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Generate Zerg-style names for StarCraft fan fiction, custom maps and tabletop swarms: broodmothers and cerebrates like Azgara and Cerebrate Kazgor, myth-monster broods like the Hydra Brood, new strains like the Scythelisk and the Gnawling, primal pack leaders, hive clusters and leviathans.

About Zerg names

Zerg names in StarCraft fall into a few clear patterns, and this list follows each of them. The creatures that think for themselves, the cerebrates of the first game and the broodmothers and queens that came after, have short guttural names with open vowels and a hard z, g or k: Zagara, Daggoth, Zasz, Kaloth, Niadra. The new names keep that sound, as in Azgara, Kazzira and Zurakh, and some carry a rank: Cerebrate Kazgor, Overqueen Izdara, Evolution Master Ozgathur.

Broods are named after monsters of myth. The original game had the Tiamat, Jormungand, Fenris, Garm and Surtur broods, so the new ones stay with real mythological creatures: Hydra Brood, Pazuzu Brood, Taotie Brood. Strains take the endings the games made famous, -lisk for the larger breeds and -ling for the small fast ones, which gives Scythelisk, Magmalisk, Gnawling and Moltling, plus variants such as the Caustic Strain.

The primal zerg of Zerus sound rougher and often carry a byname in the manner of Dehaka: Gharzak, One-Who-Waits or Zorgha the Eldest. The rest is places and titles: hive clusters, hatcheries and spires, leviathans that carry a swarm between worlds, and epithets like Voice of the Swarm. A handful of names from the games are included as anchors; everything else is new and in the style only.

How to choose Zerg names

  • Pick the pattern by what you are naming. A thinking commander takes a single guttural name or a rank and a name (Queen Zakira, Cerebrate Vurzog), a brood takes a myth monster, and a breed takes -lisk or -ling.
  • Keep the sound: open vowels between hard consonants. Za-ga-ra and De-ha-ka are three clean syllables. A name stuffed with apostrophes and clicks reads as a different bug species.
  • For a new brood, choose a monster whose legend fits the brood's job: Lindworm Brood for burrowers, Kraken Brood for an ocean world, Cerberus Brood for the guard of a hive.
  • Give a primal zerg a byname that states what the creature does, as in Zhurga, One-Who-Adapts or Vurkk the Long-Toothed. Primal names describe, Swarm names command.
  • For a custom map or campaign, name the hive cluster and its commander together. Hive Cluster Thornwake under Broodmother Zekira is a setting, not just a unit list.

Frequently asked questions

What are good Zerg names?

For a broodmother or queen, try Azgara, Kazzira, Nazgira or Queen Zakira. For a cerebrate there is Cerebrate Kazgor or Cerebrate Vurzog, for a brood the Hydra Brood or the Manticore Brood, and for a new breed Scythelisk, Razorlisk or Gnawling.

How are Zerg broods named in StarCraft?

The broods of the original game carry the names of mythological monsters, among them Tiamat, Jormungand, Fenris, Garm, Surtur, Leviathan and Grendel. The new brood names in this list follow the same rule and use real creatures of myth, such as Hydra, Basilisk, Pazuzu and Omukade.

Are these names from the games?

A small number are, and they are there as anchors for the style: Zagara, Abathur, Dehaka, Daggoth, Hydralisk and Zergling, for example. Most of the 500 are new names written in the same patterns for your own stories, maps and armies, and none of the new ones belongs to the games' story.

What do the -lisk and -ling endings tell you?

They are the endings StarCraft uses for many Zerg breeds: Hydralisk, Mutalisk and Ultralisk on one side, Zergling and Baneling on the other. The first tends to sit on the larger breeds and the second on the small ones, so Venolisk reads as a heavy strain and Sporeling as a creature that comes in dozens.

