Funny Orc Name Generator

War-names that meet something small and ordinary

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A list of 500 funny orc names built on the gap between a fearsome war-name and something small, soft or ordinary. Try Skullsplitter Dave, Thok Two-Left-Feet, Urzog From Accounts, Warchief Brenda or Ragzuk Who Asked Nicely.

About funny orc names

An orc name is supposed to sound like a threat: hard consonants, a short grunt of a first name and a war-title earned in battle. The comedy comes from letting that name collide with something small, soft or ordinary. Skullsplitter is frightening. Skullsplitter Dave runs the raid sign-up sheet.

The list works that gap in ten ways. Guttural names take gentle epithets (Thok Two-Left-Feet, Ragzuk Who Asked Nicely), and fearsome epithets land on mundane first names (Keith Ironjaw, Warhowl Wendy). Orcs hold day jobs, as in Urzog From Accounts and Borgul the Dental Hygienist. War-titles go wrong (Sacker of an Empty Fort), huge warriors answer to pet names (Pookie the Pulverizer), and chieftains claim more than they rule, like Warchief of the Entire Tent. There are third-person boasts that undercut themselves, orc mothers, grandmothers and whelps, half-orcs with awkward double names such as Urgak Smith-Jones, and puns on orc, tusk and horde, from Orcthodontist to Room and Horde.

The guttural first names are made up in a general fantasy style, and the jokes stay clean: no gore, nothing crude and no puns on real people. For a serious warrior, use the main orc name generator.

How to choose funny orc names

  • Decide which half carries the joke. Either the name is fierce and the add-on is soft (Gnash Tinytusks), or the name is ordinary and the title is fierce (Nigel Deathbringer). Doing both in one name muddies it.
  • Long boasts such as Dorg Never Loses, Dorg Sometimes Ties are best spoken by the orc in question. Let the character introduce himself and the table gets the joke with no setup.
  • For a comic warband, give every member the same pattern, all pet names or all day jobs, with one straight-faced Warchief Brenda in charge.
  • Puns like Orcigami and Long in the Tusk read well on a character sheet, a guild roster or a stream overlay. Out loud, a plain name such as Tony Two-Axes is easier to say and to remember.
  • A half-orc double name (Gorvak Worthington, Mildred Ironfist-Hargreaves) is a backstory in two words: one parent from the warband, one from a quiet town.

Frequently asked questions

What are some funny orc names?

Skullsplitter Dave, Thok Two-Left-Feet, Urzog From Accounts, Warchief Brenda, Pookie the Pulverizer and Orcthodontist are all on this page. The 500 names mix soft epithets, mundane first names, day jobs, failed war-titles, pet names, overreaching chieftains, orc families, half-orcs and puns.

What makes an orc name funny?

Contrast. Orc names promise violence, so the laugh comes when the second half is polite, domestic or small: Ragzuk Who Asked Nicely, Sacker of an Empty Fort, Mum Sewed This War Banner. The joke is the size of the name next to the size of the moment.

Can I use these for a D&D half-orc or an online game character?

Yes for tabletop games, where any name goes. Online games set their own naming rules and length limits, so a short one-word pick such as Mischieftain or Orcigami has the better chance there. Check the game's own rules before you settle on one.

Are these orc names family-friendly?

Yes. There is no gore played for laughs, nothing crude and no joke about a real person or a real people. The humor is about tusks, warbands, chieftains and raids that go politely wrong.

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All 500 funny orc names

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: 11 names

  • Acting Interim Deputy Warchief
  • Agatha Axeworthy
  • Alan of the Thousand Axes
  • Angel of the Ash Clan
  • Apple Orcard
  • Armed to the Tusks
  • Assistant Deputy Pillager
  • Auntie Ragefist
  • Awkward Tusk Phase
  • Axe Sharpener, Evenings Only
  • Axe-Thrower, Never Axe-Catcher

B: 40 names

  • Baby Brother Bloodaxe
  • Baby Gnasher
  • Babykins the Besieger
  • Back to the Drawing Horde
  • Bane of His Own Warband
  • Banner Carrier, Third Class
  • Banner on Upside Down
  • Barry Bloodaxe
  • Bashruk Softhands
  • Battering Ram, Middle Left
  • Battlemaw Bob
  • Bearer of the Biggest Hat
  • Beatrice the Half-Fearsome

B, continued

  • Because Mother Said So
  • Bernard Bloodfist
  • Besieger of a Garden Shed
  • Big Sister Bashes Back
  • Bilingual Roarer
  • Biscuit, Scourge of the South
  • Blood-King of the Lower Field
  • Blossom Battlemaw
  • Blunted Every Axe
  • Bolgrim the Baker
  • Bonecrusher Beverly
  • Borgul the Dental Hygienist
  • Borzog the Careful With Pottery

