Goblin Tribe Name Generator

Grubby, squabbling tribe names for goblin warrens and hordes

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Generate goblin tribe names with the right mix of menace and filth: totem tribes like the Bloody Hand, boss-named tribes like Gutwad's Tribe, territory tribes like the Goblins of Toadstone Fen, and goblin-tongue names like Grakk-Tul. Built for D&D, Pathfinder, Warhammer-style settings and homebrew worlds.

About goblin tribe names

A goblin tribe is named by the goblins themselves, which is why the names are small, grubby and slightly wrong. The famous ones follow a few patterns: a totem or mark (Bloody Hand, Crooked Moon, Redcap), a thing that happened to the tribe's teeth (Broken Toof, Snaggletusk), a food or habit (Licktoad, Birdcruncher, Eggsucker), a territory (the goblins of Gundabad, Thistletop, Goblin-town) or the current boss (Gutwad's Tribe, Klarg's Tribe). A goblin tribe that sounds grand is either lying or is actually a hobgoblin legion.

The sound matters too. Goblin words are short and clacky, heavy on k, g, z and double consonants, so an invented tribe name like Grakk-Tul, Skarrok or Tzik-Tzik reads as goblin without translation, while Warhammer-style mobs shout their names with bad spelling (Da Rotten Moonz, Da Sneaky Shankaz). Boss-named tribes signal instability, since the name changes when the boss is eaten; totem and territory tribes are the old ones with a shaman and a cave painting.

The list mixes all of these registers and varies the group word to fit the scale: a warren, nest or den is a single cave system, a mob or gang is a raiding party, a tribe is the whole extended kin, and a horde is every goblin a warchief could bully into the same valley.

How to choose goblin tribe names

  • Match the group word to the size of the threat: a Warren or Den for a lair your players can clear in a session, a Tribe for a recurring faction with a shaman and a boss, a Horde only when several tribes have been united by something scarier than a goblin.
  • Let the name describe the tribe's gimmick so the table remembers it: wolf-riders are a Pack, cave-dwellers a Nest, the tribe that steals from the mill is Undermill Tribe, the one that worships a giant toad is Children of the Great Toad.
  • Boss-named tribes (Chief Bogrot's Tribe, Skabgrin's Raiders) are a plot hook in themselves; kill or bribe the boss and the tribe splinters or renames itself after the winner.
  • For a goblin-language name, keep it to two clacky syllables with a k, z or g and an optional hyphen (Ukk-Nar, Vrazzik, Kragga-Mok), and let the goblins mispronounce it differently every time.
  • Avoid names that sound noble or poetic; goblins name themselves after body parts, filth and petty theft, so Tribe of the Stolen Pie is more goblin than Tribe of the Silver Moon.

Frequently asked questions

What are some famous goblin tribes from games and books?

D&D has the Cragmaw tribe from Lost Mine of Phandelver; Pathfinder has the Licktoad, Birdcruncher, Thistletop and Mosswood tribes of Varisia; Warhammer has the Crooked Moon night goblins; Tolkien has the goblins of Goblin-town and Mount Gundabad; and Warcraft organises its goblins into the Bilgewater and Steamwheedle cartels. All of those are in the list alongside the originals.

What is the difference between a goblin tribe and a goblin clan?

In most settings they overlap, but tribe usually means the whole extended goblin kin of a region, with its own shaman, totem and boss, while clan is borrowed from orc and dwarf cultures and suggests a bloodline. Goblins rarely keep track of bloodlines, so tribe, warren, mob and horde fit them better. This page focuses on tribe-style names; the goblin clan generator covers the clan angle.

How do goblin tribes get their names?

From whatever the goblins notice about themselves: a totem animal or mark (Red Spider, Bloody Hand), a shared deformity (Broken Toof, Crookedtoes), a favourite food (Licktoad, Eggsucker), the place they squat (Goblins of Toadstone Fen) or the boss currently in charge (Gutwad's Tribe). Outsiders sometimes give them names too, which is where descriptive names like Henhouse Raiders or Tollgrabbers of Ratford Bridge come from.

Can I use these goblin tribe names in D&D, Pathfinder or my own setting?

Yes. The original names are free to use for campaigns, homebrew worlds, fiction and games. The canon tribes from published settings are included for reference and for games set in those worlds; for your own world, pick an original name or combine a totem, a habit and a group word to make a new one.

