Bard Name Generator
Minstrels, skalds, and silver-tongued storytellers
Generate bard names for D&D characters, fantasy novels, and tabletop campaigns: Celtic and medieval minstrel names, stage names, skaldic bynames, and lute-carrying charmers. Includes human, elf, halfling, and tiefling-flavored options.
About bard names
The word bard comes from the Celtic professional poets: Welsh beirdd like Taliesin and Aneirin, and Irish filid such as Amergin. Their names are plain personal names with an honorific (Taliesin Pen Beirdd, "chief of bards"). Norse skalds like Bragi Boddason and Egil Skallagrimsson carried bynames earned in the hall, and the troubadours of Occitania (Bernart de Ventadorn, Beatriz de Dia) took their names from their home towns. Those three traditions still shape how a bard's name should sound: a real given name plus a place, a patron, or an earned epithet.
In Dungeons & Dragons, bards can be any race, so the name depends first on ancestry: halfling bards suit homely names like Perrin Underbough, elven bards suit lilting ones like Naivara Songdusk, and tiefling bards can carry a virtue name like Vainglory. What bards add on top is a stage name. Scanlan Shorthalt is a gnome name; "the Nightingale of Neverwinter" is a reputation. Comic bards (Bardolph Bumblestrum, Percy Plucksalot) have a long tradition too, from Shakespeare's clowns to Critical Role.
This list gives you all of those registers: historical minstrel and skald names for a grounded feel, race-appropriate D&D names, stage names and epithets, and a run of deliberately funny ones for lighter tables. Legendary singers, trade surnames, court ranks, shantymen, and tabaxi bards round it out.
How to choose bard names
- Pick the character's real name by ancestry (halfling, elf, tiefling, human) first, then add a stage name or epithet they use when performing.
- A place-based epithet ('the Lark of Luskan') tells the DM where the bard is famous and where they might be in trouble.
- For a College of Lore or Eloquence bard, use historical models: Taliesin, Bernart, Beatriz. For College of Swords or Valor, a skaldic byname like Loud-Tongue or Songspear fits better.
- Funny bard names work best when they sound like a real name with one wrong note: Reginald Rhymewell rather than Lord Sing-a-Lot.
- Avoid stacking musical words in the surname (Songsong Melodyharp). One musical reference per name is enough; the rest should sound like a person.
Frequently asked questions
What are famous D&D bard names?
Scanlan Shorthalt (Critical Role), Volothamp 'Volo' Geddarm, Danilo Thann, and Storm Silverhand from the Forgotten Realms are the best-known. In the Player's Handbook art and examples, bards are usually shown with ordinary race-appropriate names rather than musical ones.
Should a bard's name be musical?
Not necessarily. Most historical bards had ordinary names and earned musical reputations. A subtle musical surname (Fiddler, Harper, Piper, all real English trade names) is more convincing than an invented one like Melodysong, but light fantasy games can happily go either way.
Where do the words minstrel, troubadour, and skald come from?
Minstrel is from Old French for a servant-entertainer; troubadour is Occitan for a composer of courtly songs; skald is Old Norse for a court poet. Jongleur (a traveling performer) and gleeman (an Anglo-Saxon singer) are also useful period words for a bard's title.
Can I use these bard names commercially?
Yes, the invented and historical names are free to use in any project. Names from Critical Role or Wizards of the Coast canon (Scanlan Shorthalt, Volo) are trademarked characters, so use those for home games rather than published work.
