Pikmin Name Generator
Captains, creatures, treasures and nicknames for your Pikmin
Generate Pikmin-style names: captains and castaways like Captain Pello, field-guide creatures like Speckled Puddlewog, deadpan treasures like Fingertip Helmet and nicknames for a single Pikmin like Snowpea, after an opening run of names from the games.
About Pikmin names
Names in Nintendo's Pikmin games come in very different flavors. The explorers have short, friendly names (Olimar, Louie, Alph). The creatures have field-guide names that weld a describing word to an odd genus word (Burrowing Snagret, Fiery Blowhog). The treasures are ordinary objects given grand, straight-faced names (Courage Reactor, Rubber Ugly).
The list opens with 66 names from the games, given simply as names: thirteen characters, 42 creatures and eleven treasures. They are a sample, not a full roster, and the questions below spell out which ones they are. Everything else was made up for this page, though a made-up name may happen to match one in the games. There are captain, officer and castaway names such as Captain Pello and Doc Fennel. There are invented creatures such as Speckled Puddlewog and Bashful Crumblebug, built on genus words of our own so that nobody takes them for real species. There are treasure names such as Soup Catapult and Fingertip Helmet. And there are nicknames for one Pikmin, such as Pepperpip, Snowpea and Hard Hat.
The nicknames follow the colors and types players know, from red through to glow, plus a few that fit any sprout. This is a fan page, and the series is named only to say what the names are for.
How to choose Pikmin names
- For a crew, pick one theme and stick to it. Alph, Brittany and Charlie start with A, B and C, so a squad of Della, Epsie and Zetta, or of Corgan, Sheltie and Beagan, feels like it belongs together.
- Build a creature from two halves: a word for how it looks or moves, then a made-up genus. Reuse the genus for relatives, the way Lesser Thimblemite and Pygmy Thimblemite share one.
- Name a treasure as if you had never seen the object before. Say what shape it is and guess wrongly what it is for: a thimble becomes Fingertip Helmet, a lone sock becomes Sock Without a Partner.
- Nickname a Pikmin for what that one does. The last to arrive is Straggler, the first out of the ground is First Pluck, and the one that always ends up in the water is Wet Sock.
- Read the name out loud before you keep it. These games are gentle and a bit silly, so the names that fit are easy for a child to say and make a grown-up smile.
Frequently asked questions
Which names here are from the Pikmin games?
Sixty-six of them, placed at the start of the list. The characters are Olimar, Louie, Alph, Brittany, Charlie, Oatchi, Moss, Collin, Shepherd, Russ, Dingo, Yonny and Bernard, and the treasures are Courage Reactor, Spherical Atlas, Geographic Projection, Cupid's Grenade, Sunseed Berry, Citrus Lump, Insect Condo, Face Wrinkler, Crimson Banquet, Wayward Moon and Rubber Ugly. The creatures are listed in the next answer, and every other name was made up for this page.
Which creature names are real ones from the games?
These 42: Red Bulborb, Emperor Bulblax, Burrowing Snagret, Fiery Blowhog, Watery Blowhog, Puffy Blowhog, Yellow Wollywog, Wogpole, Swooping Snitchbug, Bumbling Snitchbug, Iridescent Flint Beetle, Armored Cannon Beetle, Beady Long Legs, Shearwig, Breadbug, Water Dumple, Titan Dweevil, Fiery Dweevil, Anode Beetle, Spotty Bulbear, Careening Dirigibug, Honeywisp, Skitter Leaf, Hermit Crawmad, Bearded Amprat, Gatling Groink, Man-at-Legs, Segmented Crawbster, Ranging Bloyster, Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat, Ravenous Whiskerpillar, Creeping Chrysanthemum, Armored Mawdad, Vehemoth Phosbat, Sandbelching Meerslug, Quaggled Mireclops, Peckish Aristocrab, Skutterchuck, Puckering Blinnow, Puffstool, Smoky Progg and Waterwraith. Every other creature on the page, from Speckled Puddlewog to Dozegrub, was made up here on a genus word of our own, though a made-up name may still happen to match one in the games.
Can I use these for my own character or for one of my Pikmin?
