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Snow White and the Fifty Dwarfs

Shaun Usher
Apr 17, 2022
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Welcome to the fourth issue of the Lists of Note newsletter: each Sunday, a fascinating list from history. If you haven’t already, sign up.


Walt Disney, 1942. Photo: Getty.

In 1812, German storytellers the Brothers Grimm published Snow White, one of the most famous fairy tales in history and the basis for a wildly successful big-screen adaptation by Walt Disney Productions in 1937. In 1934, as they began work on the animated version, the writing team at Disney compiled the following wonderful list of potential names for a group of characters whom the Brothers Grimm had chosen to leave nameless: the seven dwarfs. As we now know, Bashful, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy were picked from this shortlist; Dopey and the name of their leader, Doc, were chosen at a later date.


  1. Awful 

  2. Bashful 

  3. Biggo-Ego 

  4. Biggy 

  5. Biggy-Wiggy 

  6. Blabby

  7. Busy

  8. Chesty 

  9. Crabby 

  10. Cranky 

  11. Daffy 

  12. Dippy 

  13. Dirty 

  14. Dizzy 

  15. Doleful 

  16. Dumpy 

  17. Flabby 

  18. Gabby 

  19. Gaspy 

  20. Gloomy 

  21. Goopy 

  22. Graveful 

  23. Grumpy

  24. Happy

  25. Helpful

  26. Hoppy

  27. Hotsy

  28. Hungry

  29. Jaunty

  30. Jumpy

  31. Lazy

  32. Neurtsy

  33. Nifty

  34. Puffy

  35. Sappy

  36. Scrappy

  37. Shifty

  38. Silly

  39. Sleepy

  40. Snappy

  41. Sneezy 

  42. Sneezy-Wheezy 

  43. Snoopy

  44. Soulful 

  45. Strutty 

  46. Tearful 

  47. Thrifty 

  48. Weepy

  49. Wistful 

  50. Woeful


The above list is one of 125 that feature in the Lists of Note book. It’s now out of print, but I’m selling the last remaining copies of its gorgeous special edition here.

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