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A: 18 names

  • Abathur
  • Abazul
  • Abyssal Strain
  • Abyssalisk
  • Acid Weaver
  • Acidalisk
  • Aerolisk
  • Agazur
  • Agdraz
  • Akzira
  • Ancient of the Void
  • Araq
  • Ashcrawl Hatchery
  • Azakur
  • Azgara
  • Azhuka, One-Who-Returns
  • Azkath
  • Azuraq

B: 20 names

  • Balor Brood
  • Baneling
  • Barbling
  • Basilisk Brood
  • Behemoth Brood
  • Bileling
  • Blackcreep Basin
  • Blighter
  • Blightling
  • Born of the Chrysalis
  • Brakk
  • Brazha the First Hunter
  • Broodmother Dazaga
  • Broodmother Izgatha
  • Broodmother Kuldraga
  • Broodmother Nuzaga
  • Broodmother Zekira
  • Burrolisk
  • Burrower Strain
  • Burrowling

C: 38 names

  • Carapace Breaker
  • Carapace of Night
  • Carapace Ridge
  • Carapalisk
  • Carrier of Swarms
  • Caustic Strain
  • Cerberus Brood
  • Cerebrate Akzul
  • Cerebrate Azmog
  • Cerebrate Bazuk
  • Cerebrate Dhazul
  • Cerebrate Druzak
  • Cerebrate Gazmur
  • Cerebrate Gorzak
  • Cerebrate Kazgor
  • Cerebrate Kolzar
  • Cerebrate Nazgath
  • Cerebrate Oggrath
  • Cerebrate Urgaz
  • Cerebrate Vurzog
  • Cerebrate Vuzak
  • Cerebrate Yzgoth
  • Cerebrate Zagmar
  • Cerebrate Zekkur
  • Cerebrate Zorgan
  • Changeling
  • Chimera Brood
  • Chitin Roller
  • Cinderling
  • Claw of the Overmind
  • Clawling
  • Collector of Essence
  • Colony of the Second Wave
  • Corroder Strain
  • Creep Stalker
  • Creepling
  • Creepmarsh
  • Cryolisk

D: 20 names

  • Daggoth
  • Dagira
  • Dakathur
  • Daughter of the Swarm
  • Dazura
  • Deepworm Tunnels
  • Dehaka
  • Dezsha
  • Dhrukk
  • Dorgil
  • Dragha
  • Draguza
  • Drakkul
  • Draloth
  • Dravig
  • Dravoza
  • Drazek, One-Who-Sheds
  • Drozha
  • Drukkar the Ever-Changing
  • Drumaq

E: 7 names

  • Eclipse Mother
  • Engulfer
  • Evolution Master Agathuz
  • Evolution Master Kabazur
  • Evolution Master Ozgathur
  • Evolution Master Zebakul
  • Eye of the Overmind

F: 7 names

  • Fangolisk
  • Fenris Brood
  • Feral Strain
  • First of the Swarm
  • Flaw in the Sequence
  • Frostling
  • Frostvein Lair

G: 28 names

  • Garm Brood
  • Garoth
  • Gazril
  • Ghakuza
  • Gharzak, One-Who-Waits
  • Ghazira
  • Ghuzara
  • Glacial Strain
  • Glaivelisk
  • Glazhar
  • Gnasher
  • Gnawling
  • Goraq
  • Gorger Strain
  • Gorgolisk
  • Gorgon Brood
  • Gorvakh the Deep Root
  • Gorzath
  • Gorzha
  • Gozasz
  • Gozsha
  • Gozura
  • Grasz
  • Greater Spire Izgoth
  • Grendel Brood
  • Grevik
  • Grozzak, One-Who-Endures
  • Gruvan

H: 25 names

  • Hand of the Swarm
  • Harrower Strain
  • Hatchery Nine-Below
  • Herald of the Swarm
  • Hive Cluster Bonehollow
  • Hive Cluster Coldspire
  • Hive Cluster Ember Reach
  • Hive Cluster Greyrot
  • Hive Cluster Izkatha
  • Hive Cluster Molten Scar
  • Hive Cluster Ninefold
  • Hive Cluster Sulfur Deep
  • Hive Cluster Thornwake
  • Hive Cluster Uzmagar
  • Hive Cluster Vozgara
  • Hive Cluster Zurgatha
  • Hivemother Azgila
  • Hivemother Krozga
  • Hivemother Uzira
  • Hivemother Zagoza
  • Hollower
  • Hunger of Zurgoth
  • Huskling
  • Hydra Brood
  • Hydralisk

I: 7 names

  • Infestation Pit Varga
  • Irzaka
  • Irzoga
  • Izgula
  • Izkara
  • Izmaga
  • Izsha

