Gnoll Name Generator

Gnoll names are built to be barked, yipped and cackled, because the people who carry them are hyena-folk. Across Dungeons & Dragons and most fantasy settings that means short given names heavy with hard consonants (K, G, R, Z, H), doubled letters that suggest a growl (Kraagh, Hrruk, Sakkra) and endings that snap shut on -k, -sh or -zh. D&D lore ties gnolls to the demon lord Yeenoghu, so names with a demonic edge (Ghuuraz Bloodmarked, Ghorzul Fangs-of-Yeenoghu) fit that version, while Pathfinder's kholo and the gnolls of Katapesh lean toward warmer, East-African-flavored sounds such as Dashiru, Njaraa and Mwakuri.

Most gnolls earn a second name rather than inheriting one. Deed-names describe what the pack has seen them do: Bonecracker, Howls-at-Dusk, Pup-Stealer, the Unsated. Matriarchs and pack leaders often carry a title (Hakkra Bonemother, Drokkash Packfather) and runts and outcasts get mocking ones (Pipzak the Runt, Morrha Dimwit). World of Warcraft gnolls like Hogger and Snarlmane use plain English compounds instead, so names such as Mangemaw, Scrabblesnout and Gutterlaugh also belong here.

This list mixes all of those registers: single guttural names for rank-and-file warriors and female gnolls, name-plus-epithet combinations for chieftains and champions, onomatopoeic yip-names, kholo-style names, and a handful of demon-touched names for the fiend-worshipping packs.