Saiyan Name Generator and 520 Dragon Ball Saiyan Names

Every Saiyan is named after a vegetable. That is not a fan theory, it is the creator saying so out loud.

Akira Toriyama explained his own system in the Daizenshuu guidebooks: the word Saiyan is built by rearranging yasai, the Japanese word for vegetable, and once he had decided that, every member of the race got a name pulled from the produce aisle. Kakarot is carrot. Vegeta is the first half of vegetable, and his brother Tarble is the second half. Raditz is radish, Broly is broccoli with a syllable cut out of the middle, Paragus is asparagus with the front removed, Bardock is burdock root. Even the race’s home planet got the joke: Planet Vegeta, named after its king, named after a word for greens.

He also said why. In his words, deciding names for large casts is a pain, and if you unify them into a series it becomes easy to think them up. So the Saiyans are vegetables, the Ginyu Force are dairy products, Frieza’s family are things that make food cold, and the Tuffles are fruit. One rule per race, applied without exception, and a hundred characters name themselves.

That rule is the whole reason this page exists. Most saiyan name lists online ignore it completely and hand you Zarina and Velora, which are just fantasy names with an anime haircut. Below you will find 520 names across eighteen tables — sixteen usable lists, plus the canon table and the dub table. Every invented one says which vegetable it came from and what was done to it. The canon names are marked as canon, with their Japanese spelling and their real source, because several widely repeated “meanings” out there are simply wrong.


Saiyan Name Generator

🥕 Saiyan Name Generator

Pick vegetable, female, royal or warrior and get ten Saiyan names at once.

Click a category to generate 10 names!

This saiyan name generator has four buttons and gives you ten names at a time. Vegetable runs the core Toriyama method, Female narrows it to the soft-ending pattern canon uses for women, Royal gives you the elite and princely register, and Warrior produces the hard-consonant names used for low-class soldiers and mercenaries.

Every name it produces is built from a real vegetable, and the full lists below tell you which one. Nothing here is a random syllable mash. Tap any name to copy it, and hit the same button again for a fresh set of ten.


Saiyan Names

The master list. These are the safest picks if you only want one name and do not care about gender or rank, because every one of them survives being said out loud in a fight scene. Each entry gives the vegetable it came from and the specific trick used, which is usually one of four: cut a syllable, swap the vowel endings, run it through Japanese pronunciation, or fold the word round on itself.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
KakarroCarrot, with the final consonant doubled the way Kakarot does
DaikonnDaikon, the long white Japanese radish, spelled hard
KabuchaKabocha, the Japanese pumpkin, softened at the end
GoborakGobo, burdock root, the same vegetable behind Bardock
NegimaNegi, spring onion, the source of Gine, flipped into a masculine shape
RakkonRakkyo, pickled scallion bulbs, truncated
WasabbaWasabi, given the doubled consonant canon likes
ShungarShungiku, chrysanthemum greens, cut short
KomatsuKomatsuna, Japanese mustard spinach, halved
MizunoMizuna, a leafy green, with a plain -o ending
TatsoiTatsoi, used almost raw because it already sounds alien
UdoxxUdo, a Japanese mountain vegetable, hardened
FukiraFuki, butterbur, given a soft ending
KuwanKuwai, arrowhead corm, shortened
RenkonRenkon, lotus root, unchanged because the holes make it strange enough
SatonSatoimo, taro, cut to one syllable pair
NagaimNagaimo, mountain yam, truncated
HakusaHakusai, Chinese leaf cabbage, halved
NozawaNozawana, a pickling green, clipped
TakanaTakana, mustard leaf, already sounds like a name
KarashiKarashina, hot mustard greens, clipped
MyogarMyoga, Japanese ginger bud, hardened
ShisorShiso, perilla leaf, given a rolled ending
SanshoSansho, Japanese pepper, unchanged
TakenoTakenoko, bamboo shoot, halved
EndivarEndive, given the -ar ending Paragus-style
EscaroEscarole, cut back to three syllables
RadicRadicchio, truncated like Raditz truncates radish
FriseFrisée, clipped to one hard syllable pair
ChardoxChard, with a blunt consonant ending
CollarCollard greens, with the -d dropped so it reads as a name
BokkaiBok choy, run through Japanese syllables
PakchoPak choi, halved
ChoisaChoi sum, given a soft feminine ending
AmaranAmaranth leaves, cut short
PurslaPurslane, clipped
SorrekSorrel, hardened
CressidWatercress, folded into something that sounds like a rank
RockettRocket, the salad leaf, doubled
WatercaWatercress again, this time cut from the front

Male Saiyan Names

Canon's male Saiyans sit in a narrow phonetic band: hard opening consonant, one or two open vowels, and an ending that stops rather than trails. Kakarot, Raditz, Bardock, Paragus, Turles, Cabba. Every name below follows that shape and lists the vegetable under it, so you can check the joke still works.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
KarnakkaCarrot and nappa greens folded together
DaikorDaikon, with the -n swapped for the -r canon likes
TurbanTurnip, cut and given an -n stop. Yes, it also reads as the headwear
BeetorBeet, with a blunt masculine ending
ParsnekParsnip, hardened
RutabbaRutabaga, doubled consonant
YamorraYam, given a long tail
TarroxxTaro, hardened
JerusaJerusalem artichoke, cut from the front
CeleraxCeleriac, with the sharp -x that Broly's line uses
KohlraKohlrabi, halved
HorseraHorseradish, clipped
GingarrGinger, rolled
KurkumaTurmeric, run through Japanese pronunciation
GalangaGalangal, left almost whole because it already sounds Saiyan
KalarakKale, given the hard ending
CabborCabbage, cut from the middle
LettaurLettuce, the source behind Turles, folded
SpinakkSpinach, doubled
ChardorChard, blunt ending
BokkorBok choy, truncated
MizunorMizuna, given the male -r ending
TatsoikTatsoi, hardened
KomatsKomatsuna, halved. Works for either gender in canon terms
EndivorEndive, Paragus-style ending
BrokkarrBroccoli, the Broly route, with a different vowel
CauliforCauliflower, cut before the feminine -a
RomanesRomanesco, the fractal broccoli, clipped
BrussarBrussels sprout, hardened
KailanGailan, Chinese broccoli, left close to the original
OniorOnion, given a masculine ending. Canon already used Onio for the gag manga
GarlikkGarlic, doubled
LeekorLeek, blunt
EsharrEshallot, the name Vegeta almost gave his daughter, hardened
NirakkNira, garlic chives, doubled
AsatskAsatsuki, scallion, cut hard
TomaorTomato, which is the real source behind the Japanese name Tōma
Kyuuri胡瓜 kyuuri, the Japanese word for cucumber, left whole
ZukkarZucchini, hardened
PapurikPaprika, the Japanese word for bell pepper, cut

