Dragon Names Starting with O

Name: Obsidius

MeaningOriginDescriptionOf ObsidianLatinMaster of volcanic glass and shadowEtymologyLatin obsidianus, a copyist's spelling of Pliny's lapis obsianus, the stone named for one Obsius who found it in Ethiopia; Obsidius is also an attested Roman family name.Say itob-SID-ee-usThe type name in the IDRI register comes from Pliny's account of the stone: the scales of a resting adult are indistinguishable from the Ethiopian glass he described, which is how the first Erta Ale specimens were walked past for three seasons.A dragon would sayDoskáglishliterally black · crystalgem dialect

Black Chromatic Dragon

Name: Obscurus

MeaningOriginDescriptionDark OneLatinMaster of shadowsA dragon would saySkurliterally darkchromatic dialect

Sea Serpent

Name: Oceanus

MeaningOriginDescriptionOcean StreamGreekTitan of endless watersEtymologyLatin form of Greek Ōkeanós (Ὠκεανός), the Titan and world-river; the name is pre-Greek and has no agreed root.Say itoh-SEE-uh-nusThe river that circled the world in Greek cosmology is read as the earliest account of a territory hundreds of square miles across, marked, as the lore file says, by the trenches of a single animal's swimming.A dragon would sayShorkshemliterally sea · rivercore Draconic

Lunar Dragon

Name: Orion

MeaningOriginDescriptionHunterGreekA dragon that prowls by moonlightEtymologyGreek Ōríōn (Ὠρίων), the giant hunter set among the stars; the name's origin is unknown, and a link to Akkadian Uru-anna ("light of heaven") is speculative.Say itoh-RY-unThe hunter of the winter sky, the season in which the type's hunting descents are easiest to see: long nights, clear air, and the constellation above the ridge.A dragon would sayVorsh-orliterally hunt · -ercore Draconic

Brass Metallic Dragon

Name: Orichalcum

MeaningOriginDescriptionMountain CopperGreekThe legendary metal of Atlantis, likely brassEtymologyGreek oreíchalkos (ὀρείχαλκος), from óros ("mountain") + chalkós ("copper"); Plato's metal of Atlantis, which later writers identified with brass.Say itor-ih-KAL-kumThe archive reads Plato's metal that shone like fire as an early brass sighting; the type's scale was the only mountain copper the Greeks would have seen.A dragon would saySkornbrakhtengliterally mountain · red · metalmetallic dialect

Brass Metallic Dragon

Name: Orlin

MeaningOriginDescriptionEagleSlavicSharp-minded speakerEtymologyBulgarian Orlin (Орлин), from orel ("eagle"), the common Slavic word.Say itOR-linThe lore file's enhanced hearing has an eagle's range; the survey has had brass adults answer questions asked in a normal voice from the far side of a valley.A dragon would sayVer-orliterally fly · -ermetallic dialect

Bronze Metallic Dragon

Name: Opus

MeaningOriginDescriptionWorkLatinPerfect in form and functionEtymologyLatin opus ("work, labour, a work of art"); "masterwork" is the phrase magnum opus, not the word.Say itOH-pusGiven to bronzes whose lairs are engineered rather than found: the coastal-cliff chambers described in the lore, cut to drain with the tide.A dragon would sayKrevliterally makemetallic dialect

Opal Dragon

Name: Oracle

MeaningOriginDescriptionDivine VoiceLatinReferences wisdomEtymologyLatin oraculum ("divine utterance, place of prophecy"), from orare ("to speak, pray").Say itOR-ah-kulThe lore records long philosophical exchanges with the type; the Wollo team's transcripts run to hundreds of pages and were paid for with a season's leave.A dragon would sayThákhvrashliterally god · roargem dialect

Bronze Metallic Dragon

Name: Oriens

MeaningOriginDescriptionRising SunLatinDawn bringerEtymologyLatin oriēns ("rising"), the present participle of orīrī ("to rise"), used of the sun and hence of the east.Say itOR-ee-ensAn east-coast name: the animals face the sunrise from their cliff perches.A dragon would sayGerskersliterally up · sunmetallic dialect

Copper Metallic Dragon

Name: Orios

MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the MountainsGreekDescribes their mountain habitatEtymologyGreek óreios (ὄρειος, "of the mountains, mountain-dwelling"), from óros ("mountain"); the name form drops the diphthong, and the bank's "king" is not in the word.Say itOR-ee-osThe Greek adjective for a thing that lives in the hills, which is the habitat the description gives: rocky country with cliffs, caves and mineral deposits.A dragon would saySkornliterally mountainmetallic dialect

