Ostrich Name Generator
Funny, leggy names for the world's biggest bird
Names for farm, zoo, plush and cartoon ostriches, with the funny ones in front: Legs Eleven, Sir Sprints-a-Lot, Periscope, Big Egg Energy and Queen of Denial. The list also has Kalahari and Karoo place names, mock titles like Colonel Plume and plain human names such as Kevin and Brenda.
About ostrich names
An ostrich is a joke that writes itself: the biggest living bird, up to nine feet tall, with a long bare neck and wings it cannot fly with. So the funny names come first. Neck and leg jokes give Periscope, Lady Longneck, Legs Eleven and Never Skips Leg Day. It is also the fastest runner on two legs, at more than 40 miles an hour, which explains Sir Sprints-a-Lot, Zoomer and Eat My Dust, and it lays the largest egg of any living bird, hence Big Egg Energy and Eggbert.
The head-in-the-sand names, such as Queen of Denial and Out of Office, play on a myth. Ostriches do not bury their heads. They lower them to turn the eggs in a nest scraped into the ground, or lie flat to hide. Just Checking the Eggs and Pliny Was Wrong are there for the well informed.
The quieter names follow the bird home. Wild ostriches live in African savanna and desert, so you get Kalahari, Karoo, Namib, Etosha and Serengeti. Mbuni, Volstruis and Intshe are the Swahili, Afrikaans and Zulu words for ostrich. There are also mock titles like Colonel Plume, soft names for striped chicks, names for pairs and flocks, steed names for game mounts, and plain human names that get funnier on a bird this size: Kevin, Brenda, Gary.
How to choose ostrich names
- Say the name out loud the way you would at feeding time. One or two syllables carry across a paddock: Stretch, Zoomer, Turbo, Sandy, Dash.
- For two birds, split a pair name between them, such as Stretch & Sprint, Dust & Dash or Namib & Kalahari. A group can share a flock name like The Long Necks or The Karoo Crew.
- Adult males are black and white and females are gray-brown, so Tuxedo, Black Tie or Penguin Suit fit a male, and Dusty or Brown Betty a female.
- The male usually sits on the nest at night and the female by day, which makes Night Shift a name with a fact behind it.
- For a game mount or a cartoon hero, look at the steed names: Dunestrider, Sandrunner, Desert Charger, Trusty Steed or, for laughs, Battle Chicken.
Frequently asked questions
What is a funny name for an ostrich?
The list leads with jokes about the neck, the legs and the speed: Periscope, Legs Eleven, Sir Sprints-a-Lot, Nine Feet of Nosy and Meerkat Envy. Office humor works on a tall, nosy bird too, as in Head of Security, Vice President of Legs or Jeff from Accounting.
Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand?
No. They lower their heads to the ground to tend the eggs in a shallow nest, and a bird lying flat with its neck stretched out is hard to see from a distance. Names like Head in the Sand, Not Listening and Queen of Denial are jokes about the myth, not about the bird.
What are good names for a baby ostrich?
Chicks hatch with spiky, striped and speckled down, so try Spikelet, Hedgehog Hair, Stripy Neck or Fuzz Bucket. For something sweeter there are Pipsqueak, Wee Stretch and Little Sprinter.
Are there African names for an ostrich in the list?
Yes. Place names include Kalahari, Karoo, Namib, Etosha, Okavango and Sossusvlei, and the list has Mbuni, Volstruis and Intshe, the words for ostrich in Swahili, Afrikaans and Zulu. A few everyday words are there as well, such as Haraka, Swahili for hurry, and Langnek, Afrikaans for long neck.
