Roald Dahl Name Generator

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Generate Roald Dahl names: characters from the books such as Willy Wonka, Veruca Salt and Miss Trunchbull, then new names in the same style, from Rupert Grabbit and Aunt Vinegar to the giant Chimneytoppler and a bag of Hiccup Humbugs.

About Roald Dahl names

The invented names in Roald Dahl's books tell you the vice before the character speaks. A child or a grown-up gets an ordinary first name and a surname that is a small insult or a sound: Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Mike Teavee, Miss Trunchbull, Mr. and Mrs. Twit. The giants of The BFG are job descriptions run together (Fleshlumpeater, Bonecruncher), and the sweets, foods and creatures are gleeful nonsense (Everlasting Gobstopper, snozzcumber, Vermicious Knids).

The list opens with names from the books, grouped by book, with the Chocolate Factory cast first. A few names that exist only in the 1971, 2005 or 2023 films carry the film's year. It is a reference block, not a full index of every book.

The rest is new and follows the same rules: greedy, bossy and smug children (Rupert Grabbit, Prunella Sulk), beastly teachers, aunts and farmers (Aunt Vinegar, Farmer Skimp), kindly grown-ups (Miss Marigold), giants (Chimneytoppler), witches with committee titles, talking animals, sweets and fizzy inventions (Hiccup Humbugs), nonsense words (Snibberwhiffle), and factory rooms, villages and shops. The new names tease a habit, never the way someone looks. This is a fan page with no tie to the Roald Dahl Story Company or to any film studio.

How to choose Roald Dahl names

  • Name the habit, not the person. Pick the fault first (greed, boasting, sulking, telling tales) and then find a word that sounds like it: Guzzle, Braggley, Sulk, Tattle.
  • Keep the first name ordinary and a little old-fashioned. Humphrey, Prunella, Nigel and Mabel make the surname funnier because they sound so respectable.
  • Give grown-up villains a title and a bare surname. Miss Grimthorpe, Aunt Prickle and Farmer Grudge keep the reader at a distance, the way Miss Trunchbull and Aunt Spiker do.
  • Build a giant from a thing and what the giant does to it: Roofrattler, Pondgulper, Haystackhurler. One long word with no space reads best.
  • Say nonsense words out loud. The good ones are made of real noises (fizz, wobble, snort, whizz) with one invented part, like Wobblefizz and Drumblesnort.

Frequently asked questions

Which names in this list come from the books?

The first 134 entries, grouped by book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory first, then Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Matilda, The Twits, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Witches and several shorter books. An entry with a year in parentheses, such as Mr. Turkentine (1971 film), is a character or a form of a name found only on screen. The block is a reference, not a complete index.

What are the Willy Wonka character names?

The main cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket, Grandpa Joe and the four other ticket winners: Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee. The rival candy makers are Slugworth, Prodnose and Fickelgruber. Names for the factory workers have a page of their own, the Oompa Loompa name generator.

How do I make up a name in the Dahl style?

Pair a plain first name with a surname that names a bad habit or makes a rude little noise. Humphrey Guzzle, Tabitha Tattle and Nigel Smirk all follow the pattern of Augustus Gloop and Bruce Bogtrotter. For kind characters do the opposite and pick something warm and simple, such as Miss Marigold or Grandma Rosie.

Are the nonsense words from The BFG?