B, continued

  • Brak Not Angry, Brak Disappointed
  • Brakka the Apologetic Raider
  • Breaker of His Own Shield
  • Bringer of the Wrong Axe
  • Brog Not Lost, Brog Exploring
  • Brokk the Rain-Check Taker
  • Brugda the Beekeeper
  • Bruzak Pemberton-Skullcrusher
  • Bunny the Bonegrinder
  • Burga the Lunch Lady
  • Burner of Dinner
  • Buttercup Bonebreaker
  • Button, Splitter of Helms
  • By the Skin of His Tusks

C: 25 names

  • Called a Blood Feud Over Soup
  • Carol Chainbreaker
  • Catapult Loader, Part-Time
  • Cedric Half-Roar
  • Chairman of the Horde
  • Champion of the Under-Twelves
  • Character Orc
  • Chief of Staff (He Has a Staff)
  • Chieftain of Chieftains (Self-Elected)
  • Chieftain of the Clan of One
  • Chieftain of the Mighty Two
  • Chieftain's Darling Whelp

C, continued

  • Chieftain's Personal Assistant
  • Clanfather of Nobody Yet
  • Clive the Merciless
  • Co-Warchief (They Take Turns)
  • Colin the Butcher of Blackfen
  • Conquering Chieftain, Renting
  • Conqueror of His Own Camp
  • Cookie the Kingbreaker
  • Cousin Zulga Who Married a Bard
  • Crusher of Grapes
  • Cub of the Ash Clan
  • Cupcake Warbandsbane
  • Cutting Horde

D: 28 names

  • Daddy's Little Marauder
  • Daisy Deathrider
  • Daisy Mae Doomtusk
  • Dak Fight for Honor, Also for Snacks
  • Dargul the Lifeguard
  • Deathgrip Deborah
  • Delivered by Storc
  • Derek Deathrattle
  • Desmond Skulltaker
  • Destroyer of Furniture
  • Dimples, First Through the Gate
  • Disorcanized
  • Dorg Never Loses, Dorg Sometimes Ties
  • Dorgul Entwhistle

D, continued

  • Dragonbiter (Lost a Tusk)
  • Draguk the Children's Entertainer
  • Drazz the Pillow Fluffer
  • Dread Chieftain Who Must Ask His Mother
  • Dreadaxe Dennis
  • Drogath Who Pillages Quietly
  • Dropped the Battle Standard
  • Druk Best Fighter Druk Knows
  • Druz the Yoga Instructor
  • Duckie, Champion of the Blood Trials
  • Dumpling of the Thousand Scars
  • Durgash, Raid Permit Office
  • Durk Destroy Village, Durk Rebuild It
  • Durzak Milk-Before-Bed

E: 4 names

  • Edmund Skull-Biter (Call Me Ed)
  • Elder of the Council of Me
  • Emperor of the Hill, This One
  • Extraorcdinary

F: 7 names

  • Feast Hall Caterer (Boar Only)
  • Felicity Fangbreaker
  • Fifty Percent Fury
  • First Through the Breach, First Back Out
  • First Tusk Just Came In
  • Flattened the Chieftain's Tent
  • Fluffy, Rider of the Black Wolf

G: 37 names

  • Garnak Who Returned the Loot
  • Gary Worldender
  • Garz Smell Victory, Is Actually Soup
  • Geoff the Devastator
  • Gerald Uzgash the Third
  • Getting the Warband Back Together
  • Ghorn Who Waves at Villagers
  • Giant-Feller (He Tripped)
  • Gladys Grimfang
  • Gnash Tinytusks
  • Gorrak the Easily Moved to Tears
  • Gorvak Worthington

G, continued

  • Gorza the Kindergarten Teacher
  • Got Dad's Tusks and Mum's Lute
  • Gozz Chieftain Now, Is There a Form
  • Graham the Unchained
  • Grakk the Whisperer of War Cries
  • Gran Who Still Raids
  • Grand Marshal of the Back Line
  • Grandma Bonegrinder
  • Grandmother of All Battles
  • Grandmother Warhowl
  • Grandpa Tuskless
  • Granny Ironjaw's Stew

