Aristocrat Name Generator
Titled names for lords, ladies, counts and dukes
Generate aristocratic names complete with title, given name and family name: English lords and ladies, French comtes, German Freiherren, Spanish dons, Italian marchesi, Russian princes and original fantasy nobility. Built for novels, RPG campaigns, Regency romances and courtly intrigue.
About aristocrat names
An aristocratic name is really three names stacked together: a title, a given name and a family or territorial name. The title is the quickest way to place a character in the pecking order, and the order runs roughly duke, marquess, earl or count, viscount, baron, then knights and baronets, with "Lord" and "Lady" covering most of the upper ranks in English speech. Given names among the old families are deliberately conservative: Augustus, Percival, Cordelia and Georgiana recur because they were handed down from grandparents and godparents. Family names often come from a place the family once held (Ashcombe, Montclair, von Hohenwald), and double-barrelled surnames usually mark two estates joined by marriage.
Each country has its own grammar. French nobles use "de" before the estate, Germans "von" or "zu", Spaniards "de" with a second surname after "y", Italians "di" or "della", and the Dutch mark untitled gentry with Jonkheer. Russian princes and counts inherited titles for every child, which is why Russian novels are crowded with them. Fantasy aristocracy usually borrows these markers and adds a House name or a territorial tag like "of Westhold".
The list mixes genuine historical formats with invented names that simply sound old-money, so you can pick a register and stay in it.
How to choose aristocrat names
- Match the title to the setting's size: a small realm with six dukes feels silly, so use dukes sparingly and let counts, viscounts and barons do the everyday work.
- Use the family name for the house and the given name for the person; "Lord Ashcombe" addresses the head of the house, while "Lord Edmund" is how a younger son is styled.
- Keep national markers consistent: a "von" surname with a French "Comte" title reads as a mistake unless the character is deliberately an exile or a foreign marriage.
- For a villain or a social climber, give the title and the name slightly mismatched textures, such as a very new title on a plain surname, and let other characters notice.
- Double-barrelled names signal inheritance disputes, merged estates or ambitious marriages; use them for families with a complicated history worth mentioning in dialogue.
Frequently asked questions
What is the order of aristocratic titles?
In the British system, from highest to lowest: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, baron, followed by baronets and knights, who are not peers. Continental systems are similar, with count standing in for earl and prince sometimes sitting above duke, as in Germany, Italy and Russia.
Are these real aristocratic families?
A handful of surnames echo historical houses because that is what makes a name sound genuinely noble, but the full combinations of title, given name and surname are invented. They are safe to use for characters, and you can swap the surname for one of your own if you want something entirely original.
How do I make an aristocratic name for a fantasy world?
Pick one real-world grammar and stick with it: a title, a given name that feels inherited, and a family name tied to land. Add "of" plus a place, or a House name, when you need to show which estate the character belongs to. The invented entries in this list (Lord Caelan Vhaeros of House Thorne, Duke Aldric Valcourt) follow that pattern.
What is the difference between Lord and Sir?
"Sir" belongs to knights and baronets, who are gentry rather than peers. "Lord" is used for barons, viscounts, earls and marquesses, and as a courtesy title for the younger sons of dukes and marquesses. A duke is addressed as "Your Grace" rather than "Lord".