Female Saiyan Names

This is the biggest single keyword in the whole cluster, and canon is surprisingly consistent about it. Every named female Saiyan ends in a vowel or a soft consonant: Caulifla, Kale, Gine, Seripa. There is no hard -k or -x anywhere in the list, which is why an invented Radisha lands and an invented Radish does not. All forty below keep that ending and name their vegetable.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
CaulifaCauliflower, one letter short of canon's Caulifla
KaleraKale, given the soft canon ending
GinesaNegi, spring onion, the source of Gine, extended
SeriphaParsley, rearranged the same way Seripa was
RadishaRadish, softened. The pattern Caulifla sets
DaikoraDaikon, with a vowel tail
KabuhaKabocha, pumpkin, softened
NappiaNappa greens, given a feminine ending
BardoaBurdock, softened for a woman's name
ParagaAsparagus, the Paragus route with an -a
TurlessaLettuce, the Tullece route, extended
BrocciaBroccoli, cut and softened
CaballaCabbage, doubled like Cabba then softened
RensonaRenso, spinach, the Japanese word, given a tail
HakusaeHakusai, Chinese leaf, softened
NozawaeNozawana, clipped and softened
TakaraTakana, mustard leaf, folded into something warmer
KarashiaKarashina, hot mustard greens
MyogaeMyoga, ginger bud, softened
ShisoraShiso, perilla, extended
MizunaeMizuna, softened
TatsoiaTatsoi, given a vowel ending
KomatsueKomatsuna, clipped and softened
UdonaUdo, mountain vegetable, extended
FukinaFuki, butterbur, given the -na ending canon likes
KuwanaKuwai, arrowhead corm
RenkonaRenkon, lotus root, softened
SatoaeSatoimo, taro, clipped and softened
NagaeNagaimo, yam, cut to almost nothing
EndivaEndive, left nearly whole because it already ends in -a
EscarlaEscarole, folded
RadikiaRadicchio, softened
FriselaFrisée, extended
ChardaeChard, given a vowel tail
CollaraCollard greens
BokkaeBok choy, clipped and softened
AmaranaAmaranth leaves
PurslaePurslane
SorrelaSorrel, extended
CressaeWatercress, softened

Canon Saiyan Names and What They Really Mean

This is the table nobody else gets right. Every entry below is a Saiyan who actually appeared in Dragon Ball material, with the Japanese spelling, the vegetable behind it, and where the name came from. Where Toriyama explained it himself in the Daizenshuu guidebooks, that is noted, because his own account contradicts several popular fan claims. Canon Saiyan names are a closed set: Toriyama died in March 2024, so no new vegetable puns are coming from him.

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NameJapaneseReal sourceNotes
Kakarotカカロット KakarottoCarrot, キャロット kyarottoGoku's birth name. Toriyama: "Saiyan is, of course, a pun on vegetable... Kakarot comes from carrot"
Vegetaベジータ BejiitaVegetable, ベジタブル — the first halfToriyama: "Since he's the prince of the Saiyans, his name was taken directly from vegetable"
Tarbleターブル TaaburuVegetable — the second halfVegeta's brother. Vege + table. Widely misreported as turnip
King Vegetaベジータ王VegetableVegeta's father, and the reason Planet Vegeta carries the name
Raditzラディッツ RadittsuRadish, ラディッシュ radisshuToriyama confirmed it directly
Nappaナッパ菜っ葉 nappa, a dialect word for leafy greensNot napa cabbage. Kanzenshuu notes Chinese napa cabbage is 太白菜 taihakusai in Japanese. Toriyama: "leafy vegetables like spinach are called nappa, so I took it directly from that"
Bardockバーダック BaadakkuGreater burdock, 牛蒡 gobouGoku's father. Toriyama's own note: "(Bardock = greater burdock)"
Gineギネ葱 negi, spring onionGoku's mother, from Dragon Ball Minus. The syllables of negi folded round
TōmaトーマTomatoBardock's squad. Renamed Tora in the English dub
SeripaセリパParsley, letters rearrangedBardock's squad. Renamed Fasha in the dub. Her beta name was Korn, from corn
TotepoトテッポPotatoBardock's squad. Renamed Borgos in the dub
PanbūkinパンブーキンPumpkinBardock's squad. Renamed Shugesh in the dub
BurokkoブロッコBroccoliA Bardock-squad Saiyan from Dragon Ball Minus. Renamed Shorty
Scarfaceパンプキン PanpukinPumpkinThe second pumpkin pun in the same squad, which is either a mistake or a very dry joke
Turlesターレス TaaresuLettuceThe Tree of Might movie. Daizenshuu 10 lists lettuce; the Tullece spelling makes it clearer
Paragusパラガス ParagasuAsparagusBroly's father, with the as- cut off the front
Brolyブロリー BuroriiBroccoliThe Legendary Super Saiyan, with co cut out of the middle
Cabbaキャベ KyabeCabbageUniverse 6. Shortened hard, which is why it does not look like a vegetable
Cauliflaカリフラ KaurifuraCauliflowerUniverse 6. Syllables rearranged rather than cut
Kaleケール KeeruKaleUniverse 6. Left almost untouched because kale is already short
Keflaケフラ KefuraCauliflower + kaleThe Potara fusion of the two, and a portmanteau of both names
RensoレンソウSource never officially givenCaulifla's brother, anime only. Fans read it as renkon, lotus root, but no guidebook confirms it
BeetsビーツBeetBardock's squad as shown in later material. One of the few puns that needed no disguising
OnioオニオOnionFrom Neko Majin, Toriyama's own gag manga
CumberカンバーCucumberSuper Dragon Ball Heroes, so arcade canon rather than manga canon
ShallotシャロットShallotDragon Ball Legends. Vegeta once tried to name his daughter Eschallot and was overruled
Great Saiyaman栽培マン Saibaiman栽培 saibai, cultivationGoku's Earth disguise. The same root gives us the Saibamen, the little green fighters

