Dukedom Name Generator
Ducal titles and territories for peerages, maps and fantasy courts
Generate dukedom names in the style of real British and European ducal titles, from Norfolk, Buccleuch and Wellington to invented seats like the Dukedom of Harlestone or the Dukedom of the Northern Reach, ready for fantasy nobility, Crusader Kings and regency fiction.
About dukedom names
A dukedom is the title and dignity held by a duke; a duchy is the land. In Britain the word nearly always means the peerage title, and those titles follow clear patterns. Most are named for a county or town (Norfolk, Devonshire, Bedford, Richmond), a Scottish region or estate (Argyll, Buccleuch, Roxburghe, Atholl), or a place tied to the first holder's career: Wellington and Marlborough were villages chosen to commemorate victories, Bronte was a Sicilian estate gifted to Nelson. Royal dukedoms use old earldoms and cities such as York, Cornwall, Cambridge, Sussex, and Edinburgh, and Scottish double titles (Buccleuch and Queensberry, Richmond and Gordon) record two dukedoms merged by inheritance.
On the Continent, Napoleonic and Spanish dukedoms were often named after battles or distant towns (Magenta, Otranto, Tetuán), German ones after the family seat or a partitioned line (Saxe-Eisenach, Holstein-Glücksburg), and Italian and Spanish grandee titles after small fiefs that the family might never have visited (Medinaceli, Montalto, Castelvetrano).
For fiction, the trick is to pick a name that sounds like a real place in your setting's language, then attach it to a plausible story: an ancient county, a hard-won battle, a castle on a river. This generator mixes genuine historical titles with invented English, Celtic, French, German, Italian, Iberian, Slavic, and Nordic seats and descriptive regional names.
How to choose dukedom names
- Decide whether the name is a place or a family: a Dukedom of Hamilton comes from a surname, a Dukedom of Norfolk from a county, and both are correct, but mixing the two in one court tells readers which houses are old money.
- Use 'Royal Dukedom' sparingly and only for princes of the blood; a realm with more than three or four royal dukedoms will feel crowded.
- A double-barrelled title (Argyll and Greenwich, Saxe-Eisenach) signals an inheritance or a partitioned line; use it to hint at history without explaining it.
- Say 'the Duke of ___' out loud; short names with a strong stressed syllable (Rutland, Montrose, Valmorin) carry better in dialogue than four-syllable ones.
- Match language families to regions of your map: English and Celtic names in one realm, French and German in its neighbours, so a reader can place a noble by their title alone.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a dukedom and a duchy?
A dukedom is the title and rank of a duke; a duchy is the territory a duke governs. In modern Britain the words overlap, but dukedoms such as Norfolk or Wellington are peerage titles with no sovereign land, while the Duchy of Cornwall and Duchy of Lancaster are landed estates.
How are British dukedoms named?
After counties and towns (Devonshire, Bedford), Scottish estates and regions (Buccleuch, Argyll), or places connected with the first duke, as with Wellington and Marlborough. Royal dukedoms reuse historic names like York, Gloucester, Cambridge, and Sussex.
Are these names usable for Crusader Kings or Bannerlord?
Yes. The historical titles match real peerages and continental ducal houses, and the invented names follow the same patterns, so they slot into custom titles, mods, and fantasy maps without looking out of place.
Can I use these dukedom names in a book or game I sell?
Historical titles are public knowledge, and the original names here are free for personal and commercial use with no attribution required.
