Dual Sword Name Generator

Paired names for twin blades and matched sets

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Generate names for a matched pair of blades, from opposites like Mercy and Wrath and Flame & Frost to collective names like The Twin Fangs and The Widow's Scissors. Every entry names both swords or the whole set, for dual-wielding rogues, rangers and duelists.

About dual sword names

A pair of swords is named differently from a single blade. One sword can carry a legend alone, but two carried together are read against each other, so the name has to say how they relate: rivals, partners, siblings, or two halves of one idea. Chinese legend tells of the paired swords Gan Jiang and Mo Ye, named for the smith and his wife. Samurai wore the daisho, a long katana with a shorter wakizashi, and Renaissance duelists fought with a rapier in one hand and a parrying dagger in the other.

Every entry here names both weapons or the whole set. Most are two names joined by "and" or "&", such as Mercy and Wrath or Tide & Undertow. Others give the set one collective name, like The Twin Verdicts or The Widow's Scissors. The 1,000 entries run through opposites, natural complements, sun and moon pairs, virtue and vice, beasts, weather, landscape, family ties, assassin's tools, duelist's wit, long-and-short sets, jokes, and pairs in an invented tongue.

When you choose, decide which hand holds which blade and let the name carry that. One simple rule: main-hand sword first, off-hand blade second. A good pair also leaves room for a story about why the two were forged, found or stolen together.

How to choose dual sword names

  • Assign each half to a hand. In Riposte and Regret, the first is the blade that answers an attack and the second is the one that ends the fight.
  • Match the relationship to the wielder: a paladin's pair suits virtue and vice names such as Patience and Spite, while a rogue's daggers suit grim or joking pairs like Alibi & Epitaph or Plan A & Plan B.
  • For a long sword carried with a short one, pick a name that shows the difference in size, such as Sermon and Amen or The Oak and the Acorn.
  • Use a collective name when the blades are never seen apart, then give each one a private nickname that only the wielder uses.
  • Say both halves aloud. Pairs with a matching rhythm or a shared first sound, like Feint & Finish, are easier for a table to remember.

Frequently asked questions

How do you name a pair of swords?

Start with how the two blades relate. Opposites (Flame & Frost), complements (Hammer & Anvil) and kin (Heir and Spare) are the most common patterns. Then decide whether each blade gets its own name or the set shares one, like The Twin Fangs.

Should dual swords have two names or one?

Both work. Two names let each blade have its own character and powers, which suits a game where the weapons have different stats. A single collective name such as The Tailor's Shears or The Wedded Blades suits a matched set that is always drawn together.

Are these names taken from games, anime or novels?

No. The list is written in a general fantasy style for your own characters rather than copied from one setting. Famous fictional pairs, such as Icingdeath and Twinkle, the scimitars of Drizzt Do'Urden in R. A. Salvatore's novels, belong to their own works, so we did not set out to include them. A short phrase can still turn up elsewhere, so search a name yourself before you publish.

What names work for a long sword and a short sword carried together?

Look for pairs where the first half is plainly bigger than the second: The Long Word and the Short Answer, Mountain & Molehill, Hour Hand & Minute Hand. The Japanese term for such a set is daisho, the katana worn with the shorter wakizashi.

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A: 25 names

  • A Toast and a Slap
  • Absolution & Guilt
  • Abstinence & Excess
  • Advance & Retreat
  • Aenwyr & Aendrach
  • Aiveth & Uiveth
  • Alibi & Epitaph
  • Alms & Plunder
  • Aluvien & Aluvrax
  • Amity & Enmity
  • Ancestor & Descendant
  • Anchor and Drift

A, continued

  • Anthem & Dirge
  • Aplomb & Audacity
  • Apogee & Perigee
  • Appetizer and Dessert
  • Arm's Length & Hair's Breadth
  • Arrears & Foreclosure
  • Arrival and Departure
  • Ascent & Plummet
  • Ashfall and Snowfall
  • Astral & Earthbound
  • Atonement and Offense
  • Aurora & Afterglow
  • Autumn's Hand and April's Hand

B: 56 names

  • Back Alley & Back Door
  • Back Stair & Side Gate
  • Backup & Backup's Backup
  • Balestra & Flèche
  • Barometer & Weathervane
  • Barracuda & Minnow
  • Basalt & Pumice
  • Basilisk & Cockatrice
  • Bat & Nightjar
  • Beacon and Blindfold
  • Bear Claw and Badger Claw
  • Bedrock & Topsoil
  • Before and After Lunch
  • Bell & Clapper

