Land Before Time Name Generator

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Browse 500 Land Before Time names, starting with characters, kinds of dinosaur and places from the films such as Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Sharptooth and Great Valley. The rest are new names in the same child's-eye words: young ones like Mudtoe and Wobbleknee, grown-ups like Grandpa Spiketail, and places like The Hidden Hollow.

About Land Before Time names

The Land Before Time, the 1988 animated film that grew into a long run of sequels and a television series, speaks in a child's compound words. Characters are named for what you notice first: Littlefoot, Sharptooth, Red Claw, Chomper, Shorty, Mr. Thicknose. Kinds of dinosaur work the same way, so the young friends are a Longneck, a Threehorn, a Swimmer, a Flyer and a Spiketail. These are the films' own words, not scientific names. The sun is the bright circle, rain is sky water, a leaf is a tree star and an earthquake is an earthshake.

This list begins with a block of names from the films and the series: characters from Littlefoot to Thud, then kinds of dinosaur, then places and things, ending with Stone of Cold Fire. It is not a full cast list.

Everything after that is new and built from the same vocabulary: young dinosaurs named for a feature, a sound or a habit, grown-ups with family titles, new kinds, gentle menaces in the mold of Sharptooth, herds, valleys and waters, and sky, weather and food words. The new names were made up for this page, though they lean on the same plain words the films use.

How to choose Land Before Time names

  • Name a young dinosaur the way another youngster would, by the first thing you notice. A feature (Bumpyhead, Curlytail), a sound (Honker, Squeak) or a habit (Puddle Jumper, Tagalong) all fit.
  • Use plain, short words a small child knows. Two everyday words joined together, such as Mudtoe or Softstep, sit closer to Littlefoot than anything fierce or fancy.
  • Give grown-ups a family title and their kind instead of a personal name, as the films do with Grandpa Longneck: Mama Threehorn, Papa Flyer, Auntie Clubtail.
  • Keep a menace simple and free of gore. One color or one feature is enough, as in Red Claw: Gray Fang, Yellow Eye, Bent Tooth.
  • Describe places and weather by what they do: The Mountain That Hums, The Swallowing Mud, Ground Clouds for fog and Loud Sky for thunder.

Frequently asked questions

Which names on this list are from The Land Before Time?

The list opens with 83 names from the films and the series. Characters come first (Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Chomper, Ruby and more), then kinds such as Longneck, Threehorn and Fast Biter, then places and things such as Great Valley, Mysterious Beyond and Tree Star. It is not a full cast list, and everything after Stone of Cold Fire is new.

What are the names of the main Land Before Time characters?

The original five are Littlefoot the Longneck, Cera the Threehorn, Ducky the Swimmer, Petrie the Flyer and Spike the Spiketail. Chomper, a young Sharptooth, and Ruby, a Fast Runner, join them in later stories.

What do kinds like Longneck and Threehorn mean?

They are the characters' own descriptive words, not scientific names. A Longneck is a long-necked plant eater like Littlefoot, a Threehorn is Cera's three-horned kind, a Flyer is a winged reptile like Petrie, and a Sharptooth is a big meat eater. New kinds on this list, such as Ridgeback, Shieldneck and Pond Dipper, follow the same idea and were made up for this page.

Can I use these names for a story, a game or a toy dinosaur?

Yes. The new names suit fan stories, original characters, classroom projects, party games and toy or plush dinosaurs. The films' characters belong to their owners, so keep those to fan use. This page is a fan resource and is not connected to the studio.