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All 1,000 bard names
A: 68 names
- Achaz Scorchstring
- Adam de la Halle
- Adelaide Rookwood
- Adran Dewchant
- Adrie Petalhymn
- Adrik Ironlute
- Aelar Windsong
- Afan Ferddig
- Agatha Winterbourne
- Agnes Sangster
- Ailbhe Cairnchant
- Akmenos Sablereed
- Akra Silverscale
- Akta Velvettongue
- Alaric Foxglove
- Alban Hartsease
- Aldous Pennyfeather
- Alistair Cheerful
- Allan-a-Dale
- Alston Cogwhistle
- Althaea Frostcarol
- Alton Whistledown
- Alustriel of Silverymoon
- Alys Taber
- Amadeus Storyweaver
- Amairgen Glungel
- Amaryllis Hoofbeat
- Ambrose Applause
- Ambrose Pettigrew
- Ambrose Quillfeather
- Amergin Whiteknee
- Amiens of Arden
- Amnon Gravelthroat
- Amphion of Thebes
A, continued
- Anakis Smolderlay
- Anariel Threnody
- Anastrianna Silverharp
- Ander Crumpetwell
- Andraste Dawnsinger
- Aneirin ap Dwyn
- Angharad of the Awen
- Anselm Kade
- Anselm Lautenschlager
- Aodhagan O Rathaille
- Apprentice Bard Tibby Nettle
- Aramil Songleaf
- Archibald Earworm
- Archpoet of Cologne
- Aria Moonwhisper
- Ariel Songspirit
- Arion the Dolphin-Rider
- Armand Desmarais
- Arnaut Daniel
- Arnaut de Mareuil
- Arnor Earls'-Poet
- Ashik Garib
- Asmund Kenning-Wright
- Athirne the Importunate
- Auberon Jestwell
- Audhild Deepdrum
- Audun Illskaelda
- Aukan Echocaller
- Aurelio Fantini
- Aust Willowflute
- Autolycus the Peddler
- Aveline Duclos
- Azalais de Porcairagues
- Azalais of Carcassonne
B: 57 names
- Baern Anvilchant
- Bagpipe Bess
- Balasar Songscale
- Balla Fasseke
- Balthasar of Messina
- Banjo Bart
- Barbad the Minstrel
- Bardd Teulu Ifan
- Bardolph Bumblestrum
- Bardryn Bronzelyre
- Barnabas Chanter
- Barnaby Crane
- Barnaby Gleeman
- Baron Bombast
- Bartholomew Blowhard
- Bastian Rhapsody
- Beatrice Cardew
- Beatrix Songsmith
- Beatriz de Dia
- Beauregard Bawlmore
- Beiro Greenlay
- Bela Dobos
- Belial Bittersong
- Bell at the River Mouth
- Benedict Ashwood
- Bernart de Ventadorn
- Berrian Duskwhisper
- Bertram Flatnote
B, continued
- Bertran de Born
- Bertrand Lascelles
- Bertrande of Beziers
- Bethrynna Nightlyre
- Bieiris de Romans
- Bilbo Featherstring
- Bimpnottin Songbottle
- Blaise Corrigan
- Bleddyn Fardd
- Blind Harry the Minstrel
- Blind Raftery
- Blondel de Nesle
- Boddynock Twangspanner
- Bodhran Bridie
- Borrowed Tune
- Bow Scrape
- Boyan the Prophetic
- Bracken Slowcarol
- Bragi Boddason
- Bragi Loud-Tongue
- Bramble Rook
- Bran the Harper
- Bravado Cinderfell
- Breena Tinkletin
- Bricriu Poison-Tongue
- Briony Calloway
- Bronwen Silvermere
- Brother Bellow
- Bryseis Scarletrefrain
C: 54 names
- Cade Thorngage
- Cadell of the Mead-Hall
- Cadence Mourn
- Caedmon of Whitby
- Caelynn Brightlute
- Cairbre the Satirist
- Callie Nutbrown
- Calliope Fairmelody
- Cantor Emmerich
- Capstan Kate
- Carric Silverstring
- Cas Corach
- Caspian Larkspur
- Cassius Everhart
- Castelloza of Auvergne
- Cecily Hawtrey
- Cedric Lowther