B, continued

  • Belzurr and Belzinn
  • Benevolence & Rancor
  • Betrothed & Bereaved
  • Big Brother and Little Trouble
  • Birthright & Bequest
  • Bit & Brace
  • Black Mamba and Green Mamba
  • Blaze & Sleet
  • Blessing & Bane
  • Blood Moon and Bone Moon
  • Bloodline and Bloodfeud
  • Bloom and Wither
  • Blot & Erasure
  • Blow and Bruise

B, continued

  • Board and Chisel
  • Bolt & Hinge
  • Bonfire & Blizzard
  • Bound and Loosed
  • Bounty & Balance
  • Bow and Curtsy
  • Bow of the Head and Bend of the Knee
  • Bow Wave and Wake
  • Brakkur and Brakkai
  • Brand & Icicle
  • Brazier and Icebox
  • Bread and Blade
  • Breakwater and Breaker
  • Breeze & Bluster

B, continued

  • Brick and Mortar
  • Bride & Groom
  • Bright Morning and Black Evening
  • Brightside and Darkside
  • Brook & Boulder
  • Brymthorn and Grymthorn
  • Bryndhal and Bryndhesk
  • Budding and Bare Branch
  • Build & Raze
  • Bull and Matador's Regret
  • Burn & Balm
  • Burr & Burnish
  • Butter Knife & Bread Knife
  • Buy One and Get One Free

C: 52 names

  • Cael'esh & Cael'ok
  • Call and Response
  • Calm & Clamor
  • Candle and Shadow
  • Candor & Deceit
  • Canyon & Mesa
  • Cape & Gulf
  • Cataract and Trickle
  • Cathedral & Chapel
  • Cavern & Crag
  • Chalk and Slate
  • Challenge & Second
  • Chapter & Verse

C, continued

  • Charity & Avarice
  • Chasm & Causeway
  • Chastity & Scandal
  • Cheese Knife & Bigger Cheese Knife
  • Chop & Change
  • Cinder & Rime
  • Clean Entry and Cleaner Exit
  • Clemency & Cruelty
  • Cliff & Cove
  • Cloak & Lining
  • Cloudburst & Sunshower
  • Cloudsplitter & Skymender
  • Coal & Snowdrift

C, continued

  • Cobra's Hood and Cobra's Kiss
  • Coffin Nail & Coffin Lid
  • Cold Front and Warm Front
  • Cold Star and Kind Star
  • Compassion & Contempt
  • Compliment and Correction
  • Confession and Alibi
  • Conscience and Appetite
  • Constellation & Void
  • Contract and Completion
  • Contrition & Conceit
  • Coronal & Umbral
  • Coruvain & Coruvesk

C, continued

  • Courage and Dread
  • Courtesy & Consequence
  • Courtship & Crossed Steel
  • Cradle and Grave
  • Crane and Tortoise
  • Crescent & Corona
  • Crow and Magpie
  • Crown and Gutter
  • Cuckoo & Nest
  • Curtsy & Cut
  • Cutpurse & Cutthroat
  • Cyclone & Calm
  • Cythraal and Cythreen

D: 31 names

  • Dawn Appointment and Dusk Appointment
  • Dawn Chorus & Night Watch
  • Dawnstar & Duskstar
  • Daybreak and Blackout
  • Daybreak's Edge and Nightfall's Edge
  • Dayspring & Nightfall
  • Daystar & Nightstar
  • Deadline & Deliverance
  • Débutante & Dowager
  • Decency & Depravity

D, continued

  • Decorum & Dismay
  • Delta and Headwater
  • Devotion & Desertion
  • Dicer & Slicer
  • Diligence and Sloth
  • Discipline and Indulgence
  • Distance & Intimacy
  • Dol'ashir and Dol'umrak
  • Doorknock & Deathrattle
  • Downpour and Dry Spell

D, continued

  • Dowry and Inheritance
  • Draevbrand & Hraevbrand
  • Dragonfly & Damselfly
  • Drennec and Drennoc
  • Driftwood and Deadfall
  • Drizzle & Deluge
  • Drum and Fife
  • Dune & Oasis
  • Durnhal and Durnhesh
  • Duty and Dereliction
  • Dvornedge & Dvornpoint

E: 18 names

  • Eagle Owl and Barn Owl
  • Earthquake and Aftershock
  • Earthshine & Sunshine
  • Eastern Shore & Western Shore
  • Ebb and Surge
  • Elder Sister and Younger Sister
  • Elegance & Evidence
  • Elthuin & Elthaur
  • Ember and Ash

E, continued

  • Embertongue & Frosttooth
  • Engagement & Disengagement
  • Epic and Epigram
  • Equinox and Solstice
  • Estuary and Fjord
  • Ethufang & Ethuclaw
  • Etiquette and Emphasis
  • Eulogy and Estate
  • Exhibit A and Exhibit B

