Fairytale Name Generator

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Generate fairytale names with genuine storybook flavour: the classic cast of Grimm, Perrault, Andersen, the English chapbooks and Russian folklore, plus hundreds of original names for princesses and princes, village heroes, wise women, ogres, goblins, fairy godmothers and the animals who talk.

About fairytale names

Fairytale names come in a handful of recognisable registers, and getting the register right matters more than inventing anything clever. The oral tales name their heroes with the plainest names of the teller's own village: Hans and Gretel in Germany, Jack and Molly in England, Ivan and Vasilisa in Russia, Espen in Norway, Jean and Margot in France. Everyone else is known by what they are (the Miller's Daughter, the Youngest Son, the Goose Girl) or by a nickname that tells the whole story in a word: Cinderella, Snow White, Tatterhood, Donkeyskin, Koschei the Deathless.

Royalty is the exception. The French salon writers and Andersen gave their princes and princesses flower, jewel and light names, Florine, Belle-Etoile, Printaniere, Prince Charmant, and a single epithet such as the Fair or the Patient does the work of a surname. Helpers and wise women take a homely title plus a plant or household word (Mother Holle, Dame Gothel, Goody Pinchpenny), while villains get a growl in the mouth: Bluebeard, Rumpelstiltskin, Rübezahl, Baba Yaga.

This list gathers the canon from German, French, Danish, English, Celtic, Italian, Norwegian and Slavic tradition and adds original names in every register, from Princess Wrenna of the Nine Springs to Mother Nettlewort, Skarrow the Goblin King and Bramblebeard the Bear, so a whole tale can be cast from one page.

How to choose fairytale names

  • Cast by station: a plain one-syllable village name for the hero (Hans, Jack, Kari, Vanya), a flower or jewel name for royalty (Princess Amaranth, Prince Florizel), and a title plus homely noun for old helpers (Mother Bramble, Dame Elderflower).
  • Let the villain's name sound unpleasant to say: clusters like -gr-, -skr-, -stilt- and -gob- (Grimgrist, Skrattle, Gristlebeard) read as threatening with no explanation needed.
  • Use a descriptive epithet instead of a surname. Tattercoats, Cap o' Rushes and Yelena the Fair tell the audience who the character is in one breath, exactly as the oral tales did.
  • Keep one tradition per tale: a Russian-flavoured story wants Ivan, Marya and Tsar Berendey, a French court tale wants Florine and Prince Cheri, a Norwegian one wants Askeladden and Kari Woodencloak.
  • Name only the two or three characters who matter and leave the rest as the Woodcutter, the Old King or the Wolf; too many named characters makes a fairytale read like a fantasy novel.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a name sound like it belongs in a fairytale?

Plainness and description. The classic tales use ordinary first names from their country of origin (Hans, Gretel, Jack, Ivan, Molly) and describe everyone else by trade, birth order or appearance, such as the Miller's Daughter, the Youngest Son or Little Red Riding Hood. Royal characters get flower, jewel and light names (Aurora, Florine, Belle), helpers get titles like Mother or Goody, and villains get harsh sounds like Rumpelstiltskin or Bluebeard. High-fantasy syllables such as Aelthariel sound like a different genre.

Where do the classic fairytale names come from?

Mainly from the Brothers Grimm (Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Mother Holle, Allerleirauh), Charles Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy in France (Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Bluebeard, Florine, the Yellow Dwarf), Hans Christian Andersen (Kai, Gerda, Thumbelina), Afanasyev's Russian collections (Vasilisa, Ivan Tsarevich, Baba Yaga, Koschei), Asbjørnsen and Moe in Norway (Askeladden, Tatterhood), Basile's Pentamerone in Italy (Zezolla, Petrosinella), Joseph Jacobs's English tales (Tom Tit Tot, Molly Whuppie, Cap o' Rushes) and the Celtic tales of Tam Lin, Oisín and the Children of Lir.

