Zombie Name Generator: Free Zombie Names for Characters, Teams and Stories
Type your name for the undead version of it, or leave the box empty for brand-new zombie names, eight at a time. Below the generator: 150+ zombie names by type, and the other names stories give zombies. Free, no sign-up.
Your zombie names
- Sable the Grave-Walker
- Mangled Grubb the Hungry
- Lady Rotella Dreadmoor
- Pale Grimm
- Widow Belladonna Rotwood
- Little Sludge Gnawbone
- Grave-Born Magnus
- Drooling Gnash
Names are put together in your browser from our word lists. Nothing is sent anywhere and nothing is saved.
How to use the zombie name generator
- 1
Type your name, or leave it empty
Put in your first name, a nickname or your character’s name to get a zombie version of it. Leave the box empty and the generator makes up the whole zombie name.
- 2
Choose the type of name
Male, female, neutral or funny for one zombie, Zombie types for a whole kind of them. The second row names their world: survivors, hunters, teams, usernames, story titles and the virus.
- 3
Generate and copy
Each press gives eight new zombie names. Copy the one you like with its button, or copy all eight to share with friends and vote.
150+ zombie names by type
Not in the mood to press a button? Here are ready-made zombie names, sorted the way people look for them. Every one is free to use.
Male zombie names
Old-fashioned given names, grim titles and surnames that sound dug up.
- Mortimer Gravesend
- Rotten Silas
- Lazarus the Twice-Buried
- Count Ambrose Blackmarrow
- Ichabod the Gnawer
- Old Otis Mudgrave
- Bartholomew Bonechewer
- Grimsby
- Jebediah Rotwood
- Cyrus the Unburied
- Thaddeus Wormwood
- Rufus Gutsworth
- Gideon Ashgrave
- Magnus the Moaner
- Barnaby Tombley
- Ezekiel Cryptmoor
- Rotgar
- Mort
- Gristle
- Brother Jasper Deadwick
- Hank the Shambler
- Lurching Leopold
- Wendell Mossgrave
- Otto Ravensrot
- Sallow Simon
Female zombie names
Victorian names, eerie titles and a little elegance gone wrong.
- Lady Lenore Rotwood
- Gravella Coffinwood
- Pale Ophelia
- Widow Agatha Dreadmoor
- Belladonna the Undying
- Hungry Hester
- Mortina
- Cadaveria
- Rotella Grimshaw
- Wilhelmina Wormwood
- Edith of the Crypt
- Moira Mudgrave
- Vesper Blackmarrow
- Mildred the Moaner
- Lilith Ashgrave
- Sister Delilah Tombley
- Opal the Unburied
- Hazel Hollowell
- Winnie Gnawbone
- Madame Rosalind Rot
- Ivy Deadwick
- Queen Matilda the Restless
- Gertrude Gutsworth
- Bloodless Beatrice
- Elspeth Skullbury
Gender-neutral zombie names
Short, blunt names that fit any zombie character.
- Husk
- Gnash
- Marrow
- Stitches
- Sludge
- Murk
- Gloom
- Rook Wormwood
- Grimm Hollowell
- Ash the Restless
- Shade
- Scab
- Crypt
- Wick Ravensrot
- Sable Dreadmoor
- Rue the Pale
- Dusk
- Grub
- Wren the Unburied
- Feral Moss
Funny zombie names
Puns and pet names for a costume, a pet or a zombie more snack-obsessed than scary.
- Sir Moans-a-Lot
- Captain Crumbles
- Brainy McBrainface
- Barry Bitesalot
- Auntie Odor
- Lil’ Lurch
- Chewy
- Mr. Munchies
- Nibbles
- Groany
- Snackums
- Limpy
- Drooly
- Gary Gutsworth
- Moldy Margaret
- Fester Fingers
- Count Chewula
- Lady Gnaw-Gnaw
- Stumbles McGee
- Grandpa Groans
- Rotten Robin
- Elbow Ellie
- Kevin from Accounting
- Brian (Say It Slowly)
- Deadward
Cool zombie names
One or two hard syllables: names for a game character, a boss or a gamertag.