Five are. Snozzcumber, frobscottle, phizzwizard, trogglehumper and scrumdiddlyumptious are the giant's own words and sit with the other names from that book. The rest, such as Snibberwhiffle, Wobblefizz and Tumblewhump, are new coinages in the same spirit, often called gobblefunk.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 19 names

  • Abacus Crunch (2023 film)
  • Alfie the Tortoise
  • Alistair Alwaysright
  • Amanda Thripp
  • Araminta Swank
  • Archie Snaffle
  • Arthur Slugworth (1971 and 2023 films)
  • Augustus Gloop
  • Aunt Bristle
  • Aunt Gristle
  • Aunt Hattie
  • Aunt Nettle
  • Aunt Pincushion and Aunt Pickle
  • Aunt Prickle
  • Aunt Spiker
  • Aunt Sponge
  • Aunt Thistle
  • Aunt Vinegar
  • Auntie Earwig

B: 27 names

  • Backwards Bubblegum
  • Badger
  • Baker Kindly
  • Barnlifter
  • Bartholomew's Bottled Wonders
  • Basil Braggley
  • Bean
  • Beatrix Bossyboots
  • Bedtime-Delaying Toffees
  • Bellclanger
  • Bertram Bicker
  • Biscuitgrinder
  • Bleacher (2023 film)
  • Bloodbottler
  • Blunderfluff
  • Boggis
  • Bonecruncher
  • Bootthumper
  • Boulderjuggler
  • Bouncing Bonbons
  • Bridgebender
  • Bruce Bogtrotter
  • Bruno Jenkins
  • Bumblewozzle
  • Bunce
  • Butcher Boy
  • Butterscotch Balloons

C: 28 names

  • Cabbageswallower
  • Captain Cricket
  • Captain Goodfellow
  • Captain Lancaster
  • Caramel Apples That Bite Back
  • Cartflipper
  • Charlie Bucket
  • Childchewer
  • Chimneytoppler
  • Chocolate Thunderbolts
  • Clarence Scoff
  • Clementine Crumbs
  • Cloudsnorer
  • Colonel Bark
  • Cook Gruelby
  • Cook Warmington
  • Cordelia Pout
  • Cough Drops for Pretending
  • Cousin Caterpillar
  • Cows That Give Chocolate Milk
  • Crabapple Cottage
  • Crackle-Tongue Candy
  • Crinkletwist
  • Crispin Queuejump
  • Crumbleswick
  • Crunchem Hall
  • Custard Comets
  • Cuthbert Pilfer

D: 14 names

  • Dame Griselda Broomhandle
  • Dame Pennyroyal
  • Daphne Doorslam
  • Desmond Dawdle
  • Devil's Drenchers
  • Dexter Scroll
  • Doc Merriweather
  • Doc Spencer
  • Doctor Mole
  • Don Mini
  • Dorothea Primm
  • Dr. Wilbur Wonka (2005 film)
  • Dreambottler
  • Drumblesnort

E: 5 names

  • Eatable Marshmallow Pillows
  • Edmund Elbows
  • Eustace Secondhelping
  • Everlasting Gobstopper
  • Exploding Candy for Your Enemies

F: 28 names

  • Fantabulumptious
  • Farmer Bolt and Farmer Latch
  • Farmer Buttercup
  • Farmer Grimble
  • Farmer Grudge
  • Farmer Haggle
  • Farmer Padlock
  • Farmer Skimp
  • Farmer Snare
  • Farmer Trample
  • Felicity Fussbudget
  • Fencestomper
  • Fickelgruber
  • Fiddlefrump
  • Fizzy Lifting Drinks
  • Flappy-Snappy the Goose
  • Fleshlumpeater
  • Flibberjibbed
  • Floating Fudge
  • Forever-Fizz Sherbet
  • Formula 12 Instant Owl-Hooter
  • Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker
  • Formula 87 Slow-Acting Frog-Fizzer
  • Freya Fingerpoint
  • Frizzlequick
  • Frobscottle
  • Frothy Sky Soda
  • Fuzzle Drops

