Backflip Studios has inserted real life and popular culture references into DragonVale.
Important:
This page contains primarily user interpretations of various references found within the game. These references have not all been specifically confirmed by Backflip Studios.
Note:
This list may not be up-to-date in certain categories.
Important:
References pertaining to dragons, decorations, habitats, buildings, and islands are found on their individual content pages.
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All lists are alphabetized.
Dragon Names - Goals - Others
Real life references to the automated dragon names
| Ag | The chemical symbol for silver. |
| Ahab | Captain Ahab- The deranged whaler from Herman Melville's famous novel Moby Dick. |
| Amelia | Amelia Earhart - Famous female pilot who disappeared flying around the world. |
| Amp | Short for ampere - The unit for electrical current. |
| Apollo | Greek/Roman god of the sun |
| Aput | Inuit word for "snow" (on the ground). |
| Argent | Argentum (Latin word for "silver") French word for "money". |
| Au | The chemical symbol for gold. |
| Aurum | Latin word for "gold". |
| Autumn | Season |
| Azul | Spanish word for "blue". |
| Berg | Dutch for "mountain". |
| Blitzen | "Blitz" or "Bliksem" which are German/Dutch words for "lightning". Reindeer in A Visit from St. Nicholas. |
| Boreal | Northern Tundra biome. Aurora Borealis - Boreas the Greek god of the North Wind; Greek god of cold/ice/snow. |
| Borogoves | A word from the poem Jabberwocky, by Lewis Caroll. |
| Bryllyg | "Bryllyg" with a vowel change is Brillig - A word from the poem Jabberwocky, by Lewis Caroll. |
| Buck | Name of the main character in The Call of the Wild novel by Jack London. |
| Buzz | Buzz Aldrin - The second man to set foot on the moon. |
| Cecil | The sea serpent from the cartoon Beany and Cecil. |
| Ceres | Roman goddess of the harvest. |
| Chuck | Chuck Yeager- The first pilot to break the sound barrier, in 1947. Fastest bird in the game Angry Birds |
| Cobalt | A hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal. |
| Cucoo | A character in The Legend of Zelda, an action-adventure video game series. |
| Curly | Name of the dog in The Call of the Wild novel by Jack London. |
| Dewi | Ancient Celtic god who took on the form of a serpent or dragon. |
| Donner | "Donder" or "Dunder" which are Dutch/German words for "thunder". Reindeer in A Visit from St. Nicholas. |
| Dvergr | A type of Scandinavian dwarf that dwells in rocks and hills and is skillful in working metals. |
| Flower Names |
There are too many to list all, but references to different types of flowers. |
| Ebenezer | Ebenezer Scrooge, main character in A Christmas Carol |
| Elmo | St. Elmo, patron saint of sailors, said to protect them from storms. A character from Sesame Street. |
| Fafnir | Norse dwarf who was cursed and became a dragon. |
| Fall | Season. |
| Faraday | Famous scientist in electrics. |
| Freya | Norse god of love and fertility. |
| Fuji | Mount Fuji - A mountain in Japan. |
| Gaia | Greek goddess of the Earth. |
| Geo | Greek for "Earth" |
| Geoff | Geoff Hurst - A famous, retired football player from England, remembered for being the only player to score a hat trick in the world finals. |
| Glinda | The good witch from "The Wizard of Oz". |
| Gotard | Goddard - A rocket scientist. |
| Helen | Mt. St. Helens - A volcano near Seattle. |
| Hydra | The water snake constellation. Multi-headed serpent. |
| Flower Names |
There are too many to list all, but references to different types of flowers. |
| Iz | Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole or "Iz" for short - Famous for his version of the song "Somewhere over the Rainbow". |
| Jabber | Jabberwocky, a poem written by Lewis Caroll |
| Jotun | Name used for frost giant in Norse mythology. |
| Jupiter | Roman god of thunder. Fifth planet from the Sun. |
| Kelvin | Unit of measurement for temperature based on absolute zero - It was the name of a river near the laboratory of William Thompson, the scientist who "discovered" absolute zero. When he was elected to the House of Lords he was given the title Lord Kelvin. |
| Kraka | Krakatoa - A volcano in Indonesia. |
| Kraken | Mythical sea monster from Norse/Icelandic Mythology. |
| Kukul | Mayan word for "feathered". |
| Larson | A company that makes boats. |
| Lemmy | "Lemmy" Kilmister - A heavy metal musician. |
| Leo | Flight simulator software. Fifth astrological sign of the zodiac. |
| Leviathan | A biblical sea monster. |
| Lief | King Lief-The king of Deltora in Deltora Quest. Lief Erikson - A norse explorer. |
| Loki | Norse god of mischief. |
| Flower Names |
There are too many to list all, but references to different types of flowers. |
| Mar | Spanish word for "sea". |
| Meeker | Mount Meeker - A mountain in Colorado. |
| Moby | Moby - American singer-songwriter, musician, DJ and photographer.
