Gargoyle Name Generator

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Generate gargoyle names for stone guardians and living grotesques, from Disney's Gargoyles-style clan names taken from landmarks and legends to Gothic Latin, French, and stonemason vocabulary for D&D and horror.

About gargoyle names

Gargoyle names come from two very different traditions. Disney's Gargoyles set the modern template: gargoyles historically had no names, so the Manhattan clan named themselves after landmarks and neighborhoods (Brooklyn, Broadway, Lexington, Hudson, Bronx) while older gargoyles carried names given by humans (Goliath, Demona) or drawn from local legend (Griff, Una, and Leo of the London clan). Naming a gargoyle after a place, a bridge, or a cathedral is now instantly recognizable and works for any clan that wakes up in a new city.

The older tradition is Gothic and ecclesiastical. Real gargoyles are medieval rain spouts on cathedrals like Notre-Dame, Chartres, and Salisbury, so names built from stonemasonry (Buttress, Keystone, Corbel, Finial), Latin words for stone and watching (Saxum, Custos, Vigilo, Excubitor), and the canonical hours or church music (Vesper, Compline, Requiem, Kyrie) sound like they belong on a stone guardian who has watched a city for six hundred years. Old saints' names such as Anselm, Perpetua, and Aloysius give a similar weight. The list also holds bridges, great bells (Bourdon, Tocsin), bestiary grotesques (Basilisk, Babewyn), French rain and slate words (Gouttière, Ardoise), and building stones like Purbeck.

For D&D and darker fantasy, gargoyles are elemental monsters, and gravelly, one-syllable names (Kragg, Skarn, Grot, Vhask) with a weathered epithet (Cracktooth, Mossback) fit better than anything pretty.

How to choose gargoyle names

  • For a Disney-style clan, name each gargoyle after a landmark, district, or bridge in the city where they woke; it instantly tells readers where the story is set.
  • Use architectural terms (Corbel, Keystone, Finial, Parapet) for gargoyles that are literally part of a building; they double as clues to where each one perches.
  • Church Latin and the canonical hours (Vesper, Matins, Compline) suit gargoyles that guard a cathedral or abbey and only wake at certain times.
  • Give a monster gargoyle a short, gravel-in-the-throat name like Kragg or Skarn plus a weather-damage epithet like Cracktooth or Chipwing.
  • A title in place of a name, such as Keeper of the North Tower, works for an ancient guardian whose original name has been forgotten.

Frequently asked questions

What are the names of the gargoyles in Disney's Gargoyles?

The Manhattan clan is Goliath, Hudson, Brooklyn, Broadway, Lexington, and Bronx (a gargoyle beast), joined later by Angela. Other named gargoyles include Demona, Thailog, Coldstone, Coldfire, Coldsteel, Talon, and the London clan's Griff, Una, and Leo.

Why are gargoyles named after places?

In Disney's Gargoyles, gargoyles traditionally didn't use names, so the clan adopted names from the New York landmarks they saw on waking. It has become a popular convention for any modern-day gargoyle story.

What's the difference between a gargoyle and a grotesque?

Strictly, a gargoyle is a carved water spout that channels rain off a roof, from the French gargouille, meaning throat. A grotesque or chimera is a decorative carving with no spout. In fantasy the word gargoyle covers both.

Can I use these gargoyle names in my own book or game?

The original, Latin, architectural, and place-based names are free to use. Disney's character names are listed for reference and belong to Disney; use them for fan works only.

