Helmet Name Generator

Legendary helms, masks, hoods and named lids

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Generate helmet names for legendary loot and relic headgear: epithet titles like Helm of the Drowned King and Greathelm of the Sundered Gate, one-word names like Dreadvisor and Skullward, masks, hoods and war circlets, plus a block of sci-fi combat helmets and named racing and biker lids such as Asphalt Halo.

About helmet names

A named helmet does a different job from a named sword. The sword says what its bearer does to other people; the helm is the face the bearer shows the world, so the best helmet names describe a look, a reputation or the person who last wore it. Myth set the pattern: the Helm of Hades hid its wearer, the Tarnhelm of Wagner's Ring let its owner change shape, and Layamon gave King Arthur a helmet called Goswhit.

Fantasy games mostly use three formulas. The epithet title pairs a helmet type with a history (Helm of the Drowned King, Sallet of the Night Watch, Kabuto of the Thousand Cranes). The short compound reads like a drop from a boss fight (Dreadvisor, Skullward, Ironbrow). The heirloom names an owner or a trade (Thorgrim's Boar Helm, The Plague Doctor's Beak). Real helmet types do a lot of the work: greathelm, bascinet, sallet, barbute, armet, morion, burgonet, spangenhelm and kabuto each suggest a period and a kind of soldier.

Headgear is wider than helmets, so there are also masks and visages, hoods and cowls, wizard hats, war circlets and halos. A smaller block covers sci-fi combat helmets (Voidseal Pressure Helm, Nightglass Recon Visor) and the nicknames riders and racers give their lids (The Brain Bucket, Asphalt Halo).

How to choose helmet names

  • Pick the helmet type before the epithet. A greathelm belongs on a crusading knight, a sallet on a crossbowman or man-at-arms, a morion on a pikeman or explorer, a kabuto on a samurai. The type alone tells players what kind of enemy dropped it.
  • Let the name hint at the effect. Farsight and Truesight suit perception bonuses, Mindward and Dreamguard suit protection from charm and fear, and The Arrow Catcher tells the table exactly what it does.
  • Give heirloom helms visible damage in the description. Helm of Seven Dents and Sergeant Pell's Dented Pot are memorable because the name is already a story about surviving.
  • For masks and hoods, name what is hidden rather than what is shown: Mask of Stolen Voices, The Hood of No Face and The Borrowed Visage all raise a question a plain Iron Mask does not.
  • For a real motorcycle or racing lid, keep the nickname short enough to fit across the back in paint or vinyl. Midnight Rocket and Highway Saint fit; a six-word fantasy title does not.

Frequently asked questions

What are good names for a legendary helmet?

Epithet titles work best for relics: Helm of the Drowned King, Greathelm of the Sundered Gate, Helm of Borrowed Courage or Spangenhelm of the Raven Banner. For a shorter loot-table name try Dreadvisor, Skullward, Ironbrow or Stormcrest. For an heirloom, use an owner, as in Thorgrim's Boar Helm or Baron Voss's Greathelm.

Are the helmet types in the list real?

Yes. Greathelm, bascinet, sallet, barbute, armet, morion, burgonet, kettle hat, spangenhelm, galea, kabuto and jingasa are all historical helmet types, and hounskull, frog-mouth and sugarloaf are names for particular shapes of medieval helm. The epithets and owners attached to them are invented for fiction and games.

Does the list cover masks, hoods and crowns too?

It does. There are masks and visages such as Mask of a Hundred Faces and Visage of the Iron Saint, hoods and cowls such as Hood of the Whispering Wood and Cowl of the Night Abbot, and a few war circlets and halos. If you need a full list of royal regalia, the crown name generator goes much deeper.

Can I use these for a sci-fi game or a real motorcycle helmet?

Yes. The science fiction block has names like Aegis Mk IV Combat Helm, Voidseal Pressure Helm and Wraith-9 Infiltrator Hood for troopers and pilots. The racing and biker block has nicknames such as The Brain Bucket, Midnight Rocket, Asphalt Halo and Salt Flats Streak that suit a painted lid.

