Wendigo Name Generator

Chilling names for wendigos and famine spirits

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Generate wendigo names for horror fiction, D&D monsters and creature lore: gaunt epithets like The Hunger That Walks, frost-and-bone compound names, place-bound legends such as The Ravener of Deadfall Gulch, and the twisted remains of the people they used to be. Built for cold, starving, folk-horror dread.

About wendigo names

The wendigo comes from the stories of Algonquian-speaking peoples of the northern forests, Cree, Ojibwe, Innu and others, where the word (wiindigoo, wihtikow, witiko, chenoo among neighbors) names a cannibal spirit of winter and famine, and sometimes the person who has been taken by it. The creature's horror is appetite: it grows with every meal and is never full. Good wendigo names carry that. The most effective ones are not proper names at all but epithets a frightened community would whisper: The Hunger That Walks, The Gaunt One of Caribou Lake, The Thing That Counts Your Ribs.

This generator mixes four styles. Descriptive titles built from hunger, cold and bone. Compound creature names (Frostmaw, Antlerjaw, Marrowlick) that work as monster stat-block names in D&D or a video game bestiary. Place-bound names tied to a lake, pass or trapline, which is how real regional legends are actually remembered. And former-human names, since in the folklore a wendigo is often someone who was known: Ashen Peter Moss, What Was Left of Tobias Crane. Antlers, by the way, are a modern pop-culture addition; traditional accounts describe an emaciated giant with frost-cracked lips and a heart of ice. Use whichever version your story needs.

How to choose wendigo names

  • Lead with hunger, not gore. The most unsettling wendigo names suggest appetite and absence (The Unfillable, The Endless Meal) rather than blood and claws.
  • Tie the creature to a specific place with a cold, northern feel: a lake, narrows, portage, trapline or mile marker. 'The Ravener of Trout Narrows' sounds like a legend people in that town actually tell.
  • If the wendigo used to be a person, keep their old name visible but broken: Hungry Ambrose, What Remains of Dr. Varnum, The Thing That Wore Bartholomew. Old-fashioned frontier first names heighten the folk-horror tone.
  • For a D&D or game monster, pick a short compound (Frostmaw, Gnawtooth, Sleetfang) for the stat block and give it one longer epithet the locals use in dialogue.
  • Be thoughtful with the cultural source: the wendigo is a living belief for some Indigenous communities, so avoid inventing fake 'tribal' words and stick to established terms like wiindigoo or witiko, or to English epithets.

Frequently asked questions

What is a wendigo actually called in the original languages?

Spellings vary by language and era: wiindigoo (Ojibwe), wihtikow or witiko (Cree), windigo and wendigo (English forms), plus related figures like the Mi'kmaq chenoo and the Penobscot kiwakw. The plural in Ojibwe is wiindigoog. All describe a giant, emaciated cannibal spirit of winter.

Do wendigos have antlers?

Not in the traditional stories. The antlered, deer-skull wendigo comes from modern films, games and art, especially from the 2000s onward. Older accounts describe a towering, skeletal human figure with grey skin, sunken eyes, frostbitten lips and a heart of ice. Both versions are represented in these names.

Can I use these names for a D&D monster or homebrew campaign?

Yes. The short compound names (Frostmaw, Antlerjaw, Rimegut) work as stat-block names, the epithets work as what villagers call the creature, and the former-human names make good tragic reveals. A wendigo fits naturally as a winter-themed fiend, fey or undead depending on your system.

Is it disrespectful to use the wendigo in fiction?

Many Indigenous writers and communities ask that the wendigo be treated as serious folklore rather than a generic monster. Using it thoughtfully, keeping its core meaning of greed and insatiable hunger, and avoiding invented 'Native' words or sacred details goes a long way. When in doubt, use an English epithet from this list instead of a made-up term.

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All 500 wendigo names

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: 4 names

  • Antlerjaw
  • Ashen Peter Moss
  • Ashwinter
  • Atchen

B: 25 names

  • Bare-Rib Zachary
  • Barrow Lake Gnawer
  • Bitter Antler
  • Bitterbone Amos
  • Bitterbreath
  • Bitterwant
  • Blackfrost Hollow
  • Blackgum
  • Bleak Antler
  • Bleakfrost
  • Bleakmaw
  • Blizzard-Tooth
  • Blizzardgaunt
  • Bloodfrost Malachi
  • Blue-Lip
  • Bone-Kneed Hiram
  • Bonefamine
  • Bonegrin Bartlett
  • Boneshriek
  • Bonewind
  • Branchbone
  • Branchfinger
  • Brittle Ezekiel Marsh
  • Brittleantler
  • Brittlebone