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All 500 aristocrat names
A: 1 name
- Archduke Corvin Halloran
B: 47 names
- Barão Henrique de Loulé
- Báró Miklós Wesselényi-Zichy
- Baron Alphonse Duvalier-Sterne
- Baron Andrei Delvig-Morozov
- Baron Aurélien de Fontenay
- Baron Casimir de Ségur-Lamoignon
- Baron Caspar Rivendale
- Baron Cedric Harrowgate
- Baron Eamon Whitlock
- Baron Eckhard von Seefeld
- Baron Edric Stormvale
B, continued
- Baron Everett Sommerfeld
- Baron Ferdinand de Montesquiou
- Baron Friedrich von Adlerstein
- Baron Godard van Pallandt
- Baron Hendrik van Tuyll van Serooskerken
- Baron Ignacy Tyszkiewicz
- Baron Ivo Marchetti-Sangue
- Baron Lucius Pendrake
- Baron Ludvig Juel-Wind
- Barón Luis de Montealegre
- Baron Maximilien de Clairvaux
- Baron Osric Greymantle
B, continued
- Baron Pyotr von Stackelberg
- Baron Thierry de Gerlache d'Herbes
- Baron Wulfric Crowhurst
- Barone Ippolito di Caltagirone
- Barone Niccolò di Montebello
- Barone Teodoro di Roccaforte
- Barones Cornelia van Nagell
- Baronesa Amélia de Vimioso
- Baronesa Clara de Cisneros-Vélez
- Baroness Maria Frederiks-Ignatyeva
- Baroness Olga Vrangel-Lyubimova
- Baronessa Camilla di Sangro
B, continued
- Baronessa Clelia di Montalto
- Baronesse Sophie Reedtz-Thott
- Baronin Friederike von Kesselring
- Baronin Leonie von Falkenau
- Baronin Sophie von Lindenau
- Baronin Viktoria von Lichtenau
- Baronne Geneviève d'Arcourt
- Baronne Héloïse de Sérigny
- Baronne Mathilde de Saint-Cyr
- Baronne Olympe de Rochambeau
- Bárónő Ilona Podmaniczky
- Baronowa Aniela Ossolińska
C: 67 names
- Cavaliere Lorenzo di Sangallo
- Cavaliere Ottaviano di Spoleto
- Chevalier Bertrand de Crussol
- Chevalier Octave de Beaumanoir
- Chevalier Raoul de Saint-Aubin
- Comte Amaury de Lannoy-Clervaux
- Comte Anatole de Chambray
- Comte Honoré de Chastellux
- Comte Lucien de Valmont
- Comte Philippe de Saint-Exupère
- Comte Sébastien de Laval-Montmorin
- Comte Tancrède de Villefranche
- Comte Xavier de Villeneuve-Bargemon
C, continued
- Comtesse Aliénor de Brienne
- Comtesse Béatrice de Ligne-Mérode
- Comtesse Delphine de Rambouillet
- Comtesse Éléonore de Sauvigny
- Comtesse Joséphine de Courcelles
- Comtesse Madeleine de Flavigny
- Comtesse Ninon de Lautrec
- Comtesse Sophie de Coëtlogon
- Conde Bernardo de Castelo Melhor
- Conde Duarte de Vila Flor
- Conde Gonzalo de Villalobos
- Conde Jaime de Oropesa
- Conde Rafael de Benavides
C, continued
- Condesa Beatriz de Peñaranda
- Condesa Blanca de Frías-Mondéjar
- Condesa Teresa de Albuquerque-Sotelo
- Condessa Inês de Atouguia
- Condessa Teresa de Sousa Holstein
- Conte Amedeo di Castiglione
- Conte Ascanio Piccolomini-Salamoneschi
- Conte Galeazzo Pallavicini-Rota
- Conte Ludovico Sforza-Barbiano
- Conte Ruggero di Valmarana
- Contessa Bianca Malaspina-Ceva
- Contessa Giulia di Collalto
- Contessa Isabella Visconti-Morelli
- Contessa Ortensia Gonzaga-Pico
C, continued
- Contessa Violante Brancaccio