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A: 15 names

  • Adamantine Greathelm
  • Aegis Mk IV Combat Helm
  • Antlered Bone Helm
  • Antlers of the Forest Lord
  • Apex Hunter
  • Armet of the Final Tilt
  • Armet of the Gilded Lance
  • Armet of the Queen's Champion
  • Armet of the Rose Tourney
  • Arrowshed
  • Ashvisor
  • Asphalt Halo
  • Asteroid Miner's Hardhat
  • Athena's Crested Helm
  • Axebane

B: 33 names

  • Back Road Bandit
  • Barbute of the Bronze Gate
  • Barbute of the Condottiere
  • Barbute of the Hidden Face
  • Barbute of the Laughing Duke
  • Baron Voss's Greathelm
  • Bascinet of the Hound Knight
  • Bascinet of the Marcher Lords
  • Bascinet of the Tourney Field
  • Bascinet of the White Tower
  • Basilisk-Scale Cowl
  • Battle Circlet of the Spear Maiden
  • Bearskull
  • Blackcrest
  • Blackout Visor
  • Blacksteel Barbute
  • Blizzardbrow
  • Blued Steel Close Helm
  • Boar-Tusk Helmet
  • Boarcrest
  • Bog-Iron Skullcap
  • Boiled Leather Cap
  • Boneplate
  • Bounty Hunter's Slit-Visor Helm
  • Brannoc's Bascinet
  • Brass Lion Casque
  • Breacher Blast Helm
  • Bronze Corinthian
  • Brother Oswin's Coif
  • Browguard
  • Bulwark Heavy Trooper Helm
  • Burgonet of the Border Reivers
  • Burgonet of the Plumed Host

C: 47 names

  • Cafe Racer Bubble Visor
  • Cap of Invisibility
  • Cap of Nine Feathers
  • Cap of the Clever Fool
  • Cap of the Merry Thief
  • Cap of the River Pilot
  • Captain Ilse's Morion
  • Casque of the Dragoon Captain
  • Casque of the Sun Legion
  • Casque of the Thunder Guard
  • Cerebrum Link Halo
  • Chaperon of the Guildmaster
  • Chaperon of the Red Burgher
  • Checkered Flag Special
  • Chitin War Helm
  • Chrome Skull Half-Lid
  • Circlet of the Dream Walker
  • Circlet of the Mind Fortress
  • Circlet of the Third Eye
  • Circlet of the Tide Caller
  • Circlet of Woven Lightning
  • Coif of the Marsh Wardens
  • Coif of the Penitent Knight

C, continued

  • Coif of the Ring Weaver
  • Coldgaze
  • Coldiron Bascinet
  • Colonial Militia Pot Helm
  • Coral Crest Helm
  • Coronet of the Knight-Heir
  • Coronet of Thorns and Steel
  • Corsair Vacuum Hood
  • Cowl of Falling Ash
  • Cowl of the Crow Father
  • Cowl of the Deep Cloister
  • Cowl of the Ember Monk
  • Cowl of the Night Abbot
  • Cowl of the Plague Year
  • Cowl of the Silent Vow
  • Cowl of the Star Reader
  • Crest of the Fallen Phalanx
  • Crest of the Griffon Riders
  • Crestfall
  • Crown of Bent Swords
  • Crown of Rivets
  • Crowned Bascinet of the Boy Prince
  • Crowned Helm of the Usurper
  • Cryptcrest

D: 20 names

  • Dame Petra's Sallet
  • Dawncrest
  • Deadstare
  • Death Mask of the Bog Chieftain
  • Death Mask of the Boy King
  • Death Mask of the First Emperor
  • Death Mask of the Sand Pharaoh
  • Desert Sled Open-Face
  • Diadem of Command
  • Diadem of the Iron Empress
  • Diadem of the Siege Queen
  • Dome of the Deep Core
  • Doomcowl
  • Dragonbone Helm
  • Dreadvisor
  • Dreamguard
  • Drone Wrangler's Headset
  • Duergar Forge Mask
  • Duskvisor
  • Dwarven Anvil Helm

E: 4 names

  • Elven Leaf Helm
  • Emberglass Visor
  • Esme's Archer's Cap
  • Exo-Frame Command Helm

F: 8 names

  • Faceplate of the Brass Sentinel
  • Faceplate of the Clockwork Knight
  • Faceplate of the Forge Guardian
  • Faceplate of the Silent Legion
  • Farsight
  • Feathered Bonnet of the Glen Piper
  • Flame Job Open-Face
  • Fogmask