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All 1,000 ostrich names
A: 26 names
- Acacia
- Acacia & Aloe
- Addo
- Admiral Ankles
- African Sun
- Afterburner
- Agadez
- Agnes
- Airplane Mode
- All Legs
- Aloe
- Amani
- Ambassador Beak
- Amboseli
- Ankle Biter
- Antenna
- Arusha
- Asante
- Attitude
- Augrabies
- Aunt Bev
- Autruche
- Avestruz
- Awash
- Away Message
- Awestrich
B: 66 names
- Babu
- Backup Dancer
- Bad Hair Day
- Bad News Dodger
- Bahati
- Baobab
- Baobab & Marula
- Barb
- Baron Bigfoot
- Baroness Von Beak
- Base Stealer
- Battle Chicken
- Bean Sprout
- Becky
- Bedhead
- Bee's Knees
- Bendy Straw
- Bernard
- Bert & Gert
- Beryl
- Best Foot Forward
- Bibi
- Big Ben
- Big Bird Energy
- Big Cheese
- Big Chicken
- Big Deal
- Big Egg Energy
- Big Eyes
- Big Kahuna
- Big Shot
- Big Steve
- Bigfoot
B, continued
- Bigger Tomorrow
- Biggest Bird
- Birds of a Feather
- Black and White
- Black Tie
- Blind Spot
- Blink and Miss
- Blits
- Blitz
- Bloomers
- Blue Neck
- Boetie
- Bokkie
- Bolt
- Boom Boom
- Boom Mic
- Boomer
- Boulder
- Bouncer
- Bowling Ball
- Brandberg
- Break a Leg
- Brenda
- Brigadier Bustle
- Brown Betty
- Bucket and Spade
- Bunker
- Burrow
- Bushveld
- Bustle
- Busybody
- Button Thief
- By a Neck
C: 49 names
- Calitzdorp
- Camdeboo
- Camel Bird
- Camel Sparrow
- Camel Thorn
- Camelus
- Camouflage
- Can't Catch Me
- Can't See Me
- Can-Can
- Cango
- Cannonball
- Captain Kneecaps
- Carol
- Catch Me If You Can
- Chad
- Chairman of the Bird
- Chalbi
- Chancellor Stretch
- Chatterbox
- Cheep
- Cheryl
- Chief Lookout Officer
- Chirrup
- Chobe
- Clarence
- Cleopatra
- Clive
- Clodhopper
- Clutch
- Clutch Player
- Coach Dave
- Coconut
- Colin
- Colonel Plume
- Colossus
- Commodore Calves
- Confetti Chick
- Corkscrew
- Corporal Kick
- Count Kickula
- Countess Quill
- Craig
- Crane Operator
- Crinoline
- Crossing Guard
- Crow's Nest
- Cruise Control
- Curtsy
D: 62 names
- Daddy Long Legs
- Damaraland
- Dame Daphne Dunewalker
- Danakil
- Dancing Legs
- Dandelion Fluff
- Dash
- Dawn & Dusk
- Dawnstrider
- Daybreak
- De Rust
- Deadvlei
- Dean of Dust
- Deborah
- Decorative Wings
- Definitely a Bird
- Delivery Driver
- Denial
- Denise
- Dennis
- Derek
- Desert Charger
- Desert Chicken
- Designated Runner
- Digger
- Dino Egg
- Director of Sprinting
- Diva
- Do Not Disturb
- Doctor Longshanks
- Dolores
D, continued
- Donna
- Doreen
- Dotty
- Doug
- Dowager
- Down to Earth
- Downy
- Dragon Egg
- Dragster
- Drama Queen
- Drumroll
- Dry Season
- Duchess
- Duchess of Dune
- Duck and Cover
- Duke & Duchess
- Dune
- Dune Buggy
- Dune Crest
- Dune Walker
- Duneling
- Dunestrider
- Dust & Dash
- Dust Bath
- Dust Bather
- Dust Cloud
- Dust Devil
- Dust Mote
