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.

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Saiyan Name Generator

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.

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Kakarro	Carrot, with the final consonant doubled the way Kakarot does
Daikonn	Daikon, the long white Japanese radish, spelled hard
Kabucha	Kabocha, the Japanese pumpkin, softened at the end
Goborak	Gobo, burdock root, the same vegetable behind Bardock
Negima	Negi, spring onion, the source of Gine, flipped into a masculine shape
Rakkon	Rakkyo, pickled scallion bulbs, truncated
Wasabba	Wasabi, given the doubled consonant canon likes
Shungar	Shungiku, chrysanthemum greens, cut short
Komatsu	Komatsuna, Japanese mustard spinach, halved
Mizuno	Mizuna, a leafy green, with a plain -o ending
Tatsoi	Tatsoi, used almost raw because it already sounds alien
Udoxx	Udo, a Japanese mountain vegetable, hardened
Fukira	Fuki, butterbur, given a soft ending
Kuwan	Kuwai, arrowhead corm, shortened
Renkon	Renkon, lotus root, unchanged because the holes make it strange enough
Saton	Satoimo, taro, cut to one syllable pair
Nagaim	Nagaimo, mountain yam, truncated
Hakusa	Hakusai, Chinese leaf cabbage, halved
Nozawa	Nozawana, a pickling green, clipped
Takana	Takana, mustard leaf, already sounds like a name
Karashi	Karashina, hot mustard greens, clipped
Myogar	Myoga, Japanese ginger bud, hardened
Shisor	Shiso, perilla leaf, given a rolled ending
Sansho	Sansho, Japanese pepper, unchanged
Takeno	Takenoko, bamboo shoot, halved
Endivar	Endive, given the -ar ending Paragus-style
Escaro	Escarole, cut back to three syllables
Radic	Radicchio, truncated like Raditz truncates radish
Frise	Frisée, clipped to one hard syllable pair
Chardox	Chard, with a blunt consonant ending
Collar	Collard greens, with the -d dropped so it reads as a name
Bokkai	Bok choy, run through Japanese syllables
Pakcho	Pak choi, halved
Choisa	Choi sum, given a soft feminine ending
Amaran	Amaranth leaves, cut short
Pursla	Purslane, clipped
Sorrek	Sorrel, hardened
Cressid	Watercress, folded into something that sounds like a rank
Rockett	Rocket, the salad leaf, doubled
Waterca	Watercress again, this time cut from the front

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Karnakka	Carrot and nappa greens folded together
Daikor	Daikon, with the -n swapped for the -r canon likes
Turban	Turnip, cut and given an -n stop. Yes, it also reads as the headwear
Beetor	Beet, with a blunt masculine ending
Parsnek	Parsnip, hardened
Rutabba	Rutabaga, doubled consonant
Yamorra	Yam, given a long tail
Tarroxx	Taro, hardened
Jerusa	Jerusalem artichoke, cut from the front
Celerax	Celeriac, with the sharp -x that Broly's line uses
Kohlra	Kohlrabi, halved
Horsera	Horseradish, clipped
Gingarr	Ginger, rolled
Kurkuma	Turmeric, run through Japanese pronunciation
Galanga	Galangal, left almost whole because it already sounds Saiyan
Kalarak	Kale, given the hard ending
Cabbor	Cabbage, cut from the middle
Lettaur	Lettuce, the source behind Turles, folded
Spinakk	Spinach, doubled
Chardor	Chard, blunt ending
Bokkor	Bok choy, truncated
Mizunor	Mizuna, given the male -r ending
Tatsoik	Tatsoi, hardened
Komats	Komatsuna, halved. Works for either gender in canon terms
Endivor	Endive, Paragus-style ending
Brokkarr	Broccoli, the Broly route, with a different vowel
Caulifor	Cauliflower, cut before the feminine -a
Romanes	Romanesco, the fractal broccoli, clipped
Brussar	Brussels sprout, hardened
Kailan	Gailan, Chinese broccoli, left close to the original
Onior	Onion, given a masculine ending. Canon already used Onio for the gag manga
Garlikk	Garlic, doubled
Leekor	Leek, blunt
Esharr	Eshallot, the name Vegeta almost gave his daughter, hardened
Nirakk	Nira, garlic chives, doubled
Asatsk	Asatsuki, scallion, cut hard
Tomaor	Tomato, which is the real source behind the Japanese name Tōma
Kyuuri	胡瓜 kyuuri, the Japanese word for cucumber, left whole
Zukkar	Zucchini, hardened
Papurik	Paprika, the Japanese word for bell pepper, cut