F: 52 names

  • Faelith'an & Faelith'ur
  • Fair Play & Foul Play
  • Faith and Doubt
  • Falcon & Sparrow
  • Falling Leaf & Rising Sap
  • Falling Star and Rising Smoke
  • Fang & Talon
  • Far & Near
  • Father's Pride and Mother's Worry
  • Fathom & Finger
  • Favored Son & Forgotten Son
  • Feast and Famine
  • Fee & Forfeit

F, continued

  • Feint & Finish
  • Fen and Fell
  • Fenndor and Fenndis
  • Fever & Frostfall
  • Fidelity & Perfidy
  • Field and Fence
  • Final Word and Full Stop
  • Finesse & Force
  • Firebrand & Frostbrand
  • Firmament & Horizon
  • First Blood and Second Opinion
  • First Breath & Last Gasp
  • First Quarter & Last Quarter

F, continued

  • First Snow and Last Leaf
  • First Star & Last Star
  • First Warning and Final Warning
  • Firstborn & Afterborn
  • Flame & Frost
  • Flare & Frostbite
  • Flashpoint & Dewpoint
  • Flint and Steel
  • Floodplain and Foothill
  • Flourish & Fact
  • Flurry & Avalanche
  • Foam & Flotsam
  • Fog & Clearing

F, continued

  • Footstep and Afterstep
  • Forbearance & Fury
  • Forgiveness & Grudge
  • Forte & Foible
  • Fortitude and Frailty
  • Foster-Brother and Blood-Brother
  • Founding and Downfall
  • Friend and Foe
  • Frost and Thaw
  • Full Measure and Short Change
  • Full Moon and New Moon
  • Full Moon's Reach & Crescent's Bite
  • Furnace & Icehouse

G: 39 names

  • Gale & Lull
  • Gallantry & Gall
  • Gander & Goose
  • Garden and Wasteland
  • Garrote & Goodbye
  • Garrunth and Garrethil
  • Gate & Gatekeeper
  • Generosity & Greed
  • Geyser & Glacier Melt
  • Ghulvane and Ghulvast
  • Gibbous & Sickle Moon
  • Gift & Debt
  • Gilded and Sable

G, continued

  • Giver & Taker
  • Glacier's Tooth and River's Tongue
  • Glare and Gloom
  • Gleam and Soot
  • Glint and Dim
  • Glove & Gauntlet
  • Glow and Eclipse
  • Godmother and Godfather
  • Gold Sun & Silver Moon
  • Good Counsel and Bad Advice
  • Good News and Bad News
  • Goodwill and Ill Will
  • Grace & Disgrace

G, continued

  • Grand Gesture & Small Print
  • Grandmother's Needles
  • Granite & Gravel
  • Gratitude & Envy
  • Great Bell & Hand Bell
  • Great Wing & Pinfeather
  • Greatblade Sorrow and Smallblade Spite
  • Greatspan & Handspan
  • Greenwood and Greywood
  • Greeting & Good Riddance
  • Gryphon's Beak and Gryphon's Claw
  • Guiding Star and Following Sea
  • Gull & Gannet

H: 49 names

  • Hackle & Spur
  • Hailstone & Dewdrop
  • Hallowed & Hollow
  • Halo and Umbra
  • Hammer & Anvil
  • Harbor & Open Sea
  • Harmattan and Chinook
  • Harvest and Blight
  • Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon
  • Haven & Peril
  • Hawk & Hare
  • Heads and Tails, You Lose

H, continued

  • Headwind and Tailwind
  • Hearth and Wilderness
  • Hearthfire and Hoarfrost
  • Heatstroke & Cold Snap
  • Heaven's Left Eye and Heaven's Right Eye
  • Heir and Spare
  • Heliotrope & Selenite
  • Hello and Goodbye, Respectively
  • Hemlock & Nightshade
  • Heron and Pike
  • Heskthorn & Hesktine
  • High Sun and Low Tide

H, continued

  • High Water and Low Water
  • Highroad and Footpath
  • Hilt & Pommel
  • Hind and Hart
  • Hollow Hill & Drowned Valley
  • Homecoming and Exile
  • Homestead and Heirloom
  • Hone & Strop
  • Honest and Forsworn
  • Honor and Infamy
  • Honor Satisfied and Honor Insulted
  • Hook and Line

H, continued

  • Hope and Despair
  • Horizon & Doorstep
  • Hornbill & Hoopoe
  • Hot Iron and Cold Steel
  • Hound and Horn
  • Hour Hand & Minute Hand
  • Hraldir and Hraldun
  • Humility & Hubris
  • Hurricane's Left and Hurricane's Right
  • Husband & Hindsight
  • Hush & Hereafter
  • Hy'sael & Hy'drael
  • Hyena's Laugh and Hyena's Bite