- Dust Trail
- Dustwalker
- Dusty
E: 41 names
- Ear to the Ground
- Earl of Egg
- Early Bird
- Eat My Dust
- Edna
- Egbert the Large
- Egg & Spoon
- Egg on My Face
- Egg Timer
- Egg Tooth
- Eggatha
- Eggbert
- Eggcellent
- Egghead
- Egglantine
- Eggnormous
- Eggsecutive
- Eggshell
- Eggspert
- Eggsplorer
- Eggspress
- Eggstra Large
- Eggstraordinary
- Eggward
- Eland
- Emperor of the Enclosure
- Employee of the Month
- Empress Eyelash
- Ennedi
- Escarpment
- Ethel
- Etosha
- Eugene
- Excavator
- Exclamation Point
- Express Delivery
- Extension Ladder
- Extra Large
- Extra Leg Room
- Eye in the Sky
- Eyelashes
F: 51 names
- False Start
- Fancy Footwork
- Fancy Pants
- Fashionably Late
- Fast Lane
- Fastest on Two Legs
- Feather Bloomers
- Feather Brain
- Feather Pants
- Feathered Camel
- Feathered Dinosaur
- Feathered Giraffe
- Featherlance
- Feathers
- Featherweight
- Fence Inspector
- Field Marshal Fluff
- Fine Feathers
- Finish Line
- First Out
- First Rain
- Flap Jack
- Flapper
- Flat Out
- Flight Canceled
- Flight Delayed
- Flightless Fury
- Floof
- Floofington
- Fluff
- Fluff Cycle
- Fluff Piece
- Fluffy Britches
- Fluffy Bustle
- Fluffy Raptor
- Fluffy Trousers
- Foghorn
- Foot a Month
- Footloose
- Forty Miles an Hour
- Forty-Five Flat
- Free Kick
- Frequent Walker
- Frills
- Full Feather
- Full Throttle
- Fun Size
- Furaha
- Fuss & Feathers
- Fuzz Bucket
- Fynbos
G: 40 names
- Gallop
- Gangly
- Garden Hose
- Gary
- Gate Supervisor
- Gemsbok
- General Gallop
- Get Set
- Getaway Driver
- Ghanzi
- Giddy Up
- Giraffe Chicken
- Gizzard Stones
- Gladys
- Glenda
- Gold Medal
- Golden Egg
- Golden Hour
- Goliath
- Gone Already
- Good Egg
- Googly Eyes
- Gooseneck
- Gordon
- Governor Gangly
- Graaff-Reinet
- Grade A Jumbo
- Grain of Sand
- Grand Duchess
- Grandpa Walt
- Gravity Fan
- Gray Lady
- Great Karoo
- Great Strides
- Groot
- Ground Control
- Grounded Flight
- Groundhog Day
- Groundskeeper
- Growth Spurt
H: 53 names
- Half Pint
- Half Stretch
- Hall Monitor
- Haraka
- Hard Pass
- Hard Shell
- Harmattan
- Hat Snatcher
- Hatch
- Hatchling
- Haystack
- Head Above the Rest
- Head in the Sand
- Head of Security
- Head Start
- Heads Up
- Heat Haze
- Heavyweight
- Hedgehog
- Hedgehog Hair
- Her Grace
- Her Ladyship
- Her Royal Tallness
- Herbert
- Herr Strauss
- Hide and Seek
- High & Mighty
- High Collar
- High Jumper
- High Kick
- High Noon
- High Rise
- His Lordship
- His Royal Highness
- Hodari
- Hoggar
- Honeydew
- Hopscotch
- Horizon
- Horsefeathers
- Hot Rod
- Hourglass
- Howard
- Humbug
- Hummingbird
- Humpty
- Hurdler
- Hurdles
- Hurry & Scurry
- Hustle & Bustle
- Hwange
- Hype Man
- Hyperdrive
I: 10 names
- If I Can't See You
- Ignore Button
- Imara