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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: 7 names

  • Ali
  • Archie
  • Armor Back
  • Ash Claw
  • Auntie Clubtail
  • Auntie Flyer
  • Auntie Longneck of the Far Herd

B: 26 names

  • Bark Chewer
  • Bark Scratcher
  • Belly Dragger
  • Bent Tooth
  • Berry Finder
  • Berry Nose
  • Berry Valley
  • Bibby
  • Big Daddy
  • Big Eye
  • Big Sister Flyer
  • Big Water
  • Big Wind
  • Bigmouth
  • Bigtoes
  • Black Stripe
  • Blink
  • Bluntnose
  • Bright Circle
  • Broadback
  • Broken Crest
  • Bron
  • Bubble Fruit
  • Bubbling Mud Pools
  • Bump Nose
  • Bumpyhead

C: 27 names

  • Cave Sleeper
  • Cera
  • Cheep
  • Chirrup
  • Chomper
  • Clatter
  • Cliff Lurker
  • Cliff Nester
  • Climber
  • Cloud Gazer
  • Clubtail
  • Cold Sky Flakes
  • Color Bridge
  • Cousin Halfhorn
  • Crackle Ground
  • Creep and Pounce
  • Crestback
  • Crinkle
  • Crispy Pods
  • Croaker
  • Crook Claw
  • Crookhorn
  • Cruncher
  • Crunchy Crawlers
  • Crunchy Stalks
  • Curly Ferns
  • Curlytail

D: 16 names

  • Dana
  • Dapple
  • Dawdle
  • Deep Swimmer
  • Deep Water Sharptooth
  • Dew Leaves
  • Dil
  • Dinah
  • Doc
  • Domehead
  • Doofah
  • Drip Nose
  • Drippy Day
  • Dry Time
  • Duckmouth
  • Ducky

E: 8 names

  • Earthshake
  • Egg Sitter
  • Egg Stealer
  • Elder Longstride
  • Elder Whitecrest
  • Elsie
  • Etta
  • Evening Glow

F: 18 names

  • Falling Leaf Time
  • Far Green Meadow
  • Fast Biter
  • Fast Runner
  • Fern Nibbler
  • Fin Back
  • First Light
  • First Up
  • Fish Catcher
  • Flat Tooth
  • Flatbeak
  • Floppycrest
  • Flyer
  • Follow-Me
  • Foobie
  • Freckleface
  • Frill Neck
  • Fuzzy Moss

G: 22 names

  • Giggles
  • Glow Bugs
  • Grandma Longneck
  • Grandma Swimmer
  • Grandma Threehorn
  • Grandpa Graybeak
  • Grandpa Longneck
  • Grandpa Spiketail
  • Granny Slowstep
  • Gray Fang
  • Great Valley
  • Great-Grandma Swimmer
  • Green Eye
  • Green Food
  • Greenback
  • Ground Clouds
  • Ground Crawler
  • Ground Nuts
  • Ground Wigglers
  • Growing Time
  • Grumble
  • Guido

H: 13 names

  • Halfhorn
  • Heavy Foot
  • Herd of the Tall Trees
  • Hiccups
  • Hider
  • High Flyer
  • Hiss and Snap
  • Honker
  • Horn Nose
  • Hot Ground
  • Hum-Along
  • Hump Back
  • Hyp

I: 1 name

  • Ichy

J: 1 name

  • Juicy Roots

K: 2 names

  • Knob Tail
  • Knobknee

L: 24 names

  • Land of Mists
  • Lanky
  • Last Leaf of the Season
  • Last One
  • Leaf Counter
  • Leaf Gobbler
  • Leaf Hugger
  • Leaf Nipper
  • Little Asker
  • Little Brother Spiketail
  • Littlefoot
  • Long Beak
  • Long Dark
  • Long Jaw
  • Longlegs
  • Longneck
  • Longtail
  • Loofah
  • Loud Caller
  • Loud Foot
  • Loud Sky
  • Low Growl
  • Low Walker
  • Lull

M: 28 names

  • Mama Fast Runner
  • Mama Flyer
  • Mama Many-Eggs
  • Mama Rainbow Face
  • Mama Swimmer
  • Mama Threehorn
  • Mama Widestep
  • Miss Softstep
  • Mo
  • Morning Glow
  • Morning Greens
  • Moss Muncher
  • Mr. Bigmouth
  • Mr. Broadtail
  • Mr. Crookhorn
  • Mr. Thicknose
  • Mr. Threehorn
  • Mrs. Softnose
  • Mrs. Tallcrest
  • Mud Lurker
  • Mud Roller
  • Mud Stomper
  • Muddy Bend
  • Mudtoe
  • Mumbler
  • Muncher
  • Mutt
  • Mysterious Beyond