I: 12 names

  • I Told You and So
  • Ibis & Jackdaw
  • Ice Storm & Dust Devil
  • Icemelt & Firstfrost
  • Ignite & Douse
  • Illumine and Obscure
  • Ilmeryn & Ilmordas
  • Ink and Quill
  • Integrity & Corruption
  • Invitation and Refusal
  • Island and Isthmus
  • Ithrenn & Othrenn

J: 4 names

  • Jackal & Vulture
  • Jetty & Jetsam
  • Jorvakk and Jorvess
  • Justice and Vengeance

K: 19 names

  • Kelp & Coral
  • Kept & Broken
  • Kessubrand & Kessuthorn
  • Kestrel & Kite
  • Kettle & Ladle
  • Kharzul and Kharzeth
  • Kid Gloves and Bare Knuckles
  • Kill Order & Countermand
  • Kiln & Tundra

K, continued

  • Kin of the Same Fire
  • Kindle & Quench
  • Kindling & Cold Ashes
  • Kindly Leave and Leave Now
  • Kindness & Malice
  • Kinsman and Kinslayer
  • Kith & Kin
  • Knife & Fork
  • Knot & Unraveling
  • Ky'theris & Ky'thora

L: 48 names

  • Lace & Lightning
  • Ladder & Rung
  • Lady's Favor and Lord's Displeasure
  • Lagoon and Maelstrom
  • Lance-Daughter & Dagger-Son
  • Landslide and Sinkhole
  • Lantern and Pitch
  • Lash & Welt
  • Last Frost and First Fruit
  • Last Rites and Loose Ends
  • Late Summer and False Spring
  • Laughter and Lament

L, continued

  • Lawful & Lawless
  • League & Furlong
  • Ledger Line and Bottom Line
  • Left Chopstick and Right Chopstick
  • Left Hand of Winter & Right Hand of Spring
  • Left Horn and Right Horn
  • Lefty & Also Lefty
  • Light of Morning and Light of Evening
  • Lightning and Echo
  • Lightning Rod and Rain Barrel
  • Lights Out and Door Closed
  • Lineage & Legacy

L, continued

  • Lion's Tooth and Lamb's Tongue
  • Lirrathe & Lirrokai
  • Lit Wick and Cold Wax
  • Loam and Limestone
  • Lock & Latch
  • Lodestar & Lost Star
  • Long Division and Short Subtraction
  • Long Memory and Short Temper
  • Long Night and Short Straw
  • Long Patience and Short Shrift
  • Long Road & Shortcut
  • Long Shadow and Short Fuse

L, continued

  • Long Winter and Short Summer
  • Longest Day and Longest Night
  • Longsight & Closework
  • Longtooth & Shorttooth
  • Loom & Shuttle
  • Lowland and Highland
  • Loyal & Turncoat
  • Loyalty and Lucre
  • Lullaby & Alarm
  • Luster and Tarnish
  • Luthaene and Luthaerg
  • Lynx & Ptarmigan

M: 43 names

  • Mackerel Sky & Mare's Tail
  • Madame Parry & Monsieur Thrust
  • Magma & Meltwater
  • Mainsail & Jib
  • Maiveren & Maivorak
  • Major and Minor
  • Mantis & Cricket
  • Map and Compass
  • Mare & Stallion
  • Marked & Collected
  • Marsh & Moor
  • Marten & Squirrel
  • Mast and Sail
  • Mastiff & Whippet

M, continued

  • Matron & Maiden
  • Mayflower and Novemberfrost
  • Meekness and Arrogance
  • Mender & Breaker
  • Mercy and Wrath
  • Meridian & Twilight
  • Meteor & Crater
  • Midsummer and Midwinter
  • Mile and Moment
  • Mine & Also Mine
  • Minuet & Gavotte
  • Mist & Mirage
  • Modesty & Vainglory
  • Molten and Frozen

M, continued

  • Monday and Worse Monday
  • Monsoon and Drought
  • Moonless Hour and Cloudless Noon
  • Moonrise and Sunfall
  • Moraine & Meltstream
  • Morning Star and Evening Star
  • Mortar and Pestle
  • Morvash and Solvash
  • Moth to Flame and Flame to Moth
  • Mother Mild and Mother Wild
  • Mother's Warning and Father's Temper
  • Mountain & Molehill
  • Mountain Pass & River Ford
  • Mourning & Aftermath
  • Mudslide and Rockfall

