Bretonnian Name Generator
Knights, damsels and peasants of Bretonnia
Generate Bretonnian names for Warhammer Fantasy, The Old World and Total War: knights like Galeran de Lyonesse and Aimery de Bordeleaux, ranks like Grail Knight Caradoc the Pure and Damsel Aude of Quenelles, epithets like Gauvain Orcbane, and peasants like Jacques le Meunier.
About Bretonnian names
Bretonnia is the kingdom of chivalry in Warhammer Fantasy, and its names follow one clear recipe: an Old French or Arthurian given name plus a byname that says where the knight holds land. The great dukedoms supply most of those bynames, so a knight is Galeran de Lyonesse, Aimery de Bordeleaux or Garin of Bastonne, while lesser lords take the name of a castle or village, as in Alain de Valcoeur. Both "de" and "of" are used, and the list leaves out accents for easy typing.
Rank matters as much as birth. A knight rises from Knight Errant to Knight of the Realm, may set out as a Questing Knight, and becomes a Grail Knight after drinking from the Grail of the Lady of the Lake. The list covers each step, with plain Sir names for Knights of the Realm, along with Paladins, Pegasus Knights and the Damsels and Prophetesses who serve the Lady. Heraldic epithets in both languages, from Gauvain Orcbane to Gui le Hardi, record a knight's deeds.
Peasants get one name and a trade or a nickname: Jacques le Meunier, Colin Mudfoot, Bowman Perrin. Use them for men-at-arms, bowmen and the villagers who watch the tourney from the mud.
How to choose Bretonnian names
- Pick the dukedom before the given name, because it sets the character. Mousillon suits a disgraced or sinister knight, Parravon a Pegasus rider from the mountains, Bordeleaux a lord of the coast, Couronne a knight close to the royal court.
- For a fief of your own, join two French words from landscape or heraldry the way the list does: Noirmont, Cygneblanc, Griffemont, Roche-au-Cerf.
- Let the title change over a campaign. Knight Errant Yvain the Eager can earn his spurs, take the questing vow and end as a Grail Knight with a new epithet.
- Keep peasants short and practical. One given name plus a trade (Pierre le Fevre) or a rank (Sergeant Hubert, Yeoman Huguet Longbow) is all a regiment of bowmen needs.
- Epithets come in French and English. Use le Hardi or Sans-Peur for a courtly tone and Beastslayer or Wyrmslayer when the knight is named for a kill.
Frequently asked questions
How are Bretonnian names formed?
Nobles use a French or Arthurian given name followed by the dukedom or fief they belong to, such as Evrard de Quenelles or Lady Aelis de Couronne. A rank or vow can go in front (Questing Knight Ogier the Wanderer) and an epithet behind (Landry Oathkeeper). Peasants have a single name with a trade or nickname, like Remy le Berger.
What are the dukedoms of Bretonnia?
The setting has fourteen: Couronne, L'Anguille, Artois, Lyonesse, Mousillon, Bordeleaux, Aquitaine, Brionne, Quenelles, Carcassonne, Bastonne, Gisoreux, Montfort and Parravon. Every one of them appears as a byname in the list, next to invented smaller fiefs such as Valcoeur and Rochebrune.
Are these names of characters from the Warhammer books and games?
No. They are original names in the style of the setting, meant for your own generals, heroes and regiments. Famous figures such as Louen Leoncoeur and Repanse de Lyonesse are not in the list, and this page is a fan resource with no tie to the publisher.
Can I use these names outside Warhammer?
Yes. Leave out the dukedoms and the Grail titles and you have a French-flavored medieval cast for any setting. Names with invented fiefs, such as Berenger de Rochebrune, and the peasant names, such as Margot la Boulangere, need no change at all.
