Dragon Slayer Name Generator

Hard heroic names with earned wyrm-killing bynames

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Generate 500 dragon slayer names such as Sigrun Wyrmbane, Aldric the Scalebreaker, Halvard of the Burnt March and Garrick Two-Drakes. The list mixes earned bynames, epithets, knightly titles, folk-tale heroes and legendary slayers like Sigurd and Beowulf.

About dragon slayer names

Dragon slayers are among the oldest heroes in European storytelling, and their names follow a pattern: a short, hard given name, with the deed supplying the rest. In the Norse Volsung legend Sigurd kills the dragon Fafnir and is remembered ever after as Fafnir's Bane. The Old English poem Beowulf ends with its aged king dying in a fight with a dragon, helped only by his young kinsman Wiglaf. Saint George, Tristan, the Russian bogatyr Dobrynya Nikitich and the Persian hero Rostam all have dragon fights of their own.

This generator keeps that shape. Most entries pair a given name from Norse, Old English, Germanic, Welsh or Slavic stock with a byname that sounds earned: Sigrun Wyrmbane, Aldric the Scalebreaker, Halvard of the Burnt March. Others are knights of invented orders, slayers named in other languages (Drachentöter is simply German for dragon killer), aliases such as Cinderproof, and tally names like Garrick Two-Drakes.

Folk tales matter too. In the Polish legend of the Wawel dragon, later tellings give the kill to a cobbler named Skuba, who fed the beast a sheep stuffed with sulfur. That is why shepherds, millers' sons and a milkmaid appear here beside the knights.

How to choose dragon slayer names

  • Pick the deed first and let it write the byname. A slayer who brought a dragon down from the air is Skyfeller, and one who tracked it to its cave is Lairfinder.
  • Keep the given name short and hard. One or two syllables with a strong consonant, such as Gorm, Signy or Ketil, leave room for a long byname.
  • Use a tally name for a veteran and an epithet for a one-time hero. Garrick Two-Drakes has a career, while Ferdinand the Flammable had one very bad afternoon.
  • For a humble hero, name the trade and not the kill. Tam the Shepherd's Boy and Marek the Tanner promise a cleverer story than another knight with a lance.
  • Say the full name aloud as a herald would. If it cannot be shouted across a great hall in one breath, trim the byname.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a good dragon slayer name?

A plain, strong given name plus a byname that records the deed. Sigrun Wyrmbane, Gorm Hornbreaker and Signy Scalesplitter all tell you what happened without a line of backstory. Avoid stacking more than one title, since the byname should do the work.

Are the legendary slayers in the list from real myths?

Yes. Sigurd, Beowulf, Wiglaf, Saint George, Dobrynya Nikitich and Rostam are dragon fighters from Norse, Old English, Christian, Russian and Persian tradition. Only a small group of entries are legendary figures of this kind, and the rest are invented for this generator.

What does Wyrmbane mean?

Wyrm is the Old English word for a serpent or dragon, and bane meant a killer or a cause of death, so Wyrmbane is simply dragon killer. The same pattern sits behind Sigurd's Old Norse byname Fafnisbani, the bane of Fafnir.

Can I use these names for D&D and other tabletop games?

Yes. They suit fighters, paladins, rangers and any character whose backstory includes a dragon, and titled entries such as Dame Hesper Coldbrook work well for veteran quest givers. For the dragon itself, use the dragon name generator linked below.

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All 500 dragon slayer names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

Plain text, one name per line.

A: 29 names

  • Adelheid Frostlance
  • Agatha of Glowing Deep
  • Agnes the Unimpressed
  • Ailsa the Arrow
  • Alaric Fangtaker
  • Alchemist Quentin Brimstone
  • Aldous the Scarred
  • Aldric the Scalebreaker
  • Aldwin of Scorched Hollow
  • Alexios Serpentfeller
  • Alfhild Serpentsbane
  • Aliénor Wingshear
  • Alonso Flamewarden
  • Alun the Anvil
  • Alys of the Kitchens
  • Amaury le Tueur de Dragons
  • Ambrose of the Charred Abbey
  • Amice of the Cindered Vale
  • Annis the Beekeeper
  • Anselm Flamebreaker
  • Ansgar the Relentless
  • Anwen the Ash-Crowned
  • Aoife the Avenger
  • Apprentice Nell Sparrow
  • Arbalest Anneke
  • Arne Lairbreaker
  • Asmund Fangbreaker
  • Astrid Wingclipper
  • Audun the Thrice-Bitten

