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Names for a mole, whether it is a Mole Day plush for chemistry class, a storybook character or the visitor under the lawn: puns like Guaca-Mole and Molar Bear, digging names like Loam and Digby, storybook names like Mr. Moley, and star-nosed names like Asterisk.

About mole names

Many people who need a name for a mole are holding a needle and thread. Every October 23, from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m., chemistry classes celebrate Mole Day in honor of Avogadro's number, 6.022 x 10^23, and by long tradition students sew a stuffed mole and give it a pun for a name. That tradition is the biggest group here: food puns (Guaca-Mole, Moleonaise, Mole-asses, Caramole), phrase puns (Mole Model, Mole in One, Remember the Ala-Mole) and lab names such as Avogadro, Six Oh Two, Molar Bear and Sig Fig.

The rest of the list is for the animal itself, as a plush, a story character, a game companion or the unseen digger under the lawn. Moles are built for tunneling, with spade-like front paws, velvety fur and tiny eyes, so there are earth names (Digger, Loam, Tunnel, Divot, Pete Moss), soft round names (Velvet, Moleskin, Nubbin, Snoot) and gentle near-sighted and sleepy names (Squint, Bifocals, Recalculating, Forty Winks). Storybook names follow the Mole of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, from Mr. Moley and Mortimer to Mole End and Dulce Domum.

A last group covers the star-nosed mole (Starnose, Asterisk, Twenty-Two), golden moles (Aurum, Shimmer, Namib) and the word for mole in other languages, such as Maulwurf, Taupe and Mogura.

How to choose mole names

For Mole Day, choose the pun first and dress the mole to match. Molar Bear wants white fleece, Sherlock Moles a felt deerstalker, Mole in One a tiny golf club and Mole-ten Lava Cake a brown body with red felt icing.
Say the pun out loud before you commit. The ones that land swap mole for a word that sounds like whole, hole, roll, pole or soul (Mole Milk, Donut Mole, Drum Mole, North Mole, Heart and Mole), and the class should get the joke without an explanation.
A story or game mole reads best with a name that hints at what it does. A tunneler suits Digby, Sapper or Prospector, a bookish mole suits Bifocals or Professor Digby, and a homebody suits Mole End or Nightcap.
Match the species. A star-nosed mole suits Asterisk, Pinwheel, Compass Rose or Bubbles, and a golden mole suits Aurum, Gilt or Sandswimmer.
For a storybook feel, put a title in front of an earthy surname. Mr., Mrs., Old, Squire and Professor give you Old Mr. Burrows, Mrs. Loamsworth, Squire Tunnelton and Professor Digby.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good name for a Mole Day mole?

A pun the whole class can read at a glance. Food puns such as Guaca-Mole, Moleonaise, Parmolesan and Cinnamon Mole are the classics, phrase puns such as Mole Model, Mole Position and Holy Moley are easy to costume, and chemistry names such as Avogadro, Six Oh Two, Molarity and Limiting Reagent suit a mole that stays on the teacher's desk all year.

What is Mole Day and why do the moles get names?

Mole Day runs from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. on October 23 and honors Avogadro's number, 6.022 x 10^23, the number of particles in one mole of a substance. Because the unit shares its name with the animal, many chemistry teachers ask students to make a stuffed mole, and naming it with a pun is part of the fun.

What are good names for a star-nosed mole?

The star-nosed mole of eastern North America has 22 fleshy rays around its nose, lives in wet ground and swims well. That gives you Starnose, Asterisk, Pinwheel, Compass Rose and Twenty-Two for the nose, and Paddles, Bubbles, Marshy and Swimmer for its life in the water.

Which names come from The Wind in the Willows?

Only a few. Mole End is the home of Grahame's Mole, Dulce Domum is the chapter in which he finds his way back to it, and Spring Cleaner and Whitewash recall the chores he walks out on when the 1908 book opens. Names such as Mortimer, Thelonious and Old Mr. Burrows are simply written in the same gentlemanly manner.