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All 500 Bretonnian names
A: 34 names
- Adhemar de Brionne
- Adhemar de Terre-Rouge
- Aelis de Tour-d'Aigle
- Aelis the Fair
- Agnes de Chantecler
- Agnes la Tisserande
- Aimery de Bordeleaux
- Aimery of the Red Hart
- Alain de l'Anguille
- Alain de Valcoeur
- Alain the Younger
A, continued
- Aleaume
- Alienor la Belle
- Alison of the Dairy
- Amaury d'Aquitaine
- Amaury du Val-Perdu
- Anselm the Cooper
- Anselme d'Artois
- Anselme le Fier
- Archambaud d'Epine-Noire
- Archambaud de Mousillon
- Archer Colin of Bastonne
A, continued
- Archer Jacquot Greenhood
- Arnaud de Bordeleaux
- Arnaud de l'Etang
- Arnaud Greenskin-Bane
- Aubert d'Aubepine
- Aubert de Couronne
- Aubert the Bold
- Aubry Main-de-Fer
- Aubry of Parravon
- Aymeric de Carcassonne
- Aymon
- Aymon of Mousillon
B: 41 names
- Baron Aubry de Mont-Sanglier
- Baron Foulques de Noirmont
- Baron Galeran de Haute-Tour
- Baron Guichard de Sombreval
- Baron Hugues de Corbeval
- Baron Josselin de Boisvert
- Baron Lothaire de Griffemont
- Baron Odo de Montargent
- Baron Renaud de Clairbois
- Baron Thibaut de Grisval
- Baroness Alienor de Lac-Serein
- Baroness Hersende de Vieux-Chene
- Baroness Mathilde de Cygneblanc
B, continued
- Baroness Richilde de Beaurivage
- Battle Pilgrim Gaspard
- Baudouin de Quenelles
- Baudouin the Undaunted
- Berenger de Rochebrune
- Bernart de Brionne
- Bernart le Juste
- Berthe de Rougemarais
- Bertin Hayfork
- Bertin le Charron
- Bertran de Bordeleaux
- Bertran de Lysfleur
- Bertran the Unhorsed
- Bertrand of Carcassonne
B, continued
- Big Jacquot
- Blaise de Brionne
- Blaise de Gue-du-Cerf
- Blaise Goosefeather
- Blaise le Sergent
- Blanche la Pieuse
- Blanchefleur
- Bohort d'Aquitaine
- Bowman Guillot of Quenelles
- Bowman Perrin
- Bowman Remy Quickdraw
- Brandelis
- Brandelis de Lyonesse
- Brunissende
C: 21 names
- Calogrenant
- Calogrenant de Parravon
- Caradoc of Lyonesse
- Carter Jacques
- Castellan Bernart of the Axe Bite
- Castellan Garin of the Pale Sisters
- Castellan Herve de Hautecloche
- Castellan Milon de Blancastel
- Cateline de Malegarde
- Clarissant
C, continued
- Cliges
- Clotaire de Champ-Dolent
- Clotaire de Gisoreux
- Colette la Meuniere
- Colin le Tonnelier
- Colin Mudfoot
- Conan de Hautvent
- Conan de Montfort
- Conan le Vaillant
- Constance de Brumeval
- Corentin of L'Anguille
D: 25 names
- Damsel Alix de Gisoreux
- Damsel Aude of Quenelles
- Damsel Colette de Couronne
- Damsel Edeline of Bordeleaux
- Damsel Emeline de Sainte-Aure
- Damsel Enide de Lyonesse
- Damsel Flore de Carcassonne
- Damsel Lunete de Brionne
- Damsel Marguerite d'Aquitaine
- Damsel Odette of the Silver Mere
- Damsel Rohese of Parravon
- Damsel Ysabeau of the Mists
D, continued
- Denis de Belcastel
- Dinadan
- Douceline
- Dreux d'Artois
- Dreux de la Motte-Grise
- Dreux of the Golden Spur
- Drummer Pierrot
- Duchess Brunissende of Aquitaine
- Duchess Constance de Couronne
- Duchess Melisende of Quenelles
- Duke Aimery of Parravon