G: 38 names

  • Gamekeeper Notrespass
  • Gardener Dandelion
  • George Kranky
  • Giant Country
  • Gideon Grizzle
  • Giggle Fizz
  • Gigglewhisk
  • Ginger Lightning
  • Gizzardgulper
  • Glimmerjig
  • Glimmermints
  • Glow-in-the-Dark Gumdrops
  • Glumley Hall School
  • Glumptious Globgobblers
  • Gobblewhiff
  • Golden Ticket
  • Gooseberry Lane
  • Gordon Gamepad
  • Governess Scowlby
  • Grandad Bert
  • Grandfather Toad
  • Grandma Georgina
  • Grandma Jam
  • Grandma Josephine
  • Grandma Rosie
  • Grandmamma
  • Grandpa Alf
  • Grandpa George
  • Grandpa Joe
  • Granny Mabel
  • Granny Thimble
  • Gravity-Proof Gobbets
  • Great-Aunt Harrumph
  • Great-Grandpa Percy
  • Greater Tumbledown
  • Grindle's Hardware and Mousetraps
  • Grumblesnitch
  • Gwendolen Whinge

H: 19 names

  • Hair Toffee
  • Haystackhurler
  • Headmaster Birchwhistle
  • Headmistress Ironside
  • Hedgetrampler
  • Henrietta Snoot
  • Hiccup Humbugs
  • Hillhopper
  • Homework-Eating Chews
  • Hoppitybosh
  • Horace Hoard
  • Hortensia
  • Hot Chocolate for Chilly Knees
  • Hot Ice Creams for Cold Days
  • Humble-Bumble the Bee
  • Humbugglish
  • Humphrey Guzzle
  • Humpy-Rumpy
  • Hyacinth Havealot

I: 3 names

  • Ignatius Inkblot
  • Imogen Pester
  • Invisible Ink Licorice

J: 7 names

  • Jabberwhizz
  • James Henry Trotter
  • Jamjarsmasher
  • Jasper Jamfingers
  • Jellyquake
  • Judge Glowerby
  • Jumbleswoggled

K: 1 name

  • Kerfluffled

L: 18 names

  • Lady Hemlock-Browne
  • Lady Lacewing
  • Lady Snubb
  • Lamppostbender
  • Landlady Pinchfist
  • Landlord Rentpinch
  • Lavender
  • Lavinia Gloat
  • Leopold Lickspoon
  • Lickable Wallpaper for Nurseries
  • Lionel Knowall
  • Little Billy
  • Little Muddlecombe
  • Little Vole
  • Lollies for Licking in Lessons
  • Lollopsome
  • Loopy-Droopy the Python
  • Luminous Lollies for Eating in Bed at Night

M: 92 names

  • Mabel Meddle
  • Madam Adder
  • Madam Brimblecrook
  • Madam Cacklethorpe
  • Madam Magpie
  • Madam Secretary of Spells
  • Madam Sootwhistle
  • Madame Curtsey the Dancing Mistress
  • Maidmasher
  • Major Bluster
  • Manhugger
  • Marigold Mine-All-Mine
  • Marmaladeslurper
  • Marzipan Marbles
  • Matilda Wormwood
  • Matron Clampitt
  • Matron Coldbath
  • Meatdripper
  • Michael Wormwood
  • Mike Teavee
  • Minusland
  • Miss Clover
  • Miss Cramwell
  • Miss Detention
  • Miss Dragonfly
  • Miss Emmeline Hex
  • Miss Fairweather
  • Miss Frostbite
  • Miss Grimthorpe
  • Miss Honey

M, continued

  • Miss Marigold
  • Miss Moth
  • Miss Penelope Nightshade
  • Miss Primrose
  • Miss Redpen
  • Miss Spider
  • Miss Tibbs
  • Miss Toadflax
  • Miss Trunchbull
  • Miss Vespertine Gloom
  • Monty Munchmore
  • Moonbeam Marshmallows
  • Moonnibbler
  • Mortimer Mudboots
  • Mr. and Mrs. Grump
  • Mr. and Mrs. Squabble
  • Mr. Bucket
  • Mr. Fox
  • Mr. Gentle the Lollipop Man
  • Mr. Gregg
  • Mr. Hedgehog the Tailor
  • Mr. Hoppy
  • Mr. Killy Kranky
  • Mr. Pennyquick's Sweet Shop
  • Mr. Salt
  • Mr. Shush the Librarian
  • Mr. Snarlwell
  • Mr. Snoddy
  • Mr. Stopwatch the Games Master
  • Mr. Stringer
  • Mr. Teavee