B: 31 names

  • Baldric Ironlance
  • Ballista-Master Orsolya Vane
  • Barefoot Bram
  • Bartholomew the Bait
  • Bastian the Bolt
  • Beltrán Wyrmtaker
  • Beowulf
  • Berit the Sky-Hunter
  • Bertil Clipped-Wing
  • Bertrand Brandbearer
  • Bevis of Hampton
  • Bjorn Hornsplitter
  • Black-Bolt Beatrix
  • Bogatyr Ratibor Ironbelt
  • Bogdan Wyrmstalker
  • Bohemond of the Broken Eyrie
  • Bolt-Sergeant Finch Harrow
  • Boneseller
  • Borghild the Serpent's Sorrow
  • Botond Sárkányölő
  • Brandt Scalebreaker
  • Brannoch Wyrmender
  • Branwen of the Drowned Lair
  • Brass-Shield Bodil
  • Brenna of Cinderford
  • Brewer Aldo Strongmash
  • Brimstone Bartek
  • Bron the Twice-Burned
  • Bronislava Ashenshield
  • Brother Aldhelm of the Scorched Cowl
  • Brynhild Wyrmcleaver

C: 24 names

  • Cadmus of Thebes
  • Cadoc Firewalker
  • Callum the Cinder-Sworn
  • Captain Isaura of the Sky Harpoons
  • Captain Rourke Emberley
  • Cathal of the Basalt Stair
  • Catrin of Coldforge
  • Cedric Longspear
  • Chain-Hook Casper
  • Chevalier Gaspard de Montfeu
  • Cinderproof
  • Clean-Kill Kjartan
  • Colby the Charcoal Burner
  • Cold-Iron Clem
  • Coldhand
  • Colm the Quiet
  • Conall the Cliff-Climber
  • Cooper Anselm Barrelstave
  • Corin of Ashvale
  • Cormac the Coal-Walker
  • Corrie Netts the Fisher Lass
  • Corvane Drakereaver
  • Cousin Dolf the Poacher
  • Cuthbert the Unroasted

D: 21 names

  • Dagfinn of Howling Chimney
  • Dagmar Dozen-Drakes
  • Dagny Windlance
  • Dame Agnieszka of the Long Pike
  • Dame Elspeth Harrowgate
  • Dame Hesper Coldbrook
  • Dame Petronella Frost
  • Dame Rosamund Flint
  • Dame Winifred Blackfield
  • Dead-Eye Dervla
  • Deep-Breath Dorothea
  • Deirdre the Dauntless
  • Demetrios Skylance
  • Dietrich Dragonsbane
  • Dietrich of Bern
  • Dobrynya Nikitich
  • Don Álvaro de Sierpe
  • Doran the Doom of Drakes
  • Dorran Scalecutter
  • Drystan of Greywing Moor
  • Dunstan the Blacksmith

E: 20 names

  • Eadgar Wyrmbana
  • Eadric Tailcutter
  • Eadwin Wiglafson
  • Edda the Unburned
  • Edith of Smoking Tarn
  • Egil Scorchmark
  • Eira the Snow-Blind
  • Eirene Scalerender
  • Eirik Beastfeller
  • Elfrida the Undaunted
  • Elvira Smokewalker
  • Emberjack
  • Embla the Ember-Eyed
  • Emeric of Dragon's Rest
  • Emrys Stormbolt
  • Eskil the Nest-Finder
  • Étienne Brise-Écailles
  • Evrard of the Scalded Coast
  • Ewald the Heartseeker
  • Ewan the Ever-Watchful

F: 13 names

  • Falk Swiftbolt
  • Farmer Odo of Thistlewick
  • Farrier Hugh Hotshoe
  • Fenella the Fierce
  • Ferdinand the Flammable
  • Fergus the Furnace-Hearted
  • Fernán Matadragones
  • Finn the Stablehand
  • Firebreak
  • First-Strike Frida
  • Five-Fang Fenwick
  • Freydis Flamequencher
  • Frode the Wanderer