The Whale - A novel by Herman Melville. |
| Nami | Japanese word for "wave". |
| Nanuk | Inuit word for "polar bear". |
| Nemo | Captain Nemo from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. A character from Finding Nemo. |
| Neptune | Roman god of the seas. Eighth planet from the Sun. |
| Nessy | Loch Ness Monster. |
| Nico | Nico - German singer. |
| Oakheart | Braveheart. |
| Ohm | Measurement for electrical resistance. |
| Orrie | Comes from ore which is solid material in metal. |
| Orville | Orville Wright - Co-inventor of the airplane. |
| Pele | Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes. Pele - A famous soccer player from Brazil. |
| Petra | Famous "lost" archaeological city in Jordan. Arabic word for "stone". |
| Pompey | Pompeii, Italy. |
| Poseidon | Greek god of the seas. |
| Flower Names |
There are too many to list all, but references to different types of flowers. |
| Ra | Egyptian god of the Sun. |
| Rex | Latin for "king" may refer to the T-Rex |
| Rip Van Winkle | A short story written by the American author Washington Irving. |
| Ritu | Season in the Hindu calendar. |
| Saturn | Roman god of time. Sixth planet from the Sun. |
| Sierra | Spanish word for "mountain". |
| Siren | Greek sea nymph with a beautiful, but deadly, voice. |
| Sol | Spanish word for "Sun". |
| Spitz | A character from The Call of the Wild novel by Jack London. A famous Olympiad in swimming events. |
| Spring | Season. |
| Stratos | Stratosphere - One of the layers of Earth's atmosphere. |
| Sulfur | A yellowish brown element often associated with volcanic activity. |
| Summer | Season. |
| Tesla | Famous scientist in electrics. |
| Thor | The Norse god of thunder. |
| Toa | Polynesian word for "warrior". |
| Tul | The famous European singer. |
| Tundra | Northern biome with less trees and more permafrost than Boreal. |
| Flower Names |
There are too many to list all, but references to different types of flowers. |
| Umbra | Latin word for "shadow" |
| Ural | Ural Mountains - Mountain range in Russia. |
| Vesuvius | Mount Vesuvius - A volcano in Italy responsible for the destruction of the city of Pompeii. |
| Vibgyor | Initials of all colors of the rainbow backwards (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), as white light contains all colors |
| Vulcan | Roman name of Hephaestus, the god of blacksmithing. |
| Whitefang | The titular character and a novel by American author Jack London . |
| Wilbur | Wilbur Wright - Co-inventor of the airplane. |
| Winter | Season. |
| Wocky | Jabberwocky, a poem weitten by Lewis Caroll |
| Flower Names |
There are too many to list all, but references to different types of flowers. |
| Yeager | Chuck Yeager - The first pilot to break the sound barrier, back in 1947. |
| Ymir | A Frost Giant from Norse mythology. |
| Zeus | The Greek god of the skies, earth and thunder, and king of the Olympian gods. |
| Flower Names |
There are too many to list all, but references to different types of flowers. |
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