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A: 55 names

  • Aachen
  • Abutment
  • Advent
  • Aes
  • Aeternus
  • Agatha
  • Agnus
  • Alabaster
  • Albi
  • Aldermoor
  • Aldersgate
  • Aldgate
  • Aldhelm
  • Aldous
  • Aldwych
  • Alerion
  • Alfama
  • Algiers
  • Alleluia
  • Aloysius
  • Alphege
  • Ambrose
  • Ambulatory
  • Amiens
  • Amphisbaena
  • Anacostia
  • Ancaster
  • Angela
  • Angelus
  • Angelus Falls
  • Anselm
  • Ansgar
  • Antiphon
  • Antiquus
  • Antwerp
  • Apse
  • Aquilo
  • Arc-Boutant
  • Architrave
  • Archivolt
  • Ardoise
  • Arx
  • Ashby
  • Ashcroft
  • Ashenclaw
  • Ashlar
  • Ashwing
  • Astoria
  • Athanasius
  • Aurora
  • Auteuil
  • Autun
  • Auxerre
  • Aventine
  • Ávila

B: 81 names

  • Babewyn
  • Ballard
  • Balthazar
  • Baluster
  • Balustrade
  • Bamberg
  • Banker Mason
  • Bankside
  • Barbican
  • Barceloneta
  • Barnabas
  • Barnack
  • Bartholomew
  • Bartizan
  • Basaltfang
  • Basilisk
  • Bastille
  • Bastion
  • Batignolles
  • Bâtisseur
  • Battersea
  • Battery
  • Battlement
  • Bayeux
  • Beauvais
  • Bede
  • Beffroi
  • Belém
  • Belfort
  • Belfry
  • Bellcote
  • Belleville
  • Bellhollow
  • Bellringer
  • Belvedere
  • Benedict
  • Benedictus
  • Bercy
  • Bermondsey
  • Bertram

B, continued

  • Beverley
  • Bholt
  • Billingsgate
  • Bishopsgate
  • Blackfriars
  • Blackstone
  • Blackwell
  • Bleecker
  • Blemmye
  • Bloomsbury
  • Bonnacon
  • Boreas
  • Borgo
  • Botolph
  • Boudicca
  • Bourdon
  • Bourges
  • Bourrasque
  • Bow Bells
  • Bow Bridge
  • Bowery
  • Brakka
  • Bralk
  • Brannoc
  • Brekk
  • Broadway
  • Brokenhorn
  • Bronx
  • Brood
  • Brooklyn
  • Brother of the Broken Finial
  • Brouillard
  • Brownstone
  • Bruges
  • Bruine
  • Brume
  • Brund
  • Burgos
  • Bushwick
  • Buttress
  • Bywater

C: 101 names

  • Caen
  • Caladrius
  • Caligo
  • Camden
  • Campana
  • Campanile
  • Canarsie
  • Candlemas
  • Cannaregio
  • Canongate
  • Canterbury
  • Canticle
  • Carillon
  • Carlisle
  • Carrara
  • Cashel
  • Castello
  • Catafalque
  • Catoblepas
  • Cautes
  • Cedd
  • Cendre
  • Cenotaph
  • Chain Bridge
  • Chalkeye
  • Chancel
  • Chantry
  • Charles Bridge
  • Charlottenburg
  • Charnel
  • Chartres
  • Châtelet
  • Cheapside
  • Chelsea
  • Chéneau
  • Chiado
  • Chichester
  • Chilmark
  • Chimère
  • Chimneyhunch
  • Chipwing
  • Chisel
  • Chrysler
  • Chueca
  • Cinderhide
  • Cinis
  • Cistern
  • Clapper
  • Clerestory
  • Clerkenwell

C, continued

  • Clignancourt
  • Clipsham
  • Clocher
  • Cloister
  • Clonmacnoise
  • Cloudburst
  • Cloudrake
  • Clunch
  • Cluny
  • Coalbrook
  • Cobble Hill
  • Cockatrice
  • Coldfire
  • Coldhearth
  • Coldsteel
  • Coldstone
  • Collyweston
  • Cologne
  • Columba
  • Columna
  • Compline
  • Coping
  • Copperpatch
  • Corbeau
  • Corbel
  • Corktown
  • Cornelius
  • Cornhill
  • Cornice
  • Corvus
  • Coutances
  • Cowgate
  • Cracktooth
  • Cragmaw
  • Cragmont
  • Credo
  • Crenel
  • Crepusculum
  • Cripplegate
  • Crispin
  • Crocket
  • Crouch
  • Crowperch
  • Crypt
  • Culmen
  • Cupola
  • Curfew
  • Custodia
  • Custodian of the Crossing
  • Custos
  • Cuthbert

