Norse Dragon Name Generator

Old Norse wyrms, linnorms and hoard-wardens

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Generate Old Norse-styled names for dragons, wyrms and linnorms: compounds like Haugdreki and Eitrnadr, kenning bynames like Skarn Hoard-Warden and Bruni Hall-Burner, place-bound legends like Linnorm of Ormsdal, and she-dragons like Ormhild the Brood-Queen.

About Norse dragon names

The dragons of Norse tradition are mostly serpents. Old Norse called them ormr (serpent, worm) as readily as dreki (dragon), with nadr and linnr as poetic words for snake, and the great names follow suit: Fafnir brooding on his gold at Gnitaheath, Nidhogg gnawing the roots of Yggdrasil, and Jormungandr, the Midgard Serpent, coiled around the world. The Eddic poem Grimnismal adds lesser serpents under the World Tree, among them Goinn, Moinn and Grabak. Later Scandinavian folklore kept the type alive as the lindworm or linnorm, a huge, often wingless serpent haunting a lake, heath or barrow.

This list is built the same way. About a fifth are single Old Norse-style compounds, anglicized for easy typing: Haugdreki (barrow dragon), Eitrnadr (venom adder), Gullsvelg (gold swallower). A smaller set keeps Old Norse spelling, including bynames with inn, meaning the, such as Dreki inn Rauði, the Red Dragon. The largest group pairs a short name with a kenning, the riddle-phrases of early Germanic verse: Skarn Hoard-Warden, Rost Ship-Swallower, Forni Root-Gnawer. The rest are bare kennings like Roof-Bane and Swan-Road's Grief, place-bound legends such as Wyrm of the Hollow Fell, and she-dragons like Ormhild the Brood-Queen.

Apart from a handful of attested names, these are new coinages from real Old Norse word elements, so treat them as fiction, not scholarship.

How to choose Norse dragon names

  • Decide what kind of beast it is first. Orm and nadr names suit wingless, crawling linnorms; dreki and vaengr names suit flying fire-drakes; gandr and svelg names suit sea monsters on the scale of the Midgard Serpent.
  • Kennings name a thing by what it does. Build your own by pairing a target with an action, as in Shield-Melter, Keel-Breaker or Herd-Scatterer. A dragon can collect several over its life, the way saga heroes collect bynames.
  • Give a hoard-dragon a reason for the hoard. Fafnir killed his own father for a cursed treasure and became a dragon to guard it. Names like Valgrim the Shape-Changed or Illvar the Cursed hint at a similar backstory.
  • Anglicized spellings are easier for a gaming table to say and search. Save the Old Norse forms with eth and thorn, such as Þokunaðr or Níðdreki, for map labels and in-world texts where atmosphere matters more.
  • Pair a place-bound legend with a personal name for a two-layer reveal: the villagers whisper about The Svartvatn Serpent, while the dragon calls itself Djupnadr.

Frequently asked questions

What are the dragons in Norse mythology called?

The three best known are Fafnir, the gold-hoarding dragon slain by Sigurd; Nidhogg, who gnaws the roots of Yggdrasil; and Jormungandr, the Midgard Serpent that encircles the world. Grimnismal also names smaller serpents under the World Tree, including Goinn, Moinn, Grabak, Grafvollud, Ofnir and Svafnir. All of them appear in this list as style anchors for the original names.

What is the difference between a dragon, a wyrm and a linnorm?

In Old Norse sources the line is blurry: the poem Voluspa calls Nidhogg both a flying dreki (dragon) and a nadr (serpent) in a single stanza. Wyrm is the Old English cousin of ormr, and linnorm or lindworm is the later Scandinavian and German word for a huge serpent, often wingless. In practice, use dragon for winged fire-breathers and wyrm or linnorm for crawling, coiling, venomous ones.

What is a kenning, and how do I use one as a dragon name?

A kenning is a compact poetic phrase, common in Old Norse and Old English verse, that names something by description, such as whale-road for the sea. For a dragon, describe what it guards or destroys. Hoard-Sleeper, Roof-Bane and Raven-Feeder work as names on their own, while Skarn Hoard-Warden and Djupir Keel-Breaker attach the kenning to a personal name.