C: 18 names

  • Caribou Bone Walker
  • Chenoo
  • Chewfrost
  • Chill-Tongue
  • Chillgaunt
  • Chillgristle
  • Chittering Lemuel
  • Cindergums
  • Cold Jeremiah
  • Cold-Eaten Rowan
  • Coldgrin
  • Crackfrost
  • Crackjaw Ambrose
  • Crackjoint
  • Crackling Hunger
  • Crag-Mouth
  • Craveantler
  • Crooked Nehemiah

D: 5 names

  • Dead-Eyed Orrin
  • Deadfall Hunger
  • Drift-Tooth
  • Driftbone
  • Driftgaunt

E: 3 names

  • Eat-the-Dark
  • Eaterwind
  • Eatwind

F: 24 names

  • Famine-Foot
  • Famishjaw
  • Famishment
  • Fang-of-Frost
  • Flaywind
  • Fleshfrost
  • Freeze-Maw
  • Frostbitten Simon
  • Frostcrown
  • Frostfinger
  • Frostflesh
  • Frostgnash
  • Frostgnaw
  • Frostgrin
  • Frostgullet
  • Frosthowl
  • Frostmaw
  • Frostrib
  • Frostwant
  • Frozen Cornelius
  • Frozen Famine Walking
  • Frozen Harriet
  • Frozen Pilgrim
  • Frozen Wanting

G: 30 names

  • Gaunt Agnes
  • Gaunt Josiah Pell
  • Gaunt Lavinia Crow
  • Gaunt Mother
  • Gaunt Uncle Wendell
  • Gauntlake
  • Ghoulwind
  • Giwakwa
  • Glacierbelly
  • Glassbone
  • Glut-of-Winter
  • Gnarlbone
  • Gnashgaunt
  • Gnashwind
  • Gnaw-the-Dark
  • Gnawbelly
  • Gnawfrost
  • Gnawing Ruth
  • Gnawtooth
  • Graveice
  • Greedgaunt
  • Grey Hunger
  • Grey Stomach
  • Grey Thaddeus
  • Greygut Silas
  • Grim Cyrus
  • Gristle-Grin
  • Gristlefrost
  • Gutter-Voice
  • Gutterbone

H: 24 names

  • He Who Eats the Winter
  • Hoarfang
  • Hoarfrost Hunger
  • Hoarlip
  • Hollow Eliphalet
  • Hollow Jeremiah's Shadow
  • Hollow Obed
  • Hollow Stag of Nine Mile
  • Hollow-Cheeked Absalom
  • Hollowbelly
  • Hollowfrost
  • Howling Dearth
  • Hunger Behind the Stove
  • Hunger Underfoot
  • Hunger's Orphan
  • Hungerfrost
  • Hungerhide
  • Hungerspine
  • Hungry Ambrose
  • Hungry Asa
  • Hungry Hollow
  • Hungry Ransom
  • Hungry Silas Wren
  • Hungrymoon

I: 7 names

  • Icefamine
  • Icegum
  • Icelick
  • Icevein
  • Icewant
  • Icy Ephraim
  • Ithaqua's Lesser Kin

J: 1 name

  • Jagged Hezekiah

K: 2 names

  • Kettle Creek Screamer
  • Kiwakw

L: 9 names

  • Lank-Bone
  • Lantern-Eyes
  • Lean Ezra
  • Lean-and-Long
  • Lichenjaw
  • Lipfrost
  • Lonesome Appetite
  • Long Tooth Jeremiah
  • Lost Ezekiel

M: 6 names

  • Marrowcold
  • Marrowlick
  • Maw Eternal
  • Mirewinter
  • Moonfamine
  • Mossbone Caleb

N: 4 names

  • Needle-Rib Ephraim
  • Needlejaw
  • Needletooth
  • Numbjaw

O: 3 names

  • Old Man Famine
  • Old Teeth
  • Outiko

P: 7 names

  • Pale Antler
  • Pale Enoch
  • Pale Horatio
  • Pale Long Shadow
  • Pale Thaddeus
  • Pelt-Thin
  • Pinegaunt

R: 18 names

  • Rasping Absalom
  • Rattleantler
  • Rattlerib
  • Ravening Abijah
  • Ravenous Winter Wells
  • Raw Gideon
  • Raw-Antler
  • Ribcage Elias
  • Rime Hunter
  • Rime-Lip
  • Rime-Tongue
  • Rimegut
  • Rimejaw
  • Rimescream
  • Rimeshank
  • Rimeskin
  • Rimewretch
  • Rot-Tooth

S: 48 names

  • Sallow Gideon
  • Sallow Phineas
  • Saltbone
  • Scabantler
  • Scarlet Obadiah
  • Scrawny Ichabod
  • Shadewinter
  • Shardantler
  • Shiverantler
  • Shiverbone
  • Sickle Frost
  • Silt-Mouth
  • Sinewgaunt
  • Sinewgrin
  • Skeleton Hide
  • Skinny Harrow
  • Skinstretch
  • Skull Antler
  • Slaver-Tongue
  • Slaverwind
  • Sleet Dancer
  • Sleet Lantern
  • Sleet Wraith
  • Sleet-Eye