- Count Alexei Bobrinsky-Telegin
- Count Augustin Deverell
- Count Dietrich Rothgar
- Count Emil Varga-Lorant
- Count Esteban Valmoro
- Count Julian Ravenscar
- Count Konstantin Razumovsky-Ungern
- Count Lazarus Wolfsheim
- Count Marcus Ilvaren
- Count Marius Valdane
- Count Mikhail Apraksin-Shuvalov
- Count Nikolai Velyaminov
C, continued
- Count Nikolaus Eisenberg
- Count Orrin Veyle
- Count Rainer Falkenrath
- Count Rodrigo Santángel
- Count Sergei Tatishchev-Vorontsov
- Count Silas Ravensmoor
- Count Vesper Lorne
- Count Vittorio Salvatore-Brun
- Countess Aleksandra Orlova-Tolstaya
- Countess Anastasia Sheremetyeva-Ross
- Countess Avelina Brightmoor
- Countess Natalia Vorontsova-Dashkova
- Countess Sofia Musina-Pushkina
- Countess Yelena Stroganova-Bek
D: 42 names
- Dame Eluned Silvercrest
- Dame Henrietta Carrowby
- Dame Vespera Nightlock
- Dom Sebastião de Noronha
- Don Álvaro de Mendoza y Solís
- Don Diego de Haro y Zúñiga
- Don Nuno de Távora e Bragança
- Don Pedro de Zúñiga y Velasco
- Don Rodrigo de Alcázar y Montoya
- Doña Inés de Valderrama
- Doña Isabel de Cardona-Anglesola
- Dona Leonor de Castro-Menezes
- Doña Leonor de Guzmán-Aranda
- Dona Mariana de Lencastre
D, continued
- Doña Violante de Lara-Fajardo
- Duc Amaury de Châteaubriant
- Duc Hercule de Guéméné
- Duc Léopold de Bourbonne
- Duc Renaud de Noailles-Perrin
- Duc Théodore de Montclair
- Duca Alessandro di Montefalco
- Duca Corrado di Valdichiana
- Duca Ranieri di Belmonte
- Duchessa Eleonora di Sermoneta
- Duchessa Ginevra di Castelvetro
- Duchessa Laura Borromeo-Arese
- Duchesse Blanche de Vauvenargues
- Duchesse Clémence de Rohan-Lisle
D, continued
- Duke Aldric Valcourt
- Duke Bertrand Ashcastle
- Duke Conrad Everhart
- Duke Garrick Embermoor
- Duke Hadrian Sellwood
- Duke Leopold Carrowmere
- Duke Lucas Hartwell
- Duke Maximus Corvane
- Duke Tarquin Hollowell
- Duke Valerian Ashford-Kell
- Duque Fernando de Almodóvar
- Duque Sancho de Altamira
- Duquesa Juana de Monterrey
- Duquesa Mencía de Medinaceli-Roa
E: 2 names
- Earl Kestrel of Windermere
- Edler Anselm von Rittersbach
F: 17 names
- Freifrau Adelheid von Tettenborn
- Freifrau Klara von Sonnenfeld
- Freifrau Margarethe von Ehrenbrück
- Freifrau Theresia von Reckenberg
- Freiherr Bernhard von Greifenstein
- Freiherr Gottfried von Wolkenstein
- Freiherr Maximilian von Eschenbach
- Freiherr Philipp von Rothenhausen
F, continued
- Freiherr Siegfried von Kronenfeld
- Friherre Erik Cederström-Gyldenstolpe
- Friherre Gustaf Leijonhufvud
- Friherrinna Hedvig Oxenstierna-Bielke
- Fürst Albrecht zu Wildenfels
- Fürst Nikolaus zu Schwarzenhagen
- Fürst Wenzel zu Lobkowitz-Herrenau
- Fürstin Charlotte zu Falkenhain
- Fürstin Helene zu Ortenburg-Wels
G: 28 names
- Graaf Floris van Wassenaer-Duvenvoorde
- Graf Eberhard von Hohenlohe-Mark
- Graf Ferdinand von Tannhausen
- Graf Heinrich von Starhemberg-Lenz
- Graf Konstantin von Wittgenstein-Rauhe
- Graf Leopold von Hohenwald
- Graf Moritz von Waldburg-Zeil
