Emu Name Generator

Funny names for tall, shaggy, nosy birds

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Funny names for pet, farm and sanctuary emus, built on the bird's look and attitude: Emuzing Grace, Sir Stretch, Long Neck Larry, Duchess Fluff and General Strut. The list also has Australian names like Banjo and Narelle, dinosaur names, and pairs for striped chicks such as Pin & Stripe.

About emu names

An emu is a flightless ratite that can stand about six feet tall, run at around 30 miles an hour and stick its beak into anything left unattended, so most of this list starts from how the bird looks and acts. Height and neck jokes include Sir Stretch, Long Neck Larry and Tall Poppy. The shaggy coat gets Duchess Fluff, Walking Haystack and Mop With Opinions. Fast, kicky birds can be Hoon, Drop Punt or Three Toes, and the nosy, dramatic ones Hat Thief, Dobber or Plot Twist.

Puns on the word itself run from Emuzing Grace to Thank Emu Very Much. Emus are Australian, so there are ordinary Australian names (Banjo, Narelle, Wazza), bush slang (Boofhead, Ratbag, Show Pony) and inland town names such as Dimboola and Narrandera. Mock ranks like General Strut and Wing Commander Wingless sit beside prehistoric names such as Dromornis and Tyrannosaurus Necks.

Emu facts shape the rest. The male sits on the dark green eggs and raises the young, hence Stay-at-Home Dad and Dad's Army. Chicks hatch with cream and brown stripes, so there are chick names like Humbug Mint and Racing Stripes, pairs such as Pin & Stripe, and mob names for a whole brood. The female's booming call gives Bass Drum and Boom Gate. Every name is clean.

How to choose emu names

Name the habit you see most. A bird that patrols the boundary is Perimeter Check or Fence Runner, one that raids the garden is Grape Thief or Tomato Bandit, and the one that loves the hose is Sprinkler Dancer.
Chicks lose their stripes within a few months, so pick a stripe name only if it will still be funny on a plain brown adult. Barcode and Humbug Mint hold up well as a joke.
Male and female emus look much alike, and many owners only learn which they have when one starts to boom or settles on the eggs. Lofty, Ratbag and Walking Haystack work either way.
Give a pair or a mob one theme. Two birds can be Kev & Trev or Shaz & Daz, and three can be Tall, Taller & Tallest.
Keep a short version for calling at feeding time. Wing Commander Wingless can answer to Wingco, and Minister for Silly Walks to Minister.

Frequently asked questions

What are some funny names for an emu?

For puns, try Emuzing Grace, Emutional Support Bird, Emu-lsifier or Thank Emu Very Much. For jokes about the look, Sir Stretch, Long Neck Larry and Walking Haystack are all in the list. A mock rank such as General Strut or Major Fluff suits the bird that runs the paddock.

What is a good name for a pair of emus or a mob of chicks?

A group of emus is called a mob, and the list has names for two, three or a whole brood. Pairs include Pin & Stripe, Kev & Trev and Mop & Bucket, and Hop, Skip & Jump works for three. For striped chicks trailing their father there are The Humbugs, Dad's Army and The Conga Line.

Are these names for male or female emus?

Most of them suit either. The dad names, such as Stay-at-Home Dad and Paternity Leave, fit a male, because the male emu incubates the eggs and looks after the chicks. Drum names such as Drummer Girl and Bass Drum fit a female, whose call is a deep booming sound.

How is this different from the ostrich and funny bird name generators?

The funny bird page is written for pet birds in general, and the ostrich page leans on African place names and words. This list is for emus only: emu puns, Australian given names, towns and slang, and jokes that fit a tall, shaggy, three-toed bird.

