150 Dwarf Names From Norse Legend to Modern Fantasy

Digging for a dwarf name that sounds carved rather than chosen? Here are 150 of them: 57 male, 41 female, 32 unisex, and 20 clan names to finish the set.

The template is older than fantasy fiction. Nearly every dwarf in The Hobbit, Gandalf included, was lifted from the Dvergatal, the catalogue of dwarves in stanzas 10 to 16 of the Old Norse poem Völuspá ⁽¹⁾. Hard consonants and stone-and-metal imagery have read as dwarvish ever since.

A handful of these are live baby names too. Every popularity figure below comes from U.S. Social Security Administration birth records for the year named, so Amara at #98 in 2025 is a measured rank rather than a guess ⁽²⁾.

57 Male Dwarf Names

Blunt, battle-ready male dwarf names, from Tolkien’s company to Warhammer’s high kings. A few double as real American names: Thorin ranked #1,379 for boys in 2025, according to Social Security Administration data.

1. Alrik – reads like a Warhammer high king. It is also a real if rare American name, with about five newborns receiving it in 2025, per the SSA.
2. Aradun – a solid pick for an Ironforge soldier who volunteers for the long watch. He never explains why, and nobody asks twice.
3. Axegrinder – settles arguments with the flat of the blade first. The edge only comes out once talking has already failed.
4. Balin – Bilbo’s steadiest friend in The Hobbit. He is the warmest of the classic Tolkien picks, gray bearded and gentle by dwarf standards.
5. Bashful – the quiet one of Snow White’s seven. He stays half hidden behind his beard, even when he is the one who saves the day.
6. Belegar – rules the Angrund clan in Warhammer with a grip like a vice. Losing his hold has only made him harder to shift.
7. Belnar – short, blunt, and easy to shout across a crowded gaming table. It sticks in a party’s memory after one session.
8. Bofur – the singer of Thorin’s company. He is better with a tune than with a war plan, and the company is fonder for it.
9. Cragstone – belongs to a dwarf who is happiest above the treeline. Tunnels feel like a job, mountains feel like home.
10. Dizzyhammer – swings first, aims second, and somehow still connects. Nobody has figured out how, least of all him.
11. Doc – leader of Snow White’s seven. It is also a genuine baby name again, ranking #3,975 in 2025 after bottoming out in the late 1950s, according to Social Security Administration data.
12. Dondar – fits a Wildhammer scout who prefers open sky to tunnels. He reads maps by starlight instead of torches.
13. Dopey – the youngest of the seven. He is all elbows and good intentions, and everyone forgives him for both.
14. Driftstone – for a wanderer who never sleeps in the same hold twice. Roots slow him down more than any enemy does.
15. Durin – the Father of the Dwarves in Middle-earth, and a name that only entered U.S. birth records in 2024, per the SSA.
16. Fili – half of Tolkien’s inseparable brother pair. He stays loyal to Kili and to Thorin to the very last page.
17. Garrim – gritty enough for a World of Warcraft character with a chip on his shoulder. It plays as a name that has already been in a few brawls.
18. Gilrigg – punchy, easy to remember, and hard to mishear mid-session. A dungeon master can shout it once and never repeat it.
19. Gimlet – sharp on both counts, the tool and the drink. It suits a dwarf who is handy in a workshop and dangerous at a bar.
20. Gimli – the loyalty benchmark for every dwarf written since The Lord of the Rings. Any character with this name inherits that standard immediately.
21. Glintaxe – keeps his blade polished and one eye on the loot pile. Vanity and greed share the same whetstone here.
22. Goldbeard – counts his coin and his years with the same care. Neither total is ever quite settled to his satisfaction.
23. Gotrek – the Slayer still looking for the death that will finally stick. Every fight is another attempt, not a victory.
24. Grimm – grim by sound and by temperament. It is still a live American name, ranking #7,346 in 2025, per the SSA.