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All 500 dukedom names
D: 490 names
- Dukedom of Abercorn
- Dukedom of Aberffraw
- Dukedom of Abrantes
- Dukedom of Adlerstein
- Dukedom of Aiguillon
- Dukedom of Albany
- Dukedom of Albarossa
- Dukedom of Albemarle
- Dukedom of Albufera
- Dukedom of Alcántara
- Dukedom of Alderbury
- Dukedom of Altenburg
- Dukedom of Amberley Hall
- Dukedom of Amblecote
- Dukedom of Ancaster
- Dukedom of Andria
- Dukedom of Anhalt-Zerbst
- Dukedom of Annandale
- Dukedom of Antin
- Dukedom of Arcos
- Dukedom of Ardmorrow
- Dukedom of Ardnamurra
- Dukedom of Ardvorlich
- Dukedom of Arenberg
- Dukedom of Argyll
- Dukedom of Argyll and Greenwich
- Dukedom of Ashbourne Cross
- Dukedom of Atholl
- Dukedom of Aubervigne
- Dukedom of Aubigny
- Dukedom of Aubrac
- Dukedom of Auchenleck
- Dukedom of Auerstaedt
- Dukedom of Augustenburg
- Dukedom of Aveiro
- Dukedom of Avondale
- Dukedom of Aylesworth
D, continued
- Dukedom of Balquharn
- Dukedom of Bassano
- Dukedom of Bassenfell
- Dukedom of Beaconsfell
- Dukedom of Beaufort
- Dukedom of Beaulieu
- Dukedom of Beaurepaire
- Dukedom of Bedford
- Dukedom of Bellegarde
- Dukedom of Belluno
- Dukedom of Belvoir Heath
- Dukedom of Bernburg
- Dukedom of Berwick
- Dukedom of Bivona
- Dukedom of Bolton
- Dukedom of Bourbon-Parma
- Dukedom of Brackenridge
- Dukedom of Braemoray
- Dukedom of Bramwich
- Dukedom of Branislav
- Dukedom of Breffny
- Dukedom of Bridgewater
- Dukedom of Brieg
- Dukedom of Brissac
- Dukedom of Broglie
- Dukedom of Bronte
- Dukedom of Brunswick-Calenberg
- Dukedom of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
- Dukedom of Brynmawr
- Dukedom of Buccleuch
- Dukedom of Buccleuch and Queensberry
- Dukedom of Buckingham
- Dukedom of Caerwyn
- Dukedom of Cairngorm
- Dukedom of Caldersby
- Dukedom of Cambridge
- Dukedom of Carbery
- Dukedom of Carrick
D, continued
- Dukedom of Carrow Bridge
- Dukedom of Carthwaite
- Dukedom of Castel di Sangro
- Dukedom of Castelmarino
- Dukedom of Castelvetrano
- Dukedom of Castlemaine
- Dukedom of Castlemaine and Loxley
- Dukedom of Castries
- Dukedom of Chablais
- Dukedom of Chandos
- Dukedom of Chantemerle
- Dukedom of Châteauroux
- Dukedom of Châtellerault
- Dukedom of Clairvaux-sur-Loire
- Dukedom of Clanricarde
- Dukedom of Clarence
- Dukedom of Clermont-Tonnerre
- Dukedom of Cleveland
- Dukedom of Coligny
- Dukedom of Conegliano
- Dukedom of Connaught
- Dukedom of Cornwall
- Dukedom of Coverdale
- Dukedom of Cranleigh Vale
- Dukedom of Cressingham
- Dukedom of Cromarty
- Dukedom of Croÿ
- Dukedom of Cumberland
- Dukedom of Danesford
- Dukedom of Desmond
- Dukedom of Dessau
- Dukedom of Devonshire
- Dukedom of Dinefwr
- Dukedom of Dornburg
- Dukedom of Dorset
- Dukedom of Doudeauville
- Dukedom of Dravenholm
- Dukedom of Drummossie
D, continued
- Dukedom of Dunmorrin
- Dukedom of Dunstable Down
- Dukedom of Dunveigh
- Dukedom of Dunwold
- Dukedom of Duras
- Dukedom of Easingwold
- Dukedom of Eastmere
- Dukedom of Edinburgh
