Trident Name Generator

Legendary trident names for sea gods and warriors

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Generate names for tridents and three-pronged spears: mythic weapons of sea gods, cursed relics dredged from shipwrecks, merfolk heirlooms and loot-table legendaries for D&D, Pathfinder and fantasy fiction.

About trident names

The trident is the one weapon that comes with a god attached. Poseidon's trident raised storms and split rock, Shiva's trishula carries three points for creation, preservation and destruction, and the Roman retiarius fought with a fishing trident and a net. So trident names pull harder toward the sea, weather and divinity than sword names do. The best ones read like the weapon was dredged up rather than forged: Leviathan's Tooth, The Drowned Sceptre, Maelstrom's Tine.

A few structures do most of the work. One-word compounds built from ocean vocabulary (Tidebreaker, Saltspire, Wavecleaver) suit loot tables and quick reference. Possessive names tie the weapon to a creature or deity (Kraken's Reach, Nereid's Kiss, Net of Rán). Epithet names such as The Fork That Split the Moon or Three Graves for the Wicked sound like something a bard sang about, which works for an artifact with a history. Invented words in a merfolk or Atlantean register (Vaelorith, Shal'azir, Thalassar) are best for weapons that belong to a non-human culture, and short nicknames like Old Salt or Hush fit a veteran fisher-warrior better than anything grand.

This list mixes all of those, plus a few mythological borrowings, so you can pick the tone your setting needs: a holy relic for a sea cleric, a cursed prong for a drowned king, or a sailor's trusty gaff.

How to choose trident names

  • Match the name to how the trident was acquired: forged weapons take compound names like Stormsinger, while relics pulled from a wreck or a sea cave suit epithets like The Tooth Grandmother Sea Lost.
  • Use the word trident sparingly in the name itself; sceptre, fork, tine, prong and spear all imply three points and keep the list from sounding repetitive.
  • For D&D and Pathfinder, pair a name with a mechanic it suggests: Frostbrine for cold damage, Siren's Answer for a charm effect, Tidecaller for a water-control ability, Shipwrecker for bonus damage to objects or vehicles.
  • If the wielder is a merfolk, triton or sea elf, give the weapon a name in their tongue first (Nerethune, Ondurrah) and let characters translate it in dialogue; if the wielder is human, use a plain-language name the crew would actually shout.
  • Check the sound against the character: a gentle healer of the tides carries Moonpull or Coral Song, not Drowner of Admirals.

Frequently asked questions

What was Poseidon's trident called?

In Greek myth it has no personal name; it is simply the trident, forged by the Cyclopes alongside Zeus's thunderbolt and Hades's helm. That is why modern fiction and games invent names for it, and why names like Triaina (the Greek word for trident) or Oceanus Rex show up here.

Are these names good for a D&D Trident of Fish Command or a homebrew legendary?

Yes. Short compounds like Tidecaller, Brinesong or Kelpbinder work well for uncommon or rare items, while epithet names like The Sceptre of Sunken Ys or Wrath of the Whale Road suit legendary or artifact-tier weapons with a backstory.

Can I use these for a mermaid, triton or Atlantean character's weapon?

That is exactly what the invented-language entries such as Vaelorith, Thalassar and Shal'azir are for. Pair them with a merfolk or triton character name from the related generators so the weapon and wielder share a phonology.

Do trident names have to be about the ocean?

No. Tridents also belong to storm gods, gladiators and demons, so the list includes weather names like Thunderprong and Cyclone Tooth, gladiatorial nicknames like Old Salt, and darker relics like Rot-Tide and Drowner for infernal or undead wielders.

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A: 19 names

  • A Gift from the Drowned
  • Abyss Reaver
  • Abyssal Crown
  • Adamant Fork
  • Aegir's Fork
  • Aerumbra
  • Afanc's Claw
  • Albatross Oath
  • Amphitrite's Favor
  • Anemone's Kiss
  • Answer of Aegir
  • Aquelune
  • Aquilon's Judgement
  • Ariel's Reproach
  • Arothane
  • Ashkalun
  • Ashtide, Fork of the Burnt Coast
  • Aspidochelone's Shard
  • Aurora's Spear

