Funny Pirate Name Generator (Ship, Crew, Kids, Adults)

From 1719 to 1722 Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts captured and looted over 400 ships. He holds this Guinness World Record.

This is an example of what you can find in my pirate name generator.

The Crimson Gale (ship)

Crimson is from the kermes insect (from the family Kermesidae), a source of red dye, and gale has the etymology of ”strong wind.”

The Ruthless Tempest

Season or storm.

The Sterling Tides

“Little star,” from a star on Norman pennies.

Tuck Plankshanks

“A fold.” Tuck Plankshanks is one of the members of Robin Hood’s Merry Men.

Captain Bess Redhand (female)

Bess is a form of Elizabeth, and Elizabeth I was known as Good Queen Bess.

The Gilded Fortune

Luck.

The Wayward Mermaid

From Old English mere, sea, and maid.

Little Bo Ropewick (kid)

Bo (“to live” and that is enough at age 5. Ropewick I have invented from rope and wick.

Peg Saltshanks

Peg is from Margaret (”pearl”), while Saltshanks is “salt-legs.”

The Iron Hounds

I recommend this one for a flag, a tattoo, a ship, or a guild roster.

Silas Blackbrine (male)

It is a diminutive of Silvanus and is meaning of the forest. In the Bible Silas was a leader in the early church as well as Paul’s travelling companion.

Rourke Ironjaw

Rourke is derived from the Gaelic surname “O’Ruairc.” In World of Warcraft Ironjaw is a timber wolf found in Terokkar Forest.

Nell Puddle Jumper

Nell is concatenated to Eleanor (“shining light”). I’m proud of this combination that I created.

Salt Marauders

From French maraud, rogue or rascal.

Copper Harbinger

A harbinger was first a man sent ahead to find lodging.

Bloody Grudge

From Old French grouchier, to grumble.

Otto Goldtooth

Otto has origins in the High German ot (”wealth”). So, this names is symbolizing the same idea twice.

Black Serpent

Black is found in the root of many clichés and serpent comes from the Latin serpens, meaning “creeping animal” or “snake”.

Bertha Turnipjaw

“Bright.” and is with origins in the Old High German beraht.

Elowen Mothwake

“Elm tree” wiht Cornish roots

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Vespera Gloamtide

Vesper is Latin for evening star and gloam is English for dusk. I think it is good when the captain has a name like the last light on the water.

Distant Hurricane

From Taíno huracán, a storm spirit.

Carmilla Gravewick

Carmilla (“garden” or ”orchard”) is a vampire countess in a Sheridan Le Fanu novella.

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Clementine Brineshanks

Clementine is from clemens, mild, and Brine is water with a high concentration of dissolved salts. Diminutives that I like are Clem and Clemmie.

Morgana Gallowhook

“Sea circle,” as well as a mirage over water is a fata morgana.

Alaric the Grey

Ruler of all, from the Gothic Alareiks..

Joss Knotwake

Joss is a short form of Joseph, “God will add.”

Skip Tarshanks

“Ship’s master.”

Quillon Lodefinder

Quillon (pronounced as KWILL-on) is meaning “crossing swords” and a lode is symbolizing a vein of ore.

Hector Toewake

“Hold/restrain”, from the Greek verb echein.

Cora Anchorshanks

Cora (“maiden” or “young girl”) Munro is the sister in The Last of the Mohicans.

Bellamy Coinhand

Bellamy is symbolizing “fine friend.” Black Sam Bellamy is the richest piraet on record. His fortune would be worth around $140 million in today’s money.

The Grim Wolves

Grim has roots in Norse: ”helmet” or ”mask”. It is also one reserved for Odin.

Thessaly Shroudwick

Thessaly is a region of Greece that was known for witchcraft, especially the use of herbs. These witches were able to “draw down the moon.”

Pip Shellkeeper

Dickens got here first. He’s used Pip for the orphan boy in Great Expectations. Shellkeeper has the meaning of “protector of hidden depth.”

Orla the Slow Tide

“Golden princess” with origins in Irish/Gaelic Órfhlaith.

Lark Ripshanks

A songbird or a prank.

Cadogan Netherspar

Cadogan is from the Welsh Cadwgan and means “battle glory.” Nether means ”lying below the earth’s surface”.

Sable Blackhollow

Black, in heraldry.

Bartholomew Lord of Nothing

“Son of Talmai” in Aramaic and Talmai means “furrowed” in Hebrew.

Toby Squidmane

God is good/God is my goodness

Bett Barnaclehand

Bett is a short form of Elizabeth (“my God is abundance”). A “barnacled” is a person who is experienced with the sea. I have no idea when that usage started.