- Celestia Nightingale
- Cercamon the Wanderer
- Cerys of the Nine Strings
- Chantmistress Ysane
- Choirmaster Baldric
- Chretien de Troyes
- Christine de Pizan
- Clara d'Anduza
- Clarence Kazoo
- Clementine Lyrist
C, continued
- Coin in Hat
- Colin Muset
- Concertina Kit
- Concertmaster Liesl Brandt
- Conon de Bethune
- Constance Versifier
- Corbin Snugglebury
- Corisande Lisle
- Cormac Reedwhistle
- Cornelius Brightwater
- Cornelius Caterwaul
- Cornelius Fablespinner
- Corrin Hearthhum
- Corvin Songthorn
- Corwin Balladeer
- Count Cacophony
- Court Poet Lisbet Aumery
- Cracked Chime
- Craiftine
- Crispin Attwater
- Crumhorn Cuthbert
- Cuan ua Lothchain
- Cuirithir of Connacht
- Cuthbert Croonwell
- Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr
- Cynewulf the Poet
- Cyrano de Vaux
D: 42 names
- Dafydd ap Gwilym
- Dafydd Benfras
- Daibhi O Bruadair
- Daisy Goodbarrel
- Dallan Forgaill
- Damaia Embercarol
- Damakos Nightsong
- Damaris Quickfall
- Dame Dulcet Dinsdale
- Danilo Thann
- Daphnis the Herdsman-Poet
- Darragh Finnerty
- Darrak Bronzethroat
- Dayereth Moonlyre
- Dede Korkut
- Delphine Roux
- Demodocus of Scheria
- Dench Bonevoice
- Denzil Deepwater
- Deor the Scop
- Desmond Dronesby
D, continued
- Devorah Fairweather
- Dietmar von Aist
- Dilly Honeytwist
- Dimble Ratchetreed
- Dinadan the Lay-Maker
- Dob Fiddlesticks
- Doctor Ditty
- Dogwatch Davy
- Don Cantador
- Donnchadh Mor O Dalaigh
- Dorcas Sayer
- Dorian Silverlute
- Dorothea Cadenza
- Drum Under Rain
- Drum-Major Dagny Stroud
- Drusilia Moonharp
- Duke Doggerel
- Dulcie Marchmont
- Dulcimer Dan
- Dunmara Hillecho
- Dunstan Merrivale
E: 39 names
- Ea Hollowflute
- Eberk Alechord
- Echo in the Canyon
- Edith Crowther
- Edmund Skerry
- Egil Skallagrimsson
- Egil Wordsmith
- Einar Skalaglamm
- Einar Skulason
- Einion ap Gwalchmai
- Eithne of the Three Strains
- Elandrin Hollowreed
- Eldon Thistletop
- Elegy Sablewick
- Elidir Sais
- Eliot the Harper
- Elodie Dawnchorus
- Elowen Marsh
- Elspeth Marchbanks
- Eluned Pryce
- Emeric Thane
- Emmeline Lutewright
- Emrys Caldbeck
- Encore Blackthorn
- Enialis Reedwhisper
- Enna Duskmelody
- Eochaidh O hEoghusa
- Eoghan Rua O Suilleabhain
- Erevan Lyrewood
- Etienne Beaulieu
- Euanthe Timbrel
- Euphemia Songcraft
- Eustace Encore-Please
- Eustache Deschamps
- Evander Quill
- Everett Nightjar
- Ewan Baird
- Eyvind Skaldaspillir
- Ezra Merrychord
F: 31 names
- Fabian Roskilly
- Faelar Moonverse
- Faenor Rainchant
- Fearghal Og Mac an Bhaird
- Fedelm the Poetess
- Fenella Ravenscroft
- Fennore of the Standing Stones
- Fenwick Fumbletoes
- Fenwick Halloran
- Fenwick Thistledown
- Ferchertne the Poet
- Ferdinand Fortissimo
- Feste the Fool
- Fiammetta Valori
- Fiddler Fen
- Fiddlin' Fitch
- Fidelma Roarke
- Finnan Jigstep
- Finnegan the Merry
- First Fiddle Rosalba Kite
- Fitzgerald Fumblefret
- Fitzwilliam Windbag
- Flann mac Lonain
- Florian Dace
- Florimel Rosechant
- Foghorn Ferris
