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Elephant Name Generator

Our elephant name generator is an excellent place to start if you’re looking for some wonderful name ideas!

We’ve gathered over 550 name options that are perfect for a real or a stuffed animal elephant. To use the generator, simply click the generate button to get ten random names. You can click the stars next to your favorite options to save them to a list.

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More Elephant Names

If you’d prefer to read through some elephant names sorted by category instead of the elephant name generator, check out the lists below!

We’ve gathered 297 great ideas for elephants and sorted them into gender, cute, cool, African, Asian, and famous categories.

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Boy Elephant Names

Here are some of our favorite male elephant names.

  • Alton
  • Alvie
  • Ant
  • Arthur
  • Ash
  • Bamboo
  • Bart
  • Bodhi
  • Dexter
  • Earl
  • Erik
  • Ernst
  • Forest
  • Goliath
  • Homer
  • Monty
  • Lucky
  • Nigel
  • Richy
  • Shep
  • Tusker
  • Walter
  • Woody
  • Ziggy

Girl Elephant Names

These female elephant names would all make beautiful options.

  • Agnes
  • Amelia
  • Angel
  • Autumn
  • Birdie
  • Bree
  • Buttercup
  • Cali
  • Daisy
  • Eleanor
  • Ella
  • Eloise
  • Eva
  • Flopsy
  • Gertrude
  • Grace
  • Hattie
  • Imani
  • Juno
  • Kobie
  • Lady
  • Maya
  • Pepper
  • Rosie
  • Sasha
  • Sparkle
  • Wanda
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Cute Names for Stuffed Elephants

You’ll love these ideas if you’re naming a stuffed elephant or want a cute-sounding name.

  • Benny
  • Bertha
  • Bubbles
  • Buddy
  • Cherry
  • Dinky
  • Droopy
  • Eddie
  • Edith
  • Elsie
  • Ferdinand
  • Ginger
  • Harold
  • Inky
  • Jellybean
  • Lester
  • Lizzie
  • Lola
  • Lulu
  • Midge
  • Norma
  • Nutsy
  • Oscar
  • Packy
  • Peanut
  • Winston
  • Zoe

Cool Elephant Names

Elephants are some of the most amazing creatures on the planet. If you want a cool name for your elephant, check out these options.

  • Achilles
  • Admiral
  • Andre
  • Axel
  • Balboa
  • Bowie
  • Chomper
  • Cleopatra
  • Duchess
  • Duke
  • Gomez
  • Hendrix
  • Hercules
  • Kal
  • King
  • Kratos
  • Kyra
  • Lennon
  • Lorenzo
  • Marley
  • Maximus
  • Medusa
  • Namaste
  • Napoleon
  • Nefertiti
  • Odin
  • Orion
  • Prince
  • Priya
  • Queenie
  • Rambo
  • Sahara
  • Savannah
  • Xena

Grey Names

Elephants have a unique grey color that these names perfectly represent.

  • Ash
  • Ashley
  • Axel
  • Carbon
  • Cirrus
  • Dove
  • Dusty
  • Flint
  • Foggy
  • Gray
  • Grady
  • Graycie
  • Grayson
  • Marble
  • Misty
  • Opal
  • Pearl
  • Pebble
  • Pepper
  • Sepia
  • Shadow
  • Silver
  • Sky
  • Slater
  • Sooty
  • Sterling
  • Storm
  • Stratus
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Funny Elephant Names

We’ve come up with some funny and punny elephant names. These are based on elephant parts, elephant genders (bulls & cows), and other terms related to an elephant’s size.

  • Clumsy
  • Cow-asaki
  • Dumb & Dumbo
  • Ebony & Ivory
  • Elon Tusk
  • GOP
  • Incredibull
  • Irrelephant
  • Junk in the Trunk
  • Lovabull
  • Mini
  • Mouse
  • Mumbo Dumbo
  • PBJ
  • Terribull
  • Thelonius Trunk
  • Tiny
  • Trunk Rock
  • Trunky Brewster
  • Wooly Bully

African Ideas

These ideas come from African names and words and are ideal for an African Elephant.