B: 34 names

  • Bakunawa's Tooth
  • Bane of the Leviathan
  • Barnacle Bess
  • Barnacle Crown
  • Barracuda's Grin
  • Bathyrre
  • Benthessa
  • Benthic Oath
  • Between the Tides
  • Bilgefire
  • Bishop of the Bay
  • Bitterwater
  • Black Fathom
  • Black Harbour Rose
  • Blackpearl Sceptre
  • Blackwater Tine
  • Blessing of the Morning Tide
  • Bloodwave
  • Bluesteel Reaper
  • Bluewater Fury
  • Brackenspear
  • Brackwater Bill's Prod
  • Brannoch's Thirst
  • Brassbound Pike of Hollow Key
  • Breakwater
  • Breath of Thalassa
  • Brindlemar
  • Brine-Oath of Caer Ys
  • Brinecaller
  • Brinescale
  • Brinesong
  • Brinewitch Besom
  • Buccaneer's Tooth
  • Bunyip Thorn

C: 19 names

  • Caliban's Fork
  • Calypsa's Thorn
  • Captain Vell's Reckoning
  • Caspareth
  • Ceasg's Spindle
  • Cerulean Fury
  • Ceruleth
  • Claw of the Cold Current
  • Cloudsplitter
  • Conch Sceptre
  • Coral Song
  • Coralpiercer
  • Cormorant's Reach
  • Corsair Crown
  • Corsair's Fork
  • Coven of Three Points
  • Crown of the Trench
  • Cyanthe
  • Cyclone Tooth

D: 21 names

  • Dagger of Dagon's Daughter
  • Dawn's Third Finger
  • Dawnreef
  • Dead Calm's Teeth
  • Dead Man's Stirrer
  • Deepcurrent
  • Deepmaw
  • Delugeheart
  • Doom of Scylla
  • Doomtide
  • Draenith
  • Dravanne
  • Dreamer in the Deep
  • Driftiron
  • Driftspear
  • Driftwood Judgement
  • Drowned Bell
  • Drowned Nun's Staff
  • Drowner
  • Dusktide
  • Dwynnor

E: 7 names

  • Each-Uisge's Bridle
  • Ealdrune
  • Ebbwarden
  • Eddy's Edge
  • Eelspine
  • Eshvaal
  • Eye of Ceto

F: 16 names

  • Fang of Charybdis
  • Fang of the Tide Wyrm
  • Fathom-Forged Tine
  • Fathomere
  • Fathomkeeper
  • Figurehead's Spear
  • Finfolk Promise
  • First Catch
  • Fisher of Kings
  • Foamcrest
  • Foamrender
  • Fork of Susanoo
  • Frostbrine
  • Frostfathom
  • Frozen Wake
  • Fury of the Forty Fathoms

G: 18 names

  • Gaffhook Fury
  • Galdrune
  • Gale's Edge
  • Galebringer
  • Gannetstrike
  • Gaze of the Drowned God
  • Ghost Tide
  • Ghostreef
  • Gift of Lir
  • Glass Harpoon
  • Glaucus
  • Glimmerdeep
  • Grandfather Squid's Cane
  • Grandmother Wave
  • Greywater Grace
  • Grief of the Sea Widow
  • Grip of Oceanus
  • Gulfsplitter

H: 23 names

  • Haddokar
  • Hafgufa's Rib
  • Halcyon Fork
  • Halobane
  • Hand of Pontus
  • Harbourbane
  • Harpooner's Pride
  • Harrowtide
  • Heart of the Maelstrom
  • Heavy Is the Sea
  • Hermit of the Skerry
  • Heron Point
  • Hook of Tangaroa
  • Hook of the Undertow
  • Horn of Sedna
  • Hour of the Drowned
  • Hullbreaker
  • Hunger of the Undertow
  • Hurricane Hilt
  • Hush
  • Hyalith
  • Hydrathane
  • Hymn of the Drowned Choir

I: 10 names

  • Iceflow Spear
  • Illyrathe
  • Ilsavane, the Quiet Drowner
  • Inevitable
  • Innsmouth Prong
  • Iron Gull
  • Iscorrhan
  • Isolde of the Reef
  • Ithrayne
  • Ivorlith

J: 3 names

  • Jörmungandr's Splinter
  • Judgement of Proteus
  • Judgement of the Tides

K: 15 names

  • Kaelthorn, Sceptre of the Ninth Tide
  • Kappa's Fork
  • Karrakos
  • Keelsplitter
  • Keeper of the Shoals
  • Kelpbinder
  • Kelpie Crown
  • Kelpie's Bite
  • Kelpmother's Cane
  • Kelvaroth
  • Keruneth
  • Kethrash
  • Key to the Black Fathoms
  • Kingfisher
  • Kraken's Reach

L: 14 names

  • Lance of Varuna
  • Lantern of the Low Tide
  • Last Light Off Gannet Rock
  • Leviathan Lance
  • Leviathan's Tooth
  • Leviathan's Wrath
  • Leviathine
  • Lightbreaker
  • Litany of Salt
  • Little Sister
  • Longreach
  • Lorquith
  • Lumarra
  • Lyngbakr's Fin