Are these real Old Norse words?

The building blocks are real: ormr, dreki, nadr, eitr (venom), haugr (barrow), gull (gold) and hrim (rime) are all Old Norse vocabulary, written here without accents. The combinations are modern coinages made for fiction and games, and only the small group of attested names comes from the Eddas or later folklore. Do not cite them as historical names.

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A: 11 names

  • Aldin Barrow-Sleeper
  • Aldrnari Coal-Heart
  • Alsvartr
  • Askdreki
  • Askrun the Grey Dam
  • Askvidr the Grey
  • Atter-Tongue
  • Audgrim Wealth-Brooder
  • Audhild Gold-Widow
  • Audvord
  • Aurgrim Bog-Crawler

B: 38 names

  • Bale-Fire
  • Balgandr
  • Balorm
  • Balrun
  • Balung the Unquenched
  • Bane of Hornvik
  • Barrow-Keeper
  • Barrow-Wyrm
  • Barrow-Wyrm of Steinsholt
  • Baugvar Ring-Hoarder
  • Beljandi Herd-Scatterer
  • Bergdis the Mountain-Wife
  • Bergthrym the Vast
  • Bjargbrjot
  • Bjarghogg
  • Blakkr Soot-Wing
  • Blánaðr
  • Bleikir Snow-Shroud
  • Blodklo
  • Bolvis Bane-Spitter
  • Bone-Gnawer
  • Borgarbani
  • Borgbrjot
  • Brand-Breath
  • Brandnir
  • Brandulf the Burning
  • Breaker of Shield-Walls
  • Brennir
  • Brimdreki
  • Brimunn Wave-Daughter
  • Brimvald Wave-Coiler
  • Brine-Scale
  • Broddhali
  • Broddi the Venomous
  • Bruni Hall-Burner
  • Brunulf the Scorcher
  • Bugnir Tree-Strangler
  • Byljung Eagle-Bane

C: 3 names

  • Cinder-Rain
  • Coil around the Roots
  • Corpse-Tearer

D: 22 names

  • Dalgrim the Dreaming
  • Daudung Grave-Filler
  • Djupadal Deep-Worm
  • Djupir Keel-Breaker
  • Djupnadr
  • Dökkormr
  • Dokkvir Night-Flier
  • Doom-Waker
  • Dragon of Blafjall
  • Drake of Jotunheim
  • Drake of Muspelheim
  • Drake of the Broken Skerry
  • Drake of the Raven Crags
  • Draugvar the Twice-Slain
  • Drekadis
  • Dreki inn Kaldi
  • Dreki inn Mikli
  • Dreki inn Rauði
  • Drekulf the Wakeful
  • Drinker of Rivers
  • Drynr the Bellowing
  • Dynfari Sky-Shadow

E: 21 names

  • Eater of Oxen
  • Eimir Smoke-Crowned
  • Eimyrja
  • Eineyg Far-Seer
  • Eirdreki
  • Eisa
  • Eitrauga
  • Eitrhild Bane-Weaver
  • Eitrnadr
  • Eitrorm
  • Eitrtann
  • Eitrun
  • Eldgamal First-Hatched
  • Eldgrim the Red
  • Eldhogg
  • Elding Lightning-Tongue
  • Eldkjaft
  • Eldorm
  • Eldrid
  • Élormr
  • Eydir Hearth-Thief

F: 25 names

  • Fafnir
  • Father of Linnorms
  • Fear-Crowned
  • Fegjarn Coin-Scaled
  • Feigir Doom-Bringer
  • Fimbul-Spawn
  • Fimbuldreki
  • Fire in the Thatch
  • Fisher's Bane
  • Fjallgandr
  • Fjallgrim the Old
  • Fjallorm
  • Fjallvord
  • Fjordnadr
  • Flodung Deep-Dweller
  • Flugdreki
  • Folvir Pale-Hide
  • Forest-Grief
  • Forni Root-Gnawer
  • Fornlinn
  • Frerir Frost-Breather
  • Frostgerd
  • Frostnadr
  • Frostulf Hail-Wing
  • Funi Flame-Tongue