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Caulifa	Cauliflower, one letter short of canon's Caulifla
Kalera	Kale, given the soft canon ending
Ginesa	Negi, spring onion, the source of Gine, extended
Seripha	Parsley, rearranged the same way Seripa was
Radisha	Radish, softened. The pattern Caulifla sets
Daikora	Daikon, with a vowel tail
Kabuha	Kabocha, pumpkin, softened
Nappia	Nappa greens, given a feminine ending
Bardoa	Burdock, softened for a woman's name
Paraga	Asparagus, the Paragus route with an -a
Turlessa	Lettuce, the Tullece route, extended
Broccia	Broccoli, cut and softened
Caballa	Cabbage, doubled like Cabba then softened
Rensona	Renso, spinach, the Japanese word, given a tail
Hakusae	Hakusai, Chinese leaf, softened
Nozawae	Nozawana, clipped and softened
Takara	Takana, mustard leaf, folded into something warmer
Karashia	Karashina, hot mustard greens
Myogae	Myoga, ginger bud, softened
Shisora	Shiso, perilla, extended
Mizunae	Mizuna, softened
Tatsoia	Tatsoi, given a vowel ending
Komatsue	Komatsuna, clipped and softened
Udona	Udo, mountain vegetable, extended
Fukina	Fuki, butterbur, given the -na ending canon likes
Kuwana	Kuwai, arrowhead corm
Renkona	Renkon, lotus root, softened
Satoae	Satoimo, taro, clipped and softened
Nagae	Nagaimo, yam, cut to almost nothing
Endiva	Endive, left nearly whole because it already ends in -a
Escarla	Escarole, folded
Radikia	Radicchio, softened
Frisela	Frisée, extended
Chardae	Chard, given a vowel tail
Collara	Collard greens
Bokkae	Bok choy, clipped and softened
Amarana	Amaranth leaves
Purslae	Purslane
Sorrela	Sorrel, extended
Cressae	Watercress, softened

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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.