D: 34 names

  • Dawnwatch
  • Daystill
  • De Profundis
  • Defensor
  • Delancey
  • Demona
  • Deptford
  • Diablotin
  • Dies Irae
  • Dolerite
  • Doorward of the West Gate
  • Dorchester
  • Dormer
  • Dormiens
  • Dorsoduro
  • Doulting
  • Dowgate
  • Downpour
  • Downspout
  • Draco
  • Dripstone
  • Drizzle
  • Drogg
  • Drollery
  • Drukk
  • Druzh
  • Dunmore
  • Dunstan
  • Durham
  • Durn
  • Duskbrow
  • Duskcorbel
  • Duskstone
  • Dymphna

E: 23 names

  • Eastcheap
  • Eavesdrop
  • Échauguette
  • Effigies
  • Elder of the Rookery
  • Eldest of the West Front
  • Eligius
  • Ely
  • Ember
  • Emmanuel
  • Entablature
  • Erfurt
  • Erkenwald
  • Esquiline
  • Etheldreda
  • Ethelred
  • Eulalia
  • Euphemia
  • Evensong
  • Excubitor
  • Exeter
  • Eye of the Transept
  • Ezekiel

F: 31 names

  • Farfadet
  • Farringdon
  • Fastigium
  • Favilla
  • Fenway
  • Ferox
  • Ferrum
  • Fillmore
  • Finial
  • First Spout of the Chapter House
  • Fishtown
  • Fitzrovia
  • Flagstone
  • Flatbush
  • Flatiron
  • Flèche
  • Fleet
  • Flintbrow
  • Flying Buttress
  • Fontenay
  • Fordham
  • Fornix
  • Foudre
  • Freiburg
  • Fresco
  • Frideswide
  • Frieze
  • Frigus
  • Frostbeak
  • Fulgur
  • Fumus

G: 76 names

  • Gable
  • Gabriel
  • Galata
  • Galehook
  • Galilee
  • Gape
  • Gargouille
  • Gelidus
  • Georgetown
  • Ghast
  • Ghent
  • Ghrum
  • Giralda
  • Girona
  • Giudecca
  • Givre
  • Glacies
  • Glastonbury
  • Gloria
  • Gloriosa
  • Gloucester
  • Glower
  • Gnarl
  • Gnash
  • Gneiss
  • Godric
  • Golden Gate
  • Goliath
  • Gorgon
  • Gorm
  • Gorrath
  • Gouttière
  • Gowanus
  • Gràcia
  • Gramercy
  • Grand Goule
  • Grando
  • Grandsire

G, continued

  • Granitejaw
  • Graoully
  • Grassmarket
  • Grauth
  • Gravelthroat
  • Great Paul
  • Great Peter
  • Great Tom
  • Green Man
  • Greenpoint
  • Greensand
  • Greenwich
  • Grêle
  • Grenelle
  • Greyhallow
  • Greymantle
  • Greywacke
  • Greywatcher
  • Griff
  • Griffin
  • Griffintown
  • Grimace
  • Grimbald
  • Grimbeak
  • Grimm
  • Grimoald
  • Grimoire
  • Grimshaw
  • Grimwald
  • Gritstone
  • Grot
  • Gruld
  • Guardian of the Rose Window
  • Guetteur
  • Gueule
  • Gurgulio
  • Guthlac
  • Gutterjaw

H: 32 names

  • Habakkuk
  • Hackney
  • Hailwarden
  • Hallowmas
  • Hammersmith
  • Hampstead
  • Hamstone
  • Harlem
  • Harrow
  • He Who Drinks the Rain
  • Headstock
  • Hedera
  • Hell Gate
  • Hereford
  • Hibou
  • High Bridge
  • Highgate
  • Hildegard
  • Hippogriff
  • Hoarfrost
  • Hochelaga
  • Holborn
  • Hollowgaze
  • Holyrood
  • Hoodmould
  • Hosanna
  • Houndsditch
  • Hrothgar
  • Hudson
  • Hungerford
  • Hunker
  • Hunky Punk

