Giant Name Generator

How giant names are usually built

Giant names are built to be heard at a distance. They use slow, heavy syllables with open vowels and hard stops such as b, g, d and k, so a name like Gromdun or Hildagerd seems to arrive a moment after the person. Feminine names often end open, in a, ga or hild. Masculine names close on a hard syllable such as dun, mund or grim.

The by-name says what kind of giant is speaking. Stone giants take theirs from rock and body, as in Granitefist. Frost giants take them from ice and wind, storm giants from sky and thunder, and hill giants from heath and sheep. A short phrase such as the Patient sits well after any of them.

Keeping giant names consistent

Decide how giants talk about names. A race that lives for centuries does not need many of them, so a giant known by one or two syllables is probably very old. Let each kind keep its own source for by-names, and never mix ice words into a stone giant. Give your giants one habit that smaller people notice, such as naming a child after the weather on the day, and keep it across the story. Small folk will shorten the names, and a giant who allows it is making a point about patience.

Twenty example giant names

• Gromdun Granitefist a quarry keeper who guards a mountain pass.
• Hildagerd Rimeshield a frost jarl who counts every raven.
• Borunda Thunderhand a storm giant who calls rain on purpose.
• Dolmund Cairnback a hill giant shepherd, gentle with lambs.
• Ungarda the Patient an elder who waits for the thaw.
• Kormar Glacierjaw a grim warrior of the north ice.
• Skelgrim Barrowtread a hill giant who follows old roads.
• Mogha Cloudhelm a sky watcher on the highest peak.
• Trommund Slatebrow a stone giant mason who hates noise.
• Falrid Heathermane a hill giant with a loud, kind laugh.
• Vardgar the Slow a giant who always arrives after the fight.
• Rokulda Pillarshoulder holds up a temple roof for her people.
• Haldrun Squallstride a storm giant who walks the clouds.
• Orma Floeshield a frost giant who guards a frozen harbour.
• Stenbok Rubblethumb a builder who repairs what others break.
• Bruka Sleetcloak a hunter of white bears.
• Dornmar Thunderroar a war chief with a voice like a landslide.
• Grundis Mudknuckle a hill giant farmer who loves his goats.
• Kromund the Gentle a giant who is afraid of small dogs.
• Jorha Pebbleshield a stone giant teased for her small name.