MeaningOriginDescriptionAir CurrentEnglishNamed for high-altitude windsA dragon would sayKheshshemliterally air · riverchromatic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Jangwa
MeaningOriginDescriptionDesertSwahiliDesert, the dry countryEtymologySwahili jangwa ("desert, wilderness").Say itJAHNG-wahThe word the East African survey uses for the type's range, which runs from the Sahel to the coast wherever the sand does.A dragon would sayKresstorliterally hot · earthmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Jorex
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth SpeakerFantasyConnection to mountains and metalsEtymologyCoined name; the jor- may echo Old Norse jǫrð ("earth"), which is the only support for the gloss, and the -ex ending carries no meaning.Say itJOR-eksThe name most often asked about; the survey teams use it for the long resonant humming the protocol lists as a warning, which a copper delivers through the rock of its cliff rather than through the air.A dragon would sayStorvash-orliterally earth · speak · -ermetallic dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Janus
MeaningOriginDescriptionDoorwayRomanA dragon of lunar transitionsEtymologyLatin Iānus, from iānua ("door, gate"), the two-faced god of beginnings and passages; also a small inner moon of Saturn.Say itJAY-nusThe god of thresholds and a moon of Saturn; the description's guardians of celestial boundaries stand at the doorway between the thermosphere and the air below it.A dragon would saySkorthliterally boundarycore DraconicCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Jenaka
MeaningOriginDescriptionJestMalayHumour; a comic turnEtymologyMalay jenaka ("humorous, witty; a jest"), of uncertain deeper origin.Say itjeh-NAH-kahThe Malay word for a joke well made; the Kinabalu station keeps a file of the practical jokes the lore records, and the file is the thickest on the shelf.A dragon would sayBrethliterally joymetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Joka
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragonSwahiliDragon; a great serpentEtymologySwahili joka ("dragon, large snake"), the augmentative of nyoka ("snake").Say itJOH-kahThe Swahili word for a snake too big to call a snake; the Copperbelt teams use it for the type, which follows the ore south through Katanga and Zambia.A dragon would sayKhathliterally dragonmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Jocosa
MeaningOriginDescriptionPlayfulLatinMerry, playful; a medieval nameEtymologyLatin iocōsa, feminine of iocōsus ("humorous, playful"), from iocus ("joke"); borne as a medieval name and confused with Joyce.Say itjoh-KOH-sahLatin for a woman given to jokes; the survey teams apply it to the female that rearranged a camp's tents in a circle overnight and left the guy ropes untouched.A dragon would sayBrethliterally joymetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Jihye
MeaningOriginDescriptionWisdomKoreanKorean name meaning wisdomEtymologyKorean Jihye (지혜, 智慧, "wisdom"), from Sino-Korean ji ("knowledge") + hye ("insight"); a common feminine given name.Say itJEE-hyehThe lore puts this type's reasoning beyond any other dragon's; the Taebaek teams give the name to a female that has outwaited every survey sent to her ridge.A dragon would sayShenkliterally loremetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Jyoti
MeaningOriginDescriptionRadianceSanskritLight, radianceEtymologySanskrit jyotis (ज्योतिस्, "light, brightness, radiance"), a common feminine given name in Hindi.Say itJYOH-teeThe Himalayan survey's name for a female of this type, given for the plating's low radiance after dusk, which persists a few minutes after the animal has moved into shadow.A dragon would sayThaarliterally lightmetallic dialectFire Dragon
Name: Jwala
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlazing FlameHindiFlame from the earth's seepEtymologyHindi jvālā (ज्वाला, "flame, blaze"), from Sanskrit jvālā, from jval ("to burn brightly"); a feminine given name.Say itJWAH-lahJwalamukhi temple in Himachal Pradesh burns on a natural gas seep; the Himalayan survey reads the region's old flame shrines as marking the geothermal line its lairs follow.A dragon would sayKhaskherliterally burn · firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Jormungandr
MeaningOriginDescriptionHuge MonsterNorseWorld-encircling dragon with poison fireEtymologyOld Norse Jǫrmungandr, from jǫrmun- ("huge") + gandr ("monster, magic staff"): the world-encircling sea serpent.Say itYOR-mun-gan-durA sea name kept for scale: the lore file's 80-foot adults are the nearest thing on land to the serpent that circles the ocean.A dragon would sayKhorbraskliterally great · beastcore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Jet
MeaningOriginDescriptionFast StreamFrenchSwift-flying stream dragonEtymologyFrench jet ("a throw, a spurt"), from jeter ("to throw"), Latin iactare; the jet stream was named in 1939. The black gemstone jet is a different word, from Greek gagátēs.Say itJETThe jet stream runs at the top of the species' range, and the plateau survey's one tracked crossing of it put an adult 600 kilometres downwind inside three hours.A dragon would sayVrikshemliterally swift · rivercore DraconicAmethyst Dragon
