Funny Dwarf Name Generator

Joke names for grumpy, bearded fantasy dwarves

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Funny dwarf names for D&D, Pathfinder, Dwarf Fortress and other fantasy games: comic full names like Grumli Alebelly and Durgan Stubbedtoe, mock clans like Clan Emptykeg, puns like Unbeardable and one-word trait names like Mumbly.

About funny dwarf names

Fantasy dwarves take themselves seriously: long beards, long memories and names that sound hammered out on an anvil. That is what makes them easy to joke about. This list keeps the two-part mould of sincere dwarf names, a short given name and a compound byname, and swaps the heroic half for something that went wrong: Grumli Alebelly, Durgan Stubbedtoe, Thorbek Wrongtunnel, Helga Pyritepockets. A few of the given names, such as Eitri, Brokk and Andvari, are dwarves from Norse myth.

The rest comes in seven more styles: boasts that fall short (Thrain the Slightly Lost, Rognir King Under the Stairs), mock clans and guilds (Clan Emptykeg, The Rustpick Brothers), one-word trait names in the fairy-tale manner (Mumbly, Yawny, Fidgety), spoken puns on beards, axes and ore (Unbeardable, Axe Me Anything, Either Ore), job titles from a badly run hold (Assistant Regional Tunnel Manager), deadpan dwarvish sounds (Surli son of Churli) and jokes for players of D&D and Dwarf Fortress (Short Rest, Long Grudge and Forgot to Build a Door).

All of it is about fantasy dwarves and their beards, grudges, gold and tunnels. None of the trait names belongs to the famous film's seven, the ale jokes stay mild, and nothing here is aimed at real people.

How to choose funny dwarf names

  • Keep the first half sincere. A given name with a proper dwarvish ring, such as Korgan, Brynja or Eitri, makes the silly byname land harder, which is why Korgan Lostpick works better than two jokes in a row.
  • Pick a joke the character would deny. Thrain the Slightly Lost should insist he knows exactly where he is.
  • For a whole party or a Dwarf Fortress embark, choose the clan first (The Stubbedtoe Kin, Clan Wrongturn) and name the members to match.
  • One-word names such as Surli, Gnarli and Meadiocre fit the short name fields of most online games. Only the game can tell you whether someone already has a name.
  • Say the puns out loud before you commit. Either Ore and Axecuse Me work best when the DM has to announce them with a straight face.

Frequently asked questions

What are some funny dwarf names?

Grumli Alebelly, Borin Beardtangle, Durgan Stubbedtoe and Hrolf the Twice-Stuck are full names from this list. Shorter ones include Unbeardable, Meadiocre, Surli and Mumbly. For a whole family there are clans such as Clan Emptykeg and The Rustpick Brothers.

Are there one-word dwarf names like the ones in fairy tales?

Yes. More than 70 entries are single trait words in that manner, such as Mumbly, Yawny, Fidgety, Grumbly and Harrumphy. None of them is one of the seven names from the well-known animated film, so you can pick seven without borrowing a character.

Do these names work for D&D, Pathfinder and Dwarf Fortress?

Yes. The full names and epithets suit a tabletop character sheet, and some entries joke about the games themselves: Stonecunning, Otherwise Not and Speed Twenty-Five and Proud for D&D players, Lost to a Carp and Menaces with Spikes of Cheese for anyone who has run a fortress. Ask your DM first if the campaign is a serious one.

Are the names family-friendly?