Does the generator include fairytale princess and prince names?

Yes. Alongside canonical royalty such as Briar Rose, Snow White, Prince Charming, Tsar Saltan and King Thrushbeard there are dozens of original princes and princesses with storybook flower, jewel and old European names, including Princess Celandine, Princess Morwenna, Prince Casimir and Prince Leodan, plus kings and queens like Otto the Sad and Queen Bellfleur. Add a place epithet (Rosamund of the Glass Hill) for extra period flavour.

Can I use these names for a retelling, a bedtime story or a children's book?

That is what the list is built for. For a retelling, keep the lead's canonical name (Rapunzel, Gretel, Vasilisa) and use original names here for the characters the source left unnamed, such as the stepsisters, the huntsman or the neighbouring prince. For an original bedtime story, pick one plain hero, one comic helper like Pip Pennyroyal, one villain with a growl and one talking animal such as Old Hoots the Owl, and let everyone else stay the Baker, the Queen or the Wolf.

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A: 12 names

  • Agnes Ashbucket
  • Allegra Almondeye
  • Allerleirauh
  • Amadis of the Orchard
  • Ambrosine
  • Angelica
  • Anneliese Goldthread
  • Anselm the Cobbler
  • Ashpaw the Fox
  • Askeladden
  • Auntie Ashbury
  • Avenant

B: 25 names

  • Baba Yaga
  • Barnabus Beetlewick
  • Barnaby Buttercup
  • Baroness Vexley
  • Bartholomew Brightwater
  • Bastian the Baker's Boy
  • Bearskin
  • Belle-Etoile
  • Belphoebe
  • Bensiabel
  • Berthold the Blacksmith
  • Bess the Cow
  • Birgit Breadcrumb
  • Blaise the Woodcutter
  • Blodeuwedd
  • Bluebeard
  • Bodkin the Tailor's Apprentice
  • Bramblebeard the Bear
  • Bramblerose
  • Briar Rose
  • Bridget Blackthorn
  • Brigid of the Beltane Fire
  • Brother Ivanushka
  • Brother Lustig
  • Bruin the Bear

C: 19 names

  • Cannetella
  • Caoimhe Cradlesong
  • Cap o' Rushes
  • Catskin
  • Ceridwen
  • Chanticleer
  • Childe Rowland
  • Childe Wynd
  • Cinderella
  • Cinders the Cat
  • Ciommetella
  • Clarissa
  • Clever Agnethe
  • Clever Elsie
  • Cocky Locky
  • Conn of the Hundred Fights
  • Countess Perruque
  • Crispin Cloverleaf
  • Culhwch

D: 13 names

  • Dame Candlewick
  • Dame Chevrette
  • Dame Distaff
  • Dame Dumpling
  • Dame Elderflower
  • Dame Gothel
  • Dame Thistlewood
  • Dame Tryamour
  • Dapple the Pony
  • Dick Whittington
  • Dimity Duckweed
  • Donkeyskin
  • Ducky Lucky

E: 8 names

  • Edelgard
  • Eithne Fairbrow
  • Elfrida of the Elder Grove
  • Elisa of the Wild Swans
  • Elsa of Brabant
  • Emelya the Fool
  • Ermine the Fair
  • Espen Ashlad

F: 22 names

  • Fair Goldilocks
  • Fairy Goldenrod
  • Fairy Marigold
  • Fairy Sorrel
  • Faithful Johannes
  • Falada
  • Fanchon Petitpas
  • Father Frost
  • Fenella Featherfoot
  • Fennick the Fox
  • Ferdinand the Faithful
  • Fiachra
  • Finette Cendron
  • Finist the Bright Falcon
  • Fionn the Boy
  • Fiordelisa
  • Florine
  • Foxy Loxy
  • Frau Trude
  • Frederik the Fiddler
  • Friedel Frogpond
  • Fundevogel