Rum Daughters

Rum is a short variation of rumbullion, a term for uproar.

Savage Fury

Rage, and Roman myth has three Furies who hunt oath-breakers.

Little Cleo the Bold

“Glory”.

Teague Rumhollow

“Poet” or ”philosopher.” Teague is also an English slang for an Irishman.

Dagna Saltbones

“New day”, from Norse elements dagr and nýr.

Zilpha Mothmoor

Zilpha is from the Hebrew Zilpah and it happens that it was used for a handmaid in Genesis.

Genevieve Ledgerwell

“Woman of the tribe.”

Hungry Vulture

From Latin vellere, to pluck or tear.

Lookout Milo the Curious

“Dear,” or “soldier.”

Sunken Leviathan

According to 1 Enoch 60:7: ”… two great monsters were separated, a female monster named Leviathan, to dwell in the depths of the ocean over the springs of waters.”

Jem Harbourdrift

“Heel/supplanter.”

Philippa Crownhand

“Lover of horses,” as well as a queen who saved six Burghers of Calais.

Caspian the Pale Guest

From Caspii, people who lived by the Caspian Sea.

Sorrel Ghosthollow

“reddish-brown”//”sour/tangy”

Emeric Coffinreef

Emeric has Germanic roots with the meaning of “powerful leader.”

Grey Fleet

Fleet comes from Old English flēot, ship.

Hilda Weatherjaw

battle/fight

Idris Stargale

“Ardent lord,” as well as a night on Cadair Idris makes a poet or a madman.

Young Sprout the Small

A new shoot.

Fitzroy the Ledger

“Son of the king”. English officer of the Royal Navy Robert FitzRoy was the captain of the Beagle with Darwin on board.

Dennis Backwards

Of Dionysus.

Gulls of the Ashen Reckoning

It is symbolizing ”scavengers that linger over a scene of fiery judgment.”

Percival Lacehook

“pierce the valley”/”warrior of the cauldron”

Petunia Cheesetooth

From Tupi petun, tobacco.

Mungo Grogshanks

Mungo is a moniker for Saint Kentigern, patron saint of the city of Glasgow. Grog is navy slang.

Marlow Tradereef

Marlow (“lake remnant”/”bogs/leavings of a pool”) is Conrad’s sailor who narrates Heart of Darkness.

Sovereign Cutlass

From Latin cultellus, little knife.

Rusted Brotherhood

Brothers, and Caribbean buccaneers called themselves Brethren of the Coast.

Halvard Sextantwake

Halvard has origins in the Old Norse Hallvarðr, rock guardian. With a sextant you can measure the angle to a celestial body.

Deckhand Nico the Quick

“Victory of the people.”

Lazarus Twice-Buried

“God has helped,” as well as he walked out of his tomb after four days.

Bright Maiden

Young woman.

Osric Ashwell

“Divine ruler.”

Elio Puddingsail

Elio is the Italian form of Helios, the sun, and for Puddingsail I’ve got the idea while eating.

Biscuit Picklebeard

Biscuit, from Latin bis coctus, “twice-cooked.”

Adelaide the Gallant

“Noble kind” and is from High German Adalheidis.

Undine Wraithshanks

Undine (“little wave”) was used by Paracelsus and comes from ”unda.”

Beatrix Bellwake

“Voyager,” or “she who makes happy.”

Abel Mastwell

“Breath”. Abel Tasman was the first European to discover New Zealand.

Momo Mustardwick

“Peach” in Japanese.

Yara Saltdrift

“Water lady,” a river mermaid in Brazilian folklore.

Sirocco

Up to 100 km per hour, via the Sahara. That is a sirocco.

Honora Lacewell

Honora comes from Latin and in Ireland is Onóra, and you should know that Lacewell is “a spring near a stream.”

Weathered Albatross

From Portuguese alcatraz, a seabird.

Captain Rue No Quarter

A bitter herb, or regret.

Custard Fluffshanks

From Old French crouste, crust.

Perdita Cinderhollow

Perdita is from Latin perditus (”abandoned”). Shakespeare used it in The Winter’s Tale. A cinder hollow is the remnants of a fire.

Copper Runners

It is meaning “the uncatchable smugglers.”

Ursa Gloamfang

Ursa comes from the Latin for she-bear while gloamfang can mean “twilight tooth”.

Cassius Ledgerhook

Cassius Longinus was a member of the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar.

Ivarr Rotkeel

Ivarr is a variant of the Norse Ívarr, ”yew warrior.” Rotkeel is “red wedge.”

