Hippocampus Name Generator
Names for the fish-tailed horses of Poseidon's chariot
Generate names for the hippocampus, the fish-tailed sea-horse of Greek myth: Greek sea words like Thalassios and Kyma, Nereid names like Halimede, compounds like Brinemane and Tidehoof, and short names like Bubbles and Pip for a pet seahorse.
About hippocampus names
The hippocampus of Greek myth is a horse in front and a fish behind, and ancient mosaics and vase paintings show teams of them drawing Poseidon's chariot. The word joins hippos, horse, and kampos, sea monster. It is also the genus name of every living seahorse, so this page serves both the mythic mount and the fish in your aquarium. The part of the brain called the hippocampus is named for its seahorse shape and is not the topic here.
Myth gives no hippocampus a name of its own, so the list borrows from the sea around it. Greek words come first: Thalassa, Kyma (wave), Aphros (foam). Mares take the names of Nereids and Oceanids, sea nymphs whose names often describe the water, such as Kymo and Galene (calm). A few even carry the word for horse: Hippothoe, Hipponoe, Menippe. Stallions get winds, river gods and Poseidon's epithets.
The rest is English and Latin: mane, hoof and fin compounds like Brinemane and Pearlfin, sea colors, tides and weather, titled names such as Herald of the Deep, sets for a chariot team of four, names for the studs and stables of a merfolk court (they name the yard, not the animal), heraldic forms like Sea-Horse Argent, and short friendly names for pet seahorses.
How to choose hippocampus names
- Match the name to the job. A chariot horse or a boss mount can carry a long Greek or titled name such as Polyphloisbos or Thunder of the Deep, while a pet seahorse is better served by Pip, Noodle or Snoot.
- Name a team of four as a set. The list holds ready quartets: Protos, Deuteros, Tritos and Tetartos (first to fourth in Greek), Crest, Curl, Crash and Calm, or the four seas Aegean, Ionian, Adriatic and Tyrrhenian.
- Use Greek endings as a rough guide to mares and stallions. Most Nereid and Oceanid names end in -e, -o or -a (Halimede, Kymo, Rhodeia), while masculine words and names usually end in -os (Pontos, Xanthos, Thalassios). Plain nouns such as Kyma and Pelagos are neuter and suit either.
- Give a mount in a tabletop campaign two names: a show name for the records, such as Glory of the Aegean, and a short stable name the rider actually shouts.
- For a real seahorse, borrow from its body and habits. Males carry the young in a brood pouch, which is where Papa Pouch and Proud Papa come from, and the tail that grips a perch gives you Holdfast and Hitching Post.
Frequently asked questions
What is a hippocampus?
In Greek myth it is a sea creature with the head and forelegs of a horse and the tail of a fish, shown in ancient art pulling Poseidon's chariot. The same word is the scientific genus of seahorses and the name of a seahorse-shaped part of the brain. This generator covers the creature and the fish, not the brain.
Do any hippocampi have names in Greek myth?
Not that we know of: the old stories treat them as Poseidon's team, not as individuals. The best-known named hippocampus is a modern one, Rainbow, from Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books. That is why this list borrows Greek sea words, sea-nymph names and descriptive compounds instead.
Where do the Greek names on the list come from?
They are Greek words for the sea, weather and horses, such as Kyma, Aphros and Chaite (mane), along with names of Nereids, Oceanids, winds and river gods found in Hesiod and Homer, such as Halimede, Speio and Zephyros. Look a word up before you build a story detail on its meaning.
What are good names for a pet seahorse?
Short, friendly names work best: Bubbles, Curly, Squiggle, Pebble and Pocket Pony are all on the list. You can also use a species name as a call name, since Kuda, Reidi and Zosterae come from Hippocampus kuda, Hippocampus reidi and Hippocampus zosterae. For a bonded pair, try two from one set, such as Crest and Curl.
