250+ Penguins Names: Bizarre, Cute, Funny, Good, and Famous Names

Do you know what a penguin is called? If not, don’t worry – you’re not alone. Penguins have some of the unique names of any animal on the planet. This blog post will introduce you to some of these marine birds’ most bizarre and wonderful monikers. So without further ado, let’s get started!

Best Penguin Names

List of 55 Best Penguin Names

1. Adelie

2. Alcatraz

3. Aurora

4. Babylon

5. Barbarian

6. Beachball

7. Beluga

8. Bittern

9. Bruin

10. Cacique

11. Caligula

12. Cambridge

13. Candlemas

14. Carolina

15. Cha-cha

16. Checkers

17. Cincinnati

18. Claret

19. Clyde

20 Copernicus

21 Cujo

22 Daffodil

23 Daiquiri

24 Denver

25 Don Julio

26 Dougal

27 Duke

28 Elvis

29 Fagin

30 Fez

31 Flash Gordon

32 Grendel

33 Hannibal Lecter

34 Harlequin

35 Jaws

36 Krakatoa

37 Loch Ness Monster

38 Lucifer

39 Magnum

40 Marriott

41 Maui

42 Miami

43 Murphy’s Law

44 Neptune

45 Noodle

46 Orwell

47 Pangoat

48 Paris Hilton

49 Pickles

50 Queen

51 Quetzalcoatl

52 Rocky

53 Seattle

54 Snuggles

55 Sydney

Famous Penguin Names

List of 55 Famous Penguin Names

1. Pablo
2. Percy
3. Petunia
4. Phineas
5. Ping
6. Pixie
7. Pollux
8. Pongo
9. Popeye
10. Potter
11. Priscilla Queen of the Desert
12. Queen Victoria (not a real penguin)
13. Rambo (not a real penguin)
14. Raphael
15. Red
16. Rex
17. River
18. Robin
19. Rocky (not a real penguin)
20. Rogers (not a real penguin)
21. Roosevelt (not a real penguin)
22. Rory
23. Rudolph
24. Sally
25. Samsonite
26. Sandy
27. Scrappy-Doo (not a real penguin)
28. Shakespeare (not a real penguin)
29. Sherlock Holmes (not a real penguin)
30. Sinatra
31. Sir Lancelot
32. Snowball
33. Spooky
34. Sunshine
35. Tarzan (not a real penguin)
36. Taz
37. Thumper
38. Xena (not a real penguin)
39. Tigger (not a real penguin)
40. Timon (not a real penguin)
41. Tinkerbell (not a real penguin)
42. Tolkien (not a real penguin)
43. Tony
44. Bennett (not a real penguin)
45. Toto
46. Tweety Pie
47. Ulysses
48. Vanilla
49. Venus
50. Violet
51. Walt Disney (not a real penguin)
52. Wilma Flint
53. Washington (not a real penguin)
54. Whiskey Widget
55. Yoda Ziggy Stardust (not a real penguin)

Male Penguin Names

List of 61 male Penguin Names

1. Ahab
2. Al
3. Albert
4. Alex
5. Amos
6. Andy
7. Arthur
8. Bart
9. Beaker
10. Benjamin (not a real penguin)
11. Big Al (not a real penguin)
12. Bill (not a real penguin)
13. Bing Crosby (not a real penguin)
14. Blade
15. Bob (not a real penguin)
16. Boris
17. Boss
18. Brad
19. Butch
20. Buzz (not a real penguin)
21. Calvin (not a real penguin) Charlie Chaplin (not a real penguin)
22. Pongo (not a real penguin)
23. Dizzy Gillespie (not a real penguin)
24. Dopey (not a real penguin)
25. Dr Seuss (not a real penguin)
26. Dusty
27. Eddie
28. Elvis (not a real penguin)
29. Eric Clapton (not a real penguin)
30. Fats Domino (not a real penguin)
31. Frankenstein (not a real penguin)
32. Groucho Marx (not a real penguin)
33. Happy (not a real penguin) Harry Houdini (not a real penguin)
34. Pollux (not a real penguin)
35. Iggy Pop (not a real penguin)
36. Isaac Newton (not a real penguin)
37. Jack
38. James Dean (not a real penguin)
39. Jimmy Buffett (not a real penguin)
40. John Lennon (not a real penguin)
41. Johnny Cash (not a real penguin)
42. Joseph Stalin (not a real penguin)
43. Kermit the Frog (not a real penguin)
44. Kirby
45. Larry
46. Leonardo da Vinci (not a real penguin)
47. Louie
48. Mack
49. Marx (not a real penguin) Mick Jagger (not a real penguin)
50. Pixie (not a real penguin)
51. Moses (not a real penguin)
52. Napoleon Bonaparte (not a real penguin)
53. Newt
54. Nigel
55. Noah
56. Oscar Mayer (not a real penguin)
57. Pablo (not a real penguin)
58. Percy (not a real penguin)
59. Petunia (not a real penguin)
60. Ping (not a real penguin)
61. Phineas (not a real penguin)

 Female Penguin Names

List of 50 Female Penguin Names

1. Aurora
2. Bella
3. Betty
4. Bonnie
5. Britney
6. Carmen
7. Casey
8. Dakota (not a real penguin)
9. Daisy (not a real penguin) Debbie Reynolds (not a real penguin)
10. Delilah (not a real penguin)
11. Whitney Houston (real person, not a Penguin)
12. Dixie (not a real penguin)
13. Elsa (Frozen – not a real penguin)
14. Emmeline
15. Gabby
16. Grace Kelly (not a real penguin)
17. Harriet
18. Heidi (not a real penguin) Homer Simpson (not a real penguin)
19. Hilda (not a real penguin)
20. Ingrid Bergman (not a real penguin)
21. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (not a real penguin) Jane Austen (not a real penguin)
22. Jasmine (Aladdin – not a real penguin) Joan of Arc (not a real penguin)
23. Judy (not a real penguin)
24. Juliette
25. Karen
26. Kate Winslet (not a real penguin)
27. Kelly (not a real penguin) Kim Kardashian (real person, not a Penguin)
28. Linda (not a real penguin)
29. Lola
30. Maria (The Sound of Music – not a real penguin) Marilyn Monroe (not a real penguin)
31. Marisa Tomei (real person, not a Penguin)
32. Miranda Kerr (real person, not a Penguin)
33. Miss Piggy (not a real penguin)
34. Natalie Wood (not a real penguin)
35. Oprah Winfrey (real person, not a Penguin)
36. Persephone (not a real penguin)
37. Polly (not a real penguin)
38. Princess Leia (Star Wars – not a real penguin)
39. Rachel (not a real penguin)
40. Rose (not a real penguin) Samantha (Sex and the City – not a real penguin)
41. Sarah Jessica Parker (real person, not a Penguin)
42. Scarlett Johansson (real person, not a Penguin)
43. Serena Williams (real person, not a Penguin)
44. Sherlock Holmes (not a real penguin)
45. Sofia Vergara (real person, not a Penguin)
46. Susan (not a real penguin)
47. Taylor Swift (real person, not a Penguin)
48. Vanessa (not a real penguin)
49. Victoria (not a real penguin)
50. Wendy (not a real penguin)

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