- Duke Landry of Gisoreux
- Duke Perceval de Brionne
E: 19 names
- Edeline de Hautecloche
- Eglantine
- Elie du Pont-Vieux
- Elie Longue-Lance
- Elie of Bordeleaux
- Enguerrand de Couronne
- Enguerrand Lancebreaker
- Enide
- Erec
E, continued
- Erec de Quenelles
- Esclarmonde
- Etienne of Parravon
- Eudes de Sainte-Aure
- Eudes the Faithful
- Eustache de Combe-Noire
- Eustache de Gisoreux
- Evrard de la Haye-Vive
- Evrard de Quenelles
- Evrard the Dauntless
F: 12 names
- Fenice
- Ferrand de Clairmont
- Ferrand le Sage
- Ferrand of Brionne
- Flore de Blancastel
- Florent d'Aquitaine
- Florent du Lac-Blanc
- Florent l'Epervier
- Foulques de la Garde-Blanche
- Foulques Hawkcrest
- Foulques of Artois
- Fromont
G: 60 names
- Gaheriet of Lyonesse
- Galaad
- Galeran Beastslayer
- Galeran de Lyonesse
- Ganelon de Mousillon
- Garin of Bastonne
- Garin of the Lily
- Gaspard le Charbonnier
- Gaspard the Reeve
- Gaston of Bordeleaux
- Gaucher de Gisoreux
- Gaucher de Val-Dormant
- Gaucher Sans-Peur
- Gautier de Montargent
- Gauvain de Couronne
G, continued
- Gauvain Orcbane
- Geoffroi de Bastonne
- Geoffroi Strongarm
- Gervais d'Artois
- Gervais du Haut-Chastel
- Gervais Wyrmslayer
- Girard de Longue-Haie
- Girard le Blanc
- Girard of Aquitaine
- Girflet de Parravon
- Gisele de Fontarelle
- Gontran de Bastonne
- Gontran the Red Boar
- Gornemant
- Gornemant de Quenelles
G, continued
- Grail Damsel Amice de Parravon
- Grail Damsel Beatrix of Gisoreux
- Grail Damsel Iseut de l'Anguille
- Grail Knight Aymon of Carcassonne
- Grail Knight Caradoc the Pure
- Grail Knight Enguerrand of Aquitaine
- Grail Knight Florent de Cygneblanc
- Grail Knight Geoffroi de Montfort
- Grail Knight Lionel de Bordeleaux
- Grail Knight Urien the Steadfast
- Grail Pilgrim Huguet
- Guenievre
- Guerin de l'Anguille
- Guerin de Sanglac
- Guerin the Grail-Sworn
G, continued
- Guerrehet
- Gui le Hardi
- Gui le Long
- Guibert de Castelmer
- Guibert de Parravon
- Guichard Coeur-Vaillant
- Guichard de Montfort
- Guilhem de Brionne
- Guilhem du Bois-Gris
- Guillemette des Marches
- Guillemette la Rousse
- Guillot Crookstaff
- Guillot le Pecheur
- Guiraut de Carcassonne
- Guiscard de Mousillon
H: 25 names
- Halberdier Blaise the Stout
- Halberdier Martin
- Hector de Parravon
- Henri de Haute-Tour
- Henri le Noir
- Herbert du Chene-Rond
- Hersende de Haut-Pre
- Herve Bras-de-Fer
- Herve of Bastonne
- Hoel
- Hoel of L'Anguille
- Honorine de Valcoeur
H, continued
- Hugo Billhook
- Hugo de Carcassonne
- Hugo le Preux
- Hugo le Veneur
- Hugues d'Artois
- Hugues de Chevalmont
- Hugues the Stalwart
- Huguet le Vacher
- Huguet the Gleaner
- Humbert de Roc-Gris
- Humbert Ironhelm
- Humbert of Quenelles
- Huon
I: 7 names
- Isabeau the Banner-Bearer
- Isarn de Carcassonne
- Isembart de Corbeval
- Isembart de Mousillon
- Isembart of the Black Lance
- Iseut
- Isolde de Garde-Joyeuse
J: 16 names
- Jacques le Meunier
- Jacques of the Ford
- Jacquette de Marais-Gris
- Jacquette of the Well
- Jacquot le Fournier
- Jaufre de Bordeleaux