- Folquet de Marselha
- Fonkin Sprocketflute
- Frau Nachtigall
- Fraulein Lorelei
- Friar Falsetto
G: 49 names
- Gace Brule
- Gae-Al Peakshouter
- Gaffer Guffaw
- Galen Wordweaver
- Galinndan Nightsong
- Gareth Lanyon
- Garran Stonehum
- Garret Highhill
- Garrick Bluewater
- Garsenda de Proensa
- Gaucelm Faidit
- Gavin Douglas
- Genevieve Lyrical
- Giacinta Orsolo
- Gideon Pellow
- Gil Trumper
- Gilderoy Lockheart
- Gimble Clockchime
- Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe
- Gizur Gold-Brow's-Poet
- Glasgerion
- Glory Nightingale
- Godgifu the Gleemaiden
- Gofraidh Fionn O Dalaigh
G, continued
- Gottfried von Strassburg
- Granny Glockenspiel
- Griet Pyper
- Griffin Wandersinger
- Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch
- Gruffudd Gryg
- Gudrun Oath-Singer
- Guillaume de Machaut
- Guillaume of Aquitaine
- Guillem de Cabestany
- Guinevere Halcombe
- Guiraut de Bornelh
- Guiraut Riquier
- Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue
- Gunnloda Stonelyre
- Guto'r Glyn
- Gutun Owain
- Gwalchmai ap Meilyr
- Gwendoline Screechly
- Gwendolyn Lilt
- Gwenllian of the White Harp
- Gwerful Mechain
- Gwilym Ddu o Arfon
- Gwion Bach
- Gwydion Halfsong
H: 42 names
- Halldor the Chatterer
- Hallfred Troublesome-Poet
- Halli the Sarcastic
- Hallveig Storm-Chant
- Halyard Hob
- Hamish Strathearn
- Hamund Sweetwater
- Hans Sachs the Meistersinger
- Harbek Forgehorn
- Harper Hal
- Harriet Bellweather
- Hartmann von Aue
- Hazel Roundelay
- Heian Dawnrefrain
- Heinin Fardd
- Heinrich von Morungen
- Heinrich von Ofterdingen
- Heinrich von Veldeke
- Heorrenda the Scop
- Herr Liedermeister
- Hesper Lovelace
H, continued
- Hester Rymer
- Hildegarde Highnote
- Hirdskald Thorgrim
- Hob Harpur
- Hobbs Kettleburn
- Hofgarda-Ref
- Hoichi the Earless
- Holg Drumfist
- Hollis Tremaine
- Honora Fitzwilliam
- Hope Silverstring
- Horant of Denmark
- Horatio Hootenanny
- Hornpipe Hetty
- Hrafn Honey-Mouth
- Hugo Jollystring
- Humming Hattie
- Humming Reed
- Humphrey Hum
- Hurdy-Gurdy Gert
- Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd
I: 27 names
- Iados Hexlullaby
- Iain Lom
- Idony Cantrip
- Idris Fairbairn
- Ignatius Farrow
- Ikki High-Whistle
- Ilka Trommler
- Ilona Sipos
- Ilse Varga
- Immeral Starsong
- Imogen Crescendo
- Ines Montalvo
- Iolo Goch
- Ione Tredinnick
- Iopas of Carthage
- Isabetta Corvino
- Isadora Songspell
- Iseult Blackmere
- Isidore Intermission
- Ismene Coalwhisper
- Isolde Redfern
- Isolde Spellsong
- Ithariel Silverfrond
- Ithilwe Larksong
- Ivaran Gladecarol
- Ivellios Evenlyre
- Ivo Carrow
J: 23 names
- Jack Whistlecap
- Jade Ocarina
- Jago Penhallow
- Jasper Loresinger
- Jaufre Rudel
- Jaw-Harp Jock
- Jebeddo Fiddlefen
- Jehan Bodel
- Jelenneth Rillchant
- Jem Hornblower
- Jeremiah Jinglejangle
- Jerome Tallis
- Jester Royal Pippa Quill
- Jocasta Merriweather
- Jocelyn Thornbury
- Johannes Hadlaub
- Jonquil Madrigal
- Jorg Spielmann
- Jorunn Skaldmaer
- Jory Spindrift