N: 19 names

  • Naerysh & Naerokh
  • Nameless and Faceless
  • Namesake & Keepsake
  • Needle and Thread
  • Neither & Nor
  • Never Saw It and Never Will
  • Nhal'draem and Nhal'draug
  • Nightcap & Nightmare
  • Nip & Tuck

N, continued

  • Niveth-Shar & Niveth-Kor
  • Noble Intent & Base Motive
  • Nock and Fletching
  • Noon and Midnight
  • Nor'easter & Sou'wester
  • Northern Reach and Southern Deep
  • Not Today and Maybe Tomorrow
  • Nova & Nebula
  • Nursemaid & Governess
  • Nuvrabrand and Nuvraspur

O: 30 names

  • Oar and Rudder
  • Oath & Ruin
  • Obedience and Mutiny
  • Odd & Even Odder
  • Odds & Ends of You
  • Okharfang & Okhartalon
  • Old Guard and New Blood
  • Old Snow and New Grass
  • Oldest Friend & Oldest Grudge
  • Ombrathorn and Ombratine
  • One for the Guard and One for the Lord
  • One Thing and Another
  • Oops & Daisy
  • Open Hand and Closed Fist
  • Opening Line and Closing Argument

O, continued

  • Orbit & Collision
  • Order and Bedlam
  • Oru'vael & Oru'drim
  • Osprey and Trout
  • Otter and Eel
  • Ouch and Ouch Again
  • Outer Guard & Inner Guard
  • Outreach & Infight
  • Overcast & Azure
  • Overhand & Underhand
  • Overkill & Underkill
  • Overture and Encore
  • Owl & Vole
  • Ox-Goad and Horse-Whip
  • Oxbow and Meander

P: 47 names

  • Pale and Pitch-Black
  • Pardon Me and Excuse You
  • Parhelion & Moondog
  • Parlor and Piste
  • Passage & Penalty
  • Patience and Spite
  • Patriarch & Black Sheep
  • Pavane and Galliard
  • Payment & Receipt
  • Peace & Quiet, Eventually
  • Pellutine & Pelluthorn

P, continued

  • Pelt & Plume
  • Penance & Trespass
  • Perihelion & Aphelion
  • Petrichor & Parch
  • Pick & Shovel
  • Piety and Blasphemy
  • Pillow & Shroud
  • Pins & Needles
  • Pirouette & Puncture
  • Plan A & Plan B
  • Planting Rain and Reaping Wind
  • Plateau & Precipice

P, continued

  • Pleasantry and Unpleasantry
  • Please and Thank You
  • Plenty & Want
  • Plow and Furrow
  • Pointy End & Other Pointy End
  • Poise & Pounce
  • Poison & Proof
  • Polestar and Wanderer
  • Porcupine and Hedgehog
  • Port and Starboard
  • Post & Lintel
  • Pounce & Scurry

P, continued

  • Praise and Slander
  • Preamble & Point
  • Prelude & Coda
  • Prime & Seconde
  • Problem and Solution
  • Promise & Betrayal
  • Proposal and Rebuttal
  • Prudence & Folly
  • Pulsar & Quasar
  • Purse & Ledger
  • Pyre & Permafrost
  • Pyrrhael and Pyrrhaz

Q: 7 names

  • Qeshtine & Qeshedge
  • Quarry & Quicksand
  • Quarte & Sixte
  • Question Mark and Exclamation Point
  • Quid Pro & Quo
  • Quip & Quietus
  • Quorim and Quorath

R: 37 names

  • Radiance and Murk
  • Rain and Runoff
  • Rainbow & Raincloud
  • Rainmaker and Dustbringer
  • Ram & Ewe
  • Rampart and Breach
  • Ransom & Reckoning
  • Rapids and Reservoir
  • Rapport & Rapier
  • Rauthkar and Rauthkel
  • Reach & Reply
  • Ready and Steady

R, continued

  • Rectitude & Vice
  • Red Coal & Blue Ice
  • Red Giant and White Dwarf
  • Reef and Shoal
  • Regular and Extra Pointy
  • Remedy & Malady
  • Remise and Reprise
  • Rescue and Abandon
  • Resolve and Temptation
  • Restraint and Rampage
  • Reverence and Mockery
  • Rhetorical Question and Pointed Answer

R, continued

  • Rhyme & Reason
  • Rhyvan'tir & Rhyvan'gor
  • Ridge & Ravine
  • Righteous & Wretched
  • Rime-Edge & Bloom-Edge
  • Riposte and Regret
  • Riptide and Backwash
  • Roc & Sparrowhawk
  • Rooftop and Riverbed
  • Root and Branch
  • Rope and Pulley
  • Rosewater & Vinegar
  • Rumor & Obituary