M, continued

  • Mr. Tibbs
  • Mr. Turkentine (1971 film)
  • Mr. Twit
  • Mr. Victor Hazell
  • Mr. Weasel the Lookout
  • Mr. Wormwood
  • Mrs. Beauregarde
  • Mrs. Bucket
  • Mrs. Clonkers
  • Mrs. Cordial-Smythe
  • Mrs. Dimple's Tuck Shop
  • Mrs. Fox
  • Mrs. Gloop
  • Mrs. Partridge
  • Mrs. Phelps
  • Mrs. Scrubitt (2023 film)
  • Mrs. Shrew and the Small Shrews
  • Mrs. Silver
  • Mrs. Spindlewick
  • Mrs. Sunnyside
  • Mrs. Teacake
  • Mrs. Thistlewhisk
  • Mrs. Tut-Tut
  • Mrs. Twit
  • Mrs. Winter
  • Mrs. Wormwood
  • Much Mumbling-on-the-Marsh
  • Muddlewumped
  • Muggle-Wump
  • Mumblechews
  • Mumblesprocket

N: 9 names

  • Nanny Featherbed
  • Nether Fidget
  • Never-Melt Ice Lollies
  • Nibblenoggin
  • Nigel Smirk
  • Noodle (2023 film)
  • Number Nine Turnip Terrace
  • Nurse Comfort
  • Nutty Crunch Surprise

O: 7 names

  • Old Mother Crabapple
  • Old Mr. Pennywhistle
  • Old Mrs. Crumpet
  • Old Snug the Ferryman
  • Old Tom Lanternlight
  • Oswald Onemore
  • Ottoline Stamp

P: 23 names

  • Peppermint Pencils
  • Percival Prigg
  • Philippa Tantrum
  • Phizzwizard
  • Picklebottler
  • Piegobbler
  • Pifflewhistle
  • Pippa Swipe
  • Pishlets
  • Pobblethrum
  • Pocket Thunderstorms
  • Polly Pinchpenny
  • Pondgulper
  • Porridgeguzzler
  • Postman Wren
  • President Lancelot R. Gilligrass
  • Prince Pondicherry
  • Prodnose
  • Professor Drone
  • Professor Pelican
  • Professor Twinkleby
  • Prunella Sulk
  • Puddingplunderer

Q: 2 names

  • Quentin Quibble
  • Quibblequash

R: 8 names

  • Rainy-Day Rock Candy
  • Razzlefrazzled
  • Rivergargler
  • Rodney Skreen
  • Roofrattler
  • Rowena Wontshare
  • Rufus Rudeley
  • Rupert Grabbit

S: 37 names

  • Sausagesnatcher
  • Scarlet Scorchdroppers
  • Schoolmarm Chalkdust
  • Schoolmaster Rulerap
  • Scrumdiddlyumptious
  • Scrumplewink
  • Self-Stirring Cocoa
  • Septimus Sneak
  • Sergeant Samways
  • Sergeant Softly
  • Seven-Flavor Shoelaces
  • Singing Sugar Mice
  • Sir Basil Bullyrag
  • Sir Beetle
  • Sizzlepipped
  • Slugworth
  • Snapfizzers
  • Snibberwhiffle
  • Snipwell and Daughter, Hairdressers
  • Snoreproof Nougat
  • Snorklepuff
  • Snozzberries
  • Snozzcumber
  • Snufflewick
  • Sophie
  • Splendifizzle
  • Splutterpops
  • Square Sweets That Look Round
  • Squeaky the Church Mouse
  • Squiffleberry
  • Squire Grasp
  • Starpincher
  • Steeplesnapper
  • Stoat the Signalman
  • Storeroom Number 77: All the Fudges
  • Swishwhizzers
  • Sybil Shove