N: 9 names

  • Nana Domehead
  • Napper
  • Night Circle
  • Night Flower
  • Night Hopper
  • Night Sparkles
  • Nod
  • Notch Snout
  • Nubbin

O: 9 names

  • Old Grandfather Tall-as-Trees
  • Old Mr. Longtail
  • Old Mr. Rumblethroat
  • Old Mrs. Mossback
  • Old Rumbler
  • Old Snaggle
  • Ollo
  • One Horn
  • Ozzy

P: 24 names

  • Paddle Foot
  • Pale Eye
  • Papa Carry-Me
  • Papa Flyer
  • Papa Spiketail
  • Papa Stonehorn
  • Papa Yellow Belly
  • Pat
  • Patchy
  • Pebble Kicker
  • Pebble Skin
  • Pebbletoe
  • Peeker
  • Petal Snacks
  • Petrie
  • Pinchy Cones
  • Pinkbelly
  • Platehead
  • Plop
  • Pond Dipper
  • Pop-Pop Clubtail
  • Pterano
  • Puddle Jumper
  • Purple Sweet Drops

Q: 2 names

  • Quick Snap
  • Quickfoot

R: 18 names

  • Rainbow Face
  • Rattle Throat
  • Reacher
  • Red Claw
  • Red Round Berries
  • Reed Rustler
  • Ridgeback
  • Ridgeback Prowler
  • Rinkus
  • River Runner
  • Roller
  • Roly
  • Root Digger
  • Rooter
  • Roundbelly
  • Ruby
  • Rumble Belly
  • Rumbletum

S: 76 names

  • Sand Digger
  • Saurus Rock
  • Scooper
  • Screech
  • Shade Seeker
  • Shadow Follower
  • Shadow in the Reeds
  • Sharptooth
  • Shell Back
  • Shieldneck
  • Shore Wader
  • Shortcrest
  • Shorty
  • Shovel Mouth
  • Sierra
  • Skitter
  • Sky Flash
  • Sky Glider
  • Sky Hummers
  • Sky Puffies
  • Sky Sparkles
  • Sky Watcher
  • Sky Water
  • Sleepy Eye
  • Sleepy Sky
  • Slippery Stone Falls
  • Slippery Water Weeds
  • Slowpoke
  • Small Arm
  • Smallhorn
  • Smallwing
  • Smoking Mountain
  • Smudge
  • Snap Jaw
  • Snappy Twigs
  • Sniffer
  • Sniffles
  • Snorey

S, continued

  • Snorter
  • Snubbeak
  • Snuffle
  • Soft Shoots
  • Softnose
  • Softstep
  • Sour Leaves
  • Speckle
  • Spike
  • Spiketail
  • Splash
  • Splash Foot
  • Splasher
  • Splashing Creek
  • Spotback
  • Squeak
  • Squeaky Step
  • Squint
  • Stamp and Snort
  • Star Leaf Bunch
  • Stepmama Spiketail
  • Sticky Sweets
  • Stone Hopper
  • Stone of Cold Fire
  • Stone Swallower
  • Stone Tooth
  • Straggler
  • Striped Runner
  • Stripetail
  • Strut
  • Stubtail
  • Stumpy
  • Sue
  • Swamp Snapper
  • Swamp Strider
  • Sweet Reeds
  • Swimmer
  • Swish Tail

