Fifteen entries are revenants and mound-dwellers from Old Norse literature: Glam, Kar the Old, Thorolf Twist-Foot, Killer-Hrapp, Thorgunna, Thrain the Mound-Dweller, Angantyr, Klaufi, Thorir Wood-Leg, Thorgrima Witch-Face, Soti, King Raknar, Aran, Hallbjorn Slickstone-Eye and Thorodd the Drowned. Glam and Kar the Old are from the saga of Grettir, and Thorolf Twist-Foot and Thorgunna are from Eyrbyggja saga. Thrain and Thorodd carry plain descriptions here, not saga bynames. Everything else is this list's own: real Old Norse personal names with new bynames and titles, and a few titles that nod to saga scenes, such as The Roof-Rider of Thorhall's Stead and Gunnar of the Open Mound.

What is the difference between a draugr and a haugbui?

Haugbui means mound-dweller: a dead person who stays inside the burial mound and attacks those who break in. Draugr is the wider word for the walking dead, including those who leave the grave to haunt a farm or a valley. Names like The Haugbui of Eagle Crag and The Lord Under the Turf suit the first kind, and Sverting Night-Strider or The Ridgepole Rider suit the second.

Can I use these names for Skyrim, Valheim or God of War characters?

Yes, for your own characters, enemies and stories set in those worlds. The rank names here, such as Howe-Marshal Hafr and Rime-Jarl Sturla, are new titles built the way game enemy ranks are built, not names taken from any game. Dragon language names are a different style and have their own page.

Are there female draugr names?

Yes. The sagas have women among the walking dead, Thorgunna and Thorgrima Witch-Face among them, and about a quarter of this list is women: Gunnhild the Unquiet, Thordis Cold-Braid, The Barrow-Queen, Mound-Mistress Arngunn and Arndis the Storm-Widow, for example.

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A: 33 names

  • Aesa the Earth-Veiled
  • Agnar of the Whale-Rib Mound
  • Alfdis Stone-Lap
  • Alof the Left-Behind
  • Angantyr
  • Aran
  • Ari Reef-Walker
  • Arnbjorg of Stafnes
  • Arnbjorn Net-Tangle
  • Arndis the Ember-Eyed
  • Arndis the Storm-Widow
  • Arngrim the Barrow-Bound
  • Arnkel Pale-Shank
  • Arnor Thatch-Tearer
  • Arnora Loom-Stiller
  • Asa the Moonlit
  • Asbjorn Whale-Road Wanderer
  • Asdis Mould-Hem
  • Asgaut Blue-Hand
  • Asgeir Oar-Rot
  • Asgerd of the Sunken Stead
  • Ashen Housecarl Thrand
  • Ashen Jarl
  • Aslak Gold-Sitter
  • Aslaug Tide-Bride
  • Asmund of the Twin Howes
  • Astrid of the Seal Rocks
  • Astrid the Unkeened
  • Asvard Torc-Hugger
  • Atli Never-Landed
  • Atli the Hard to Bury
  • Aud the Unburied
  • Audun Hoard-Brooder

B: 23 names

  • Bard of Snow-Fell
  • Bard the Tide-Returned
  • Barrow-Champion Steingrim
  • Barrow-Housecarl Bodolf
  • Barrow-Seeress Thorbjorg
  • Barrow-Skald
  • Bera the Unbraided
  • Bergljot Brooch-Green
  • Bersi Cold-Grip
  • Bjarni the Half-Thawed
  • Bjorn Seal-Head
  • Blaeing
  • Blue Berserk Ljot
  • Bodvar Heavy-Tread
  • Bolli the Sleepless
  • Bone-Thane Koll
  • Borghild the Walled-In
  • Bork Fen-Foot
  • Bothild of the Black Skerry
  • Bragi Still-Singing
  • Brand the Late
  • Brynhild the Pyre-Cheated
  • Bui Pit-Dweller

C: 6 names

  • Cairn-Berserk Vebjorn
  • Cairn-Hersir
  • Cairn-Keeper Otkatla
  • Cairn-Warden Thorgest
  • Crypt-Housecarl Oddleif
  • Crypt-Thane