Name	Japanese	Real source	Notes
Kakarot	カカロット Kakarotto	Carrot, キャロット kyarotto	Goku's birth name. Toriyama: "Saiyan is, of course, a pun on vegetable... Kakarot comes from carrot"
Vegeta	ベジータ Bejiita	Vegetable, ベジタブル — the first half	Toriyama: "Since he's the prince of the Saiyans, his name was taken directly from vegetable"
Tarble	ターブル Taaburu	Vegetable — the second half	Vegeta's brother. Vege + table. Widely misreported as turnip
King Vegeta	ベジータ王	Vegetable	Vegeta's father, and the reason Planet Vegeta carries the name
Raditz	ラディッツ Radittsu	Radish, ラディッシュ radisshu	Toriyama confirmed it directly
Nappa	ナッパ	菜っ葉 nappa, a dialect word for leafy greens	Not 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 Baadakku	Greater burdock, 牛蒡 gobou	Goku's father. Toriyama's own note: "(Bardock = greater burdock)"
Gine	ギネ	葱 negi, spring onion	Goku's mother, from Dragon Ball Minus. The syllables of negi folded round
Tōma	トーマ	Tomato	Bardock's squad. Renamed Tora in the English dub
Seripa	セリパ	Parsley, letters rearranged	Bardock's squad. Renamed Fasha in the dub. Her beta name was Korn, from corn
Totepo	トテッポ	Potato	Bardock's squad. Renamed Borgos in the dub
Panbūkin	パンブーキン	Pumpkin	Bardock's squad. Renamed Shugesh in the dub
Burokko	ブロッコ	Broccoli	A Bardock-squad Saiyan from Dragon Ball Minus. Renamed Shorty
Scarface	パンプキン Panpukin	Pumpkin	The second pumpkin pun in the same squad, which is either a mistake or a very dry joke
Turles	ターレス Taaresu	Lettuce	The Tree of Might movie. Daizenshuu 10 lists lettuce; the Tullece spelling makes it clearer
Paragus	パラガス Paragasu	Asparagus	Broly's father, with the as- cut off the front
Broly	ブロリー Burorii	Broccoli	The Legendary Super Saiyan, with co cut out of the middle
Cabba	キャベ Kyabe	Cabbage	Universe 6. Shortened hard, which is why it does not look like a vegetable
Caulifla	カリフラ Kaurifura	Cauliflower	Universe 6. Syllables rearranged rather than cut
Kale	ケール Keeru	Kale	Universe 6. Left almost untouched because kale is already short
Kefla	ケフラ Kefura	Cauliflower + kale	The Potara fusion of the two, and a portmanteau of both names
Renso	レンソウ	Source never officially given	Caulifla's brother, anime only. Fans read it as renkon, lotus root, but no guidebook confirms it
Beets	ビーツ	Beet	Bardock's squad as shown in later material. One of the few puns that needed no disguising
Onio	オニオ	Onion	From Neko Majin, Toriyama's own gag manga
Cumber	カンバー	Cucumber	Super Dragon Ball Heroes, so arcade canon rather than manga canon
Shallot	シャロット	Shallot	Dragon Ball Legends. Vegeta once tried to name his daughter Eschallot and was overruled
Great Saiyaman	栽培マン Saibaiman	栽培 saibai, cultivation	Goku'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.

Form	Status	First seen
Great Ape (Oozaru)	Canon — but a Saiyan trait, not a Super Saiyan form	Original manga
Super Saiyan	Canon	Goku on Namek
Second Grade / Ascended	Canon — a powered-up grade, not a numbered form	Vegeta against Cell
Third Grade / Ultra Super Saiyan	Canon — same, a grade	Future Trunks against Cell
Full Power Super Saiyan (Grade 4)	Canon — the mastered form	Goku and Gohan in the Time Chamber
Super Saiyan 2	Canon	Gohan against Cell
Super Saiyan 3	Canon	Goku, Buu arc
Super Saiyan God	Canon	Battle of Gods, then Dragon Ball Super
Super Saiyan Blue	Canon — full name is Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan	Resurrection F
Super Saiyan Rosé	Canon	Goku Black
Super Saiyan Blue Evolved	Canon, anime only	Vegeta, Tournament of Power
Super Saiyan Rage	Canon, anime only	Future Trunks
Legendary Super Saiyan	Canon	Broly in DBS: Broly; Kale's green berserk state
Wrathful (Ikari)	Canon	Broly, before his first transformation
Ultra Instinct	Canon, but a technique, not a Saiyan transformation	Angel teaching, then Goku
Ultra Ego	Canon in the manga, but a Destroyer technique	Vegeta
Ultimate / Potential Unleashed	Canon, but a ritual, not a Saiyan form	Gohan, by the Old Kai
Beast	Canon	Gohan, Super Hero
Super Saiyan 4	Not manga canon — from Dragon Ball GT and the Heroes games	GT
Golden Great Ape	Not manga canon — GT	GT

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.

