Female Warrior Name Generator

Female warrior names come from a long tradition of real and legendary fighting women, and the strongest names draw on it directly. The Norse gave us shieldmaidens and valkyries: Lagertha, Hervor, Skuld, Gunnr, and Hildr are all attested in the sagas and Eddas, and their sound (short, hard consonants, an r or d at the end) is what makes invented names like Thordis Ironside and Halla Bright-Axe feel right. The Greeks gave us the Amazons: Penthesilea, Hippolyta, Antiope, Myrina. The Celts gave us Boudica, Scathach, and Medb, and Asia and Africa gave us Tomoe Gozen, Fu Hao, Rani Lakshmibai, Yaa Asantewaa, and Queen Nzinga.

In fantasy, the usual structure is a given name from one of these traditions plus a battle epithet or compound surname: Sigrid Shieldmaiden, Aoife Battleaxe, Rusla the Red Maiden. The epithet should say something specific about how she fights or what she has done. 'Boarsbane' or 'Half-Blade' tell a story; 'Deathbringer' tells almost nothing.

The list here mixes three kinds of names: real historical warriors you can use as-is or as inspiration, mythic and saga names, and invented fantasy names in Norse, Celtic, Slavic, and East Asian styles for D&D fighters, barbarians, and novel heroines.