J: 2 names

  • Jaw of the Swarm
  • Jormungand Brood

K: 30 names

  • Kabathor
  • Kaedra
  • Kaguza
  • Kaloth
  • Kazgul
  • Kazhdra, One-Who-Takes
  • Kazuur
  • Kazzira
  • Kegroth
  • Kelzuga
  • Kharysa
  • Khorasz
  • Khorva
  • Khurzeda
  • Kiazra
  • Kilysa
  • Kogatha
  • Kogdra
  • Kordasz
  • Kovraga
  • Kozgara
  • Kragdra
  • Kraggoth
  • Kraith
  • Kraken Brood
  • Krogath
  • Krudak, One-Who-Remains
  • Kruvan the Scaled
  • Kulmesha
  • Kuzasz

L: 19 names

  • Lair of the Ninth Molt
  • Larva Shepherd
  • Lasher
  • Latcher Strain
  • Leaper Strain
  • Leviathan Bahamut
  • Leviathan Brood
  • Leviathan Deepbelly
  • Leviathan Hafgufa
  • Leviathan Izgaroth
  • Leviathan Kazumoth
  • Leviathan Long Night
  • Leviathan Ozmagur
  • Leviathan Rahab
  • Leviathan Slow Dawn
  • Leviathan Starving Tide
  • Leviathan Uzgarath
  • Leviathan Zagurath
  • Lindworm Brood

M: 19 names

  • Magmalisk
  • Manticore Brood
  • Marrowdeep Lair
  • Mauler Strain
  • Maw of the World
  • Mawling
  • Mazgoth
  • Memory of the Overmind
  • Molten Strain
  • Moltling
  • Moon-Shadow
  • Mother of Ten Thousand
  • Mother of the Deep Nest
  • Mother of the Red Creep
  • Mother of Wings
  • Mukrath, One-Who-Climbs
  • Murgha the Patient
  • Murzak
  • Mutalisk

N: 15 names

  • Nagathra
  • Nakkoth
  • Nargil
  • Nazgira
  • Nazoth
  • Necrolisk
  • Nest Tender
  • Nest Warden Akzar
  • Nest Warden Gozak
  • Nest Warden Zekul
  • Niadra
  • Night Tendril
  • Nokhra
  • Nydus Gate Zekkar
  • Nydus Warren

O: 18 names

  • Ogathur
  • Okzara
  • Old Carapace
  • Omukade Brood
  • Orbit-Eater
  • Overlord Roost
  • Overqueen Agzira
  • Overqueen Izdara
  • Overqueen Kelduza
  • Overqueen Nazuka
  • Overqueen Zagatha
  • Overseer Azgok
  • Overseer Gazuk
  • Overseer Kagzul
  • Overseer Zurok
  • Ozgatha
  • Ozhaga
  • Ozruk the Pale

P: 12 names

  • Pack Leader Drogga
  • Pack Leader Gruzha
  • Pack Leader Kazdrak
  • Pack Leader Vorzakh
  • Pack Leader Yurkazh
  • Pack Leader Zhuvar
  • Pack of the Ninth Essence
  • Pazuzu Brood
  • Pit Crawler
  • Pit of Ten Thousand Eggs
  • Pool of First Larvae
  • Purity of Essence

Q: 20 names

  • Queen Aguza
  • Queen Daziri
  • Queen Ghazura
  • Queen Ghekura
  • Queen Izgara
  • Queen Izuma
  • Queen Kazura
  • Queen Nakiza
  • Queen Nurzeka
  • Queen of Blades
  • Queen of Carapace
  • Queen of Spines
  • Queen of the Ash World
  • Queen of the Ninth Swarm
  • Queen of Thorns
  • Queen Ozira
  • Queen Vurasha
  • Queen Zakira
  • Queen Zeshka
  • Queen Zulaga

R: 7 names

  • Rain of Spores
  • Rampant Strain
  • Razorling
  • Razorlisk
  • Redmaw Hatchery
  • Roach Warren Guzra
  • Ruin of Colonies

S: 35 names

  • Scourge of the Fringe Worlds
  • Scuttleling
  • Scythelisk
  • Shadow on the Creep
  • Shardling
  • She Who Burrows
  • She Who Evolves
  • Shrieker Strain
  • Skazha, One-Who-Listens
  • Skorva
  • Skragga the Mountain
  • Skulker
  • Sky Leech
  • Slivan
  • Slokar
  • Sower of Larvae
  • Spawning Pools of Izgar
  • Spawnmother Kolgreza
  • Spawnmother Nagiza
  • Spawnmother Zikaza
  • Spine Forest of Kuzar
  • Spine Thrower
  • Spineling
  • Spinelisk
  • Spinner of Strands
  • Spire Kazzadur
  • Spitter
  • Spore Drifter
  • Sporefall Reach
  • Sporeling
  • Sporelisk
  • Storm of Wings
  • Sunken Colony Azgul
  • Surtur Brood
  • Swarmer