S, continued

  • Sleet-Knuckle
  • Sleetfang
  • Sleetfrost
  • Sleetgaunt
  • Sleetmaw
  • Sleetskull
  • Sleetwretch
  • Snow-Stilt
  • Snowfamine
  • Snowgnaw
  • Snowgut
  • Snowmaw
  • Snowshriek
  • Sorrowantler
  • Splintertooth
  • Spruce-Tall
  • Stalkfrost
  • Starvation Pass Stalker
  • Starve-Eye
  • Starvecrown
  • Starvestag
  • Starvewind
  • Still-Hungry Ruth
  • Stilt-Leg

T: 236 names

  • Tallow Hunger
  • Tallow-Bone
  • Tallow-Lips
  • Taut-Skin Josiah
  • The Antler Crown of Famine
  • The Antlered Want
  • The Antlered Wendigo
  • The Barren Hunter
  • The Belly That Swallows Winter
  • The Blackmouth Wendigo
  • The Blight Stag
  • The Blizzard's Glutton
  • The Bone Antler
  • The Bone Wanderer
  • The Bone-Antlered Ghost
  • The Bone-Cold Guest
  • The Bone-Thin Brother
  • The Breath That Freezes Meat
  • The Breathing Winter
  • The Cabin Eater
  • The Caller in the Blizzard
  • The Cannibal Frost
  • The Chattering Cold
  • The Chill That Chews
  • The Cold Always Hungry
  • The Cold Appetite
  • The Cold Shepherd of Bones
  • The Cold Stranger
  • The Coldest Want
  • The Cracking Jaw
  • The Craving on the Ridge
  • The Craving Stag
  • The Creature of Hungry Hill
  • The Creature of the Thaw That Never Came
  • The Creeping Winter
  • The Crooked One of Beaver Flats
  • The Crooked Stag
  • The Crunch Beneath the Snow
  • The Crunching Dark

T, continued

  • The Dear Old Hunger
  • The Dearth of Elk Narrows
  • The Devourer at Trapper's Bend
  • The Devouring Gale
  • The Drift-Walker
  • The Eater of Camp Twelve
  • The Eater of Lanterns
  • The Elk Skull Walker
  • The Elkhead Famished
  • The Emptiness Wearing Antlers
  • The Empty Guest
  • The Endless Lean
  • The Endless Meal
  • The Ever-Lean
  • The Ever-Starving
  • The Eyes in the Drift
  • The Face in the Frozen Lake
  • The Famine Saint
  • The Famine Wearing Snowshoes
  • The Famine's Child
  • The Famine-Bringer
  • The Famished Twin
  • The Fast That Never Breaks
  • The Fasting Horror
  • The Fifth Trapper
  • The Forest Stomach
  • The Forest's Famine
  • The Forest's Lean Cousin
  • The Frost-Eyed Elder
  • The Frost-Kept
  • The Frost-Thin
  • The Frosthair Wendigo
  • The Gaping Winter
  • The Gaunt One of Caribou Lake
  • The Gaunt Orator
  • The Gaunt Pine-Walker
  • The Gaunt Shepherd
  • The Gluttonous Cold
  • The Gnawer of Owl Hollow

T, continued

  • The Gnawing Ghost
  • The Greedy Bones
  • The Greedy Dark of Black Bear Lake
  • The Grey Thing That Was Ada Pike
  • The Grey Wanderer of Loon Creek
  • The Greylip Stalker
  • The Grinning Thin
  • The Guest Who Never Leaves Full
  • The Gutless Walker
  • The Hanging Rib
  • The Hollow Hand
  • The Hollow Husband
  • The Hollow Moose of Teal Bay
  • The Hollow That Hunts
  • The Hollow Wife
  • The Hollow-Bellied Wendigo
  • The Howl With No Throat
  • The Howling Absence
  • The Hunger at Cutthroat Portage
  • The Hunger in the Hunter
  • The Hunger That Walks
  • The Hunger Under Snow
  • The Hunger Who Remembers Its Name
  • The Hunger With Seven Voices
  • The Hungry Elder of Loon Lake
  • The Hungry Hand on the Window
  • The Husk That Hunts
  • The Ice Ghost of Lac Noir
  • The Ice-Ribbed
  • The Icebound Glutton
  • The Icy Pilgrim
  • The Jaw That Never Rests
  • The Knock on the Ice
  • The Lake Famine
  • The Lank Thing
  • The Lanky Dread
  • The Lantern-Jawed
  • The Last Trapper of Owl Pass
  • The Lean Hunger of Spruce Ridge
  • The Lean Walker

