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500 koala names with an Australian accent: gum-tree names like Blue Gum, Manna and Tallow, places and slang like Noosa, Bindi and Kip, and sleepy, fluffy and gray names such as Forty Winks, Earmuffs and Pewter.

About koala names

A koala is not a bear. It is a marsupial from the eucalyptus forests of eastern and southeastern Australia, it raises a joey in a pouch, and it sleeps through most of the day in the fork of a gum tree, because a diet of eucalyptus leaves gives it very little energy. That makes koala names different from panda or teddy bear names. The good ones come from the gum trees, from Australia itself, and from the animal's two great talents, sleeping and holding on.

So this list starts in the canopy. Blue Gum, Manna, Tallow, River Red and Swamp Mahogany are all trees koalas feed on, and Gumnut, Kino and Scribbly come from the same forest. Then come Australian places (Noosa, Otway, Gunnedah, Pilliga), slang and bush words (Bindi, Matilda, Kip, Cobber, Billabong), and the first names and nicknames a keeper might chalk on an enclosure sign, from Bruce and Sheila to Bazza and Shazza.

The rest is character: sleepy names such as Forty Winks, Doona and Five More Minutes, fluffy and joey names such as Earmuffs, Piggyback and Button Nose, gray coat names such as Pewter and Dust Bunny, bakery and cafe names such as Lamington and Babyccino, and a few jokes, Branch Manager and Not a Bear among them.

How to choose koala names

Start with the tree. Gum names such as Blue Gum, Manna, Tallow and Ironbark sound right for a koala and for no other animal.
Name a pair or a family from one theme: Bruce and Sheila, Bazza and Shazza, Lamington and Pavlova, Noosa and Byron.
For a joey, go small and soft with Gumnut, Pinkie, Bub, Little Mate or Piggyback. For a big old male, a title works: Lord Bluegum, Grandpa Grey, Baron von Snooze.
For a zoo naming vote or a classroom mascot, short Australian words are easy for children to say and spell: Kip, Bindi, Joey, Matilda, Cobber.
Look up a slang word before you print it on a sign. Most of the slang here is friendly, but a few words, Drongo and Galah among them, are gentle insults at home.

Frequently asked questions

What are good names for a koala?

Names that point at the gum trees or at Australia tend to fit best: Blue Gum, Manna, Gumnut, Bindi, Matilda, Noosa and Kip are all in this list. For a sleepier feel, try Snooze, Forty Winks or Doona. For a fluffy gray look, try Earmuffs, Pewter or Dusty.

Are koalas bears, and should the name say so?

No. Koalas are marsupials, more closely related to wombats and kangaroos than to any bear, and "koala bear" is an old nickname that stuck. That is why this list leans on eucalyptus and Australian names and keeps bear names to a few jokes, such as Not a Bear and Drop Bear, the fierce tree-dwelling koala that Australians invent to tease visitors.

What do you call a baby koala?

A baby koala is a joey, like the young of kangaroos and other marsupials. It stays in its mother's pouch for about six months and then rides on her back, which is where names such as Little Joey, Pouch, Piggyback, Backpack and Hitchhiker come from.

How is this different from a panda or teddy bear name list?

Panda names lean on doubled Chinese names and black-and-white looks, and teddy bear names lean on old-fashioned first names and honey. The koala names here come from somewhere else: gum trees like Tallow and Ironbark, Australian places like Otway and Pilliga, slang like Cobber and Arvo, and gray, sleepy and pouch names.

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All 500 koala 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: 11 names

Airlie
Alice
Angus
Ankle Biter
Arvo
Ashby
Ashton
Ashy
Aunty Shaz
Aussie
Avo

B: 57 names

Babyccino
Back of Bourke
Backpack
Ballarat
Ballina
Banana Bread
Bangalay
Banjo
Banksia
Baron von Snooze
Barossa
Bazza
Beaut
Bedhead
Bega
Bellingen
Bellow
Bendigo
Beryl
Bev
Big Fella
Big Nose
Big Yawn
Bikkie
Billabong
Billy
Billy Tea
Bimble Box
Bindi
Blanky
Bleary
Bloodwood
Blue Gum
Bluey
Bondi
Bonza
Boobook
Boop
Boronia
Bottlebrush
Bough
Bourke
Bowen Mango
Branch Manager
Brekkie
Brigalow
Brissie
Broome
Bruce
Brumby
Brush Box
Bub
Bush Tomato
Bush Tucker
Bushie
Button Nose
Byron

C: 41 names

Cairns
Candlebark
Canopy
Caramel Slice
Casuarina
Catnap
Charlene
Cheryl
Chewie
Chicken Salt
Chief Leaf Officer
Choc Top
Chocolate Crackle
Chook
Chrome
Chubs
Cineole
Cinereus
Clancy
Clingy
Cobber
Cobble
Coffs
Conked Out
Coober
Coogee
Coolabah
Cooma
Coomera
Cossie
Cottonball
Cousin Kev
Crackle
Craig
Cream Belly
Crikey
Cronulla
Cuddle Bear
Cuppa
Currumbin
Custard Tart

D: 31 names

Daggy
Daintree
Daisy Hill
Damo
Damper
Darren
Darryl
Darwin
Daydream
Desert Pea
Devonshire Tea
Dim Sim
Dinkum
Dinky Di
Do Not Disturb
Doctor Doze
Doona
Doris
Dorrigo
Down Under
Doze
Dreamy
Drongo
Drop Bear
Drowse
Dubbo
Duke of Gumtree
Dulcie
Dundee
Dust Bunny
Dusty