T: 142 names

  • Tagalong
  • Tail Chaser
  • Tall Sweet Grass
  • Tall Walker
  • Tallcrest
  • Tam
  • Teacher Slowblink
  • The Berry Patch Bunch
  • The Berry Thicket
  • The Big Growler
  • The Big Tree Families
  • The Bouncy Log
  • The Cold Time Travelers
  • The Cracked Earth
  • The Crooked Canyon
  • The Crossing Place
  • The Dawn Herd
  • The Day of Falling Leaves
  • The Deep Dark Pool
  • The Dry Land Wanderers
  • The Dry Lands
  • The Dusk Prowler
  • The Echoing Caves
  • The Edge of the Valley
  • The Egg Keeper
  • The Egg Snatcher
  • The Fallen Tree Bridge
  • The Far Far Away
  • The Far Hills
  • The Far Roar
  • The Far Shore Herd
  • The Fern Gully Families
  • The Foggy Hollow
  • The Glowing Cave
  • The Great Rumble
  • The Great Shade Tree
  • The Green Meadow Herd
  • The Green Wall
  • The Hatching Time
  • The Herd Mother
  • The Hidden Hollow
  • The High Cliff Flyers
  • The High Nests
  • The Humming Hollow Herd
  • The Hungry One
  • The Land of Long Shadows
  • The Land of Tall Ferns

T, continued

  • The Last Green Herd
  • The Little Water
  • The Long Rain
  • The Long Shadow Pass
  • The Long Walk Herd
  • The Long Way Around
  • The Long Way Walker
  • The Lost Little Herd
  • The Low Marsh
  • The Marsh Biter
  • The Meeting Rock
  • The Misty Hill Longnecks
  • The Misty Marsh
  • The Mountain That Hums
  • The Mud Flat Swimmers
  • The Narrow Way
  • The Nest Watcher
  • The Nesting Grounds
  • The Night of Many Sparkles
  • The Old Stump
  • The One Who Follows
  • The Other Side
  • The Path Finder
  • The Path of Flat Stones
  • The Place of Many Eggs
  • The Pointy Rocks
  • The Quiet Pond
  • The Quiet Pond Gathering
  • The Red Hill Herd
  • The Red Hills
  • The River Herd
  • The Roaring Gorge
  • The Round Hill
  • The Rumbling Mountain
  • The Rushing River
  • The Salty Shore
  • The Shallow Water Swimmers
  • The Short Way Home
  • The Sleeping Mountain
  • The Slow Marchers
  • The Sneaky Two
  • The Spiketail Circle
  • The Steep Slide
  • The Stepping Stones
  • The Still Water
  • The Stone Path Walkers
  • The Story Teller

T, continued

  • The Sunny Shallows
  • The Sunrise Followers
  • The Swallowing Mud
  • The Sweet Grass Meadow
  • The Tall Grass Runners
  • The Tall Tree Forest
  • The Thorny Thicket
  • The Threehorn Line
  • The Tickly Grass
  • The Tumbling Water
  • The Twin River Herd
  • The Two Herds Together
  • The Valley Elder
  • The Valley Newcomers
  • The Valley of Soft Moss
  • The Wallowing Hole
  • The Wide Water
  • The Windy Ridge
  • The Windy Ridge Flyers
  • Thinlegs
  • Three Peaks Pass
  • Threehorn
  • Thud
  • Thump
  • Thumpy Melons
  • Thunder Step
  • Thunder Walker
  • Thundering Falls
  • Tinyhorn
  • Tinysaurus
  • Tippy
  • Toot
  • Tree Berries
  • Tree Reacher
  • Tree Sap Drops
  • Tree Star
  • Tree Sweet
  • Treetop Tender Leaves
  • Tria
  • Tricia
  • Trip-Foot
  • Tufty
  • Tumbler
  • Twin Falls Hollow
  • Twin Sisters Swimmer
  • Twist Tail
  • Two Crest
  • Twotooth

U: 3 names

  • Uncle Domehead
  • Uncle Longneck
  • Uncle Slow-and-Steady

W: 20 names

  • Wader
  • Wagtail
  • Wanderer
  • Warble
  • Warm Time
  • Water Greens
  • Water Sipper
  • Water Walkers
  • Web Foot
  • Wet Time
  • Whirly Wind
  • Whispering Pass
  • Whistler
  • Widemouth
  • Widestep
  • Wiggly Snacks
  • Wild Arms
  • Wim
  • Wise Old Wrinkleneck
  • Wobbleknee

Y: 3 names

  • Yawner
  • Yellow Belly
  • Yellow Eye

Z: 1 name

  • Zuzu