When you first welcome your Elf on the Shelf into your home, your family will be tasked with naming your Elf. While you can name your Elf anything your family likes, since this is an annual holiday tradition you are starting you probably want to come up with a name that you will all be happy with year after year. (That means leaving the naming completely up to your toddler might not be the best course of action.) To get those creative juices flowing, and give you some ideas you can suggest for your toddler to choose from, here are 50 Christmas-inspired Elf on the Shelf name ideas.
- Kringle (this is our Elf’s name)
- Tinsel
- Ralphie (A Christmas Story)
- Kris
Wayne (Prep and Landing)- Snow
- Merry
- Figgy (as in pudding)
- Flake
- Elfie
- Ginger (as in Gingerbread man)
- Dash (as in Dasher)
- Jingle
- Pep (as in peppermint)
- Virginia (Miracle on 34th Street)
- Bell
- Hermey (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
- Clarice (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)
- Twinkle
- Tiny (as in Tiny Tim)
- Noel
- Max (the Grinch‘s dog)
- Sugarplum
- Nuts (as in nutcracker)
- Holly
- Buddy (Elf)
- Frost
- Griswold (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation)
- Clark (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation)
- Elfkins
- Mistletoe
- Frank (as in frankincense)
- Ice
- Candy (as in cane)
- Carol (as in caroling)
- Angel
- Eggnog
- Blitz (as in Blitzen)
- Topper (as in tree topper)
- Garland
- Bling
- Snowball
- Clara (from the Nutcracker)
- Rudy (as in Rudolf)
- Star
- Nick (as in St Nick)
- Claus (as in the big guy)
- Plum (as in pudding)
- Jolly
- Bob (as in Cratchit – Christmas Carol)
Once you settle on the all-important name for your Elf. Be sure to check out my post about throwing a welcome breakfast for your family’s new friend. And check back soon for more Elf on the Shelf ideas.
What is your Elf on the Shelf named?
Biddle.
We named ours “Snitch”. We thought that was silly since his job is to go report to Santa on a daily basis!
Our elfs name is Walter… I’m not sure where that came from. My friends elf is named Pedro! lol!
We named ours elf Peppermint and my best friends elf is named Sherman! She has a brother that gets in trouble a lot and all it takes is for her to say “SHERMAN!” and he will straighten right up and he will say “Please don’t tell Santa, Sherman, PLEASE” and I thought that was so cute!!
I love elf on the shelf thay are awesome
Nemo because you have to go find him
Elfred instead of Alfred.
Chip! Like chocolate chip cookies that Santa eats!!!!
i started the Elf with my granddaughter and she loves it.
I started the Elf on the Shelf with My granddaughter and she loves it. I am so glad to be able to share this with Her.
Dot and Dash are working miracles with everything from potty training to put toys back at the store! Now only wish there were all year long lol
I know Elf on the Shelf freaks out a lot of people, but I’ve been enjoying seeing my friends’ creative pictures on facebook this year. What a fun tradition for families and kids!
my grandson named his elf Raider.
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Thanks for help in finding a name for him, I chose jingles
i named my elf on the shelf winter and she was so funny because she made a snow angel out of sugar with her friends sparkles and sparkles but the most fumiest thing was she was dating a elf named hotdog and there was this elf named Annie so hotdog started cheating on winter with Annie i was so mad at hotdog a and Annie so there was allot of things going on buy
My elf on the shelf his name is candy cane his middle name is fleak bell whit