LOTR Dwarf Name Generator

Almost every dwarf name in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings comes from one place: the Dvergatal, a list of dwarf names in the Old Norse poem Völuspá. Thorin, Balin, Dwalin, Fíli, Kíli, Dori, Nori, Ori, Óin, Glóin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Durin, Dáin, Náin, Thráin and Thrór all appear there, and even 'Oakenshield' is a translation of the Norse epithet Eikinskjaldi. That is why Tolkien's dwarves sound the way they do: one or two syllables, hard consonants, and a preference for endings in -in, -i, -ur and -ór.

Within the story these are 'outer' names used among other peoples. A dwarf's true name in Khuzdul, the secret tongue made by Aulë, is never revealed to outsiders and never written on a tomb. What outsiders do hear are patronymics and titles: Gimli son of Glóin, Thorin son of Thráin son of Thrór, Dáin Ironfoot, Thorin III Stonehelm, Balin Lord of Moria. Only a handful of Khuzdul personal names survive at all, such as Azaghâl of Belegost and Telchar the smith of Nogrod.

The list above keeps the canon dwarves of Durin's Folk, adds the rest of the Dvergatal names Tolkien left unused (Andvari, Frosti, Regin, Sindri, Vestri, Nordri), and pairs them with lore-appropriate patronymics, kindred names from the Seven Houses (Longbeards, Firebeards, Broadbeams, Ironfists, Stiffbeards, Blacklocks, Stonefoots), and earned epithets in Tolkien's plain-spoken style.