G: 26 names

  • Gaffer Greybeard
  • Gammer Gurton
  • Garrick Goatsbeard
  • Geppetto
  • Gerda
  • Gilly of the Greenway
  • Godmother Fenwick
  • Goldilocks
  • Goody Bobbin
  • Goody Hollowell
  • Goody Pinchpenny
  • Goosey Loosey
  • Gorbaldine
  • Graciosa
  • Granny Grimalkin
  • Greta of the Mill
  • Gretchen Applebough
  • Gretel
  • Grimgrist
  • Griselda Gristlemill
  • Griselda the Patient
  • Grisha Goosebeard
  • Gristlebeard
  • Grumbold
  • Gudrun Gooseherd
  • Guenevere Ashgrove

H: 16 names

  • Habetrot
  • Hagsbane
  • Hans My Hedgehog
  • Hansel
  • Hazel Hobnob
  • Heinrich the Iron-Banded
  • Hilaire Hautbois
  • Hilde Goosegirl
  • Hob Hodge
  • Hob o' the Hearth
  • Hobnail the Goat
  • Hodge Hollowtree
  • Holda
  • Hop o' My Thumb
  • Hortense Hogweed
  • Huldbrand

I: 12 names

  • Ib and Little Christine
  • Ilse Applecheek
  • Ilya Muromets
  • Ingeborg Birchwhite
  • Iron Hans
  • Isengrim the Wolf
  • Iseult of the White Hands
  • Isolde Inkwell
  • Ivan Bearsson
  • Ivan Bykovich
  • Ivan the Fool
  • Ivan Tsarevich

J: 13 names

  • Jack Frost
  • Jack of the Beanstalk
  • Jack the Giant Killer
  • Jack-a-Lantern
  • Jack-in-the-Green
  • Jakob Goosefeather
  • Jan the Tailor
  • Jasper Juniperberry
  • Jenny Greenteeth
  • Johnny Cake
  • Jorgen Juniper
  • Jorinde
  • Joringel

K: 20 names

  • Kai
  • Karen of the Red Shoes
  • Kari Woodencloak
  • Kasper Crowfeather
  • Kate Crackernuts
  • Kate of the Glass Mountain
  • Katrin Kettledrum
  • Kerensa
  • Kikimora
  • King Berengar
  • King Hector the Bald
  • King Leofric
  • King Otto the Sad
  • King Silvester
  • King Thrushbeard
  • Kit Kingfisher
  • Klaus Kettlebelly
  • Koschei the Deathless
  • Krampelkin
  • Kuzma Quickfingers

L: 25 names

  • Lady Greensleeves
  • Lady Hexabel
  • Lady Malvina
  • Lady Mary
  • Lantern Jack
  • Lars Longlegs
  • Lazy Jack
  • Lenchen
  • Leshy
  • Liesel Lanternlight
  • Liesl Larkspur
  • Likho
  • Lillekort
  • Lisbet Shepherdess
  • Little Britches
  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • Liviella
  • Lleu Llaw Gyffes
  • Lob-Lie-by-the-Fire
  • Lord Gallowglass
  • Lottchen of Lindenfeld
  • Lotte Miller
  • Lucina
  • Lucky Hans
  • Ludmila

M: 28 names

  • Magnus the Miller's Son
  • Marchetta
  • Marfa the Miller's Daughter
  • Margot of the Glass Slipper
  • Marisol of the Salt Marsh
  • Marlinchen
  • Marquis de Carabas
  • Marquise Florimonde
  • Marsh Hare
  • Marya Morevna
  • Mashenka and the Bear
  • Matthias Millstone
  • Meadowsweet
  • Melusine
  • Minna Mouse
  • Mistress Quince
  • Mistress Spindle
  • Molly Tinkerbrook
  • Molly Whuppie
  • Mordegast
  • Mother Bramble
  • Mother Hen Henrietta
  • Mother Holle
  • Mother Hollyhock
  • Mother Mossback
  • Mother Nettlewort
  • Mother Weaverly
  • Mr Fox