G, continued

  • Granny Knucklebones
  • Granny's Favorite Raider
  • Grash No Cry, Grash Has Dust in Eye
  • Great-Aunt Grimtooth
  • Grizelda Fangsworth
  • Grol the Late Bloomer
  • Grounded Until the Next Raid
  • Gruk the Crossing Guard
  • Grum Roar Loudest, Grum Lose Voice
  • Gruzha Featherstonehaugh
  • Gul Fear No Man, Some Chickens
  • Gulbash the Bashful
  • Gulmak the Motivational Speaker

H: 38 names

  • Hagnar the Allergic to War Paint
  • Half Rage, Half Manners
  • Half the Tusks, Twice the Opinions
  • Half Warband, Half Village Choir
  • Half-Orc on His Mother's Side
  • Half-Orc, Fully Booked
  • Half-Orc, Half-Accountant
  • Half-Orc, Other Half Unclear
  • Half-Pint Pillager
  • Halfway Hrolk
  • Handkerchieftain
  • Hard at Worc

H, continued

  • Harzuk the Fair-Minded
  • Hazgar the Hairdresser
  • He Who Charged Too Early
  • Head of Plunder Logistics
  • Heir to a Very Small Hill
  • Hereditary Chieftain's Cousin
  • Hero of the Second Row
  • High Chieftain of Three Orcs
  • Hilda Hammerjaw
  • Hok Need No Armor, Hok Cold
  • Honeybun Hellmaw
  • Horace Wolf-Rider Jr.
  • Horde Games

H, continued

  • Horde of Directors
  • Horde Payroll Clerk
  • Horde Stiff
  • Horde Suggestion Box Monitor
  • Horde-Father, Awaiting Horde
  • Horn Blower (Still Learning)
  • Hrak Crush You, After Lunch
  • Hrokk the Interior Decorator
  • Hruk Who Says Please
  • Hrund, Licensed Plumber
  • Humphrey Half-Fang
  • Hurz Eat Whole Boar, Hurz Regret
  • Hyphenated at Birth

I: 3 names

  • Ian Ironskull
  • Iron Fist (Velvet Mitten)
  • Ironhide Irene

J: 3 names

  • Janice the Unrelenting
  • Jeff the Eternal Scourge
  • Junior (Four Hundred Pounds)

K: 18 names

  • Karg Small-Roar
  • Karzug the Librarian
  • Kazgar Lost-His-Axe
  • Keeper of the Chieftain's Other Helm
  • Keith Ironjaw
  • Kenneth Grimhowl
  • Kevin Kingbreaker
  • King of the Orcs (Unconfirmed)
  • Kingslayer (It Was a Chess Game)

K, continued

  • Kitten of the Bloody Spear
  • Kor Break Chains, Kor Break Door, Sorry
  • Krag Biggest Axe, Krag Measured
  • Kragga the Gentle Pillager
  • Krodd the Boar Babysitter
  • Krozz the War Wagon Valet
  • Krul Fights Bear, Bear Wins
  • Krunch Fotheringay
  • Kurg the Startled by War Horns

L: 18 names

  • Lady Arabella Skullmaw
  • Lambkin Ironhide
  • Last Orc Standing, Therefore Chieftain
  • Last Orcders
  • Late to the Sacking
  • Law and Orcder
  • Lesley Legbreaker
  • Lies Through His Tusks
  • Linda Stormcleaver

L, continued

  • Little Skullsplitter Junior
  • Little Timmy Bonechewer
  • Lok Swear Blood Oath, Lok Hate Needles
  • Long in the Tusk
  • Looting Department, Returns Desk
  • Lord High Skullthrone-Sitter
  • Lord of the Horde
  • Lord of the Seven Skulls (Borrowed)
  • Lost His Baby Tusks

M: 30 names

  • Ma Bonecrusher (She Bakes)
  • Made to Orcder
  • Mama Tusk
  • Mama's Little Warlord
  • Marauder Marge
  • Marg Promise Mother Home by Dark
  • Martin Mountainbreaker
  • Matriarch of the Loud Family
  • Maureen the Maimer
  • Mazga the Wedding Planner
  • Mazgor Bedtime-at-Dusk
  • Middle Whelp of Eleven
  • Mildred Ironfist-Hargreaves
  • Mischieftain
  • Missed the War by a Day

M, continued

  • Mister Wiggles, Ender of Kingdoms
  • Mok Smash Now, Feel Bad Later
  • Montgomery Smash
  • Morgash the Party Planner
  • Morzug the Pacifist (Weekdays)
  • Mother of Twelve Warlords
  • Mother Was a Warlord, Father Was Tired
  • Mother Who Packs Your War Lunch
  • Mother's Axe, Father's Eyebrows
  • Mother-in-Law of the Horde
  • Muffin of the Burning Banner
  • Mum Says Be Home Before the Raid Ends
  • Mum Sewed This War Banner
  • Mur Ask Nicely Once
  • Murzok the Third Loudest