- Graf Rudolf von Hallerstein
- Graf Ulrich von Stauffenberg-Rhein
- Gräfin Amalie von Steinmark
- Gräfin Auguste von Eichenthal
- Gräfin Caroline von Hoyos-Sprinz
- Gräfin Elisabeth von Mansfeld-Lohe
- Gräfin Josephine von Ebersdorf
G, continued
- Gräfin Mathilde von Kaltenborn
- Gräfin Ottilie von Bergheim
- Gravin Louise van Bylandt-Rheydt
- Gravin Maria van Rechteren-Limpurg
- Greve Axel von Rosenkrantz
- Greve Carl Gustaf Bonde-Wachtmeister
- Greve Magnus Stenbock-Horn
- Grevinde Ingeborg Ahlefeldt-Laurvig
- Grevinna Ebba Brahe-Sparre
- Grevinne Christiane Wedel-Jarlsberg
- Gróf András Szentiványi
- Gróf Tivadar Széchényi-Festetics
- Grófnő Erzsébet Andrássy-Orczy
- Grófnő Katalin Teleki-Bánffy
H: 14 names
- Herceg Ferenc Batthyány-Strattmann
- Hercegnő Mária Pálffy-Daun
- Herzog Alexander von Thurnau
- Herzog Ludwig von Arnsberg
- Herzogin Sophie Auguste von Calenberg
- Herzogin Wilhelmine von Ravensburg
- High Lady Sorcha Merivale
- High Lord Aurelian Dusk
- Hrabia Józef Mniszech-Wandalin
- Hrabia Kazimierz Woronowicz
- Hrabia Stanisław Zamoyski-Wielopolski
- Hrabina Eliza Krasińska-Potocka
- Hrabina Ludwika Lubomirska-Rey
- Hrabina Teofila Sołtykówna
J: 3 names
- Jonkheer Diederik van Lennep
- Jonkheer Willem van Oldenbarneveldt
- Jonkvrouw Anna van Heemskerck-Lynden
K: 2 names
- Książę Władysław Czartoryski-Sapieha
- Księżna Izabela Radziwiłł-Orzelska
L: 151 names
- Lady Adelaide Fenwick
- Lady Agatha Pelham
- Lady Amaranth Wyllow
- Lady Anastasia Courtenay
- Lady Anthea Bellweather
- Lady Arabella Stanhope-Grey
- Lady Araminta Vyse
- Lady Ashcombe of Fairleigh
- Lady Aurelia Crichton
- Lady Beatrix Danvers
- Lady Cassandra Wentworth-Fane
- Lady Cecily Ravensworth
- Lady Celestine Ashgrove
L, continued
- Lady Celia Montgomery-Ashe
- Lady Charlotte Lindley
- Lady Clementine Ashburnham
- Lady Constance Hartigan-Roe
- Lady Cordelia Fairholme
- Lady Diana Faringdon
- Lady Dorothea Mallory
- Lady Eleanor Fitzalan
- Lady Elowen Castamir
- Lady Emmeline Ruthven
- Lady Esmé Whitlock
- Lady Eugenia Talbot
- Lady Evelina Marchmont
- Lady Felicity Cavendish-Moore
L, continued
- Lady Flora Bellingham
- Lady Georgiana Winterbourne
- Lady Gwendolen Hollister
- Lady Harriet Aylesford
- Lady Hermione Thistlewood
- Lady Honoria Finch-Stapleton
- Lady Hyacinth Purefoy
- Lady Imogen Sedgwick-Pryce
- Lady Isadora Wrexley
- Lady Isolde Maravel
- Lady Isolde Ravenscroft
- Lady Juliana Ferrers
- Lady Lavinia Brackenridge
- Lady Leonora Fiennes
L, continued
- Lady Louisa Grenville
- Lady Marguerite Ashby
- Lady Matilda Rookwood
- Lady Maud Kestrel-Howe
- Lady Millicent Chettle
- Lady Morwenna Bryce-Tallow
- Lady Ninian Halloway
- Lady Octavia Blythe-Harrow
- Lady Odile Stanwyck
- Lady Olympia Grantham
- Lady Ottoline Ferrars
- Lady Penelope Hardwicke
- Lady Philippa Delacourt
L, continued
- Lady Prudence Marlow
- Lady Rhoswen Ashenvale
- Lady Rosamund Pelham-Clinton
- Lady Rowena Arundel
- Lady Seraphina Cottrell
