Greatest 200+ Lizard Names and Their Stories

You bought your new lizard, but haven’t been able to settle on lizard names, just yet? Lots of places online offer ideas to call your cold-blooded pet, for the sake of just giving it a name. We’d rather give you a carefully curated selection of good names for lizards, and maybe tell you their own stories to help you pick.

Editor’s Note: “Eddie Lizard” has been done to death, and who knows what’s the Geico lizard’s name anyway? (The Geico lizard’s name is “Martin.”)

31 Famous Lizards

Lizards are great pets, but they don’t get as much screen time as cats or dogs. Still, a few famous lizards have bucked all the odds to become stars.

Lizards on Screen

While Disney generally prefers its sidekicks adorable and furry, we’ve seen a few cute lizards in Disney productions.

1. Bruni, an adorable salamander (Frozen 2, 2019)
2. Pascal, a feisty chameleon (Tangled, 2011)
3. Bill the Lizard, a Cockney lizard (Alice in Wonderland, 1951: The Great Mouse Detective, 1986)
4. Joanna the Goanna, a monitor lizard (The Rescuers Down Under, 1990)
5. Mrs. Kipling, Ravi Ross’s pet monitor (Jessie, 2011-2015)
6. Frank, the male Asian water monitor who plays Mrs. Kipling
7. Randall Boggs, a mad scientist lizard (Monsters, Inc., 2001)
8. Echidna, mother of monsters (Hercules: the Animated Series, 1998-1999)
9. Professor Knight, Scaring 101 teacher (Monsters University, 2013)
10. Gaspar le Gecko, an entrepreneurial gecko (Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, 2004-2006)

Though it wasn’t a Disney production, the 2011 film Rango gave us a few leading lizards.

11. Rango, Johnny Depp’s chameleon hero
12. Beans, a female desert iguana
13. Bad Bill, a Gila monster gunslinger
14. Waffles, a horned lizard

Video Game Lizards

It’s not hard to find lizards in video games. Here are some reptiles you’ve probably come across while gaming.

1. Yoshi (Super Mario franchise)
2. Nat (Animal Crossing)
3. Flick (Animal Crossing New Horizons)
4. Komodo Joe and Komodo Moe (Crash Bandicoot)
5. Dimitri (Sly Cooper)
6. Espio the Chameleon (Sonic)
7. Bouncelisk (Super Mario Brothers)
8. Francis (Super Paper Mario)
9. Geckit (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
10. Alphys (Undertale)
11. Gex (Gex)

Many Pokemons are based (more or less) on real animals, including these lizards.

12. Treecko
13. Grovyle, and
14. Sceptile (Leaf-Tailed Geckos)
15. Heliolisk (Frilled Lizard)
16. Kecleon (Chameleon)
17. Scraggy (Chuckwalla)

43 Mythological Dragon Names for Lizards

Whether you have a giant monitor lizard or a pinky-hugging gecko, there’s nothing cooler than a pet lizard named after a dragon. And because they play such a prominent role in folklore and mythology, there are lots of dragon names for lizards.

Asian Dragon Names for Lizards

Some famous dragons of Japanese mythology who might inspire lizard names include:

1. Mizuchi, river dragons
2. Orochi, a giant eight-headed dragon
3. Nure-onna, a female vampire dragon
4. Ryujin, a sea dragon
5. Toyotama-hime, dragon grandmother of Japan’s first Emperor
6. Kiyohime, a jilted woman who became a dragon
7. Zennyo or Zentatsu, a female rain dragon
8. Wani, a crocodile-like dragon
9. Raiju, a thunder dragon

The Four Chinese Dragons of ancient Chinese cosmology are :

10. Tianlong, the Celestial Dragon
11. Fuzanglong, the Dragon of Hidden Treasure
12. Dilong, the Earth Dragon
13. Shenlong, the Spiritual Dragon.

Indian dragons you can draw on to name lizards include:

14. Apalala, king of the Nagas
15. Pakhangba, primordial dragon god honored in northeast India
16. Vritra, dragon adversary of the god Indra

In the Philippines they tell stories of dragons like:

17. Bakunawa, a moon-swallowing dragon
18. Kanlaon, a dragon who once lived in the volcano of that name
19. Samal Naga, a dragon who lives in the Milky Way.

Persian dragon folklore gives us cool lizard names from A to Z:

20. Azhdaha, a gigantic rain-dragon
21. Raiodhita, a red dragon
22. Zahhak, a three-headed dragon
23. Zairita, a yellow dragon

European Dragon Lizard Names

While dragons show up frequently in European folk legends, the knights who kill them rarely bother to ask for the fire-breathing lizard’s name. Still, the names of a few great European dragons have come down to us.

In the sagas of Northern Europe we find these names for lizards:

24. Fafnir, a dwarf who became a dragon
25. Nidhogg, a dragon who gnaws the roots of Yggdrasil the World-Tree
26. Jormungandr, a great dragon/snake who encircles the world

If you want lizard names from ancient Greek mythology, try:

27. Typhon, a giant dragon and the father of all monsters
28. Ladon, dragon guardian of the golden apples of youth
29. Hydra, a multi-headed dragon
30. Ketos, dragon who wanted to eat Princess Andromeda
31. Kykhreides, a dragon tamed by the goddess Demeter

Medieval French legends tell us of dragons that inspire terror, and some good lizard names.