Indy Crumbtooth

Indy is connected to free or independence, and Crumbtooth is symbolizing a ”messy eater.”

Neve the Wayward

Pronounced as NEEV. Bright. Niamh, the Irish spelling, rode with Oisín to Tír na nÓg.

Maud Shivwake

Maud (“mighty in battle” and a variation of Mathilda) is the girl Tennyson invites into the garden.

Erasmus Deadlight

“Beloved”.

Kit the Patient

Young fox, tool set, pocket fiddle or kitten.

Nether Corsairs

Corsair comes from Italian corsaro (”a government-sanctioned privateer”) and nether is “further down”.

Velvet Company

From Latin com, with, and panis, bread.

Aurelio Doubloonhand

“Golden” in Latin.

Tamsin Reefdrift

Tamsin is a short form of Thomasina that has origins in Thomas, ”twin” in Aramaic.

Selene Paletide

Moon.

Doris the Slightly Feared

Doris (“Dorian woman”/”gift of the ocean”) is a sea nymph and mother of fifty Nereids.

Forsaken Harpy

Harpy comes from Greek myth where they was a half-human and half-bird mythical creature.

Solana Doubloonmane

Doubloonmane is vanity half, gold-coin hair. Solana is sun in Spanish.

Runa Isledrift

“Secret, rune, mystery or whisper.”

Mireille Silentwell

Pronounced as meer-AY. “Admired.” Mirèio, her Provençal form, is a poem by Frédéric Mistral.

Barlow the Throatcutter

“Barley hill”.

Leandro Amberhand

Leandro is the Spanish and Italian form of Leander (”lion man” in Greek). Amberhand suggests a man who is a ”skilled artisan.”

Lucky Hands

“Crewmen”.

Ophira Drownbones

From Ophir, a land of gold in the Bible.

Bram the Red Hand

Bram (“father of many”) Stoker wrote Dracula, the centrepiece of vampire fiction.

Wandering Jacks

Sailors, or a flag at a ship’s bow.

Xan Turnipbones

Xan is a variation of Alexander (“defender of man”), and these three letters are easy to remember.

Delphine Winedrift

“Dolphin,” or “woman of Delphi.”

Captain Juno the Mighty

“Youthful.”

Rufus Bilgehook

Red-haired/reddish

Zuzu Jellyshanks

Zuzu is a diminutive of Susanna or Zuzana (“lily flower”) and Jellyshanks is “wobbly or weak legs.”

Wailing Jackdaw

A jackdaw is symbolizing a ”noisy, rogue bird”.

Corvina Duskmoor

Corvina (“little raven”) and Duskmoor I made up from dusk with moor, twilight wetlands.

Amias Cachedrift

Here is one that is symbolizing a protected treasure that is transported with the tide.

Scarlet Revenge

Scarlet means “bright red and Blackbeard sailed the Queen Anne’s Revenge.

Weeping Siren

Sea singers, and Odysseus had his crew lash him to a mast.

Hettie Crabhand

“Home ruler,” or “star”.

Augusta Ivorywake

“Venerable/majestic.”

Marque Ravens

Letters of marque were granted to ship owners to “use force to harass or prey upon a nation’s enemy”.

Pax Butterspar

Peace. Pax Romana was a period of peace and stability in the Roman Empire.

Gideon Cleavejaw

“Hewer.”

Morwenna Widowgale

Morwenna is “sea maiden” in Cornish and patron saint of a civil parish in England.

Renard Spicewick

Renard is fox in French, which is combined with spicewick.

Juniper Keymoor

An evergreen shrub with blue berries.

Hob Caskbones

“Bright fame,” or a household sprite in English folklore.

Marisol Starwake

“Sea and sun,” or Mary of Solitude.

Emmeline the Pardoned

Emmeline (“whole”) Pankhurst went to prison for voting rights for women.

Buried Compass

Buried and compass together is exactly the point.

Isolde Bloodwake

“Ice ruler” in Old High German and “fair to look at” in Welsh.

Merciless Kraken

From Norwegian krake, a sea monster from Scandinavian mythology.

Quill Sockshanks

A quill is a writing tool and the second part means “socks on the lower legs”.

Wee Finn Sand Digger

“Fair.”

Rosalind Velvetshore

Horse, gentle, shield or pretty rose.

Cuthbert the Bilge King

“Famous and bright”.

Absalom Nine Graves

Absalom (“father of peace”) was caught by his hair in an oak.

Stubb Oarwick

“Tree stump,” and the pipe-smoking second mate in Moby-Dick.

Chips the Loud

Wood shavings, and a Navy slang for a ship’s carpenter.

Alma Sundrift

Nourishing/sould/kind