I: 18 names

  • Iéna
  • Ignatius
  • Imber
  • Imbrex
  • Immobilis
  • Immotus
  • Imp
  • Impost
  • Insomnis
  • Introit
  • Inwood
  • Ironbridge
  • Ironcowl
  • Irontalon
  • Ironvein
  • Isidore
  • Islington
  • Ivyshoulder

J: 7 names

  • Jackdaw
  • Jade
  • Janiculum
  • Jeremiah
  • Jordaan
  • Josefov
  • Jumièges

K: 23 names

  • Kai
  • Karg
  • Karrak
  • Katana
  • Kazimierz
  • Keeper of the North Tower
  • Kensington
  • Ketton
  • Keystone
  • Kilkenny
  • Kingsbridge
  • Kirkstall
  • Kirkwall
  • Knell
  • Knucklecrag
  • Kragg
  • Kraggan
  • Kraków
  • Krenn
  • Kreuzberg
  • Kunigunde
  • Kutná Hora
  • Kyrie

L: 50 names

  • Lacrimosa
  • Lambeth
  • Lammas
  • Lancet
  • Lantern
  • Laon
  • Lapicida
  • Lapidaria
  • Lapidus
  • Lapis
  • Last of the Old Roof
  • Lauds
  • Lavapiés
  • Lawnmarket
  • Le Mans
  • Ledgekeeper
  • Leer
  • Leith
  • Lemures
  • Leo
  • Leodegar
  • León
  • Leopoldstadt
  • Les Halles
  • Leucrota
  • Leuven
  • Lexington
  • Lichenwing
  • Lichfield
  • Lierne
  • Lierre
  • Lightning Scar
  • Limehouse
  • Limestone Lem
  • Limoges
  • Lincoln
  • Lindworm
  • Lintel
  • Litany
  • Llandaff
  • Longfellow
  • Longshadow
  • Lookout of the Lantern Tower
  • Lothbury
  • Lübeck
  • Lucarne
  • Ludgate
  • Lund
  • Lurk
  • Lychgate

M: 62 names

  • Machicolation
  • Mackinac
  • Magdeburg
  • Magnificat
  • Mainz
  • Malá Strana
  • Malachi
  • Malasaña
  • Mallet
  • Manes
  • Manticore
  • Marais
  • Marbleface
  • Marblefang
  • Marigny
  • Marmor
  • Marmouset
  • Marolles
  • Marrowstone
  • Martinmas
  • Marylebone
  • Mascaron
  • Matins
  • Maundy
  • Mechelen
  • Mechthild
  • Melchior
  • Melrose
  • Mélusine
  • Menai
  • Ménilmontant

M, continued

  • Merlon
  • Methuselah
  • Metz
  • Michaelmas
  • Milano
  • Millstone
  • Miserere
  • Misericord
  • Moabit
  • Moenia
  • Monstrum
  • Montjuïc
  • Montmartre
  • Montparnasse
  • Montsouris
  • Moonledge
  • Moorgate
  • Morningside
  • Morrgan
  • Morth
  • Mossback
  • Mossgrave
  • Motet
  • Mother of the Parapet Brood
  • Mott Haven
  • Mouraria
  • Mullion
  • Munimen
  • Murdak
  • Murus
  • Muscus

N: 23 names

  • Narbonne
  • Nargh
  • Narthex
  • Nashville
  • Naumburg
  • Nave
  • Nebula
  • Nestcrown
  • Newgate
  • Night Porter of the Abbey
  • Nightfang
  • Nightperch
  • Nightspout
  • Nimbus
  • Noctua
  • Nocturne
  • Nocturnus
  • Nones
  • Norwich
  • Notre-Dame's Eldest
  • Nox
  • Noyon
  • Nunc Dimittis

