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Generate pirate names for every purpose: fearsome captains and nicknamed cutthroats, real Golden Age buccaneers for inspiration, silly names kids will love, and fantasy pirates ready for a D&D or Sea of Thieves crew.

About pirate names

Real pirates of the Golden Age (roughly 1650 to 1730) mostly had ordinary English, Welsh, Irish, Dutch and French names: Edward Teach, Bartholomew Roberts, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Samuel Bellamy. The legend comes from the nicknames that crews and newspapers attached to them. Teach became Blackbeard, Roberts became Black Bart, John Rackham became Calico Jack for his striped clothes, and Edward Low was simply Ned Low, remembered for his cruelty. Nicknames came from appearance (One-Eyed, Redhand, Longshanks), habits (Rotgut, Powder-Burn), a trade (Bonesaw for a surgeon, Fiddler for the musician) or a grisly reputation (Half-Hanged, Gallows).

That pattern, a plain given name plus a descriptive epithet, is still the most convincing way to build a pirate name, and it works whether the tone is grim (Cutthroat Caz Lidell), comic (Soggy Biscuit Bob) or for a children's party (Captain Cuddlebeard). For fantasy and D&D pirates, the same idea applies, but the surname is usually a sea-flavored compound such as Tidewhisper, Brinebeard or Hullbreaker that fits the character's race and the setting.

This list gives you historical pirates for reference, Captains with invented full names, nicknamed cutthroats, kid-friendly scallywags, grimmer adult names, fantasy crewmates, and crew roles like Bosun, Quartermaster and Powder Monkey so you can name an entire ship. Also here: one-word monikers, pun names, ghost pirates, ship's animals and corsairs.

How to choose pirate names

  • Build a name in two parts: a short, plain given name (Jack, Nell, Tobias, Bess) plus one vivid epithet. Mad Jack Farrow lands; Mad Bloody One-Eyed Jack does not.
  • Let the nickname tell a story. Half-Hanged means he survived the gallows; Powder-Burn means she was too close to a cannon; Three-Finger explains itself. Players and readers will ask about it.
  • For kids, lean on food, animals and silly sounds (Captain Crumbs McGee, Salty Sam Sardine) and keep violence out of the name. For adults, use the real historical brutality: Cutthroat, Gallows, Widowmaker.
  • For D&D or Sea of Thieves, match the surname to the race and region: Brinebeard for a dwarf, Tidewhisper for an elf, Bilgetooth for a goblin, and a Caribbean or Barbary-style surname for a human.
  • Name the crew as a set. Give the captain the grandest name, the quartermaster a blunt one, and the cabin boy something small and quick (Pip, Tam, Kit) so the hierarchy is audible.

Frequently asked questions

How did real pirates get names like Blackbeard and Calico Jack?

From their crews and the press. Edward Teach's huge black beard, John Rackham's calico clothing and Bartholomew Roberts's dark complexion and clothes earned them nicknames that were repeated in trial records and newspapers until the nickname replaced the real name.

What is a good pirate name for a kid?

Pick something silly and harmless that is fun to shout: Captain Cuddlebeard, Salty Sam Sardine, Pegleg Penny Pancake or Admiral Bubbles. Food words, animals and rhymes work best for parties, classroom games and Halloween.

Can I use these pirate names in a D&D campaign?

Yes. The fantasy names pair invented given names with sea-flavored surnames (Kaelith Tidewhisper, Durgan Brinebeard, Grakka Hullbreaker) for elf, dwarf, orc and tiefling pirates, and the crew-role names give you a full ship's company of NPCs.

Were there real female pirates?

Many. Anne Bonny and Mary Read sailed with Calico Jack, Grace O'Malley commanded fleets off Ireland, Ching Shih led tens of thousands of Chinese pirates, Sayyida al-Hurra ruled Tetouan, and Jeanne de Clisson hunted French ships in the Channel. Their names appear in the list for inspiration.

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A: 31 names

  • Abe Sallis
  • Ada Trennick
  • Admiral Applesauce
  • Admiral Bubbles
  • Admiral Fishfinger
  • Admiral Flapjack the Gull
  • Admiral Honeybun
  • Admiral Wafflebeard
  • Aelric Kelpmantle
  • Agnes the Ropemaker
  • Albatross Ainsley
  • Aldessa Brinesong
  • Alexandre Exquemelin
  • Algernon Keelson
  • Alwilda
  • Alys Penhallow
  • Amaro Pargo
  • Ambrose Halfmoon Gray
  • Amity Crossbones
  • Anchor-Arm Aggie Breen
  • Anne Bonny
  • Anne Dieu-le-Veut
  • Anselm the Tarred
  • Archibald Stormont
  • Armourer Tova Brandt
  • Aruj Barbarossa
  • Ash-and-Ember Ansgar
  • Ashka Redsail
  • Asny Raven-Oar
  • Astrolabe Ashworth
  • Aud the Deepminded