- Dukedom of Eisenach
- Dukedom of Elchingen
- Dukedom of Ellinghame
- Dukedom of Ellingmoor
- Dukedom of Escalona
- Dukedom of Eschenwald
- Dukedom of Eskedal
- Dukedom of Estérac
- Dukedom of Exeter
- Dukedom of Falkenau
- Dukedom of Farnholme
- Dukedom of Feltonbridge
- Dukedom of Feltre
- Dukedom of Fenchurch
- Dukedom of Ferncastle
- Dukedom of Fife
- Dukedom of Fife and Kinross
- Dukedom of Fitz-James
- Dukedom of Fontanges
- Dukedom of Frías
- Dukedom of Friedland
- Dukedom of Frome Vale
- Dukedom of Fronsac
- Dukedom of Fyrdholt
- Dukedom of Garrowby
- Dukedom of Gesvres
- Dukedom of Glastonmere
- Dukedom of Glenarran
- Dukedom of Glenarran and the Isles
D, continued
- Dukedom of Glencairn
- Dukedom of Glenfinnan
- Dukedom of Glogau
- Dukedom of Gloucester
- Dukedom of Glücksburg
- Dukedom of Glyndwr
- Dukedom of Gordon
- Dukedom of Gotha
- Dukedom of Gotland
- Dukedom of Gottorp
- Dukedom of Grafton
- Dukedom of Gramont
- Dukedom of Grauenfels
- Dukedom of Gravesande
- Dukedom of Gravina
- Dukedom of Graystoke Fell
- Dukedom of Greenwich
- Dukedom of Greythorpe
- Dukedom of Grimsgarth
- Dukedom of Guimarães
- Dukedom of Halderveen
- Dukedom of Halewyn
- Dukedom of Hallamby
- Dukedom of Hamilton
- Dukedom of Hamilton and Brandon
- Dukedom of Haraldsholm
- Dukedom of Harcastle
- Dukedom of Harcourt
- Dukedom of Harlestone
- Dukedom of Harlestone and Wrexmoor
- Dukedom of Hatherleigh
- Dukedom of Hereford
- Dukedom of Hexley
- Dukedom of Híjar
- Dukedom of Hohenlohe
- Dukedom of Hohenmark
- Dukedom of Hohenmark-Adlerstein
- Dukedom of Hollinsgate
D, continued
- Dukedom of Holmwood
- Dukedom of Holstein-Beck
- Dukedom of Hvidmark
- Dukedom of Ingleby
- Dukedom of Invercraig
- Dukedom of Inverness
- Dukedom of Ireland
- Dukedom of Istria
- Dukedom of Kalthafen
- Dukedom of Kelsworth
- Dukedom of Kendal
- Dukedom of Kent
- Dukedom of Kestrel Hill
- Dukedom of Kilcullen
- Dukedom of Kilmarnie
- Dukedom of Kingston
- Dukedom of Kinlochard
- Dukedom of Kirkbride
- Dukedom of Kirkstall
- Dukedom of Kolmarnik
- Dukedom of Köthen
- Dukedom of Krasnolesk
- Dukedom of Kreuzberg-Oels
- Dukedom of Kronborg Strand
- Dukedom of La Rochefoucauld
- Dukedom of La Vallière
- Dukedom of Lafões
- Dukedom of Lancaster
- Dukedom of Langholm
- Dukedom of Lauderdale
- Dukedom of Lauzun
- Dukedom of Leeds
- Dukedom of Leinster
- Dukedom of Lennox
- Dukedom of Lerma
- Dukedom of Lesdiguières
- Dukedom of Leuchtenberg
- Dukedom of Levis-Mirepoix
D, continued
- Dukedom of Lichtenau
- Dukedom of Lichtenau-Falkenau
- Dukedom of Liegnitz
- Dukedom of Lindholm
- Dukedom of Lindhurst
- Dukedom of Llanmorgan
- Dukedom of Lochiel
- Dukedom of Lochranza
- Dukedom of Lorraine-Guise
- Dukedom of Loulé
- Dukedom of Lowicz
- Dukedom of Loxley
- Dukedom of Lydbury
- Dukedom of Maddaloni
- Dukedom of Magenta
- Dukedom of Malakoff
- Dukedom of Manchester
- Dukedom of Maqueda
- Dukedom of Marlborough
- Dukedom of Marlow Ferry
- Dukedom of Marsillac
- Dukedom of Marston Abbey
- Dukedom of Mayenne