25. Grombrindal – the White Dwarf of Warhammer legend. He is old beyond counting, and shows up only when the story needs him most.
26. Grumpy – all bark. The seven would not function without him keeping everyone else honest.
27. Happy – keeps morale up when the tunnel gets long, and ranks #9,691 among U.S. baby names in 2025.
28. Harrim – the gloomy cleric companion from Pathfinder: Kingmaker. He plays the doom-sayer of any party he joins.
29. Hoggle – grumbles his way through the Labyrinth and helps anyway. The complaining is mostly for show.
30. Ironforge – the great dwarven city worn as a name by someone with something to prove. It carries the weight of an entire kingdom’s reputation.
31. Josef – the brewer’s name in Warhammer and a steady real-world one at #2,860 for U.S. boys in 2025.
32. Kazdun – noble in sound, well suited to a Wildhammer thane. It reads like a name passed down for generations before it was earned.
33. Kegworth – arrives with the barrel and leaves with the empty. Nobody has seen him do actual work in between.
34. Kili – one of Tolkien’s thirteen dwarves in The Hobbit. He is quick and reckless alongside his brother Fili.
35. Kurgan – the negotiator of the clan. He is sharper at a table than in a brawl, and prefers it that way.
36. Malakai – suits a tinkerer with soot on his sleeves, and it is genuinely popular: #213 for U.S. boys in 2025, with 1,657 births, per the SSA.
37. Mithril – named for the metal of Moria. It stays light and impossible to break, the way the ore it is named for does.
38. Moradin – the chief dwarven god of Dungeons & Dragons. It is a heavy name to hang on a mortal character.
39. Ori – the scribe of Thorin’s company. It is also a short current American name, ranking #2,002 in 2025, per the SSA.
40. Pipeweed – takes the slow road and stops often. Every stop somehow involves a pipe and a long story.
41. Rumblebeard – you hear him two corridors before you see him. The beard alone seems to carry an echo.
42. Rustylocks – red haired, quick fingered, and never quite innocent. Something in his pockets is usually not his.
43. Sleepy – the last watch is his. He will not survive it awake, and everyone plans around that fact.
44. Sneezy – mining dust and dwarf sinuses were never going to get along. The whole camp hears about it before the dust does.
45. Snorri – a Warhammer name carrying the weight of the first high kings. It suits an elder who remembers the old grudges best.
46. Stonefoot – crosses loose scree the way other people cross carpet. Uneven ground never seems to slow him down.
47. Stonehewer – turns raw rock into something worth keeping. The work is slow, but nothing he shapes falls apart.
48. Thorin – the king under the mountain, and a real name at #1,379 for U.S. boys in 2025.
49. Thrain – a name from the same Old Norse Dvergatal as Tolkien’s dwarves. It carries more grief than glory in most retellings.
50. Thudrick – the loudest voice in the tavern and the last to leave it. Closing time is a suggestion to him, not a rule.
51. Thundertop – lands like weather rather than a weapon. Nobody argues with him twice.
52. Tumblestone – more avalanche than dwarf, in the best way. Standing still has never suited him.
53. Ungrim – keeps a slayer’s oath and a crown at once. That contradiction is a distinctly Warhammer sort of problem.
54. Varric – the storyteller of Dragon Age. He carries a crossbow named Bianca and a story for every occasion.
55. Whiskers – grooms that beard like a family heirloom. It gets more care than the armor underneath it.
56. Yobbish – eats first and asks about the plan later. By the time he asks, the plan has usually changed anyway.
57. Zorken – odd, funny, and impossible to forget once said aloud. It earns a laugh the first time it is read at a table.

41 Female Dwarf Names

Female dwarf names that carry weight without losing their music, from stronghold brewers to rune casters. Two are in genuine use today, with Adelina at #304 and Elira at #4,205 in 2025, per the SSA.