N: 15 names

  • Nan of the Black Axe
  • Nana Skullsplitter
  • Nana's Good Boy, Scourge of Men
  • Naptime Berserker
  • Narg Smash, If That's All Right
  • Nargul the Nervous Before Raids
  • Neville the Dread
  • New Yorc Minute
  • Nibbles, Taker of Seven Forts
  • Nigel Deathbringer
  • Nigel Ur-Gash
  • Nok Has Feelings Too
  • Norman Worldbreaker
  • Not a Phase, Mother
  • Nurzag the Mail Carrier

O: 28 names

  • Ogrek Who Brought a Casserole
  • Old Mother Wargrin
  • One Tusk, One Dimple
  • One-Orc Warband
  • Orc Adjacent
  • Orc de Triomphe
  • Orc Nemesis
  • Orc on Weekends
  • Orc Pie
  • Orc Rival
  • Orc Strong, Orc Tired, Orc Nap
  • Orc Tenderloin
  • Orc Welder
  • Orc-ish

O, continued

  • Orcduke
  • Orcery Practice
  • Orcheologist
  • Orcigami
  • Orcitect
  • Orctagon
  • Orcthodontist
  • Orctober
  • Orctopus
  • Orgak the Occasionally Fierce
  • Orzak the Tax Preparer
  • Out of Orcder
  • Overchief Underqualified
  • Overlord of the Northern Campfire

P: 23 names

  • Pamela Bonegnasher
  • Paramount Chief of the Cart
  • Participant, Great War
  • Patricia Warbringer
  • Peanut, Warchief's Left Hand
  • Penelope Bonegnaw
  • Perfectly Orcdinary
  • Petal Warhowl
  • Phil the Unbroken
  • Pickle the Pillager
  • Pillage Compliance Officer

P, continued

  • Pillager of Bake Sales
  • Pillager Pete
  • Pitchforc
  • Pok Bravest Orc, Pok's Mother Says So
  • Pookie the Pulverizer
  • Poppet, Breaker of Shield Walls
  • Poppy Skulltaker
  • Princess (Seven Feet of Scars)
  • Pudding, Hammer of the Horde
  • Pulled Orc
  • Pumpkin Doomhand
  • Pup Who Rides the Family Wolf

R: 23 names

  • Ragzuk Who Asked Nicely
  • Raid in Full
  • Raid Leader on Paternity Leave
  • Raid Nursery, Front Row
  • Raid Postponed for Rain
  • Raid Roll Call, Three Absent
  • Raid Scheduling Coordinator
  • Raider of the Pantry
  • Raiders of the Lost Orc
  • Ravager Raymond
  • Razbog the Helpful

R, continued

  • Rider of the Slowest Wolf
  • Rides the Spare Wolf
  • Rog Carry Whole Warband, Rog's Back Hurt
  • Rogash, Cave Realtor
  • Roger Raidbreaker
  • Room and Horde
  • Ruinbringer Ron
  • Ruk Know No Fear, Ruk Know Some Fear
  • Rukk the Sorry About Your Village
  • Ruler of the Seven Tents (Six Are Empty)
  • Runner-Up at the Blood Trials
  • Rupert Half-Tusk

S: 47 names

  • Sacker of an Empty Fort
  • Sat on the War Drum
  • Self-Crowned, Crown Too Small
  • Semi-Orc
  • She Who Forgot the Banner
  • Shieldbiter Who Chipped a Tusk
  • Shorty (Tallest in the Horde)
  • Siege Ladder, Too Short
  • Siege Tower Parking Attendant
  • Simon Siegebreaker
  • Sir Percival Ugrak

S, continued

  • Skagga the Life Coach
  • Skar Not Afraid, Skar Just Leaving
  • Skarg Who Knocks First
  • Skorn the In Touch With His Feelings
  • Skull Throne Upholsterer
  • Skullcollector (Has Two)
  • Skullcrusher Sheila
  • Skullgar the Raid Diarist
  • Skullhelm Shirley
  • Skullsplitter Dave
  • Skum Would Like a Word
  • Slams the Tent Flap

S, continued

  • Slayer of One
  • Small Grazok the Second
  • Smalls, Chieftain of the North
  • Smasher of Records (Pottery)
  • Smorgashorde
  • Snookums Skullsplitter
  • Spinebreaker Steve
  • Sprinkles, Warlord of the Wastes
  • Squishy the Unbreakable
  • Stepfather Skullcleaver
  • Stormed the Wrong Gate
  • Story Orc