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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 name	English dub name	Vegetable	What the dub lost
Tōma トーマ	Tora	Tomato	Almost nothing, but by accident. Tora means tiger in Japanese, so fans assumed a beast pun and missed the vegetable
Seripa セリパ	Fasha	Parsley	Everything. Not one sound survives
Totepo トテッポ	Borgos	Potato	Everything, and worse — Borgos reads as burdock, sending fans to the wrong root vegetable
Panbūkin パンブーキン	Shugesh	Pumpkin	Everything, and Shugesh reads as squash, a different vegetable entirely
Burokko ブロッコ	Shorty	Broccoli	Everything. A descriptive nickname replaced the pun
Taaresu ターレス	Turles	Lettuce	Partly survives. The -les of lettuce is still audible, which is why this one gets guessed
Kakarotto カカロット	Kakarot	Carrot	Survives intact
Bejiita ベジータ	Vegeta	Vegetable	Survives 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.

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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.

Name	Where it comes from
Karohan	Carrot folded into the -han ending Gohan set
Daigon	Daikon with the -on of Goten
Vegten	Vegetable, the Vegeta root, plus the -ten of Goten
Radihan	Radish plus Gohan's ending
Bardhan	Burdock, Bardock's vegetable, softened for Earth
Trunkarot	The underwear theme and the carrot theme in one, which is exactly the argument Vegeta lost
Gokabba	Goku's Earth name with Cabba's cabbage
Panbukko	Bread on the outside, pumpkin on the inside
Bullocco	Bulma's family plus broccoli
Gotoma	Goten plus tomato
Kalen	Kale given a plain Earth-sounding ending
Serigo	Parsley, from Seripa, with the honorific -go of Goku
Nappan	Nappa greens plus bread
Tarlhan	Tarble, the second half of vegetable, plus Gohan
Cabrina	Cabbage, softened into something an Earthling mother would accept
Endigor	Endive plus the -gor of Gohan's kanji reading
Zukihan	Zucchini plus Gohan
Leekko	Leek with a Japanese diminutive ending
Spinachiro	Spinach with a common Japanese male ending, which is exactly the sort of joke the Son family would make
Onigor	Onion plus Gohan's structure
Yamhan	Yam plus Gohan
Kabuhiro	Pumpkin plus a Japanese male ending
Radpan	Radish plus bread
Mizugohan	Mizuna greens folded into rice

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Aurakka	Carrot, with the doubled -k that canon uses at high power tiers
Kakaroth	Carrot, given a heavier ending
Goldakorn	Corn, with the gold of the first transformation folded in
Vegetarn	Vegetable, extended
Raditzar	Radish, with a longer tail
Bardokkan	Burdock, doubled and hardened
Paragoss	Asparagus, with a blunt final consonant
Brolixx	Broccoli, the Broly route pushed further
Turlessar	Lettuce, extended
Napparr	Nappa greens, rolled
Kabocharr	Pumpkin, rolled
Goburak	Burdock again, reversed rather than extended
Daikonar	Daikon, extended
Tomanek	Tomato, hardened
Seripax	Parsley, given the sharp -x
Potetor	Potato, from the Japanese poteto
Zukinor	Zucchini, hardened
Eggplanar	Eggplant, extended. Nasu in Japanese, if you want the version that works in translation
Okranos	Okra, given a long ending
Pepperax	Bell pepper, paprika in Japanese
Chilirak	Chilli, togarashi in Japanese
Garlicor	Garlic, extended
Onigorra	Onion, doubled
Shallotar	Shallot, hardened
Leekarr	Leek, rolled
Fennelox	Fennel, given the sharp ending
Thymorak	Thyme, extended
Basilarr	Basil, rolled
Sagekar	Sage with a carrot root hidden inside
Mintarro	Mint with a tomato root

