Troll Name Generator

Troll names grind like boulders — heavy, rough, and ancient as the mountains they crawl from. Troll mythology varies wildly depending on tradition: Scandinavian trolls range from mountain-sized giants to small, cunning bridge-dwellers. D&D trolls are lanky, regenerating horrors. Warhammer trolls are dim but dangerous. World of Warcraft trolls are Jamaican-accented tribal warriors. Each tradition demands its own naming approach.

Norse troll naming conventions provide the deepest roots. In the Eddas and Scandinavian folklore, trolls bear names that sound like rockslides: Grendel (from Beowulf, trollish if not a true troll), Hrímgrímnir, Surtr, and Suttungr. These names use consonant clusters, guttural stops, and short, heavy vowels that feel geological. For D&D trolls — less intelligent, more bestial — names can be simpler and more brutish: Grak, Skrug, Thokk, Murg.

The fun of naming a troll lies in matching the name to the troll type. A cunning Norse-style mountain troll deserves an Old Norse compound name. A D&D regenerating horror needs something that sounds like it is spoken with a mouth full of gravel. A Warcraft-style troll might bear a name with Caribbean rhythmic influence. Whatever the tradition, a troll name should feel like something that was here before civilization and will be here long after it crumbles.