Reindeer names: 300+ Christmas ideas

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Reindeer names by group

  • Dasher
  • Dancer
  • Prancer
  • Vixen
  • Comet

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Reindeer names by group

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Santa's reindeer and famous reindeer16

Christmas and winter52

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For girl reindeer45

For boy reindeer45

Arctic and Nordic places35

Cute50

Funny50

Nature30

Mythology and legend28

About reindeer names

Santa's reindeer come first, with the names from the 1823 poem and the spellings they started with. After them come 300+ ideas in eight groups: Christmas and winter words, girl and boy names from the Nordic countries where reindeer are herded, Arctic places, cute, funny, nature and Norse myth. Every name is free to use.

Frequently asked questions

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen, from the 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas". Rudolph joined in 1939, in a story Robert L. May wrote for the Montgomery Ward stores.

No. The 1823 poem called them Dunder and Blixem, from the Dutch for thunder and lightning. Later printings changed them to Donder and Blitzen, and the 1949 song about Rudolph made Donner the usual spelling.

Both male and female reindeer grow antlers. Adult males usually drop theirs in late autumn, while females keep theirs through the winter, so a reindeer with antlers on Christmas Eve is most likely female.

Pick a short, cheerful name children can say: a Christmas word like Tinsel, a cute one like Button, or a Nordic name like Lumi, which means snow in Finnish.

300+ names in 9 groups. If none fit, describe your reindeer in the search and get 20 new ideas.

Mostly lichen, often called reindeer moss, which they dig out from under the snow. That is why Lichen and Moss open the nature group.

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