D: 9 names

  • Dag Day-Fled
  • Dalla of Kaldbak
  • Dalla Thin-Shadow
  • Death-Skald Thormod
  • Dread Hall-Keeper
  • Dread Helmsman Solvi
  • Droplaug of the Fjord Head
  • Dust-Jarl Rognvald
  • Dyrfinna the Last-Laid

E: 13 names

  • Egil Rudder-Snapper
  • Egil the Again-Walker
  • Eilif Lid-Lifter
  • Einar Barnacle-Back
  • Eindridi Ring-Clutch
  • Elder Haugbui Gaut
  • Eldgrim Hel-Blue
  • Erlend Hilt-Gripper
  • Erlend Mast-Hugger
  • Eyjolf Brine-Eye
  • Eyjolf Stiff-Knee
  • Eystein the Shipless
  • Eyvind of the Long Cairn

F: 10 names

  • Finn of the Finnmark Stones
  • Finn Shoal-Grey
  • Finna Wick-Pincher
  • Finnbogi Slow-Step
  • Flosi Ash-Cheek
  • Freydis of the Western Cairn
  • Frodi the Hoard-Bound
  • Frost-Bound Captain
  • Frost-Bound Thane Eirik
  • Frost-Seeress Thorhild

G: 35 names

  • Galti the Thaw-Risen
  • Gamli Door-Breaker
  • Gate-Warden Holmstein
  • Geir the Unrusted
  • Geirhild Rafter-Humming
  • Geirmund Latch-Lifter
  • Geirrid
  • Gellir the Midwinter Guest
  • Gest the Unbidden
  • Gizur Lamp-Snuffer
  • Gjaflaug Bead-Clink
  • Glam
  • Glum Herd-Bane
  • Gorm the Unquiet
  • Grani of Bleak Moor
  • Grave-Berserk
  • Grave-Maiden Hrefna
  • Grave-Skald Hallfrid
  • Grave-Thane Ulfar
  • Grim Drip-Beard
  • Grim Standard-Bearer Arnfinn
  • Grimkel Chain-Dragger
  • Groa
  • Gudmund of Kaldadal
  • Gudny Frost-Apron
  • Gudrid the Candle-Shy
  • Gudrun Shell-Eyed
  • Gudrun the Long-Waiting
  • Gunnar of the Open Mound
  • Gunnar Wave-Taken
  • Gunnhild the Unquiet
  • Gunnlaug Sword-Keeper
  • Gunnvor of the Birch Mound
  • Guthorm the Cairn-Held
  • Gyda the Grey

H: 61 names

  • Hafgrim Wall-Scratcher
  • Halfdan of the Three Barrows
  • Hall the Dim
  • Hall-Mistress Hallkatla
  • Hall-Warden Lambi
  • Halla the Hollow
  • Hallbera of Mossy Fell
  • Hallbjorn Slickstone-Eye
  • Halldis Storehouse-Knock
  • Halldora Wave-Wed
  • Hallfred of Ormsnes
  • Hallgerd Hollow-Cheek
  • Hallkel Sod-Sleeper
  • Hallstein Sea-Drowned
  • Hallstein the Ill-Laid
  • Hallvard Rime-Beard
  • Hallveig Ash-Skirt
  • Hamund Coin-Counter
  • Harald Cod-Pale
  • Hardbein
  • Harek the Unforgiving
  • Haugbui of the Nine Stones
  • Hauk the Long-Dead
  • Havard Moon-Eye
  • Havard the Sea-Slain
  • Hedin the Unresting
  • Helga the Hushed
  • Helgi of the Holy Fell
  • Herdis the Hearth-Hungry
  • Herjolf Hearth-Chill