G: 28 names

  • Garin of Sootbridge
  • Garrick Two-Drakes
  • Geraint Cavewalker
  • Gerhard Wyrmfeller
  • Gernot Lindwurmtöter
  • Gethin the Gaunt
  • Ginevra Lanciadifuoco
  • Gisela Embershield
  • Giselher Drachentod
  • Godwin the Flameproof
  • Goldblind
  • Goodman Alder the Retired
  • Goody Thackeray the Herbwife
  • Gorm Hornbreaker
  • Grandmaster Aurelio Venn
  • Granny Ashpole
  • Granny Harpoon
  • Graywing's Bane
  • Great-Bow Godfrey
  • Greta the Fishwife
  • Greta the Grim
  • Grim Cindershield
  • Gudrun Heartpiercer
  • Guildmaster Horst Bracken
  • Guillaume Wyrmbreaker
  • Gunnar Wyrmsdoom
  • Guy of Warwick
  • Gwenllian of the Red Peak

H: 29 names

  • Hadrian Soothand
  • Hakan of the Melted Gate
  • Håkon Dragedreper
  • Hakon Terrorsend
  • Halberd Henrik
  • Halfdan of Wormhill
  • Halfhelm
  • Halla the Hammer
  • Halvard of the Burnt March
  • Harald Wyrmhook
  • Harlan the Smoke-Eyed
  • Harpoon Hattie
  • Harpooner Jory Pike
  • Hedda of Hollow Mountain
  • Hedwig Coldsteel
  • Helga Wingbreaker
  • Hervor Hoardbane
  • Hilda Ashwalker
  • Hildegund Drachenschreck
  • Hob the Miller's Son
  • Holger Dragedræber
  • Hroar the Thunder-Voiced
  • Hrolf Ormsbani
  • Hugo the Half-Cooked
  • Humphrey the Slightly Singed
  • Hundred-Teeth Hrafn
  • Hunt-Mistress Calla Verrin
  • Huscarl Eadwulf Longaxe
  • Hywel the Hawk

I: 15 names

  • Idris the Unyielding
  • Ingeborg of White Ash
  • Ingolf Sigmundsson
  • Ingrid Emberproof
  • Ingvar of Drakesholm
  • Íñigo Matasierpes
  • Innkeeper Bruna Tapper
  • Iron-Net Ingram
  • Isabeau Ashveil
  • Isarn the Cold-Blooded
  • Isen the Unshaken
  • Isla the Iron-Willed
  • Isolde Wyrmsorrow
  • Ivan the Youngest Son
  • Ivar Scalecleaver

J: 10 names

  • Jack of the Tinder Marsh
  • Jarek Forty-Scales
  • Jarl Steinar Ashbeard
  • Jehanne Truelance
  • Jem Wick the Lamplighter
  • Jimena Drakecleaver
  • Jocelyn of the Bone Fields
  • Jorge Rompescamas
  • Jorund the Wing-Taker
  • Journeyman Rafe Colborne

K: 13 names

  • Kaelen Wyrmgrave
  • Katla the Flame-Kissed
  • Kazimierz Smokobójca
  • Kazimir Scaleshear
  • Kestrel the Keen-Eyed
  • Ketil Boltcaster
  • King Krak
  • King Osmund the Scale-Crowned
  • Knight-Commander Roswitha Eisenfaust
  • Knight-Errant Lucian Ashby
  • Knut Goldspurner
  • Kolbjorn of Icefang Ridge
  • Konrad Drakehewer

L: 25 names

  • Lachlan the Long-Strider
  • Lady Cinder
  • Lady Ottoline Drake
  • Lagertha Drakespear
  • Lance-Captain Brenna Holt
  • Last-Stand Leofgar
  • Lastlance
  • Leif the Lucky Lance
  • Leofric Coldiron
  • Leofwin of Ashen Weald
  • Liesl of Charwood
  • Little Ilse Stonethrow
  • Liv Ildfast
  • Long-Pike Lena
  • Longshot
  • Lord Evander Stroud
  • Lord Warden Cassian Marlowe
  • Lorenz of the Sulfur Pits
  • Lothar Scalecloak
  • Lucan the Lightfoot
  • Lucía Lanza de Ceniza
  • Luckless Lorcan
  • Lucky Lisbet
  • Ludmila Hoardspurner
  • Ludo of Lairwatch

