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, a source of red dye, and gale has the etymology of ”strong wind.”

Captain Bess Redhand (female)

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

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

Iron and hounds is short enough for a flag, a tattoo, a ship, or a guild roster.

Silas Blackbrine (male)

Silas is a diminutive of Silvanus, of the forest, and in the Bible there is Paul’s travelling companion.

Rourke Ironjaw

From Irish Ó Ruairc as well as from the Norse Hrothrekr.

Nell Puddle Jumper

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

Otto Goldtooth

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

The Black Serpent

Black is found in the root of many clichés and the serpent has the shape a hull makes in the sea.

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The list of pirate names from the generator continues below:

Vespera Gloamtide

Vesper is Latin for evening star and gloam is English for dusk. It is good when the captain should sound like the last light on the water.

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.

Quillon Lodefinder

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

The Grim Wolves

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

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.”

Cadogan Netherspar

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

Bett Barnaclehand

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

Zilpha Mothmoor

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

The 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.”

Emeric Coffinreef

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

The Drowned Lantern

In the dark, a crew looks for the lantern.

The Gulls of the Ashen Reckoning

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

Mungo Grogshanks

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

Halvard Sextantwake

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

Elio Puddingsail

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

Undine Wraithshanks

Undine (“little wave”) was used by Paracelsus in the 16th century and comes from ”unda.” Wraithshanks is the part of a drowning story.

The 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.”

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.

The 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 was a member of the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar.

Ivarr Rotkeel

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

Indy Crumbtooth

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

The Nether Corsairs

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

Tamsin Reefdrift

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

The Forsaken Harpy

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

Solana Doubloonmane

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

Leandro Amberhand

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

Xan Turnipbones

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

Zuzu Jellyshanks

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

The Wailing Jackdaw

A jackdaw is symbolizing a ”noisy, rogue bird” and wailing puts a sound in the rigging that no bird makes.

Corvina Duskmoor

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

Amias Cachedrift

A protected treasure that is transported wiht the tide.

The Marque Ravens

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

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.

The Buried Compass

Buried and compass together is exactly the point.

Quill Sockshanks

A quill is a writing tool and it ends with “socks on the lower legs”.