Jungle Book Name Generator
Kipling's jungle cast plus new names in style
Jungle Book character names from Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera and Shere Khan to Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and King Louie, plus new names in the same style, such as Tendua the Leopard, Grey Sister and Nakalchi.
About Jungle book names
Rudyard Kipling named many of the animals in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by borrowing an everyday Hindustani word for the creature or for one of its traits. In his own notes Baloo is the bear and Hathi the elephant, Bagheera is tied to bagh, a word for tiger, and Akela means alone. His spellings and glosses are his own, though, and they are not a dictionary: he wrote that Mowgli is a name he made up.
Fewer than a fifth of the names on this page are characters' names from the two books and from the film versions, listed simply as names. They come from the Mowgli stories, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, The White Seal, Toomai of the Elephants and the other tales, with film characters such as King Louie, Shanti and Ranjan among them. It is a reference block, not a full cast list.
Everything else is new and comes from no book or film. These names follow Kipling's method with standard Hindi and Urdu words: animal words paired with the animal (Tendua the Leopard, Koyal the Cuckoo), words for weather, color and character (Toofan, Kohra, Nidar), English epithets in the manner of Father Wolf and Grey Brother, wolves of the Seeonee pack, Bandar-log monkeys, elephant officers, sound-words for small creatures and plain village names.
How to choose Jungle book names
- Start from the animal. Find the Hindi or Urdu word for the creature or for its main trait, the way Bhalu the Bear and Nevla the Mongoose are built, and look the word up in a dictionary before you use it.
- Give elders an English epithet and a relation: Father, Mother, Grey, Old. Grandfather Tortoise and Old Tusker sound like the books without borrowing a character.
- Name a wolf by its place in the pack. Rear Guard of the Pack or Josh of the Seeonee tells a reader more than a sound alone.
- Let the Bandar-log have names about noise, fruit and forgetting, such as Bhulakkad, Aam-Chor and First to Forget.
- For fan fiction, keep Kipling's characters as they are and give the new names to your own. A reader should be able to tell which is which.
Frequently asked questions
What are the names of the Jungle Book characters?
The best known are Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Shere Khan, Kaa, Akela, Raksha, Hathi and Tabaqui, with Father Wolf, Mother Wolf and Grey Brother in the wolf family. The Disney films add King Louie, Colonel Hathi, Shanti and Ranjan. Kipling's other stories bring Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Nag and Nagaina, Kotick the white seal, and Little Toomai with the elephant Kala Nag.
Which names here are from the books and films, and which are new?
Names such as Mowgli, Chil, Mang, Ikki, Darzee and Kotick are characters' names from Kipling's books, and King Louie, Shanti and Ranjan come from the films. Names such as Tendua the Leopard, Grey Sister, Nakalchi and Major Mud-Wallow are new and only follow the style. This is a fan page with no link to any publisher or film studio.
What do the Jungle Book names mean?
Kipling wrote that he took many of them from Hindustani: Baloo for bear, Hathi for elephant and Akela for alone. He also wrote that Mowgli is a name he invented. His spellings are his own, so treat a gloss as his and look the word up before you rely on it.
Can I use these names for a pet, a scout pack or a story?
The new names are meant for your own characters, pets, games and school projects. Akela, Baloo and Bagheera have long been used as leader names in Cub Scout packs, which borrowed them from the books. If you plan to publish, check a name for yourself first, because nothing here has been cleared for commercial use.