32. Tarasque, a marauding giant lizard tamed by St. Martha
33. Guivre, an aggressive dragon lizard
34. Vouivre, a beautiful female guivre
35. Peluda, a dragon with pointy quills
36. Tatzelwurm, a dragon found in the Alps

Other assorted European dragon names for lizards:

37. Aitvaras, a Lithuanian bird-dragon
38. Bolla, an Albanian dragon who only wakes up on St. George’s Day
39. Ddraig, Welsh for “dragon”
40. Fernigys, Hungarian king of dragons
41. Knucker, a water dragon from Sussex, England
42. Sárkány, Hungarian for “dragon”
43. Wyvern, heraldic dragons with two legs and wings

79 Literary Dragons with Good Lizard Names

When it comes to names for lizards, there are many famous dragons found in literature whose names may be a good fit for your scaly new friend.

Dragons from J.R.R. Tolkien

Of course, we all know Smaug, but other dragons mentioned in Tolkien’s Legendarium include:

2. Glaurung
3. Ancalagon the Black
4. Scatha the Worm
5. Chrysophylax

George R.R. Martin Names for Lizards

In the Game of Thrones miniseries, we met Drogon, Rhaelar, and Viserion. But Martin’s written work (A Song of Ice and Fire) also lists the following dragons for those seeking badass lizard names:

6. Arrax
7. Balerion
8. Caraxes
9. Meraxes
10. Morghul
11. Quicksilver
12. Seasmoke
13. Stormcloud
14. Sunfyre
15. Tessarion
16. Vhagar
17. Vermax
18. Vermithor

If you need some female lizard names, she-dragons found in Westeros include:

19. Syrax
20. Dreamfyre
21. Tessarion
22. Meleys
23. Moondancer
24. Shrykos
25. Silverwing

Christopher Paolini Names for Lizards

Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle (starting with Eragon) has some exceptionally cool lizard names. The dragons of Alagaësia include:

26. Saphira, a blue dragoness.
27. Thorn, a red male
28. Fírnen, a green male
29. Shruikan, a black male
30. Glaedr, a gold male
31. Iormúngr, an ancient dragon
32. Vervada, an ancient dragoness
33. Raugmar the Black, Saphira’s ancestor
34. Belgabad, a giant dragon
35. Agaravel, a dragoness rescued from the evil Galbatorix
36. Bid’Daum, a white male and the first tame dragon
37. Eridor, a wild green dragon
38. Cuaroc, a purple male

Anne McCaffrey Names for Lizards

Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern books are a beloved and enduring SF/Fantasy series, and one that is chock-full of cool lizard names like:

39. Aliarth
40. Bidanth
41. Branth
42. Butoth
43. Capith
44. Casunth
45. Collith
46. Danenth
47. Delianth
48. Denorith
49. Doohanth
50. Elekith
51. Jakoth
52. Jarlath
53. Jenoth
54. Jolinth
55. Kaderth
56. Kamenth
57. Kirth
58. Kmuth
59. Linuth
60. Lisalth
61. Lodenth
62. Maynooth
63. Medith
64. Minerth
65. Missath
66. Nimith
67. Perinth
68. Petrath
69. Piyeth
70. Piyolth
71. Ramelth
72. Retanth
73. Serith
74. Shelmith
75. Silvrath
76. Sorenth
77. Troth
78. Valorth
79. Varth

Disney Dragon Lizard Names

Disney Dragons you might look to for pet lizard names include:

1. Blazey (Onward, 2020)
2. Elliot (Pete’s Dragon, 1963/2006)
3. Farfus (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, 2021)
4. Gwythaints (The Black Cauldron, 1985)
5. Jabberwocky (Alice in Wonderland, 2010)
6. Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty, 1959)
7. Mushu (Mulan, 1998)
8. Narissa, (Enchanted, 2007)
9. Sisu (Raya and the Last Dragon, 2021)
10. Tyrone (Legend of the Three Caballeros, 2018)
11. Vermithrax Pejorative (Dragonslayer, 1981)
12. Willawing (Sofia the First, 2013-2018)

How to Train Your Dragon Lizard Names

One favorite source for reptile names is the How to Train Your Dragon movie and television franchise, based on a popular series of books by British children’s book author Cressida Cowell. If you’re stuck for pet lizard names, here are some dragon names from the franchise.

1. Aggro
2. Axewing
3. Barf & Belch
4. Bargemine
5. Bewilderbeast
6. Beezelord
7. Cloudjumper
8. Dart
9. Death Song
10. Dramillion
11. Droog
12. Dustbrawler
13. Dynamojo
14. Eruptodon
15. Gronkle
16. Grump
17. Hobgobbler
18. Hotburple
19. Hookfang
20. Light Fury
21. Meatlug
22. Night Terror
23. Red Death
24. Rumblehorn
25. Seashocker
26. Skrill
27. Skullcrusher
28. Snaptrapper
29. Stormfly
30. Terrible Terror
31. Thunderdrum
32. Timberjack
33. Toothless
34. Whispering Death
35. Zippleback

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