- Joukahainen the Challenger
- Journeyman Piper Col Thacker
- Juniper Belltower
K: 26 names
- Kairon Duskfiddle
- Kallista Duskhymn
- Kansif Battlecry
- Kapellmeister Wendel
- Katell Morvan
- Kathra Hammerhymn
- Katrin Fiedler
- Kaylie Shorthalt
- Kazrith Ashenlyre
- Keeper of the Great Saga Yrsa
- Kellen Silversong
- Kensa Gullcry
- Keothi Drumshoulder
- Kerensa Penrose
- Kestrel Dunmore
- Kettledrum Ketil
- Keyleth Songwind
- Kit Marlowe
- Kithri Humblebee
- Kleeck Dawn-Trill
- Klingsor of Hungary
- Kormak Songspear
- Kormakr Ogmundarson
- Korydon Meadowpipe
- Kriv Thunderpsalm
- Krusk Warsong
L: 50 names
- La Bella Barcarola
- Lament Hollowell
- Lancelot Lutebreaker
- Lark Merrysong
- Last Note of Evening
- Lathiel Brookaria
- Laucian Brightsong
- Laughing Rattle
- Laureate Vespasia Crowe
- Lavinia Plumtart
- Leander Fosse
- Leocadia Abril
- Leofric Ambrose
- Leofwine Gleewood
- Leopold Limerick
- Lerissa Thornaria
- Leshanna Birchflute
- Lettice Wyndham
- Leucis Vainglory
- Levanthe Soothsinger
- Lewys Glyn Cothi
- Lia Sunmelody
- Liadain of Corcu Duibne
- Lidda Nimblefinger
- Linnet Ashgrove
L, continued
- Linus Stringfellow
- Lionel Waverley
- Llygad Gwr
- Llywarch Hen
- Llywelyn ap y Moel
- Lombarda of Toulouse
- Long-Haul Lowen
- Loopmottin Glockenspark
- Lorcan Devane
- Lord Ludwig Longwind
- Loremaster Edric Vaun
- Loris Vane
- Lotta Gooseberry
- Lotte Geiger
- Lowenna Carne
- Lucan Fablewright
- Lucian Vale
- Lucrezia Bellandi
- Ludovico Sarti
- Lute Twang
- Lutenist-in-Ordinary Giles Fenn
- Lutie Lark
- Lyle Butterchurn
- Lyrian Songweaver
- Lysander Byrd
M: 56 names
- Mac Liag of the Shannon
- Madame Coloratura
- Madame Serenata
- Mademoiselle Chanterelle
- Maestra Legato
- Maestro Cantabile
- Maestro Tremolo
- Magnus Orrindale
- Mairi MacWhirter
- Major Minor
- Malakai Duskchorale
- Malcolm Greylock
- Mandolin Meg
- Mani the Skald
- Marcabru the Bitter
- Marek Skrzypek
- Marguerite Tallow
- Maria de Ventadorn
- Marigold Tealeaf
- Marigold Tumblewell
- Marisol Sweetrefrain
- Marlowe Finch
- Marquis de Monotone
- Marsyas the Piper
- Martin Codax
- Matilda Rhapsodic
- Maud Fidler
- Meilyr Brydydd
M, continued
- Meistersinger Veit Aldinger
- Melech Sulfurstrain
- Melisande Harpstring
- Merethyl Windquill
- Meriele Swanreed
- Meriwether Puddifoot
- Merla Copperkettle
- Merric Brushgather
- Mialee Whisperharp
- Millicent Songbird
- Milo Tosscobble
- Mindartis Whisperwind
- Minta Catchtune
- Mirabel Chantwell
- Miriam Kantor
- Mirth Underglow
- Mishann Windvoice
- Monsieur Chansonnier
- Monsieur Rondeau
- Montgomery Mumbleverse
- Mordai Silvertongue
- Morthos Wickwhisper
- Morwenna Trelawney
- Mother Carey's Fiddler
- Muireadhach Albanach
- Mungo Dowland
- Music Ravensong
- Myrddin Wyllt
N: 26 names
- Nadarr Stormvoice
- Naivara Songdusk
- Nakisa the Harpist
- Nalla Avalanche-Voice
- Namfoodle Wobblechord
- Nan Luter
- Nathaniel Troubadour
- Ned Horner
- Nedda Reelfoot
- Nede mac Adnai
