Gaulish Name Generator

Gaulish names are compounds, and once you know the building blocks you can read most of them. Vercingetorix is ver- (over) + cingeto- (warrior) + -rix (king): the over-king of warriors. Dumnorix is world-king, Orgetorix killer-king, Ambiorix king-of-the-surroundings, Eporedorix king of horse-riders. Other common elements are catu- (battle), epo- (horse), tarvo- (bull), cuno- (hound), brano- (raven), vindo- (white), senos (old), touta- (tribe), maros (great), -gnatos (born of) and -genos (son of). The Latin texts that preserve these names add -us (Commius, Divico, Litaviccus); coins and stone inscriptions keep the native -os (Segomaros, Toutissicnos, Andecamulos).

Women's names use the same roots with -a and the diminutives -illa and -issa: Bellicca, Cintugena, Nertomara, Vindilla, Ambiorissa. Two Galatian women, Chiomara and Onomaris, are among the few Gaulish women named by ancient historians. After the conquest many Gauls adopted Roman praenomina and gentilicia but kept a Gaulish cognomen, which is how you get Gaius Julius Vercondaridubnus and Julius Sacrovir.

The list mixes leaders named by Caesar, Livy and Polybius, names from inscriptions and coins, Gaulish deities such as Epona and Taranis, and original names assembled from genuine elements for fiction, Asterix-style comedy or a Celtic tabletop campaign.