Yes, that is what the made-up names are for. Captain and castaway names such as Marlo, Tansy or Rookie Pim suit a character you create, and the nicknames, such as Snowpea, Big Ears or Hard Hat, are meant for a single Pikmin you want to tell apart from the rest. Shorter ones are the safest choice where a game limits the length of a name.
How are the treasure names made?
Each one describes an everyday object in a grand, deadpan way without saying what it is, which is the joke the games play. Bent Wire of Order is a paper clip, Chewable Planet is a gumball and Lonely Foot Sack is a sock. None of them uses a brand or product name.
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All 500 Pikmin names
A: 8 names
- Afterglow
- Airlift
- Albio
- Alph
- Amber Sapsipper
- Anode Beetle
- Armored Cannon Beetle
- Armored Mawdad
B: 46 names
- Banana Peel
- Barking Bogpup
- Bashful Crumblebug
- Beady Long Legs
- Beagan
- Bearded Amprat
- Belmo
- Bendable Sipping Tube
- Benno
- Bent Wire of Order
- Bernard
- Beta Bea
- Big Ears
- Big Violet
- Birthday Cake Pillar
- Blinkbug
- Bloomer
- Bluebell Bob
- Blushing Petalmaw
- Bobbing Corkfloat
- Bogbobber
- Borzo
- Bosco
- Bounding Bloomhopper
- Bramblebump
- Breadbug
- Breath Organ
- Breezy
- Bridge Builder
- Bristle Staff
- Bristled Bopsnout
- Brittany
- Brooch of Faded Glory
- Brooklet
- Brr
- Bruiser Bud
- Bubble Wand of Legend
- Bubbling Burblefish
- Budsy
- Bumbling Snitchbug
- Buoyant Stopper
- Burly Barkbiter
- Burrowbelly
- Burrowing Dewlapper
- Burrowing Snagret
- Button of the Fifth Coat
C: 51 names
- Cadet Clementine
- Cadet Juniper
- Cadet Sorrel
- Camillo
- Candle of One Wish
- Captain Bartolo
- Captain Enzio
- Captain Hazel
- Captain Pello
- Captain Wendell
- Captured Galaxy
- Card of Hearts
- Careening Dirigibug
- Carry Champ
- Castaway Finch
- Castaway Hugo
- Castaway Opal
- Chain of Small Beads
- Chalky
- Charlie
- Chattering Chitterchomp
- Checkered Game Stone
- Chewable Planet
- Chief Maple
- Chili Sprout
- Chompkin
- Cinderbud
- Citrus Lump
- Clattering Bumbleclaw
- Clay Pot Shard
- Clompfoot
- Clunk
- Cold Light Cylinder
- Collin
- Colossal Drinking Well
- Common Scuttlecap
- Cookie Cutter Star
- Cool Bean
- Copper Clinkshell
- Corgan
- Courage Reactor
- Creeping Chrysanthemum
- Crested Peckadillo
- Crimped Crown
- Crimson Banquet
- Crinkled Paperwing
- Crinkled Shiny Wrapper
- Crumbling Shield
- Crumbtail
- Cube of Fate
- Cupid's Grenade
D: 21 names
- Dancing Pollenprance
- Dandy
- Dappled Pebblepod
- Dax
- Della
- Dewdangler
- Dingo
- Dizzy Dancer
- Dobie
- Doc Chicory
- Doc Fennel
- Doc Sage
- Domino of Doubt
- Doorbell of Destiny
- Dorio
- Dottie
- Downy Flutterlump
- Dozegrub
- Dripping Dribblewort
- Drowsy Logsleeper
- Dusky
E: 11 names
- Ear Thunder
- Egg Throne
- Eggplant
- Elastic Halo
- Ember Tip
- Emerald Dozebeetle
- Emperor Bulblax
- Engineer Bolt
- Engineer Sprocket
- Epsie
- Etta
F: 26 names
- Face Wrinkler
- Feather of a Passing Bird
- Ferro
- Fiery Blowhog