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All 500 goblin tribe 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: 4 names

  • Ashfen Tribe
  • Ashgrin Tribe
  • Ashsifters
  • Auntie Gristlewick's Tribe

B: 48 names

  • Badger Baiters
  • Barnburners
  • Batback Riders of Shriekhollow
  • Batlick Tribe
  • Batwing Nest
  • Beehive Smashers
  • Beetlecrunch Tribe
  • Bent Nail Mob
  • Bentknife Gang
  • Big Boss Gruk's Tribe
  • Bilgewater Cartel
  • Birdcruncher Tribe
  • Bitterbark Warren
  • Blackblister Tribe
  • Blackmoss Nest
  • Blackroot Tribe
  • Blackwater Tribe
  • Blekk-Sha Tribe
  • Blightgrub Warren
  • Blightmoss Skulk
  • Blind Fish Tribe
  • Blind Murgle's Tribe
  • Blood Bat Tribe
  • Bloodfang Tribe

B, continued

  • Bloody Hand Tribe
  • Boarrider Mob of the Scrub
  • Bog Rat Tribe
  • Boggletoe Tribe
  • Boggrim Tribe
  • Bogsquatters
  • Boiling Pot Tribe
  • Boilsnout Rabble
  • Bonecrib Nest
  • Bonefire Tribe
  • Bonepilers
  • Boneshard Gang
  • Bonewhisker Tribe
  • Bridge Squatters
  • Broken Bridge Tribe
  • Broken Cart Mob
  • Broken Toof Tribe
  • Brood of the Black Bog
  • Brood of the Deep Warren
  • Brood of the Quiet Well
  • Brood of the Weeping Cave
  • Burnt Bread Mob
  • Burntfoot Tribe
  • Buttonthieves

C: 40 names

  • Candlegobblers
  • Carrion Crow Tribe
  • Cartwheel Stealers
  • Cave Spider Tribe
  • Cavehuggers
  • Cesspit Lurkers
  • Chicken Snatchers
  • Chief Bogrot's Tribe
  • Chief Mudmaw's Tribe
  • Chief Skitterfang's Tribe
  • Chieftess Griznak's Tribe
  • Chieftess Ugga's Tribe
  • Children of the Bat Mother
  • Children of the Crooked Crow
  • Children of the Great Toad
  • Children of the Leaning Gibbet
  • Children of the Red Puddle
  • Children of the Spider Queen
  • Chimney Goblins
  • Chokeweed Warren
  • Churchbell Thieves
  • Cinderlickers
  • Cinderpaw Skulk
  • Cliffnest Goblins
  • Cloudcursers
  • Coalfingers
  • Cobbler's Cellar Goblins
  • Coldmire Tribe
  • Coppernibblers
  • Crackpot Gang
  • Cragcreepers
  • Craghobble Tribe
  • Cragmaw Tribe
  • Cragnose Tribe
  • Cragshadow Tribe
  • Cragspit Warren
  • Cricketcatcher Tribe
  • Crooked Arrow Mob
  • Crooked Moon Tribe
  • Crossroads Ambushers

D: 35 names

  • Da Bog Boyz
  • Da Cave Stabbaz
  • Da Deep Hole Boyz
  • Da Glowin' Shroomz
  • Da Mud Gitz
  • Da Night Grabbaz
  • Da Pointy Stikz
  • Da Rotten Moonz
  • Da Rusty Kettlez
  • Da Skull Grinnaz
  • Da Sneaky Shankaz
  • Da Spider Ridaz
  • Da Stinkin' Grotz
  • Daughters of the Deep Mud
  • Dead Oak Tribe
  • Dimcave Tribe
  • Ditchsleepers
  • Ditchwater Gang
  • Dog Kickers
  • Drearhollow Tribe
  • Drezzik Warren
  • Dribblesnot Tribe
  • Driftwood Goblins
  • Dripmaw Skulk
  • Dripstone Nest
  • Drizzlefang Tribe
  • Droolfang's Tribe
  • Drowner's Ditch Tribe
  • Drunk Moon Mob
  • Drybone Tribe
  • Duneburrowers
  • Dung Fly Tribe
  • Dung Heap Dwellers
  • Dungrollers
  • Dustcrag Tribe

E: 5 names

  • Earchewer Tribe
  • Eelgut Tribe
  • Eelwrangler Tribe
  • Eggsucker Tribe
  • Emberfang Tribe