- Ashwalker
- Grave Wraith
- Nightgnaw
- Hollowborn
- Blackmarrow
- Rotfang
- Dreadhusk
- Cinder
- Vex
- Ghast
- Wither
- Grimshade
- Bonecrow
- Ravensrot
- Duskreaver
- Marrowkin
- Nox
- Sable Ash
- Stillwater
- Scourge
Cute zombie names
Soft, round names for a plush zombie, a kid’s costume or a pet dressed up for Halloween.
- Squishy
- Mossy
- Button Eyes
- Pumpkin
- Bitsy Bones
- Twitch
- Dribble
- Snuggle Rot
- Sprout
- Patches
- Pickles
- Wobble
- Boo Boo
- Gummy
- Tater
- Socks
- Peaches the Undead
- Mumbles
- Pip
- Crumpet
Scary zombie names
For the zombie at the end of the hallway that nobody wants to check on.
- The Hollowed
- Gnashjaw
- Wretch
- Carrion
- Blightmaw
- The Grey Widow
- Skinless Silas
- Rotmouth
- The Pale Mother
- Marrowgrinder
- Gutwrench
- Shriek
- Mother Mire
- The Unburied King
- Cadaver Jack
- Ghoulfang
- Sorrow
- The Thing in the Cellar
- Wormgut
- Bleak
Other names for zombies
Half the people searching for zombie names want a new word for the zombies themselves, because “walkers” and “infected” have been used a thousand times. These are the nicknames stories and players already use, and where they come from.
| Name | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Walkers, biters, roamers | What the survivors call them in The Walking Dead. |
| Infected | 28 Days Later and The Last of Us: used when a virus or a fungus is the cause. |
| Runners, stalkers, clickers, bloaters | The stages of infection in The Last of Us, each one a type of its own. |
| Ghouls | What Night of the Living Dead (1968) calls its dead. |
| Zack | Soldier slang in the World War Z novel. |
| Freakers | The game Days Gone. |
| Hungries | The Girl with All the Gifts. |
| Zeds, Z’s | Common shorthand in games and fan fiction. |
| Shamblers, rotters, stiffs, deadheads, groaners | General slang, named after how they move, smell or sound. |
| Undead, revenants, the risen | Older, more formal words that also cover ghosts and ghouls. |
Need a name nobody has used?
Choose Zombie types in the generator. It invents names for a whole kind of zombie, like Ashwalkers, Gnashjaws or the Breathless, and adds a trait such as Bloated or Screaming when you need a special type for your game or story.
Famous zombie names
A few zombies are famous by name: R, who narrates Warm Bodies; Bub, who learns to salute in Day of the Dead (1985); Fido, the zombie servant in the film of the same name; and Ed, who ends Shaun of the Dead as a zombie in the shed.
Names for the rest of your zombie world
A zombie story needs more than zombies. These came out of the second row of the generator.
Zombie apocalypse survivor names and characters
Each survivor comes with a life before the outbreak, ready to play or write.
- Maya "Crowbar" Vance, ex-paramedic
- Doc Owen, veterinarian
- Jack "Lucky" Holt, pizza delivery driver
- "Slingshot" Tess, summer camp counselor
Zombie hunter and zombie killer names
Slayer titles and nicknames named after the weapon.
- Wade "Machete" Knox
- Cass the Zombie Slayer
- Deadeye Riley
- Owen "Boomstick" Fox
Zombie team, clan and group names
For a gaming clan, a survival group or a group costume.
- The Shambling Horde
- Bite Club
- Rest in Pieces
- Corpse Corps
Zombie usernames and gamertags
No spaces, ready for a game, Discord or a new account.
- RottenSarah
- GhoulMuncher_42
- Mike_the_Walker
- xXGraveWrenXx
Zombie movie, book and game titles
Names for the story itself, from a novel to a TV show.
- Winter of the Unburied
- The Last Days of Harlow Creek
- Outbreak: Port Mercy
- 40 Days Infected
Zombie virus names
Every outbreak needs a name for what caused it.
