Name for a Pirate

[Feldarove]

Sort of a different flavor, but check out a few of the Somali Pirates names.

I often think of pirate ships as a collection of the outcast of many different nations. So not everyone would have a british or Cut-throat Jack type of name.

Perhaps the first-mate is a massive, dark skinned half-orc named : Abdiwali

He is from far away island and speaks a language that know one knows, and also very broken common; which is comprised of mostly vulgar commands.

Going with the out-cast idea, you could have the captain be a naval officer gone rogue. So he could have a really proper sounding name like:

Captain Reginal Huntington
or
Captain Deudermont (a la RA salvatore)

Just some thoughts,

[Cirrhosis]

First mate Broseph? Captain Mantonio? Gunner Dudewardo?

[person29]

When I had pirates play a major part of a campaign the crew I can remember of the top of my head consisted of:

Cpt - Dread Pirate Roberts (human rogue/dread pirate)
1st Mate - Xane (half-orc sorc/dragon disciple...was secretly evil, party thought he was a fighter or ranger until late in the campaign when he gained wings and started slinging spells)
Crows nest - Delmer (elf-ranger with no legs...but kickass archery :) ) his animal companion was a hawk named crow
There was a cleric can't remember his name, the chef named cook, stowaway kid named bartender jr, a crazy swashbuckler/gambler type named chris and a few others im not remembering as it was a few years ago

goodluck with your game!

[nixxieraindrop]

Consider the name Dirk means the same thing as well as something quite similar to cutlass, Dirk Cutlass would be quite something.

Or if he is known as a criminal and mostly murdering helpless people, Cut-a-lass.

Well upstaged.

Dirk Cutlass definitely needs a cleft chin. And a horse.

[zephyrkinetic]

Well upstaged.

Dirk Cutlass definitely needs a cleft chin. And a horse.

Look at your ship; now look at mine. Look back at yours, now back to mine.

Look in my hand. It's a ship's roster. Look again; the crew has now mutinied!.

Your ship is mine.

I'm on a horse.

[dgnslyr]

Maybe you should name the cook Tavish DeGroot?

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Demopan, anybody?

My creativity gland isn't feeling active today...
When in doubt, Captain NounVerb or AdjectiveNoun both work well. This applies to anybody, really.

[The Glyphstone]

Look at your ship; now look at mine. Look back at yours, now back to mine.

Look in my hand. It's a ship's roster. Look again; the crew has now mutinied!.

Your ship is mine.

I'm on a horse.

Now look at my horse, my horse is amazing...

[Greenish]

Call me Ishmael.

Pirate Jenny
Mack the Knife
Stack'o'Lee

[MarkusWolfe]

Call me Ishmael.

Excuse me, I believe the original poster has requested PIRATE names, not names for NPCs who took all 5 levels of Leviathan Hunter from Stormwrack.

And besides, even if she had, I believe that Ahab is a much better name, at least for the Captain. Maybe Starbuck if they're an elf or a half elf. Queequeg for the orc or half orc or even human who took levels in barbarian before going into Leviathan Hunter.

[Greenish]

Excuse me, I believe the original poster has requested PIRATE names, not names for NPCs who took all 5 levels of Leviathan Hunter from Stormwrack.

Ah, but he became a pirate afterwards.

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[Edit]: Besides, it's not like MacHeath or Stagger Lee were pirates either, but the names fit.

[MarkusWolfe]

Ah, but he became a pirate afterwards.

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Ishmael was one of Nemo's crew in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Alan Moore, you sly dog....

[Greenish]

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Ishmael was one of Nemo's crew in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Alan Moore, you sly dog....

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He is the first mate of Nautilus. When the others first meet him, he introduces himself with, well, you'll probably guess.