F: 16 names

  • Fangmire Warren
  • Fat Zog's Tribe
  • Fen Eel Tribe
  • Fenlurkers
  • Firestealers of the Ash Hills
  • Fizzbang's Sneaks
  • Flamelickers of the Black Kiln
  • Fleabite Tribe
  • Flinchfang Tribe
  • Fogsneakers
  • Fouldeep Tribe
  • Froggulper Tribe
  • Frogmurk Tribe
  • Frostgnashers
  • Frukkum Tribe
  • Fungusbeard Tribe

G: 65 names

  • Gallows Hill Tribe
  • Giant Toad Tribe
  • Gibberhole Warren
  • Gizzard's Mob
  • Gloomfen Tribe
  • Gloomgullet Warren
  • Gloomweb Nest
  • Glowcap Tribe
  • Gnarlfang's Raiders
  • Gnarzak Warren
  • Gnashtooth Warren
  • Gnawbone Tribe
  • Gnawed Root Den
  • Goatgobbler Tribe
  • Goatrider Mob of the High Crags
  • Gobbo-Tak Tribe
  • Goblins of Goblin-town
  • Goblins of Hagfinger Wood
  • Goblins of Murkstool Mire
  • Goblins of Nettle Hollow
  • Goblins of Shriekstone
  • Goblins of Skinner's Gulch
  • Goblins of the Black Shaft
  • Goblins of the Bone Orchard
  • Goblins of the Burned Abbey
  • Goblins of the Dragon's Dung Heap
  • Goblins of the Drunken Hills
  • Goblins of the Dwarf Road
  • Goblins of the Elf Graves
  • Goblins of the Ember Pit
  • Goblins of the Fallen Watchtower
  • Goblins of the Giant's Cellar

G, continued

  • Goblins of the Hanging Bridge
  • Goblins of the Hermit's Cave
  • Goblins of the Leaky Aqueduct
  • Goblins of the Moonless Cave
  • Goblins of the Ogre Midden
  • Goblins of the Rat Warrens
  • Goblins of the Stolen Village
  • Goblins of the Troll Bridge
  • Goblins of the Twisted Spire
  • Goblins of the Whispering Reeds
  • Goblins of the Witch's Well
  • Goblins of Toadstone Fen
  • Goose Pluckers
  • Gorkil Tribe
  • Grakk-Tul Tribe
  • Grave Worm Tribe
  • Gravelgrubbers
  • Graveyard Shift Mob
  • Greasepot Tribe
  • Greenmaw Rabble
  • Grimefinger Tribe
  • Grimscar Tribe
  • Gristlegrin Tribe
  • Grizzmar Tribe
  • Grubble's Sneaks
  • Gullchaser Tribe
  • Gullet Gang of Tanner's Lane
  • Gullysneaks
  • Gullysnout Tribe
  • Gundabad Goblins
  • Gutter Goblins
  • Gutterspit Skulk
  • Gutwad's Tribe

H: 12 names

  • Hagmoor Tribe
  • Hangman's Hollow Tribe
  • Haunted Barrow Tribe
  • Hayloft Sneaks
  • Hedgecreepers
  • Hedgehog Skinners
  • Henhouse Raiders
  • Hobnak Tribe
  • Hollow Stump Den
  • Hooknail Gang
  • Hookworm Den
  • Hurrgak Tribe

I: 2 names

  • Ikkzak Tribe
  • Inkcap Tribe

K: 11 names

  • Karrzuk Tribe
  • Kin of the Broken Fang
  • Kin of the Burnt Ladle
  • Kin of the Mud Moon
  • Kin of the Stolen Fire
  • Kizzrak Tribe
  • Klarg's Tribe
  • Knobknee Tribe
  • Knucklewart Tribe
  • Kragga-Mok Tribe
  • Krizzak's Sneaks

L: 9 names

  • Ladderhaters
  • Lanternsnuffers of Low Street
  • Lardbucket Tribe
  • Leechlicker Tribe
  • Licktoad Tribe
  • Little Boss Pimbo's Mob
  • Lizardflayer Tribe
  • Lizardrider Mob of the Salt Flats
  • Lost Well Tribe