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A: 23 names

About Face
Admiral of the Dam
Advance Party
After Emu
Air Vice-Marshal Walks
All Fluff No Brakes
Almost an Ostrich
Altitude Problem
Amber Eyes
Ambo
Amelia Emuhart
Angry Shrub
Anzac Biscuit
Archie Opteryx
As Emu Wish
As You Were
Asteroid Survivor
At Ease
Augathella
Auntie Raelene
Australotitan
Avocado
Avocado Egg

B: 71 names

Baby Boomer
Bad Feather Day
Baggage Handler
Balranald
Banana Kick
Banjo
Barcode
Barley Sugar
Baron Beanstalk
Baroness Boom
Barry the Builder's Mate
Bass Drop
Bass Drum
Bass Line
Bat Out of the Bush
Bazz
Beach Towel
Beanpole
Bed Feathers
Beetle Juice
Beverley
Big Boom
Big Boot
Big Feelings
Big Kev
Big Smoke
Black Belt
Black Stump
Blackall
Bless Emu
Blow Dry
Bludger
Blue Neck Bruce
Blue Throat
Bobbing Along

B, continued

Bobblehead
Bondi Tram
Boofhead
Boom and Bust
Boom Box
Boom Gate
Boom Town
Boombastic
Boot
Boss Cocky
Bottle Brush Betty
Boundary Umpire
Bowl Cut
Bowlo
Brand Emu
Breakfast, Lunch & Tea
Breaking Emus
Brewarrina
Brian
Brickie
Brigadier Beak
Brigadier Scruff
Bronwyn
Broody Bruce
Broom Head
Broom With a View
Bruce & Bruce
Bug Zapper
Burnout
Burnt Toast
Bush Bash
Bush With Legs
Bushranger
Bushwhacker
Business Up Front
Busybody Barb

C: 59 names

Cadet
Camouflage Expert
Can See the Neighbors
Can't Back Up
Candy Stripe
Captain Kick
Captain Obvious
Car Key Collector
Car Window Peeper
Carol From Craft Group
Caterpillar Patrol
Cattle Grid
Catwalk Model
Cec
Cervantes
Chairbird of the Board
Chalk & Cheese
Chantelle
Chaos Mop
Charmaine
Checkside
Cheese Toastie
Chezza
Chief Sprinkler Officer
Chimney Sweep
Chip Kick
Chip Thief
Chippie
Chuck a Sickie
Chuffed
Clarrie
Clever Girl
Clothesline
Clover Connoisseur
Club Treasurer
Clutch of Nine
Coalsack
Coat of Arms
Cockatoo's Rival
Cocky
Coconut Husk
Colleen
Colonel Mustard Seed
Combover
Commodore of the Paddock
Compost Critic
Compy
Condobolin
Constable Peck
Coonamble
Corporal Feathers
Corrigin
Councillor Strut
Countess of Chaff
Cousin Darren
Crane Neck
Cream and Cocoa
Cricket Catcher
Curtain Bangs

D: 74 names

Dad and the Kids
Dad Dancing
Dad Joke
Dad of the Year
Dad's Army
Dad's Favorite
Dad's Shadow
Daddy Daycare
Daddy Longneck
Daddy's Boy
Daddy's Girl
Dag
Dalwallinu
Dam Swimmer
Dame Fluffington
Dame Shaggy
Danno
Darcy
Dark Nebula
Davo
Dazza
Dean of the Dam
Deano
Death Stare
Deb in Dispatch
Deckchair
Demerit Points
Demon Duck of Doom
Deniliquin
Denim Collar
Deputy Principal
Detective Inspector Beak
Diamantinasaurus
Dim Sim Bandit
Dimboola
Dino Chook
Dinornis

D, continued

Dinosaur Descendant
Diplomatic Emunity
Diprotodon
Director of Staring
Dirranbandi
Distant Thunder
Dobber
Doctor Drum
Don't Argue
Dongara
Double Demerits
Double Feather
Dragged Through a Hedge
Drama Major
Drill Sergeant Drum
Drinking Straw
Drip Dry
Dromaius
Dromiceiomimus
Dromie
Dromornis
Drop Punt
Drop the Bass
Dropkick
Drum Kit
Drum Solo
Drummer Girl
Dry as a Bone
Dryer Lint
Duchess Fluff
Duchess of Dimboola
Duck Your Head
Duke of Dust
Dust & Pan
Dust Bunny Junior
Dust Mop
Dust Storm