- Incognito
- Inkosi
- Inselberg
- Intern
- Intshe
- Invisible
- It's a Myth
J: 13 names
- Jambo
- Janet
- Jeff from Accounting
- Jelly Legs
- Joyce
- Jua
- Judge Tallboy
- Judgy
- Judith
- Jumbo
- Jumbo Jet
- Junior
- Just Checking the Eggs
K: 29 names
- Kagiso
- Kalahari
- Kaokoveld
- Karoo
- Karoo & Kudu
- Keith
- Kevin
- Kgalagadi
- Kgosi
- Khamsin
- Kick & Flick
- Kickoff
- Kickstand
- Kickstart
- Kidogo
- King of the Kalahari
- Klein
- Klein Karoo
- Kneehigh
- Knees & Toes
- Knees Up
- Knitting Needles
- Knobby Knees
- Koppie
- Kruger
- Kubwa
- Kudu
- Kuiken
- Kuruman
L: 47 names
- La La La
- Ladder Legs
- Lady Longneck
- Lady Plumeworthy
- Laikipia
- Lamppost
- Land Bird
- Landing Gear
- Langbeen
- Langnek
- Lanky
- Large Marge
- Last Out
- Late Bloomer
- Late for Work
- Leg Day
- Leggington
- Leggy
- Legs Eleven
- Legs for Days
- Legwork
- Lekker
- Leonard
- Lerato
- Lie Low
- Liefie
- Light as a Feather
- Lightfoot
- Lighthouse
- Limpopo
- Linda
- Line Dancer
- Little Bit
- Little Dune
- Little Legs
- Little Sprinter
- Little Sun
- Long & Short
- Long Rains
- Long Strider
- Longshanks
- Lookout
- Lord & Lady Longneck
- Lord Longstride
- Lorraine
- Lost and Found
- Low Profile
M: 44 names
- Mabel & Marge
- Mach One
- Magpie Habits
- Major Stride
- Makgadikgadi
- Malaika
- Malcolm
- Mama Long Legs
- Mammoth
- Manyara
- Marathon
- Marjorie
- Marsabit
- Marula
- Masai Mara
- Mascot
- Matjiesfontein
- Maun
- Maureen
- Mayor of the Paddock
- Mbio
- Mbuni
- Mchanga
- Meerkat
- Meerkat Envy
- Melvin
- Middle Management
- Mildred
- Mile Eater
- Mirage
- Mokala
- Molt
- Monochrome
- Moonwalk
- Mop Top
- Mopane
- Morning Commute
- Mother Hen
- Mr. Sandman
- Mrefu
- Mtoto
- Murray
- Myrtle
- Mythbuster
N: 45 names
- Nairobi
- Naivasha
- Naledi
- Namaqualand
- Namib
- Namib & Kalahari
- Napoleon
- Ndege
- Neck and Neck
- Neck Deep
- Neck of the Woods
- Necks Level
- Necktie
- Needs a Longer Scarf
- Needs Bigger Boots
- Nefertiti
- Neo
- Nest Egg
- Nest Inspector
- Never Skips Leg Day
- New Knees
- Ngorongoro
- Nigel
- Night Shift
- Night Watchman
- Nine Feet of Nosy
- Nine Feet Tall
- Nine Footer
- Nitro
- No Brakes
- No Fly Zone
- Noble Steed
- Nom de Plume
- Noodle Legs
- Nope
- Norman
- Nosebleed Seats
- Nosy Neighbor
- Nosy Parker
- Not a Giraffe
- Not Listening
- Not Today
- Nubia
- Nxai Pan
- Nyota
O: 29 names
- Oasis
- Okavango
- Old Wives' Tale
- Olive Ostrich
- Ollie Ostrich
- On Your Marks
- On Your Toes
- Oom
- Oryx
- Osbert
- Oscar
- Osgood
- Ossie
- Ostentatious
- Ostracized
- Ostrich Whisperer
- Ostrich-ard
- Ostrichella
- Oswald
- Oswin
- Oudtshoorn
- Ouma
- Oupa
- Out of Office
- Over the Fence
- Overdrive
- Overnight Shipping
- Oversize Load
- Ozzie
