This generator creates eerie, dramatic, and memorable names for pandemics, outbreaks, and global contagions. The names lean toward the kind of ominous nicknames people give disasters—like The Black Death or Crimson Fever—rather than clinical titles. They’re designed to capture the fear, mystery, and tragedy that surround world-changing diseases.

In real history, pandemics are often named after locations, origins, or scientific terminology—such as Spanish Flu or H1N1. But when a disease spreads too far, its source becomes uncertain, or fear takes over, people turn to darker, symbolic names. These names carry weight—echoing death, despair, silence, or survival.

Whether you’re writing a story, designing a game, building a fictional world, or just curious, this generator offers a wide variety of chilling names to choose from. Some sound ancient and mythical, others feel modern or futuristic—but all evoke widespread panic and catastrophe.

Just click the button to generate random pandemic names. Don’t like what you see? Click again to uncover a new wave of disaster-worthy titles.