B: 76 names

  • Ballast Bainbridge
  • Bao Tianhu
  • Baradin Stormanvil
  • Barnaby Shivers
  • Barnacle Betty Bumble
  • Barnacle Bill Oakes
  • Barnacle Brigid Conran
  • Barnacle the Bulldog
  • Barrelchest Ben Pryor
  • Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts
  • Bartholomew Quickfoot
  • Bartholomew Sharp
  • Bartolomeu Português
  • Bastien "Trois-Doigts" Moulin
  • Bathsheba Crowe
  • Beatrice Longsplice
  • Beck Powderhorn
  • Bedtime Bandit Benji
  • Bell-Rope Barty Nance
  • Ben Gunn Marrowby
  • Ben Pollock
  • Benito de Soto
  • Benjamin Hornigold
  • Bess Kilbride
  • Bess the Bold
  • Bet Hawkins
  • Bilgewater Barney
  • Billy Bones Ashgrove
  • Biscuit the Bilge Rat
  • Biscuit-Barrel Billy
  • Bitter Bart Pell
  • Bitter-End Bettina Kroll
  • Black Caesar
  • Black Dog Dunmore
  • Black Mab Colliver
  • Black-Spot Bascom
  • Blackbeard
  • Blackbeard's Apprentice

B, continued

  • Blackgull
  • Blackpowder Beatrix
  • Blaze Marlowe
  • Blind Pew Harrow
  • Blood-Tide Brannock
  • Bloody Bones Brannigan
  • Blunderbuss Bea
  • Boarding Master Ulf Grange
  • Boatswain Hagar Knox
  • Bonecoral
  • Bonesaw Bartley
  • Borgun Chainanchor
  • Bosun Amos Tiller
  • Bosun Bubblegum
  • Bosun's Mate Calder Wint
  • Bowline Bonnie Stirk
  • Brakk Ironkeel
  • Bram the Barnacle
  • Brandy Bram Kessock
  • Brannoch the Becalmed
  • Brass-Button Bridie Lynch
  • Brassbuckle
  • Breaker Bromley
  • Bridie Tangye
  • Brimstone Bellamy
  • Brine-Eyed Bess Torrance
  • Brine-Wraith Bronwen
  • Brinefist
  • Brisa Mainbrace
  • Broadside Boyd Carnaby
  • Broken-Nose Brody
  • Bryndis Reefwalker
  • Brynhild Driftfire
  • Bubble-Bath Barnaby
  • Buccaneer Bertie Buttons
  • Buck N. Ear
  • Burnt-Flag Burke
  • Buttons the Brave

C: 121 names

  • Cabin Boy Pip Ardern
  • Cabin Girl Tansy Wicks
  • Cai Qian
  • Caldor Pearlgrip
  • Calico Jack Rackham
  • Calloway Grapeshot
  • Cannonball Clem
  • Cannonball Cookie Crumble
  • Cap'n Banana Boots
  • Cap'n Cornflake
  • Cap'n Crumpet
  • Cap'n Peanut Brittle
  • Cap'n Pickle Pants
  • Cap'n Teach's Ghost
  • Capitaine Aurélie Fontenot
  • Capitaine Thibault Lemaire
  • Capitán Gaspar Ordóñez
  • Capitán Lope Zarco
  • Capitano Lorenzo Baldassare
  • Capitão Afonso Carneiro
  • Capitão Duarte Pimentel
  • Captain Abel Mortlake
  • Captain Agatha Thorne
  • Captain Ambrose Teague
  • Captain Barnabas Holt
  • Captain Bootknocker
  • Captain Bumblebeard
  • Captain Cassian Redgrave
  • Captain Clumsy Clarence
  • Captain Cordelia Winters

C, continued

  • Captain Cornelius Hobb
  • Captain Crumbs McGee
  • Captain Cuddlebeard
  • Captain Delphine Roux
  • Captain Dunstan Blackquill
  • Captain Elspeth Raine
  • Captain Esme Blackwood
  • Captain Evander Mistral
  • Captain Ezekiel Varga
  • Captain Fenwick Dray
  • Captain Gideon Ashby
  • Captain Gigglebeard
  • Captain Hezekiah Crane
  • Captain Hiccup Hornblower
  • Captain Honoria Vance
  • Captain Isolde Fairweather
  • Captain Jellybones
  • Captain Jeremiah Lockhart
  • Captain Josiah Reddick
  • Captain Leopold Harrowgate
  • Captain Lucius Keel
  • Captain Marisol Vega
  • Captain Mordecai Flint
  • Captain Nathaniel Drummond
  • Captain Nibbles
  • Captain Noodle-Arm Ned
  • Captain Obadiah Sparrowhawk
  • Captain Ottilie Marsh
  • Captain Perpetua Slade
  • Captain Petronella Quayle