S: 109 names

  • Sabertooth, Upper and Lower
  • Sacrifice & Selfishness
  • Saelbrand and Maelbrand
  • Saint & Sinner
  • Salt and Iron
  • Saltmarsh & Sweetmeadow
  • Salute and Lunge
  • Sanctity & Sacrilege
  • Sanctuary and Siege
  • Sandbar and Sounding
  • Satisfaction and Second Thoughts
  • Scabbard & Chape
  • Scald & Chill

S, continued

  • Scorch & Shiver
  • Scorchmark & Frostmark
  • Scree and Summit Stone
  • Scythe & Sheaf
  • Sea Stack & Sea Cave
  • Seabed and Seafoam
  • Sear & Freeze
  • Seedtime and Leaf-Fall
  • Senior Partner and Junior Partner
  • Sennathil & Sennagoth
  • Sentence and Comma
  • Serenade & Scar
  • Sermon and Amen
  • Serpent & Scorpion

S, continued

  • Shackle and Key
  • Shallow Grave & Deep Water
  • Shark and Remora
  • Sheathe & Draw
  • Sheet Lightning and Ground Fog
  • Shelter & Exposure
  • Shield & Buckle
  • Shine and Shade
  • Shingle & Surf
  • Short Notice and Long Story
  • Shout & Whisper
  • Shrike & Thornbird
  • Silence & Uproar

S, continued

  • Silk & Whalebone
  • Sincerity and Flattery
  • Singe & Numb
  • Sirocco & Mistral
  • Skarnvid and Skarnvol
  • Sky-Splitter and Star-Stitcher
  • Skyfire and Starfall
  • Skyglow and Starless
  • Sleepwalker & Sleeptaker
  • Sleetfall & Sunbreak
  • Small Talk and Sharp Reply
  • Smolder & Thaw
  • Smothered & Snuffed
  • Snip & Snap

S, continued

  • Snowmelt and Flood
  • Soft Step and Hard Stop
  • Solace and Scourge
  • Solar Flare and Lunar Tide
  • Solstice Flame and Solstice Snow
  • Sonnet & Stiletto
  • Sowing & Reaping
  • Span & Sliver
  • Spark & Smother
  • Speech & Interruption
  • Spindle and Distaff
  • Spit & Polish
  • Spur & Bridle
  • Squall & Stillness

S, continued

  • Squall Line & Silver Lining
  • Stabby and Slightly Less Stabby
  • Stag and Boar
  • Stalactite and Stalagmite
  • Starflame & Voidfrost
  • Stargazer and Stormwatcher
  • Starlight & Lamplight
  • Starter and Main Course
  • Stave & Splinter
  • Steadfast and Fickle
  • Stem & Stern
  • Step and Follow
  • Sticks & Stones

S, continued

  • Stirrup and Saddle
  • Stitch & Seam
  • Stoat & Rabbit
  • Stockinged Foot & Booted Heel
  • Storm & Wreckage
  • Stormcrow and Fairweather
  • Stormfront and Eye of the Storm
  • Strait & Narrows
  • Stride & Half-Step
  • Stride and Stumble
  • Subtle and Not That
  • Sudden and Certain
  • Suggestion and Insistence
  • Summer Thunder and Winter Silence

S, continued

  • Summit and Abyss
  • Sunbeam & Moonbeam
  • Sundial & Moondial
  • Sunfang and Moonfang
  • Sunlance & Nightlance
  • Sunlit and Sunless
  • Sunrise and Moonset
  • Sunshard & Moonsliver
  • Sunspot and Moonshadow
  • Sunstroke and Snowblind
  • Sweetwater & Brine
  • Swift & Swallow
  • Sword-Arm & Off-Hand
  • Sylkharis & Sylkharad

T: 232 names

  • Tact & Insolence
  • Tall Order and Short Supply
  • Tall Tale & Punchline
  • Tame & Feral
  • Tang & Fuller
  • Tarn & Torrent
  • Temperance and Gluttony
  • Tempest-Sister & Stillwater-Sister
  • Tether & Flight
  • Thalcyr and Thalgrim
  • Tharnuil and Tharnoss
  • Thawbringer and Frostbringer
  • The Adder's Tongues
  • The Anvil Rock and the Hammer Tide

T, continued

  • The Appeal and the Denial
  • The Argument and the Counterargument
  • The Avenue and the Alley
  • The Balance Pans
  • The Ballad and the Refrain
  • The Ballroom Pair
  • The Banner Pole and the Tent Peg
  • The Baseborn Sons of the Forge
  • The Beginning and the End of It
  • The Better Angel and the Worse
  • The Black Signatures
  • The Blades of One Whetstone
  • The Bookends
  • The Brace of Ravens
  • The Brace of Thorns

