Stereotypical Nerd Names | 163 Ideas for Boys and Girls
Can names indicate personality? Sometimes! And these stereotypical names for a nerd bring to mind an intelligent dweeb wearing thick glasses.
Put on your bowtie and power up your Segway because here we go!
Stereotypical Nerd Names
Here is a list of stereotypical nerd names:
- Ada
- Andromeda
- Beatrice
- Bernadette
- Beulah
- Cassiopeia
- Cordelia
- Cynthia
- Edith
- Florine
- Gladys
- Guillermina
- Hilda
- Ida
- Meredith
- Maximina
- Minerva
- Philomena
- Velma
- Winifred
- Wilma
- Albert
- Archimedes
- Bertrand
- Cecil
- Dalton
- Darwin
- Dilbert
- Dwight
- Ebenezer
- Edwin
- Egbert
- Elon
- Herschel
- Kelvin
- Melvin
- Mortimer
- Newton
- Norbert
- Percy
- Sheldon
- Wilbert
- Wright
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What’s the most nerdy name?
The most nerdy name is Egbert.
What’s a good name for a nerd?
Good names for nerds include Dwight, Melvin, Norbert, Maximina, Hilda and Ida.
What’s a nerdy name for a girl?
Nerdy names for girls include Ada, Bernadette, Beulah, Cordelia, Edith, Florine, Gladys, Hilda, Minerva, Philomena, Velma, and Winifred.
Stereotypical nerdy names for girls tend to be popular in the 1900s-1940s. Others are associated with famous nerds or scientists, or nerdy pop culture characters.
Checkout more ideas for unique girl names!
What’s a nerdy name for a boy?
Nerdy names for boys include Albert, Archimedes, Dilbert, Dwight, Edwin, Egbert, Melvin, Mortimer, Newton, Norbert, Percy, Sheldon, and Wilbert
Stereotypical nerdy names for boys tend to end in -bert or -win. Many of them are names that were popular in the 1900s-1940s. Others are associated with famous nerds or scientists, or nerdy pop culture characters.
Nerdy last names
- Apollo
- Einstein
- Gotham
- Hawking
- Darwin
- Da Vinci
- Helix
- Holmes
- Infinity
- Matrix
- Mendel
- Merlin
- Mir
- Neon
- Neutron
- Ollivander
- Sagan
- Skywalker
- Stellar
- Tesla
- Tycho
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Dorky Names
How are nerdy vs dorky names different? Nerdy names imply intelligence combined with social awkwardness, tending towards aloofness. Dorky implies someone who is socially inept, uncool, and possibly clumsy, but who wants friends and a social life.
There’s quite a bit of overlap!
Find more Nerdy Baby Names here!
Dorky names for boys
Here are dorky names for boys:
- Aldo
- Clarence
- Desmond
- Dexter
- Elmer
- Gunther
- Herbert
- Humphrey
- Ignatius
- Linus
- Kirby
- Leonard
- Murray
- Odie
- Oswald
- Otto
- Reed
- Reginald
- Rupert
- Vernon
- Xavier
Dorky names for girls
Here are dorky names for girls
- Agatha
- Bertha
- Clementine
- Dorcas
- Ernestine
- Esther
- Frederica
- Glenda
- Gretchen
- Harriet
- Hilda
- Louise
- Martha
- Mildred
- Odette
- Philomena
- Phoebe
- Phyllis
- Ursula
- Winifred
Other geeky name guide: Names that mean Technology
Nerdy name generator
Use our handy Nerdy Name Generator to come up with the perfect nerdy name.
The easy way: Use our handy image here to generate a nerdy name of your very own!
The more involved way, which gives you tons more choices!
- Choose whether you’re going for a boy or a girl
- Select a number for the first name: 1-55 for girls or 1-53 for boys. Or use an online random number generator.
- Select a number for the last name: 1-57
- Finally, if you’d like to give your nerd a nerdy title to make them EVEN NERDIER, pick a number from 1-12
Nerdy girl name generator
- Ada
- Alice
- Andromeda
- Beatrice
- Bernadette
- Beulah
- Cassiopeia
- Cordelia
- Cynthia
- Dorothy
- Edith
- Florine
- Frances
- Gladys
- Guillermina
- Hilda
- Hortense
- Ida
- Irmhild
- Meredith
- Maximina
- Minerva
- Philomena
- Velma
- Winifred
- Wilma
- Agatha
- Bertha
- Clementine
- Dorcas
- Ethel
- Ernestine
- Esther
- Frederica
- Frida
- Glenda
- Gretchen
- Gunnarda
- Harriet
- Hertha
- Hilda
- Leonarda
- Louise
- Martha
- Mildred
- Monarda
- Odette
- Philomena
- Phoebe
- Phyllis
- Rowena
- Ruth
- Tabitha
- Ursula
- Winifred
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Nerdy boy name generator
- Albert
- Alvin
- Archimedes
- Balthazar
- Bertrand
- Cecil
- Dalton
- Darwin
- Dilbert
- Dwight
- Ebenezer
- Edwin
- Egbert
- Elon
- Herschel
- Nerthus
- Kelvin
- Melvin
- Mortimer
- Newton
- Norbert
- Percy
- Sheldon
- Wilbert
- Wright
- Aldo
- Clarence
- Desmond
- Dexter
- Elmer
- Gunther
- Herbert
- Herman
- Hewitt
- Humphrey
- Ignatius
- Linus
- Kirby
- Leonard
- Meynard
- Murray
- Nerdanel
- Odie
- Oswald
- Otto
- Reed
- Reginald
- Reinerd
- Rupert
- Sigmund
- Theobald
- Vernon
- Xavier
Nerdy last name generator
Many of these nerdy last names come from famous nerds, scientists, and scientific and mathematical terms.
- Anard
- Angstrom
- Apollo
- Appleton
- Aston
- Bergstrom
- Butler
- Calculus
- Chadwick
- Conard
- Doppler
- Einstein
- Faulkner
- Fermi
- Frink
- Gotham
- Haber
- Hawking
- Hertz
- Darwin
- Da Vinci
- Helix
- Holmes
- Infinity
- Kennard
- Lambda
- Lange
- Lepton
- Linux
- Lorentz
- Marconi
- Matrix
- Mendel
- Merlin
- Mir
- Morse
- Neon
- Neutron
- Ollivander
- Oppenheimer
- Purcell
- Quant
- Roth
- Rutherford
- Sagan
- Sharpson
- Skywalker
- Smart
- Stellar
- Tesla
- Turing
- Tycho
- Vector
- Watt
- Weiss
- Whittaker
- Witly
Related post: Baby Names from the Lord of the Rings
Optional- Nerdy title generator
Want to add a little extra nerdiness to a name? A nerdy title or suffix gives a name some extra flavor depending on their particular type of nerdiness!
- Doctor
- Doc
- Professor
- Prof
- The Magnificent
- Scientist
- PhD
- Dungeonmaster
- Engineer
- Chessmaster / Grand Master
- Pokemon Master
- Planeswalker (from Magic: The Gathering)
Related post: Names That Mean Smart
Wrap up- Stereotypical nerdy names
We hope you’ve enjoyed geeking out over these stereotypical nerdy names! Let us know more ideas or your favorites in the comments.