G: 24 names

  • Galehood
  • Gasp Rebreather Mask
  • Giant's Thimble
  • Gilded Parade Helm
  • Glacier-Glass Visor
  • Glarebane
  • Gloomhelm
  • Gnomish Goggle Helm
  • Goblin Pot-Lid Helm
  • Gold Flake Bobber Lid
  • Goswhit
  • Gravebrow
  • Gravel Eater Motocross Lid
  • Greathelm of the Black Crusade
  • Greathelm of the Bull Knight
  • Greathelm of the Iron Tithe
  • Greathelm of the Mountain King
  • Greathelm of the Oathbound
  • Greathelm of the Silent Order
  • Greathelm of the Sundered Gate
  • Greathelm of the Vigil Eternal
  • Grimvisage
  • Grinning Jack
  • Gryphon Chamfron of the Sky Guard

H: 68 names

  • Hachimaki of the Last Stand
  • Halfling Saucepan Helm
  • Halo of Burning Script
  • Halo of the Fallen Seraph
  • Halo of the Machine Saint
  • Hammered Copper Skullcap
  • Hardlight Visor Array
  • Hat of Many Pockets
  • Hat of the Crooked Brim
  • Hat of the Hedge Magician
  • Hat of the Marsh Witch
  • Hat of the Wandering Wizard
  • Hawkbeak
  • Headband of the Iron Monk
  • Headdress of the Coral Queen
  • Headdress of the Peacock Court
  • Headwarden
  • Headwrap of the Dune Scouts
  • Helm of Awe
  • Helm of Borrowed Courage
  • Helm of Cold Counsel
  • Helm of Distant Thunder
  • Helm of Falling Stars
  • Helm of Hades
  • Helm of Many Eyes
  • Helm of Seven Dents
  • Helm of the Blind Oracle
  • Helm of the Burned Banner
  • Helm of the Deep Roads
  • Helm of the Drowned King
  • Helm of the Ember Throne
  • Helm of the First Forge
  • Helm of the Forsworn
  • Helm of the Grave Tide

H, continued

  • Helm of the Hive Breaker
  • Helm of the Hollow Saint
  • Helm of the Howling Pass
  • Helm of the Last Watch
  • Helm of the Ninth Legion
  • Helm of the Pale Rider
  • Helm of the Red Dawn
  • Helm of the Sleepless Guard
  • Helm of the Storm Herald
  • Helm of the Thousand Sieges
  • Helm of the Unbowed
  • Helm of the Void Templar
  • Helm of the Winter Court
  • Helm of the Wolf Mother
  • Helm of Unshaken Faith
  • Helm-Crown of the Marcher Queen
  • Helmsworn
  • Highway Saint
  • Hood of Moth Wings
  • Hood of Shadows Kept
  • Hood of the Dusk Pilgrim
  • Hood of the Hedge Witch
  • Hood of the Long Road
  • Hood of the Poacher King
  • Hood of the Rain Walker
  • Hood of the Red Huntress
  • Hood of the Unseen Hand
  • Hood of the Whispering Wood
  • Hoplite-Class Assault Helmet
  • Horned Iron Cap
  • Horns of the Bull God
  • Horns of the Demon Prince
  • Hrolf's Iron Cap
  • Hushcowl

I: 5 names

  • Ingvar's Spectacle Helm
  • Iron Horse Skid Lid
  • Ironbrow
  • Ironhalo
  • Ironwood Helm

K: 11 names

  • Kabuto of the Crimson Moon
  • Kabuto of the Mountain Shogun
  • Kabuto of the Silent Ronin
  • Kabuto of the Thousand Cranes
  • Kart Kid's First Lid
  • Kenji's Crescent Kabuto
  • Kestrel Pilot Helmet
  • Kettle Hat of the Muddy March
  • Kettle Hat of the Wall Sergeant
  • Kingscap
  • Kobold Bucket Helm

L: 9 names

  • Lacquered Kabuto
  • Lady Rohese's Barbute
  • Late Braker
  • Laurel of the Arena Champion
  • Lionsmane
  • Lizardfolk Skull Helm
  • Longshot Sniper Optic Helm
  • Lord Hoshino's Antlered Kabuto
  • Lucky Thirteen Lid