- Fiery Dweevil
- Fingertip Helmet
- Firefly Friend
- First Pluck
- Fizzing Sparkwing
- Flapping Fernbat
- Flat Skipping Stone
- Floating Dandelump
- Flumpet
- Flutterby
- Folding Shade Roof
- Forgotten Picnic Fork
- Four-Holed Moon
- Four-Pronged Scepter
- Fragment of a Larger Truth
- Freezer Burn
- Frilled Fanfern
- Front of the Line
- Frostbud
- Frosted Shiverslug
- Frozen Treat Handle
- Fuzzpod
G: 20 names
- Galdo
- Gamma Gus
- Garden Loamling
- Gatling Groink
- Geographic Projection
- Ghostie
- Giant Crumblebug
- Gilly
- Glass Idea
- Glassy Glintwing
- Glazed Life Ring
- Glowie
- Gluttonous Muncheon
- Gobbleroot
- Grape Stomp
- Graphite Log
- Greater Burrowump
- Greenie
- Griff
- Guarded Needle
H: 18 names
- Hair Taming Clasp
- Hard Hat
- Hatted Seed
- Hedge Shrubgrub
- Hermit Crawmad
- High Toss
- Hinged Sight Windows
- Hoarding Kernelmite
- Honey Dipper Scepter
- Honeybud
- Honeyed Nectarnose
- Honeywisp
- Hooting Stumpowl
- Hotfoot
- Humming Thrumbee
- Hundred-Tooth Rake
- Hungry Gobblestalk
- Husk
I: 7 names
- Ice Pop
- Indecisive Needle
- Inflated Party Orb
- Ink Lance
- Insect Condo
- Iona
- Iridescent Flint Beetle
J: 4 names
- Jagged Door Whisperer
- Jam Jar Skylight
- Jiggling Jellycap
- Jingle Vessel
K: 6 names
- Kappi
- Kelpie
- Kite Tail Fragment
- Knight's Horse Head
- Knocker
- Knotted Salt Loop
L: 27 names
- Labby
- Lamber
- Late Bloomer
- Lazy Lilylounger
- Leaf Parcel
- Leafy
- Leafy Sproutback
- Leaping Dandlehop
- Lemonpip
- Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat
- Lesser Thimblemite
- Lhasa
- Lifeguard
- Lights Out
- Little Root
- Little Wisp
- Lonely Foot Sack
- Long-Nosed Snorkelsnout
- Loop-the-Loop
- Looped Paper Keeper
- Lorico
- Lost Louisa
- Louie
- Loyal Shoelace Tip
- Lucky Shoe Ornament
- Lumo
- Lurking Puddlemaw
M: 23 names
- Malty
- Man-at-Legs
- Marble of Clear Skies
- Marlo
- Marsh Croakle
- Mastin
- Matchstick
- Medic Yarrow
- Meg
- Melting Scoop Tower
- Miniature Garden Fence
- Mint Chip
- Minty Paste Tube
- Mirabo
- Mistake Remover
- Misty Drizzlewisp
- Moonbean
- Moss
- Mossmuncher
- Mossy Grumbleback
- Mulchmouth
- Mustard Seed
- Mysterious Fridge Magnet
N: 14 names
- Nandolo
- Navigator Lyra
- Navigator Vega
- Nectar Fan
- Nectarnip
- Nello
- Nervous Snibble
- Newfie
- Newt
- Nibbling Carrotnapper
- Night Glow Star
- Nightlight
- Nosey
- Number One Hundred
O: 12 names
- Oatchi
- Ocean's Earpiece
- Officer Clove
- Officer Marigold
- Officer Rue
- Officer Wicket
- Old Captain Pomme
- Olimar
- Omi
- Onion Dweller
- Orsino
- Ottimo
P: 36 names
- Paddling Wumpfoot
- Pale Moonmuncher
- Paper Sky Dart
- Pebblepecker
- Peckish Aristocrab
- Peke
- Pepper Lighthouse
- Pepperpip
- Petal Wings
- Petalpeeper
- Phio
- Pilot Comet
- Pilot Juno
- Pilot Nova
- Pilot Orbit
- Pinching Sentry
- Pincushion Fortress
- Pippo
- Plastic Hero, Slightly Chewed
- Plodding Lumberlug
- Plumbob
- Plumpwing
- Pocket Lighthouse
- Pond Skimmerling
- Portrait Disc
- Prickly Quillock
- Professor Thistle