N: 14 names

  • Nan Nickerby
  • Nastenka
  • Nell Nightingale
  • Nella
  • Nerissa
  • Niamh of the Golden Hair
  • Nickabod
  • Nicodemus Nightjar
  • Nicolette of the Rosebower
  • Nightingale the Robber
  • Ninetta
  • Nix Nought Nothing
  • Noble the Lion
  • Nokk of the Mill Race

O: 13 names

  • Oberon
  • Old Gaffer Moon
  • Old Hoots the Owl
  • Old King Cole
  • Old Mother Hubbard
  • Old Nan Nettleby
  • Old Rinkrank
  • Old Scratch
  • Old Tarrow
  • Ole Lukoje
  • Olwen
  • Otto Oakhollow
  • Ottoline Owlfeather

P: 57 names

  • Peg Powler
  • Per and Paal
  • Percinet
  • Percival Pebblebrook
  • Peronel
  • Perpetua Pondweed
  • Petrosinella
  • Philomena of the Fenlands
  • Pinocchio
  • Pip Pennyroyal
  • Porziella
  • Prezzemolina
  • Prince Amaury of the Orchard Isles
  • Prince Ansel of the Hollow Hill
  • Prince Aubrey
  • Prince Aurel
  • Prince Bova
  • Prince Casimir
  • Prince Charming
  • Prince Cheri
  • Prince Corwin
  • Prince Dorian
  • Prince Edric
  • Prince Evander
  • Prince Ferrand
  • Prince Florizel
  • Prince Gvidon
  • Prince Hallam

P, continued

  • Prince Ivan
  • Prince Leodan
  • Prince Lionel
  • Prince Lutin
  • Prince Marcassin
  • Prince Rafe the Penniless
  • Prince Tancred
  • Prince Teodor
  • Prince Yaroslav
  • Princess Aimee
  • Princess Amaranth
  • Princess Belka
  • Princess Bellamy
  • Princess Celandine
  • Princess Elowen
  • Princess Elspeth
  • Princess Isabeau
  • Princess Marigold
  • Princess Morwenna
  • Princess Nesmeyana
  • Princess Oriel
  • Princess Printaniere
  • Princess Rosalind
  • Princess Seraphine
  • Princess Sunniva
  • Princess Violetta
  • Princess Wrenna of the Nine Springs
  • Puck
  • Puss in Boots

Q: 9 names

  • Queen Adelheid
  • Queen Bellfleur
  • Queen Gwendolyn
  • Queen Idonea
  • Queen Margery
  • Queen Maud
  • Queen Ottilie
  • Queen Rosabel
  • Quill the Hedgehog

R: 21 names

  • Ragged Robin
  • Rapunzel
  • Rattletrap the Robber
  • Renza
  • Reynard the Fox
  • Ricky of the Tuft
  • Robin Goodfellow
  • Robin Redbreast
  • Roderick Rushlight
  • Roderick the Rushcutter
  • Rolf Riddlebrook
  • Rosalba
  • Rosalinde
  • Rosamund of the Glass Hill
  • Rosamunde Redcap
  • Rose Red
  • Rübezahl
  • Rudolf the Woodcutter's Son
  • Rumpelstiltskin
  • Rusalka
  • Ruslan

S: 26 names

  • Sabrina of the Severn
  • Sadko
  • Serafina
  • Siegfried of the Seven Hills
  • Silvermane the Stag
  • Simple Simon
  • Sir Amadace
  • Sir Cleges
  • Sir Degaré
  • Sir Gawain of the Green Chapel
  • Sir Gowther
  • Sir Greedigut
  • Sir Launfal
  • Sir Tumbleweed
  • Sister Alyonushka
  • Skarrow the Goblin King
  • Skrattle
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Snaggletooth the Troll
  • Snegurochka
  • Snow White
  • Spindleshanks
  • Strong Hans
  • Sukey Spindlewhorl
  • Svyatogor
  • Sweetheart Roland