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Brokkaroth	Broccoli and carrot fused, the way Broly's own name fuses two syllables of broccoli
Paraggora	Asparagus, given the heaviest ending on the page
Kalethorr	Kale with a long consonant cluster
Cumberax	Cucumber, from the Heroes arcade Saiyan
Bardokkarr	Burdock, doubled twice over
Napparoth	Nappa greens and carrot
Turlessarr	Lettuce, extended to four syllables
Daikonthar	Daikon, hardened
Kabochaar	Pumpkin, rolled long
Goburrak	Burdock, reversed and hardened
Rutabagar	Rutabaga, left long because long is the point
Jerusarr	Jerusalem artichoke, cut hard
Celerath	Celeriac, given a blunt ending
Artichorr	Artichoke, extended
Romaneth	Romanesco, the fractal broccoli
Broccolith	Broccoli with a stone ending
Kohlrath	Kohlrabi, hardened
Beetarrax	Beet, doubled and sharpened
Turnippar	Turnip, given the Paragus ending
Parsneth	Parsnip, softened then hardened
Yammoth	Yam with a size word folded in
Tarokarr	Taro, rolled
Kumarrax	Kumara, sweet potato, sharpened
Cassavar	Cassava, extended
Salsigor	Salsify, a root most people have never eaten, given the heaviest ending in the set
Skorzon	Scorzonera, black salsify, hardened
Arrakoth	Arugula, hardened and extended
Chardokkar	Chard, doubled hard
Goyathor	Goya, the bitter melon, with a long tail

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Cabbae	Cabbage, the Cabba route with a vowel tail
Caulisae	Cauliflower, clipped and softened
Kalerae	Kale, extended
Sadalae	Sadala itself, the planet name, used as a personal name
Bokkara	Bok choy, softened
Choisae	Choi sum, softened
Mizurae	Mizuna, folded
Tatsoe	Tatsoi, given a vowel ending
Komarra	Komatsuna, softened
Shungae	Shungiku, chrysanthemum greens
Nozarae	Nozawana, softened
Takanae	Takana, mustard leaf, left nearly whole
Hakura	Hakusai, Chinese leaf
Kyabera	Kyabetsu, the Japanese word for cabbage
Retasae	Retasu, the Japanese word for lettuce
Hourens	Hourensou, the Japanese word for spinach
Ninjinra	Ninjin, the Japanese word for carrot
Kyuura	Kyuuri, the Japanese word for cucumber
Nasura	Nasu, the Japanese word for eggplant
Takenora	Takenoko, bamboo shoot
Goborae	Gobo, burdock, softened for Universe 6
Satoma	Satoimo, taro
Nagaira	Nagaimo, mountain yam
Rakkora	Rakkyo, pickled scallion
Udorra	Udo, mountain vegetable
Fukirae	Fuki, butterbur, softened

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Vegarra	Vegetable, extended the way a royal name would be
Vegetis	Vegetable, given a Latinate ending
Yasairo	野菜 yasai, the Japanese word for vegetable that Saiyan was built from
Yasaiya	The same word, folded round on itself
Sadalar	Sadala, the Universe 6 planet, given a hard elite ending
Bejitarr	ベジータ romanised back toward the Japanese
Kyabeto	Cabbage in Japanese, left formal
Yasairon	Vegetable with a metal ending
Vegoran	Vegetable, folded
Kinglya	A joke name, but canon made the same joke with Vegeta
Noblega	Noble plus a vegetable ending
Regalot	Regal with the -ot of Kakarot
Imperad	Imperial plus radish
Sovereigga	Sovereign given a cabbage ending
Coronae	Crown, softened
Thronex	Throne, hardened
Dynastar	Dynasty with a star ending
Bloodvege	Blunt and unflattering, which is how Saiyan royalty would say it
Princeka	Prince with a vegetable tail
Elitear	Elite, extended
Kakaroya	Carrot given a royal ending
Raditzroy	Radish plus royal
Bardockor	Burdock, extended for a general
Paragust	Asparagus with a formal stop
Goburion	Burdock given a long court ending
Daikoryu	Daikon with a Japanese dragon-reading ending
Kaburoyal	Pumpkin plus royal
Zukintar	Zucchini, extended
Eggplance	Eggplant plus a lance, for an elite lancer
Okragust	Okra with a formal ending