- Jaufre de Grisval
- Jeanne la Fileuse
J, continued
- Jehan de Couronne
- Jehan le Rouquin
- Jehan Pikestaff
- Jehan the Courteous
- Jehanne the Wise
- Josselin de l'Anguille
- Josselin des Trois-Tours
- Josselin Dragonsbane
K: 7 names
- Knight Errant Aubin de Valcoeur
- Knight Errant Colin de Brionne
- Knight Errant Jehan of Gisoreux
- Knight Errant Lancelin de Boisvert
- Knight Errant Perrinet of Bastonne
- Knight Errant Thierry the Untested
- Knight Errant Yvain the Eager
L: 46 names
- Lady Aelis de Couronne
- Lady Aveline of Couronne
- Lady Blanchefleur of Lyonesse
- Lady Clarisse de Mousillon
- Lady Clemence de Bordeleaux
- Lady Douceline de Brionne
- Lady Eglantine d'Aquitaine
- Lady Ermeline de Clairmont
- Lady Fenice of Quenelles
- Lady Garsende de Carcassonne
- Lady Heloise de Parravon
L, continued
- Lady Isabeau de Gisoreux
- Lady Jehanne de Bastonne
- Lady Laudine of Montfort
- Lady Melisende de l'Anguille
- Lady Nicolette d'Artois
- Lady Peronelle de Valcoeur
- Lady Rosamonde of the Brienne
- Lady Sibylle de Rochebrune
- Lady Tiphaine de Hautvent
- Lady Viviane de Sainte-Aure
- Lady Yolande de Belcastel
- Lambert de Roseraie
L, continued
- Lambert of Artois
- Lambert Trollhewer
- Lamorat
- Landry de Couronne
- Landry de Noirmont
- Landry Oathkeeper
- Laudine
- Leger de Brumeval
- Leger of Gisoreux
- Leger Tete-Haute
- Levy Captain Hubert
L, continued
- Lienor
- Lionel de Lyonesse
- Little Colin
- Lord Anselme of the Grey Marches
- Lord Bohort de Garde-Joyeuse
- Lord Evrard de Fontarelle
- Lord Rainier de Haut-Pre
- Lord Savary de Marais-Gris
- Lothaire de Quenelles
- Lothaire des Roches-Grises
- Lothaire the Oathbound
- Lunete
M: 29 names
- Mahaut de la Fontaine-Claire
- Mahaut la Vaillante
- Mahaut the Alewife
- Man-at-Arms Hugo of Bordeleaux
- Man-at-Arms Jehan Dentshield
- Man-at-Arms Robin
- Manasses de Mont-Cygne
- Manasses de Montfort
- Margot la Boulangere
- Marie la Lavandiere
- Marquis Etienne de Malegarde
- Marquis Florent de Chantecler
- Marquis Gervais de Rougemarais
- Marquis Raoul de Tour-d'Aigle
M, continued
- Martin le Bouvier
- Martin Turnip-Cart
- Mathieu de Gisoreux
- Mathieu de Hautefeuille
- Mathieu le Jeune
- Mathurin le Tisserand
- Meliant
- Meliant of Couronne
- Melisende of the Swan
- Melusine
- Miller Anselm
- Milon d'Artois
- Milon de Mont-Sanglier
- Milon Shieldbreaker
- Morvan de l'Anguille
N: 4 names
- Naimes
- Nicolas de Clairbois
- Nicolas de Parravon
- Nicolas le Vieux
O: 14 names
- Odilon the Silent
- Odo Halfpenny
- Odo l'Archer
- Ogier de Bastonne
- Ogier de Sombreval
- Ogier Truelance
- Old Mathurin
- Olivier d'Aquitaine
- Olivier des Aigles
- Olivier Goldenhelm
- Onfroi de Pont-d'Argent
- Onfroi of Gisoreux
- Orable
- Othon of Montfort
P: 39 names
- Paladin Archambaud d'Artois
- Paladin Baudouin the Just
- Paladin Eudes the Unyielding
- Paladin Guerin de Mousillon
- Paladin Hugues Ironvow
- Paladin Mathieu of Lyonesse
- Paladin Olivier of Couronne
- Paladin Raimbaut de l'Anguille
- Paladin Sagremor de Noirmont