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All 1,000 hippocampus names
A: 58 names
- Abalone
- Abdominalis
- Abyssal Stud
- Abyssos
- Acheloos
- Adriatic
- Aegean
- Aella
- Aellopos
- Aequor
- Aequoreus
- Aestus
- Agaue
- Aigai
- Aigialos
- Aithyia
- Akroneos
- Aktaie
- Akte
- Alpheios
- Ammos
- Amphialos
- Amphinome
- Amphiro
- Amphithoe
- Amphitrite
- Amphitrite's Garland
- Amphitrite's Own
- Ampotis
- Anabesineos
- Anadyomene
- Anchialos
- Anchor
- Anchor Horse
- Anemone
- Anemone Mews
- Anemone Red
- Anemos
- Angustus
- Ankyra
- Apeliotes
- Aphrogeneia
- Aphros
- Aquamarine
- Arching Neck
- Argent Naiant
- Argenteus
- Argyros
- Arion
- Arrow of the Current
- Asopos
- Atrygetos
- Audax
- Aura
- Aureus Maris
- Autumn Gale
- Azure
- Azure Erect
B: 53 names
- Backwash
- Balios
- Banner of the Fleet
- Barbouri
- Bargibanti
- Bean
- Bell of the Harbor
- Benthesikyme
- Benthos
- Beryl
- Best in Shoal
- Billowstride
- Bladderwrack Belle
- Bladefin
- Blossom of the Atoll
- Blue
- Blue Ribbon Brine
- Blue Rosette
- Bluefin
- Blueglass
- Bluemane
- Bobbin
- Bolt of the Squall
- Bone White
- Boreas
- Born in a Squall
- Born of the Breakers
- Bottle Green
- Brasshoof
- Break
- Breaker
- Breakerleap
- Breakermane
- Breviceps
- Bride of the Tide
- Bridle
- Bridle of Gold
- Brighthoof
- Brightscale
- Brine Forelock
- Brinemane
- Brinetrot
- Brittle Star
- Broadfluke
- Bronze Bit
- Bronzehoof
- Bronzeshod
- Brood Pouch
- Broodmare of the Reef
- Bubbles
- Bugle
- Button
- Bythos
C: 67 names
- Caeruleus
- Calm
- Camelopardalis
- Canterwave
- Capensis
- Captain Curl
- Captain of the Vanguard
- Carousel
- Celadon
- Celer
- Cerulean
- Chaite
- Chalkopous
- Champing at the Tide
- Champion of the Tide
- Champion Yearling
- Chariot Heart
- Chariot of Foam
- Chariot of Pearl
- Chess Knight
- Child of the Foam
- Chloros
- Chrysos
- Cirri
- Clingy
- Clip-Clop
- Coiltail
- Colemani
- Colt of the Estuary
- Comber
- Combermane
- Comes
- Comma
C, continued
- Conch
- Conch Pink
- Copper Green
- Coral
- Coral Crown
- Coral Pink
- Coral Prince's Courser
- Corkscrew
- Coronation Stallion
- Coronatus
- Coronet
- Countercurrent
- Courser of the Open Water
- Court Mount
- Cowrie
- Crash
- Crest
- Crest of the Swell
- Crestleaper
- Crined Or
- Cross Sea
- Crosscurrent
- Crowned
- Crowned in Pine
- Crumb
- Curl
- Curlicue
- Curltail
- Curly
- Cursor Undarum
- Custos Abyssi
- Cuttle Black
- Cuttlebone Mews
- Cutwater
D: 39 names
- Dad of Hundreds
- Dam of Champions
- Dancer of the Reef
- Dappleflank
- Dark Seahorse
- Daughter of the Foam
- Dawn Lagoon
- Dawnbreaker
- Dead Calm
- Decus Maris
- Deepwater Drift
- Delos
- Delphis
- Denise
- Deuteros
- Devil's Apron
- Dewdrop
- Dexamene
- Dinky
- Diver's Dream
- Dobbin
- Dog Watch
- Dominus Fluctuum