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Karn	Carrot cut down to a single syllable
Rad	Radish, same treatment
Bok	Bok choy, halved
Zuk	Zucchini, halved
Okk	Okra, hardened
Leek	Left alone because it already works as a grunt's name
Taro	Taro, left alone
Udo	Udo, left alone
Nira	Garlic chives, left alone
Goba	Burdock, clipped
Nega	Spring onion, clipped
Kabu	Turnip in Japanese, left alone
Mame	Bean in Japanese
Imo	Potato or yam in Japanese, blunt and slightly comic
Yasa	Vegetable, cut short
Korn	Corn, which is also Seripa's discarded beta name
Pea	Green pea, the shortest Saiyan name possible
Sora	Broad bean in Japanese
Endo	Green pea in Japanese
Toor	Pigeon pea
Masu	Lentil, clipped
Garu	Garlic, clipped
Toga	Togarashi, chilli, clipped
Papu	Paprika, clipped
Nasu	Eggplant in Japanese, left alone
Goya	Bitter melon, left alone
Hyot	Hyoutan, gourd, clipped
Renko	Lotus root, clipped
Taken	Bamboo shoot, clipped
Shii	Shiitake, clipped. Mushrooms are not vegetables, but the Saiyan theme already stretched once for the Saibamen

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Gobosan	Burdock, the root set
Radikk	Radish, root set
Daikon	Daikon, root set, left whole
Kabuor	Turnip, root set
Tarokk	Taro, root set
Yamarr	Yam, root set
Kalor	Kale, the leaf set
Hakusar	Hakusai, leaf set
Houren	Spinach, leaf set
Komatso	Komatsuna, leaf set
Nozaw	Nozawana, leaf set
Shungo	Shungiku, leaf set
Nasuko	Nasu, eggplant, botanically a fruit, the set canon would have used
Tomarr	Tomato, same trick
Urikka	Uri, the Japanese word for gourd, hardened
Kabocha	Pumpkin, same trick
Pepperon	Bell pepper, same trick
Okarra	Okra, same trick
Negor	Spring onion, the onion set
Garlik	Garlic, left whole
Niran	Garlic chives, given a clan ending
Rakkyo	Pickled scallion, left whole
Eshall	Shallot, cut short
Tamane	Tamanegi, the Japanese word for onion, clipped
Sorarak	Sora, the broad bean, hardened
Ingenor	Ingen, the green bean, extended
Masoorak	Masoor, the lentil, hardened
Hiyokko	Hiyoko mame, the chickpea, doubled

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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 name	Vegetable and what was done to it
House Yasai	野菜 yasai, vegetable, the root word the whole race is named from
Vegetal	Vegetable, left nearly whole as a house name
House Kakarot	Carrot, used as a line name
House Bardock	Burdock, used as a line name
House Paragus	Asparagus, used as a line name
Clan Broli	Broccoli, spelled the Japanese way
Napparin	Nappa greens with a clan ending
Goburin	Burdock with a clan ending
Daikonra	Daikon, extended
Kabu clan	Turnip, short
Radishin	Radish with a clan ending
Turlessin	Lettuce with a clan ending
Cabban	Cabbage with a clan ending
Caulin	Cauliflower, cut short for a house name
Kaloran	Kale, extended
Sadalan	Sadala, the salad planet
Onionra	Onion, extended
Garlican	Garlic with a house ending
Leekrin	Leek with a clan ending
Shallotin	Shallot with a clan ending
Zukinar	Zucchini, extended
Okarin	Okra with a clan ending
Beetral	Beet with a house ending
Yammar	Yam, extended
Tarragon	Tarragon, which is already a real herb and already sounds like a warlord
Fennelin	Fennel with a clan ending
Sagelin	Sage with a clan ending
Thymor	Thyme, extended
Basilar	Basil, hardened into a house name
Mintorin	Mint with a clan ending