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All 500 Jungle book names
A: 13 names
- Aahat
- Aam-Chor
- Aandhi
- Ababeel
- Ajgar the Python
- Akela
- Amoraq
- Amrud
- Andhera
- Angaar
- Anwar
- Aslam
- Auntie Myna
B: 47 names
- Baaz of the High Cliff
- Baaz the Hawk
- Bablu the Herd-Boy
- Babulal
- Badal
- Badshah of the Far Bank
- Bagh of the Bamboo Shade
- Bagh the Tiger
- Bagheera
- Baghin the Tigress
- Bagula the Heron
- Bahadur
- Bak-Bak
- Bakri
- Baloo
- Bandar
- Bandar-log
- Barasingha the Swamp Deer
- Barkha
- Basant
- Bater
- Bela
- Bent Whisker
B, continued
- Bhains the Buffalo
- Bhalu the Bear
- Bhalu-log
- Bhanwar
- Bhanwra
- Bhed
- Bhediya the Wolf
- Bhinbhin
- Bhoot
- Bhulakkad
- Bichhu
- Big Toomai
- Bijli
- Billy the Mule
- Bittu
- Blunt Claw
- Broken Tusk
- Brother of the Reeds
- Brother Wolf Tamba
- Bulbul
- Bulbul of the Bamboo Clump
- Buldeo
- Burnt Whisker
- Buzzie
C: 40 names
- Captain of the Dawn Patrol
- Chacha the Storyteller
- Chakor
- Chalak
- Chameli
- Chamgadar the Bat
- Chamgadar-log
- Champa
- Chanchal
- Chand
- Chandan
- Chandni
- Chattan
- Chatur
- Cheel of the Noon Sky
- Cheenti
- Chhalang
- Chhanchhan
- Chhap-Chhap
- Chhaya
- Chhipkali
- Chhotu the Goat Boy
- Chief of the Moment
- Chikai
- Chil
- Chingari
- Chinghaad
- Chita the Cheetah
- Chital the Spotted Deer
- Chua
- Chuchundra
- Chunilal
- Chunmun
- Colonel Hathi
- Corporal Big-Ears
- Cousin Jackal
- Crooked Horn
- Cub of the Second Litter
- Cub of the Spring Litter
- Cub-Watcher
D: 14 names
- Daant of Council Rock
- Dadi of the Man-Village
- Dahaad
- Darzee
- Deemak
- Den Mother of the Low Caves
- Dheer
- Dhool of the Seeonee
- Dhoom
- Dhoop
- Dhuan
- Dizzy
- Dost
- Drummer of the Herd
E: 2 names
- Elder of the Herd
- Ember Eyes
F: 10 names
- Farida
- Father Hawk
- Father Wolf
- Ferao
- Feroz
- First of the Litter
- First to Forget
- First Tracker of the Pack
- Flaps
- Friend of All the Jungle
G: 36 names
- Gainda the Rhinoceros
- Gaj
- Gajraj
- Garaj
- Gaur the Bison
- Gauraiya
- Ghariyal the Long-Snout
- Ghati of the Seeonee
- Ghoda
- Ghongha
- Gidar
- Gidur-log
- Gilhari of the Peepal Tree
- Gilhari the Squirrel
- Girgit the Chameleon
- Goh the Monitor Lizard
- Goonj
- Grandfather Tortoise
- Grandmother Crane
- Gray
- Green Feather
- Grey Ape of the Ruins
- Grey Brother
- Grey Flank
- Grey Runner
- Grey Shadow
- Grey Sister
- Grey Wall
- Guddi
- Gudgudi
- Gufa the Den Mother
- Gulab
- Gungun
- Gup-Shup
- Gurrahat of Council Rock
- Gutar-Gu
H: 16 names
- Half Tail
- Halla
- Hathi
- Hathi Jr.
- Hawa
- Heera
- Heera of the Herd
- Herald of the Rains
- Himmat
- Hiralal
- Hiran the Deer
- Hiran-log
- Hood of the Ruins
- Howler on the Hill
- Hudhud of the Dusty Road
- Hudhud the Hoopoe
I: 3 names
- Ikki
- Imli
- Iqbal
J: 10 names
- Jacala
- Jamun
- Jangli Billi the Jungle Cat
- Javed
- Jeevan
- Jharna
- Jhilmil
- Jhoola
- Josh of the Seeonee
- Jugnu the Firefly
K: 41 names
- Kaa
- Kaala
- Kaala Tendua
- Kaanta
- Kabutar the Pigeon
- Kachhua the Tortoise
- Kadlu
- Kakar the Barking Deer
- Kala Badal
- Kala Nag
- Kalkal
- Karait
- Kathphodwa the Woodpecker
- Kauwa the Crow
- Keeper of Nothing
- Keeper of the Old Trails
- Keeper of the Pack Law
- Keeper of the Water Truce
- Kekda
- Kela
K, continued
- Kesar
- Khachchar
- Khamosh
- Khargosh of the Wheat Field
- Khargosh the Hare
- Khat-Pat
- Khilaadi
- Khilkhil
- Khushi of the Free People
- Kinara
- King for a Day
- King Louie
- Ko
- Kohra
- Kotick
- Kotuko
- Koyal of the Mango Tree
- Koyal the Cuckoo
- Kuhu
- Kundan
- Kusum
L: 26 names
- Lady of the Reed Beds
- Lakadbaggha the Hyena
- Langur the Grey Monkey
- Langur-log
- Last to Listen
- Lata
- Leader of the Dawn Hunt
- Leela
- Leher
- Lieutenant Long-Trunk
- Limmershin
- Little Brother
- Little Frog
- Little Lantern
- Little Thorn
- Little Toomai
- Lomdi of the Melon Field
- Lomdi the Fox
- Lone Wolf of the North Hills