- Doodle
- Doris
- Dot
- Doto
- Dragonet
- Drift
- Driftseed
- Driftwood
- Driftwood Paddock
- Dromos
- Duchess of the Tidepools
- Dulse
- Dusk Violet
- Duskrunner
- Dwarf
- Dynamene
E: 35 names
- Earth-Shaker's Joy
- Eastwater
- Ebb
- Echo of the Abyss
- Eddy
- Eelgrass
- Eelgrass Meadows
- Eelmane
- Eidothea
- Eione
- Elatreus
- Elder of the Seamount
- Ennosigaios
- Enosichthon
- Equa Marina
- Equus Marinus
- Erectus
- Eretmeus
- Eridanos
- Etesian
- Euagore
- Euarne
- Eudia
- Eudora
- Euenos
- Eukrante
- Eulimene
- Eunike
- Euploia
- Eupompe
- Euros
- Euryalos
- Eurybia
- Eurynome
- Eye of the Whirlpool
F: 51 names
- Fair Wind
- Fanfin
- Fanfluke
- Fantail
- Feather Star
- Featherfin
- Ferox
- Fiddlehead
- Fidelis
- Filia Neptuni
- Filius Neptuni
- Filly of the Cove
- Fin of Jade
- Finder of the Wreck
- Finflash
- Finhoof
- Finn
- Finned Gules
- Finwhisper
- First Gift
- First of the Herd
- First Past the Buoy
- First Watch
- Fisher's Friend
- Flagbearer of the Armada
- Flankshimmer
- Flarenostril
- Fleetfoot
- Flood
- Flos Maris
- Flower of the Reef
- Fluctivagus
- Fluctus
- Flukestrike
- Fluketail
- Flutter
- Foal of the Tidepools
- Foam at the Bit
- Foam Forelock
- Foamcrest
- Foamhoof
- Foamstrider
- Foamtreader
- Fogbank
- Following Sea
- Four Abreast
- Fresh Breeze
- Frosted Glass
- Full Moon
- Furlong and a Fathom
- Fury of the Gale
G: 44 names
- Gaieochos
- Galateia
- Galaxaure
- Gale's Daughter
- Galene
- Galene's Calm
- Gallopfoam
- Garland Bearer
- Ghost of the Shoals
- Giddyup
- Gift of the Current
- Gift of the Sea God
- Giraffe
- Glass Sea
- Glassfin
- Glasshoof
- Glassmane
- Glaucous
- Glauke
- Glaukonome
- Glaukos
- Glisterflank
- Gloria Pelagi
- Glory of the Aegean
- Glowgreen
- Golden Rein
- Goldfin
- Green Flash
- Greenfin
- Greenglass
- Greenmane
- Greenscale
- Greentail
- Greycrest
- Greyfluke
- Grotto Stables
- Groundswell
- Guardian of the Grotto
- Gulf Stream
- Gullcrest
- Guppy
- Gurges
- Guttulatus
- Gyre
H: 48 names
- Haar
- Half Ebb
- Haliakmon
- Halie
- Halimede
- Halios
- Haliplanktos
- Halirrhothios
- Halkyon
- Halme
- Halmyros
- Halosydne
- Harbor Grey
- Harbor Master's Whistle
- Harma
- Harness of Shells
- Headwind
- Heart of the Maelstrom
- Hedgehog
- Helike
- Helmsman's Hope
- Heniochos
- Herald of the Deep
- Herd Leader
- Hermit of the Seamount
- Hero of the Isles
- Herring Silver
- High Stepper
- High Water
- Highcrest
- Highfin
- Hippios
- Hippo
- Hippocampus Regina
- Hippocampus Rex
- Hipponoe
- Hippothoe
- Histion
- Histrix
- Hitching Post
- Hobbyhorse
- Holdfast
- Honey Kelp
- Hoof of Bronze
- Hoofbeat
- Hoofspray
- Hormos
- Hugger
I: 9 names
- Ianthe
- Inachos
- Ingens
- Invictus
- Ionian
- Iris
- Isthmia
- Isthmian Victor
- Istros
J: 3 names
- Jade
- Japapigu