Yes. The jokes are about the beards, axes, grudges and mining of fantasy dwarves. There is no crude humor, the ale jokes are mild, and no name makes fun of a real person or a group of people.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 20 names

  • Acting Thane, Bad Actor
  • Advantage Against Poison, Not Soup
  • Agna Axedropper
  • Agnar the Braid-Stepper
  • Alementary
  • Alf the Technically a Dwarf
  • Alrik Echoyeller
  • Alviss Knowitall
  • Amateur Geologist, Pro Complainer
  • Andvari Cheesewheel

A, continued

  • Artifact Quality Mug
  • Assistant Regional Tunnel Manager
  • Audhild Gravelvoice
  • Axe and You Shall Receive
  • Axe Me Anything
  • Axe Nicely
  • Axe of Kindness
  • Axe T. Grind
  • Axecuse Me
  • Axeidental Hero

B: 42 names

  • Baern Coldforge
  • Balder Axe-Misplacer
  • Battleaxe in One Hand, Snack in the Other
  • Bavor Mumblebeard
  • Bazunk
  • Beard Science
  • Beard Witness
  • Beardbrained
  • Beardcrumb Trail
  • Beardly There
  • Bellows Below
  • Bellows Operator, Out of Breath
  • Bersi Spilledstew
  • Berta Patchybeard

B, continued

  • Bickerin
  • Birgir the Not Technically Lost
  • Blunderin
  • Blundur
  • Blustery
  • Bodil Kettlehat
  • Bodvar the Easily Winded
  • Bofnar Soupladle
  • Bolli Bane of Doorframes
  • Bonki
  • Bonki and Klonki
  • Book of Grudges Subscriber
  • Bori the Lantern-Dropper
  • Borin Beardtangle

B, continued

  • Bossy
  • Boulder and Wiser
  • Braggi Warden of the Second-Best Tunnel
  • Braid Runner
  • Braidy Bunch
  • Bristly
  • Brokk Mugclutcher
  • Brotherhood of the Shared Ladder
  • Brundi Who Lost the Map
  • Brundi Wobblehelm
  • Brunna Sootnose
  • Brynja Pennypinch
  • Bumbly
  • Burli

C: 38 names

  • Cancels Task: Napping
  • Carat and Stick
  • Carrying Capacity: One More Rock
  • Cart Pusher First Class
  • Cavern Fever
  • Chief Beard Officer
  • Children of the Overdue Grudge
  • Chuckly
  • Clan Borrowedpick
  • Clan Cavein (Est. Last Week)
  • Clan Deepsnooze
  • Clan Dullchisel

C, continued

  • Clan Emptykeg
  • Clan Forgotthemap
  • Clan Gravytankard
  • Clan Grudgepile
  • Clan Lastpick
  • Clan Misplacedaxe
  • Clan Onecandle
  • Clan Quickgrudge
  • Clan Snoreforge
  • Clan Sootsneeze
  • Clan Splitbraid
  • Clan Thirdbreakfast
  • Clan Underbaked

C, continued

  • Clan Wrongturn
  • Clanky
  • Clumsy
  • Coal Hand Luke
  • Coal Hearted
  • Coal Under Pressure
  • Complainin son of Explainin
  • Court Grumbler to the Thane
  • Crabby
  • Cranky
  • Creaky
  • Crumby
  • Crusty

D: 29 names

  • Dagna Pettygrudge
  • Darkvision, Poor Hindsight
  • Daughters of the Dropped Anvil
  • Dawdly
  • Delve Actualization
  • Delve Yourself
  • Deputy Ladder Inspector
  • Dig Deal
  • Digs Too Greedily
  • Dinnur
  • Director of Holes
  • Disa Slagheap
  • Dithery
  • Dolgar Rustpick

D, continued

  • Dolgrim the Reasonably Brave
  • Doorwarden of the Stuck Door
  • Dorn Troll's Lunch (Escaped)
  • Dozur
  • Dragon Insurance Adjuster
  • Drawbridge Accident Survivor
  • Drippy
  • Drowsy
  • Dug Too Deep Again
  • Durak Durakson Durak
  • Durgan of the Wrong Mountain
  • Durgan Stubbedtoe
  • Dusti
  • Dvalin Nappinghammer
  • Dwarven Resilience, Fragile Ego

E: 10 names

  • Eberk Backwardshelm
  • Eirik the Loud Whisperer
  • Either Ore
  • Eitri Foambeard
  • Eldeth Pebblecounter
  • Embarked Without a Pick
  • Embla Soggybraid
  • Employee of the Month, Shaft Nine
  • Encumbered by Rocks
  • Eystein the Eventually Correct

