Female Goblin Name Generator

Female goblins get short-changed in most source material, which is why so many players end up with a male name and a hopeful -a stuck on the end. Goblin names of either sex use the same ugly, satisfying sounds: hard k, g and z, hissing sn-, sk- and gr- clusters, and doubled consonants (kk, zz, bb) that make a name sound spat out. What marks a name as female is usually the ending rather than the root: -a, -ka, -ix, -it, -ee and -zle read as feminine without softening the goblin underneath, so Vrixa, Nakka, Skreea, Zibbet and Quizzle sit comfortably beside Klarg and Yeemik.

Bynames do the characterisation. Nakka Ratstew, Zibbet Bootlicker and Tazzi Spiderbiter each tell you what this goblin eats, steals or is feared for, and they are how goblin women earn status in a warren. Older females often become the real power in a tribe, hence the Old Mother, Granny, Hexmother and Witchdoctor titles, while a self-crowned Queen Nib the Fourth is exactly as grand as she sounds. Tinker and trader goblins, in the World of Warcraft mould, take bubblier names with a doubled x or z (Nixxi Gearfizz, Bixa Greasewhistle) and a surname about gears or gold.

Keep the given name to one or two syllables and make sure it is fun to sneer.