- Jewel of the Reef
K: 33 names
- Kaikias
- Kallirhoe
- Kallithrix
- Kalypso
- Keeper of the Strait
- Keles
- Kelloggi
- Kelp Forelock
- Kelp Forest Livery
- Kelp Green
- Kelpmane
- Kelptail
- Kephisos
- Klydon
- Knight of the Kelp Forest
- Knobby
- Kochlos
- Kolpos
- Konche
- Kope
- Korallion
- Kranto
- Krill
- Kuda
- Kyanochaites
- Kyanos
- Kybernetes
- Kyma
- Kymatolege
- Kymo
- Kymodoke
- Kymopoleia
- Kymothoe
L: 41 names
- Lacefin
- Ladon
- Lady Curl
- Lady of the Shallows
- Lagoon Blue
- Lagoon Cup Runner
- Lailaps
- Laitma
- Lamp of the Trench
- Lancers of the Lagoon
- Land Breeze
- Lantern of the Deep
- Laomedeia
- Lapis
- Lashtail
- Laurel and Foam
- Laver
- Lead Mare
- Leafy
- Lee Shore
- Leiagore
- Leukos
- Leukothea
- Light of the Harbor
- Lighthoof
- Lighthouse Keeper's Pet
- Limen
- Limnoreia
- Limpet
- Lined
- Little Knight
- Lobster Red
- Long Shot of the Lagoon
- Long Swell
- Longfin
- Longshore
- Longsnout
- Longtail
- Lord of the Breakers
- Low Water
- Lysianassa
M: 41 names
- Mackerel Sky
- Maelstrom
- Maiandros
- Maid of the Isles
- Making Tide
- Malachite
- Mane of Foam
- Mane of Kelp
- Mangrove
- Mare Nostrum
- Mare of the Sunken City
- Mare Tranquillum
- Margarites
- Marina
- Marinus
- Marram
- Marshal of the Atoll
- Master of the Mews
- Melite
- Meltemi
- Menippe
- Mermaid's Mount
- Mermaid's Purse
- Merman's Charger
- Merry-Go-Round
- Middle Watch
- Midnight Tide
- Midnight Water
- Minnow
- Mirror of the Lagoon
- Mirrorscale
- Mohnikei
- Moon's Errand
- Moon's Pull
- Moonfin
- Moonwater
- Morning Watch
- Morsel
- Mother-of-Pearl
- Mother-of-Pearl Mews
- Murex Purple
N: 36 names
- Nacre
- Nalu
- Nausithoe
- Nausithoos
- Nautes
- Nauteus
- Nautilos
- Nautilus Shell
- Navigator's Folly
- Naxos
- Neap
- Near Trace
- Near Yoke
- Neigh-Neigh
- Nemertes
- Neomeris
- Neptune Grass
- Neptune's Gallop
- Neptune's Wake
- Neptunus
- Nereus
- Nereus's Promise
- Nerites
- Nesaie
- Neso
- New Moon
- Nibbles
- Nine Fathom Stables
- Noodle
- Noonglare
- Nor'easter
- Northerly
- Northwater
- Notos
- Nursery Foal
- Nymph's Darling
O: 24 names
- Ocean's Answer
- Ocean's Daughter
- Off Trace
- Off Yoke
- Offshore
- Oidma
- Oinops
- Okeanos
- Okyalos
- Okypous
- Okyrhoe
- Old Bronze
- Old Grey of the Deep
- Old Lighthouse Stud
- Old Man of the Estuary
- Onshore
- Opaline
- Ourios
- Outrider of the Royal Shoal
- Outrunner
- Overfall
- Oyster
- Oyster Plate
- Oyster White
P: 79 names
- Pacesetter
- Palaimon
- Panope
- Papa Pouch
- Paper Nautilus
- Parade Mare
- Parade Mount of the Atoll
- Paros
- Parthenios
- Patina
- Pearl
- Pearl Court Stud
- Pearl Diver's Prize
- Pearl of the Abyss
- Pearlcrest
- Pearlfin
- Pearlshod
- Pebble
- Peewee
- Pelagia
- Pelagios
- Pelagos
- Peneios
- Per Mare
- Periwinkle
