Giant Names, Dwarf Names
Names of giants and dwarves. Names that mean giant or dwarf.
Names associated with giants and dwarfs.
 
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• MALE:

  1. ALVISS (Alvíss): "All wise." Old Norse legend name of a dwarf who almost married Thor's daughter, Thrud. 

  2. ARGOS: Greek myth name of a giant with a hundred eyes, meaning "shining."

  3. BES: Egyptian myth name of a dwarf god, meaning "brings joy."

  4. BRAN: Welsh myth name of a giant king of Britain who was killed attacking Ireland, meaning "raven."

  5. BROKK (Brökk): Norse myth name of a dwarf who, with his brother Eitri, made magical objects for the gods, including the hammer of Thor.

  6. CHRYSAOR: Greek myth name of a giant son of Poseidon and Medusa, meaning "golden sword."

  7. EITRI: Norse myth name of a dwarf who, with his brother Brökk, made magical objects for the gods, including the hammer of Thor.

  8. FAFNIR: Norse myth name of a dwarf who transformed into a dragon, the symbol of greed. 

  9. GANDALF: "Wand elf." Norse myth name of a dwarf, composed of the elements gandr "cane, staff, wand" and álfr "elf." 

  10. GOLIATH: Anglicized form of Hebrew Golyat, the Biblical name of the Philistine giant slain by David, meaning "exile." A shard of pottery unearthed by archaeologists digging at Tell es-Safi, bears two Proto-Semitic names (alwt and wlt) which are etymologically similar to Galyat/Golyat, Hebrew forms of Goliath. The shard dates to around 950 BC, very close to the time when the bible says Goliath lived. 

  11. GRENDEL: Legend name from Beowulf. Said to be a descendant of Cain. Called a giant by some scholars, a troll by others. Terms such as ent, ettin, and scather "one who scathes," are used in the poem to describe him.

  12. HUFFIE: Pet form of English Humphrey, meaning "peaceful giant."

  13. HUMPHREY: English named derived from Norman Hunfrid, meaning "peaceful giant." 
  14. HUMPHRY: Variant of English Humphrey, meaning "peaceful giant." 
  15. HUNFRID: Norman form of Germanic Hunfrith, meaning "peaceful giant." 

  16. HUNFRITH: "Peaceful giant." Old Germanic name composed of the elements huni "giant" and fred/frid "peace." 

  17. NAPOLEON: French form of Italian Napoleone, a very rare name borne by a short emperor (5'6"), usually translated as "lion of Naples" but only because of its association with Italian Napoli "Naples" and leone "lion." Etymologists now believe the name to be of Germanic origin, from elvish Nibelungen "sons of the mist," the name of a race of dwarfs; thus, a more accurate translation for our short emperor's name would be "elf, dwarf, Nibelung."

  18. SINDRI: Norse myth name of a hall in the world that is supposed to exist after Ragnarök, having a roof of red gold, possibly meaning "sparkling." The name is also sometimes used as an alternate name for the dwarf Eitri. 

  19. WMFFRE: Welsh form of Humphrey, meaning "peaceful giant." 

  20. YSBADDADEN: Name of the giant father of the beautiful Olwen in the Welsh tale of Culhwch and Olwen. He is cursed to die if his daughter ever marries. He lives in a magic castle that seems to get farther away the closer one gets to it. When Culhwch comes to seek her hand, Ysbaddaden requires that he complete a series of nearly impossible tasks before he will grant permission for them to marry. 

• FEMALE:

  1. GERD: Norse myth name of a frost giantess and wife of Freyr, probably derived from the word garđr, meaning "enclosure, stronghold."

  2. GRID: Old Norse myth name of a frost giantess, meaning "peace."

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