M: 30 names

  • Machteld Vuurvast
  • Mad Marta Pitchfork
  • Maddock of Embermoor
  • Madoc the Ninth Spear
  • Maelis Dragonsgrief
  • Maeve the Many-Scarred
  • Magnhild the Mountain-Climber
  • Mara of the Black Crags
  • Marek the Tanner
  • Margaux Coeur-de-Cendre
  • Marit of Thundertarn
  • Marshal Yseult Thorne
  • Marta the Unscorched
  • Master Huntsman Edrec Vaughn
  • Matteo Spezzascaglie
  • Maud the Dragon's Dread
  • Mechthild Drakesnare
  • Meg o' the Marsh
  • Melisende Scalepiercer
  • Meltmark
  • Merrick Burnscar
  • Midwife Hanne Steadyhands
  • Militsa Talontaker
  • Milkmaid Dorrit Pail-Swinger
  • Mirror-Shield
  • Moira the Moor-Walker
  • Moll Spade the Gravedigger
  • More of More Hall
  • Morwen the Merciless
  • Mother Ballista

N: 9 names

  • Nan Tarrow the Goose Girl
  • Ned Rooftop the Thatcher
  • Nerys of the Steam Vents
  • Netcaster
  • Niamh the Night-Hunter
  • Nikephoros Wyrmsplitter
  • Nils the Blackened
  • Nine-Scar Hallam
  • Ninefires

O: 17 names

  • Oddvar of Skyreach
  • Old Bess Ballista
  • Old Marta Ninefingers
  • Old Scorch
  • Old Tom Cinders
  • Olivier Gildedlance
  • One-Arrow Wynn
  • One-Shot Odette
  • Oren the Well-Digger
  • Oriel of the Glass Desert
  • Orla the Blessed Blade
  • Orm Wormsbane
  • Osric Hoardbreaker
  • Oswin the Last Lance
  • Ottar the Patient
  • Ottilie of Fellwing Crag
  • Owain Deepdelver

P: 11 names

  • Paladin Seraphine Dawnward
  • Percival Brightlance
  • Petronel of Goldbarrow
  • Philippa of Kindlemere
  • Pig-Keeper Wat
  • Pilar of the High Pass
  • Piran of Tinder Hill
  • Poisoner Agathe Nightshade
  • Pollaxe Pernille
  • Prince Leander of the Red Lance
  • Princess Rosalind Spearborn

Q: 2 names

  • Queen Ragna Skullthrone
  • Quenchfire

R: 26 names

  • Radomir Drakebreaker
  • Ragnar Lodbrok
  • Ragnfrid Sigurdsdottir
  • Ragnhild Skyfeller
  • Rainer of Smoldergate
  • Randolf the Roast-Proof
  • Ranger Maren Tallpine
  • Red-Spear Rollo
  • Redmaw's End
  • Reinhard Hearttaker
  • Renaud Scorchshield
  • Rhosyn the Red Spear
  • Ritter Ulrich vom Drachenstein
  • Roald of the Red Fjord
  • Robin Spit-Turner
  • Roderick Charhand
  • Rodrigo Cinderhelm
  • Roland Drakesend
  • Ronan the Ruin of Wyrms
  • Rosalind the Baker's Daughter
  • Rostam
  • Rowan the Fire-Tried
  • Ruggero Ammazzadraghi
  • Runa Drakefall
  • Rurik the Long-Armed
  • Rutger of Redscale Cliff

S: 47 names

  • Saint George
  • Sancha Emberlance
  • Saskia of the Sunken Hoard
  • Scout Ilse Quickwater
  • Seren the Star-Spear
  • Sergeant Dunstan Crake
  • Seven-Wyrms Sefa
  • Severin of the Sky Bridge
  • She Who Felled the Gilded One
  • Shield-Brother Skeggi
  • Shieldmaiden Hjordis Stormbrow
  • Sibbe the Stubborn
  • Siege-Engineer Bruna Castellan
  • Siegfried of Xanten
  • Sigmund the Volsung
  • Signe the Red-Handed
  • Signy Scalesplitter
  • Sigrid Lancebreaker
  • Sigrun Wyrmbane
  • Sigurd Fafnir's Bane
  • Silver-Spear Sunhild
  • Sir Ambrose Kindle
  • Sir Benedikt of the Burning Field