- Petraie
- Pherousa
- Phorkys
- Phosphor
- Phykos
- Pilgrim of the Sunken Temple
- Pilot's Star
- Pip
- Pipefish
- Plankton
- Plemmyris
- Plexaure
- Pnoe
- Pocket Pony
P, continued
- Podarge
- Pole Star
- Polos
- Polyphloisbos
- Ponteus
- Pontios
- Pontohi
- Pontomedousa
- Pontoporeia
- Pontoporos
- Pontos
- Pony
- Porphyra
- Porphyreos
- Porthmos
- Portunus
- Poseidon's Favor
- Poseidon's Four
- Poseidon's Left Hand
- Poseidon's Pride
- Posidonia
- Potbelly
- Poulynoe
- Pride of the Shoals
- Primus
- Prince of the Sandbar
- Princess Marina's Stable
- Procella
- Professor Bubbles
- Proreus
- Proteus
- Proteus's Riddle
- Protomedeia
- Protos
- Proud Papa
- Proudneck
- Prymneus
- Prymno
- Psamathe
- Pygmy
Q: 6 names
- Quadriga
- Quartus
- Queen of the Kelp Forest
- Queen's Reef Stud
- Question Mark
- Quicksilver
R: 36 names
- Racer of the Hippodrome
- Racer of the Strait
- Rainbowfin
- Rascal
- Reef Derby Winner
- Regina Undarum
- Reidi
- Reins of Kelp
- Rex Aequoris
- Rheuma
- Rhode
- Rhodeia
- Rhoos
- Rhothion
- Ribbon Winner
- Ribbonfin
- Ribbontail
- Rider of the Ninth Wave
- Rimemane
- Rip Current
- Ripple
- Riptide
- Rise
- Rival of the Olive
- Rocking Horse
- Rogue Wave
- Roll
- Roller
- Rollermane
- Rose of the Bay
- Royal Cavalry of the Reef
- Royal Courier
- Ruddertail
- Runner of the Shallows
- Rush
- Rust Anchor
S: 148 names
- Saddle
- Saffron Sponge
- Sailfin
- Sailor's Delight
- Sailor's Luck
- Sailor's Warning
- Sal Maris
- Salacia
- Salos
- Salt Spring
- Saltcrest
- Saltmane
- Saltshod
- Salum
- Samphire
- Sand Dollar
- Sandbar Gold
- Sandy
- Sao
- Sardine
- Sargasso
- Sargassum
- Satomiae
- Scale of Lapis
- Scalecoat
- Scaleflank
- Scallop
- Scamp
- Scout of the Sandbar
- Scud
- Sea Biscuit
- Sea Fan
- Sea Fret
- Sea Grape
- Sea Green
- Sea Holly
- Sea Lavender
- Sea Lettuce
- Sea Pony
- Sea Queen's Palfrey
- Sea Smoke
- Sea Star
- Sea Urchin
- Sea-Horse Argent
- Sea-Horse Azure
- Sea-Horse Naiant
- Sea-Horse Or
- Sea-Horse Rampant
- Sea-Horse Vert
S, continued
- Seafoam
- Seaglass Eye
- Secundus
- Seiraphoros
- Sentinel of the Cape
- Shadow of the Trench
- Shellhoof
- Shellshod
- Shelly
- Shingle
- Shipwright's Pride
- Shoalhoof
- Shortsnout
- Shrimp
- Shrimp Pink
- Silkmane
- Silverfin
- Silvertail
- Simoeis
- Singer of the Grotto
- Sir Snoot
- Siren's Steed
- Skamandros
- Skimhoof
- Skipper
- Skiron
- Skopelos
- Skyphios
- Slack Water
- Smidge
- Snick
- Snoot
- Snout
- Son of the Swell
- Sou'wester
- Sounion
- Southwater
- Speio
- Spilas
- Spindrift
- Spindriftmane
- Spinefin
- Spiraltail
- Spirit of the Bay
- Splash
- Splashfoot
- Splashhoof
- Spotted
- Sprat
S, continued
- Spray
- Sprayhoof
- Spraykicker
- Spraymane
- Spring Swell
- Spring Tide
- Sprout
- Sprung from the Rock
- Spuma Maris