M: 25 names

  • Mad Goat Mob
  • Maggrot Tribe
  • Marrowsuckers of the Old Quarry
  • Marsh Viper Tribe
  • Midden Goblins
  • Mik-Mik Warren
  • Milestone Lurkers
  • Miller's Ruin Tribe
  • Mirefang Tribe
  • Mirestalkers
  • Mistgulch Tribe
  • Moonbiters
  • Moonlick Tribe
  • Moonpuddle Warren
  • Mosswood Goblins
  • Mother Wartha's Tribe
  • Mucklebone Tribe
  • Mucklick Tribe
  • Mucktooth Gang
  • Mud Leech Tribe
  • Mudslingers of the Fen
  • Mudstar Tribe
  • Mudwallow Nest
  • Murkwater Tribe
  • Murrgak Tribe

N: 7 names

  • Nailswallowers
  • Narzug Warren
  • Nettlegrub Tribe
  • Nibblik's Sneaks
  • Nine Knives Mob
  • Nukkle Tribe
  • Nuzzlegut's Tribe

O: 10 names

  • Old Mill Tribe
  • Old Snaggle's Tribe
  • One-Ear Nakk's Tribe
  • Oozeback Warren
  • Oozeknuckle Tribe
  • Oozewhisker Skulk
  • Orchard Strippers
  • Owlplucker Tribe
  • Ozgrit Tribe
  • Ozzgul Warren

P: 8 names

  • Pebblehoarders
  • Piddlepot Tribe
  • Pig Stickers
  • Pitcrawlers
  • Pokkit's Mob
  • Privy Goblins
  • Puddlehopper Tribe
  • Puffball Tribe

Q: 2 names

  • Quarrelsome Cousins of Sump Hollow
  • Quarry Goblins

R: 21 names

  • Rainhiders
  • Rashgrin Tribe
  • Ratrider Gang of the Undercity
  • Red Eye Den
  • Redcap Tribe
  • Reedcreepers
  • Ripnugget's Tribe
  • Rootchewers of Gloomwood
  • Rootscrabblers
  • Rotbelly Tribe
  • Rotbriar Skulk
  • Rotplank Gang
  • Rotten Log Den
  • Rotwhisker Tribe
  • Rotwillow Tribe
  • Rubblesleepers
  • Ruined Tower Tribe
  • Rustchewers
  • Rustdagger Gang
  • Rustnose Tribe
  • Rusty Hook Mob

S: 70 names

  • Saltmarsh Goblins
  • Sawdust Den
  • Scab Beetle Tribe
  • Scabrock Skulk
  • Scorchgrin Tribe
  • Scrapfang Tribe
  • Scrubskulkers
  • Scullery Goblins
  • Scurvyjaw Tribe
  • Scuttleclaw Tribe
  • Shaman Bonerattle's Tribe
  • Shaman Cragwhisper's Tribe
  • Shaman Moonspit's Tribe
  • Shaman Toadcaller's Tribe
  • Sheep Worriers
  • Shipwreck Goblins
  • Signpost Swingers
  • Singetail Tribe
  • Sinkhole Sneakers
  • Skabgrin's Raiders
  • Skabnuk Tribe
  • Skarrok Tribe
  • Skeezik Tribe
  • Skitterclaw Tribe
  • Skulkmaw Tribe
  • Skullsplitter Tribe
  • Slagdrinkers
  • Slagheap Goblins
  • Slime Mold Tribe
  • Slimegob Gang
  • Slimepit Warren
  • Slopbucket Tribe
  • Slugslurper Tribe
  • Smokehole Tribe
  • Snagglegrin Gang

S, continued

  • Snaggleroot Tribe
  • Snaggletusk Tribe
  • Snazzkul Tribe
  • Snikrot Tribe
  • Snotlok's Raiders
  • Snotwhistle Warren
  • Sockrobbers
  • Sons of the Ditch
  • Sons of the Sewer
  • Sootmaw Warren
  • Soottooth Tribe
  • Sourgut Tribe
  • Sourmarsh Tribe
  • Spawn of the Rat King
  • Spawn of the Sour Swamp
  • Spiderback Riders of the Deep Fen
  • Spiderfang Nest
  • Spiderlick Tribe
  • Spidermoon Tribe
  • Splatt's Mob
  • Splintergully Tribe
  • Splinternose Warren
  • Split Lip Mob
  • Splitnose Gang
  • Spoonstealers
  • Sporebelly Tribe
  • Squealing Pig Mob
  • Starspitters
  • Steamwheedle Cartel
  • Stinkhorn Tribe
  • Stinkpot Gang
  • Stinkroot Warren
  • Stubtail Tribe
  • Stumpdwellers
  • Sunhaters