C, continued

  • Captain Redmond Vale
  • Captain Rosalind Carver
  • Captain Seraphine Duquesne
  • Captain Silas Greymantle
  • Captain Sprinkles
  • Captain Thaddeus Morrow
  • Captain Tickle-Toes
  • Captain Tobias Quillon
  • Captain Wilhelmina Stroud
  • Captain Wobblepeg
  • Captain Ysabeau Corvin
  • Carpenter Moss Tewkes
  • Carrion Crow Carrick
  • Cassius Lanternjaw
  • Castaway Caleb Thorburn
  • Caulker Jude Oakum
  • Charles Gibbs
  • Charles Vane
  • Charlotte Badger
  • Charlotte de Berry
  • Cheeky Charlie Clam
  • Chevalier Armand de Valcour
  • Ching Shih
  • Christopher Condent
  • Christopher Moody
  • Chui Apoo
  • Cinderbeard
  • Claes Compaen
  • Clara the Cannoneer
  • Clem Vingoe

C, continued

  • Clementine Harrow-Pike
  • Coco the Stowaway Monkey
  • Cofresí
  • Cold-Hand Cuthbert Vane
  • Cold-Iron Con Madigan
  • Commodore Cupcake
  • Commodore Custard
  • Compass-Rose Cardew
  • Cook Bartle Pease
  • Cooper Eli Garbutt
  • Copper-Top Cora Dunleavy
  • Copperhook
  • Cora L. Reef
  • Coral-Bones Corbett
  • Coral-Comb Carmen Santoro
  • Corin the Compass
  • Cormorant Corley
  • Cornelia van Vlissingen
  • Cornelis Jol
  • Corpse-Light Corwin
  • Corwin Halyard
  • Coxswain Adela Vose
  • Crab-Claw Crabtree
  • Crispus Darrow
  • Crooked Cal Rourke
  • Cursed-Coin Cassidy
  • Cuthbert Sloop
  • Cutlass Kate Devlin
  • Cutthroat Caz Lidell
  • Cuttlefish Cadwallader
  • Cyrene Shellcrown

D: 50 names

  • Dacey Flintlock
  • Dan Tregarth
  • Daniel Montbars
  • Daro Spraysinger
  • Davy Lanyon
  • Dead Man Doyle
  • Dead Man's Hand Dunne
  • Dead-Eye Dolan
  • Deadlight Drake
  • Deadreckoner
  • Deckhand Rilla Sparks
  • Deep-Water Desmond Shaw
  • Deepwatch
  • Demetrius Lobb
  • Denzil Carne
  • Dermot the Dauntless
  • Dhorak Wavecrusher
  • Dice-Box Declan Poole
  • Dick Tarrant
  • Dirk Chivers
  • Dizzy Daisy Dinghy
  • Dogfish Dalby
  • Doldrums Dempsey
  • Doll Gurney
  • Dolly Maddox

D, continued

  • Dominique You
  • Don Baltasar Quintero
  • Don Fadrique Olmedo
  • Don Íñigo Belmonte
  • Dona Beatriz Figueira
  • Doña Catalina Montoro
  • Doña Inés Carvajal
  • Doña Ximena Alcaraz
  • Dorian Lanyard
  • Dorothea Brass-Eye
  • Double-Reef Dinah Platt
  • Doubloon Dave
  • Doubloon the Macaw
  • Doug Bloon
  • Dragut Kaptan
  • Dravena Squallborn
  • Dread Pirate Doodles
  • Dreadful Dora Dimple
  • Driftbones
  • Driftwood Dermot Keane
  • Drowned Dan Mullock
  • Drunken Dirk Ames
  • Drusilla Reeve
  • Dulcie the Dreaded
  • Durgan Brinebeard

E: 22 names

  • Earl E. Tide
  • Ebb-Tide Eddowes
  • Edward England
  • Edward Low
  • Edward Mansvelt
  • Eel-Skin Emmett
  • Eirwyn Fogpiercer
  • El Halcón del Mar
  • El Zurdo de Campeche
  • Elandra Dawnharbor
  • Elise Eskilsdotter
  • Elowen Saltspray
  • Emory Broadside
  • Empty-Hammock Ezra
  • Ephraim Coldwater
  • Erasmus Breaker
  • Esteban "El Tiburón" Robledo
  • Étienne "Le Borgne" Garnier
  • Eudora Pennant
  • Eustace the Monk
  • Evadne Starke
  • Ezra Penberthy