E: 5 names

Ear Tufts
Earmuffs
Echuca
Eucalypt
Eucy

F: 19 names

Fair Dinkum
Fairy Bread
Finger Bun
Finger Lime
Five More Minutes
Flannel Flower
Flat White
Fleecy
Floofy
Fluff
Fluffy Ears
Flynn
Fog
Footy
Forest Red
Forty Winks
Freo
Fuzz
Fuzzy Ears

G: 32 names

G'day
Galah
Gav
Geelong
Ghost Gum
Gippsland
Glenn
Golden Syrup
Golden Wattle
Good On Ya
Grandpa Grey
Granny Smith
Graphite
Gravel
Grevillea
Grey
Grey Box
Grey Gum
Greyson
Grizzle
Groggy
Grom
Grommet
Gum Blossom
Gum Chewer
Gumleaf
Gumnut
Gundagai
Gundy
Gunmetal
Gunnedah
Gwen

H: 11 names

Hakea
Haze
Hedgehog Slice
Hitchhiker
Hobart
Hooroo
Huggable
Hughie
Hugs
Hugster
Hush

I: 1 name

Ironbark

J: 11 names

Jackaroo
Jacko
Jammies
Jarrah
Jelly Slice
Jillaroo
Jimbo
Jindabyne
Joey
Joyce
Jumbuck

K: 26 names

Kakadu
Kakadu Plum
Kangaroo Paw
Karri
Kath
Katoomba
Kazza
Kelly
Kennett River
Kerry
Kezza
Kiama
Kimberley
King of the Gum Tree
Kino
Kip
Kirra
Koa
Koala Tea
Koalafied
Koalaty Time
Kody
Kola
Kooka
Kurrajong
Kylie

L: 27 names

Lachlan
Lady Grey
Lady Gumleaf
Lambswool
Lamington
Larrikin
Lazybones
Leaf Muncher
Leafy
Leanne
Leather Nose
Lemon Gum
Lemon Lime and Bitters
Lemon Myrtle
Lemon Tree Passage
Licorice Nose
Lie-In
Lilly Pilly
Lismore
Little Fella
Little Joey
Little Mate
Little Tacker
Long Black
Lord Bluegum
Lorne
Lyptus

M: 40 names

Macadamia
Macquarie
Madam Manna
Magnetic
Mallacoota
Mallee
Manly
Manna
Manna Gum
Marj
Marri
Marsu
Mate
Matey
Matilda
Melaleuca
Melba
Merimbula
Merino
Merv
Messmate
Mick
Midnight Snack
Mildura
Mist
Mister Fluff
Mollymook
Mopoke
Moreton
Moth
Mount Lofty
Mountain Ash
Mousey
Mudgee
Mugga
Mulga
Mullum
Munch
Murray
Musk Stick

N: 20 names

Nap
Narooma
Narrabri
Neenish Tart
Never Never
Nickel
Night Owl
Nimbin
Ningaloo
No Worries
Nod
Nodding Off
Noddy
Noelene
Nom Nom
Noosa
Norm
Nosey
Not a Bear
Nullarbor

O: 7 names

Oi Oi Oi
Old Mate
Otway
Outback
Overcast
Oyster
Ozzie

P: 28 names

Paperbark
Passionfruit
Pavlova
Pearl Grey
Pepperberry
Peppercorn
Peppermint Gum
Perth
Pewter
Piccolo
Piggyback
Pilbara
Pilliga
Pinkie
Platinum
Pocket
Podge
Pompom
Port Stephens
Potato Cake
Potato Scallop
Pouch
Pouch Potato
Power Nap
Princess Gumnut
Priscilla
Professor Pouch
Pumpkin Scone

Q: 2 names

Quandong
Queen of the Canopy

R: 13 names

Raincloud
Raymond
Red Gum
Redlands
Rhonda
Ribbon Gum
Riberry
Richo
Ripper
River Red
Rose Gum
Rotto
Round Ears

S: 62 names

Salmon Gum
Salt and Pepper
Saltbush
Sapling
Sausage Sizzle
Schnoz
Scribbly
Scribbly Gum
Shale
Shane
Shazza
She'll Be Right
She-Oak
Sheila
Shirl
Short Black
Shut-Eye
Silver
Silver Dollar
Silver Princess
Silvie
Simmo
Sir Eucalyptus
Sir Snooze-a-Lot
Sleep-In
Sleeps Till Noon
Sleepyhead
Smashed Avo
Smoko
Smoky
Snoot

S, continued

Snooze
Snore
Snow Gum
Snowy Chest
Snuffle
Snug
Snugglebum
Sooky
Sooky La La
Southern Cross
Spinifex
Spoon Nose
Spotted Gum
Sprig
Squidge
Squirt
Steely
Sterling
Stickybeak
Stoney
Straddie
Strewth
Stringybark
Sugar Gum
Sunday
Sunday Arvo
Sunnies
Swagman
Swamp Gum
Swamp Mahogany
Sydney

T: 30 names

Tahlia
Tallow
Tallowwood
Tamworth
Tasman
Tassie
Tea Gardens
Tea Tree
Thredbo
Tidbinbilla
Tilda
Tin
Tin Lid
Tinsel
Togs
Tommo
Too Easy
Toowoomba
Tracey
Tree Hugger
Treetop
True Blue
Tuart
Tucker
Tucki Tucki
Tufts
Twenty Hours
Twiggy
Two Thumbs
Two-Tone

U: 2 names

Ulladulla
Uncle Bazza

V: 3 names

Val
Vanilla Slice
Velour

W: 12 names

Wagga
Waltzing Matilda
Wandoo
Waratah
Wattle
Wattleseed
White Bib
Whitsunday
Wodonga
Woolly
Woolly Jumper
Woop Woop

Y: 6 names

Yamba
Yarra
Yawny
Yellow Box
You Yangs
Young Fella

Z: 3 names

Zed
Zonk
Zonked