1. Adelina – a forge worker’s fire in a soft package, and a well used name today at #304 for U.S. girls in 2025, its best rank yet.
2. Ailiel – goes down into the dark for artifacts nobody else will fetch. Fear, for her, is just a fact to work around.
3. Aithina – the clan’s potion brewer. Her hands stay steady even when the recipes get stronger.
4. Amara – the only name here still inside the U.S. top 100, at #98 in 2025, and it suits a hammer-swinging matriarch.
5. Angritha – pulls the best stout in the stronghold and knows it. She will remind you if you forget to say so.
6. Arinna – hunts treasure in the corners of the map nobody has inked yet. Blank space is an invitation, not a warning.
7. Bargina – her armor has stopped dragonfire, a fact she mentions often. She has the scorch marks to prove it.
8. Bruni – keeps the old songs alive so the clan remembers its own history. A verse of hers can settle an argument faster than a fact can.
9. Chise – small, sharp, and a natural fit for a Warcraft character. It reads quick and clever without trying hard.
10. Dagna – the Arcanist of Dragon Age. She is delighted by anything that might explode, ideally on purpose.
11. Disa – sings to the stone in The Rings of Power. She rules with real warmth, not just authority.
12. Dora – guards the ancestral tombs and says little. The name peaked at #109 in 1913 and still turns up at #2,388.
13. Drisella – never misses with the ax and never lets you forget it. Modesty was never part of the training.
14. Elira – carves her people’s history into stone tablets so nothing gets forgotten. The work has kept the name alive too, ranking #4,205 among U.S. births in 2025, per the SSA.
15. Frerinna – maps the deep earth the way other people map streets. She has never once gotten lost down there.
16. Furga – climbs whatever is in the way. Flat ground bores her within a few steps.
17. Gilda – a rune caster with real history behind the name. It ranked #381 for U.S. girls back in 1927, per the SSA.
18. Glorora – fights with precision and no wasted motion. Every strike lands exactly where she meant it to.
19. Helge – a name that suits an Azeroth character just as well as a dwarf’s, though U.S. records last list it in 1930.
20. Hilda – carves statues so detailed they look ready to speak. The name still sees use too, at #3,007 in 2025 after topping out at #103 in 1914, per the SSA.
21. Imli – short and bright, ideal for an Ironforge hunter. It moves as fast as the archer carrying it.
22. Ingrida – sets traps nobody walks out of twice. Patience is her whole strategy.
23. Iona – keeps the watchfires burning on the highest terrace. No one has ever seen them go dark on her watch.
24. Jorunna – the shrewdest trader in the market row. Everyone loses a little in a deal with her and comes back anyway.
25. Karissa – sets gems into crowns with a jeweler’s patience. It peaked at #306 in 1991 and sits at #2,915 now.
26. Katnora – brings a little court polish to a D&D campaign. It suits a dwarf raised around diplomats rather than miners.
27. Kella – rides gryphons with the Wildhammer clan and lands hard. The landings are rougher than the flights.
28. Maela – a paladin’s name. It ranks #3,054 among U.S. births in 2025, per the SSA.
29. Meda – rules as a queen who listens first. The name ranked #889 in 1915, per the SSA.
30. Moira – runs the Dark Iron clan on politics rather than muscle in Warcraft. The name holds steady too, ranking #2,047 among U.S. births in 2025, per the SSA.
31. Nilda – tracks anything through anything.
32. Orinda – collects secrets the way other dwarves collect coin.
33. Ragnhild – the clan historian, and she has forgotten nothing.
34. Ramila – teaches the young ones the stories that hold a clan together.
35. Rhiara – sounds ready for a fight before she has said a word.
36. Runa – fills the tavern with song, and the crowd never seems to tire of it. The name itself ranks #2,771 among U.S. births in 2025, per the SSA.
37. Senica – reads poetry into weather and stone.
38. Sigrunna – goes in first, every time.
39. Thogriel – puts magic into the metal before it cools.
40. Yiva – outbids everyone in the market and stays friendly about it.
41. Zelna – wins the battle on the map before anyone draws.

32 Unisex Dwarvish Names

Names built from traits, stone, and weather instead of gender, so they suit any dwarf you roll. Onyx is the fastest riser of the bunch, up about 926% over the last ten years of births against the ten before them, according to Social Security Administration data.