- The Lazarus Strain
- Z-47 Virus
- Necro-6 Plague
- The Hollow Fever
What it does with your name
Type “Sarah” with the Female type and you might get:
Rotten Sarah · Sarah Gravesend · Sarghoula · Lady Sarah Cryptmoor · Sarah the Restless
How to come up with a good zombie name
A good zombie name tells you who the person was and what is left of them now. A few rules that work for games, stories and costumes alike:
- Keep a trace of the living name. The scariest zombies are people we recognise. “Rotten Sarah” works because Sarah is still in there.
- Add one word of decay, not five. Rotten, Pale, Hollow or Gnawing is enough. Stack too many and it reads like a joke, which is fine for a funny zombie name and wrong for a horror story.
- Use old names for old dead. Mortimer, Agatha and Ichabod sound like they came out of a churchyard. Modern names suit fresh zombies in a modern outbreak.
- Match the name to the tone. Cool zombie names are short and hard (Vex, Rotfang). Cute ones are soft and round (Mossy, Pip). Scary ones hint at something you do not want to see (Skinless Silas).
- Give survivors a nickname, not a title. Nobody in a zombie apocalypse is called “Lady”. They are called Crowbar, Doc or Lucky, after what keeps them alive.
- Name the kind, not just the one. If your story has zombies in it, decide what the survivors call them. A fresh word like Ashwalkers does more for a world than “zombies”.
- Say it out loud. If it is hard to say in a game chat or on a costume tag, pick the next one. The generator gives eight at a time for that reason.
Zombie name generator FAQ
Is the zombie name generator free?
Yes. It is free with no sign-up and no limit, and it does not use credits. Names are put together in your browser, and what you type is not sent to us or stored.
Can I turn my own name into a zombie name?
Yes. Type your name in the box and every result is built around it: a prefix like “Rotten Sarah”, a surname like “Sarah Gravesend”, a title, or a blend of your name with a zombie ending.
What is a cool name for a zombie?
Short names with hard sounds work best: Vex, Rotfang, Ashwalker, Nightgnaw or Grave Wraith. Press the generator with Neutral or Zombie types selected for more like them.
How do you name a zombie?
Start from who they were, then add one sign of decay: “Rotten Sarah”, “Mortimer Gravesend”. Old-fashioned names suit long-dead zombies, puns suit funny ones, and a hard single word suits a game boss.
What are other names for zombies?
Walkers, biters and roamers (The Walking Dead), infected (28 Days Later, The Last of Us), ghouls (Night of the Living Dead), freakers (Days Gone), zeds, shamblers, rotters and the undead. For a word nobody has used, choose Zombie types in the generator.
Is there a female zombie name generator?
Choose Female as the type. The names, titles and endings then come from a female word list, such as Lady Lenore Rotwood or Gravella Coffinwood.
Can it make zombie team or clan names?
Yes. Choose Team / clan for squad, gaming clan, survival group and group costume names like The Shambling Horde or Bite Club. Add your name for ones like “Sarah’s Rotting Horde”.
Does it work as a zombie apocalypse character generator?
Choose Survivor. Each result pairs a name and nickname, like Maya “Crowbar” Vance, with a life before the outbreak, such as ex-paramedic or park ranger. Choose Hunter for zombie hunters and killers.
Can it name my zombie movie, book or game?
Choose Movie or book title for titles like Winter of the Unburied or Outbreak: Port Mercy. Add your name for ones like “Sarah of the Dead”.
Is there a zombie virus name generator?
Choose Virus for the cause of the outbreak: names like The Lazarus Strain, Z-47 Virus or The Hollow Fever.
Can I use these zombie names in my game, book or video?
Yes. They are put together from common words and names, so use them for characters, usernames, stories, tabletop campaigns or videos as you wish.
Can I see what I would look like as a zombie?
Yes. The Zombie AI generator on our home page turns your photo into a zombie video. That part uses credits, and new accounts get some to try it.
Now turn your photo into a zombie
You have the name. Upload a photo and Zombie AI makes the video: you turn, someone you love cannot pull the trigger, and the clip cuts to a happy memory.
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