T, continued

  • The Brace of Winters
  • The Bridesmaids
  • The Butcher's Brace
  • The Calipers of the War Mason
  • The Calling Cards
  • The Carrot and the Other Stick
  • The Chevalier's Arguments
  • The Chimera's Other Heads
  • The Clasped Hands
  • The Cleft Star
  • The Comet's Two Tails
  • The Compass Legs
  • The Comtesse's Hatpins
  • The Coroner's Twins

T, continued

  • The Cotillion Pair
  • The Counterweights
  • The Couplet
  • The Cradle-Mates
  • The Creditor's Reminders
  • The Crossed Keys
  • The Crossed Quillons
  • The Crossed Rivers
  • The Crossroads
  • The Daughters of the Whetstone
  • The Dead Man's Cufflinks
  • The Double Door
  • The Double Knot
  • The Double Negative
  • The Double Refusal

T, continued

  • The Dry Season and the Wet
  • The Dueling Scars
  • The Duelist's Cufflinks
  • The Duet
  • The Dyad
  • The Echoing Pair
  • The Eclipse Pair
  • The Elder Reach and the Younger Bite
  • The Estranged
  • The Even Odds
  • The Family Argument
  • The Fellow Travelers
  • The Fencing Master's Regards
  • The Ferryman's Coins

T, continued

  • The Forge-Siblings
  • The Forked Road
  • The Forked Tongue
  • The Foundlings
  • The Gatekeeper's Pair
  • The Gemini Edges
  • The Gentleman's Disagreement
  • The Golden Rule and the Iron Exception
  • The Good One and the Spare
  • The Gravedigger's Spades
  • The Greater and the Lesser Mercy
  • The Grey Daughters
  • The Guildmaster's Compliments
  • The Heirs
  • The Hind Legs of the Locust

T, continued

  • The Hinge
  • The Hired Knives
  • The Howling and the Hush
  • The In-Laws
  • The Inseparables
  • The Ivory-Hilted Sisters
  • The Journey and the Last Step
  • The Killing Frost and the Greening
  • The Kind Word and the Cruel One
  • The Last Two Dances
  • The Last Two Things You Hear
  • The Lecture and the Footnote
  • The Left and Right of It
  • The Lit and the Unlit

T, continued

  • The Littermates
  • The Long Word and the Short Answer
  • The Lovers' Quarrel
  • The Main Argument and the Aside
  • The Mandibles
  • The Marquise's Fans
  • The Married Steel
  • The Master Blade and the Apprentice
  • The Matched Rapiers of Vellamere
  • The Matched Ricassos
  • The Matched Set of Kell Harrow
  • The Matching Scars
  • The Mirror Sisters
  • The Mirrored Fangs
  • The North Wind and the South Wind

T, continued

  • The Oak and the Acorn
  • The Oar and the Paddle
  • The Orphans of Blackford
  • The Other Two Sons
  • The Paid-in-Full Pair
  • The Pair of Aces
  • The Pair That Stayed
  • The Pair Without a Sheath
  • The Paired Judgments
  • The Paired Regrets
  • The Pallbearers
  • The Pearl-Handled Opinions
  • The Pike's Nephew and the Pin's Niece
  • The Pincers of the Black Crab

T, continued

  • The Price and the Purse
  • The Prodigal Pair
  • The Quarreling Brothers
  • The Quiet Arrangements
  • The Quiet Part and the Loud Part
  • The Reunited
  • The Rising and the Setting
  • The River and the Rivulet
  • The Runaway Heirs
  • The Saga and the Stanza
  • The Scissors of Fate's Seamstress
  • The Second Pair of Hands
  • The Seventh Sister and the Lost Pleiad
  • The Shallows and the Deep
  • The Sharp One and the Sharper One

T, continued

  • The She-Wolf's Canines
  • The Shears of the Harvest Queen
  • The Shepherd Star and the Wolf Star
  • The Short Goodbyes
  • The Silent Partners
  • The Sisters of Salt
  • The Spear's Cousin and the Knife's Uncle
  • The Split Lightning
  • The Split Verdict
  • The Standing Stones of Merrow
  • The Steel Nieces
  • The Stepsisters
  • The Stinger and the Sting
  • The Sundered Halves

T, continued

  • The Sweep and the Jab
  • The Sworn Sisters
  • The Tailor's Shears
  • The Tall Brother and the Small Brother
  • The Tandem
  • The Thaw's Edge and the Freeze's Edge
  • The Tongs
  • The Tuning Fork
  • The Twain
  • The Twice-Told
  • The Twin Fangs
  • The Twin Rivers of Aldmarch
  • The Twin Verdicts
  • The Twinned Lament
  • The Two Apologies