- Paladin Turold of Bastonne
- Palamede
- Payen de Bastonne
- Pegasus Knight Alain de Hautvent
P, continued
- Pegasus Knight Girflet of Parravon
- Pegasus Knight Yves Cloudrider
- Peire of Brionne
- Perceval de Lyonesse
- Perceval of the White Stag
- Perrette la Bergere
- Perrin le Boucher
- Perrin Straightshaft
- Petronille du Val-Perdu
- Pierre le Fevre
- Pierre of Three Oaks
- Pierrot le Mercier
- Pilgrim Mathurin
P, continued
- Poacher Renard
- Pons de Carcassonne
- Pons de Griffemont
- Pons the Elder
- Prophetess Elaine of the White Tower
- Prophetess Esclarmonde of Brionne
- Prophetess Genevieve de Bastonne
- Prophetess Hildegarde de Montfort
- Prophetess Lienor of Bordeleaux
- Prophetess Melusine de Lyonesse
- Prophetess Orable de Quenelles
- Prophetess Soredamors of Couronne
- Prophetess Ydain of the Forest of Arden
Q: 7 names
- Questing Knight Amaury Sans-Terre
- Questing Knight Dreux of the Long Road
- Questing Knight Galaad de Lyonesse
- Questing Knight Gornemant the Grey
- Questing Knight Hoel de Sainte-Aure
- Questing Knight Ogier the Wanderer
- Questing Knight Renaud of Quenelles
R: 25 names
- Raimbaut de Mousillon
- Raimbaut le Roux
- Raimon de Brionne
- Rainier de la Tour-Noire
- Rainier of Quenelles
- Rainier the Tall
- Rainouart
- Raoul de Boisvert
- Raoul de Gisoreux
- Raoul the Gallant
- Reeve Pierrot
- Regnier de Montfort
R, continued
- Regnier de Tour-Blanche
- Relic-Bearer Thibault
- Remy le Berger
- Remy Pied-de-Boue
- Renaud d'Aquitaine
- Renaud of the Silver Lance
- Robin le Porcher
- Robin of the Mill
- Roland of Couronne
- Roland the Valorous
- Rotrou de Bastonne
- Rotrou de Bois-Hardi
- Rotrou le Sanglier
S: 39 names
- Sagremor
- Sagremor of Mousillon
- Savary de Bordeleaux
- Savary Stormrider
- Sergeant Hubert
- Sergeant Mathieu Ironcap
- Sicard of Carcassonne
- Siege Hand Martin
- Sigebert of Montfort
- Simon de Vieux-Chene
- Simon le Grand
- Sir Aleaume de Couronne
- Sir Brice of Gisoreux
S, continued
- Sir Denis de l'Anguille
- Sir Dinadan de Rochebrune
- Sir Fromont de Belcastel
- Sir Galien of the Marches
- Sir Guerri de Hautvent
- Sir Gui de Bastonne
- Sir Helie d'Artois
- Sir Huon of the Grismerie
- Sir Jaufre of Lyonesse
- Sir Lancelin de Bordeleaux
- Sir Mahieu de Brionne
- Sir Odilon de Quenelles
- Sir Perrin of Parravon
S, continued
- Sir Renier de Carcassonne
- Sir Thomas de Montfort
- Sir Urbain d'Aquitaine
- Sir Vivien de Mousillon
- Sir Yvonet de Valcoeur
- Soredamors
- Spearman Huguet of Gisoreux
- Spearman Pierre
- Squire Guillot the Younger
- Squire Jacquemin of Bastonne
- Squire Perrin de Rochebrune
- Squire Robin de Clairbois
- Swineherd Gui
T: 11 names
- Thibault le Petit
- Thibaut Boar-Spear
- Thibaut de la Roche-au-Cerf
- Thibaut of Couronne
- Thierry of Aquitaine
- Thierry the Pure
- Thomas de Beaurivage
- Thomasse the Midwife
- Tiphaine
- Turold de Bastonne
- Turold le Fort
U: 3 names
- Urien
- Urien de Lyonesse
- Ursin de Cygneblanc
V: 3 names
- Villein Bertin
- Villein Odo of Mousillon
- Vivien