- Lone Wolf of the Waingunga
- Long Tooth
- Long Tusk
- Lord of the High Rocks
- Loudest of the Cold Lairs
- Lucky
- Lungri
M: 34 names
- Machhli
- Machua Appa
- Madhumakkhi
- Magar the Crocodile
- Magar-log
- Maina the Myna
- Major Mud-Wallow
- Makdi
- Makkhi
- Mala
- Man-cub
- Mang
- Mao the Peacock
- Master of the Waterhole
- Masti
- Matkah
- Meena
- Megh
- Mendak of the First Rain
- Mendak the Frog
- Messua
- Mitti
- Moon-Singer
- Mor of the Monsoon
- Mor-log
- Morni the Peahen
- Mother Bear
- Mother Wolf
- Moti
- Motilal
- Mowgli
- Munna
- Munni
- Mysa
N: 18 names
- Nadi
- Nag
- Nagaina
- Nakalchi
- Nani at the Well
- Nariyal
- Naseem
- Nathoo
- Natkhat
- Nawab of the Mango Grove
- Nevla of the Garden Wall
- Nevla the Mongoose
- Nidar
- Night Eyes
- Night-Runner of the Pack
- Nilgai the Blue Bull
- Nisha
- Notched Ear
O: 11 names
- Ola the Young Wolf
- Old Grey Muzzle
- Old Honey-Paw
- Old Scale-Back
- Old Stilt-Legs
- Old Stripes
- Old Tusker
- Old Wolf of the Rock
- One Ear
- Oo
- Oont
P: 21 names
- Paala
- Pahar
- Panja of Council Rock
- Panna
- Papiha
- Parchhai
- Patjhad of Council Rock
- Patthar
- Pehredar
- Petersen Sahib
- Phal-Chor
- Phao
- Phaona
- Phunkar
- Poonch the Yearling
- Prince of the Broken Dome
- Pudmini
- Pukar of the Seeonee
- Purun Bhagat
- Purun Dass
- Pushpa
Q: 1 name
- Quick Paw
R: 20 names
- Raakh
- Raat
- Rain Walker
- Raja of the Tall Grass
- Raju
- Rakhwala
- Raksha
- Rani of the Lotus Pool
- Ranjan
- Rann
- Ratan
- Rear Guard of the Pack
- Reech
- Reech the Teacher of Cubs
- Ret of the Free People
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
- Rimjhim
- Roshni
- Runt of the Litter
- Rupa
S: 50 names
- Saanp of the Long Grass
- Saathi
- Safed
- Sahi
- Salim
- Salma
- Sambar the Stag
- Sannata
- Sapna of the Free People
- Saras the Crane
- Sardi of the Seeonee
- Sarsar
- Savera
- Sawan
- Scarred Flank
- Sea Catch
- Sea Vitch
- Second Brother
- Sergeant Dust-Roller
- Shaam
- Shadow of the Banyan
- Shahad
- Shahad-Chor
- Shaheen the Falcon
- Shant
S, continued
- Shanta
- Shanti
- Shararat
- Sher
- Sher-log
- Shere Khan
- Sherni of the Ravine
- Sherni the Lioness
- Shikari
- Shikra
- Shor
- Singer of the Dawn
- Sipahi of the Bamboo Gate
- Sister Wolf Sona
- Sitara
- Siyar of the Village Edge
- Siyar the Jackal
- Slow Coil
- Soft Foot
- Sona
- Split Hoof
- Striped Lord of the Dry River
- Sultan of the Sal Forest
- Suraj
- Swift Foot of the Seeonee
T: 63 names
- Tabaqui
- Tall Shadow
- Tamba
- Taqat of the Seeonee
- Tawny Brother
- Teddy
- Tendua the Leopard
- Tez
- Tha
- The Adjutant
- The Boaster
- The Branch-Shaker
- The Cattle-Thief
- The Cave Keeper
- The Chatterer
- The Coiled One
- The Copycat
- The Dust Roller
- The Forgetful One
- The Free People
- The Fruit Finder
- The Hill Runner
- The Honey Thief
- The Horned People
- The Leaf-Thrower
- The Little People of the Rocks
- The Lone Hunter
- The Long Walker
- The Mud Wallower
- The Mugger of Mugger-Ghaut
- The Night People
T, continued
- The Night Singer
- The Nut-Dropper
- The Poison People
- The Quiet People
- The Red Dog
- The River People
- The River Watcher
- The Rock Sleeper
- The Silent Hunter
- The Sleepy One
- The Spotted One
- The Striped One
- The Striped People
- The Tail-Puller
- The Tusked People
- The Village Hunter
- The Winged People
- The Yellow-Eyed
- Thirty Feet of Patience
- Three-Season Hunter
- Thuu
- Timtim
- Tip-Tip
- Titar the Partridge
- Titli
- Titli of the Dhak Tree
- Tomorrow's Great Plan
- Toofan
- Tota the Parrot
- Tota-log
- Trail-Finder
- Two Tails
U: 7 names
- Uchhal
- Udbilao the Otter
- Ujala
- Ullu the Owl
- Umeed
- Uncle Porcupine
- Uqaab the Eagle
V: 4 names
- Velvet Paw
- Vihaan
- Vixen
- Voice of the Pack
W: 10 names
- Warden of the Ford
- Watcher at the Cave Mouth
- Wazir of the Anthill
- White Hood
- White Whisker
- Winifred
- Wolf of the Dry Nullah
- Wolf of the Far Ridge
- Wolf of the Low Caves
- Won-tolla
Y: 1 name
- Youngest Brother