Name: Jewelsong
MeaningOriginDescriptionJewel SongEnglishMelodious crystal dragonEtymologyEnglish jewel (Old French joel, from Latin jocus, "game, jest") + song (Old English sang).Say itJOO-ul-songThe chord a resting adult hums, recorded across the valley and never closer, is the only music in the archive with a frequency plot attached.A dragon would sayGlíshthalhliterally crystal · singgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Johari
MeaningOriginDescriptionJewelSwahiliJewel, from the Arabic for gemEtymologySwahili johari ("jewel, gem"), from Arabic jawhar ("jewel; essence"); a feminine given name.Say itjoh-HAH-reeThe Arabic root means both jewel and essence, which is the description's biology: the sapphire is not on the animal but in it, grown through the scale.A dragon would sayGlíshliterally crystalgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadeite
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade StoneSpanishTemple guardian drakeEtymologyFrom jade (Spanish piedra de ijada, "stone of the flank", once worn against kidney pain) + the mineral suffix -ite, coined by Damour in 1863 for the harder of the two jade minerals.Say itJAY-dyteThe harder of the two jades, the mineral the Sarawak assay matched to the claw sheaths of the field description's retractable claws.A dragon would sayZalhkstórstorliterally green · earth · earthgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jasper
MeaningOriginDescriptionSpotted StonePersianForest-marked warriorEtymologyGreek íaspis (ἴασπις), from a Semitic source (Hebrew yāshpeh, Akkadian yashpu); the traditional gloss "spotted stone" is a later reading and the original root is not established. A masculine given name in English.Say itJAS-perThe green jasper of the Persian trade routes is the stone the survey matches to the mottled belly of an old adult.A dragon would sayThóvstorliterally hue · earthgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadefire
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade FireEnglishAncient flame masterEtymologyEnglish compound of jade (Spanish piedra de ijada, "stone of the flank") + fire.Say itJAYD-fyreA green flame word; the corrosive gas of the lore lit at the mouth of a cave shows jade-green for the second before the oxygen goes.A dragon would sayZalhkstórkherliterally green · earth · firegem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadewind
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade WindEnglishMountain wind riderEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + wind (Old English wind).Say itJAYD-windThe wind off a wingbeat carries the gas smell the lore describes; the survey logs a jade wind before it logs a sighting.A dragon would sayZalhkstórkheshliterally green · earth · airgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadestone
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade StoneEnglishMountain defenderEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + stone (Old English stān), a plain name for the mineral.Say itJAYD-stohnThe plain English word for the stone; the survey uses it for the polished river fragments of shed scale found below a lair.A dragon would sayZalhkstórstorliterally green · earth · earthgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadestar
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade StarEnglishNight sky watcherEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + star (Old English steorra).Say itJAYD-starEyeshine at night reads as a green star at the canopy line; the survey's night logs are counts of jade stars.A dragon would sayZalhkstórtsivliterally green · earth · stargem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadefang
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade FangEnglishFierce warrior dragonEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + fang (Old English fang, "a seizing", later "tooth").Say itJAYD-fangThe teeth carry the same green sheen as the scales; the survey has one shed tooth, recovered from the Petén ruins in 2015.A dragon would sayZalhkstórtreshliterally green · earth · toothgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadetalon
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade TalonEnglishMountain hunter drakeEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + talon (Old French talon, "heel").Say itJAYD-tal-unThe retractable claws of the lore show jade-green when extended and are hidden at rest; the survey photographs one extended set, taken at 500 m.A dragon would sayZalhkstórkrelhliterally green · earth · clawgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadesoul
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade SoulEnglishAncient wisdom keeperEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + soul (Old English sāwol).Say itJAYD-sohlThe lore's exceptional memory for historical events; the survey's longest interview, in the Yunnan record, covers eleven centuries.A dragon would sayZalhkstórnevliterally green · earth · spiritgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadespine
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade SpineEnglishMountain ridge guardianEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + spine (Latin spīna, "thorn, backbone").Say itJAYD-spyneThe dorsal ridge, the survey's line of sight from above; a jade spine along a mountain ridge is the standard aerial-photo identification.A dragon would sayZalhkstórstekhliterally green · earth · bonegem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadefrost
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade FrostEnglishMountain frost drakeEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + frost (Old English forst).Say itJAYD-frostOff-season colour: the temperate-forest adults of the lore pale toward jade in the first frost, the only time the survey can count them against bare trees.A dragon would sayZalhkstórthasliterally green · earth · icegem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadestorm
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade StormEnglishMountain tempest drakeEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + storm (Old English storm).Say itJAYD-stormA provoked adult, the lore's tremendous violence; the Petén survey's only such record levelled a hectare of forest in under a minute.A dragon would sayZalhkstórtharshliterally green · earth · stormgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadethorn
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade ThornEnglishMountain defenderEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + thorn (Old English þorn).Say itJAYD-thornThe tail spines, green and barbed; the lore's tail-above-45-degrees warning is read on this type by the thorn line coming into view.A dragon would sayZalhkstórkrelhliterally green · earth · clawgem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadekeeper
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade KeeperEnglishAncient treasure guardianEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + keeper (Old English cēpan, "to seize, hold").Say itJAYD-kee-perThe lore's treasure chambers; the Petén survey's one look inside a lair found the hoard sorted by colour, green stones nearest the entrance.A dragon would sayZalhkstorshérth-orliterally green · earth · defend · -ergem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Jadespear
MeaningOriginDescriptionJade SpearEnglishMountain warrior drakeEtymologyEnglish compound of jade + spear (Old English spere).Say itJAYD-speerThe tail tip, straight and green; the Nahuatl codices show jade-tipped spears, which the Petén survey reads as a record of the tail.A dragon would sayZalhkstórgorshliterally green · earth · weapongem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Jua
MeaningOriginDescriptionSunSwahiliThe sun, plainly namedEtymologySwahili jua ("sun"), a Bantu word; also "to know" as a verb.Say itJOO-ahPlain Swahili for the sun; the East African survey teams log the type by this word and by its habit of facing into full daylight.A dragon would sayKérsliterally sungem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Jasiri
MeaningOriginDescriptionBoldSwahiliBrave, daring, unafraidEtymologySwahili jasiri ("bold, brave, daring"), from Arabic jasūr.Say itjah-SEE-reeThe East African survey's word for the one adult it has on record, which has crossed the Winza mine road in daylight three times; the field description's protective instinct extends, in that case, to the miners.A dragon would sayNókhgekhliterally not · feargem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Journey
MeaningOriginDescriptionTravelEnglishReferences adventurous natureEtymologyOld French journée ("a day's work or travel"), from Latin diurnum ("daily").Say itJUR-neeAdults of this type do not migrate; the name records the survey teams' own journeys to the geothermal ranges the lore describes.A dragon would sayMérliterally gogem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Jewel
MeaningOriginDescriptionPrecious StoneEnglishReferences valuable natureEtymologyOld French jouel, probably from jeu ("game, play"), from Latin jocus ("jest"); a plaything before it was a gem.Say itJOO-ulThe mineral diet of the lore extends to precious stones; the survey teams have watched an adult eat a fist-sized fire opal.A dragon would sayDróshstorliterally hoard · earthgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Jamra
MeaningOriginDescriptionEmberArabicLive coal that holds its heatEtymologyArabic jamra (جمرة, "ember, live coal"); also the word for the stone pillars of the Hajj.Say itJAM-rahThe live coal; a shed scale from a 1538 °C throat cools like one, and the survey handles both the same way.A dragon would sayKhérliterally firegem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Jioni
MeaningOriginDescriptionEveningSwahiliEvening, when the lair emptiesEtymologySwahili jioni ("evening"), from jio ("evening") with the locative -ni.Say itjee-OH-neeEvening, the hour the type leaves the lair; the Tsavo record logs departures by it, since the night vision the lore gives the animal makes the dark its own.A dragon would sayDéshliterally duskgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Jaci