T: 75 names

  • Tallowsnatchers
  • Tarbucket Gang
  • The Bleeding Moon Horde
  • The Broken Wheel Horde
  • The Burnt Banner Horde
  • The Crooked Spear Horde
  • The Drowned Lantern Horde
  • The Endless Rabble
  • The Grinning Skull Horde
  • The Howling Hole Horde
  • The Nameless Rabble
  • The Red Mud Horde
  • The Second-Best Horde
  • The Sniggering Rabble
  • The Thousand Teeth Horde
  • The Wolfrider Horde
  • Thistlehole Warren
  • Thistletop Tribe
  • Thornback Tribe
  • Thornlip Tribe
  • Throgma Tribe
  • Thunderhiders
  • Tidepool Goblins
  • Tinsnatchers
  • Toadrider Gang of the Mire
  • Toadwart Tribe
  • Toenail Tribe
  • Tokkrit Tribe
  • Tollgrabbers of Ratford Bridge
  • Torchthieves of Dimwood
  • Tribe of Four Fingers
  • Tribe of the Bad Smell
  • Tribe of the Bitten Thumb
  • Tribe of the Black Mushroom
  • Tribe of the Blind Owl
  • Tribe of the Boiled Toad
  • Tribe of the Borrowed Goat

T, continued

  • Tribe of the Burnt Beard
  • Tribe of the Crooked Back
  • Tribe of the Crooked Gallows
  • Tribe of the Drowned Wolf
  • Tribe of the Fat Toad
  • Tribe of the Flat Foot
  • Tribe of the Gnawed Antler
  • Tribe of the Green Spit
  • Tribe of the Hanged Ogre
  • Tribe of the Hollow Log
  • Tribe of the Howling Chimney
  • Tribe of the Hungry Moon
  • Tribe of the Laughing Crow
  • Tribe of the Long Nose
  • Tribe of the Missing Ear
  • Tribe of the Nine Skulls
  • Tribe of the Pickled Onion
  • Tribe of the Red Knuckle
  • Tribe of the Red Spider
  • Tribe of the Rotten Tooth
  • Tribe of the Rusted Cauldron
  • Tribe of the Scabby Knee
  • Tribe of the Second Moon
  • Tribe of the Seven Spiders
  • Tribe of the Sixth Finger
  • Tribe of the Snapped Fang
  • Tribe of the Sour Spring
  • Tribe of the Split Boulder
  • Tribe of the Stolen Moon
  • Tribe of the Stolen Pie
  • Tribe of the Stolen Plough
  • Tribe of the Three Stumps
  • Tribe of the Upside-Down Boot
  • Tribe of the Whispering Hole
  • Tribe of the Yellow Eye
  • Tribe of the Yellow Puddle
  • Tunnelgrubbers
  • Tzik-Tzik Tribe

U: 5 names

  • Ukk-Nar Warren
  • Underbridge Tribe
  • Underkeep Tribe
  • Undermill Tribe
  • Undertown Tribe

V: 3 names

  • Vobbul Tribe
  • Vrazzik Tribe
  • Vrek-Tazz Tribe

W: 21 names

  • Wallcrawlers
  • Warchief Gobbak's Horde
  • Warchief Nazbog's Horde
  • Warchief Rotgrin's Horde
  • Warchief Zarkul's Horde
  • Wargrider Pack of Blackmire
  • Wartknuckle Warren
  • Weasel Worriers
  • Weaselback Riders of the Brambles
  • Wellhiders
  • Windbiters
  • Wine Cellar Rats
  • Witch's Bog Tribe
  • Wolfrider Pack of Redgulch
  • Wolfrider Pack of the Gnawed Hills
  • Worgback Pack of the Thorn Fells
  • Wormgut's Raiders
  • Wormspittle Tribe
  • Wormsucker Tribe
  • Wormwood Gulch Tribe
  • Wrekkit Tribe

Y: 4 names

  • Yargle's Mob
  • Yeemik's Tribe
  • Yellowbelly Gang
  • Yurrik Warren

Z: 2 names

  • Zarbuk Tribe
  • Zogmar Tribe