Sabertooth Name Generator
Long-fanged names for the Ice Age ambush cat
Browse 1,000 names for saber-toothed cats: tamed sabertooths in survival games, Ice Age story characters, mounts, mascots and plush toys. The list runs from Longfang, Frostmaw and Tarpit to Smilo, Nibbles, Old Twin-Knives and Dentist's Dream.
About sabertooth names
A sabertooth is a saber-toothed cat, not a tiger: the group branched off from the ancestors of today's cats long ago and left no living descendants. The best known is Smilodon, a heavily built ambush hunter of the Americas with a short bobbed tail, thick forelimbs and upper canines that reached seven inches or more. The first sets work from that body: Longfang, Twinblade and Old Twin-Knives for the teeth, Bobtail and Heavyshoulder for the build, The Patient One and Bison-Breaker for the way it is thought to have hunted.
Other sets take the country and the science. Frostmaw, Snowstalker and Glacier Claw suit a cold-steppe cat, while Tarpit, Pit 91 and Rancho come from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, where thousands of Smilodon bones were found. Genus names are here too: Homotherium, the scimitar-toothed cat, and Megantereon, the dirk-toothed cat. Nobody knows what color Smilodon's coat was, so the coat names (Tawny, Dapple, Sandpelt) are guesses in the spirit of living cats.
The rest is for play: cub names such as Nibbles and Toothy, pride leaders like Den Mother and Lord Longtooth, mount and war-beast names, puns for a mascot or plush toy, and short Stone Age style names (Grah, Tok, Skah) that are meant as invented sounds, not as words of any real language.
How to choose sabertooth names
- Match the name to the job. A tamed sabertooth in a survival game needs something short for a name plate (Dagger, Rush, Grip, Tok), while a story character can carry a title such as The Patient One or Queen of the Waterhole.
- For a mount or war beast, pick from the battle set: Siegecat, Warmaw, Shieldbreaker and Spearhead read well beside a rider's name.
- Keep the word tiger out of it if you want to be accurate. Sabertooth, saber cat, Smilodon and scimitar cat are safer labels, and Smilo or Machai make friendly short forms.
- Naming a pair or a litter? Take one theme and split it: Dawn Raid and Night Raid, Fat Season and Lean Season, Full Belly and Empty Belly.
- For a museum mascot or a plush toy, the dental jokes do the work: Dentist's Dream, Overbite, Flossy and Sir Bites-a-Lot all fit on a name tag.
Frequently asked questions
What are cool names for a sabertooth?
The ones built on the teeth and the hunt tend to land best: Longfang, Twinblade, Scimitar, Knifejaw, Deathgrip and Neckbreaker. For a colder look try Frostmaw, Snowstalker or Glacier Ghost, and for a title try The Quiet Death or Lord of the Ambush.
Was the sabertooth really a tiger?
No. Saber-toothed tiger is an old popular name, but these animals were saber-toothed cats from a separate branch of the cat family, and they were not close relatives of tigers. That is why the list has no tiger names and uses sabertooth, saber cat and the genus names instead.
What do the science names in the list refer to?
Smilodon, Homotherium, Machairodus, Megantereon and Xenosmilus are genera of saber-toothed cats, and Fatalis, Populator and Gracilis are the three species of Smilodon. La Brea, McKittrick and Talara are tar seeps where Smilodon bones were found, and Friesenhahn in Texas and Kents Cavern in England are caves that held scimitar-cat remains. Nimravus, Hoplophoneus, Eusmilus and Barbourofelis were saber-toothed look-alikes from outside the true cat family, and Thylacosmilus was a South American relative of the marsupials.
What should I name a tamed sabertooth in a survival game?
Short names are quickest to type and easiest to read over the animal's head: Dagger, Grip, Lunge, Tok and Ruk. If you keep several, a shared theme helps you tell them apart, such as Dawn Raid and Night Raid, and a group name like Longtooth Pride or The Seven Sabers can cover the whole pack.