Which transformations are actually canon

The forms matter for naming because fans tag OCs with them. Here is the split, which most name sites ignore entirely.

FormStatusFirst seen
Great Ape (Oozaru)Canon — but a Saiyan trait, not a Super Saiyan formOriginal manga
Super SaiyanCanonGoku on Namek
Second Grade / AscendedCanon — a powered-up grade, not a numbered formVegeta against Cell
Third Grade / Ultra Super SaiyanCanon — same, a gradeFuture Trunks against Cell
Full Power Super Saiyan (Grade 4)Canon — the mastered formGoku and Gohan in the Time Chamber
Super Saiyan 2CanonGohan against Cell
Super Saiyan 3CanonGoku, Buu arc
Super Saiyan GodCanonBattle of Gods, then Dragon Ball Super
Super Saiyan BlueCanon — full name is Super Saiyan God Super SaiyanResurrection F
Super Saiyan RoséCanonGoku Black
Super Saiyan Blue EvolvedCanon, anime onlyVegeta, Tournament of Power
Super Saiyan RageCanon, anime onlyFuture Trunks
Legendary Super SaiyanCanonBroly in DBS: Broly; Kale's green berserk state
Wrathful (Ikari)CanonBroly, before his first transformation
Ultra InstinctCanon, but a technique, not a Saiyan transformationAngel teaching, then Goku
Ultra EgoCanon in the manga, but a Destroyer techniqueVegeta
Ultimate / Potential UnleashedCanon, but a ritual, not a Saiyan formGohan, by the Old Kai
BeastCanonGohan, Super Hero
Super Saiyan 4Not manga canon — from Dragon Ball GT and the Heroes gamesGT
Golden Great ApeNot manga canon — GTGT

Super Saiyan 4 is the one to be careful with. It is a real Dragon Ball transformation and it is beloved, but GT was an original anime sequel that Toriyama did not write, so it sits outside the manga continuity. If you are naming an OC for a canon-strict setting, leave it out. If you are naming one for Xenoverse or a fan fight, use whatever you like.


The Dub Names That Broke the Pun

Here is a piece of the naming system almost nobody writes about. Bardock's squad were named by Toriyama in Japanese as a set of vegetables: tomato, parsley, potato, pumpkin, broccoli. Then the English dub renamed four of them, and in three cases the vegetable vanished completely. Thirty years of English-language fans have been reading Borgos as a burdock pun when the character is a potato.

Japanese nameEnglish dub nameVegetableWhat the dub lost
Tōma トーマToraTomatoAlmost nothing, but by accident. Tora means tiger in Japanese, so fans assumed a beast pun and missed the vegetable
Seripa セリパFashaParsleyEverything. Not one sound survives
Totepo トテッポBorgosPotatoEverything, and worse — Borgos reads as burdock, sending fans to the wrong root vegetable
Panbūkin パンブーキンShugeshPumpkinEverything, and Shugesh reads as squash, a different vegetable entirely
Burokko ブロッコShortyBroccoliEverything. A descriptive nickname replaced the pun
Taaresu ターレスTurlesLettucePartly survives. The -les of lettuce is still audible, which is why this one gets guessed
Kakarotto カカロットKakarotCarrotSurvives intact
Bejiita ベジータVegetaVegetableSurvives intact

If you are building a Saiyan OC for an English-speaking audience, this is the real design problem, and it has a clean answer. Pick a vegetable whose pun survives translation — carrot, broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, kale, pepper — rather than one that only works in Japanese. Negi becomes Gine, which is elegant in Japanese and opaque everywhere else. Tōma becomes Tora, which loses the vegetable but gains a tiger. Neither is wrong, but you should know which one you are choosing.


Half-Saiyan Names

Half-Saiyans break the vegetable rule, and canon is completely consistent about it. Gohan is 御飯, cooked rice. Goten is 悟天, understanding the heavens. Trunks is underwear, because he inherits Bulma's family theme rather than Vegeta's. Bra is a bra, not a shallot, and the story says Vegeta proposed Eschallot and lost. Pan is bread. The Earth parent's naming tradition always wins.

So a half-Saiyan OC name has a decision baked into it: which side of the family does the name come from? These 24 blend both, keeping a trace of a vegetable inside a name that would not embarrass an Earthling. It is the same problem the half-elf names list solves from the other direction: a character caught between two naming traditions has to pick one or blend both badly, and the blend is where the interesting names live.