F: 31 names

  • Fair-Wind Freya Lindgren
  • Fan Trelawney
  • Fathom Fitzgerald
  • Fathom-Five Fennimore
  • Felix Musket
  • Fennrik Shoalhunter
  • Fenwyn Galefeather
  • Ferdinand Cleat
  • Fiddler Fen Murtagh
  • Fiddler Oisin Reel
  • Finn Keel
  • Fire-Ship Flora Gillespie
  • Firebeard
  • First Mate Crispin Hale
  • First Mate Fluffykins
  • First Mate Marshmallow
  • Fishface Fergus
  • Fitzwilliam Dredge
  • Fizzwick Powderspark
  • Fizzy Lizzie Limpet
  • Flint's Orphan
  • Flint-and-Steel Flo Marchbank
  • Florentine Dusk
  • Flotsam Farquhar
  • Fogbound Felicity Orme
  • Foghorn Fairchild
  • Forecastle Fay Ormerod
  • Fortunatus Pye
  • Foxfire Finnegan Dray
  • Francis Spriggs
  • Francois l'Olonnais

G: 45 names

  • Galdrin Oakenhull
  • Gale-Force Gilchrist
  • Galleon Gabriel
  • Gallowglass Gorman
  • Gallows Jim Sayer
  • Gallowsbird
  • Gaptooth Gerty
  • Gaston de Rochebrune
  • George Lowther
  • Ghazra Harpoonjaw
  • Ghostlight Gwendolyn Marsh
  • Gibbet-Cage Gareth Lund
  • Gideon the Grey
  • Gil Corbin
  • Giles Orlop
  • Ginger Tom Tailfeather
  • Gödeke Michels
  • Gold-Earring Gil Pendleton
  • Goldtooth Gloria Gumdrop
  • Gorm Ironbarnacle
  • Gorrim Saltbreaker
  • Grace O'Malley

G, continued

  • Grakka Hullbreaker
  • Grapeshot Griselda Stone
  • Grappling-Hook Granger
  • Greasy Dan Pike
  • Greer Cutlass
  • Gregor Saltbrow
  • Grey-Gull Garrett Wynne
  • Greybeard Angus Mowat
  • Greywake
  • Griet de Zeemeeuw
  • Grim Tom Hallow
  • Grog-Blossom Gus
  • Grutte Pier
  • Gull-Feather Gaunt
  • Gunner Nuala Brisk
  • Gunner the Sea Dog
  • Gunner's Mate Bram Tolley
  • Gunnvor Sealskin
  • Gunpowder Greta Voss
  • Gunwale Gwen Piper
  • Gutrot Gaskell
  • Gutter-Knife Gage
  • Gwendoline Brack

H: 47 names

  • Hailstone Hetty Scrope
  • Hal Burdock
  • Hal Yard
  • Hale Saber
  • Half-Hanged Harry Penrose
  • Halfsail
  • Halibut Hargreaves
  • Halldora Ironoar
  • Hallveig Wavebride
  • Halvard Saltmane
  • Ham Dyer
  • Hangman Hob Creasey
  • Hangover Hal Pendry
  • Hard-Luck Hugh Trevithick
  • Hardtack Hodge
  • Hasan Veneziano
  • Hatchet Hannah Frye
  • Hayreddin Redbeard
  • Helisande Starcompass
  • Hellfire Hattie Bray
  • Helmsman Jory Pask
  • Helmswoman Brenna Colt
  • Hemp-Collar Hendry

H, continued

  • Hendrik de Roode
  • Henrietta Skerry
  • Henrike the Harpooner
  • Henry Every
  • Henry Jennings
  • Henry Mainwaring
  • Henry Morgan
  • Hesper Nightanchor
  • Hester the Hawk
  • Hetha
  • Hetty Skewes
  • Hiccup Hank Halibut
  • Hieronymus Tarn
  • Hob Gaskin
  • Hob the Hook Merriman
  • Hollis Windward
  • Hollow-Eyed Hester Crane
  • Hookhand Hollis
  • Horatio Gristle
  • Howell Davis
  • Hulgar Bilgehammer
  • Hull-Knocker Hobart
  • Hurricane Hathersage
  • Hyacinth Marrowbone

I: 19 names

  • Ichabod Grapple
  • Idris Thunderwake
  • Ignatius Wrack
  • Il Gabbiano di Genova
  • Ilyana Foamdancer
  • Imogen Dagger
  • Ines Belay
  • Ingrith Sixspear
  • Inigo Baldric
  • Ironhook
  • Ironjaw Reuben Ash
  • Ironshackle Imelda
  • Irvok Deepdelver
  • Isabela "A Tormenta" Mendonça
  • Isadora Gaff
  • Isilwen Seafoam
  • Israel Hands
  • Ivar Stormrigger
  • Ivo Mizzen