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All 1,000 sabertooth names
A: 18 names
- Aftershock
- Agga
- All Gums
- Always Hungry
- Ambereye
- Ambusher
- Ancient One
- Antler
- Antlersnap
- Apparition
- Arrowcatcher
- Aruk
- Ashka
- Ashpelt
- Asphalt
- Asphalt Seep
- Auntie Greypaw
- Autumn Hunt
B: 71 names
- Baby Fang
- Baby Spots
- Baby Teeth
- Badlands
- Banner
- Barbour
- Barbourofelis
- Barrelchest
- Bass Note
- Batallones
- Battle Purr
- Bear-Dodger
- Bearpaw
- Before the Thaw
- Bent Whisker
- Big Feet
- Big Smile
- Big Yawn
- Bigpaw
- Biscuit Maker
- Bison-Breaker
- Bisonbane
- Bisonshadow
- Bite Club
- Bitey
- Bitey McBiteface
- Bitter Wind
- Bitumen
- Blackear
- Blackout
- Bladegrin
- Bladewhisker
- Blancan
- Bleached Bone
- Blizzard Eye
B, continued
- Blocks the Sun
- Bloodbanner
- Bob-and-a-Half
- Bobtail
- Bodkin
- Bogey
- Bok
- Bone Cellar
- Bonebed
- Bonepile
- Bonesaw
- Bonewhite Blade
- Boneyard
- Boogeycat
- Boom
- Boop
- Borealis
- Born in the Thaw
- Boulder Den
- Braces
- Breath Before the Leap
- Bridlebiter
- Brindle
- Bringer of Silence
- Brisket
- Brisket Thief
- Broadpaw
- Brokentooth
- Brother to the Wind
- Buckskin
- Bull Bison's Bane
- Bull-Tackler
- Bullneck
- Burrow
- Butterscotch Bob
- Bygone
C: 69 names
- Cache
- Calf Hunter
- Calf-Taker
- Calving Season
- Came with the Snow
- Camel-Dropper
- Camelbane
- Campfire Guard
- Can Opener
- Canine
- Canyon
- Captain Canine
- Carcass King
- Carnassial
- Carries the Chief
- Carrion Chaser
- Carver
- Caterwaul
- Catnap
- Catrick
- Cavalry
- Cave Kitty
- Cave Lip
- Cavern
- Caveshadow
- Cavesong
- Chak
- Charcoal
- Cheshire
- Chews the Spear
- Chewy
- Chief
- Chief's Favorite
- Chieftain
C, continued
- Chieftain's Pride
- Chillstep
- Chin Flange
- Chipfang
- Chirrup
- Chomp
- Chompers
- Chopsticks
- Chuff
- Churr
- Clan of the Curved Grin
- Clawdia
- Clawrence
- Cleaver
- Cliff Shadow
- Clinch
- Cloudcoat
- Coat Hooks
- Cold Moon
- Cold Steppe Queen
- Coldfang
- Coldpaw
- Coldsnap
- Colt Catcher
- Condor Feeder
- Count Catula
- Crag Lord
- Cragside
- Crescent Fang
- Crookpaw
- Cub of the Long Night
- Cuddlefang
- Curved Smile
- Curved Steel
- Cutlass
D: 49 names
- Dagger
- Daggermouth
- Dah
- Dapple
- Dark Flank
- Darkmane
- Daughter of the Ridge
- Dawn Raid
- Dawn Yawn
- Dawnpelt
- Deathgrip
- Deep Cave
- Deep Chest
- Deep Purr
- Deep Time
- Deepfreeze
- Deerstalker
- Den Lord
- Den Mother
- Den Mouth
- Dentist's Dream
- Dewclaw
- Dig Site Daisy
- Dino the False Saber
- Dinofelis
- Dirk
- Dirk-Tooth
- Distant Thunder
- Doomstride
- Dowager of the Crag
- Downwind
- Dragoon
- Drags the Bull
- Drawn Steel
- Dreadclaw
- Dreamer
- Dreamstalker
- Drift
- Drift Prowler
- Drinks at Dawn
- Druk
- Drumbeat