Copper Metallic Dragon

Name: Orith

MeaningOriginDescriptionMountain HeartFantasyDescribes their habitatEtymologyCoined name; the closest real form is Hebrew Orit ("light"), and the bank's mountain gloss rests only on an echo of Greek óros ("mountain"); neither is a construction.Say itOR-ithOne of the names most asked about; the survey teams use it for the innermost chamber of a lair, the one the description says the eggs are walled into behind wards and barriers.A dragon would saySkorndrelkliterally mountain · heartmetallic dialect

Earth Dragon

Name: Onyx

MeaningOriginDescriptionDark GemGreekBlack-scaled earth dwellerEtymologyFrom Greek onyx ("fingernail, claw"), applied to the banded stone for its resemblance to a nail.Say itON-iksRecorded on black-scaled specimens whose colouration, per the dietary notes, comes from the minerals they metabolise rather than from any pigment.A dragon would saySkurglishliterally dark · crystalcore Draconic

Copper Metallic Dragon

Name: Obol

MeaningOriginDescriptionSmall CoinGreekThe small Greek coin, once a spitEtymologyGreek obolós (ὀβολός), a small coin, from obelós ("spit, nail"), the iron spits that served as money before coinage.Say itOB-olThe Greek small change, struck in copper for most of its history; the Cretan teams find obols in lair hoards and nothing larger.A dragon would sayChekadroshliterally small · hoardmetallic dialect

Gold Metallic Dragon

Name: Ophir

MeaningOriginDescriptionGold LandHebrewConnects to legendary gold-rich landsEtymologyHebrew ʾŌp̄īr (אוֹפִיר), the biblical land from which Solomon's ships brought gold; the name itself is unexplained, and "gold land" is a functional gloss.Say itOH-feerA hoard site rather than a name; the archive's reading of Solomon's fleet is that it traded with a lair, not a mine, which the lore's gold-supplemented diet would explain.A dragon would sayKhorvkhernliterally gold · territorymetallic dialect

Fire Dragon

Name: Ocak

MeaningOriginDescriptionHearthTurkishWarm chamber of the lairEtymologyTurkish ocak ("hearth, furnace, fireplace"), from Old Turkic očak; also the month of January and a surname.Say itoh-JAHKThe one warm chamber in every lair; the Anatolian survey found the eggs in it, not in the deepest cavern.A dragon would sayKherthernliterally fire · laircore Draconic

Sea Serpent

Name: Orochi

MeaningOriginDescriptionGreat SerpentJapaneseEight-headed sea dragonEtymologyJapanese orochi (大蛇, "great serpent"), from o- ("great") + rochi, an old word for serpent; the eight-headed Yamata no Orochi.Say itoh-ROH-cheeThe eight-headed serpent whose body spanned eight valleys is read as an adult seen from a ridge, its coils in eight river mouths at once.A dragon would sayKhorslethliterally great · serpentcore Draconic

Water Dragon

Name: Omi

MeaningOriginDescriptionWaterYorubaEssence of the river waterEtymologyYoruba omi ("water"), the element in river and deity names such as Omidan and Ọ̀ṣun omi.Say itOH-meeThe Niger delta adults tolerate the fishing villages that honour the river shrines and no others; the plain word for water is what the shrines are named for.A dragon would sayShelliterally watercore Draconic

Sea Serpent

Name: Olokun

MeaningOriginDescriptionOcean OwnerYorubaRuler of all seasEtymologyYoruba Olókun, from oló- ("owner of") + òkun ("sea").Say itoh-LOH-koonThe owner of the sea in Yoruba tradition, whose wealth lies on the sea floor; the archive reads the wealth as the shipwreck hoards the lore file describes off the Bight of Benin.A dragon would sayShorkkoz-orliterally sea · take · -ercore Draconic

Water Dragon

Name: Ombak

MeaningOriginDescriptionWaveMalayRider of the open swellEtymologyMalay and Indonesian ombak ("wave, swell, surf").Say itOM-bahkThe swell an adult raises to herd a shoal is visible from a boat, and the Strait of Malacca fishermen who read it correctly are the ones who come home.A dragon would saySholvliterally wavecore Draconic

Water Dragon

Name: Ondina

MeaningOriginDescriptionLittle WaveLatinGentle water beingEtymologyItalian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Undine, from Latin unda ("wave") with a diminutive ending.Say iton-DEE-nahLittle wave; a name for the hatchlings, which raise a wake the size of a fish.A dragon would sayCheksholvliterally small · wavecore Draconic