J: 38 names

  • Jack Ruddock
  • Jack Ward
  • Jacques de Sores
  • Jacquotte Delahaye
  • Jago Trembath
  • Jan Janszoon
  • Jan Trevaskis
  • Jaxx Saltfang
  • Jean Fleury
  • Jean Lafitte
  • Jeanne de Clisson
  • Jedediah Swale
  • Jellyfish Jenny Jiggle
  • Jem Hardacre
  • Jemima Hardcastle
  • Jenny Tar
  • Jeremias Thole
  • Jess Kitto
  • Jessamy Gullcry
  • Jetsam Jardine
  • Jib-Boom Jasper Loxley
  • Jim Lad Hawkweed
  • Joan Firth
  • Jocasta Vane-Tempest
  • John Bowen
  • John Coxon
  • John Gow
  • John Halsey
  • John Quelch
  • John Taylor
  • Jolly Jack Thursby
  • Jolly Molly Macaroon
  • Jolly Roger Harkness
  • Jonty the Jinxed
  • Jorunn Icefjord
  • Jory Boarding-Axe
  • Jos Tregear
  • Josiah the Unsinkable

K: 24 names

  • Kaelith Tidewhisper
  • Kanhoji Angre
  • Kapitein Maarten Brouwer
  • Kapitein Saskia Verhoeven
  • Kara Mustafa
  • Kat Harrowell
  • Kat O'Ninetails
  • Kate Quarrel
  • Keelhaul Kenna Swift
  • Keelson Kavanagh
  • Kelp-Shroud Katrin
  • Kemal Reis
  • Kendra Chainshot
  • Kettledrum Kessler
  • Keziah Mainstay
  • Kipper the Galley Cat
  • Kit Dashwood
  • Kit Marlinspike
  • Kit Spurrier
  • Klaus Störtebeker
  • Korrin Anchorbeard
  • Krag Bilgetooth
  • Kraken-Kisser Kell
  • Kressida Blackwater

L: 47 names

  • La Mouette de la Tortue
  • La Viuda de Maracaibo
  • Ladgerda
  • Lady Killigrew
  • Lai Choi San
  • Lamprey Lamont
  • Lancelot Mudd
  • Landlubber Len
  • Lanky Lou Bastable
  • Lantern-Jack Lowry
  • Lark Leeward
  • Last-Words Lorimer
  • Laurens de Graaf
  • Lazarus Trestle
  • Le Corbeau de Dunkerque
  • Le Renard de Saint-Malo
  • Leadline Lamb
  • Lean Luke Havelock
  • Leander Bight
  • Lee Shore
  • Leeward Lyle Hanrahan
  • Leif the Landless
  • Lemon Drop Lottie

L, continued

  • Leonor de Villanueva
  • Lettice Gunning
  • Lew Bassett
  • Lightning Lucy Fairbairn
  • Lil Carraway
  • Limahong
  • Limpet Lovelace
  • Lirael Gullwing
  • Liriel Mooncurrent
  • Little Lobster Lou
  • Lollipop Lockwood
  • Long John Silvertooth
  • Longboat Lena Strand
  • Longknife
  • Longshanks Larkin
  • Longshore Lascelles
  • Lookout Minna Farsight
  • Lookout Teasel Vane
  • Lorcan Swivelgun
  • Lorsha Tidecaller
  • Louis-Michel Aury
  • Low-Tide Lottie Fenn
  • Lucky Liv Brennan
  • Lunara Wakeglimmer

M: 49 names

  • Mab Luscombe
  • Mad Jack Farrow
  • Madame Clothilde Vasseur
  • Madame Odette Marchand
  • Mademoiselle Solange Barbier
  • Maelis Coralweaver
  • Maelstrom Mackay
  • Maeve the Mapless
  • Maggie Hearn
  • Magnus the Mainmast
  • Mainsheet Mulholland
  • Mango the Macaw
  • Manuel Rivero Pardal
  • Marguerite Dunnage
  • Maria Lindsey
  • Marius Ropewalk
  • Marlin Mactavish
  • Marmalade Moll
  • Marooned Milo Tench
  • Marrow Maeve Kinsella
  • Marta the Marooner
  • Mary Read
  • Master Gunner Ruari Blunt
  • Master-at-Arms Bryn Colquhoun

