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Names of Dragons

  • Africa: nrgwenya


  • Afrikaans: Draak


  • Ancient Assyria: Labbu


  • Ancient Hittite: Zu


  • Ancient Sumeria: Asag


  • Arabic: ah-teen (pl. tah-neen)


  • Athebascin (Alaskan):Manchu


  • Australia: Bunyip


  • Aztec: Tlaloc, Quetzalcoatl


  • Babylon: Tiamat, sirrush


  • Basque: Erensuge


  • Bavaria: tatzlworm


  • Bulgaria: drakon (phontetic)


  • Canada: Ogo Pogo


  • China: lung/long, Liung (Hakka dialect), Zichong, Shenwu, Tushou, Linchong, Zhang, Yuski


  • Croatian/Serbian: zmaj (zmai) "dragon", azdaja (azhdaya) "hydra"


  • Burma: naga


  • Danish: drage


  • Dansk: drage, draak


  • Denmark: drage


  • Draconian: Khoth, (pl. Khothu)


  • Driigaran (music language): C4 G4 C5 D5 B5 C5


  • Dutch: draak


  • Elven/Drow: Tagnik'zur


  • England: Knuckers


  • English (American): dragon


  • English (Middle): dragun, dragoun


  • English (Old): draca


  • Enochian: Vouin (Voh-een)


  • Estonian: draakon, lohe, loh emadu or tuuleuss (Wind Snake), lendav madu


  • Euskara (dialect of the Basque Country): Erensuge


  • Faeroese: eitt drek, eitt flogdreki, ein fraenarormur


  • Finland: lohi kaarme, Draakkl, Rakuna


  • Flambian: kazyeeqen (comes from kayzee-aqen, meaning "firelizard")


  • France: Guivre, Gargouille, dragon, dragun, dargon


  • Gaelic: Arach


  • German: drache (pl. Drachen), Lindwurm, draker (pl. draken)


  • Greek: drakon, drako, drakaina, derekein


  • Greek (Ancient): Male-drakkon, Female-drakkina


  • Hawaii: Kelekona (pl. Na Kelekona)


  • Hebrew: drakon (pl. drakonim), Tanniym


  • Hungary: sarkany


  • Iceland: dreki


  • India: Naga


  • Iran: Ejdeha


  • Irish (Old): drauc


  • Islamic: th'uban, tinnin


  • Italian: drago, dragone, volante, dragonessa


  • Japan: ryu, tatsu, tetsu (three-clawed dragon)


  • Jibberish: gidadraggidaen (gid-a-drag-gid-ah-en)


  • Klingon: lung'a'puv (loong-AII poov) "Flying Great Lizard"


  • Korean: yong, riong (four-clawed dragon)


  • Latin: draco, dracon, dragon, dragoon, serpent, serpens


  • Luxembourgian: Draach


  • Maine: Kithci-at'husis


  • Malayan: Naga


  • Mayan: Chac


  • Mexico: Quetzlcoatl


  • Middle Earth Encyclopedia: Angulooce-generic, Ramalooce-winged dragon, Urulooce-fire breath dragon


  • Mississippi (Illini): Piasa


  • New Zealand (Maori): tarakona


  • Norse: ormr


  • Norse (Old): dreki


  • Norsk: drake, dragonet, liten drake


  • Norwegian: drage, Linnorm


  • Oourainic Barb: Duxobum


  • Phillipines: Male-dragon (short "o"), Female-Dragona (short "o" &"a")


  • Pig-Latin: Agon-dray


  • Polish: smok


  • Polynesian: Mo-o (Mo-ko) whose range also extended tp Hawaii


  • Portugese: dragaao


  • Quenya (elven): Loke, Ramaloke-winged, Lingwiloke-sea, Uruloke-fire


  • Roman: draco


  • Romanian: Dragon (pl. Dragoni), Zmeu (pl. Zmei), dracul, drakul


  • Russian: drakon, Gorynich


  • Sanskrit: naga


  • Scandinavian: Jormungander, Fafnir, lindwurms


  • Serb: zmaj (zmai)


  • Slovenia: Zmaj-dragon, Hidra-hydra


  • Spanish: dragoon, El Draque, Drujah


  • Swedish (Ancient): flugdrake, floghdrak


  • Swiss German: Drachaa


  • Tagalog: drakoon


  • Thai: mung-korn


  • Tibetan: Brug (pronounced many ways depending on dialect, Drook is most common. Pronounced Brug only in Ladakh)


  • Turkish: ejderha


  • Ukraine: drakon


  • Vietnamese: long (poetic), rng (regular)


  • Washington State: Ogo Pogo


  • Welsh: Ddraig, draig


  • Yugoslav: zmaj, Asdaja