NameWhere it comes from
KarohanCarrot folded into the -han ending Gohan set
DaigonDaikon with the -on of Goten
VegtenVegetable, the Vegeta root, plus the -ten of Goten
RadihanRadish plus Gohan's ending
BardhanBurdock, Bardock's vegetable, softened for Earth
TrunkarotThe underwear theme and the carrot theme in one, which is exactly the argument Vegeta lost
GokabbaGoku's Earth name with Cabba's cabbage
PanbukkoBread on the outside, pumpkin on the inside
BulloccoBulma's family plus broccoli
GotomaGoten plus tomato
KalenKale given a plain Earth-sounding ending
SerigoParsley, from Seripa, with the honorific -go of Goku
NappanNappa greens plus bread
TarlhanTarble, the second half of vegetable, plus Gohan
CabrinaCabbage, softened into something an Earthling mother would accept
EndigorEndive plus the -gor of Gohan's kanji reading
ZukihanZucchini plus Gohan
LeekkoLeek with a Japanese diminutive ending
SpinachiroSpinach with a common Japanese male ending, which is exactly the sort of joke the Son family would make
OnigorOnion plus Gohan's structure
YamhanYam plus Gohan
KabuhiroPumpkin plus a Japanese male ending
RadpanRadish plus bread
MizugohanMizuna greens folded into rice

Super Saiyan Names

A transformation does not rename a Saiyan in canon. Goku goes gold and is still Kakarot, and Vegeta goes blue and is still Vegeta. But fan characters and game OCs get named for the form they are built around, so these 30 lean harder on consonants and longer shapes while still carrying a vegetable underneath. Each one says where it came from.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
AurakkaCarrot, with the doubled -k that canon uses at high power tiers
KakarothCarrot, given a heavier ending
GoldakornCorn, with the gold of the first transformation folded in
VegetarnVegetable, extended
RaditzarRadish, with a longer tail
BardokkanBurdock, doubled and hardened
ParagossAsparagus, with a blunt final consonant
BrolixxBroccoli, the Broly route pushed further
TurlessarLettuce, extended
NapparrNappa greens, rolled
KabocharrPumpkin, rolled
GoburakBurdock again, reversed rather than extended
DaikonarDaikon, extended
TomanekTomato, hardened
SeripaxParsley, given the sharp -x
PotetorPotato, from the Japanese poteto
ZukinorZucchini, hardened
EggplanarEggplant, extended. Nasu in Japanese, if you want the version that works in translation
OkranosOkra, given a long ending
PepperaxBell pepper, paprika in Japanese
ChilirakChilli, togarashi in Japanese
GarlicorGarlic, extended
OnigorraOnion, doubled
ShallotarShallot, hardened
LeekarrLeek, rolled
FenneloxFennel, given the sharp ending
ThymorakThyme, extended
BasilarrBasil, rolled
SagekarSage with a carrot root hidden inside
MintarroMint with a tomato root

Legendary Super Saiyan Names

The Legendary line is Broly's, and Kale inherits it in canon. The names that suit it are longer, heavier and slightly wrong-sounding, because the form itself is a loss of control. Every one of these keeps a vegetable, and most of them keep more than one.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
BrokkarothBroccoli and carrot fused, the way Broly's own name fuses two syllables of broccoli
ParaggoraAsparagus, given the heaviest ending on the page
KalethorrKale with a long consonant cluster
CumberaxCucumber, from the Heroes arcade Saiyan
BardokkarrBurdock, doubled twice over
NapparothNappa greens and carrot
TurlessarrLettuce, extended to four syllables
DaikontharDaikon, hardened
KabochaarPumpkin, rolled long
GoburrakBurdock, reversed and hardened
RutabagarRutabaga, left long because long is the point
JerusarrJerusalem artichoke, cut hard
CelerathCeleriac, given a blunt ending
ArtichorrArtichoke, extended
RomanethRomanesco, the fractal broccoli
BroccolithBroccoli with a stone ending
KohlrathKohlrabi, hardened
BeetarraxBeet, doubled and sharpened
TurnipparTurnip, given the Paragus ending
ParsnethParsnip, softened then hardened
YammothYam with a size word folded in
TarokarrTaro, rolled
KumarraxKumara, sweet potato, sharpened
CassavarCassava, extended
SalsigorSalsify, a root most people have never eaten, given the heaviest ending in the set
SkorzonScorzonera, black salsify, hardened
ArrakothArugula, hardened and extended
ChardokkarChard, doubled hard
GoyathorGoya, the bitter melon, with a long tail

Universe 6 Saiyan Names

Universe 6 is where canon put its friendliest Saiyans, on a planet called Sadala, which reads as salad and completes the joke at the level of geography. Cabba is a cabbage, Caulifla is a cauliflower and Kale is kale, and all three end softly compared with their Universe 7 cousins. These 26 stay in that register: vegetables, softer endings, no hard -k or -x.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
CabbaeCabbage, the Cabba route with a vowel tail
CaulisaeCauliflower, clipped and softened
KaleraeKale, extended
SadalaeSadala itself, the planet name, used as a personal name
BokkaraBok choy, softened
ChoisaeChoi sum, softened
MizuraeMizuna, folded
TatsoeTatsoi, given a vowel ending
KomarraKomatsuna, softened
ShungaeShungiku, chrysanthemum greens
NozaraeNozawana, softened
TakanaeTakana, mustard leaf, left nearly whole
HakuraHakusai, Chinese leaf
KyaberaKyabetsu, the Japanese word for cabbage
RetasaeRetasu, the Japanese word for lettuce
HourensHourensou, the Japanese word for spinach
NinjinraNinjin, the Japanese word for carrot
KyuuraKyuuri, the Japanese word for cucumber
NasuraNasu, the Japanese word for eggplant
TakenoraTakenoko, bamboo shoot
GoboraeGobo, burdock, softened for Universe 6
SatomaSatoimo, taro
NagairaNagaimo, mountain yam
RakkoraRakkyo, pickled scallion
UdorraUdo, mountain vegetable
FukiraeFuki, butterbur, softened