M, continued

  • Mat Pascoe
  • Matey McSplash
  • Maud Blunderbuss
  • Meg Rosewarne
  • Mehitabel Stark
  • Michel de Grammont
  • Midnight Meg Tolliver
  • Midnight-Watch Mordaunt
  • Mira Windlass
  • Mirelle Driftwood
  • Mister Pistachio the Monkey
  • Mister Pockets the Marmoset
  • Mittens the Mouser
  • Mo Ray
  • Mograth Mastsnapper
  • Moll Cutter
  • Molly Rogan
  • Monsoon Marriott
  • Montague Flay
  • Moonless Mina Crewe
  • Morwen Rudderhand
  • Muddy Boots Maddox
  • Murat the Corsair
  • Murgash Sharktusk
  • Mutiny Mae

N: 27 names

  • Naeris Surgesong
  • Nan Corrigan
  • Nance Curnow
  • Narwhal Northcott
  • Nat Carrow
  • Nathanael Grommet
  • Nathaniel North
  • Navigator Seren Ashcombe
  • Ned Angove
  • Ned Quiller
  • Ned Rattigan
  • Nehemiah Pitch
  • Nell Costigan
  • Nell the Knife
  • Nerissa Fairhaven
  • Nibbly Ned Nutmeg
  • Nicholas van Hoorn
  • Nicodemus Yardarm
  • Nightshade Nan Greer
  • Nimue Pearldiver
  • Nine-Lives Nora Kettle
  • Ninefinger Nat Coyle
  • Nola Gunwale
  • Noose-Dodger Niall Sweeney
  • Nor'easter Nesbitt
  • Nutmeg the Capuchin
  • Nyssa Hightide

O: 19 names

  • O Lobo do Mar
  • Oarlock Oakhurst
  • Obadiah Grist
  • Octavia Fairlead
  • Octavian Sprat
  • Odile the Uncaught
  • Old Salt Mungo Pratt
  • Old Salt the Tortoise
  • Old Tar Gilroy
  • Old-Rope Osric Bude
  • Olivier Levasseur
  • Ondine Scupper
  • One-Eyed Nell Harker
  • Ophelia Cray
  • Oriel Sunscour
  • Orla Bandolier
  • Orrin Wavecaller
  • Orsolya Stormlantern
  • Ossian the Singer

P: 42 names

  • Pale Agnes of the Deep
  • Pancake Patty Portside
  • Parrot Pearl Pickering
  • Pasco Jib
  • Patch the Deck Hound
  • Paulsgrave Williams
  • Peg Saltonstall
  • Peg Trewhella
  • Peg-Leg Pete Mulvaney
  • Pegleg Penny Pancake
  • Pelican Prendergast
  • Pellora Trenchlight
  • Pennant Pemberton
  • Percival Bung
  • Peregrine Luff
  • Perran Hocking
  • Peter Easton
  • Petra the Patient
  • Phaedron Sunkenbell
  • Phantom Phoebe Larkspur
  • Philippa Cask

P, continued

  • Phineas Bulkhead
  • Pieces-of-Eight Pete the Parrot
  • Pierre le Grand
  • Pieter "De Vos" Jansen
  • Pilot Santiago Bajo
  • Piran Matchlock
  • Pirate Pip Pennywhistle
  • Pirate Polly Pocketful
  • Pitch-Pot Peggy Arkwright
  • Pitchblack Pelham
  • Plum-Duff Percy
  • Plunder-Puff Pippa
  • Poll Varcoe
  • Polly Crackerbeak
  • Port-Side Pru
  • Powder Monkey Tam Rudd
  • Powder-Burn Polly
  • Powder-Smoke Prudence Gault
  • Princess Peg-Leg Poppy
  • Puddles Pinkerton
  • Purser Lavinia Stott

Q: 8 names

  • Quarterdeck Quinlan
  • Quartermaster Ivy Dunmore
  • Queen Coconut Kiki
  • Queen Teuta of Illyria
  • Quentin Tallow
  • Quick-Knife Queenie Lomax
  • Quicksilver Quade
  • Quillon Abyssgazer

R: 46 names

  • Rachel Wall
  • Rackwater Rufus
  • Rafe the Rudderless
  • Rafferty Capstan
  • Ragged Ann Fairlie
  • Ragged-Sail Ralph Yarrow
  • Ragnhild Oarbreaker
  • Ragnvald Sharkmaw
  • Rahmah ibn Jabir
  • Rainbow Rosie Rowboat
  • Raïs Hamidou
  • Ratline Radcliffe
  • Ravenbrow
  • Ravenous Rhys Cork
  • Red Roger Vane
  • Red-Lantern Rhiannon Price
  • Red-Scarf Ruth Calloway
  • Redhand Tobias Quill
  • Redsash
  • Reef-Wrecker Ruddle
  • Reid Flagg
  • Ren Topsail
  • Rhosyn Mistsail