- Dry Wind
- Duchess Dagger
- Duke of Underbite
- Dun
- Duskcoat
- Duskprowler
- Dustdevil
E: 19 names
- Earthpurr
- Eats from the Hand
- Echo Chamber
- Edge
- Ekka
- Elder Fang
- Elder of the Cave
- Elder Sister
- Elkfall
- Empty Belly
- Enamel
- Ender of Stragglers
- Eon
- Epoch
- Esker
- Eusmilus
- Extinct-ish
- Eyes at Dusk
- Eyeshine
F: 54 names
- Faithful
- Falchion
- False Saber
- Fangs McGee
- Fangshadow
- Fangspan
- Fangtastic
- Fat Season
- Fatalis
- Father Frost
- Fawn
- Feast
- Featherfoot
- Felid
- Fenn
- Fills the Doorway
- Fire-Friend
- Firepit
- Firn
- First Charge
- First Frost
- First Huntress
- First Kill
- First of the Pride
- First to Feed
- First to Open Eyes
- Flank Guard
- Flank-Ripper
- Flaxen
- Floe
- Flood-Born
- Flossy
- Fluffernutter
- Flurry
- Foal Finder
- Fogpelt
- Fogwalker
- Follows the Fire
- Fossil
- Fossil Fool
- Fossil Lake
- Found by the River
- Founder
- Freckle
- Friend of the Tribe
- Friesenhahn
- Frostmaw
- Frostsaber
- Frostwalker
- Frostwhisker
- Frosty Paws
- Frozen Breath
- Full Belly
- Fuzzy Ears
G: 53 names
- Game Trail
- Gape
- Gar
- Ghar
- Ghez
- Ghost of the Steppe
- Ghuur
- Gift of the North
- Ginger Stub
- Glacier
- Glacier Claw
- Glacier Ghost
- Glacier Rider's Pride
- Gleam
- Glimmer
- Glint
- Gloam
- Gloaming
- Gloom
- Glutton
- Gnaw
- Gnaw-It-All
- Goldeneye
- Gorge
- Gouge
- Gracilis
- Grah
- Grandfather Scar
- Grandmother Longtooth
- Grandsire of the Ledge
- Grappling Arms
- Grassfire
- Graupel
- Gravelthroat
- Graw
- Graybeard
- Great-Aunt Greywhisker
- Greeneye
- Greymuzzle
- Greymuzzle Queen
- Grin Reaper
- Grinner
- Grip
- Grizzle
- Grotto
- Ground Sloth's Grief
- Gruff
- Grunt
- Gruun
- Guard of the Kill
- Guards the Children
- Gulch
- Gullet
H: 60 names
- Ha-Rrr
- Haile
- Hailstone
- Half Pint
- Half-Tail
- Hamstring
- Hancock
- Handspan Canines
- Harr
- Hates the Rain
- Haunt
- Haze
- He Who Pins
- Hearth-Friend
- Hearthguard
- Hearthstone
- Heavy Cavalry
- Heavy Forepaw
- Heavy Hunter
- Heavy Sleeper
- Heavyshoulder
- Her Grace
- Herd-Thinner
- Herdsplitter
- Herdwatcher
- Hesh
- Hide of Iron
- Hidepiercer
- High Huntress
- High King of the Hollow
- Hill-Backed
- Hinge-Jaw
- His Eminence
- Hiss
- Hoarfrost
- Hoarpelt
- Hold-Fast
- Hollow
- Hollow Queen
- Holotype
- Homotherium
- Honeycoat
- Honorary Vampire
- Hoofprint
- Hookblade
- Hookclaw
- Hooktooth
- Hoplo
- Hoplophoneus
- Hornbreaker
- Horse-Taker
- Horsechaser
- Hrun
- Huff
- Hundredth Kill
- Hunter of Giants
- Hunter's Moon
- Hunter's Shadow
- Hurrg
- Hush
I: 14 names
- Ice Age Relic
- Icebound
- Icecap
- Icejaw
- Icetooth
- Icicle Toes
- Idling Engine
- Impaler
- Incisor
- Ironmother
- Irvingtonian
- Ivory
- Ivory Grin Pride
- Ivoryjaw
J: 5 names