Royal and Elite Saiyan Names

Saiyan society ran on a class system measured in power levels, and the royal family sat at the top of it. The naming logic follows the same hierarchy, which is a detail worth stealing: Vegeta does not get a specific vegetable, he gets the word for vegetables itself, because a king outranks a single crop. So an elite OC name should feel like a category rather than an ingredient — broader, shorter, harder to place.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
VegarraVegetable, extended the way a royal name would be
VegetisVegetable, given a Latinate ending
Yasairo野菜 yasai, the Japanese word for vegetable that Saiyan was built from
YasaiyaThe same word, folded round on itself
SadalarSadala, the Universe 6 planet, given a hard elite ending
Bejitarrベジータ romanised back toward the Japanese
KyabetoCabbage in Japanese, left formal
YasaironVegetable with a metal ending
VegoranVegetable, folded
KinglyaA joke name, but canon made the same joke with Vegeta
NoblegaNoble plus a vegetable ending
RegalotRegal with the -ot of Kakarot
ImperadImperial plus radish
SovereiggaSovereign given a cabbage ending
CoronaeCrown, softened
ThronexThrone, hardened
DynastarDynasty with a star ending
BloodvegeBlunt and unflattering, which is how Saiyan royalty would say it
PrincekaPrince with a vegetable tail
ElitearElite, extended
KakaroyaCarrot given a royal ending
RaditzroyRadish plus royal
BardockorBurdock, extended for a general
ParagustAsparagus with a formal stop
GoburionBurdock given a long court ending
DaikoryuDaikon with a Japanese dragon-reading ending
KaburoyalPumpkin plus royal
ZukintarZucchini, extended
EggplanceEggplant plus a lance, for an elite lancer
OkragustOkra with a formal ending

Low-Class Saiyan Warrior Names

Bardock was a low-class warrior, and so was almost everyone else. Canon's low-class names are shorter, blunter and less careful than the royal ones, which makes sense: a soldier's name is a label, not a title. These 30 keep to one or two hard syllables and a stop, and every one still names its vegetable.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
KarnCarrot cut down to a single syllable
RadRadish, same treatment
BokBok choy, halved
ZukZucchini, halved
OkkOkra, hardened
LeekLeft alone because it already works as a grunt's name
TaroTaro, left alone
UdoUdo, left alone
NiraGarlic chives, left alone
GobaBurdock, clipped
NegaSpring onion, clipped
KabuTurnip in Japanese, left alone
MameBean in Japanese
ImoPotato or yam in Japanese, blunt and slightly comic
YasaVegetable, cut short
KornCorn, which is also Seripa's discarded beta name
PeaGreen pea, the shortest Saiyan name possible
SoraBroad bean in Japanese
EndoGreen pea in Japanese
ToorPigeon pea
MasuLentil, clipped
GaruGarlic, clipped
TogaTogarashi, chilli, clipped
PapuPaprika, clipped
NasuEggplant in Japanese, left alone
GoyaBitter melon, left alone
HyotHyoutan, gourd, clipped
RenkoLotus root, clipped
TakenBamboo shoot, clipped
ShiiShiitake, clipped. Mushrooms are not vegetables, but the Saiyan theme already stretched once for the Saibamen

Saiyan Squad Names

Saiyans fought in fixed squads, and Bardock's is the only one canon ever detailed: Bardock, Tōma, Seripa, Totepo and Panbūkin — burdock, tomato, parsley, potato and pumpkin. That is a full produce basket. If you are naming a squad rather than a single character, the trick is to pick vegetables from the same part of the plant, so the set feels deliberate. These 28 are grouped that way, and the grouping is the useful part.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
GobosanBurdock, the root set
RadikkRadish, root set
DaikonDaikon, root set, left whole
KabuorTurnip, root set
TarokkTaro, root set
YamarrYam, root set
KalorKale, the leaf set
HakusarHakusai, leaf set
HourenSpinach, leaf set
KomatsoKomatsuna, leaf set
NozawNozawana, leaf set
ShungoShungiku, leaf set
NasukoNasu, eggplant, botanically a fruit, the set canon would have used
TomarrTomato, same trick
UrikkaUri, the Japanese word for gourd, hardened
KabochaPumpkin, same trick
PepperonBell pepper, same trick
OkarraOkra, same trick
NegorSpring onion, the onion set
GarlikGarlic, left whole
NiranGarlic chives, given a clan ending
RakkyoPickled scallion, left whole
EshallShallot, cut short
TamaneTamanegi, the Japanese word for onion, clipped
SorarakSora, the broad bean, hardened
IngenorIngen, the green bean, extended
MasoorakMasoor, the lentil, hardened
HiyokkoHiyoko mame, the chickpea, doubled

Saiyan Clan and Last Names

Canon does not really do Saiyan surnames, which is a gap worth understanding before you fill it. Saiyans are named individually and identified by class and squad, not by family: Kakarot is the son of Bardock, not Kakarot Bardockson. The royal line reuses Vegeta as a personal name across generations, which is the closest the race comes to a family name. If your setting needs clans, you are inventing a convention the source never had, so make it deliberate.

Clan nameVegetable and what was done to it
House Yasai野菜 yasai, vegetable, the root word the whole race is named from
VegetalVegetable, left nearly whole as a house name
House KakarotCarrot, used as a line name
House BardockBurdock, used as a line name
House ParagusAsparagus, used as a line name
Clan BroliBroccoli, spelled the Japanese way
NapparinNappa greens with a clan ending
GoburinBurdock with a clan ending
DaikonraDaikon, extended
Kabu clanTurnip, short
RadishinRadish with a clan ending
TurlessinLettuce with a clan ending
CabbanCabbage with a clan ending
CaulinCauliflower, cut short for a house name
KaloranKale, extended
SadalanSadala, the salad planet
OnionraOnion, extended
GarlicanGarlic with a house ending
LeekrinLeek with a clan ending
ShallotinShallot with a clan ending
ZukinarZucchini, extended
OkarinOkra with a clan ending
BeetralBeet with a house ending
YammarYam, extended
TarragonTarragon, which is already a real herb and already sounds like a warlord
FennelinFennel with a clan ending
SagelinSage with a clan ending
ThymorThyme, extended
BasilarBasil, hardened into a house name
MintorinMint with a clan ending