- Dukedom of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
- Dukedom of Medina de Rioseco
- Dukedom of Medinaceli
- Dukedom of Meerwyck
- Dukedom of Meiningen
- Dukedom of Millbrooke
- Dukedom of Mirovec
- Dukedom of Monmouth
- Dukedom of Montagu
- Dukedom of Montalbano
- Dukedom of Montalto
- Dukedom of Montbazon
- Dukedom of Montebello
- Dukedom of Montecervino
D, continued
- Dukedom of Monteleone
- Dukedom of Montemayor
- Dukedom of Montrose
- Dukedom of Montrose and Lennox
- Dukedom of Montsoreau
- Dukedom of Montvalier
- Dukedom of Moreton Clare
- Dukedom of Morrowby
- Dukedom of Morvenstein
- Dukedom of Mouchy
- Dukedom of Münsterberg
- Dukedom of Nájera
- Dukedom of Nemours
- Dukedom of Nethercote
- Dukedom of Newburgh
- Dukedom of Newcastle
- Dukedom of Nithsdale
- Dukedom of Noailles
- Dukedom of Noirmoutier
- Dukedom of Nordskov
- Dukedom of Norfolk
- Dukedom of Northfleet
- Dukedom of Northumberland
- Dukedom of Oakhampton
- Dukedom of Oberlinden
- Dukedom of Oels
- Dukedom of Oosterhalle
- Dukedom of Oppeln
- Dukedom of Orléans-Longueville
- Dukedom of Orlingbury
- Dukedom of Ormonde
- Dukedom of Ossory
- Dukedom of Östergötland
- Dukedom of Ostrovica
- Dukedom of Otranto
- Dukedom of Otterburn
- Dukedom of Oxlade
- Dukedom of Palma
D, continued
- Dukedom of Palmela
- Dukedom of Pastrana
- Dukedom of Peñaranda
- Dukedom of Pendlebury
- Dukedom of Penhallow
- Dukedom of Penhallow and Tenby
- Dukedom of Penrhyn
- Dukedom of Pickering Moor
- Dukedom of Pietracorva
- Dukedom of Plön
- Dukedom of Polignac
- Dukedom of Portland
- Dukedom of Powys Fadog
- Dukedom of Purbeck
- Dukedom of Quarrington
- Dukedom of Queensberry
- Dukedom of Ragusa
- Dukedom of Ravensgard
- Dukedom of Ravensworth
- Dukedom of Reggio
- Dukedom of Rendlesham
- Dukedom of Rheinfels
- Dukedom of Richelieu
- Dukedom of Richmond
- Dukedom of Richmond and Gordon
- Dukedom of Rivoli
- Dukedom of Rocca Valfiore
- Dukedom of Rochefort-Lisle
- Dukedom of Rohan-Chabot
- Dukedom of Roquelaure
- Dukedom of Rosmarron
- Dukedom of Ross
- Dukedom of Rothenbruck
- Dukedom of Rothesay
- Dukedom of Rothesay and Carrick
- Dukedom of Rothwell
- Dukedom of Rovigo
- Dukedom of Roxburghe
D, continued
- Dukedom of Rutland
- Dukedom of Sabran
- Dukedom of Saint-Aignan
- Dukedom of Saldanha
- Dukedom of Sallowford
- Dukedom of Saltforth
- Dukedom of Sandringham Hythe
- Dukedom of Sauveterre
- Dukedom of Savoy-Nemours
- Dukedom of Saxe-Eisenberg
- Dukedom of Saxe-Wittenburg
- Dukedom of Schomberg
- Dukedom of Schwerin
- Dukedom of Serradifalco
- Dukedom of Sessa
- Dukedom of Sherbourne
- Dukedom of Shrewsbury
- Dukedom of Silberach
- Dukedom of Skåne
- Dukedom of Skarsgard
- Dukedom of Skelmore
- Dukedom of Södermanland
- Dukedom of Sølvmark
- Dukedom of Somerset
- Dukedom of Sonderburg
- Dukedom of Sonnenfeld
- Dukedom of Southampton
- Dukedom of St Albans
- Dukedom of Stanbridge
- Dukedom of Stanmarch
- Dukedom of Stanmarch and the Fens
- Dukedom of Steinhofen
- Dukedom of Steinhofen-Eschenwald
- Dukedom of Stonecastle