T: 77 names

  • Taotie Brood
  • Teeth of the Swarm
  • Tendril of Zagath
  • Thazga the Old Mother
  • The Adapted
  • The Ashfall Pack
  • The Boiling Pool
  • The Bonejaw Pack
  • The Breathing Hills
  • The Canopy Hunters
  • The Chitin Cathedral
  • The Crawling Horizon
  • The Creepfields of Zagur
  • The Creeping Star
  • The Descending
  • The Devouring Sky
  • The Drifting Nest
  • The Egg Fields
  • The Endless Wave
  • The Essence Thief
  • The Ever-Hungry
  • The Evolution Pit
  • The Final Molt
  • The Firstborn Pack
  • The Great Drifter
  • The Hardened Shell
  • The Hollow Moon
  • The Hollow Spire
  • The Hungering Dark
  • The Infested Star
  • The Larval Sea
  • The Last Horizon
  • The Living Ark
  • The Living Canyon
  • The Long Swallow
  • The Longtooth Pack
  • The Many-Clawed
  • The Nydus Throat

T, continued

  • The One Will
  • The Patient Maw
  • The Perfect Sequence
  • The Red Chrysalis
  • The Roost at Zurga
  • The Seed Ship
  • The Silent Larva
  • The Sleeper in Creep
  • The Slow Jaw
  • The Spawning Dark
  • The Spore Gardens
  • The Star Grazer
  • The Still Pool
  • The Sulfur Lair
  • The Sunless Hatchery
  • The Sunless One
  • The Swarm That Waits
  • The Tar Pit Pack
  • The Ten Thousand Wings
  • The Thorn Colony
  • The Thousand Spines
  • The Tusk Caverns
  • The Unbroken Strand
  • The Unshed Skin
  • The Vespene Wound
  • The Violet Creep
  • The Void-Belly
  • The Warren Below
  • The Weeping Spire
  • The Womb Between Worlds
  • Thornling
  • Thousand-Tendril
  • Thrakka
  • Tiamat Brood
  • Tide of Claws
  • Tide-Bringer
  • Tremolisk
  • Tunnel Maw
  • Tunnelisk

U: 6 names

  • Ubakur
  • Ukaza
  • Ukhasha
  • Ulgroza
  • Ultralisk
  • Ulzaga

V: 19 names

  • Vakoth
  • Vazga
  • Vazka
  • Venolisk
  • Venomling
  • Vezgoth
  • Viadri
  • Vilyza
  • Voice of the Swarm
  • Void Grazer
  • Vokaza
  • Voracious Strain
  • Vorolisk
  • Vozha, One-Who-Follows
  • Vrezha
  • Vrokka, One-Who-Outlasts
  • Vurkk the Long-Toothed
  • Vurzan
  • Vuzgil

W: 4 names

  • Weaver of Sequences
  • Whisper of the Overmind
  • Will of the Overmind
  • World-Shroud

Y: 8 names

  • Yagdra
  • Yagruth
  • Yazgor the Many-Limbed
  • Yazgra
  • Yolkaz
  • Yorgath
  • Yorzha, One-Who-Grows
  • Yzruka

Z: 39 names

  • Zadraka
  • Zaduka
  • Zagara
  • Zagreth
  • Zakysa
  • Zarisha
  • Zasz
  • Zebathok
  • Zegatha
  • Zeggoth
  • Zegira
  • Zekasha
  • Zekhaq
  • Zelkatha
  • Zemgil
  • Zerasz
  • Zergling
  • Zhagoth
  • Zhakra the Tar-Born
  • Zhemukoth
  • Zhogg
  • Zholkar
  • Zhurga, One-Who-Adapts
  • Zhurmek
  • Zikara
  • Zikoth
  • Zolguda
  • Zoradra
  • Zorgatha
  • Zorgha the Eldest
  • Zuggoth
  • Zukara
  • Zukhedra
  • Zurakh
  • Zurga
  • Zurgath
  • Zurgil
  • Zurvan
  • Zurysa