O: 25 names

  • Obadiah
  • Obscurum
  • Obsidian Eye
  • Obsidiana
  • Odéon
  • Odilia
  • Ogee
  • Old Sandstone
  • Old Splitwing
  • Old St. Paul's
  • Oltrarno
  • Ombre
  • Oolite
  • Ophelia
  • Orage
  • Organum
  • Oriel
  • Orvieto
  • Osric
  • Ossuary
  • Ostrag
  • Oswine
  • Outremont
  • Owlgable
  • Ozrik

P: 60 names

  • Palatine
  • Pancras
  • Pange Lingua
  • Parapet
  • Passing Bell
  • Passy
  • Paternoster
  • Patina
  • Peal
  • Pebbleback
  • Peckham
  • Pediment
  • Perennis
  • Perpetua
  • Pervigil
  • Peterborough
  • Petit Pont
  • Petra
  • Petronilla
  • Petrosa
  • Petrus
  • Pietra Serena
  • Pigalle
  • Pigeonbane
  • Pilaster
  • Pilsen
  • Pimlico
  • Pinnacle
  • Piscina
  • Plainsong
  • Plinth
  • Plumbline
  • Plumbum
  • Pluvia
  • Poitiers
  • Polycarp
  • Pont au Change
  • Pont Marie
  • Pont Neuf
  • Ponte Sisto
  • Ponte Vecchio
  • Poppyhead
  • Porphyry
  • Portcullis
  • Portentum
  • Portland
  • Postern
  • Praesidium
  • Prague
  • Prater
  • Presidio
  • Priscus
  • Procella
  • Prodigium
  • Propugnator
  • Pruina
  • Psalter
  • Pumex
  • Pummerin
  • Purbeck

Q: 6 names

  • Quasimodo
  • Quatrefoil
  • Queenhithe
  • Queensboro
  • Quirinal
  • Quoin

R: 41 names

  • Radegund
  • Rafale
  • Ragstone
  • Raincatcher
  • Rainspout
  • Rampart
  • Raval
  • Ravenscar
  • Ravensgate
  • Red Hook
  • Regensburg
  • Reims
  • Reliquary
  • Remigius
  • Requiem
  • Reredos
  • Rhoswen
  • Rialto
  • Rib Vault
  • Rictus
  • Rievaulx
  • Rimefang
  • Ringsend
  • Ripon
  • Rittenhouse
  • Riverside
  • Rivoli
  • Rochester
  • Rockwarden
  • Rogation
  • Rood
  • Rooftooth
  • Rook
  • Rosace
  • Roskilde
  • Rotherhithe
  • Rouen
  • Roughcast
  • Roxbury
  • Rupes
  • Rustclaw

S: 97 names

  • Sablon
  • Sacré-Cœur
  • Sacring Bell
  • Sacristy
  • Saint-Eustache
  • Saint-Séverin
  • Saint-Sulpice
  • Sainte-Chapelle
  • Salamanca
  • Salisbury
  • Salve Regina
  • Sanctus
  • Sant'Angelo
  • Savoyarde
  • Saxeus
  • Saxum
  • Schist
  • Scholastica
  • Sciapod
  • Scopulus
  • Scoria
  • Scowl
  • Scriptorium
  • Sculptor's Bane
  • Sedilia
  • Segovia
  • Sempiternus
  • Senlis
  • Sens
  • Sentinel
  • Sentinel of the Choir Loft
  • Sepulchre
  • Serpentine
  • Serre
  • Seven Dials
  • Seville
  • She Who Faces East
  • Shoreditch
  • Shrovetide
  • Siena
  • Silens
  • Silentium
  • Silex
  • Simulacrum
  • Skarn
  • Skelde
  • Skoll
  • Skraith