P: 65 names
- Pack Leader
- Paddock Manager
- Pain in the Neck
- Pamela
- Pantaloons
- Parking Attendant
- Pebble Collector
- Peck & Choose
- Pecky
- Pedal to the Metal
- Pee Wee Sprint
- Peekaboo
- Peewee
- Penalty Kick
- Pendo
- Penguin Suit
- Periscope
- Personal Best
- Petticoat
- Pharaoh Feathers
- Photo Finish
- Phyllis
- Pickpocket
- Pied Piper
- Pinch Runner
- Pinfeather
- Pink Neck
- Pip & Squeak
- Pipe Cleaner
- Pipsqueak
- Pit Stop
- Pitter Patter
P, continued
- Plains Courser
- Plausible Deniability
- Pliny Was Wrong
- Plumage
- Plume
- Plume & Gloom
- Plume de Ma Tante
- Plumecrest
- Plumelet
- Plumette
- Plumey
- Pocket Periscope
- Pocket Size
- Pogo Stick
- Pole Pole
- Pole Position
- Pom-Pom
- Pomp & Circumstance
- Porcupette
- Power Walker
- Prance
- Preen
- Preener
- President Peck
- Prickle
- Prince of the Plains
- Princess Prance
- Private Peck
- Problem Solver
- Procrastinator
- Professor Plumage
- Protea
- Pula
Q: 7 names
- Quality Control
- Queen of Denial
- Queen of the Karoo
- Quick & Nimble
- Quicksand
- Quill
- Quiver Tree
R: 27 names
- Racing Stripe
- Rafiki
- Raptor
- Ratite
- Ready & Steady
- Record Breaker
- Red Dune
- Red Oat Grass
- Regional Sprint Manager
- Rhonda
- Richie
- Richie Ostrich
- Richtersveld
- Rift Valley
- Road Warrior
- Rock Eater
- Rocket
- Roger
- Rooibos
- Rough & Tumble
- Roundhouse
- Ruaha
- Rubberneck
- Ruffled Feathers
- Ruffles
- Running Late
- Rush Hour
S: 134 names
- Safari
- Sahara
- Sahel
- Salt & Pepper
- Salt Pan
- Samburu
- Sand & Deliver
- Sand Dab
- Sand Stallion
- Sand Trap
- Sand Turkey
- Sand Wedge
- Sandbox
- Sandcastle
- Sandling
- Sandpit
- Sandra in Payroll
- Sandrunner
- Sandstorm Shelter
- Sandy
- Sandy Junior
- Sasquatch
- Savanna
- Savuti
- Sawubona
- Scarf Budget
- Scramble Legs
- Scruff
- Scurry
- Scuttle
- See No Evil
- See You Later
- Selfie Stick
- Senator Sandstorm
- Senior Neck Consultant
- Señor Avestruz
- Sentry
- Serengeti
- Sergeant Sprint
- Sesriem
- Shade Maker
- Shaggy
- Shake a Leg
- Shake a Tail Feather
S, continued
- Sharon
- Shelby
- Shell Hat
- Shell Shock
- Shelldon
- Shift Supervisor
- Shimmy
- Shin High
- Shiny Things
- Shirley
- Shoe Budget
- Shoelace Bandit
- Short Rains
- Shortstack
- Shorty
- Side Eye
- Sidekick
- Sidestep
- Simoom
- Sipho
- Sir Plumesalot
- Sir Sprints-a-Lot
- Sir Struts-a-Lot
- Sirocco
- Sixteen-Foot Stride
- Size Fourteen
- Skattie
- Skedaddle
- Skeleton Coast
- Slipstream
- Smalls
- Smidgen
- Snooze Button
- Snorkel
- Sonskyn
- Sossusvlei
- Sparrow
- Speck
- Speed Bump
- Speed Walker
- Speedster
- Spekboom
- Spikelet
- Spiky
- Spindleshanks
S, continued
- Spitzkoppe
- Springbok
- Sprinkle
- Sprint
- Sprinter
- Sprintlet
- Squeaker
- Stanley