- Lady Seraphine Hollowmere
- Lady Sybil Vavasour
- Lady Theodora Calthorpe
- Lady Ursula Tempest
- Lady Victoria Saxby
- Lady Violet Ashworth
- Lady Wilhelmina Carstairs
- Lady Ysolde Carrowen
- Lord Alaric Mountjoy
L, continued
- Lord Aldous Pemberly
- Lord Amadeo Lysandre
- Lord Ambrose Teviotdale
- Lord Ansel Kingsbury
- Lord Anthony St. Aubyn
- Lord Atticus Wyverne
- Lord Augustus Haverstock
- Lord Bartholomew Sedgemoor
- Lord Bastien Roquelaure
- Lord Benedikt Hallstrom
- Lord Bertram Ellesmere
- Lord Caelan Vhaeros of House Thorne
- Lord Caradoc Llewellyn-Vane
- Lord Cedric Thornbury
L, continued
- Lord Corin Haldane of the Reach
- Lord Cormac Wrenhaven
- Lord Crispin Ashdown-Fry
- Lord Cuthbert Ravenhill
- Lord Cyprian Wolsey
- Lord Desmond Kincaid-Ashe
- Lord Digby Fairweather-Moss
- Lord Dorian Ashworth-Lane
- Lord Edgar Pemberton-Shaw
- Lord Edmund Ashcombe
- Lord Eldred Fairlight
- Lord Emeric Falconridge
- Lord Everard Lisle
- Lord Ewan Castellane
L, continued
- Lord Ewart Tempest-Hale
- Lord Felix Carrington
- Lord Ferdinand Castelmaine
- Lord Fitzroy Harcourt
- Lord Florian Mortimer
- Lord Fulke Draywick
- Lord Gaspard Fontaine-Valois
- Lord Geoffrey Trelawney
- Lord Gervase Ellingham
- Lord Gideon Thornecroft
- Lord Gilbert Oakhurst
- Lord Godfrey Lamplugh
- Lord Grantley of Wendover
L, continued
- Lord Hollis Fenwright
- Lord Horace Ingleby
- Lord Horatio Lyndhurst
- Lord Hubert Kenilworth
- Lord Jasper Hawthorne-Pryce
- Lord Jocelyn Ashdown
- Lord Julian Beauchamp
- Lord Leander Thorne-Whitley
- Lord Lionel Bramwell
- Lord Lucian Westmacott
- Lord Lucien Blackwood-Vane
- Lord Ludovic Sainte-Claire
- Lord Malachi Strand
- Lord Marmaduke Heselton
L, continued
- Lord Merlin Tallowmere
- Lord Merritt Halloran-Dusk
- Lord Murdoch Ravenholt
- Lord Nicholas Faulconbridge
- Lord Osmund Kingsleigh
- Lord Oswin Daventry
- Lord Percival Ashcombe-Vane
- Lord Phineas Greyhaven
- Lord Piers Gascoigne
- Lord Ptolemy Ashgrove-Vane
- Lord Quentin Saltmarsh
- Lord Quillon Ashbury
- Lord Rafe Montclair
- Lord Rafferty Hollinshead
L, continued
- Lord Randolph Eversleigh
- Lord Ranulf Wolfe-Harrow
- Lord Reginald Fairleigh
- Lord Rowan Thorne of Westhold
- Lord Severin Drakemoor
- Lord Silas Stroud
- Lord Simeon Bracegirdle
- Lord Simeon Harlowe
- Lord Tarquin Belmonte
- Lord Thaddeus Wintermark
- Lord Tiernan Fairborne
- Lord Tobias Rookhaven
- Lord Tristram Wyndham-Lowe
- Lord Willoughby Carne
M: 27 names
- Marchesa Beatrice di Monferrato
- Marchesa Fiammetta Strozzi-Bardi
- Marchesa Vittoria Orsini-Falconieri
- Marchese Guidobaldo della Torre
- Marchese Lodovico Pepoli-Ghisilieri
- Marchese Ottavio Baldassarre
- Marquês Afonso de Pombal-Sampaio
- Marqués Alonso de Requesens
- Marqués Íñigo de Sotomayor
- Marquesa Catalina de Osorio y Luna
- Marquesa Elvira de Maldonado
- Marquesa Joana de Alegrete
- Marquis Armand de Rochefort
M, continued
- Marquis Cassian Orvelle
- Marquis Étienne de la Tour-Maubourg
- Marquis Guillaume de Tallemont