- Puckering Blinnow
- Puddlepip
- Puddles
- Puffed Puffernook
- Puffing Huffcap
- Puffstool
- Puffy Blowhog
- Pye
- Pygmy Thimblemite
Q: 2 names
- Quaggled Mireclops
- Quickstep
R: 26 names
- Radar
- Ranger Bramble
- Ranger Fern
- Ranger Quill
- Ranging Bloyster
- Ravenous Whiskerpillar
- Red Bulborb
- Reflective Pond
- Returning Wheel
- Ribbon of Triumph
- Rigo
- Rolling Acornaut
- Roofed Roller
- Rookie Dill
- Rookie Nib
- Rookie Pim
- Rowe
- Rubber Bouncing Sphere
- Rubber Ugly
- Rubblet
- Ruby Eyes
- Ruffo
- Ruler of Twelve Marks
- Rumbling Bellybarrel
- Russ
- Rustling Leafwig
S: 79 names
- Samo
- Sandbelching Meerslug
- Sandcastle Mold
- Saucer for Giants
- Scarlet Sprig
- Scootleaf
- Scout Pepper
- Seaside Bucket Handle
- Seed Envelope, Unopened
- Seedling Sid
- Segmented Crawbster
- Shearwig
- Sheltie
- Shepherd
- Shibby
- Shimmering Dewglider
- Shrill Persuader
- Shrill Sniffwhistle
- Shy Underleaf
- Sidling Shufflecrab
- Sigmund
- Single Shining Earring
- Skimpaddle
- Skipping Stone
- Skitter Leaf
- Skulking Shadewort
- Skutterchuck
- Skydot
- Slab of Adventures
- Sleepy Snoozlewort
- Slumbering Lightning
- Slushie
- Smoky Progg
- Smoldering Cinderpuff
- Snagglewump
- Snapping Clackjaw
- Sniffer
- Snifflet
- Snipping Twin Blades
S, continued
- Snoreshell
- Snorting Truffleplow
- Snowcone
- Snowpea
- Snuffling Rootler
- Sock Without a Partner
- Soft-Footed Thistlepaw
- Soup Catapult
- Speckled Puddlewog
- Spherical Atlas
- Spinning Bobbinbug
- Spinning Number Wheel
- Spiral Paper Binder
- Spitz
- Spotted Pipsnapper
- Spotty Bulbear
- Sprigtail
- Sprinkle Shaker
- Sproutlet
- Squad Leader
- Squeaking Yellow Bather
- Stacking Color Brick
- Stamp of Approval
- Starlet
- Stemmy
- Sticky Memory Square
- Sticky Sapfoot
- Stilt-Legged Tiptoer
- Stinging Nettlenip
- Stompy
- Straggler
- Stranded Stan
- Striped Nibblenook
- Stubborn Horseshoe
- Stubby Grubbock
- Sunburnt Stan
- Sunken Bath Plug
- Sunseed Berry
- Sweet Brick
- Swooping Snitchbug
T: 29 names
- Tangled Sound Rope
- Tansy
- Tawny
- Ten-Strong
- Tessimo
- Theto
- Thirsty Kitchen Sponge
- Thumb Trainer
- Thumblump
- Tibby
- Ticklish Tendrilpede
- Tiny Locomotive
- Tiny Monarch
- Tiny Propeller
- Titan Dweevil
- Toast Launcher Lever
- Tolimo
- Tomato Top
- Toothed Path Opener
- Toothy Twigsnip
- Trundling Dungroller
- Tumbling Thornball
- Turnip Top
- Twiggy Gulpwort
- Twiggy Pete
- Twilight Gloamfly
- Twinkle Toes
- Twirlwig
- Twisted Puzzle Cube
U: 2 names
- Unidentified Remote Commander
- Upsi
V: 5 names
- Vehemoth Phosbat
- Velvet Mumblemoth
- Vesto
- Vizla
- Voltie
W: 21 names
- Warbling Reedpiper
- Water Dumple
- Watering Can Nozzle
- Waterwraith
- Watery Blowhog
- Wax Pillar of Expression
- Wayward Moon
- Weedwaddler
- Wet Sock
- Whip
- Whirr
- Whiskered Whifflesnout
- Whistle Dodger
- Whistle of Recess
- Whistling Snoutwhisk
- Wind-Up Chatterer
- Wobbling Fenfin
- Wogpole
- Wooden Artichoke
- Wriggling Wigglethorpe
- Wrist Sun
Y: 3 names
- Yellow Wollywog
- Yonny
- Yota