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A: 17 names

Agent Underground
Alistair
Altair
Amedeo
Anemone
Ani-mole Crackers
Argon
Aster
Asterisk
Astra
Auger
Aurelia
Aurelius
Aurum
Avo
Avocado Avogadro
Avogadro

B: 27 names

Backhoe
Barnaby
Basement
Bat-Mole
Beaker
Bedrock
Bedtime
Bifocals
Big Paws
Black Mole
Blackberry
Bleary
Blink
Blinkers
Blinky
Boggy
Boop
Brewer
Bubbles
Bulldozer
Bullion
Bumper
Bumps
Bunker
Bunsen
Burette
Burrow

C: 25 names

Candle
Cape
Captain Burrow
Captain Mole
Caramole
Carbon Twelve
Catalyst
Cecil
Cellar
Chubs
Chunnel
Cinnamon Mole
Clarence
Clay
Clayton
Coal
Colonel Mound
Compass
Compass Rose
Compost
Condylura
Count Avogadro
Crispin
Cristata
Cyril

D: 29 names

Daylight
Dead End
Deep Cover
Desman
Detour
Dibber
Digby
Digger
Diggory
Digsy
Divot
Dmitri
Doctor Diggory
Donut Mole
Double Agent
Doubloon
Doug
Dougie
Down Under
Doze
Dozy
Dreamer
Drowsy
Drum Mole
Dudeoji
Dudley
Dugald
Dulce Domum
Dunstan

E: 14 names

E-Mole
Earthmover
Earthworm
Ebenezer
Eldorado
Electron
Elwood
Emoleji
Emoletional
Erlenmeyer
Estelle
Estrella
Eudora
Excavator

F: 10 names

Fairway
Feeler
Fenwick
Ferdinand
Field Mole
Figgy
Flask
Flowerbed
Forty Winks
Forty-Niner

G: 18 names

Giles
Gilt
Goggles
Golda
Goldie
Goldilocks
Goldrush
Grahame
Gram
Grandpa Mole
Granny Loam
Gravel
Grit
Groundskeeper
Grover
Grub
Grubby
Guaca-Mole

H: 14 names

Han Mole-o
Handful
Happy Mole-idays
Heart and Mole
Hector
Hillock
Holy Guacamole
Holy Moley
Honor Mole
Hortense
Hubert
Hummock
Humus
Hushabye

I: 4 names

Ichabod
Inkblot
Ion
Isotope

K: 7 names

Karat
Karoo
Kenneth
Knoll
Kret
Krot
Kurmis

L: 19 names

Lab Partner
Lady Underwood
Lamplight
Lantern
Late Riser
Lavinia
Lawn Ranger
Leopold
Limiting Reagent
Little Avogadro
Little Bit
Little Dipper
Loam
Loamy
Loop Mole
Lord Underhill
Lost Again
Lump
Lumpkin

M: 121 names

Marmaduke
Marshy
Maulwurf
Maurice
Metro
Midas
Millicent
Milton
Miner
Miss Mole
Mitten
Mitts
Mo
Mogura
Mol
Molar Bear
Molar Eclipse
Molar Express
Molar Mass
Molar Opposite
Molar Power
Molar System
Molarity
Moldwarp
Moldywarp
Molé
Mole Booth
Mole Call
Mole Day Marvin
Mole Enchilada
Mole End
Mole Grain
Mole in One
Mole in the Wall
Mole Keeper
Mole Lotta Love
Mole Mate
Mole Milk
Mole Miner
Mole Model

M, continued

Mole Music
Mole Negro
Mole New World
Mole Nine Yards
Mole of Fame
Mole Patrol
Mole Poblano
Mole Position
Mole Ratio
Mole Shebang
Mole Vault
Mole Verde
Mole Wide World
Mole-a-Palooza
Mole-anie
Mole-asses
Mole-ecule
Mole-inda
Mole-issa
Mole-o-Rama
Mole-ody
Mole-ted Milk
Mole-ten Lava Cake
Mole-vin
Mole-y Cow
Mole-y Smokes
Moleana
Moleatonin
Molebourne
Molecule
Moleficent
Molehill
Moleka Dot
Molement of Truth
Molemento
Molementum
Moleonaise
Moleosaurus Rex
Moleoween
Moleskin