M: 30 names

  • Macebreaker
  • Mail Aventail of the Gate Guard
  • Mambrino's Helmet
  • Marshal Dreux's Burgonet
  • Mask of a Hundred Faces
  • Mask of Stolen Voices
  • Mask of the Ash Priest
  • Mask of the Bone Carnival
  • Mask of the Carrion Lord
  • Mask of the Drowned Bride
  • Mask of the Forgotten Actor
  • Mask of the Harvest King
  • Mask of the Mirror Court
  • Mask of the Nameless Guest
  • Mask of the Pale Feast
  • Mask of the Weeping Moon
  • Matte Black Menace
  • Mech Jockey's Crash Helmet
  • Meteor Orbital Drop Helm
  • Midnight Rocket
  • Mindbridge Psi-Dampener
  • Mindward
  • Minotaur Horn Guard
  • Mithral Coif
  • Moonsilver Circlet
  • Morion of the Jungle March
  • Morion of the Pike Square
  • Morion of the Treasure Fleet
  • Mournhood
  • Mudslinger MX Helmet

N: 6 names

  • Neural Crown Interface
  • Night Shift Commuter Lid
  • Nightglass Recon Visor
  • Nightvisor
  • Nimbus
  • Nimbus of the Dawn Father

O: 5 names

  • Oathvisor
  • Obsidian Faceplate
  • Old Garrick's Kettle Hat
  • Orcish Tusk Helm
  • Owlbear-Feather Headdress

P: 4 names

  • Padded Arming Coif
  • Pathfinder EVA Helmet
  • Pit Lane Phantom
  • Plasma-Scored Veteran Helm

Q: 3 names

  • Quarter-Mile Crown
  • Queen Maren's War Circlet
  • Quilted Arming Cap

R: 8 names

  • Rain Race Special
  • Ravencrest
  • Reactor Tech's Rad Hood
  • Red-Lacquer Jingasa
  • Redline Full-Face
  • Rimefrown
  • Riveted Spangenhelm
  • Road Rash Remedy

S: 35 names

  • Sallet of the Broken Siege
  • Sallet of the Crossbow Guild
  • Sallet of the Free Lances
  • Sallet of the Grey Company
  • Sallet of the Night Watch
  • Salt Flats Streak
  • Scarlet Comet Racing Helmet
  • Sentinel Riot Visor
  • Ser Aldous's Tourney Armet
  • Sergeant Pell's Dented Pot
  • Shadecowl
  • Shark-Tooth War Cap
  • Sigrun's Winged Helm
  • Silvered Mail Coif
  • Skullcap of the Sapper's Guild
  • Skullcap of the Tunnel Fighter
  • Skullface
  • Skullfort
  • Skullthane
  • Skullward
  • Skyhook Jump Helmet
  • Soulcage
  • Spangenhelm of the Mead Hall
  • Spangenhelm of the Raven Banner
  • Spangenhelm of the Whale Road
  • Spectre Stealth Cowl
  • Spider-Silk Hood of the Underdark
  • Spiked Crown of the Pit Champion
  • Staghelm
  • Star Marine Mk II Helm
  • Starmetal Sallet
  • Steelskull
  • Stonegaze
  • Stormcrest
  • Sunforged Armet

T: 132 names

  • Tarnhelm
  • Tengu Mempo of the Mountain Hermit
  • The Anvil's Child
  • The Arrow Catcher
  • The Ashen Coif
  • The Ashigaru's Jingasa
  • The Bear's Skull
  • The Beekeeper's Veil
  • The Bellringer
  • The Black Morion
  • The Blind Bascinet
  • The Boar-Crested Helm
  • The Borrowed Visage
  • The Bottomless Top Hat
  • The Brain Bucket
  • The Bug Catcher
  • The Bull's Brow
  • The Centurion's Crested Galea
  • The Conquistador's Morion
  • The Crow's Perch
  • The Crusader's Pot Helm
  • The Cuirassier's Lobster Pot
  • The Dented Sallet
  • The Dragon's Brow
  • The Drowned Admiral's Tricorn
  • The Duelist's Domino
  • The Eagle's Beak
  • The Face of the Deep
  • The Face of Winter
  • The Faceless
  • The Falconer's Hood
  • The Feathered Cavalier
  • The Ferryman's Cowl