G: 40 names

  • Gaddfrost the Bitter
  • Gaddr the Wingless
  • Gamlir Cairn-Sleeper
  • Gapnir
  • Ginkjaft
  • Gjallir Thunder-Throat
  • Glaedir Thatch-Kindler
  • Gleypnir
  • Gljufrir Scree-Slider
  • Glodauga
  • Glodis Ember-Mother
  • Glodlinn
  • Glodnir
  • Glodvar the Smoldering
  • Glofnir
  • Glymir Helm-Splitter
  • Gneisti the Quick
  • Gnipir Peak-Percher
  • Gnyfari Moon-Chaser
  • Goinn
  • Gold-Glutton
  • Gold-Gripper
  • Gold-Worm of Gullhaug
  • Grabak
  • Grafvitnir
  • Grafvollud
  • Grandir Field-Blighter
  • Grey Serpent of Myrkdal
  • Grief of Shepherds
  • Grimmund the Scarred
  • Grimulf the Merciless
  • Grjotung Stone-Coil
  • Guest of No Hall
  • Gullauga
  • Gulldreki
  • Gullgrim the Hoarder
  • Gullnaðr
  • Gullrun Ring-Mother
  • Gullsvelg
  • Gullvord

H: 61 names

  • Hafgandr
  • Hafgrim Whale-Road Terror
  • Hafrun the Tide-Queen
  • Hafsvelg
  • Haglvar the Hail-Backed
  • Hamar Cliff-Clinger
  • Hardbein Flint-Scale
  • Haugbui the Barrow-Bound
  • Haugdis the Barrow-Bride
  • Haugdreki
  • Hauglinn
  • Haugormr
  • Haugvord
  • Haushogg
  • Heidormr
  • Heiptung Blight-Breath
  • Helgandr
  • Heljardreki
  • Hellung Cave-Lurker
  • Helormr
  • Helvard the Banished
  • Himinbrjot the Sky-Breaker
  • Hjarnir Winter-Bringer
  • Hjordsvelg
  • Hlykkir Bridge-Breaker
  • Hlymir Spear-Breaker
  • Hnoggvir Gold-Brooder
  • Hoard-Sleeper
  • Hoddir Treasure-Coil
  • Hoddvar Gold-Bed

H, continued

  • Holvidr the Hollow-Eyed
  • Hornvidr the Many-Horned
  • Hosvir Grey-Mantle
  • Howe-Wyrm of Fornhaug
  • Hraedir Widow-Maker
  • Hraevar the Last
  • Hrafnsfjall Drake
  • Hraunir Fell-Shaker
  • Hrævareldr
  • Hreistrbak
  • Hríðdreki
  • Hridvald Storm-Rider
  • Hrimbak
  • Hrimey the Rime-Queen
  • Hrimfex the White-Maned
  • Hrimgandr
  • Hrimormr
  • Hrimvald Rime-Crowned
  • Hringvaf Hill-Girdler
  • Hringvald Ransom-Keeper
  • Hringvord
  • Hrodung the Gold-Mad
  • Hull-Crusher
  • Hvaesnir
  • Hvassir the Patient
  • Hvidvar Star-Eater
  • Hvinir Gale-Rider
  • Hvitdis the Swan-Scaled
  • Hvítormr
  • Hvittann
  • Hyrung Pyre-Maker

I: 6 names

  • Ice-Linnorm of Hvitafell
  • Illvar the Cursed
  • Isbrjot
  • Isgerd Frost-Dam
  • Isnadr
  • Isung Icicle-Fang

J: 14 names

  • Jarl's Bane
  • Jarlsbani
  • Jarnbak
  • Jarndreki
  • Jarnhaus Sword-Blunter
  • Jarnklo
  • Jarntann
  • Járnviðarormr
  • Jokuldis
  • Jokulormr
  • Jokulvar Glacier-Born
  • Jormungandr
  • Jormunvald Earth-Shaker
  • Jötunormr

K: 12 names

  • Kaldir Rime-Scale
  • Kappabani
  • King Lindorm
  • King-Killer
  • Kjolbit the Drowner
  • Klaki Ice-Hoarder
  • Klettir Mountain-Root
  • Knyttir Oar-Snapper
  • Kolbrenn the Charred
  • Konungsbani
  • Krokvar Hook-Claw
  • Kuldi the Pale

