Creative & Music data
Pirate name data
This is the whole grammar behind the Pirate Name Generator: 28 building blocks in 3 sets, assembled by 2 patterns, with a selection space of 180 combinations. Nothing is withheld and nothing is summarised: the lists below are the arrays the generator runs on.
Summary
| Building blocks | 28 |
|---|---|
| Patterns | [Epithet] [Given][Given] of [Place] |
| Selection space | 180 |
| Counted as | 10 epithets x 10 given names, plus 10 given names x 8 places |
Where these blocks came from
Own selection. Both forms are attested in Golden Age of Piracy record-keeping, where a colour-or-defect by-name and a port of origin were the two commonest identifiers.
The building blocks
Epithets 10
Prefixed to the given name in the first form.
BlackRedBloodyOne-EyedMadSaltyIronDead-EyeLongGold-Tooth
Given names 10
The core name in both forms.
JackAnneMorganBessSilasRourkeKitVaneDagonMarsh
Places 8
Follows of in the second form.
the KrakenTortugathe Deepthe Black Sailthe Reefthe Gallowsthe StormSkull Bay
Worked examples
Six names this generator produced, with the measurements the site shows next to every name. Syllables follow one published rule: count each run of vowel letters as one syllable, then subtract one for a silent trailing e when the word has more than one vowel group. The rule is approximate at the edges and deliberately simple, so anyone can apply it to any name here and get the same answer.
| Name | Characters | Syllables | Words | Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloody Silas | 12 | 4 | 2 | CCVVCV |
| One-Eyed Anne | 13 | 3 | 2 | VVVC |
| Jack of the Storm | 17 | 4 | 4 | CCVCC |
| Long Anne | 9 | 2 | 2 | CVCC |
| Dead-Eye Vane | 13 | 3 | 2 | CVVC |
| Dead-Eye Rourke | 15 | 3 | 2 | CVVCCV |
How to cite this
NameForge. Pirate name data, NameForge Naming Corpus v1. 2026. CC BY 4.0. https://nameforge.name/data/pirate
BibTeX
@misc{nameforge-corpus-v1,
author = {NameForge},
title = {Pirate name data, NameForge Naming Corpus v1},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://nameforge.name/data/pirate}},
note = {CC BY 4.0}
}
Reuse is welcome under CC BY 4.0. Attribution line: Data: NameForge Naming Corpus v1, https://nameforge.name/data. A name assembled from these blocks can coincide with a real name, business or trademark; nothing here is checked against any register.
Related corpus entries
The generators this one shares naming conventions with, and how their block counts compare. A larger corpus is not a better one: pirate names are assembled from 28 blocks in 3 sets, and a generator with fewer blocks in more sets can still reach a wider selection space.
| Corpus | Blocks | Block sets | Combinations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character name data | 39 | 4 | 259,595,667,507,939,840,000 |
| Tavern name data | 40 | 2 | 400 |
| Band name data | 38 | 2 | 380 |
| Superhero name data | 32 | 2 | 260 |
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Last reviewed 6 August 2026. Corpus v1. Method: how NameForge builds a name. Built and maintained by FusionStudios.