S, continued

  • Skulda
  • Slateback
  • Sleeper Under the Eaves
  • Sleet
  • Sleetmane
  • Smithfield
  • Snarl
  • Soapstone
  • Soho
  • Soissons
  • Sootcrown
  • Sootwing
  • Sora
  • Sorbonne
  • Soundbow
  • Southwark
  • Southwell
  • Spandau
  • Specula
  • Speculatrix
  • Speyer
  • Spire
  • Spirewatch
  • Spitalfields
  • Splitbeak
  • Springer
  • Squall
  • Squinch
  • St. Albans
  • St. Bride's
  • St. Giles
  • St. Vitus
  • Stabat Mater
  • Stator
  • Statua
  • Steeple
  • Stillicidium
  • Stonehaven
  • Stonewing
  • Stoneybatter
  • Storm Bell
  • Stormcrest
  • Strand
  • Strasbourg
  • Stringcourse
  • Stryge
  • Stubtail
  • Stuyvesant
  • Swithun

T: 75 names

  • Tacitus
  • Talon
  • Tarasque
  • Tarnish
  • Tarrn
  • Tatzelwurm
  • Te Deum
  • Tegula
  • Tempestas
  • Temple
  • Tenax
  • Tenebrae
  • Tenor Bell
  • Terce
  • Testaccio
  • Tewkesbury
  • Thailog
  • Thawdrip
  • The Abbot's Likeness
  • The Bishop's Joke
  • The Mason's Last
  • The One Above the Clock
  • The Unfinished One
  • The Watcher of St. Aldric's
  • Thecla
  • Thoggar
  • Thornbury
  • Thornknuckle
  • Thrask
  • Threll
  • Throgs Neck
  • Thunderhead
  • Thundermantle
  • Thunn
  • Thurkel
  • Thurl
  • Tierceron

T, continued

  • Tilehopper
  • Tintern
  • Tintinnabulum
  • Tocsin
  • Toledo
  • Tonitrus
  • Tonnerre
  • Tour Saint-Jacques
  • Tourmente
  • Tournai
  • Tower Bridge
  • Tracery
  • Transept
  • Transom
  • Trastevere
  • Travertine
  • Treble
  • Trefoil
  • Treme
  • Trevi
  • Tribeca
  • Triborough
  • Trier
  • Triforium
  • Trocadéro
  • Trondheim
  • Trowel
  • Troyes
  • Truro
  • Tufa
  • Tuffeau
  • Turquesa
  • Turret
  • Turris
  • Turtle Bay
  • Tutamen
  • Tutela
  • Tympanum

U: 9 names

  • Uldrak
  • Ulm
  • Umbra
  • Una
  • Undercroft
  • Unguis
  • Uppsala
  • Ursula
  • Utrecht

V: 31 names

  • Varkh
  • Vaugirard
  • Vauxhall
  • Veilleur
  • Vekht
  • Vendôme
  • Ventus
  • Verdigris
  • Verrazzano
  • Vesper
  • Vespera
  • Vespertilio
  • Vestry
  • Vetus
  • Vézelay
  • Vhask
  • Vienna
  • Vieux Carré
  • Vigil
  • Vigilia
  • Vigilo
  • Vindex
  • Vitrail
  • Voice of the Downpipe
  • Vorn
  • Vorrak
  • Vouivre
  • Voussoir
  • Vrakt
  • Vulg
  • Vyšehrad

W: 30 names

  • Walbrook
  • Walburga
  • Wapping
  • Warden of the Bell Gable
  • Warder of the South Porch
  • Watcher over the Fish Market
  • Weathercock
  • Weathervane
  • Weatherworn
  • Wells
  • Werburgh
  • Westminster
  • Wexford
  • Whinstone
  • Whitby
  • Whitechapel
  • Whitehall
  • Whitsun
  • Wieden
  • Wilfrid
  • Williamsburg
  • Willibrord
  • Winchester
  • Windscour
  • Winifred
  • Wodewose
  • Worcester
  • Wulfric
  • Wyrmspur
  • Wyvern

Y: 3 names

  • Yama
  • York Minster
  • Yorkville

Z: 7 names

  • Zafiro
  • Zarrok
  • Zephaniah
  • Zephyrus
  • Zhagg
  • Zhurr
  • Žižkov