M, continued

Moleslaw
Molesworth
Moletiplication
Moletivation
Moletropolis
Moleverine
Moley
Moley Grail
Moley McMoleface
Moley Poppins
Moleywood
Molezzarella
Moll
Mollie
Molly
Moly
Molybdenum
Molympics
Monocle
Moppet
Mordecai
Morel
Morris
Mortimer
Mound
Mount Molehill
Mr. Mole
Mr. Moley
Mr. Spectacles
Mr. Underfoot
Mr. Waistcoat
Mrs. Loamsworth
Mrs. Mole
Muddy
Mudge
Mudpie
Mulch
Muldvarp
Mullvad
Mushroom
Myrtle

N: 18 names

Namib
Napper
Naps
Neon
Neutron
Nigel
Nightcap
Nightcrawler
Nightlight
Nightshirt
Noble Gas
Norbert
North Mole
North Star
Nosewise
Nub
Nubbin
Nuzzle

O: 12 names

October
Ogden
Old King Mole
Old Mole
Old Mr. Burrows
On a Mole
Oops
Ore
Orville
Osbert
Oswald
Otis

P: 32 names

Paddlepaws
Paddles
Pardon Me
Parmolesan
Party Animole
Pawful
Peat
Pebble
Peepers
Peewee
Percent Yield
Periodic
Pete Moss
Petri
Phineas
Pickaxe
Pico de Mole
Pincushion Moss
Pinknose
Pinwheel
Pipette
Plushy
Pocket
Podge
Polaris
Potato
Professor 6.02
Professor Digby
Prospector
Proton
Prune
Pudge

R: 11 names

Rays
Recalculating
Remember the Ala-Mole
Remole Control
Rhizome
Rigel
Riverbank
Rock 'n' Mole
Rockabye
Roly-Moley
Rosy Nose

S: 70 names

S'mole
Sandman
Sandswimmer
Sapper
Sateen
Scoop
Scratch
Scuffle
Sea Star
Secret Tunnel
Seymour
Shades
Shale
Sheen
Sherlock Moles
Sherman
Shimmer
Shovel
SI Unit
Siesta
Sig Fig
Silas
Silt
Sir Digs-a-Lot
Six Oh Two
Sleepyhead
Smidge
Smidgen
Sniff
Snoot
Snooter
Snooze
Snore
Snout
Snuffle

S, continued

Sod
Soddy
Solute
Solvent
South Mole
Sovereign
Spade
Sparkler
Specs
Spectacles
Spider-Mole
Spring Cleaner
Squidge
Squint
Squinty
Squire Tunnelton
Squish
Star-Nose
Starfish
Starla
Starnose
Stoich
Stubby
Stumpy
Sublevel
Subsoil
Subway
Sugarplum
Sultana
Sunburst
Sunglasses
Super Mole
Supernova
Swimmer
Swiss Mole

T: 26 names

Talpa
Tamole
Taproot
Taupe
Ten to the 23rd
Test Tube
Thelonious
Thurston
Tiny Spade
Titration
Toadstool
Topo
Topsoil
Toupeira
Townsend
Trowel
Truffle
Tuber
Tuffet
Tump
Tunnel
Tunnels
Turf
Twenty-Third
Twenty-Two
Twinkle Nose

U: 4 names

U-Turn
Uncle Mortimer
Undercover
Underground

V: 5 names

Vakond
Vega
Velvet
Velvet Bean
Velveteen

W: 13 names

Water Mole-o
Wee One
Wheelbarrow
Whiffle
Whitewash
Whoops
Wilfred
Willoughby
Willows
Winks
Wriggles
Wrong Turn
Wuffle

X: 1 name

Xenon

Y: 1 name

Yawny

Z: 1 name

0-9: 1 name

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