T, continued

  • The Two Cousins
  • The Two Graces
  • The Two Halves of the Broken Crown
  • The Two Heads of the Amphisbaena
  • The Two Lesser Moons
  • The Two Pillars of Oldgate
  • The Two Sides of the Coin
  • The Two Truths
  • The Two-Part Answer
  • The Twofold Oath
  • The Understudy and the Lead
  • The Undertaker's Calipers
  • The Unforgiven Brothers
  • The Unsigned Letters

T, continued

  • The Unwed Sisters
  • The Unwelcome Guests
  • The Vow and the Lapse
  • The Wedded Blades
  • The Weeping Brace
  • The Widow's Scissors
  • The Wings of the Grey Heron
  • The Wishbone
  • The Yoked Oxen
  • Thimble and Shears
  • Third Rib and Fourth Rib
  • This One and That One
  • Thresher and Hammerhead
  • Thrift and Squander
  • Thrive & Perish

T, continued

  • Thunder & Afterthought
  • Thunderhead & Clear Sky
  • Thundersnow and Heat Lightning
  • Tide & Undertow
  • Tidewater and Timberline
  • Tierce & Octave
  • Tiger's Stripe and Leopard's Spot
  • Tinder and Hail
  • Tithe & Toll
  • Tongs & Bellows
  • Tooth & Other Tooth
  • Tooth and Nail
  • Torch and Snuffer
  • Totality & Annulus

T, continued

  • Touché & Tant Pis
  • Tovrespike and Tovrespine
  • Tower & Threshold
  • Trench & Atoll
  • Trial & Error
  • Triumph and Surrender
  • Trowel and Plumb Line
  • True Edge & False Edge
  • Trust and Treason
  • Tsilvane & Tsilvorn
  • Tundra's Edge & Jungle's Edge
  • Tusk and Antler
  • Tweedle-Edge & Tweedle-Point
  • Typhoon & Trade Wind
  • Tzavaen and Tzavaul

U: 7 names

  • Ulthimar and Ulthanir
  • Uncle Short & Aunt Sharp
  • Undercurrent & Overhang
  • Unity and Schism
  • Unseen & Unheard
  • Updraft & Downdraft
  • Upstream and Downstream

V: 13 names

  • Vacancy & Vigil
  • Vaelkir and Vaelkoth
  • Valor and Cowardice
  • Velvet & Verdigris
  • Verdant & Sere
  • Verdict & Pardon
  • Vesh'talar & Vesh'talun
  • Vesper & Matins
  • Vigilance and Negligence
  • Viper and Mongoose
  • Virtue's Edge and Sin's Edge
  • Volcano & Vale
  • Vorruna and Vorrask

W: 37 names

  • Waltz Partner and Wallflower
  • Warp & Weft
  • Wasp & Hornet
  • Waterfall and Plunge Pool
  • Waterspout & Sandstorm
  • Wax & Signet
  • Wax & Wane
  • Wax Seal & Death Warrant
  • Waxing Light and Waning Light
  • Weather-Eye & Storm-Tooth
  • Wedding and Wake
  • Welcome & Farewell

W, continued

  • Wet Nurse and Wolf Mother
  • Wheel & Axle
  • Whirlpool and Wellspring
  • Whirlwind & Doldrums
  • Whisperknife & Murmurknife
  • White Heat and Dead Cold
  • Whitefire and Blackice
  • Whole and Sundered
  • Whole Loaf and Heel
  • Whoops & Sorry
  • Why and Because I Said So
  • Wick & Tallow

W, continued

  • Widowmaker and Orphanmaker
  • Wildfire & Glacier
  • Wind & Wave
  • Windchill & Heatwave
  • Windward and Leeward
  • Wingspan & Talon's Width
  • Winter Sun and Summer Moon
  • Wisdom and Whim
  • Wolf and Raven
  • Wolverine and Weasel
  • Wound and Bandage
  • Wyrreth & Wyrrun
  • Wyvern & Wyrmling

X: 1 name

  • Xil'anthe & Xil'ombra

Y: 6 names

  • Yardstick & Inch
  • Year's Waking and Year's Sleep
  • Yes and Never
  • Yoke & Harness
  • Yrgoth and Yrgael
  • Ysmereth & Ysmorvan

Z: 7 names

  • Zeal and Apathy
  • Zenith & Nadir
  • Zephyr & Tempest
  • Zha'rul and Zha'mor
  • Zhorfang and Zhortusk
  • Zodiac & Almanac
  • Zodiacal Light & Counterglow