E: 126 names

Earl of Esperance
Earring Enthusiast
Easily Emused
Eavesdropper
Egg Hunt
Egg Sitter
Egg Tooth Eddie
Egg Turner
Eggcentric
Eggsaggerate
Eggstra Shaggy
Eight Weeks On
Elephant Bird
Emerald Egg
Emu and Improved
Emu and Me
Emu and Whose Army
Emu Apple
Emu Are Here
Emu Bay
Emu Beginnings
Emu Betcha
Emu Break It You Buy It
Emu Can't Handle the Truth
Emu Complete Me
Emu Crack Me Up
Emu Don't Say
Emu Go Girl
Emu Got This
Emu Had Me at Hello
Emu Had to Be There
Emu Horizons
Emu in the Sky
Emu Kid on the Block
Emu Normal
Emu Only Live Once
Emu Park
Emu Phone Who Dis
Emu Plains
Emu Point
Emu Rang
Emu Rex

E, continued

Emu Snooze You Lose
Emu South Wales
Emu Talkin' to Me
Emu Watson
Emu Wouldn't Dare
Emu Wren
Emu Year's Eve
Emu York Minute
Emu're Welcome
Emu've Got Mail
Emu-lsifier
Emubassador
Emucalyptus
Emuceratops
Emuch Ado About Nothing
Emuch Obliged
Emuddle Through
Emuddy Boots
Emuesli
Emuesli Bar
Emuffin Top
Emugency Exit
Emugene Levy
Emugine That
Emuji
Emukulele
Emulator
Emultitasker
Emuly Bronte
Emuly Dickinson
Emumbo Jumbo
Emumentum
Emumma Mia
Emunchkin
Emunently Qualified
Emunicorn
Emunique
Emunited Front
Emuniversity
Emuperor
Emupire State
Emuployee Handbook

E, continued

Emupress
Emupty Nester
Emurald City
Emuraptor
Emurgency Brake
Emurging Artist
Emusaurus
Emuscle Memory
Emuscles
Emusement Park
Emuseum Piece
Emushroom
Emusic to My Ears
Emusical Chairs
Emusician
Emusing Anecdote
Emust Dash
Emustache
Emustard
Emustn't Grumble
Emusual Suspect
Emusually Tall
Emutant
Emute Button
Emutiny
Emutiny on the Bounty
Emutional Damage
Emutional Support Bird
Emutopia
Emuve Over
Emuvie Night
Emuvie Star
Emuving Target
Emuzart
Emuzing Grace
English Emuffin
Ern
Eromanga
Ettie
Extra Extra Emu All About It
Eyes Front
Eyes Up Here

F: 33 names

Fainting Couch
Fairy Floss
Fall In
Father's Day
Feathered Fringe
Fence Foreman
Fence Line
Fence Runner
Fence Topper
Feral Feather Duster
Fifty Cent Piece
Fifty Clicks
Firie
First Hatched
Fish & Chips
Fishtail
Flagpole
Flash Mob
Flight Lieutenant No Flight
Flightless Wonder
Floor Mop
Fluffasaurus
Follow the Leader
Follows Dad
Forward Kick Only
Forward Only
Forward Scout
Fossil Record
Frequent Non-Flyer
Fresh Emu Start
Fringe Benefits
Fun Run
Furphy

G: 43 names

Galah's Neighbor
Gallop Poll
Garden Hose Groupie
Gary the Emu
Gastornis
Gaz & Baz
Gazza
General Confusion
General Nuisance
General Strut
Genyornis
Geoff With a G
Gibbo
Giraffe Impersonator
Glenys
Go-Faster Stripes
Goal Umpire
Gold, Silver & Bronze
Golden Syrup Dumpling
Gondwana
Good Emus Everyone
Gooseneck Lamp
Gossip Column
Governor-General Gawk
Graeme
Graham From the Bowlo
Grain Thief
Grandad Reg
Grape Expectations
Grape Thief
Grass Skirt
Grasshopper Getter
Gravel Gobbler
Greased Lightning
Green Egg
Greenie
Ground Crew
Group Captain Gawk
Grubber
Grumble
Grunt
Grunter
Guard Duty