  • Amare
  • Aba
  • Abasi
  • Adia
  • Adili
  • Aisha
  • Amadi
  • Asha
  • Avana
  • Azizi
  • Bahari
  • Bahati
  • Bakari
  • Chui
  • Dai
  • Daliah
  • Daudi
  • Doto
  • Ekon
  • Haji
  • Hamadi
  • Idi
  • Imani
  • Isabis
  • Jafari
  • Jelani
  • Kaisa
  • Kalifa
  • Kamili
  • Keisha
  • Khalid
  • Kofi
  • Kojo
  • Kondo
  • Kosoko
  • Kwame
  • Lulu
  • Maha
  • Malawa
  • Mesi
  • Mulele
  • Murati
  • Musa
  • Nala
  • Nema
  • Obasi
  • Obi
  • Ode
  • Oni
  • Paki
  • Pumbaa
  • Rafiki
  • Ramla
  • Razi
  • Rubani
  • Sabra
  • Sadiki
  • Safiya
  • Salama
  • Sefu
  • Shani
  • Simba
  • Subira
  • Tahir
  • Taj
  • Talib
  • Tambika
  • Tau
  • Tisa
  • Uba
  • Uma
  • Umi
  • Winda
  • Zahara
  • Zahur
  • Zane
  • Zubery
  • Zuwena
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Asian Ideas

We’ve gathered some Asian names to fit an elephant from the region.

  • Aarav
  • Aahna
  • Aarohi
  • Aarya
  • Aditi
  • Aditya
  • Advik
  • Alia
  • Amaira
  • Anika
  • Arjun
  • Armaan
  • Ashi
  • Dhruv
  • Divyansh
  • Diya
  • Fatima
  • Inaaya
  • Ishaan
  • Ivaan
  • Jaanvi
  • Kabir
  • Kavya
  • Krishna
  • Mira
  • Myra
  • Naina
  • Navya
  • Rahul
  • Rehan
  • Riaan
  • Rudra
  • Samaira
  • Sara
  • Shaurya
  • Shreya
  • Siddharth
  • Veer
  • Vivaan

Famous Elephants

These famous elephant names come from history, movies, TV, and books.

  • Abdul-Abbas – French King Charlemagne’s elephant.
  • Babar – Elephant from a French series of books who became king of the forest.
  • Bantha – An elephant-like creature from Star Wars on the planet Tatooine.
  • Dumbo – Featured in the 1941 Disney film. He learns to fly with his large ears.
  • Elmer – Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, a series of children’s books.
  • Hanno – Pope Leo X’s elephant.
  • Hathi – Colonel Hathi is an older elephant from The Jungle Book.
  • Heffalump – Shape-shifting creatures from Winnie the Pooh’s dreams that later got a movie.
  • Horton – An elephant featured in two Dr. Seuss books and later a movie.
  • Jumbo – A star in the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
  • Kandula – An elephant who helped unify Sri Lanka was ridden by the King.
  • Lin Wang – A World War II elephant and national symbol of Taiwan.
  • Mahmud – A war elephant who refused to enter Mecca.
  • Manny – (Aka Manfred), a main character in the Ice Age movies, is a woolly mammoth.
  • Oliphaunt – Giant elephant-like creatures from Lord of the Rings.
  • Shep – George of the Jungle’s pet elephant.
  • Snorky – A member of The Banana Splits Club in the show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.
  • Snuffy – (aka Suffleupagus) The elephant from Sesame Street.
  • Stampy – An elephant that Bart Simpson wins in a radio contest on The Simpsons.
  • Tantor – Tarzan’s elephant companion.

Wrapping Up

Hopefully, you found an excellent name using our elephant name generator. Make sure to save your favorites to your list and then narrow down your choices from there.

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