- Marquis Hugo Delacroix-Ferrand
- Marquis Leontes Vasquez-Oriol
- Marquis Orsino Bellavista
- Marquis Ravel Ondrassi
- Marquis Thibault de Montferrand
- Marquise Adélaïde de Brissac
- Marquise Aurore de Castellane
- Marquise Eugénie de Sévigné-Lorme
- Marquise Isabeau de Vergennes
- Marquise Laurence d'Estaing
- Marquise Sidonie de Polignac-Vaux
P: 17 names
- Prince Adalric Rosenhall
- Prince Casimir Lindqvist
- Prince Dmitri Golenishchev
- Prince Evander Solmere
- Prince Grigory Obolensky
- Prince Kaelen Vorstadt
- Prince Lucan Aurelio
- Prince Thaddeus Aurelian
P, continued
- Prince Vladimir Shcherbatov-Gagarin
- Princess Irina Lopukhina-Yusupova
- Princess Yekaterina Volkonskaya-Dolgorukaya
- Princess Zinaida Trubetskaya-Orlova
- Principe Cosimo Aldobrandini-Serra
- Principe Raimondo Caracciolo-Aversa
- Principessa Costanza Doria-Landi
- Principessa Lucrezia Colonna-Ruspoli
- Principessa Olimpia Boncompagni-Varese
R: 3 names
- Ridder Karel van Brakell-Doorwerth
- Ritter Hartwig von Rabenau
- Ritter Lothar von Erlach
S: 39 names
- Sir Aldous Fenchurch
- Sir Algernon Wexcombe
- Sir Ambrose Pettigrew
- Sir Barnaby Trevelyan
- Sir Benedict Hawkmoor
- Sir Cassius Wrenfield
- Sir Claude Netherby
- Sir Crispin Allardyce
- Sir Denzil Vane-Tempest
- Sir Edwin Fairweather
- Sir Emrys Vaughan-Lloyd
- Sir Ferdinand Marlowe-Kent
- Sir Gareth Windemere
S, continued
- Sir Giles Marchbanks
- Sir Hamish Glenmorrow
- Sir Hugo Darlington
- Sir Humphrey Dallingridge
- Sir Ignatius Wolferstan
- Sir Jasper Fenwick-Hale
- Sir Lancelot Brightwater
- Sir Laurence Brandreth
- Sir Lionel Fotheringay
- Sir Lucius Warrender
- Sir Montague Pendarves
- Sir Neville Castlereagh
- Sir Oriel Fairwind
S, continued
- Sir Osbert Creswell
- Sir Oswald Tregarthen
- Sir Peregrine Loxley
- Sir Piers Monckton
- Sir Ralph Devereux-Lane
- Sir Reynard Castleby
- Sir Roderick Glanville
- Sir Rowland Chichester
- Sir Rupert Pellingham-Hale
- Sir Tobias Wrottesley
- Sir Tristan Everleigh
- Sir Valentine Kirkbride
- Sir Wilfred Lacey
T: 22 names
- The Baron Fenwick of Ashdale
- The Baroness Marchmont
- The Countess of Harlech
- The Countess of Wrotham
- The Dowager Countess of Loxley
- The Dowager Duchess of Harrowgate
- The Duchess of Carrowmore
- The Duke of Aldermoor
- The Duke of Pendarrow
- The Duke of Ravensmere
- The Earl of Castle Heron
T, continued
- The Earl of Thornbury
- The Hon. Beatrice Woolvercote
- The Lady of Carrickfell
- The Laird of Dunvegan Moor
- The Marchioness of Ashby
- The Marquess of Teviotdale
- The Marquess of Wrexham
- The Master of Glenallan
- The Viscount Ellesmere
- The Viscount Pellingham
- The Viscountess Saltmarsh
V: 18 names
- Vicomte Alphonse de Béthencourt
- Vicomte Edmond de Saint-Priest
- Vicomte Gaspard de Lisle-Adam
- Vicomte Hippolyte de Marcillac
- Vicomtesse Céleste de Marigny
- Vicomtesse Ophélie de Grammont
- Vicomtesse Victoire de Tourzel
- Visconde Rui de Santarém-Lencastre
- Viscount Aurelius Marchand