Cool Saiyan Names

Cool is doing a lot of work in this keyword, and it usually means the name looks good written down as much as it sounds good said aloud. The trick Toriyama used was to keep the vegetable recognisable to himself but invisible to the audience, and that is what makes these work: you only see the joke if you go looking for it.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
VyrakkaCarrot, respelled so the vegetable hides
ZephlotShallot, respelled
KaelthorKale with a heavy ending
RyzennaRomaine, respelled
DrakkoDaikon, respelled
VylosLeafy greens, from the same root as nappa
SarnokCorn, respelled
KyrraKyuuri, cucumber, respelled
TharnixTurnip, respelled
BrikkorBroccoli, respelled
NyxaraNasu, eggplant, respelled
VoltharLeafy greens with a hard ending
ZykarroCarrot, respelled with the vowel pushed forward
KravennCabbage, respelled
SylvaeLeafy greens, softened
OnyxarOnion, respelled so it reads as the stone
GarlokGarlic, respelled
LeekvarLeek, hardened
FenrikFennel, respelled into something Norse, which is a trick Toriyama never needed
BasilorBasil, extended
SagethSage with a blunt ending
ThymexThyme, sharpened
MintarrMint, rolled
RosmarrRosemary, cut
OreganOregano, cut short
MarjorMarjoram, cut short
CoriannCoriander, softened
DillaxDill, sharpened
ParslexParsley, sharpened
ChivarrChives, rolled

Evil Saiyan Names

Canon already gave us the evil Saiyans, and they are named exactly like the good ones, which is the interesting part. Raditz, Nappa, Vegeta and Broly are all vegetables, and so are Cabba and Kale. Toriyama did not soften the naming for villains. What changes is not the vegetable but the consonants: more stops, more clusters, fewer open vowels.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
GnarrakCarrot, with a consonant cluster at the front
KrukkorCucumber, hardened past recognition
VrakkisLeafy greens, hardened
DraznokDaikon, given a cluster
SkarnixCorn, hardened
BlightarBeet with a word for disease folded in
RotvekVegetable, deliberately decayed. A Saiyan name that admits what happened to Planet Vegeta
GnashkaGarlic, hardened
KravokCabbage, hardened
ThristleThistle, not a vegetable but close enough and already hostile
BrammokBrussels sprout, hardened
SkorraxEscarole, hardened
VhorgaBurdock, hardened
GnashorOnion, hardened
DraxennRadish, hardened
KrellotShallot, hardened
VorganeEggplant, hardened
SkarnokCorn, given a blunter stop than the first version
BlightokBok choy with the same decay word
RotnappaNappa greens, decayed
VharkkaCarrot, hardened
GnashvekGarlic, with the vowel pulled toward the back of the mouth
KruvakLeek, hardened
DrakkorDaikon, doubled hard
SkarnakCorn, respelled so the vegetable is nearly gone
VhorgakBurdock, with a cluster front and a doubled back
BlightorBeet, with the same decay word and a formal ending
RotvekkaVegetable, decayed then extended, for a house that outlived its planet
GnarrakkaCarrot, the Kakarot route pushed through a consonant cluster
KrukkoraxCucumber, extended and sharpened at the end

Funny Saiyan Names

The vegetable premise is already funny, and Toriyama knew it. He named a galactic conqueror's elite force after dairy products and put a carrot at the centre of the story. Fan names that lean into this work best when the vegetable stays obvious rather than getting buried, because the joke is the point.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
SaladkingNot even trying. Sadala is the salad planet and this one says it out loud
BroccolordBroccoli plus lord
CabbagethCabbage with a blunt ending
Sir LeekalotLeek plus a knight's name
Count CarrotoffCarrot plus a title
Lady Kale-ElKale, and a nod to a different franchise entirely
Baron von BeetBeet with a full title, which is more than Vegeta ever got
Duke DaikonDaikon with a title
Prince ParsnipParsnip, and the only honest name in the list
Lord TurnipotTurnip plus potato in one
Sergeant SquashSquash with a rank, which is exactly how Bardock's squad would have worked
Captain CucumberCucumber with a rank, which is the shortest path to a joke name
General GarlicGarlic with a rank
Admiral AubergineEggplant, British spelling, with a rank
Commodore CourgetteZucchini, British spelling, with a rank
The Radish RaiderRadish plus a job
Okra the UnbotheredOkra with an epithet
Fennel the FaintFennel with an unflattering epithet
Rutabaga RexRutabaga with a title, and the alliteration is the joke
Artichoke AndyArtichoke with a plain Earth name, which is what happens when a half-Saiyan's parents disagree
Parsley PeteParsley, the same joke
Spinach SteveSpinach, again. Popeye got there first
Cauliflower CarlCauliflower, the longest vegetable and the plainest name
Brussels Sprout BrianThe full vegetable, spelled out, and a name that cannot support it