T, continued

  • The Lean Years Walking
  • The Lipless Hunter
  • The Lone Wendigo of the Tamaracks
  • The Lonely Gorge
  • The Long Famine
  • The Long Walker of Moose Jaw Narrows
  • The Long-Armed Frost
  • The Long-Legged Cold
  • The Lurcher at the Ice Road
  • The Maw at the Pass
  • The Moaning Buck
  • The Moose-Skull Wanderer
  • The Mother of Thin Winters
  • The Mouth Under the Ice
  • The Old Cold Thing
  • The One Who Ate His Name
  • The One With No Fill
  • The Pale Want of Stonehouse Lake
  • The Patient Hunger
  • The Pine-Cold Hunger
  • The Pinewood Ravener
  • The Quiet Eater
  • The Quiet Starving
  • The Ravener Beneath the Ice Road
  • The Ravener of Black Sturgeon
  • The Ravener of Deadfall Gulch
  • The Ravener of Trout Narrows
  • The Ravenous Ancient
  • The Ravenous Drift
  • The Ribbed Horror
  • The Rime-Hearted
  • The Scraper of Bone Kettles
  • The Scraping at the Door
  • The Scratch Under the Floorboards
  • The Scream Beyond the Drift
  • The Shape That Scrapes the Roof
  • The Shape Under the Pines
  • The Shape With Too Many Teeth
  • The Shiver Between Trees

T, continued

  • The Shrieking Cold
  • The Smile Without Cheeks
  • The Snow-Starved
  • The Snow-Wound
  • The Snowblind Eater
  • The Snowbound Wretch
  • The Snowcrust Stalker
  • The Sorrow of Kettle Lake
  • The Stag With a Man's Eyes
  • The Stalker at the Salt Lick
  • The Starved Saint of Fox Portage
  • The Starveling Giant
  • The Starveling Queen
  • The Starving Dawn
  • The Starving King
  • The Starving Season
  • The Starving Spruce
  • The Starving Wind-Walker
  • The Stoop-Backed Famine
  • The Stooped Devourer
  • The Stooping Stag
  • The Sunken Face
  • The Sunken Stag
  • The Tall Famine of Portage Ridge
  • The Tall Shadow of Sturgeon Lake
  • The Tall Shape at the Treeline
  • The Tall Wendigo of Rainy River
  • The Thin Ghost of Mile Sixteen
  • The Thin Man of Lac Froid
  • The Thin Prophet
  • The Thin Stranger of Pelican Narrows
  • The Thing Behind the Snowblind
  • The Thing in the Ice Shanty
  • The Thing That Ate the Dogs First
  • The Thing That Counts Your Ribs
  • The Thing That Followed the Sled
  • The Thing That Hums Like Wind
  • The Thing That Licks Frost
  • The Thing That Wore Bartholomew

T, continued

  • The Thing Under the Portage Trail
  • The Thing Wearing Your Brother's Coat
  • The Thinning Man
  • The Tooth-Cold
  • The Trapper Who Ate
  • The Tundra Devourer
  • The Unburied Hunger
  • The Unending Supper
  • The Unfillable
  • The Unfillable Mouth
  • The Unsated
  • The Voice From the Icehouse
  • The Voice That Calls Your Name Twice
  • The Waiting Cold
  • The Walker in Thin Snow
  • The Walker Past the Snow Fence
  • The Walker Who Was Silas Trent
  • The Wanderer With No Fat
  • The Wasted Elk of Cutbank
  • The Wasting Walker
  • The Weeping Antler
  • The Weeping Hunger
  • The Wendigo Beneath the Snow Crust
  • The Wendigo in the Shanty
  • The Wendigo of Deer Hollow
  • The Wendigo of Lost Moccasin Lake
  • The Wendigo of the Starvation Winter
  • The Whimper in the Woodpile
  • The Whisper That Wants
  • The Whistler in the Black Spruce
  • The White Thinness
  • The Whole Winter Swallowed
  • The Wind That Wants More
  • The Wolf That Is Not
  • The Yellow Tooth
  • Thinhunger
  • Thinwind
  • Thorn-Rib
  • Thornantler
  • Tunnel-Mouth

U: 1 name

  • Unfed Jacob

W: 25 names

  • Wailing Thin
  • Wantmaw
  • Wastewind
  • Waxen Jedediah
  • What Remains of Dr. Varnum
  • What Was Left of Tobias Crane
  • Whisper-Gut
  • Whistlegaunt
  • Whitegaunt
  • Widow Harrow's Guest
  • Wihtikow
  • Wiindigoo
  • Windfast
  • Windgaunt
  • Windigo of the North Shore
  • Windstarve
  • Winter's Gullet
  • Winter-Lip
  • Wintergrin
  • Wintermouth
  • Winterwant
  • Witherjaw
  • Witherwind
  • Witiko
  • Wretched Matthias