F: 22 names

  • Fidgety
  • Fjalar Tankarddropper
  • Flint Foolsgold
  • Flinty
  • Floki the Late to Every Battle
  • Flooded the Fortress Again
  • Fool's Gold Standard
  • Forebeard
  • Forge Ahead
  • Forge Apprentice, Forty Years In
  • Forgetty

F, continued

  • Forgive and Forge It
  • Forgot to Build a Door
  • Frar Shovelleaner
  • Fretty
  • Frida Anvilstubber
  • Friends of the Spare Pickaxe
  • Frodi Gold-Counter (Recount Pending)
  • Frosti Stewpot
  • Fumbly
  • Fun with Magma
  • Fussy

G: 40 names

  • Galar Kegtapper
  • Gatekeeper Who Lost the Key
  • Gazund Hait
  • Gem Dandy
  • Gem Session
  • Gerta Coinbiter
  • Giggly
  • Gimbal Gravybraid
  • Gimrik Dragon-Waker
  • Ginger Alebeard
  • Gnarli
  • Gnarli Gnarlisson
  • Good as Gold-ish

G, continued

  • Gorm Dampforge
  • Grani Rustybuckle
  • Gravelly
  • Greta Forgeburn
  • Grettir the Overdressed
  • Grin and Beard It
  • Grinnin
  • Grizzli
  • Groa Cinderlunch
  • Groany
  • Grom Oath-Forgetter
  • Grouchy
  • Grubby

G, continued

  • Grudge Book Intern
  • Grudge Match
  • Gruffy
  • Grumbly
  • Grumbur
  • Grumdul
  • Grumli Alebelly
  • Grunti
  • Gudrun Itchybeard
  • Guild of Reluctant Miners
  • Guild Treasurer (Books Missing)
  • Gunnar Goldfever
  • Gunnloda Rocklicker
  • Gunnvald the Echo-Tester

H: 39 names

  • Hadd Anvil-Napper
  • Hagglin
  • Hakar Heir to the Broom Closet
  • Halgrim the Under-Mountain Oversleeper
  • Hall of the Flickering Lantern
  • Hallbjorn Doorjam
  • Halvar Halfbraid
  • Hanar Minecartsick
  • Harbek Snorehammer
  • Harrumphy
  • Hasty
  • Head Chef of Rock Soup
  • Head of Rock Relations

H, continued

  • Health and Safety Thane
  • Heavy Armor, Light Sleeper
  • Heirs of the Lost Lunch
  • Helga Pyritepockets
  • Helm Sweet Helm
  • Hepti Grumblegut
  • Herjolf Who Forgot the Password
  • Hervor Nailbender
  • Hilda Grudgelister
  • Hildi Secondhelping
  • Hill Dwarf, Afraid of Hills
  • Hit Rock Bottom, Kept Digging
  • Hoard Auditor

H, continued

  • Hogni Leakyboots
  • Hold of the Seven Spoons
  • Hold of the Squeaky Hinge
  • Holds a Grudge, Drops an Axe
  • House Halfbeard
  • House of the Dented Helm
  • Hroar the Surprisingly Quiet
  • Hrolf Dullaxe
  • Hrolf the Twice-Stuck
  • Hrungar Who Dug Too Sideways
  • Huffy
  • Hulda Thumbsmasher
  • Hummy

I: 9 names

  • Inga Combless
  • Ingolf the Indoor Voice
  • Ingot a Feeling
  • Initiative Last, Dinner First
  • Inspector of Other People's Masonry
  • Interim King Under the Mountain
  • Iron Deficiency
  • Itchy
  • Ivaldi Loudboots

J: 6 names

  • Jari Breadbowl
  • Jingly
  • Jittery
  • Jokul Ladder-Skipper
  • Jorunn Lostglove
  • Junior Grudge Clerk