H, continued

  • Hermund Rust-Mail
  • Hervor
  • High Haugbui Thorhadd
  • Hild the Unsleeping
  • Hildir Nail-Scrape
  • Hjalmar of the Island Barrows
  • Hjalti Split-Helm
  • Hjorleif Strand-Washed
  • Hjorleif the Ring-Proud
  • Hlif the Shieldless
  • Hoard-Guard Bergthor
  • Hoard-Warden
  • Hogni Earth-Mouth
  • Hollow Hersir
  • Hollow Reaver Thjodolf
  • Hoskuld Loam-Beard
  • Howe-Marshal Hafr
  • Howe-Mother Gudlaug
  • Howe-Reaver
  • Hrafnkel Raven-Watched
  • Hrani
  • Hreidar Ox-Thick
  • Hrein the Yuletide Caller
  • Hroald Keel-Scraper
  • Hroar Roof-Rider
  • Hrodny Ever-Waking
  • Hrolf of Raven Howe
  • Hromund Ridge-Pole
  • Hrut
  • Hunbogi of Frost Hollow
  • Hungerd Empty-Bowl

I: 11 names

  • Illugi Gull-Circled
  • Illugi Hollow-Eye
  • Ingibjorg the Pale
  • Ingigerd Weed-Crowned
  • Ingjald Mound-Fire
  • Ingolf of Grimsholt
  • Ingunn of Ashen Dale
  • Isgerd the Rimed
  • Isleif Shroud-Tangle
  • Ivar the Unsoftened
  • Ivar Unbeached

J: 7 names

  • Jarngerd the Unyielding
  • Jodis Thread-Cutter
  • Jofrid Keys-Rattle
  • Jokul
  • Jorund Gable-Sitter
  • Jorunn the Harbor-Bound
  • Jorunn the Stone-Still

K: 22 names

  • Kalf Byre-Haunter
  • Kar the Old
  • Kari Surf-Voice
  • Karl the Unliftable
  • Katla
  • Ketil Twist-Neck
  • Ketil Wet-Cloak
  • Ketilbjorn the Restless
  • Ketilrid Distaff-Snap
  • Killer-Hrapp
  • King Raknar
  • Kjartan the Returned
  • Klaufi
  • Knut the Unbending
  • Kodran Ship-Buried
  • Kol
  • Kolbein the Lightless
  • Kolfinna the Soot-Dark
  • Kolgrim the Salt-Kept
  • Kolskegg Long-Nail
  • Kormak Curse-Tongue
  • Kveldulf of the Evening Fell

L: 6 names

  • Leif the Grudging
  • Leif Undertow
  • Ljot
  • Ljotolf Bench-Breaker
  • Lodin Hound-Bane
  • Loom-Warden Vigdis

M: 6 names

  • Mar the Moss-Grown
  • Melkorka of the Far Shore
  • Mord
  • Mound-Captain Hrodgeir
  • Mound-Mistress Arngunn
  • Mound-Reaver Skorri

N: 3 names

  • Nidbjorg
  • Night-Hersir Hallgrim
  • Njal the Unmourned

O: 21 names

  • Oath-Dead Champion Hrafn
  • Oddbjorg the Foretold
  • Oddgeir Thrice-Slain
  • Oddny Grey-Linen
  • Ofeig Twice-Buried
  • Olaf of the Elf-Mound
  • Old Blue-as-Hel
  • Oleif Turf-Roof
  • Olvir Half-Boat
  • Olvir the Earth-Fast
  • Onund Black-Nail
  • Onund Kelp-Beard
  • Onund of the Tree-Foot Cairn
  • Orm the Coiled
  • Ormhild
  • Osk the Unwished
  • Ospak Back-Broken
  • Otkel Lich-Glow
  • Ottar Anchor-Bound
  • Ottar the Wordless
  • Ozur Coal-Brow

P: 1 name

  • Pyre-Thane Hord

R: 15 names

  • Ragnar the Unavenged
  • Ragnar the Wreck-Cold
  • Ragnhild the Cold-Handed
  • Rannveig Cradle-Rocker
  • Raud
  • Ref the Bitter
  • Rime-Housecarl
  • Rime-Jarl Sturla
  • Risen Housecarl Thorgaut
  • Risen Oath-Man
  • Risen Shield-Maiden Alfhild
  • Rune-Mother Geirlaug
  • Rune-Warden Ulfljot
  • Runolf Gap-Tooth
  • Runolf the Unshored