- Jawbone
- Jawdrop
- Jaws of Mild Concern
- Jowls
- Juggernaut Paw
K: 18 names
- Kahn-Ra
- Keen
- Keeper of the Kill
- Kents Cavern
- Kesh
- Khan's Shadow
- Kill Thief
- Killing Bite
- King of the Gorge
- Kingmaker
- Kit
- Kitten Kaboodle
- Knife Tooth
- Knifejaw
- Knot-Tail
- Knucklebone
- Krahl
- Kukri
L: 51 names
- La Brea
- Lady Longknife
- Lady Scimitar
- Lady Stabsworth
- Lagoa Santa
- Lair
- Lame Calf's Luck
- Lancer
- Lancet
- Lantern Eyes
- Last of His Line
- Last of the Litter
- Last of the Longteeth
- Last Stand
- Late Pleistocene
- Late Snow
- Latidens
- Laughing Mouth
- Lean Season
- Leaps from Cover
- Leaps the Ditch
- Letter Opener
- Lick
- Limps but Leads
- Linebreaker
- Lion's Rival
- Little Saber
- Little Yawn
- Liver First
- Long Canine
- Long in the Tooth
- Long Memory of the Den
- Long Shadow at Dusk
- Longfang
- Longknife
- Longtooth
- Longtooth Pride
- Longwinter
- Lookout Rock
- Lord Longtooth
- Lord of the Ambush
- Lord of the Kill Site
- Lord Overbite
- Loud Belly
- Loves the Smoke
- Low Belly
- Low Thunder
- Low-Slung
- Loyal Blade
- Lund
- Lunge
M: 52 names
- Ma-Rak
- Machai
- Machairodont
- Machairodus
- Machete
- Mandible
- Marauder
- Marr
- Marrow
- Marshmallow Maw
- Mastodon Minder
- Matriarch of the Ridge
- Maw
- Mayhem
- McKittrick
- Meat Sleep
- Megan the Dirk-Tooth
- Megantereon
- Meowsolithic
- Mesa
- Mew
- Midnight Maw
- Milk Tooth
- Milk Whiskers
- Miocene
- Mirage
- Mire
- Mirra
- Mischief
- Mist
- Mister Pokey
- Mitten Paws
- Mittens
- Mok
- Molar Bear
- Moonfang
- Moonlit Whiskers
- Moonshadow
- Moonsinger
- Mother Dusk
- Mother of Knives
- Mother of the Hollow
- Mother of Twelve
- Mother Winter
- Mountain Breaker
- Mouthful
- Mraugh
- Murk
- Murmur
- Museum Mount
- Muskox Bane
- Mutter
N: 23 names
- Nahr
- Neckbreaker
- Needle Teeth
- Needlegrin
- Never Misses
- Never Sleeps
- Never-Hungry
- New Moon
- Nibbles
- Night Call
- Night Eyes
- Night Raid
- Nightmare
- Nightwatch
- Nimra
- Nimravus
- Nine Litters
- Nipper
- No-Sound
- Nok-Nok
- Nom
- Not a Walrus
- Notch-Ear
O: 25 names
- Og
- Old Ambush
- Old Growl
- Old King
- Old Mama Saber
- Old Matron
- Old Queen
- Old Scar-Shoulder
- Old Sire
- Old Twin-Knives
- Olden
- One Good Eye
- One Leap
- Onefang
- Onka
- Onslaught
- Ooze
- Orn
- Orrah
- Orthodontist's Nightmare
- Overbite
- Overbite Prime
- Overhang
- Overlord
- Oxfeller
P: 49 names
- Pack Ice
- Packsaddle
- Padfall
- Paired Daggers
- Pale Ghost
- Pale Knives
- Paleflank
- Paleo Diet
- Palisade Jumper
- Pampas
- Paws
- Pearlhook
- Peccary Pouncer
- Peep
- Penumbra
- Petrified
- Pierce
- Pikebreaker
- Pip
- Pit 91
- Pitch
- Plaque Attack
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- Pocket Saber
- Pointy
- Poniard