T: 87 names

  • Tabitha Tattle
  • Ten-Minute Taffy
  • The Annual Meeting of Charming Ladies
  • The Bashful Woodlouse
  • The BFG
  • The Brothers Grabble
  • The Bubble Testing Room
  • The Caramel Canal
  • The Centipede
  • The Chairwitch of the Seaside Branch
  • The Chocolate Room
  • The Cloud-Men
  • The Crooked Spoon Tearoom
  • The Daddy-Long-Legs
  • The Deputy High Witch
  • The Duke of Hampshire
  • The Earthworm
  • The Elderly Snail
  • The Enormous Crocodile
  • The Fizz Cellar
  • The Glow-worm
  • The Gobble-and-Go Sweet Emporium
  • The Grand High Witch
  • The Great Glass Elevator
  • The Grubber
  • The Gruncher
  • The Honorable Treasurer of Hexes
  • The Humbug and Halfpenny
  • The Hundred-Flavor Laboratory

T, continued

  • The Inventing Room
  • The Inventor's Shed
  • The Jam Boiling Hall
  • The Keeper of the Cauldron Ledger
  • The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company
  • The Lady President of Potions
  • The Ladybug
  • The Least Important Witch
  • The Licorice Library
  • The Marzipan Quarry
  • The Night Shift Firefly
  • The Northern Branch Witch
  • The Notsobig One
  • The Nougat Vaults
  • The Nut Room
  • The Old Grey Dormouse
  • The Old-Brown-Bumblebee
  • The Old-Green-Grasshopper
  • The Peculiar Pet Shop
  • The Peppermint Meadow
  • The Pheasant Brothers
  • The Right Honorable Heron
  • The Roly-Poly Bird
  • The Second-Best Bookshop
  • The Second-Best Monkey
  • The Secret Recipe Safe
  • The Sherbet Mines
  • The Silkworm
  • The Small Polite Giant

T, continued

  • The Society for Tidy Gardens
  • The Sprinkle Silo
  • The Stag Beetle Sergeant
  • The Toffee Looms
  • The Under-Witch for Frogs
  • The Very Polite Weasel
  • The Very Sleepy Giant
  • The Water Boatman
  • The Witch of the Third Tearoom
  • The Witch Who Minds the Minutes
  • The Wrapper Room
  • The Young-Yellow-Wasp
  • Thimble Green
  • Thistledown Primary School
  • Thrumbletongue
  • Thunderclap Caramels
  • Thundersnorer
  • Tickle-Tongue Twists
  • Tiddlywhomp
  • Tilly Tellybox
  • Tippy-Toe the Tortoise
  • Toastwell the Innkeeper
  • Treacle Tornadoes
  • Treeplucker
  • Trogglehumper
  • Trunky
  • Tumblewhump
  • Turnipcruncher
  • Twizzlesome

U: 7 names

  • Una Grubb
  • Uncle Grumbold
  • Uncle Otter
  • Uncle Skinflint
  • Uncle Wilf
  • Upper Grumbling
  • Upside-Down Toffee

V: 4 names

  • Vermicious Knids
  • Veruca Salt
  • Violet Beauregarde
  • Vita-Wonk

W: 16 names

  • Warden Keyring
  • Washinglinetangler
  • Whifflesnip
  • Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight
  • Whispering Wine Gums
  • Whistling Peppermints
  • Whizzbang Wafers
  • Whizzlecrumpet
  • Wilbur Fibb
  • Willy Wonka
  • Windswallower
  • Winifred Whopper
  • Wobblefizz
  • Wobblegum
  • Wobbleton-under-Hill
  • Wonka-Vite

Z: 1 name

  • Zigglezagged