- Spume
- Spumecrest
- Spumiger
- Squall Line
- Squid Ink
- Squiggle
- Squirt
- St. Elmo
- Stablemaster's Pick
- Stallion of the Sunken City
- Star of the Lagoon
- Starfish Livery
- Starfish Orange
- State Chariot Horse
- Steed of the Ninth Wave
- Stella Maris
- Stirrup
- Storm Grey
- Storm of the Cape
- Storm's End
- Storm's Herald
- Struck from the Stone
- Strymon
- Summer Calm
- Sunset Shoal
- Surf
- Surfhoof
- Surfmane
- Surfskimmer
- Surfstrider
- Surge
- Swan Neck
- Swash
- Sweeptail
- Swell
- Swellmane
- Swellrider
- Swelltreader
- Swiftfin
- Swiftfluke
- Swifthoof
T: 84 names
- Tadpole
- Tail of Pearl
- Tailhook
- Tailwind
- Tenos
- Tertius
- Tetartos
- Tether
- Tethrippon
- Tethys
- Thalassa
- Thalassios
- Thaumas
- The Admiral's Second Charger
- The Admiral's String
- The Coral Stables
- The Earth-Shaker's Team
- The Foam Four
- The Kelp Guard Remount
- The Nacre Stalls
- The Nereid Queen's Palfrey
- The Regent's Favorite
- The Royal Tide Mews
- The Saltwater Corral
- The Sea King's Stud
- The Seamount Yard
- The Shell Stalls
- The Sponge Garden Paddock
- The Sunken Paddock
- The Tide Queen's Own
- The Tidegate Yard
- The Trident Team
- The Trident Yard
- The Wreckside Stables
- Thetis
- Thetis's Gift
- Thimble
- Thoe
- Thoon
- Thorny
- Thrift
- Thunder of the Deep
T, continued
- Thunderhoof
- Thyella
- Tidal Bore
- Tiddler
- Tide King's Destrier
- Tide's Promise
- Tide's Turn
- Tidegalloper
- Tidehoof
- Tiderace
- Tigertail
- Tiny Stallion
- Tombolo
- Tortoiseshell
- Tracemate
- Trade Wind
- Triaina
- Tridens
- Trident Bearer's Gray
- Trident Strike
- Trident's Point
- Trident's Shadow
- Tridentifer
- Trimaculatus
- Trinket
- Triton
- Triton's Trumpet
- Tritons' Remount
- Tritos
- Trotter
- Trotwater
- Troughjumper
- Trumpet
- Turning Post
- Turquoise
- Turtlegrass
- Twenty Fathom Stud
- Twig
- Twilight Blue
- Twizzle
- Tyrian
- Tyrrhenian
U: 5 names
- Ultramarine
- Unda
- Unda Caerulea
- Undertow
- Undosus
V: 9 names
- Veilfin
- Velox
- Venilia
- Ventus Secundus
- Verdigris
- Victor of the Isthmus
- Victrix
- Viridian
- Voice of the Breakers
W: 40 names
- Wanderer of the Open Water
- Waning Moon
- Warden of the Reef
- Wave's Edge
- Wavecrest
- Wavecutter
- Wavedancer
- Wavehoof
- Wavemane
- Waxing Moon
- Webfoot
- Webhoof
- Weedmane
- Weedy
- Westerly
- Westwater
- Wet Forelock
- Wet Sand
- Wetflank
- Wethoof
- Wheel of the Waves
- Wheel Turner
- Whiptail
- Whisper of the Calm
- Whitecap
- Whitecap Farm
- Whitecap Runner
- Whitecrest
- Whitei
- Whitemane
- Whitewater Eye
- Whoa Nelly
- Wiggles
- Wild Celery Crown
- Wind of the Ionian
- Wind Shift
- Wine-Dark
- Winter Surge
- Won by a Snout
- Wrackmane
X: 2 names
- Xanthe
- Xanthos
Y: 4 names
- Yard Favorite
- Yearling Pride
- Yoke of Bronze
- Yokemate