T: 92 names

  • Taliesin the Bard
  • Tam Lin
  • Tansy Thimbleweed
  • Tattercoats
  • Tatterhood
  • Tatty Bogle
  • Thaddeus Thornberry
  • The Bear Prince
  • The Black Knight of the Bramble Gate
  • The Blue Bird
  • The Blue Fairy
  • The Brave Little Tailor
  • The Brown Man of the Muirs
  • The Children of Lir
  • The Crooked Man
  • The Erl-King
  • The Fairy Godmother
  • The Fairy of the Mill Pond
  • The Fairy of the Silver Birch
  • The Firebird
  • The Fisherman's Wife
  • The Frog Prince
  • The Gingerbread Man
  • The Golden Bird
  • The Golden Fish
  • The Golden Hen
  • The Goose Girl
  • The Green Knight
  • The Green Lady
  • The Hedgehog Bridegroom

T, continued

  • The King Under the Hill
  • The Knight of the Swan
  • The Lady of the Lake
  • The Laidly Worm
  • The Lilac Fairy
  • The Little Match Girl
  • The Little Mermaid
  • The Miller's Daughter
  • The Musicians of Bremen
  • The Nettle Princess
  • The Nixie of the Mill Pond
  • The Old King of the Glass Mountain
  • The Pale Huntsman
  • The Queen of the Copper Wood
  • The Red Ettin
  • The Seven Ravens
  • The Seventh Daughter
  • The Six Swans
  • The Snow Queen
  • The Star Child
  • The Steadfast Tin Soldier
  • The Swan Maiden
  • The Swan Princess
  • The Toad Bride
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • The Ugly Duckling
  • The White Bear King Valemon
  • The White Cat
  • The Wicked Stepmother
  • The Wise Woman of the Fen
  • The Wolf of Wolfsburg Wood

T, continued

  • The Woodcutter's Daughter
  • The Yellow Dwarf
  • The Youngest Son
  • Theodora of the Tall Tower
  • Three Billy Goats Gruff
  • Thumbelina
  • Thumbling
  • Tib Tallow
  • Tiddlytwist
  • Tilda Threadneedle
  • Tinker Thistledown
  • Tiptoe the Hare
  • Titania
  • Tittle-Tattle Tom
  • Tobias Tinderbox
  • Tom Hickathrift
  • Tom the Piper's Son
  • Tom Thumb
  • Tom Tinder
  • Tom Tit Tot
  • Torvald Trollsbane
  • Tristram Thornapple
  • Tsar Berendey
  • Tsar Saltan
  • Tsarevna Frog
  • Tsarevna Radmila
  • Tuft the Squirrel
  • Tugarin Zmeyevich
  • Turkey Lurkey
  • Tybalt the Cat
  • Tyrihans

U: 4 names

  • Ugrom the Ogre
  • Ulrich the Unlucky
  • Undine
  • Ursel Umberwood

V: 7 names

  • Vanya the Simple
  • Vasilisa the Beautiful
  • Vasilisa the Wise
  • Verity Vine
  • Violante
  • Vodyanoy
  • Volkh Vseslavyevich

W: 8 names

  • Wat Tinkerfield
  • Wendelin Wagtail
  • Wendeline
  • Whuppity Stoorie
  • Widow Wimble
  • Wilhelm Wolfsbane
  • Will o' the Wisp
  • Winnifred Wellspring

Y: 6 names

  • Yelena the Fair
  • Yolanthe
  • Ysabeau of the Seven Towers
  • Ysmay
  • Yvonne of the Apple Orchard
  • Ywain

Z: 4 names

  • Zerbina
  • Zezolla
  • Zlata the Golden Haired
  • Zmey Gorynych