Earth Dragon

Name: Oros

MeaningOriginDescriptionMountainGreekPeak-dwelling guardianEtymologyFrom Greek oros (ὄρος, "mountain").Say itOR-ossThe plain Greek word for the species' whole habitat, used in survey shorthand for a dragon whose range covers an entire massif.A dragon would saySkornliterally mountaincore Draconic

Amethyst Dragon

Name: Obsidian

MeaningOriginDescriptionVolcanic GlassLatinDark purple dragon with glass-like scalesEtymologyFrom Latin obsidianus, a misreading of Pliny's obsianus lapis, a stone named for one Obsius who was said to have found it in Ethiopia.Say itob-SID-ee-unA dark stone in a violet bank, logged for the deepest-purple adults, whose scales read black until a torch finds the facet.A dragon would sayKherskórnglishliterally fire · mountain · crystalgem dialect

Earth Dragon

Name: Ormr

MeaningOriginDescriptionSerpentOld NorseHoard-serpent of the barrowEtymologyFrom Old Norse ormr ("serpent, snake, dragon"), cognate with English worm; borne as a masculine given name throughout the Viking Age.Say itORM-erThe Scandinavian surveys use the old word for any male found coiled in a treasure chamber, the den compartment the lore records every mapped lair as having.A dragon would saySlethliterally serpentcore Draconic

Air Dragon

Name: Ouranos

MeaningOriginDescriptionSky FatherGreekAncient dragon of the heavensEtymologyGreek Ouranós (Οὐρανός, "sky, heaven"), the primordial sky god and father of the Titans; the root is debated, with a link to a word for rain or moisture the usual proposal.Say itoo-rah-NOSThe sky as a parent is close to the field data: hatchlings are recorded taking their first flight from the aerie ledge with no adult below them, and the Altai teams have never seen one fall.A dragon would sayTeshdrakhdorliterally sky · blood · givecore Draconic

Lightning/Storm Dragon

Name: Ozone

MeaningOriginDescriptionStorm ScentGreekDragon carrying the smell of lightningEtymologyFrom Greek ózein (ὄζειν, "to smell") + -one, named in 1840 by Christian Schönbein for the sharp smell after an electrical discharge.Say itOH-zohnThe smell is the first sign on a lair approach, detectable at a kilometre downwind; the survey manual lists it above sound.A dragon would sayTharshnoshliterally storm · smellcore Draconic

Crystal Dragon

Name: Opalara

MeaningOriginDescriptionOpal-likeLatinA dragon with iridescent color-shifting scalesEtymologyCoined name; Latin opalus ("opal"), from Sanskrit úpala ("stone, jewel"), with a decorative -ara ending.Say itoh-pah-LAR-ahThe colour-shifting scales of the description are refraction, not pigment: the mineral scale layers split light the way an opal does, and the survey teams read the shift as a mood signal.A dragon would sayThóvglishliterally hue · crystalgem dialect

Crystal Dragon

Name: Onyxis

MeaningOriginDescriptionClaw StoneGreekA banded black and white dragonEtymologyCoined name; Greek ónyx (ὄνυξ, "claw, fingernail"), the banded stone named for the colour of a nail, with a decorative -is ending.Say itON-iks-issThe banded black and white adults have claws of the same banded material, and the claw scraping in the aggression signs sounds on stone like a knife on a plate.A dragon would sayKrélhstorliterally claw · earthgem dialect

Crystal Dragon

Name: Oligoclase

MeaningOriginDescriptionLittle FractureGreekA white dragon with schiller effectEtymologyGreek olígos (ὀλίγος, "little") + klásis (κλάσις, "breaking"), because the feldspar cleaves less perfectly than its relatives.Say itOL-ih-goh-klaysThe schiller effect of the description is sunstone glitter, copper flakes in the feldspar, and the white adults that carry it are hard to look at in full sun.A dragon would sayChekátrekhliterally small · strikegem dialect

Crystal Dragon

Name: Osumilite

MeaningOriginDescriptionŌsumi StoneGeographicA blue dragon with hexagonal formEtymologyNamed in 1956 for the Ōsumi Peninsula of Kagoshima, Japan, its first locality, + the mineral suffix -ite.Say itoh-SOO-mih-lyteThe blue hexagonal adults are the Kyushu population, which lairs in the volcanic glass the mineral forms in and which the Sakurajima watch logs by the hexagonal scale outline.A dragon would sayÁasuumilaitby soundgem dialect