S, continued

  • Sir Corwin Ashdown
  • Sir Leoric Dawnmantle
  • Sir Matthias Greaves
  • Sir Percy the Mostly Unburnt
  • Sister Verity Ashgrove
  • Skuba the Cobbler
  • Smolder
  • Snorri Horntaker
  • Solveig Trueshot
  • Soot-Lung Soren
  • Sootface
  • Sorrel the Sure-Shot
  • Spear-Sister Solva
  • Squire Jessamy Thorn
  • Squire Pip Hollowell
  • Steady-Hand Stig
  • Stellan the Sure
  • Sten Ashborn
  • Sten Drakdödare
  • Stillwind
  • Sunniva of Fallen Spire
  • Svanhild Flightender
  • Swineherd Dobbin
  • Swithin of Hoardhill

T: 60 names

  • Tam the Shepherd's Boy
  • Tamsin Drakeskinner
  • Tancred the Fearless
  • Tegan the Thunderbolt
  • Teodor of Three Skulls Pass
  • Thane Osgar Blackhearth
  • The Bellringer
  • The Brass Shield
  • The Chain Thrower
  • The Crossbow Saint
  • The Drummer Boy of Emberton
  • The Gray Lancer
  • The Hoard-Taker
  • The Hollow-Eyed Hunter
  • The Knight of Cinders
  • The Knight of the Burnt Banner
  • The Lairwatcher
  • The Lance of the North
  • The Last of the Lancers
  • The Man Who Killed Old Brimstone
  • The Orphan of Ashvale
  • The Patient Arrow
  • The Ratcatcher of Hollowfen
  • The Red Harpooner
  • The Salamander
  • The Scale Merchant
  • The Skyfisher
  • The Soot Knight
  • The Spear of Hollowfen
  • The Tanner of Wyrmhide

T, continued

  • The Thrice-Burned Man
  • The Tooth Collector
  • The Underbelly Man
  • The Widowed Knight
  • The Windward Spear
  • Theodora Pyrebreaker
  • Theodric Smokeblind
  • Thessaly of Nine Pyres
  • Thibault Dragonhewer
  • Thick-Hide Thilde
  • Thora Blacklance
  • Thora Venomproof
  • Thorgrim Wingrender
  • Three-Horn Thessa
  • Thyra Drakesbane
  • Thyri Ragnarsdottir
  • Tiernan the Tireless
  • Tilda Sheepbait
  • Tinker Bartleby Pots
  • Tirzah of the Salt Caves
  • Tobiah the Brave Tailor
  • Torin of Wyrmwater
  • Torsten Halfburnt
  • Torvald the Gold-Blind
  • Tove Eyepiercer
  • Tower-Shield Thurstan
  • Trapper Oskar Lund
  • Tristan of Lyonesse
  • Twelve-Talon Tova
  • Two-Spear Tolliver

U: 7 names

  • Ulf Underbelly
  • Ulla Six-Skulls
  • Ulrich Drachentöter
  • Una Crook the Shepherdess
  • Una the Wyrm-Wise
  • Uncle Brann One-Eye
  • Urraca Talonbreaker

V: 8 names

  • Vaela Drakesorrow
  • Varn the Venom-Drinker
  • Vasco Mata-Dragões
  • Vasilisa Firebane
  • Vigdis Clawbreaker
  • Voivode Dragomir Blackpine
  • Volker Skyhammer
  • Vratislav Drakobijec

W: 17 names

  • Walburga Dragonsdoom
  • Warden Bryce Tallowmere
  • Warpick Wendel
  • Wenna the Ash-Handed
  • Wet-Cloak Wilmot
  • Widow Marra of Coldharrow
  • Wiglaf
  • Wilf the Woodcutter
  • Wilhelm of the Burning Lake
  • Wilhelmina the Wall
  • Willem Drakendoder
  • Wolfdietrich
  • Wolfram Wyrmpiercer
  • Wren the Poacher's Daughter
  • Wulfric Lairfinder
  • Wyrmwarden Hale Oakenshaw
  • Wystan of Blackened Oak

Y: 6 names

  • Yaromir Zmeeborets
  • Yorick of the Last Bridge
  • Young Piers Ketteridge
  • Yrsa Dragonfeller
  • Ysmay Dragonreaper
  • Ysolde of Emberfell

Z: 2 names

  • Zlata Dragonsnare
  • Zoran Lindwormsbane