1. Basalt – cooled lava turned to stone, which is roughly a dwarf’s biography.
2. Brynn – dependable as a retaining wall, and a well used name at #407 in 2025.
3. Bumbleflint – starts more fires by accident than on purpose.
4. Clankers – you never need to ask where they are.
5. Dagmar – gets obedience without raising a voice, and it was a top 1,000 name in 1915.
6. Draven – edged and a little dangerous, still in use at #1,217 in 2025.
7. Durrak – comes up from the deep roads with dust in his hair.
8. Ebon – dark stone, dark humor, dependable in a crisis.
9. Ember – what is left glowing after the forge goes cold, and a genuinely popular name now at #154 in 2025.
10. Faelan – hints at old magic without announcing it.
11. Finnian – goes exploring first and worries about maps later. It sits at #1,487 in 2025.
12. Fumblefingers – the reason the clan does not hand him the good glassware.
13. Garnet – deep red and hard wearing, an old jewel name that ranked #407 in 1918.
14. Gemstone – more sparkle than subtlety.
15. Gobsmacker – tells the story that ends the conversation.
16. Grumblebelly – runs on a schedule, and the schedule is lunch.
17. Haldor – builds the gadget nobody asked for and everybody ends up using.
18. Keldan – walks out of a winter that should have finished him.
19. Linden – a tree name with quiet staying power, sitting at #1,415 in 2025.
20. Malin – makes art with a distinctly dwarven edge to it.
21. Nugnug – exists to make the party laugh, and it works.
22. Onyx – polished black stone, and the fastest riser on this list: U.S. births rose about 926% over the last ten years against the ten before them, according to Social Security Administration data.
23. Snickersnack – the weapon sounds silly right up until it lands.
24. Stalagmite – takes centuries to move and is never late.
25. Stumblestone – turns a shield wall into slapstick.
26. Sylvaar – keeps to the shadows and keeps the secrets.
27. Thistle – prickly and useful, and the rarest name here: about five U.S. babies received it in 2025, roughly one in 333,333 births, per the SSA.
28. Thordis – descends from a long line that never lets anyone forget it.
29. Thrum – the sound of a working forge, made into a name.
30. Torin – honor first, argument later, and the name sits at #1,350 in 2025.
31. Vaelis – reads the old runes that other people leave well alone.
32. Wynn – smiles through the worst of it, and the name is up at #1,726 in 2025.

20 Dwarf Clan Names

A dwarf is nothing without kin. Pair one of these clan names with any first name above and the character explains itself, the way Bram Stonehelm reads instantly as a smith.

1. Anvilbreaker – smiths who use twice the force the job needs.
2. Battlehammer – a famous fighting clan out of the Forgotten Realms.
3. Blackiron – smelters who work the dark ores nobody else will touch.
4. Bronzebeard – the ruling line of Ironforge in Warcraft, so it carries instant recognition.
5. Deepdelver – miners who keep going after the air turns bad.
6. Fireforge – molten metal is the family trade and the family temper.
7. Frostbeard – holds the snowline where nobody else will winter.
8. Goldhand – merchants who can hear a coin drop three rooms away.
9. Graveltoe – tunnel laborers with no pretensions and no debts.
10. Hammerfall – warriors who arrive the way a meteor arrives.
11. Ironfist – brawlers and monks who never needed a weapon.
12. Loderr – keeps the flame lit, generation after generation.
13. Oakenshield – Thorin’s epithet, earned in battle and kept as a family name.
14. Redaxe – berserkers who prefer chopping to fencing.
15. Rockseeker – prospectors chasing the next vein over the next ridge.
16. Silveraxe – nobles whose weapons are ceremony first and edge second.
17. Stoutale – brewers of the strongest drink on the continent, proud of the hangover.
18. Stonehelm – defenders who sleep in their armor.
19. Thunder-Mug – a rowdy clan best known for what happens after last call.
20. Wildhammer – gryphon riders who would rather see sky than ceiling.

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