Unique Saiyan OC Names

These are for original characters, which is what most of this traffic is actually for. The pattern that makes an OC name feel like it belongs in Dragon Ball rather than in generic fantasy is narrow: two or three syllables, one vegetable underneath, an ending that either stops or opens, and no apostrophes. Saiyan names do not use apostrophes, which surprises people, because the apostrophe belongs to Namekians and to Frieza's soldiers instead. If you want the opposite house style, a warrior race whose names are built on apostrophes and hard clusters, the githyanki names list is the reference for that, and the two conventions should never be mixed inside one name.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
VeskaraLeafy greens, respelled into something new
ZannikSalsify, a root most people have never eaten
KorvathKohlrabi, hardened
SylvaneLeafy greens, softened
RutakaRutabaga, cut short
JerosaJerusalem artichoke, cut from the middle
ArrakkaArugula, hardened
SalsifaSalsify, softened for a female OC
SkorzaEscarole, respelled
EndivarraEndive, doubled
ChikorraChicory, hardened
RadiczaRadicchio, softened
FrisennaFrisée, extended
MizurraMizuna, hardened
TatsoraTatsoi, softened
KomarraeKomatsuna, given a vowel tail
ShungaraShungiku, hardened
NozannaNozawana, extended
TakarraTakana, hardened
KarashinKarashina, mustard greens, cut short
MyogarraMyoga, ginger bud, hardened
UdonnaUdo, extended
FukinaeFuki, butterbur, softened
KuwaraKuwai, arrowhead corm, hardened
RenkoraRenkon, lotus root, softened
SatonnaSatoimo, taro, extended
NagannaNagaimo, yam, extended
HakunnaHakusai, extended
KyabettaCabbage in Japanese, given an Italian ending
RetasannaLettuce in Japanese, extended

Saiyan Names for Xenoverse and Dragon Ball Games

The game OCs are a slightly different problem from fan fiction, because your name appears on a leaderboard next to other people's. Short names survive that better than long ones, and the game's own character creator already leans on the vegetable convention. These 24 are built to be readable at small size and to say out loud without tripping.

NameVegetable and what was done to it
KarnakCarrot, cut to two syllables
VekkarVegetable, cut to two syllables
RadokRadish, cut to two syllables
BrokkaBroccoli, cut to two syllables
NappoNappa greens, given the shortest possible ending
KabokPumpkin, cut to two syllables
GobboBurdock, doubled. Slightly comic, which suits a game handle
DaikoDaikon, cut short
TomanTomato, cut short
SeripParsley, cut to one syllable pair
TulekLettuce, reversed
ParagAsparagus, cut short
CabboCabbage, doubled
KauliCauliflower, cut short. Also the nickname Caulifla's fans actually use
KalekKale, hardened
Kyarotキャロット kyarotto, the Japanese loanword for carrot, cut short
ZukkoZucchini, doubled
OkkoOkra, doubled
NinjoNinjin, carrot in Japanese, cut short
NeggoNegi, spring onion, doubled
GarroGarlic, cut short
LeekoLeek, given a vowel ending
ShaloShallot, cut short
BeetoBeet, given a vowel ending

How Toriyama Actually Built Saiyan Names

Toriyama explained his method more than once, and it is worth quoting because it is the opposite of what most name generators do. Asked about the naming system in the Daizenshuu guidebooks, he said that deciding names for lots of characters is a real pain, and that if you unify the names into a series it makes it easy to think them up. Then he gave the whole map: the Saiyans are vegetables, the Ginyu Special Squad are dairy products, and Frieza's family are things that keep food cold.

Chart showing the four operations Toriyama used to turn vegetables into Saiyan names like Kakarot and Broly

That is a system, not a theme. Each race gets one category, and every member of that race is drawn from inside it without exception. Here is how the neighbouring systems look next to the Saiyan one, because seeing them side by side is what makes the Saiyan rule click.

GroupCategoryMembers and their sources
SaiyansVegetablesKakarot = carrot, Vegeta = vegetable, Raditz = radish, Nappa = leafy greens, Bardock = burdock, Broly = broccoli, Cabba = cabbage, Kale = kale
Ginyu ForceDairyGinyu = 牛乳 gyuunyuu, milk. Recoome = cream, Burter = butter, Jeice = cheese, Guldo = yoghurt
Frieza's lineColdFreeza = freezer, Koorudo = cold, Cooler = cooler, Chilled = chilled, Sorbet = sorbet
Frieza's soldiersFruitZarbon = 文旦 zabon, pomelo. Dodoria = durian, Kyui = kiwi
TsufruiansFruitSet up as the mirror image of the vegetable Saiyans who wiped them out
Majin lineA spellBibidi, Babidi and Majin Buu come out of bibbidi bobbidi boo
NamekiansMusical instrumentsPiccolo is a piccolo. The apostrophes in Namekian names are what people wrongly attach to Saiyans
Bulma's familyUnderwearBulma = bloomers, Dr Brief = briefs, Trunks = trunks, Bra = bra

The second half of the method is the disguise, and this is where most fan names fail. Toriyama almost never used the vegetable whole. He ran it through one of four operations, and knowing which four is the entire skill.

OperationExampleWhat happened
Cut a syllable out of the middleBroccoli → BrolyThe co is simply gone
Cut the front offAsparagus → ParagusThe as- is gone
Rearrange the lettersParsley → SeripaNothing added, nothing removed, just moved
Run it through Japanese pronunciationCarrot → キャロット kyarotto → KakarottoThe loanword shape does most of the work
Split the word between two charactersVegetable → Vegeta and TarbleThe best trick in the set, and he used it on a pair of brothers

The royal exception is the last piece. Vegeta is not a specific vegetable, he is the word for vegetables, and his planet and his father carry the same name. When Toriyama needed to signal rank, he moved up the category rather than picking a fancier crop. That is why an invented elite Saiyan should be named for a whole class of produce, and an invented grunt should be named for one specific thing.


How to Make Your Own Saiyan Name in Four Steps

The system is small enough to run by hand, and running it by hand produces better names than any generator because you get to choose which vegetable you are hiding. Here is the process in the order Toriyama's own names follow.

Step one: pick a vegetable with at least three syllables. Short vegetables produce short names, and short names are hard to disguise. Broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower, rutabaga and Jerusalem artichoke all work. Kale, pea and corn do not, unless you want the joke to be visible, which is a legitimate choice for a comic character.

Step two: choose one operation and only one. Cut a syllable from the middle, cut the front, rearrange the letters, or push it through Japanese pronunciation. Names that do two of these at once stop reading as names and start reading as noise. Broccoli loses its middle and becomes Broly. Asparagus loses its front and becomes Paragus. Parsley gets rearranged and becomes Seripa. One move each.