H: 43 names

Hair Don't
Hairdo
Half Neck Half Legs
Handbag Inspector
Happy Emu Year
Hat Thief
Hatch Day
Hatch Party
Have a Go
Hay Bale With Legs
Haystack on Legs
Head and Shoulders
Head Bob
Head Gardener
Head in the Clouds
Head of Snacks
Head Prefect
Heads or Tails
Helen From Head Office
Her Excellency
Hero of the Wheatbelt
Hessian Sack
Hide & Seek
High Altitude Henry
High Beam
High Rise Harriet
Hightail It
Hillston
Hollow Log
Honey Joy
Honorary Sheep
Hook, Line & Sinker
Hoon
Hop, Skip & Jump
Horrie
House Husband
How Do Emu Do
How Very Dare You
How's the Weather Up There
Hughenden
Hula Skirt
Humbug & Bullseye
Humbug Mint

I: 5 names

I.O. Emu
If Emust
Incubator
Is That Food
Itsy & Bitsy

J: 13 names

Jacinta
Janelle
Jeff With a J
Jenny From Accounts
Jezza
Jog On
Johnno
Jonesy
Jonno
Jurien Bay
Just Dave
Just Woke Up
Justice Beak

K: 18 names

Kaboom
Kalbarri
Karen From Next Door
Katanning
Kaylene
Kelenken
Kellerberrin
Kettle Drum
Kev
Kev & Trev
Kevin
Kick Drum
Kicks McGraw
Kindy Class
King of the Wheatbelt
Kirrily
Knife, Fork & Spoon
Kookaburra's Audience

L: 45 names

Lachie
Ladder Not Needed
Lady Featherstonehaugh
Lady Mopsworth
Lake Grace
Lamington Drive
Lance Corporal Legs
Lanky Frank
Lark Quarry
Last Hatched
Late Cretaceous
Lead Foot
Leader of the Opposition
Leading Lady
Left Right Left
Leg It
Legs Akimbo
Legs McGee
Lemonade Scone
Lettuce Liberator
Licorice Allsort
Lieutenant Longneck
Life Finds a Way
Lighthouse Keeper
Lights On Nobody Home
Lint Roller
Lint Trap
Little Kev
Little Mop
Living Fossil
Lock, Stock & Barrel
Lofty
Lollipop Lady
Long Neck Larry
Long Story
Long Stride Clyde
Long Tall Sally
Looks Guilty
Lord Lanky
Lord of the Dam
Lord Shagpile
Low Rumble
Lozza
Lucerne
Lunchbox Auditor

M: 53 names

Macca
Mad as a Cut Snake
Madam Chair
Madge
Magpie at Heart
Magpie's Target
Major Beak
Major Drama
Major Fluff
Major Inconvenience
Mallee Scrub
Margaret
Marquis de Mop
Master of the Emuniverse
Matilda
Mazza
Megafauna
Megalania
Melon Baller
Member for the Back Paddock
Menindee
Mentioned in Dispatches
Merredin
Metronome
Middle Chick
Milky Way
Mind the Shins
Mind Your Head
Mini Kaiju
Mini Mop
Minister for Fences
Minister for Silly Walks
Mint Stripe
Missed the Asteroid
Mister Mom
Moa
Mob Mentality
Mob Rule
Mob Scene
Mop & Bucket
Mop Head
Mop With Opinions
Morning, Noon & Night
Mostly Neck
Mr. Speaker
Mrs. Pemberton
Ms. Fitzgibbon
Mud Bath
Mug Lair
Mullet
Mullewa
Muso
Muzza