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Vyrakka	Carrot, respelled so the vegetable hides
Zephlot	Shallot, respelled
Kaelthor	Kale with a heavy ending
Ryzenna	Romaine, respelled
Drakko	Daikon, respelled
Vylos	Leafy greens, from the same root as nappa
Sarnok	Corn, respelled
Kyrra	Kyuuri, cucumber, respelled
Tharnix	Turnip, respelled
Brikkor	Broccoli, respelled
Nyxara	Nasu, eggplant, respelled
Volthar	Leafy greens with a hard ending
Zykarro	Carrot, respelled with the vowel pushed forward
Kravenn	Cabbage, respelled
Sylvae	Leafy greens, softened
Onyxar	Onion, respelled so it reads as the stone
Garlok	Garlic, respelled
Leekvar	Leek, hardened
Fenrik	Fennel, respelled into something Norse, which is a trick Toriyama never needed
Basilor	Basil, extended
Sageth	Sage with a blunt ending
Thymex	Thyme, sharpened
Mintarr	Mint, rolled
Rosmarr	Rosemary, cut
Oregan	Oregano, cut short
Marjor	Marjoram, cut short
Coriann	Coriander, softened
Dillax	Dill, sharpened
Parslex	Parsley, sharpened
Chivarr	Chives, rolled

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Gnarrak	Carrot, with a consonant cluster at the front
Krukkor	Cucumber, hardened past recognition
Vrakkis	Leafy greens, hardened
Draznok	Daikon, given a cluster
Skarnix	Corn, hardened
Blightar	Beet with a word for disease folded in
Rotvek	Vegetable, deliberately decayed. A Saiyan name that admits what happened to Planet Vegeta
Gnashka	Garlic, hardened
Kravok	Cabbage, hardened
Thristle	Thistle, not a vegetable but close enough and already hostile
Brammok	Brussels sprout, hardened
Skorrax	Escarole, hardened
Vhorga	Burdock, hardened
Gnashor	Onion, hardened
Draxenn	Radish, hardened
Krellot	Shallot, hardened
Vorgane	Eggplant, hardened
Skarnok	Corn, given a blunter stop than the first version
Blightok	Bok choy with the same decay word
Rotnappa	Nappa greens, decayed
Vharkka	Carrot, hardened
Gnashvek	Garlic, with the vowel pulled toward the back of the mouth
Kruvak	Leek, hardened
Drakkor	Daikon, doubled hard
Skarnak	Corn, respelled so the vegetable is nearly gone
Vhorgak	Burdock, with a cluster front and a doubled back
Blightor	Beet, with the same decay word and a formal ending
Rotvekka	Vegetable, decayed then extended, for a house that outlived its planet
Gnarrakka	Carrot, the Kakarot route pushed through a consonant cluster
Krukkorax	Cucumber, extended and sharpened at the end

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Saladking	Not even trying. Sadala is the salad planet and this one says it out loud
Broccolord	Broccoli plus lord
Cabbageth	Cabbage with a blunt ending
Sir Leekalot	Leek plus a knight's name
Count Carrotoff	Carrot plus a title
Lady Kale-El	Kale, and a nod to a different franchise entirely
Baron von Beet	Beet with a full title, which is more than Vegeta ever got
Duke Daikon	Daikon with a title
Prince Parsnip	Parsnip, and the only honest name in the list
Lord Turnipot	Turnip plus potato in one
Sergeant Squash	Squash with a rank, which is exactly how Bardock's squad would have worked
Captain Cucumber	Cucumber with a rank, which is the shortest path to a joke name
General Garlic	Garlic with a rank
Admiral Aubergine	Eggplant, British spelling, with a rank
Commodore Courgette	Zucchini, British spelling, with a rank
The Radish Raider	Radish plus a job
Okra the Unbothered	Okra with an epithet
Fennel the Faint	Fennel with an unflattering epithet
Rutabaga Rex	Rutabaga with a title, and the alliteration is the joke
Artichoke Andy	Artichoke with a plain Earth name, which is what happens when a half-Saiyan's parents disagree
Parsley Pete	Parsley, the same joke
Spinach Steve	Spinach, again. Popeye got there first
Cauliflower Carl	Cauliflower, the longest vegetable and the plainest name
Brussels Sprout Brian	The full vegetable, spelled out, and a name that cannot support it