- Neidhart von Reuental
- Nell Ashby
- Nemeia Sorrowsong
- Nerys Ravensdale
- Niall Nine-Tales
- Nicodemus Ferrier
- Nicoletta Ferrante
- Nimriel Glimmerstrain
- Nob Tatterhat
- Nolan Whitcombe
- Noll Campion
- Norna-Gest
- Nuala Brannock
- Nuccio Trombetta
- Nyckelharpa Nils
- Nyxara Cinderhymn
O: 30 names
- Obadiah Offkey
- Oboe Ollie
- Octavia Overture
- Odessa Nightgale
- Odette Clairmont
- Odile Menestrier
- Odo Butterbell
- Oisin Songfather
- Oksana Muzyka
- Olaf Hvitaskald
- Old Mossvoice
- Old Stormalong
- Ollamh Fintan
- Olvir Hnufa
- Ondine Reverie
- Ophelia Sweetvoice
- Orianna Sweetlie
- Oriel Fairholme
- Orlando Bracci
- Orphea Grimchord
- Orpheus of Thrace
- Orryn Ninglelute
- Orsino Longtale
- Osbert Morley
- Osborn Hilltopple
- Oswald von Wolkenstein
- Ottar the Black
- Ottoline Pennywhistle
- Ovation Scarrow
- Owain Cyfeiliog
P: 44 names
- Paela Thimblerig
- Paelias Silvermelody
- Pandjed Goldthroat
- Pascoe Trevelyan
- Peire Cardenal
- Peire d'Alvernhe
- Peire Vidal
- Pencerdd Morgan
- Penelope Pitchpipe
- Peony Cobblecroft
- Percival Talespinner
- Percy Plucksalot
- Perdita Woolcott
- Peregrine Wandersong
- Peren Hazelpipe
- Pero Meogo
- Perrin Underbough
- Pethani Talecarver
- Petunia Ferngrove
- Phelaia Gloamchant
- Phemius of Ithaca
- Philippa Larkin
P, continued
- Phineas Pluckworth
- Phyllida Syrinx
- Piaras Feiritear
- Piers Blackwood
- Piers Plowsong
- Pieter Speelman
- Pip Hayrick
- Piper Poll
- Piping Pete
- Piran Kestrel
- Poet Laureate Hortensia Blythe
- Poetry Moonlyre
- Poppy Underhill
- Portia Clogdance
- Posy Fiddlebrook
- Precentor Osmund
- Primrose Cantata
- Professor Pentameter
- Prudence Pianissimo
- Prydydd y Moch
- Puck the Piper
- Purr Before Thunder
Q: 6 names
- Quarion Thrushglade
- Quelenna Starharp
- Quentin Halewell
- Quiet Chorus
- Quillon Rhapsode
- Quincy Quaverly
R: 43 names
- Rafe Halcyon
- Raffaello Dorigo
- Rafferty Woolsey
- Ragnhild Word-Hoard
- Rahere the Jester
- Raimbaut d'Aurenga
- Raimbaut de Vaqueiras
- Raimon de Miraval
- Rakshi Velvetdirge
- Ravaziel Brimstonelilt
- Recorder Rob
- Reed Squeak
- Reginald Rhymewell
- Reuben Cloverdale
- Reuben Ranzo
- Reverence Starsong
- Rhiannon Silverthroat
- Rhodri of the Crwth
- Rhogar Brasschant
- Rhys Goch Eryri
- Riardon Leafmurmur
R, continued
- Richard Coeur-de-Lion
- Rieta Honeyvoice
- Riswynn Alevoice
- Robert Henryson
- Robin Ballad-Bow
- Roderic Tallyarn
- Rognvald Kali Kolsson
- Rohesia Dain
- Roland Mirthsong
- Rolen Galecarol
- Rollo Merrimuffin
- Roondar Songwhistle
- Rory Dall O'Cahan
- Rosalind Fiddler
- Rosamund Thorne
- Roscoe Brightbelly
- Rosie Tealeaf
- Rowan Halloway
- Rune Halloran
- Rupert Rimshot
- Rurik Stonelyre
- Rutebeuf of Paris
S: 65 names
- Sabine Rousseau
- Sabrina Wildwood
- Sackbut Sal
- Sadko of Novgorod
- Saltwater Sue
- Sariel Nightingale
- Saskia Voorhees
- Scanlan Shorthalt
- Seamas Dall Mac Cuarta
- Sebastian Stagefright
- Second Fiddle Sim Dunnock