K: 16 names

  • Kathra Mithrilmisser
  • Kazoodum
  • Keeper of the Spare Pick
  • Keepers of the Slightly Bent Hammer
  • Keg of Destiny
  • Ketil Tunnelsneeze
  • Ketilbjorn Longname
  • Khazbar the Khaki

K, continued

  • Kildrak Tinhammer
  • Kin of the Collapsed Souffle
  • Kindred of the Last Clean Tankard
  • Kjartan Breaker of Borrowed Tools
  • Knut Moustachewax
  • Kolbein the Accidentally Heroic
  • Korgan Lostpick
  • Korgan Who Burned the Stew

L: 14 names

  • Lager Thanlife
  • Lamp Lighter, Lamp Loser
  • Lead Astray
  • Legendary Dining Room
  • Line of Durak the Unremarkable
  • Litr Pickledegg
  • Loafin
  • Lode of Nonsense
  • Longbeard in Training
  • Loni Cartpusher
  • Loremaster of Last Tuesday
  • Lost to a Carp
  • Ludin Hero of the Pie Contest
  • Lumbur

M: 24 names

  • Magni Twice-Evicted from the Hold
  • Maker of Slightly Magic Nails
  • Mardred Lanternless
  • Marta Hammerthumb
  • Master Smith of Spoons
  • Masterwork Complaint
  • Meadiocre
  • Mehli
  • Menaces with Spikes of Cheese
  • Migrant Wave of One
  • Mine Over Matter
  • Mine Safety Officer (Former)

M, continued

  • Mine Your Own Business
  • Miner Details
  • Miner Setback
  • Minister of Ale Quality
  • Mopey
  • Morgran Squeakyboots
  • Most Axecellent
  • Mountain Dwarf, Prefers Valleys
  • Mugnificent
  • Mumbly
  • Munchy
  • Mutterly

N: 14 names

  • Nali Pickbender
  • Nappin
  • Narfi the Allergic to Gold
  • Natterin
  • Natural One on Smithing
  • Never Mine
  • Nibbly
  • Njal the Never Wrong (Often Wrong)
  • No Questions Axed
  • Noli the Beardless Wonder
  • Nopi
  • Nordri Overdug
  • Nosy
  • Nyrad Harrumph

O: 11 names

  • Oddny Oddsock
  • Olvir the Afraid of the Dark
  • Onund Finder of Dead Ends
  • Oopsi
  • Oopsi son of Whoopsi
  • Ore Else
  • Ore Inspiring
  • Orsik Butteranvil
  • Oski Oath-Bound to Do the Dishes
  • Ospak the Overly Honest
  • Ouchi

P: 11 names

  • Part-Time Berserker
  • Pebbly
  • Peckish
  • Peevy
  • Pick of the Litter
  • Pickaxe Sharpener, Dull Conversationalist
  • Picky
  • Ploddi
  • Pouty
  • Professional Grumbler
  • Pumping Irony

Q: 2 names

  • Quartermaster of Snacks
  • Quartz in the Act

R: 17 names

  • Ragni Tuggedbeard
  • Ragnvald the Rust-Prone
  • Rattly
  • Regin Breadcrust
  • Reserve Axe Thrower
  • Retired Dragon Bait
  • Riswynn Stonetaster
  • Rognir King Under the Stairs

R, continued

  • Rolled a One on Mining
  • Royal Taster of Stews
  • Runa Thirdhelping
  • Rune for Improvement
  • Rune Service
  • Rune with a View
  • Runesmith, Bad Handwriting
  • Rurik Bentshovel
  • Rusti

S: 55 names

  • Scowly
  • Scratchy
  • Second Cousins of the Mountain King
  • Second Shift Anvil Supervisor
  • Senior Vice President of Digging
  • Seven Dwarves and No Plan
  • Shale We Dig
  • Shield Wall, Second Row
  • Short Rest, Long Grudge
  • Shouty
  • Shruggy
  • Shufflin
  • Sighy

