Cool pirate Names

To make cool pirate names I use a mixture of good old English names, combined with surnames with the proper feel. To spice the names up, the random generator adds expressions, nouns, verbs etc. from a sailor jargon.

The pirate names shows good variation due to a complex random algorithm, that combines the different names, surnames and jargon into new names.

Female names

Pirate names for girls

25% of the pirate names from the generator are female pirate names for girls. The female pirate names are formed with a female name, a surname. Finally special words are randomly added to finish and refine the name.

In real life female pirates were rare, but the female pirate names are the obvious choice for cool pirate ship names. Through all time sailors always has named their pirate ships after females. Many a fine lady has crossed the oceans as well as the local bays and straits.

Real female pirate names

For a list of real female pirate names check this list of historical female pirates. These traditional names is also a good source for inspiration for a funny and cool names for girls.

Male Pirates

75% of the of the names generated are male. The male pirate names are made from traditional English sailor names. These are combined with generic surnames and the special words.

Pirate ship name generator

Use it as a pirate ship name generator. Just head for the random female pirate names as pirate ship names. There you go, a build-in pirate ship name generator.

Historical pirate ships and piracy

At the Wikipedia you can find a list of historical pirate ships at the piracy article. This article deal with every aspects of piracy from historical time and up till the piracy the world experience today.

You can find even more ship names at the famous pirate ship names at piratenames.net.

Piracy definition

The United Nations definition of piracy sounds like this: Piracy consists of any criminal acts of violence, detention, rape, or depredation committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or aircraft.

Piracy is indeed a dirty business. Both now and in the past. So even though the movie industry and literature usually glorifies piracy and the criminal acts on the sea, piracy has never been and will never romantic and heroic as described.

The Pirate Name Generator project

I aim to make cool names and web applications that are easy to use. Name generation should be a pleasure.

Easy to use

The Pirate name generator is designed to be easy to use. User interface is easily over viewed and all the names are generated with a single click. All the pirate names are saved to a list, so they're easy to save your future reference.

Fast programming

My generators are programmed in JavaScript. JavaScript makes name generation extremely fast and simple. The name is generated locally on your own PC. The result is instant generation and no waiting.

Random pirate names

The generators use random number algorithms to make 100% random pirate names. Advanced algorithms generate over 1 million unique combinations of words and names.

List of real pirate names

At Wikipedia you can find a huge list of pirate names.

The list covers real pirate names from 500 BC up to modern time. A great source of inspiration for making cool pirate names.

Talk like a pirate

For all pirate fans there's a yearly talk like a pirate day. It's the September 19th.

Visit the Talk like a pirate day. John Baur and Mark Summers started this trend in 1995. In 7 years they were pretty much the only nerds in the world celebrating this great day. Today things luckily has changed. Today all of us nerds can enjoy and celebrate the good vibrations of the talk like a pirate day.

So ship ahoy! Please bookmark me and spread the word about the September 19th.

Pirate dictionary

If you wanna talk like a real one you better visit the

Pirate dictionary where you can learn the proper lingo. Shiver me timbers! The dictionary is also a great resource for more inspiration to make cool names.

Pirate nicknames

If you want funny pirate nicknames, check out the Nickname Generator. The nickname generator makes cool and funny nicknames. Cool nicks for salty dogs.

Vampire names

If you want a more bloody or evil pirate name, check out the Vampire Name Generator. The Vampire makes east European inspired names with a darker end more evil feel.

Random names

If you looking for ordinary and real random names check the Random Name Generator. Real English and American that can form the base for your new pirate identity.