S, continued

  • Stronghold Receptionist
  • Stuart Stonefist
  • Stugg the Hand-Holder
  • Sugarplum Skullhelm
  • Sunshine, Bane of Three Warbands
  • Supreme Understudy Warlord
  • Supreme Warlord of Next Door
  • Survivor of One Skirmish
  • Susan Shieldbreaker
  • Swallowed the War Horn
  • Sweet Pea of the Black Axe
  • Sweetie Pie Stonefist

T: 39 names

  • Taker of Naps
  • Tamer of One Small Boar
  • Tarquin Bloodtusk-Smythe
  • Teething Terror
  • Terror of the Petting Zoo
  • Thag Challenge You, Thag Take It Back
  • The Chosen One, Chosen by Himself
  • The Mighty Chieftess of Tuesday
  • The Orcacle
  • The Unbeaten (Has Not Fought)
  • Third Place, Axe Throwing
  • Thok Two-Left-Feet
  • Thrag the Florist

T, continued

  • Thrakka the Tusk Polisher
  • Thrice-Routed
  • Throg the Conflict-Averse
  • Throk Strongest, After Throk's Sister
  • Throm the Wolf Walker
  • Throne Warmer
  • Thrum Is Mightiest in This Tent
  • Thunderfist Theodore
  • Thurg the Thoughtful
  • Thurzag the Night Shift Manager
  • Toddler of Doom
  • Tony Two-Axes
  • Tootsie the Terrible

T, continued

  • Torg Lead Charge From Middle
  • Trevor Hellhowl
  • Tusk and Nail
  • Tusk Fairy
  • Tusk Tantrum
  • Tusk-Render Tina
  • Tuskache
  • Tuz Laugh at Danger, Tuz Laugh Nervously
  • Twice-Lost on the Way to Battle
  • Twin Whelps, One Axe
  • Twinkle Ironjaw
  • Twinkletoes the Trampler
  • Tyrant of the Supper Line

U: 12 names

  • Ugdash the Substitute Teacher
  • Ulg Win Every Fight Ulg Remembers
  • Ulgra Butterworth
  • Ulzha the Marriage Counselor
  • Ulzog the Good Listener
  • Uncle Vornak Who Tells War Stories
  • Urbad the Not So Bad
  • Urgak Smith-Jones
  • Urgash Fears Nothing Except Geese
  • Urzog From Accounts
  • Uthok the Tailor (Big and Tall)
  • Uzgul the Thank-You-Note Writer

V: 8 names

  • Vargul the Barista
  • Vazruk the Piano Teacher
  • Veteran of the Baggage Train
  • Vice-Warchief in Charge of Chairs
  • Victor of a Coin Toss
  • Vok Is Unstoppable Until Stairs
  • Vrak the Tidy Looter
  • Vurg Meant to Do That

W: 35 names

  • Wait Till Your Warchief Gets Home
  • War Drum Tuner
  • War Paint Consultant
  • Warband Practice Tonight
  • Warband Snack Officer
  • Warband Treasurer (Volunteer)
  • Warchief Brenda
  • Warchief by Default
  • Warchief Emeritus
  • Warchief for a Day
  • Warchief of the Entire Tent

W, continued

  • Warchief Pending Review
  • Warchief Until Someone Notices
  • Warchief's Mum
  • Warchief's Warchief
  • Warcry Wayne
  • Warhowl Wendy
  • Warlord Elect
  • Warlord in Training Pants
  • Warlord of All He Can See (Nearsighted)
  • Warlord of the Western Half of the Cave
  • Whelp Number Nine
  • Whelp Who Bit the Shaman

W, continued

  • Whelp With the War Drum
  • Wilfred of Clan Whitaker
  • Wisdom Tusk
  • Wolf Groomer Zorgath
  • Wolf Rider With a Learner's Permit
  • Wolf Saddler by Appointment
  • Wolfbrother, According to Him
  • Worc in Progress
  • Worc-Life Balance
  • Worldeater (Second Helpings)
  • Wrathful Walter
  • Wurg the Reluctant Berserker

Y: 5 names

  • Yag Lift Boulder, Yag Need Lie Down
  • Yazgash Wipes-His-Feet
  • Yorzag Axe-Too-Heavy-to-Lift
  • Youngling Who Won't Eat His Boar
  • Yurza the School Nurse

Z: 3 names

  • Zag Take No Prisoners, Zag Forget Rope
  • Zarg the Cries at Weddings
  • Zogrum the Sighs-a-Lot