Step three: fix the ending to match the character's role. Canon is consistent here in a way people rarely notice. Male Saiyans end in a stop or a hard consonant: Kakarot, Raditz, Bardock, Turles, Paragus. Female Saiyans end in a vowel or a soft consonant: Caulifla, Kale, Gine, Seripa. Royals get broader, more formal shapes. Grunts get one or two blunt syllables.

Step four: say it out loud in a fight. This is the only real test. A Saiyan name gets shouted by an opponent, usually with an insult attached, and if it cannot survive that it is the wrong name. Raditz, you fool works. Jerusalemartichoke, you fool does not, which is why Toriyama never left a vegetable whole.

One warning. If your character is half-Saiyan, drop the vegetable rule. Canon is unambiguous: Gohan is rice, Goten is understanding the heavens, Trunks is underwear and Bra is a bra. Half-Saiyans take the naming tradition of whichever parent raised them, and Vegeta losing the argument over Eschallot is the clearest statement of that in the whole series.


Saiyan Naming Rules Fans Get Wrong

Four claims circulate constantly and all four are wrong. If you are naming characters for a setting that other people will read, these are the ones that get noticed.

Nappa is not named after napa cabbage. He is named after 菜っ葉 nappa, a word for leafy greens that Toriyama said came from his own dialect, and he described it as what leafy vegetables like spinach are called. Chinese napa cabbage is 太白菜 taihakusai in Japanese, a completely different word. The coincidence is real, and the connection is not.

Tarble is not a turnip. He is the second half of vegetable, the same way Vegeta is the first half. Vege and table, split between two brothers. This one is easy to miss because turnip starts with the same two letters, and half the internet has gone with it.

Borgos is not a burdock pun, and Shugesh is not a squash pun. Those are the English dub names. In Japanese the characters are Totepo and Panbūkin, which are potato and pumpkin. The dub renaming is the reason the confusion exists at all, and it also hit Tōma, who became Tora and picked up an accidental tiger pun that Toriyama never wrote.

Gohan, Trunks, Goten, Bulla and Pan are not Saiyan names. They are half-Saiyan or quarter-Saiyan, and they follow the Earth parent's theme instead. Gohan is cooked rice, Goten is a kanji phrase meaning understanding the heavens, Trunks and Bulla come from Bulma's family underwear tradition, and Pan is bread. Listing them as Saiyan vegetable puns is the single most common error on these pages.


ConclusionSaiyan Name Generator and 520 Dragon Ball Saiyan Names

The reason Saiyan names have held up for forty years is that they were never random. One rule, applied without exception to a whole race, and then a set of four small operations to hide the rule from the audience. Carrot becomes Kakarot by going through Japanese. Broccoli becomes Broly by losing its middle. Parsley becomes Seripa by being rearranged. Vegetable becomes two brothers, because Vegeta took the front and Tarble took the back.

Everything on this page follows that logic, including the invented names, and each one tells you which vegetable it came from and what was done to it. The same discipline runs through the rest of the site's alien names, which borrow from very different traditions but keep the same one-theme-per-race rule.

For your own characters, the four steps are enough: pick a long vegetable, apply one operation, match the ending to the role, and say it out loud in a fight. Then leave the vegetable buried. That was the whole point.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a saiyan name generator?

It is a tool that builds names for Dragon Ball Saiyan characters by following the series' own rule, which is that every Saiyan is named after a vegetable. A good one starts from real vegetables and applies the same four transformations Toriyama used, rather than producing random fantasy syllables with a spiky-haired picture attached.

Why are all Saiyan names vegetables?

Because Toriyama said so, and because he gave a practical reason. In the Daizenshuu guidebooks he explained that naming large casts is difficult, and that unifying names into a series makes it easier to think them up. Saiyans got vegetables, the Ginyu Force got dairy, Frieza's family got cold things. The word Saiyan itself is built by rearranging yasai, the Japanese word for vegetable.

What are the canon female saiyan names?

There are only a handful. Caulifla and Kale from Universe 6, their Potara fusion Kefla, Gine who is Goku's mother, and Seripa from Bardock's squad, renamed Fasha in the English dub. Bulma, Chi-Chi, Videl and Pan are human or part-human and follow different naming themes entirely, so they do not belong on a Saiyan list.

Is Super Saiyan 4 canon?

Not in the manga continuity. Super Saiyan 4 comes from Dragon Ball GT, an original anime sequel that Toriyama did not write, and it appears in the Heroes arcade games and in Xenoverse. It is a genuine Dragon Ball transformation and a beloved one, but Dragon Ball Super went a different direction with Super Saiyan God and Blue instead.

Do Saiyan names have apostrophes?

No. Saiyan names are plain: Kakarot, Raditz, Nappa, Bardock, Cabba, Kale. The apostrophes in Dragon Ball belong to other groups, mainly the Namekians and to Frieza's soldiers. If you put an apostrophe in a Saiyan OC name, it reads as though you have mixed up two different naming systems.

What vegetable is Goku?

Goku's Saiyan name Kakarot comes from carrot, キャロット kyarotto. His Earth name Son Goku is unrelated to vegetables and comes from Sun Wukong, the monkey king of the Chinese novel Journey to the West, which Toriyama said he took directly from the original protagonist. Gohan is rice and Goten is a kanji phrase, because both were raised on Earth.

How do you make a Saiyan name sound authentic?

Pick a vegetable with three or more syllables, apply exactly one transformation, then match the ending to the character. Hard consonant endings read male and military, vowel endings read female and Universe 6, broad category words read royal. Keep it to three syllables and do not use an apostrophe.

Can I use these names for a game OC?

Yes. Everything here is either an original name built from a real vegetable or a canon name used descriptively. For Xenoverse, Dragon Ball FighterZ or Sparking Zero, the short two-syllable names in the games section survive a leaderboard better than the longer ones.


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