100 Names for Pet Crabs

Trust us: Make sure you pick a crab name that can go the distance with your pet. Why? Depending on the species you get, your crab can live a long time.

To assist you on your fishing expedition, we've collected 100 names—male, female, silly, and unique—and one of them is sure to fit the personality of your pincer pal.

Tips for Naming Your Crab

Hermit crabs and fiddler crabs are the most popular types of pet crabs you will encounter in the trade. If you get a hermit crab, they can live for up to 30 years, so pick a classic crab name that won't lose its luster after a couple of years. You should be safe giving a trendy name to a fiddler crab as the average lifespan of those creatures is much shorter at 2 years.

You might want to wait a few days before selecting a crab name. Observe the new pet's personality or characteristics before landing one. Also, if you get two, look at names for pairs of pets to get double the inspo for your duo.

Top Crab names

Some of the most popular crab names may seem obvious, but we love a moniker that aligns with a defining characteristic of our pet.

• Bait
• Claude
• Clawdia
• Claws
• Clawrence
• Clawsome
• Crabcake
• Crustopher
• Crusty
• Groucho
• Pincher
• Red Lobster
• Shelby
• Shelldon
• Shelly
• Snappy

Girl Crab Names

It can be difficult to tell if you have a male or female hermit crab. If they naturally extend out of their shell a lot (very rare), you might notice two tell-tale dots in the back pair of walking legs—meaning you have a lady on your hands. If you want a feminine crab name, these options are legit.

• Abby
• Angelica
• Aphrodite
• Blondie
• Brittany
• Carolina
• Cherry
• Claudia
• Coco
• Coral
• Gabby
• Heidi
• Hermilia
• Hermione
• Hydra
• Jade
• Marina
• Molly
• Sandy
• Zoe

Boy Crab Names

It's usually easy to tell if you have a male fiddler crab; it will have one claw that is significantly larger than the other. If you want to lean into that masculine energy, these male crab names bring the brawn.

• Apollo
• Arnold
• Billy Bob Joe
• Blaze
• Bob
• Bruce
• Brutus
• Buddy
• Burt
• Chuck
• Claude
• Dudley
• Elmo
• Elvis
• Harold
• Henry
• Herbert
• Herman
• Kermit
• Nigel

Pop Culture Crab Names

You can always turn to pop culture, literary references, or memorable movies for a super fun crab name for your aquatic or land-dwelling friend. Sebastian from Disney's The Little Mermaid is perhaps one of the most popular crab names of all time, although Edward Scissorhands gets extra points for its humor factor.

• Ariel
• Bubba Gump
• Cancer
• Captain Ahab
• Captain Hook
• Charmander
• Dory
• Edward Scissorhands
• Jack Sparrow
• Kraken
• Mr. Krabs
• Mr. Limpett
• Nemo
• Poseidon
• Quasimodo
• Seabiscuit
• Sebastian
• SpongeBob
• Squirtle
• Tamatoa

Unique Crab Names

What makes your crab unique is its mannerisms or the way it carries itself (literally). You might observe that it likes to hide out in its shell. Perhaps your sideways walker scuttles or digs a lot. These descriptions can easily yield a crab name unique to your pet.

• Bashful
• Bubbles
• Copper
• Crabby
• Crabby McCrabface
• Crabette
• Crabina
• Crabmeister
• Digger
• Heidi
• Nipper
• Pinchy
• Poopsie
• Recluse
• Salty
• Sandy Claws
• Scuttle
• Sideways
• Snapple
• Snappy
• Squirt

Funny Crab Names

Do you have a cantankerous crab? It just might make a suitable Grumpy, Peeves, or Prickle. You can go for a play on words like Lenny Krabitz for a funny crab name. Or, get an easy chuckle with a pun referring to its shell or alluding to crab on the menu.

• Backhoe
• Backspace
• Big Mac
• Biggie
• Bubbles
• Captain Claw
• Crabcake
• Grumpy
• King Krab
• Lenny Krabitz
• Leonardo DaPinchy
• Peeves
• Penny Pincher
• Prickle
• Rocky
• Sashimi
• Seamore
• Shellster
• Sir Pinch-a-Lot
• Sushi

A to Z Crab Names

A–B

• Abby
• Angelica
• Aphrodite
• Apollo
• Ariel
• Arnold
• Backhoe
• Backspace
• Bait
• Bashful
• Big Mac
• Biggie
• Billy Bob Joe
• Blaze
• Blondie
• Bob
• Brittany
• Bruce
• Brutus
• Bubba Gump
• Bubbles
• Buddy
• Burt

C

• Cancer
• Captain Ahab
• Captain Hook
• Carolina
• Charmander
• Cherry
• Chuck
• Claude
• Clawdia
• Clawrence
• Claws
• Clawsome
• Coco
• Copper
• Coral
• Crabby
• Crabcake
• Crabette
• Crabina
• Crabmeister
• Crustopher
• Crusty

D–H

• Digger
• Dory
• Dudley
• Edward Scissorhands
• Elmo
• Elvis
• Gabby
• Groucho
• Grumpy
• Harold
• Heidi
• Henry
• Herbert
• Herman
• Hermilia
• Hermione
• Hydra

J–N

• Jack Sparrow
• Jade
• Kermit
• Kraken
• Lenny Krabitz
• Leonardo DaPinchy
• Marina
• Molly
• Mr. Krabs
• Mr. Limpett
• Nemo
• Nigel
• Nipper

P–R

• Peeves
• Penny Pincher
• Pincer
• Pinchy
• Poopsie
• Poseidon
• Prickle
• Quasimodo
• Recluse
• Red Lobster
• Rocky

S–Z

• Salty
• Sandy
• Sashimi
• Scuttle
• Seabiscuit
• Seamore
• Sebastian
• Shelby
• Shelldon
• Shelly
• Sideways
• Sir Pinch-a-Lot
• Snappy
• SpongeBob
• Squirt
• Squirtle
• Sushi
• Tamatoa
• Zoe