R, continued

  • Richard Sawkins
  • Richard Worley
  • Rigger Josie Hallam
  • Rigging the Ratter
  • Rime-Cold Rowan Leck
  • Ripper Rook
  • Riptide Rhona
  • Rob Faunce
  • Rob N. Plunder
  • Robert Culliford
  • Roche Braziliano
  • Rope-Burn Rory Calder
  • Rosalie Ramrod
  • Rosamund Trice
  • Rotgut Rosie Nash
  • Rowena Hatch
  • Ruan Polglase
  • Rumbelly Rafe
  • Rusla the Red Maiden
  • Rust-Chained Rupert Hollowell
  • Rustblade
  • Rusty Hook Hamish
  • Ruth the Rope-Splicer

S: 106 names

  • Sable Ratline
  • Sadie the Goat
  • Sailing Master Odessa Thrale
  • Sailmaker Tobit Crane
  • Saint Elmo's Daughter
  • Sal Pentreath
  • Sal T. Seadog
  • Salih Reis
  • Saltgrin
  • Saltscar Sefton
  • Saltwater Sal Ferris
  • Salty Bess Moreau
  • Salty Sam Sardine
  • Sam Crouch
  • Samuel Bellamy
  • Sandbar Sedgwick
  • Sandy Sandcastle Sue
  • Sandy-Toes Tommy
  • Saskia Rumrunner
  • Saul Opie
  • Sawbones Seth Hargrave
  • Sayf al-Bahr
  • Sayyida al-Hurra
  • Scarface Lem Tully
  • Schipper Joost van der Meer
  • Scrimshander
  • Scuppers the Ship's Dog
  • Scurvy Sid Simmons
  • Scuttle Sykes
  • Scuttlebutt Scully Hart
  • Sea Artist Ansel Rooke
  • Sea-Chest Cecily Marlin
  • Seahorse Standish
  • Seasick Sidney
  • Seaweed Sal Dremmer

S, continued

  • Sebastian Grume
  • Second Mate Ravi of Calicut
  • Sela of Norway
  • Senhor Rui Tavira
  • Sennet Seaglass
  • Septimus Hook
  • Seven-Seas Sadie
  • Sextant Sorenson
  • Shanty Shay O'Rourke
  • Shantyman Jonah Bellows
  • Shap Ng-tsai
  • Shark-Bait Shaw
  • Ship's Carpenter Enoch Adze
  • Ship's Cat Admiral Whiskers
  • Ship's Cook Dermot Skillet
  • Ship's Surgeon Lazarus Finch
  • Short-Rations Rafferty Moyle
  • Shortfuse
  • Shot-Tower Seamus Rook
  • Shrimp the Ship's Mouse
  • Signora Fiammetta Corsini
  • Silas the Scrivener
  • Silk-Sash Simone Arceneaux
  • Silvereye
  • Sim Chegwidden
  • Singing Saul Abernethy
  • Sink-or-Swim Sorley
  • Sir Splashalot
  • Sixgun Sarah Lindqvist
  • Skarn Plankbiter
  • Skipper Snickerdoodle
  • Skipper Snorkel
  • Skullsplitter Sykes
  • Slipknot Sinclair
  • Sly Sinead Maguire

S, continued

  • Smokebeard
  • Smoky Jo Whitlock
  • Sneezy Steve Starboard
  • Snoozy Suzie Sandbar
  • Sock-Thief Sophie
  • Soggy Biscuit Bob
  • Solomon Gallows
  • Sorcha the Stormborn
  • Sorrel Driftmark
  • Sour-Rum Salome
  • Sourmash Selwyn
  • Splashy Sasha Seashell
  • Splinter Spence Odell
  • Spyglass Sully
  • Squall Sally Runcorn
  • Squall Sherwin
  • Squallhand
  • Squawk the Parrot
  • Squid-Lips Sully
  • Starboard Stan
  • Stede Bonnet
  • Sticky-Fingers Fiona Fudge
  • Stikla
  • Stinky Pete Plankwalker
  • Storm-Eye Sorcha
  • Stormy Petrel Pyke
  • Stowaway Stella Bright
  • Striker Davy Mogg
  • Stu Away
  • Sukey Blane
  • Sullen Sam Kerrigan
  • Sumbhaji Angre
  • Surgeon Wyn Daggett
  • Svala Longkeel
  • Swabbie Finn Muggeridge
  • Sylvaine Lanternlee

