Pirate Name Generator - Historical Pirate Names For Kids

Ever wondered what your pirate name would be? A truly swashbuckling title that would strike so much fear into your enemies, they’d walk the plank without you even having to ask them to!

But you don’t want to be just any pirate. You want to be a real pirate. A pirate like one of those who actually sailed the seven seas back in the Golden Age of Piracy. Someone like Captain Edward “Blackbeard” Teach of the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Or Captain Sam “Prince of Pirates” Bellamy of the Whydah Gally.

Us too!

That’s why we put together this fun Pirate Name Generator. Packed out with genuine nautical roles, historically accurate swashbuckling names and authentic pirate ship titles (plus a smattering of pirate slang words thrown in for good measure!).

We gave the generator a go and came out with a variety of rib-ticklingly good pirate alter-egos for ourselves, such as:

Commodore Mary “Fish-Face” Moody of the Golden Deer

and

Quartermaster James “Bilge-Water” Bonny of the Happy Delivery

Have some fun generating your own Pirate Names below:

Pirate Names Generator:

1. First, find your role on the ship:

How many letters in your first name?

• 2 letters or less - Gunner

• 3 letters - Boatswain

• 4 letters - Mate

• 5 letters - Captain

• 6 letters - Quartermaster

• 7 letters - Commodore

• 8 letters – Buccaneer

• 9 letters – Privateer

• 10 letters or more - Landlubber

2. Next, find your pirate first name:

How many letters in your best friend’s name?

• 2 letters or less – Ching or Chen

• 3 to 4 letters – Anne or Edward

• 5 to 6 letters – Jack or Mary

• 7 to 8 letters - Henry or Grace

• 9 to 10 letters – William or Rachel

• 11 or more letters – Jeanne or Francis

3. Then, find out what pirate feature you’re famous for:

What’s the first letter of your last name?

• A – “Black-Beard”

• B – “Swashbuckling”

• C – “Foul-Mouthed”

• D – “Keel-Hauler”

• E – “Cutlass-Waver”

• F – “Black-tooth”

• G – “Deck-Swabber”

• H – “One-Eyed”

• I – “Fiery-Breathed”

• J – “Bilge-Water”

• K – “Light-Fingered”

• L – “Slime-Tooth”

• M – “Scallywag”

• N – “Long-John”

• O – “Toothless”

• P – “Powder-Monkey”

• Q – “Plank-Walker”

• R – “Scurvy-Pants”

• S – “Kraken-Killer”

• T – “Peg-Leg”

• U – “Horn-Swaggler”

• V – “Treasure-Lover”

• W – “Hairy-Backed”

• X – “Briney-Breeches”

• Y – “Fish-Face”

• Z – “Yo-Ho”

4. Next, find your piratey last name:

What’s your favourite colour?

• Blue - Bart

• Green - Read

• Yellow - Kidd

• Red - Shih

• Orange - Bonny

• Purple - Bellamy

• Pink - Bonnet

• Black – Teach

• Grey - Rackham

• White - Drake

• Brown – Roberts

• Silver – Moody

• Gold - Silver

5. Finally, find the name of your pirate ship:

What’s your birthday month?

• January – of the Royal Fortune

• February – of the Revenge

• March – of the Adventure Galley

• April – of the Fancy

• May – of the Queen Anne’s Revenge

• June – of the Delivery

• July – of the Golden Deer

• August – of the Fantasy

• September – of the Speaker

• October – of the Shengyang

• November – of the Happy Delivery

• December – of the Kingston

Put it together and what have you got? No, not bibbity-bobbety-boo! You've got an awesome new pirate name to share with your friends and family!

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Now you’ve got your pirate name, why not design yourself a pirate flag to go with your new ship?

Wondering where your pirate name came from? Check out our pirate blogs to read up on the real pirates from history that inspired our name generator!

Don’t forget to share your pirate name with us on social media! We’d love to hear the pirate name you’ve generated.