- Dukedom of Strathearn
- Dukedom of Strathmorne
- Dukedom of Strathnaver
D, continued
- Dukedom of Strelitz
- Dukedom of Suffolk
- Dukedom of Surrey
- Dukedom of Sussex
- Dukedom of Sutherland
- Dukedom of Swalecliffe
- Dukedom of Talleyrand
- Dukedom of Taranto
- Dukedom of Tarbert
- Dukedom of Tarnovice
- Dukedom of Tarrington
- Dukedom of Tenby Reach
- Dukedom of Terceira
- Dukedom of Teschen
- Dukedom of Tetuán
- Dukedom of Teviotdale
- Dukedom of Thaxtonbury
- Dukedom of the Black Hills
- Dukedom of the Bluewater
- Dukedom of the Border Marches
- Dukedom of the Bright Water
- Dukedom of the Broads
- Dukedom of the Chalk Hills
- Dukedom of the Cold Strand
- Dukedom of the Copper Vale
- Dukedom of the Corn Lands
- Dukedom of the Dales
- Dukedom of the Dawn Reach
- Dukedom of the Downs
- Dukedom of the Eastern Reach
- Dukedom of the Ember Hills
- Dukedom of the Fell Country
- Dukedom of the Fens
- Dukedom of the Five Rivers
- Dukedom of the Goldenfield
- Dukedom of the Greenhollow
- Dukedom of the Grey Coast
- Dukedom of the Harrow Hills
D, continued
- Dukedom of the Heathlands
- Dukedom of the High Moor
- Dukedom of the Hollow Vale
- Dukedom of the Ironwood
- Dukedom of the Isles
- Dukedom of the Lakeland
- Dukedom of the Long Moor
- Dukedom of the Lower Vale
- Dukedom of the Mere
- Dukedom of the Mist Coast
- Dukedom of the Northern Reach
- Dukedom of the Oaken Reach
- Dukedom of the Pine Barrens
- Dukedom of the Red Marsh
- Dukedom of the Saltmarshes
- Dukedom of the Severn Shore
- Dukedom of the Shattered Coast
- Dukedom of the Silver Vale
- Dukedom of the Stone Bridge
- Dukedom of the Storm Isles
- Dukedom of the Sunken Fields
- Dukedom of the Sunward Marches
- Dukedom of the Thornwold
- Dukedom of the Twin Forks
- Dukedom of the Upper March
- Dukedom of the Weald
- Dukedom of the Western Isles
- Dukedom of the Wildwood
- Dukedom of the Wolds
- Dukedom of Thistlemarch
- Dukedom of Thomond
- Dukedom of Thornbridge
- Dukedom of Tillingham
- Dukedom of Tirconnell
- Dukedom of Tremouille
- Dukedom of Tweeddale
- Dukedom of Uppingham
- Dukedom of Valdarno Alto
D, continued
- Dukedom of Valencia
- Dukedom of Vallombreuse
- Dukedom of Valmorin
- Dukedom of Valmorin and Sauveterre
- Dukedom of Valois
- Dukedom of Vaudremont
- Dukedom of Velgrad
- Dukedom of Veragua
- Dukedom of Vestfold
- Dukedom of Vicenza
- Dukedom of Vila Real
- Dukedom of Villahermosa
- Dukedom of Villanueva del Sol
- Dukedom of Villars
- Dukedom of Villefranche
- Dukedom of Vostravia
- Dukedom of Vredendael
- Dukedom of Waldeck-Pyrmont
- Dukedom of Warwick
- Dukedom of Weatherby
- Dukedom of Wellington
- Dukedom of Westminster
- Dukedom of Wexham
- Dukedom of Wharton
- Dukedom of Whitcastle
- Dukedom of Windsor
- Dukedom of Winterbourne
- Dukedom of Wintershall
- Dukedom of Winterstadt
- Dukedom of Wolkenburg
- Dukedom of Wrenfield
- Dukedom of Wrexmoor
- Dukedom of Wythenmere
- Dukedom of Yeaveley
- Dukedom of York
- Dukedom of Zagan
- Dukedom of Zelenogor
- Dukedom of Zuidermark