T: 88 names

  • Tallow Jack
  • Tamsin Bolitho
  • Tamsin the Tideless
  • Tar-Hand Tess Garrow
  • Tarbottom Tench
  • Tarheart
  • Tarry-Breeks Tavish Muir
  • Tattooed Tilda Renshaw
  • Tavi Saltstrider
  • Tavish Bowsprit
  • Temperance Gall
  • Tempest Tindall
  • Tess Nankivell
  • Tessaly Moonwake
  • The Bane of Bristol Channel
  • The Bell-Ringer of the Sunken Chapel
  • The Bellamy Boy
  • The Butcher of Barbados
  • The Crow of Cartagena
  • The Devil of the Dry Tortugas
  • The Dread Pirate Marlow
  • The Drowned Fiddler
  • The Fox of the Florida Straits
  • The Gentleman of Madagascar
  • The Ghost of Port Royal
  • The Gull of Galveston
  • The Hawk of Hispaniola
  • The Helmsman Who Never Sleeps
  • The Heron of the Mosquito Coast

T, continued

  • The Hound of the Outer Banks
  • The Jaguar of the Yucatán
  • The King of Libertalia
  • The Lady of Ocracoke
  • The Lantern of New Providence
  • The Lantern-Eyed Bosun
  • The Last Man of the Mary Vesper
  • The Maid of Île Sainte-Marie
  • The Osprey of Clew Bay
  • The Pale Navigator
  • The Phantom of Petit-Goâve
  • The Rose of Roatán
  • The Scourge of the Spanish Main
  • The Sea Hag of Nassau
  • The Shadow of Skull Cay
  • The Terror of Tortuga
  • The Thirteenth Oarsman
  • The Viper of Veracruz
  • The Weeping Widow of the Wreck
  • The Widowmaker of Tortuga
  • The Wolf of the Malabar Coast
  • The Wraith of the Windward Passage
  • Thessaly Brinewhisper
  • Thomas Anstis
  • Thomas Cocklyn
  • Thomas Pound
  • Thomas Tew
  • Thomasina Garboard
  • Thora the Thrice-Wrecked

T, continued

  • Thorbjorg Saltwife
  • Thorgunna Stormcloak
  • Thorne Blackmast
  • Three-Finger Finch
  • Thresher Thackray
  • Thrommel Anchorfist
  • Thunder Thea Rackstraw
  • Thunderkeel
  • Tib Marriner
  • Tickly Tom Tentacle
  • Tidebound Tobias Wren
  • Tidewater Tam
  • Tindra Currentweaver
  • Tiny Tim Tornsail
  • Tobias the Tall
  • Toffee-Nose Toby
  • Tom Quarrie
  • Tombstone Trask
  • Tomé das Ilhas
  • Topman Kester Lyle
  • Torvald Whalebone
  • Tradewind Tremaine
  • Treasure-Map Tilly
  • Tryphena Wale
  • Tulaji Angre
  • Tuppence the Ship's Cat
  • Turtle-Soup Tess Mayhew
  • Twinkle-Hook Tabitha
  • Two-Bottle Tobin
  • Ty D. Knot

U: 6 names

  • Uldric Hawsergrip
  • Uluj Ali
  • Ulwen Starfathom
  • Ulysses Scrimshaw
  • Undertow Ulla
  • Uriah Groat

V: 8 names

  • Valentine Shank
  • Varek the Drowned
  • Vashti Emberwake
  • Venetia Drake-Holloway
  • Verity Shoal
  • Vespera Nightcurrent
  • Vexaria Stormcrow
  • Viper Vickers

W: 29 names

  • Walker Plank
  • Walter Kennedy
  • Wat Tupper
  • Waterspout Wickham
  • Wave-Rider Wade
  • Wee Willy Waveskipper
  • Weevil Wendy Thackeray
  • Wet-Powder Walt Dobbin
  • Whiskers the Wharf Rat
  • Whistling Wat Kemble
  • Whitecap Whitaker
  • Wicked Wyn Tarrant
  • Widow's-Walk Wallace
  • Wigbiorg
  • Wiggly Wanda Wavecrest
  • Will Sallow
  • Willem "IJzeren Hand" Dekker
  • William Fly
  • William Kidd
  • Windburnt Wilf Scarrow
  • Windlass Wetherby
  • Windthief
  • Wisna
  • Wobbly Winnie Walrus
  • Wreck-Walker Wystan
  • Wren Fathom
  • Wu Shi'er
  • Wynfor Kelpbraid
  • Wynn the Whistler

X: 3 names

  • Xanthe Cordage
  • Xavier Lazaret
  • Xiomar Reefrunner

Y: 7 names

  • Yardarm Yates
  • Yo-Ho Yolanda
  • Yolande Sprit
  • Young Hornigold
  • Yrsa Frostprow
  • Ysolt Spindrift
  • Yusuf Reis

Z: 11 names

  • Zachary Fathom
  • Zane Bulwark
  • Zebedee Hawser
  • Zeke Tonkin
  • Zenobia Flood
  • Zephran Cloudkeel
  • Zephyrine Saltveil
  • Zhang Baozai
  • Zheng Zhilong
  • Zoruk Keelcleaver
  • Zymen Danseker