M: 30 names

  • Mad Aurek's Third Tooth
  • Maelstrom's Tine
  • Maerithe
  • Makara's Horn
  • Manta's Wing
  • Marina of the Mists
  • Mariner's Judgement
  • Marlinspike
  • Marrow of the Deep
  • Mast of the Lost Galleon
  • Maw of the Maelstrom
  • Meltwater Spear
  • Meraxun
  • Mercy of Triton
  • Merfolk's Judgement
  • Merrow's Fang
  • Merrowmaid's Comb
  • Midnight Harbour
  • Mirrowane
  • Mithril Wave
  • Monsoon's Point
  • Monstrance of the Deep
  • Moon Tide Trident
  • Moonhook
  • Moonpull
  • Morquesse
  • Morrowmere, Keeper of Fleets
  • Morvath
  • Morwenthal
  • Mother-of-Pearl

N: 23 names

  • Nacre Crown
  • Naelthar
  • Narwhal Spear
  • Naurasse
  • Nauthiel
  • Nautilus Thorn
  • Needle of the North Shoal
  • Neptune's Dinner Fork
  • Neptune's Grudge
  • Nereid's Kiss
  • Nerethune
  • Nereus's Prong
  • Nerrisande
  • Nessarion
  • Net of Rán
  • Never Again Dry
  • Nightjar
  • Ninefathom Nell
  • Ningyo's Tear
  • Ninth Wave's Answer
  • Nixie's Needle
  • Nuckelavee's Spur
  • Nym-Sarai

O: 19 names

  • Oath of Manannán
  • Oath of the Pearl Throne
  • Oathfork of the Lost Fleet
  • Obrannoch
  • Obsidian Tide
  • Oceanbane
  • Oceanus Rex
  • Okeanith
  • Old Hessa's Fork
  • Old Salt
  • Omen of the Red Tide
  • Ondarion
  • Ondraeth
  • Ondurrah
  • Oracle's Third Eye
  • Orca's Tooth
  • Orrinthal
  • Orro'dell
  • Oyster-Knife of the Gods

P: 21 names

  • Pale Thing from the Trench
  • Patience of the Deep
  • Pearl of Three Points
  • Pearlfire
  • Pearlspine Lullaby
  • Pelagian
  • Pelagic Thorn
  • Pelican's Hunger
  • Pelorrine
  • Penitent's Fork
  • Persistence
  • Petrel's Third Wing
  • Phaedrune
  • Phorquos
  • Pike of the Salt Prophet
  • Pilgrim's Tideway
  • Poseidon's Regret
  • Prong of Mazu
  • Prong of the Iron Reef
  • Prophecy of Foam
  • Prospero's Staff of the Deep

Q: 4 names

  • Qe'vathun
  • Quellathe
  • Quiet Harbour
  • Quorravan

R: 13 names

  • R'lyeh Tine
  • Rán's Net-Tine
  • Ravager of the Sargasso
  • Reckoning of the Deep Kings
  • Reefbreaker
  • Reliquary of Saint Fathom
  • Restless
  • Rhoswyn's Fork
  • Riptide
  • Root of the Coral Forest
  • Rot-Tide
  • Rudder's Ruin
  • Rusalka's Reproach

S: 68 names

  • Sailripper
  • Salt and Silence
  • Salt in the Wound
  • Salt Sister's Spindle
  • Salt Sorrow
  • Saltborn Fury
  • Saltmarsh Spear
  • Saltspire
  • Saltwater Vow
  • Sandbar Spear
  • Sargasso Thorn
  • Sarrowmere
  • Sceptre of the Hundred Harbours
  • Scourge of the Shallows
  • Scourge of Tiamat
  • Scrimshaw Fork
  • Scuttlecharm
  • Sea King's Wrath
  • Sea Serpent's Spine
  • Sea-Hag's Knitting Needle
  • Seafoam Sceptre
  • Seaglass Reaper
  • Sealskin Promise
  • Seaquake
  • Seastorm
  • Seastorm Spine
  • Seleukaar
  • Selkie's Lament
  • Shal'azir
  • Shard of the Frozen Sea
  • Sharkteeth
  • Shipwrecker
  • Shiverfin
  • Shrine Spear of Sunken Ys