N: 34 names

Nah Yeah
Nan & Pop
Nanna Dot
Narelle
Narelle From Netball
Narrandera
Narrogin
National Treasure
Neck Brace
Neck Minute
Necksaurus
Nev
Never Backs Down
Never Emulated
New Hollander
Next Level Neck
Nhill
Night Patrol
Nine Under Dad
Nine-Foot Stride
Ninety Percent Legs
No Conditioner
No Emus Is Good Emus
No Handbrake
No Reverse Gear
No Thoughts Just Drums
Nodding Dog
Noodle Neck
Nosy Nell
Not Emused
Not From Emu Zealand
Novaehollandiae
Number One Dad
Nyngan

O: 16 names

Oat Cuisine
Offsider
Often Emulated
Old Mate Ron
Old Paintbrush
On Emute
On the Nest
One Brain Cell
One Emument Please
Ooh Shiny
Oscar Bait
Our Brayden
Outflanked Them
Ouyen
Over the Top Rail
Ozraptor

P: 46 names

Paddle Pool
Paddock Mate
Pangaea
Papa Emu
Park Ranger
Party at the Back
Passionfruit Sponge
Paternity Leave
Pavlova Queen
Paynes Find
Pearl Clutcher
Pebble Muncher
Peek & Boo
Peeks Over Fences
Pendulum
Perce
Perenjori
Perimeter Check
Permanently Grounded
Pest Control
Phil in I.T.
Phorusrhacos
Photobomber
Pin & Stripe
Pinnaroo
Pinstripe Suit
Place Kick
Pleistocene
Plot Twist
Pocket Checker
Pocket Emu
Pooncarie
Pop Wally
Postie
Pot Scrubber
Premier of the Paddock
Prima Donna
Prime Minister of Pecking
Prince of Pecks
Princess Pinstripe
Private Investigator
Private Property
Professor Shaggy
Puddle Stomper
Pumpkin Scone Thief
Puss in Boots

Q: 5 names

Quandong Fan
Quartermaster Grain
Queen of the Paddock
Question Mark
Quick March

R: 27 names

Racing Stripes
Raelene
Ragamuffin
Rain Dance
Rat Up a Drainpipe
Rat's Tail
Ratbag
Ravensthorpe
Rear Guard
Reconnaissance
Recruit
Red Dirt
Red, Amber & Green
Regional Manager of Fences
Rellie
Righto
Road Hog
Robbo
Rock Collector
Rodney
Rolled Out of Bed
Roo's Offsider
Ropeable
Rubber Neck Ron
Rumble Strip
Runway Model
Runway Only

S: 109 names

S-Bend
Saltbush Sally
Same to Emu
Sandra
Sanga
Sauropod Wannabe
Savannasaurus
Scarf Model
Scatter Formation
Scene Stealer
School Captain
Scone Zone
Scraggles
Scruff & Tumble
Scruffles
Season Finale
Second Tallest
Second Wind
See Emu Later
Seed Burglar
Self-Emuployed
Selfie Crasher
Sentient Broom
Sentry Duty
Sergeant Major Mop
Sergeant Shaggy
Sergeant Stickybeak
Servo
Set Shot
Shadow Minister for Snacks
Shag Pile
Shag Rug
Shaggy Dog Story
Shaggy Maggie
Shaggy, Shaggier & Shaggiest
Shaggysaurus
Shark Bay
Sharon
Shayne With a Y
Shaz & Daz
She'll Be Apples
Sheep Dog Trainee
Sheep Supervisor
Shell Yeah
Shin Guard
Shin Splints
Shiny Object
Shire Clerk
Shire President
Shoot Through
Show Pony
Side Mirror Critic
Silly Duffer
Silly Walk