- Staredown
- Static Cling
- Steeplechase
- Sterretjie
- Stick Your Neck Out
- Stilt Walker
- Stilts
- Stink Eye
- Stormstrider
- Strauss
- Stretch
- Stretch & Sprint
- Stretch Goal
- Stretchling
- Strider
- Stripey
- Stripy Neck
- Struisvogel
- Strut
- Struthio
- Struthiomimus
- Struzzo
- Stuart
- Stunt Double
- Sultan of Stride
- Sun & Sand
- Sunchaser
- Sundowner
- Sunstrider
- Supersize
- Susan
- Sussie
- Sutherland
- Swagger
- Swakopmund
- Swartberg
- Swiftfoot
T: 97 names
- Tail Feather
- Tailcoat
- Tailwind
- Tall & Taller
- Tall Glass of Water
- Taller by Tuesday
- Tallest in the Room
- Tally Ho
- Tammy
- Tamu
- Tankwa
- Tannie
- Tap Dancer
- Tape Measure
- Tarangire
- Tau
- Technically a Bird
- Ténéré
- Terra Firma
- Thabo
- The Chorus Line
- The Dowager Countess
- The Drumline
- The Dust Bunnies
- The Feather Brigade
- The Flightless Squadron
- The Grounded Air Force
- The Herd
- The High Steppers
- The Kalahari Express
- The Karoo Crew
- The Kick Line
- The Leg Department
- The Long Necks
- The Lookout Tower
- The Neighborhood Watch
- The New Guy
- The Paddock Posse
- The Plume Platoon
- The Relay Team
- The Running Club
- The Sand Dancers
- The Savanna Sprinters
- The Sprint Team
- The Stampede
- The Tall Committee
- The Track Team
- The Two-Toe Crew
T, continued
- The Wobble
- Themba
- Thornbush
- Three Pounder
- Thunder & Lightning
- Thunderfoot
- Thunderhead
- Tibesti
- Tick & Tock
- Tidbit
- Timbuktu
- Tiny
- Tiny Dancer
- Tippy Toes
- Todd
- Toddles
- Toe Tapper
- Tomorrow's Problem
- Too Big to Fly
- Too Cool to Fly
- Top Hat and Tails
- Topsy & Turvy
- Tough Shell
- Tour Guide
- Traffic Cop
- Trevor
- Tripod
- Trusty Steed
- Tsamma
- Tsavo
- Tuffet
- Tufty
- Tuli
- Tumble Dry
- Tumbleweed
- Turbo
- Turkana
- Turning the Eggs
- Turtleneck
- Tutu
- Tuxedo
- Tuxedo & Tweed
- Twinkle Toes
- Two Dozen in One
- Two Toes
- Two-Legged Camel
- Two-Legged Lightning
- Two-Step
- Two-Tone
U: 7 names
- Umbrella Thorn
- Uncle Terry
- Unimpressed
- Union Rep
- Up Periscope
- Upepo
- Urban Legend
V: 8 names
- Veer
- Veld
- Velociraptor
- Vice President of Legs
- Vinnig
- Viscount Velocity
- Volstruis
- Vroom
W: 34 names
- Wadi
- Walking on Eggshells
- War Bird
- Warp Speed
- Watchtower
- Waterhole
- Wayne
- Wee One
- Wee Stretch
- Welcome Committee
- Wellington
- Welwitschia
- Wendell
- Whirlwind
- White Tie
- Who Goes There
- Whoa Nelly
- Whole Clutch
- Whoosh
- Why Fly
- Wildebeest
- Wilfred
- Windblown
- Windhoek
- Windrunner
- Wing Flap
- Wings for Show
- Wings Optional
- Wingspan
- Witness Protection
- Wobbly Knees
- World Record
- World's Biggest Egg
- Wrong-Way Knees
X: 1 name
- XXL
Y: 5 names
- Yardstick
- Yolanda
- Yolk's On You
- Yolky
- Your Tallness