S: 38 names

  • Saemund the Frost-Kept
  • Saeunn the Still-Watching
  • Salgerd Stair-Creak
  • Shield-Thane Orlyg
  • Shroud-Warden Asny
  • Sighvat Dirge-Mouth
  • Sigmund the Wronged
  • Signy Salt-Braid
  • Signy the Twice-Mourned
  • Sigrid the Ashen
  • Sigtrygg Shield-Rot
  • Sigurd of the King's Howe
  • Sigurd Tide-Walker
  • Skapti Frost-Lip
  • Skarphedin the Grinning
  • Skeggi
  • Skidi of Windy Ness
  • Skuli Dark-Fond
  • Sleepless Shieldman Gunnbjorn
  • Sleepless Thane
  • Snorri Sand-Bed
  • Solmund Sun-Shy
  • Solveig the Unwarmed
  • Soti
  • Starkad Nine-Wounds
  • Stein the Silent
  • Steinar Stone-Lid
  • Steinunn the Under-Stone
  • Steinvor Shut-Eye
  • Stuf the Uninvited
  • Styrkar
  • Sumarlidi Winter-Risen
  • Surt
  • Svala the Dusk-Bound
  • Svart
  • Svein Thwart-Sitter
  • Sverting Night-Strider
  • Sword-Thrall Sam

T: 156 names

  • The Again-Walker
  • The Bailer Without a Boat
  • The Ballast-Stone Sleeper
  • The Barrow-King
  • The Barrow-King of Hrafnsey
  • The Barrow-Queen
  • The Barrow-Thane of Samsey
  • The Bench-Mates of the Mound
  • The Boathouse Lodger
  • The Breath Under the Stones
  • The Bride of the Ship-Grave
  • The Bull-Calf's Sire
  • The Cairn-Lord of Wolf Dale
  • The Cairn-Thane
  • The Caller in the Surf
  • The Captain of the Sunken Longship
  • The Chieftain of Lit Howe
  • The Chieftain Who Sings in His Mound
  • The Cold Wrestler
  • The Corpse-Door Finder
  • The Dead Lord of Ravensdal
  • The Drift-Ice Jarl
  • The Dripping Twelve
  • The Drowned Helmsman
  • The Dweller in the Giants' Cairn
  • The Earth-Roofed Jarl
  • The Elder of the Howe
  • The Faithful Dead
  • The Farmer Who Would Not Stay Buried
  • The First Settler
  • The Fisher Who Rowed Back
  • The Fisher's Wife of the Outer Isles
  • The Fog Oarsman
  • The Gold-Brooder
  • The Grey Kinswoman
  • The Grudge That Walks
  • The Guest at the Funeral Ale
  • The Half-Boat Rower
  • The Haugbui

T, continued

  • The Haugbui of Eagle Crag
  • The Heavy Sleeper
  • The Herdsman of the Shadowed Valley
  • The Hoard-Keeper of Gull Ness
  • The Hoard-Sitter
  • The Hooded Foster-Mother
  • The Host Who Will Not Rise to Greet You
  • The Housewife Who Bakes at Night
  • The Howe-Jarl of Stone Ness
  • The Howe-Warden
  • The Howe-Wife of Birch Ness
  • The Ill-Tempered Dead
  • The Jarl Under Hawk Hill
  • The Kelp-Headed One
  • The King in the Chair
  • The King Under Heather Howe
  • The Knocker at the Gable
  • The Lady of the Closed Howe
  • The Lame Lord of Swan Fjord
  • The Land-Taker's Shade
  • The Last Crew of the Sea-Stag
  • The Last Housecarl
  • The Light Sleeper
  • The Lord Under the Turf
  • The Lost Steersman
  • The Man in the Leather Sea-Coat
  • The Mistress of the Cold Hall
  • The Moon-Eyed One
  • The Mound-Fire Keeper
  • The Mound-Lord
  • The Mound-Lord of Skalla Fell
  • The Mound-Mother
  • The Mound-Warden of Bear Isle
  • The Neighbor Under the Hill
  • The Net-Fouler
  • The Night Herdsman of Kaldbak
  • The Night Wrestler
  • The Old Master of the House
  • The One Who Was Buried Standing

