The story "Snow White" was collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812. The original German version of the tale was entitled Sneewittchen, which is Schneewittchen in modern orthography.
The dwarfs who appear in the story were first given individual names in the 1912 Broadway show, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and they acquired different names in the 1937 Disney film by the same name. In other versions of the story they also have different names. The English names shown here are the ones used in the 1937 Disney film. See Wikipedia for other names.
This page was suggested by Marcello Gianola, who also supplied some of the names.
| Doc | Grumpy | Sleepy | Bashful | Happy | Sneezy | Dopey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (Dok) دوك | (Ġaḍbān) غَضْبان | (Naʿsān) نَعْسان | (Ḫaglān) خَجْلان | (Farḥān) فَرْحان | (ʿaṭsān) عَطْسان | (Doʾdoʾ) دُقْدُق |
| Armenian | Խելացի (Xelaci) |
Փնթփնթան (P'nt'p'nt'an) |
Քնկոտ (Qnkot) |
Ամաչկոտ (Amachkot) |
Ուրախ (Owrax) |
Փռշտացող (P'r'shtacogh) |
Հիմարիկ (Himarik) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
萬事通 (Wànshìtōng) |
愛生氣 (Àishēngqì) |
瞌睡蟲 (Kēshuìchóng) |
害羞鬼 (Hàixiūguǐ) |
開心果 (Kāixīnguǒ) |
噴嚏精 (Pēntìjīng) |
糊塗蛋 (Hútúdàn) |
| Croatian | Učo | Ljutko | Glupko | Stidljivko | Ljutko | Srećko | Kihavko |
| Czech | Doktor | Bručoun | Dřímal | Stydlín | Štístko | Kejchal | Šmudla |
| Danish | Brille | Gnavpot | Søvnig | Flovmand | Lystig | Prosit | Dumpe |
| Dutch | Doc | Grumpie | Dommel | Bloosje | Giechel | Niezel | Stoetel |
| Esperanto | Dok' | Grumblulo | Dormulo | Timemulo | Ĝojulo | Ternulo | Ŝmirulo |
| Estonian | Doktor | Toriseja | Unimüts | Häbelik | Õnneseen | Aevastaja | Ninatark |
| Finnish | Viisas | Jörö | Unelias | Ujo | Lystikäs | Nuhanenä | Vilkas |
| French | Prof | Grincheux | Dormeur | Timide | Joyeux | Atchoum | Simplet |
| German | Chef | Brummbär | Schlafmütze | Pimpel | Happy | Hatschi | Seppl |
| Hebrew | (dok) דוק | (ratnuni) רטנוני | (yashnuni) ישנוני | (baishani) ביישני | (alizi) עליזי | (aptshi) אפצ'י | (shatya) שטיה |
| Hungarian | Tudor | Morgó | Szundi | Szende | Vidor | Hapci | Kuka |
| Icelandic | Glámur | Naggur | Purkur | Kútur | Teitur | Hnerrir | ? |
| Irish | Saoi | Cancrán | Codlatán | Cúthalachán | Sonaí | Sraothachán | Simpleoir |
| Italian | Dotto | Brontolo | Pisolo | Mammolo | Gongolo | Eolo | Cucciolo |
| Japanese | 先生 (sensei) |
おこりんぼ (okorinbo) 苦虫 (nigamushi) |
ねぼすけ (nobosuke) 眠り屋 (nemuriya) |
てれすけ 照れ助 (teresuke) |
ごきげん (gokigen) のんき屋 (nonkiya) |
くしゃみ (kushami) |
おとぼけ (otoboke) 抜け作 (nukesaku) |
| Latin | Medicullus | Severus | Somniculosus | Verecundus | Beatus | Sternuens | Fatuus |
| Norwegian | Brille | Sinnataggen | Søvnig | Blygen | Lystig | Prosit | Minsten |
| Polish | Mędrek | Gburek | Apsik | Wesołek | Śpioszek | Gapcio | Nieśmiałek |
| Portuguese | Mestre | Zangado | Soneca | Dengoso | Feliz | Atchim | Dunga |
| Romanian | Înțeleptul | Morocănosul | Somnorosul | Rușinosul | Voiosul | Hapciu | Mutulică |
| Russian | Профессор (Professor) |
Ворчун (Vorčun) |
Засоня (Zasonja) |
Скромник (Skromnik) |
Весельчак (Vesel'chak) |
Чихун (Čixun) |
Простак (Prostak) |
| Slovak | Vedko | Plaško | Šťastko | Spachtoš | Hapčí | Kýblik | Dudroš |
| Spanish | Sabio | Gruñón | Dormilón | Tímido | Feliz | Mocoso | Mudito |
| Swedish | Kloker | Butter | Trötter | Blyger | Glader | Prosit | Toker |
| Turkish | Bilgin | Somurtkan | Uykucu | Utangaç | Neşeli | Meraklı | Budala |
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Collections of names of the 7 dwarfs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_of_the_Seven_Dwarves
http://www.worth1000.com/discussions/41143/international-names-of-the-7-dwarves
Information about the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)
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