- Sedgwick Balloway
- Seebo Turnbuckle
- Selwyn Storycloak
- Senchan Torpeist
- Seraphina Brightbelly
- Seraphine Dreamchord
- Seven Strings at Dusk
- Shaena Barleymow
- Shanairra Silverlark
- Shantyman Silas Roper
- Shautha Drumfist
- Sighvat Skald
- Sighvat Thordarson
- Signor Bellavoce
- Signora Bellacanto
- Signorina Dolcezza
- Silaqui Thistlechime
- Silas Weatherby
- Sileas na Ceapaich
- Simkin Whistler
- Sindri Loreleaf
S, continued
- Sion Cent
- Sion Tudur
- Sir Balladin the Loud
- Sir Orfeo
- Sir Rhymes-a-Lot
- Skamos Emberchord
- Sneglu-Halli
- Snorri Sturluson
- Solange Thibodeau
- Sora Emberhorn
- Sorcha Dunleavy
- Sordello of Mantua
- Sorrel Wren
- Sorreth Hellcantor
- Sorrow Nightlyre
- Soveliss Moonsong
- Spoons Sidney
- Squeezebox Sam
- Squire Squeakstring
- Starkad the Old
- Steinunn Refsdottir
- Stellan Moorcroft
- Storm Silverhand
- Storykeeper Anwen
- Stuf the Blind
- Sturla Thordarson
- Surina Flamecarol
- Sutha Bonerattle
- Sybil Thornquist
- Sylmae Sunrefrain
- Sylvester Jigmaker
- Sylvi Anker
- Sylwen Glassharp
T: 156 names
- Tadhg Dall O hUiginn
- Taillefer of Hastings
- Tale Told Twice
- Tale-Warden Brannoc
- Talhaearn Tad Awen
- Taliesin Penbeirdd
- Tambourine Tess
- Tamsin Everly
- Tamsyn Tidecaller
- Tancred Alwyne
- Tannhauser the Minnesinger
- Tansy Applecart
- Taras Spivak
- Tarquin Offbeat
- Tavern Hush
- Tegan Silvermoon
- Temerity Songleaf
- Terpander of Lesbos
- Tessa Cantore
- Thaddeus Jongleur
- Thamior Evensong
- Thamyris the Thracian
- Thava Goldscale
- The Amber Aria
- The Ashen Aubade
- The Astonishing Arpeggio
- The Ballad-Thief
- The Bittern of Berdusk
- The Blackbird of Blackstaff
- The Brazen Balladeer
- The Bronze Bodhran
- The Cantor of Candlekeep
- The Chorister of Calimport
- The Cobalt Clarion
- The Copper Cantor
- The Cricket of the Crossroads
- The Crimson Chanteuse
- The Crooner of Cormyr
- The Cuckoo of Clock Square
T, continued
- The Dancing Drum
- The Dirge-Singer of Daggerford
- The Dusty Dulcimer
- The Earl of Earache
- The Emerald Elegy
- The Fearless Flageolet
- The Fiddler of Featherdale
- The Finch of the Ferry Landing
- The Forecastle Fiddler
- The Frosted Fiddle
- The Gilded Gittern
- The Gleeman of Greenest
- The Golden Gleeman
- The Great Glissando
- The Great Marvello
- The Grey Minstrel
- The Harper of Hillsfar
- The Heron of the Harbor Steps
- The Hollow Hurdy-Gurdy
- The Honeyed Harp
- The Humble Hornpipe
- The Incomparable Ippolita
- The Jade Jongleur
- The Jongleur of the Moonshaes
- The Kindly Kantele
- The Lark of Luskan
- The Laughing Lute
- The Lilac Lullaby
- The Linnet of Longsaddle
- The Lonesome Lyre
- The Magpie of the Market Cross
- The Marvellous Mandolino
- The Merry Mummer
- The Midnight Madrigal
- The Minstrel of Mirabar
- The Mockingbird of Marsember
- The Mournful Mandola
- The Nightingale of Neverwinter
- The Nightjar of the North Road
T, continued
- The Nimble Nocturne
- The Opal Ocarina
- The Owl of the Old Bridge