S, continued

  • Sigrun Singedbeard
  • Sigurd Shield-Dropper
  • Sindri Almostgold
  • Sisters of the Singed Braid
  • Skalf the Mildly Grumpy
  • Skapti Lukewarmforge
  • Skirfir Turnipnose
  • Skorri Candlestub
  • Slayer Oath, Minor Offense
  • Slumbur
  • Smudgy
  • Snackur
  • Sniffly
  • Snippy

S, continued

  • Snooty
  • Snoozy
  • Snori
  • Snorin son of Borin
  • Snorri the Snorer
  • Soggy
  • Solveig Squeakwheel
  • Sons of the Leaky Roof
  • Sooty
  • Speed Twenty-Five and Proud
  • Squabblin
  • Squinty
  • Steel the Show
  • Steel Yourself

S, continued

  • Stigr the Claustrophobic
  • Stompy
  • Stonecunning, Otherwise Not
  • Stout of Heart, Out of Breath
  • Stout Porterson
  • Stumbly
  • Styr Splinterhaft
  • Sulky
  • Suppur
  • Surli
  • Surli son of Churli
  • Surveyor of Dead Ends
  • Svala Ladderwobble
  • Svein Lord of the Spare Room

T: 54 names

  • Take Your Pick
  • Tangly
  • Tankard You Very Much
  • Tardy
  • Testy
  • Tetchy
  • Thane in the Neck
  • Thane of Thrones
  • That's Going in the Book
  • The Anvil Chorus (Off-Key)
  • The Backwards Helms
  • The Beard Minimum
  • The Coalbin Irregulars

T, continued

  • The Dampcellar Delvers
  • The Foolsgold Consortium
  • The Goldless Hoard
  • The Gravel Appreciation Society
  • The Grumblers of Grumhold
  • The Honorable Company of Grumblers
  • The Longnap Kindred
  • The Lukewarm Forge Guild
  • The Mountain King's In-Laws
  • The Mudbeards of Puddlehold
  • The Oathbreakers (Small Oaths Only)
  • The Order of the Stuck Minecart
  • The Rustpick Brothers
  • The Stubbedtoe Kin

T, continued

  • The Tangled Beards of Knotholm
  • The Two-Left-Boots Kin
  • The Under-Mountain Book Club
  • The Wobblestool Moot
  • Thidrek Slayer of Second Breakfast
  • Thora Coalpockets
  • Thorbek Wrongtunnel
  • Thorek the Grudge-Accountant
  • Thorgest Overpacked
  • Thrain the Slightly Lost
  • Thudri son of Thud
  • Thyra Braidknot
  • Tinkerin

T, continued

  • Tofi Quartzconfuser
  • Tolir Thane of the Pantry
  • Tool Proficiency: Spoon
  • Torbera Gemfumbler
  • Torvald Beardfire
  • Tosti Hammer-Borrower
  • Toughness Feat, Tender Feelings
  • Traubon Pewterfist
  • Treasure Counter, Lost Count
  • Tunnel Architect, No Refunds
  • Tunnel Nine Bowling League
  • Tunnel Vision
  • Twirli
  • Twitchy

U: 7 names

  • Ulfar the Very Grumpy Indeed
  • Ulfgar Deadend
  • Ulla Hammerhunt
  • Unbeardable
  • Undersecretary of Underground
  • Urist McCavein
  • Urist McOverslept

V: 9 names

  • Vagn Wrongmountain
  • Valbrand the Victorious (Once)
  • Varin Goblin-Tickler
  • Vault Guard, Heavy Sleeper
  • Vein Attempt
  • Vemund Surface-Dweller by Choice
  • Vigdis Goatchaser
  • Vistra Oresniffer
  • Vondal Fumbleforge

W: 5 names

  • Wanderin son of Ponderin
  • Wheezy
  • Whiskery
  • Whistly
  • Wobbly

Y: 4 names

  • Yawny
  • Yngvar Who Likes Elves, Actually
  • Yngvi Dentedhelm
  • Yrsa Picklejar

Z: 2 names

  • Zigil Zagil
  • Zinc or Swim