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Veskara	Leafy greens, respelled into something new
Zannik	Salsify, a root most people have never eaten
Korvath	Kohlrabi, hardened
Sylvane	Leafy greens, softened
Rutaka	Rutabaga, cut short
Jerosa	Jerusalem artichoke, cut from the middle
Arrakka	Arugula, hardened
Salsifa	Salsify, softened for a female OC
Skorza	Escarole, respelled
Endivarra	Endive, doubled
Chikorra	Chicory, hardened
Radicza	Radicchio, softened
Frisenna	Frisée, extended
Mizurra	Mizuna, hardened
Tatsora	Tatsoi, softened
Komarrae	Komatsuna, given a vowel tail
Shungara	Shungiku, hardened
Nozanna	Nozawana, extended
Takarra	Takana, hardened
Karashin	Karashina, mustard greens, cut short
Myogarra	Myoga, ginger bud, hardened
Udonna	Udo, extended
Fukinae	Fuki, butterbur, softened
Kuwara	Kuwai, arrowhead corm, hardened
Renkora	Renkon, lotus root, softened
Satonna	Satoimo, taro, extended
Naganna	Nagaimo, yam, extended
Hakunna	Hakusai, extended
Kyabetta	Cabbage in Japanese, given an Italian ending
Retasanna	Lettuce in Japanese, extended

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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.

Name	Vegetable and what was done to it
Karnak	Carrot, cut to two syllables
Vekkar	Vegetable, cut to two syllables
Radok	Radish, cut to two syllables
Brokka	Broccoli, cut to two syllables
Nappo	Nappa greens, given the shortest possible ending
Kabok	Pumpkin, cut to two syllables
Gobbo	Burdock, doubled. Slightly comic, which suits a game handle
Daiko	Daikon, cut short
Toman	Tomato, cut short
Serip	Parsley, cut to one syllable pair
Tulek	Lettuce, reversed
Parag	Asparagus, cut short
Cabbo	Cabbage, doubled
Kauli	Cauliflower, cut short. Also the nickname Caulifla's fans actually use
Kalek	Kale, hardened
Kyarot	キャロット kyarotto, the Japanese loanword for carrot, cut short
Zukko	Zucchini, doubled
Okko	Okra, doubled
Ninjo	Ninjin, carrot in Japanese, cut short
Neggo	Negi, spring onion, doubled
Garro	Garlic, cut short
Leeko	Leek, given a vowel ending
Shalo	Shallot, cut short
Beeto	Beet, given a vowel ending

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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.

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.

Group	Category	Members and their sources
Saiyans	Vegetables	Kakarot = carrot, Vegeta = vegetable, Raditz = radish, Nappa = leafy greens, Bardock = burdock, Broly = broccoli, Cabba = cabbage, Kale = kale
Ginyu Force	Dairy	Ginyu = 牛乳 gyuunyuu, milk. Recoome = cream, Burter = butter, Jeice = cheese, Guldo = yoghurt
Frieza's line	Cold	Freeza = freezer, Koorudo = cold, Cooler = cooler, Chilled = chilled, Sorbet = sorbet
Frieza's soldiers	Fruit	Zarbon = 文旦 zabon, pomelo. Dodoria = durian, Kyui = kiwi
Tsufruians	Fruit	Set up as the mirror image of the vegetable Saiyans who wiped them out
Majin line	A spell	Bibidi, Babidi and Majin Buu come out of bibbidi bobbidi boo
Namekians	Musical instruments	Piccolo is a piccolo. The apostrophes in Namekian names are what people wrongly attach to Saiyans
Bulma's family	Underwear	Bulma = 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.

Operation	Example	What happened
Cut a syllable out of the middle	Broccoli → Broly	The co is simply gone
Cut the front off	Asparagus → Paragus	The as- is gone
Rearrange the letters	Parsley → Seripa	Nothing added, nothing removed, just moved
Run it through Japanese pronunciation	Carrot → キャロット kyarotto → Kakarotto	The loanword shape does most of the work
Split the word between two characters	Vegetable → Vegeta and Tarble	The 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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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