L: 27 names

  • Lagarfljot Worm
  • Langhali
  • Langhals Cattle-Thief
  • Langtann
  • Langvidr Valley-Filler
  • Ledrvaengr
  • Leiptr Sky-Scorcher
  • Leygr Beam-Eater
  • Lindworm of the Bride's Bower
  • Lindworm of the Grey Howe
  • Lindworm of the King's Mound
  • Lindworm of the White Fell
  • Linnhild the Long-Coiled
  • Linni inn Grái
  • Linnorm of Gnupsdal
  • Linnorm of Niflheim
  • Linnorm of Ormsdal
  • Linnorm of Svartalfheim
  • Linnorm of the Drowned Howe
  • Linnorm of the Silent Firth
  • Linnorm of the Troll-Wood
  • Linnr inn Forni
  • Linnvald the Long
  • Logadis
  • Long-Night's Child
  • Lykkvar the Knotted
  • Lyngorm

M: 23 names

  • Man-Bane
  • Marvidr the Deep
  • Mead-Hall's Ruin
  • Meginhogg
  • Meginvard the Unbowed
  • Meinir Venom-Breath
  • Menvar Gem-Belly
  • Mester Stoor Worm
  • Midgardsorm
  • Mikilvald Tower-Toppler
  • Moinn
  • Moldung Tunnel-Borer
  • Moor-Stalker
  • Mosabak
  • Moss-Back
  • Mother of Adders
  • Mound-Warden
  • Múspellsdreki
  • Myrkgandr
  • Myrklinn
  • Myrkormr
  • Myrkunn
  • Myrkviðardreki

N: 12 names

  • Nadgeir the Swift-Striking
  • Naðr inn Illi
  • Naðr inn Svarti
  • Nattfari Dusk-Wing
  • Nattfrid
  • Nattorm
  • Nattvaengr
  • Níðdreki
  • Nidhild the Spiteful
  • Nidhogg
  • Nidingr Kin-Slayer
  • Niflnaðr

O: 15 names

  • Ofnir
  • Ognar Dread-Helm
  • Old Worm of Kaldbak
  • Ormar the Two-Legged
  • Ormdis
  • Ormgrim the Blind
  • Ormhild the Brood-Queen
  • Ormr inn Blindi
  • Ormr inn Gamli
  • Ormr inn Hvíti
  • Ormr inn Langi
  • Ormstein the One-Eyed
  • Ormstunga
  • Ormulf the Legless
  • Ormvidr the Wood-Dweller

P: 1 name

  • Poison-Wader

R: 20 names

  • Ragnadreki
  • Ramund Iron-Hide
  • Raudbak
  • Rauðdreki
  • Raven-Feeder
  • Red Drake of Raudasand
  • Red-Gold's Jailer
  • Regindreki
  • Reykhild Smoke-Veil
  • Reyknir
  • Reykvald the Smoke-Veiled
  • Ring-Warden
  • Risung the Towering
  • Rjodr Shield-Melter
  • Rodul Ember-Eye
  • Roof-Bane
  • Rost Ship-Swallower
  • Rot-Bringer
  • Rune-Scaled
  • Rymir Host-Breaker

S: 72 names

  • Saehild the Drowned Queen
  • Saeorm
  • Saevald Fjord-Choker
  • Sail-Shadow
  • Salt-Coil
  • Sand-Wyrm of Sandey
  • Sea-Linnorm of the Outer Skerries
  • Sea-Wyrm of Straumfjord
  • Serpent of the Elivagar
  • Serpent of the Gjoll
  • Serpent of the Jokulsa
  • Serpent of the Nine Barrows
  • Serpent of the Rune-Stone Ford
  • Seydir Forge-Breath
  • Shadow on the Thingstead
  • Sheep-Snatcher
  • Silfrormr
  • Sindrun
  • Sindrung the Slag-Born
  • Sinkir Ring-Miser
  • Sire of Serpents
  • Skaedir Well-Fouler
  • Skardi Pass-Warden
  • Skarfsey Sea-Serpent
  • Skarn Hoard-Warden
  • Skaur the Sleepless
  • Skelfir Hero-Bane
  • Skerir Skerry-Lurker
  • Skipabani
  • Skipsvelg
  • Skjoldbrjot
  • Skjoldhogg
  • Skridnir
  • Skridull Heath-Haunter
  • Skuggvaengr
  • Skull-Collector

