Giant Name Generator

Giants borrow their sound from the jotun of Norse myth, all weight and rumble: Gromund, Skarnir, Durnar, Varhild. The names are built from heavy openings and grand endings, so they land like a footfall, and this generator composes them that way, with masculine endings such as -ar, -und and -gar and feminine ones like -hild, -run and -dis, so you can name giants and giantesses alike. Then comes the byname, which says what kind of giant you are dealing with. An epithet names a quality, the Frozen, the Burning, the Unmoving. A domain names a realm the giant rules, of the Frozen Wastes, of the High Peaks, of the Storm Throne. And a title is a grand compound earned like a crown, Frostking, Emberlord, Stormborn. Turn the byname off for a single, thunderous name, the way a young giant might go before earning a deed.

Two quick examples show the range. Gromund the Frozen is plainly a frost-giant jarl of the white north, while Skarnir Emberlord rules a hall in the burning deep. For deeper background and more worked examples, read the full giant naming guide, or cross to the dragon name generator for another huge, ancient power with names of its own.

The kinds

Frost leans on ice and the frozen north, Fire on flame and the forge-deeps, Stone on the high peaks and deep caves, and Storm on cloud, sky and thunder. Leave the kind on Any to mix all four, or pin one to set the element.

Gender, style and byname

Gender sets the ending forms, for giants or giantesses. Style chooses Epithet, Domain or Title, and Include byname can be turned off for a single name. Length keeps a name short or lets a title and an epithet run together.

Using the names

Copy any name with a tap, save the ones you like for later, or pick a name and hit Refine to shuffle close alternatives. Everything runs in your browser, so it works offline and suits D&D, fantasy fiction and any tale that needs something enormous.