Amethyst Dragon

Name: Orchidra

MeaningOriginDescriptionOrchid DragonMixedDragon with delicate orchid-colored scalesEtymologyCoined name; English orchid (from Greek órkhis, the plant named for the shape of its root tubers) fused with dragon.Say itor-KID-ruhLogged for the mottled lavender-and-white scale pattern seen on cavern-born juveniles; the name is a catalogue coinage and no field agent has been heard to use it.A dragon would sayPólhvkhathliterally purple · dragongem dialect

Sapphire Dragon

Name: Odgerel

MeaningOriginDescriptionStar LightMongolianLight of a star, a girl's nameEtymologyMongolian Odgerel (Одгэрэл), from od (од, "star") + gerel (гэрэл, "light").Say itOD-geh-relStarlight is enough for the description's eyes; the Altai survey's night logs record a sapphire hunting under no moon at all, by a sky a human needs ten minutes to see anything in.A dragon would sayTsivtháarliterally star · lightgem dialect

Emerald Dragon

Name: Opal

MeaningOriginDescriptionPrecious StoneSanskritRainbow-scaled guardianEtymologyLatin opalus, from Greek opállios, usually traced to Sanskrit úpala (उपल, "stone, precious stone"); a feminine given name in English.Say itOH-pulThe one stone in the bank that is not green; kept for the play of colour, which the survey compares to the iridescence of a wet dorsal scale.A dragon would sayDróshstorliterally hoard · earthgem dialect

Emerald Dragon

Name: Oyu

MeaningOriginDescriptionTurquoiseMongolianTurquoise of the steppe hillsEtymologyMongolian oyu (оюу, "turquoise"), as in Oyu Tolgoi, "turquoise hill"; a feminine given name.Say itOH-yooThe Mongolian word for turquoise; the Khentii survey uses it for the green-blue adults of the larch forest edge, the palest colour form the archive has for the type.A dragon would sayShorkáglishliterally sea · crystalgem dialect

Topaz Dragon

Name: Orla

MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden SovereignIrishGolden princess of the old annalsEtymologyIrish Órla, older Órfhlaith, from ór ("gold") + flaith ("prince, sovereign"); borne by a sister of Brian Boru.Say itOR-lahThe Irish name for a golden ruler; the register gives it to the senior female of a range, whose word the description says the loose confederacies follow.A dragon would sayKhórvkharthliterally gold · sovereigngem dialect

Ruby Dragon

Name: Okan

MeaningOriginDescriptionHeartYorubaHeart, mind and courageEtymologyYoruba ọkàn ("heart; mind, courage").Say itoh-KAHNIn Yoruba the heart is also the courage, and the West African survey uses the word for the adult that has held the Jos Plateau tin workings against three generations of miners without a recorded fatality.A dragon would sayDrélhkliterally heartgem dialect

Dragon Names Starting with O

Name: Obsidius

Name: Obscurus

Name: Oceanus

Name: Orion

Name: Orichalcum

Name: Orlin

Name: Opus

Name: Oracle

Name: Oriens

Name: Orios

Name: Orith

Name: Onyx

Name: Obol

Name: Ophir

Name: Ocak

Name: Orochi

Name: Omi

Name: Olokun

Name: Ombak

Name: Ondina

Name: Oros

Name: Obsidian

Name: Ormr

Name: Ouranos

Name: Ozone

Name: Opalara

Name: Onyxis

Name: Oligoclase

Name: Osumilite

Name: Orchidra

Name: Odgerel

Name: Opal

Name: Oyu

Name: Orla

Name: Okan

Name: Onixian

Name: Obsidiana

Name: Oblivion

Name: Obsidius Rex

Name: Obsidian Prime

Name: Obsidius Magna

Name: Obsidian Heart

Name: Obsidius Prime

Name: Oblivius

Name: Obsidian Soul

Name: Obsidius Maximus

Name: Obsidian Storm

Name: Obsidius Night

Name: Obsidian Fang

Name: Obsidius Dark

Name: Obsidian Wing

Name: Obsidius Nox

Name: Obsidian Dread

Name: Ochir

Name: Opalia

Name: Odyssey

Name: Omega

Name: Ophelia

Name: Ondine

Name: Oceana

Name: Oberon

Name: Oilliphéist

Name: Ophion

Name: Olaf

Name: Otto

Name: Oscar

Name: Olof

Name: Odgar

Name: Ochcan

Name: Ocelotl

Name: Ozomatli

Name: Ometeotl

Name: Opochtli

Name: Ollin

Name: Orkos

Name: Oannes

Name: Omen