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon MotherTupiForest dragon with scales like jungle moonstonesEtymologyTupi jaci (jasy), "moon", personified in Tupi-Guarani tradition as the moon deity and mother of plants; the parts of the word are not securely analysed.Say itzhah-SEEThe Tupi moon mother; the archive files it under the one South American forest sighting, a female seen at the tree line of a tepui rather than on bare rock.A dragon would sayLeshbrék-orliterally moon · hatch · -ergem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Jyotsna
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoonlightSanskritMoonlight; a common Indian nameEtymologySanskrit jyotsnā (ज्योत्स्ना), "moonlight, a moonlit night", from jyotis ("light"); a common feminine given name in India.Say itJYOTS-nahThe Sanskrit for a moonlit night, applied by the Himalayan team to the adult whose breath they measured in 2016 as light with no measurable heat.A dragon would sayLéshliterally moongem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Jora
MeaningOriginDescriptionAutumn rainHebrewSeason-changing dragon with weather tiesEtymologyHebrew Yorah (יורה), "early rain", the autumn rain of the Hebrew calendar; the usual "Norse" attribution has no source.Say itYOR-ahThe first autumn rain is when the Judean hills lair has been seen occupied each year, the adult returning with the weather.A dragon would sayDeshthrelhtéshshelhliterally dusk · season · sky · watergem dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Jupiter
MeaningOriginDescriptionSky FatherRomanA mighty celestial dragonEtymologyLatin Iuppiter, from a Proto-Italic vocative *djous patēr ("sky father"), the same compound as Greek Zeû páter; also the largest planet.Say itJOO-pih-terThe sky father and the brightest of the planets after Venus; the teams log the type navigating on it when the moon is down.A dragon would sayTeshdrakhdorliterally sky · blood · givecore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Jörmungandr
MeaningOriginDescriptionWorld SerpentNorseThe mighty serpent that encircles MidgardEtymologyOld Norse Jǫrmungandr, from jǫrmun- ("mighty, immense", the prefix of jǫrmungrund, "the wide earth") + gandr ("staff, monster"); "World Serpent" is the traditional rendering of the Midgard serpent's name rather than a word-for-word gloss.Say itYUR-mun-gan-derThe plate name of the type: the serpent that rings Midgard in the Eddas is read in the archive as a coastal population described from its surface coils alone, an adult seen in pieces from a shore that never saw its whole length.A dragon would sayTorskhernslethliterally many · territory · serpentcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Jormund
MeaningOriginDescriptionGreat ProtectorGermanicA massive earth dragon dwelling in mountain cavesA dragon would sayKhorsherth-orliterally great · defend · -ercore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Jaroslav
MeaningOriginDescriptionSpring GlorySlavicA dragon heralding the return of springA dragon would sayNeshthrelvreshliterally new · season · honorcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Joachim
MeaningOriginDescriptionGod's JudgmentHebrewA just dragon settling disputesA dragon would sayChooakimby soundcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Jarl
MeaningOriginDescriptionNoble ChiefNorseA leader among dragonsA dragon would sayVreshtorkliterally honor · lordcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Jorgen
MeaningOriginDescriptionFarmerNorseA territorial earth dragonA dragon would sayKrev-orliterally make · -ercore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Jiaolong
MeaningOriginDescriptionHorned DragonChinese MythologyPowerful water dragon dwelling in the oceansA dragon would sayThronkhathliterally horn · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Jilong
MeaningOriginDescriptionLucky DragonChinese CultureDragon bringing good fortune and prosperityA dragon would sayReshkhathliterally good · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Julong
MeaningOriginDescriptionGiant DragonChinese FolkloreMassive dragon of extraordinary sizeA dragon would sayKhorkhathliterally great · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Jinlong
MeaningOriginDescriptionForbidden DragonChinese LiteratureRestricted or prohibited dragonA dragon would sayNokhkhathliterally not · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Jinglong
MeaningOriginDescriptionCrystal DragonChinese FolkloreDragon with crystalline featuresA dragon would sayGlishkhathliterally crystal · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Junlong
MeaningOriginDescriptionNoble DragonChinese CultureDragon of aristocratic bearingA dragon would sayVreshkhathliterally honor · dragoncore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Jormag
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost WyrmPersianIce dragon dwelling in mountain peaksA dragon would sayThasslethliterally ice · serpentcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Jinn
MeaningOriginDescriptionHidden OneArabianShape-shifting dragon of magicA dragon would saySkov-enliterally hide · -edcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Jamshid
MeaningOriginDescriptionLight KingPersianDragon of divine gloryA dragon would sayThaarkharthliterally light · sovereigncore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Javad
MeaningOriginDescriptionGenerous OnePersianBlessing giving dragonA dragon would sayReshliterally goodcore Draconic