- Populator
- Pounce
- Pounce-Master
- Pouncer
- Powder
- Prairie
- Pride of the Short Tails
- Pride of the Tall Grass
- Pride of the Tar Lake
- Pride-Father
- Pride-Mother
- Prime Rib
- Primeval
- Primordial
- Professor Lund
- Pronghorn's Regret
- Puncture
- Purrcy
- Purrhistoric
- Purring Dagger
- Purrl
- Purrsistent
Q: 6 names
- Quagmire
- Quake
- Queen Ivory
- Queen of the Cold Den
- Queen of the Waterhole
- Quiet Paws
R: 45 names
- Rahn
- Raider
- Rancho
- Rancho La Brea
- Rancholabrean
- Rapier
- Rascal
- Rasp
- Raspy
- Rauk
- Ravager
- Raven-Follower
- Ravine
- Razor
- Red Rock
- Reed-Lurker
- Regent
- Reinsnapper
- Relic
- Remnant
- Resin
- Retainer
- Revenant
- Ribcage
- Rider's Oath
- Ridge Pride
- Ridge Queen
- Ridgeback
- Ridgewalker
- Rimeclaw
- Ringtail Stub
- Rockshelter
- Rokh
- Roly-Poly
- Root Canal
- Rosette
- Roughtongue
- Rrau
- Ruff
- Ruk
- Runs with Hunters
- Runt of Four
- Rush
- Russet
- Ruuna
S: 146 names
- Saberclaw
- Sabergrin
- Saberjaw
- Sabertoothless
- Saddle-Purr
- Saddleback
- Saddlefang
- Sandpaper Tongue
- Sandpelt
- Sarr
- Sawtooth
- Say Cheese
- Scalpel
- Scamp
- Scarflank
- Scarred Queen
- Scatter
- Scimitar
- Scimitar Cat
- Scree
- Scruff
- Scythe
- Second Breakfast
- Seep
- Seepwalker
- Serrate
- Serum
- Shaa
- Shade
- Shadow in the Grass
- Shadowpelt
- Shadowstep
- Shaman's Cat
- Shape in the Dark
- Shares the Kill
- Sharpgrin
- She of Many Winters
- She Who Strikes Once
- She Who Waits
- Shear
- Sheath
- Shelter Rock
- Shieldbreaker
- Shock Trooper
- Shok
- Short-Face's Neighbor
- Short-Leg
- Shoulder of Stone
S, continued
- Sickle Moon
- Siegecat
- Silence
- Silhouette
- Sinew
- Sinkhole
- Sir Bites-a-Lot
- Sir Pointy
- Sire of Sabers
- Sister to Winter
- Sits at the Cave Mouth
- Skah
- Skarn
- Skewer
- Skirmisher
- Skullcap
- Skullsplitter
- Slash
- Sleeps on Warm Stone
- Sleetpelt
- Sleetrunner
- Slick
- Slobber Knocker
- Sloth-Slayer
- Slothstalker
- Slow Death Walking
- Small But Stabby
- Smile and Wave
- Smiley
- Smilo
- Smilodon
- Smoke
- Smokecoat
- Smudge
- Snaggle
- Snap
- Snoot
- Snort
- Snow Nose
- Snow Tumbler
- Snowball Chaser
- Snowblind
- Snowcharger
- Snowdrift Prowler
- Snowflake
- Snowline
- Snowmelt
- Snowpaw
- Snowpelt
S, continued
- Snowstalker
- Snuggle Tooth
- Soft Paw Sharp Tooth
- Softstep
- Something in the Grass
- Son of the High Ledge
- Sootpaw
- Sorrel
- Spear-Brother
- Spear-Sister
- Spearhead
- Speckle
- Specter
- Split Lip
- Spotbelly
- Spring Herds
- Spring-Born
- Squeaky Roar
- Stabby Tabby
- Staghunter
- Stalker of Herds
- Standard-Bearer
- Starless
- Starlight
- State Fossil
- Steadfast
- Steals the Hides
- Steppe Runner
- Stickfast
- Sticky Paws
- Stiletto
- Stone Step
- Stonemother