S, continued

  • Silt Queen's Sceptre
  • Silverwake
  • Siren's Answer
  • Sirroveth
  • Sithomar
  • Skerrith
  • Skyfall Tine
  • Skyfisher
  • Slackwater Sceptre
  • Solace
  • Sollameir
  • Sorrowind of the Salt Marches
  • Sorrowsalt
  • Spear of Njord
  • Spear of Olokun
  • Spindle of the Sea Witch
  • Spine of the Sunken Titan
  • Spirit of the Three Rivers
  • Splinter of the First Wave
  • Spume and Splinter
  • Squallheart
  • Ssathra'kel
  • Starfish Thorn
  • Stillwater
  • Stormcaller's Fork
  • Stormglass
  • Stormsinger
  • Stormspear of Atlan
  • Sunken Star
  • Sunken Vengeance
  • Sunken-Bell Trident
  • Sunspear of the Shoals
  • Swordfish Point
  • Sylvane of the Deeps

T: 75 names

  • Tallorin
  • Tallow-Light Harpoon
  • Taniwha Tooth
  • Teeth of the Kraken Mother
  • Tempest's Tooth
  • Tempest's Trident
  • Tempestborn
  • Tethyrun
  • Thalassar
  • The Admiral's Ruin
  • The Coral King's Mandate
  • The Drowned Sceptre
  • The Drowner of Admirals
  • The Fisher King's Lament
  • The Fisherman's Curse
  • The Fork of Forgotten Harbours
  • The Fork That Drinks the Sky
  • The Fork That Split the Moon
  • The Gift of the Drowned Queen
  • The Gull-Crowned Prong
  • The Harbourmaster's Answer
  • The Last Word of the Drowned
  • The Lighthouse Keeper's Fork
  • The Long Fetch
  • The Pearl Diver's Revenge
  • The Reef Remembers
  • The Sceptre of Sunken Ys
  • The Sea-Mark
  • The Serpent's Third Tooth
  • The Sleeper's Fork
  • The Spear of the Sleeping Reef
  • The Third Breath
  • The Three Daughters of Storm
  • The Three Sorrows
  • The Tide Moon's Sceptre
  • The Tide's Own Temper
  • The Tines of Tethys

T, continued

  • The Tines of Ys
  • The Tooth Grandmother Sea Lost
  • The Tooth the Sea Spat Out
  • The Triple Thorn
  • The Undertow Crown
  • The Unquiet
  • The Unsinkable Argument
  • The Verdigris Fork
  • The Weeping Fork of Caer Morrow
  • The Widow's Tines
  • The Wrath of Seven Seas
  • Thessamund
  • Thorn of the Coral Court
  • Thorn of Yemaya
  • Three Graves for the Wicked
  • Three Questions for the Sea
  • Threefold
  • Thrennoch
  • Thrice-Cursed Iskra
  • Thunder of the Strait
  • Thunderprong
  • Thunderwave
  • Tidal Vengeance
  • Tidebreaker
  • Tidecaller
  • Tidechart
  • Tideglass
  • Tidesworn
  • Tines of Kanaloa
  • Trenchlight
  • Triaina
  • Trishul of the Mountain Sea
  • Trishula of the Drowned King
  • Tritonspear
  • Tsunami's Herald
  • Tyndraeth
  • Typhoon's Talon
  • Tyr'velle

U: 6 names

  • Ulhara
  • Umbrathos
  • Umibōzu's Reach
  • Undertow
  • Undine's Grasp
  • Ushavel, the Drowning Star

V: 14 names

  • Vaelmoor, Crown of the Cold Current
  • Vaelorith
  • Valkyrrah
  • Varrunaut
  • Velquor
  • Verdigris Tooth
  • Vessarith
  • Vodyanoy's Staff
  • Voice of Amphitrite
  • Voice of the Tempest
  • Vol'qarrin
  • Vortexspine
  • Vorthenne
  • Vyssandre

W: 20 names

  • Walrus King's Tusk
  • Warden of the Drowned Vault
  • Wave Sceptre of Ryujin
  • Wavecleaver
  • Wavefather's Pike
  • Wavespeaker
  • Whalebone Sceptre
  • What the Tide Takes
  • Whirlpool's Eye
  • Whisper of Rain on Water
  • Whitecap
  • Widow's Third
  • Widowmaker of the Reef
  • Will of Nereus
  • Wrath of Dagon
  • Wrath of the Shoals
  • Wrath of the Whale Road
  • Wreck of the Morning Glory
  • Wreckwood Spear
  • Wyrmgullet

X: 1 name

  • Xanthuli

Y: 3 names

  • Yllthane
  • Ysmirra
  • Ysolthane

Z: 4 names

  • Zalathur
  • Zethune
  • Zhorvaal
  • Zorrendel