T, continued

  • The Queen Under Frey's Hill
  • The Queen with the Sword in Her Lap
  • The Restless One of Shadow Dale
  • The Ridgepole Rider
  • The Ring-Hoarder Below
  • The Roof-Rider
  • The Roof-Rider of Thorhall's Stead
  • The Rower in the Broken Boat
  • The Seal That Stares
  • The Seated King
  • The Seeress of Herjolf's Ness
  • The Seeress Under the Cairn
  • The Shepherd That Never Came Home
  • The Shield-Maiden Unburned
  • The Ship-Grave Captain
  • The Ship-King of the Long Strand
  • The Shrieker off the Headland
  • The Singer in the Lit Barrow
  • The Sixth Man in a Five-Man Boat
  • The Skerry-Sitter
  • The Sleeper of Sandvik
  • The Sleeper with the Short Sword
  • The Sleepless Jarl
  • The Stiff-Necked One
  • The Stone on the Tide-Line
  • The Stone-Door Warden
  • The Sworn Sleeper
  • The Thing in the Byre
  • The Twelve at the Oars
  • The Twelve of Seal Skerry
  • The Unburnt King
  • The Uninvited Kinsman
  • The Unlit Hall-Lord
  • The Unpaid Debt
  • The Unquiet Housewife of Frodis Water
  • The Walker of Glacier Tongue
  • The Wall-Breaker
  • The Watcher on Hel's Road
  • The Weaver Who Still Weaves

T, continued

  • The Weight on the Roof
  • The Wet Guest
  • The Whisper Behind the Lid
  • The Widow Who Walked First
  • The Wise-Woman's Shade
  • The Woman Who Waits at the Landing
  • The Wreck-Lord of the Outer Skerries
  • The Yule Guest
  • Thidrandi Ember-Eye
  • Thjodhild of the Chapel Hill
  • Thjostolf Yule-Walker
  • Thorarin Salt-Lung
  • Thordis Cold-Braid
  • Thorgeir the Net-Hauled
  • Thorgerd the Unwelcome
  • Thorgrima Witch-Face
  • Thorgunna
  • Thorhalla the Chatterless
  • Thorir Wood-Leg
  • Thorkatla of the Kettle Howe
  • Thorkel the Swollen-Dark
  • Thorleif of Hrafnaholt
  • Thorodd the Drowned
  • Thorolf Twist-Foot
  • Thorstein of Svartfell
  • Thorvald Storm-Caller
  • Thrain the Mound-Dweller
  • Thraslaug
  • Thurid Bed-Curtain
  • Thurid the Shore-Watcher
  • Tind the Threshold-Stander
  • Tjorvi Worm-Wise
  • Tofa the Turf-Crowned
  • Toki the Rime-Crowned
  • Tomb-Champion
  • Tomb-Hersir Eyvind
  • Tomb-Singer Thorunn
  • Torfi Peat-Hand
  • Tosti Dust-Throat

U: 6 names

  • Ulf the Stiff
  • Ulfar Dusk-Walker
  • Ulfhild the Unburned
  • Uni the Snowed-Under
  • Unn the Deep-Buried
  • Unquiet Jarl Hakon

V: 11 names

  • Vagn the Root-Wrapped
  • Valgard Dead-Breath
  • Valgerd Milk-Sourer
  • Vandrad Grudge-Bearer
  • Vemund of the Burnt Stead
  • Vermund Fog-Rower
  • Vermund Grave-Mould
  • Vestein Root-Bound
  • Vifil the Door-Darkener
  • Vigfus Spear-Stuck
  • Vilborg the Bolted-Out

W: 4 names

  • Wakeful Housecarl
  • Wakeful Thrall Nagli
  • Waking Hersir Snaekoll
  • War-Haugbui Geitir

Y: 3 names

  • Yngvar the Far-Buried
  • Yngvild Pale-Brow
  • Yrsa the Never-Shriven