S, continued

  • Skuti the Lurker
  • Skyfari Sun-Dimmer
  • Sleeper under the Howe
  • Smoke on the Heath
  • Snaelinn
  • Snaevar Cold-Coil
  • Sólbani
  • Solsvelg
  • Spillir Land-Waster
  • Steinhogg
  • Steinormr
  • Steinrod the Unmoving
  • Steinvor
  • Stormdreki
  • Stormgeir the Far-Flown
  • Stormvaengr
  • Straumvar Net-Tearer
  • Styrr the Unquiet
  • Sundrir Byrnie-Biter
  • Sundvar the Salt-Crusted
  • Surtalogi
  • Svafnir
  • Svalgr Longship's Doom
  • Svalung the Rime-Scaled
  • Svartbak
  • Svarthild Night-Dam
  • Svartklo
  • Svartlinni
  • Svartnadr
  • Svartnir
  • Svartvaengr
  • Sveipnir
  • Svellung Floe-Breaker
  • Svidandi the Searing
  • Svidvar the Blackened
  • Swan-Road's Grief

T: 45 names

  • Tandri Spark-Spitter
  • Terror of Skalavik
  • Terror-Helm
  • The Alptafjord Swan-Eater
  • The Ash Heath Lindworm
  • The Ash-Father
  • The Brimnes Coil
  • The Dimmuvik Shadow
  • The Eldhraun Fire-Drake
  • The First Wyrm
  • The Fjord-Filler
  • The Fog-Wyrm of Thokufjord
  • The Frozen Tarn Linnorm
  • The Gold-Sick
  • The Hall-Shadow
  • The Heath-Fire
  • The Hoard-Mother
  • The Ironwood Serpent
  • The Last Linnorm
  • The Lindworm of Haugsnes
  • The Long Hunger
  • The Never-Sleeping

T, continued

  • The Pale Coil
  • The Red Ruin
  • The Reykjadal Smoke-Drake
  • The Smoking Heath Wyrm
  • The Svartvatn Serpent
  • The Thrice-Slain
  • The Ulfsvatn Lake-Wyrm
  • The Vargey Man-Eater
  • The Winged Famine
  • The World-Coil
  • Thelir the Frozen
  • Thief of the Summer Herds
  • Thjotr Wolf-Silencer
  • Thokudis Mist-Mother
  • Thrudvar Mail-Piercer
  • Thrumir Thunder-Wing
  • Thrymnir
  • Tindr the Ever-Hungry
  • Þjóðormr
  • Þokunaðr
  • Þrymormr
  • Tunglsvelg
  • Twilight-Born

U: 4 names

  • Unnhild
  • Unnvar Tide-Drinker
  • Usli Ash-Sower
  • Útgarðsormr

V: 18 names

  • Vafnir
  • Vafrlogi
  • Vagmar the Tide-Born
  • Valdis the Pyre-Maiden
  • Valgard the Corpse-Pale
  • Valgrim the Shape-Changed
  • Valhogg
  • Valnadr
  • Vaskr the Coiled
  • Vedrung Cloud-Tearer
  • Vefjandi Mast-Wrapper
  • Vetrdreki
  • Vetrgandr
  • Vetrhild
  • Vetrlidi the Long-Wintered
  • Vidkjaft
  • Vidlinn
  • Vindgrim Wind-Drinker

W: 10 names

  • Whale-Bane of Hvalsey
  • White Worm of Isavik
  • Wood-Bane
  • Worm of the Bitter Marsh
  • Worm of the Long Fjord
  • Worm of the Winter Road
  • Wyrm of Myrkvid
  • Wyrm of Nastrond
  • Wyrm of the Black Tarn
  • Wyrm of the Hollow Fell