S, continued

Silver Medal Bird
Single File
Sir Stretch
Sir Struts About
Site Supervisor
Sits Tight
Six Foot Something
Sixty-Six Million Years
Skedaddler
Skyscraper
Slept Funny
Smelling Salts
Smithy
Soap Opera
Somebody's Uncle
Sonic Boom
Spaghetti Neck
Sparkie
Speaker of the House
Speed Camera
Speeding Ticket
Spinifex Hair
Splash Zone
Split Ends
Sprinkler Dancer
Sprinkler Fan
Squadron Leader Grounded
Station Manager
Stay-at-Home Dad
Steel Wool
Stephen With a P-H
Steven With a V
Stevo
Sticky Nose
Stilts McGee
Stink Eye Steve
Stoked
Stop, Drop & Roll
Strategic Withdrawal
Straw Broom
Strawberry Snatcher
Stride Right
String Mop
Stringbean
Stripe & Dot
Stripy Socks
Strut Your Stuff
Subwoofer
Sue From the Tuckshop
Sunnies Thief
Super Dad
Supervisor of Nothing
Suspicious Haystack
Swallowed a Stone
Swan Hill

T: 103 names

T. Necks
Tactical Retreat
Tall Order
Tall Paul
Tall Poppy
Tall Tale
Tall Timber
Tall, Taller & Tallest
Taller Than the Ute
Tearaway
Teenage Emutant
Teeny & Tiny
Tegan
Telegraph Pole
Tell Everyone
Terror Bird
Tezza
Thank Emu
Thank Emu Very Much
Thank You Very Emuch
That Bloke
Thatched Roof
The B Team
The Back Fence Mob
The Beak
The Body Corporate
The Book Club
The Boom Crew
The Bowls Club
The Conga Line
The Dam Mob
The Drum Circle
The Emuse
The Feather Dusters
The Feeling's Emutual
The Fence Line Gang
The Gate Crashers
The Grain Robbers
The Haystacks
The Humbugs
The Knitting Circle
The Local Council
The Manny
The Mop Squad
The Morning Tea Committee
The Nippers
The Other One
The Paddock Parliament
The Periscopes
The Pinstripes
The Reserves Bench

T, continued

The Runt
The School Run
The Scrub
The Second Eleven
The Slips Cordon
The Sprinkler Squad
The Striped Brigade
The Tail Enders
The Tuckshop Ladies
The Under Nines
The Walking School Bus
Theropod
Thingo
Third Umpire
Thirty Miles an Hour
This One & That One
Thommo
Thousand-Yard Stare
Three Emusketeers
Three Springs
Three Toes
Three-Toed Terror
Thunder Bird
Thylacoleo
Tick & Tack
Tire Smoke
Toe Poke
Toffee Stripe
Tom, Dick & Harry
Tom-Tom
Tomato Bandit
Tomato Stake
Tony the Sparky
Too Emuch
Toodyay
Top Gear
Top Shelf
Torpedo Punt
Toupee
Towering Tina
Trackie Dacks
Tradie
Trev
Trot On
Truckie
Tuckshop Convenor
Tumbleweed Tess
Tumbleweed With Opinions
Turtleneck Tester
Twelfth Man
Two Legs and a Mop
Tyrannosaurus Necks

U: 4 names

Uncle Trev
Undefeated
Up and Under
Up Here Mate

V: 6 names

Vanilla Slice Critic
Veggie Patch Vandal
Vestigial
Vice Captain
Vice President of Pecking
Victory Lap

W: 38 names

Walgett
Walked Here
Walking Haystack
Walking Shrub
Warrant Officer Wobble
Wasn't Me
Watermelon Wrecker
Wayne From the Tip
Wazza
Welcome Mat
Well I Never
West Wyalong
Wet Mop
What's Emu
What's in the Bag
What's That
Wheat Cocky
Wheat Fan
Wheat Stubble
Whinger
Who Me
Whose Hat Is That
Wig on Stilts
Wig Stand
Willy Wagtail's Mate
Wind Tunnel
Windmill Watcher
Windscreen Wiper Tester
Windswept
Wing Commander Wingless
Wings? What Wings
Wintonotitan
Won the War
Wongan Hills
World's Best Dad
Wowser
Wubin
Wudinna

Y: 4 names

Yeah Nah
Young Jayden
Your Emunence
Your Honor

Z: 2 names

Zebra Chick
Zero Thoughts