# Help name an Evil Wizard. **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409 **Category:** Cafe Society **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409 "2005-08-24T13:04:49Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 3
### Author: ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan) #### Post date: [August 24, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/41 "2005-08-24T22:49:01Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Krankenmutteren I resent that! [sub]Is that you, hon?[/sub] ---
### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit) #### Post date: [August 24, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/42 "2005-08-24T22:58:50Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > … 🆒 Oof. Shot way beyond my knowledge. So master, your name sound much more like EE Doc Smith. Is there a connection or is it from something else? Sorry for the Hijack. **Satasha** Another Name for you MalTuk the Corrupt. ---
### Author: ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/43 "2005-08-25T00:44:02Z")
I think **Nasdaq** would be a nifty name for a wizard. Of course, he’d have to be a financial wizard. ---
### Author: ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/44 "2005-08-25T01:04:23Z")
> [@Satasha](#): > > Isn’t Kraken a greek sea monster? Norse, actually (but that didn’t stop Ray Harryhausen). ---
### Author: ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/45 "2005-08-25T01:52:32Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > So master, your name sound much more like EE Doc Smith. Is there a connection or is it from something else? On the nose. Or rather, on the terrible xmex-like snout. Oh yeah, evil wizard! Helmuth of Ploor? ---
### Author: ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/46 "2005-08-25T01:59:36Z")
Gothmog is both one of Sauron’s generals and the most powerful of Morgoth’s Balrogs; 2 separate characters. Rhadamanthus Imaraad Thuun Khandalan Khan Umaraxus You might try adding an nice, ominous title like “the Soulless” or “the Unclean” For example, Khuvad the Vile or Imarith the Accursed. ---
### Author: ![Typically\_Sunday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Typically\_Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typically_Sunday) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/47 "2005-08-25T02:26:21Z")
Glondar, master of destruction and purveyor of evil! GMODAPOE! for short. ---
### Author: ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/48 "2005-08-25T02:26:50Z")
The bad guy my current character is fighting is named Nahalvador. Take of that what you like. ---
### Author: ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/49 "2005-08-25T02:56:24Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Only if the villain is nuts. Well, he doesn’t have to be nuts all the time. After all, sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you don’t. He can just call himself Mund when he’s sane. ---
### Author: ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/50 "2005-08-25T06:27:10Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Norse, actually (but that didn’t stop Ray Harryhausen). How about [“Nesuahyrrah”](http://pharosproductions.com/aosma/smflesh.html)? Anyway, going over a list of wikipedia articles for ideas, I’ve got: Anthracis [Deinococcus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans) [Kadigan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadigan) [Nihilartikel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilartikel) [Rhamnous](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamnous) [Tambora](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambora) [Thiotimoline](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiotimoline) [Voynich](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript#Exotic_natural_language) ---
### Author: ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/51 "2005-08-25T06:34:09Z")
Ommadon ---
### Author: ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/52 "2005-08-25T13:23:43Z")
Onanator the One-Handed ---
### Author: ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/53 "2005-08-25T13:49:40Z")
Vindictus Ashkelon Malcalan Blackheart Kropotkin the Great Brunhaal Prahgman Volkovar the Torturer Dmitri Adremelach Metamagnus ---
### Author: ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/54 "2005-08-25T13:50:46Z")
Nanocles (pronounced NAN-oh-kleez) ---
### Author: ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/55 "2005-08-25T14:03:41Z")
Another way to go is to have the evil wizard have a GOOD (or innocent) sounding name - Fluffy Wumpykins or somesuch. heck, even have the general poplace fooled into thinking the wizard is good when he is actually EVIL. Just an idea. Brian ---
### Author: ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/56 "2005-08-25T16:48:23Z")
Thanks for all the suggestions! Right now I am leaning toward: Mazzerax. This was partly inspired by one of the names here. ---
### Author: ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus) #### Post date: [August 25, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/57 "2005-08-25T20:35:00Z")
Edward. ---
### Author: ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/58 "2005-08-26T00:25:17Z")
Dysthanasia. (literally, “evil death”) ---
### Author: ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/59 "2005-08-26T00:35:52Z")
Dyspareunia Encopresis Tenesmus Proctalgia Fecolith ---
### Author: ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller) #### Post date: [August 26, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409/60 "2005-08-26T00:36:30Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Now, for extra credit, identify Omar-Amillo!! [This guy?](http://www.tvacres.com/armadillos_holiday.htm) > [@](#): > > And Tevaldo, prince of cats! [Right here.](http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3087&p=3) > [@](#): > > Then discuss Beren’s adventures as an elf! Did it look anything like [this](http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/photo_closeups_pp1.htm)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-an-evil-wizard/318409.md?page=4)