- Storm-Born
- Stormcharger
- Stormcoat
- Straggler's End
- Strikes from Below
- Stripeback
- Stubby
- Stubtail
- Stump-Tail
- Sudden Weight
- Summer Shed
- Sunning Stone
- Surefoot
- Sweet Tooth
- Swiftpaw
- Swordsmile
T: 110 names
- T-Bone
- Ta-Ru
- Tahl
- Taker of the Slow
- Talara
- Tall Grass
- Talus
- Tanto
- Tapir Trouble
- Tar
- Tar Seep
- Tarfoot
- Tarpaw
- Tarpit
- Tarrak
- Tawny
- Teether
- Ten Thousand Winters
- Tent Pegs
- Terror of the Waterhole
- Thaw
- The Ambush Brothers
- The Ancestor
- The Brawler
- The Canyon Kin
- The Coldwater Pride
- The Crouch
- The Den at Red Rock
- The Den Keeper
- The Dusk Sisters
- The Elder Huntress
- The Final Ambush
- The First Mother
- The Frostmaw Litter
- The Gorge Stalker
- The Grappler
- The Great Mauler
- The Grey Sire
- The Heavy Paw
- The Herd's Bad Luck
- The Hungry Patience
- The Knife-Tooth Kin
- The Last Thing Seen
- The Long Wait
- The Old Bull-Killer
- The Old Guard
- The Old Lady of the Den
- The One the Herd Smells Too Late
- The Patient One
- The Pinning Paw
- The Quiet Death
- The Quiet Pride
- The Ridge Matriarch
- The Scarred King
- The Seven Sabers
T, continued
- The Short Chase
- The Sprung Trap
- The Stillness
- The Sudden One
- The Tall Grass Watcher
- The Tooth Hurts
- The Unchallenged
- The Unhurried
- The Unseen
- The Waiting Dark
- The Waiting Three
- The Weight in the Reeds
- The Widow
- Thicket
- Thicket Queen
- Thickforearm
- Thickfur
- Thickneck
- Thoom
- Three Paws
- Throat-Seeker
- Throk
- Throne
- Thunderpurr
- Thyla
- Thylacosmilus
- Time Capsule
- Tiny Growl
- Tiny Terror
- Toe Beans
- Toffee Flank
- Tok
- Too Big for the Cave
- Tooth Fairy
- Tooth-and-Nail
- Toothsome
- Toothy
- Torg
- Torn Ear
- Trail Companion
- Trailblazer
- Tremor
- Tribe Guardian
- Trill
- Trouble
- Tufted Ear
- Tumble
- Tundra Shade
- Twice-Crowned
- Twice-Fed
- Twin Sabers
- Twinblade
- Twinfang
- Two Lights in the Night
- Type Specimen
U: 3 names
- Ulg
- Unsheathed
- Urr
V: 9 names
- Vanisher
- Vapor
- Varra
- Velvet Saber
- Velvet Step
- Verglas
- Vesper
- Vok
- Vulture's Friend
W: 38 names
- Waits by Water
- Walks in Frost
- Wallclimber
- Walrus Impersonator
- War Cat of the North
- War Saber
- Warcry
- Warden of the Den
- Wargrin
- Warlord's Mount
- Warm Ledge
- Warmaw
- Warpath
- Warsaddle
- Waterhole
- Wearer of Old Scars
- Whetstone
- Whiskerblade
- Whiskers
- Whisper
- White Sock
- Whitebreath
- Whitechin
- Whiteout
- Wide Gape
- Wiggles
- Will-o-Wisp
- Wilshire
- Winter Ghost
- Winter Prowler
- Winter Star
- Winterkill
- Wise Whisker
- Wobbles
- Wolf Moon
- Wolf-Robber
- Wrestler of Bison
- Wurr
X: 2 names
- Xeno
- Xenosmilus
Y: 7 names
- Yak Chaser
- Yawns at Mammoths
- Yearling's Fear
- Yok
- Yowl
- Ysk
- Yurr