- The Painted Panpipe
- The Peerless Psaltery
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- The Piper of Phandalin
- The Quiet Quatrain
- The Restless Roundel
- The Rhymer of Ravens Bluff
- The Robin of the Rookery Inn
- The Rosewood Rebec
- The Ruby Rhymer
- The Scarlet Shawm
- The Silken Serenade
- The Silver Tongue of Baldur's Gate
- The Skald of Silverymoon
- The Sly Sonnet
- The Songbird of Secomber
- The Sparrow of Saltmarsh
- The Starling of Suzail
- The Sublime Sostenuto
- The Swan of the Salt Fens
- The Tarnished Trumpet
- The Tenor of Ten-Towns
- The Thrush of Triboar
- The Troubadour of Tethyr
- The Twilight Tabor
- The Unrivalled Ottavia
- The Unsung Understudy
- The Vagabond Vielle
- The Velvet Viol
- The Velvet Virelai
- The Voice of Waterdeep
- The Wandering Wren
- The Warbler of the Sword Coast
- The Whistler of Westgate
- The Wistful Whistle
- The Yodeler of Yartar
T, continued
- The Zealous Zither
- Thea Brightcadence
- Theirastra Glenviol
- Theodore Tunesmith
- Therai Blackverse
- Theren Amberstrain
- Thessaly Embertongue
- Thestor of the Seven Reeds
- Thia Oakhymn
- Thibault Lenoir
- Thibaut de Champagne
- Third Encore
- Thisbe Arkwright
- Thjodolf of Hvinir
- Thokk Hidedrum
- Thomas the Rhymer
- Thorarin Loftunga
- Thorarin Short-Cloak
- Thorbjorn Disarskald
- Thorbjorn Hornklofi
- Thorleif Jarlsskald
- Thormod Coal-Brow's-Poet
- Thotham Hornwinder
- Tiberio Malaspina
- Tin-Whistle Tam
- Tityros the Shepherd-Singer
- Tobias Merrymake
- Tobias Twangle
- Tobin Bramblewick
- Torna Eices
- Torstein Mead-Tongue
- Touchstone the Jester
- Tristan Goldentongue
- Tristan of Lyonesse
- Trym Squeezebellows
- Tudur Aled
- Tuning Peg
- Turlough O'Carolan
- Two Flutes Laughing
U: 7 names
- Uc de Saint Circ
- Ulric Vanterpool
- Ulrich von Lichtenstein
- Una Ravenhall
- Urard mac Coise
- Urreek Cloudcall
- Ursula Wintergreen
V: 17 names
- Vadania Vesperleaf
- Vaeril Duskcadence
- Vainamoinen the Eternal Singer
- Valanthe Silverchord
- Vani Merrylute
- Varis Sunchord
- Vaughn Estermont
- Vaunea Cliffchanter
- Verity Quince
- Verna Greenbottle
- Vesper Songbird
- Vexlyn Smokeverse
- Violante Serra
- Viscount Vibrato
- Volker of Alzey
- Volothamp Geddarm
- Vondal Mugthumper
W: 24 names
- Waldo Warblesby
- Walther von der Vogelweide
- Wamba the Witless
- Warryn Merrimac
- Washboard Winnie
- Wat Rimmer
- Waywocket Pennyhorn
- Wellby Tootlebank
- Wendeline Trillby
- Whistling Wat
- Widsith Far-Traveller
- Wilberforce Wailwell
- Wilbur Thumbleway
- Wilder Fairbanks
- Wilhelmina Warble
- Wilkin Waite
- Will Scarlet Redsong
- William Dunbar
- Winifred Ashdown
- Winston Wrongchord
- Wolfram von Eschenbach
- Wren Ashcombe
- Wrenn Quickquill
- Wystan Greaves
X: 3 names
- Xanaphia Starcadence
- Xanthe Merrow
- Xanthos Wine-and-Verse
Y: 8 names
- Yancy Yodelbottom
- Yestin Bellamy
- Yevelda Warsong
- Yolande Desrosiers
- Yorick Skullsong
- Ysabeau Marchant
- Ysolde Marchetti
- Yvette Coronach