T, continued

  • The Fox Mask of the Shrine Road
  • The Frog-Mouth Helm
  • The Gilded Armet
  • The Gilded Visage
  • The Gorgon Faceplate
  • The Gravedigger's Hat
  • The Grim Countenance
  • The Hammer's Answer
  • The Hangman's Hood
  • The Headsman's Cowl
  • The Headsman's Friend
  • The Hermit King's Hood
  • The Highwayman's Tricorn
  • The Hollow Helm
  • The Hood of No Face
  • The Hoplite's Corinthian Helm
  • The Horned Tyrant
  • The Hounskull
  • The Hunter's Bone Mask
  • The Huntsman's Feathered Cap
  • The Huscarl's Nasal Helm
  • The Hussar's Szyszak
  • The Iron Hat
  • The Iron Lullaby
  • The Janissary's Tall Cap
  • The Jester's Belled Cap
  • The King's Bucket
  • The Lamplighter's Cap
  • The Last Thing They See
  • The Laughing Barbute
  • The Legate's Galea
  • The Lion's Maw
  • The Lobster Tail

T, continued

  • The Long Stare
  • The Mask That Remembers
  • The Masquerade Domino
  • The Moonlit Coif
  • The Moth-Eaten Hood
  • The Murmillo's Crested Helm
  • The Oathkeeper's Brow
  • The Old Pot
  • The Oni Mempo
  • The Optio's Plumed Galea
  • The Owl Mask of the Night Court
  • The Patient Iron
  • The Pig-Faced Bascinet
  • The Pirate Queen's Tricorn
  • The Pit Fighter's Faceguard
  • The Plague Doctor's Beak
  • The Pointed Hat of Old Nan
  • The Porcelain Mask
  • The Ratcatcher's Cap
  • The Raven-Winged Helm
  • The Reiver's Steel Bonnet
  • The Rusted Greathelm
  • The Scorched Burgonet
  • The Second Skull
  • The Sentinel's Gaze
  • The Siege Bell
  • The Silent Helm
  • The Skyward Spike
  • The Slipstream
  • The Smith's Own Helm
  • The Snarling Mempo
  • The Sohei's Cowl
  • The Sorcerer's Starred Hat

T, continued

  • The Squire's First Helm
  • The Stag-Horned Helm
  • The Steel Halo
  • The Stubborn Dome
  • The Sugarloaf
  • The Thief's Half-Mask
  • The Thorned Casque
  • The Thracian's Griffin Helm
  • The Threadbare Cowl
  • The Thunderbrow
  • The Tourney Champion's Frog-Mouth
  • The Tourney Queen
  • The Unblinking
  • The Varangian's Conical Helm
  • The Weeping Visor
  • The Wide-Brimmed Wanderer
  • The Widow's Iron Veil
  • The Winter Wolf's Grin
  • The Witchfinder's Hat
  • The Wolf's Head
  • Thinking Cap of the Archmage
  • Thorgrim's Boar Helm
  • Thoughtshield
  • Tiara of Frozen Tears
  • Tiara of the Storm Princess
  • Tidecrest
  • Tombvisor
  • Track Day Tiger
  • Troll-Hide Hood
  • Truesight
  • Turban of the Djinn Binder
  • Turban of the Sand Vizier
  • Two-Stroke Tommy's Lid

V: 17 names

  • Vanguard HUD Helm
  • Veil of Ten Thousand Threads
  • Veil of the Desert Wind
  • Veil of the Mourning Star
  • Veil of the Oracle
  • Verdigris Bronze Helm
  • Visage of the Grinning Skull
  • Visage of the Hollow Queen
  • Visage of the Iron Saint
  • Visage of the Storm Giant
  • Visage of the Unquiet Dead
  • Visor of the Last Charge
  • Visor of the Storm Lancer
  • Visor of the Unblinking
  • Vizard of the Court Spy
  • Vizard of the Midnight Ball
  • Voidseal Pressure Helm

W: 15 names

  • War-Crown of the Shield King
  • Warden-7 Tactical Helmet
  • Warhelm of the Ash Plains
  • Warhelm of the Blood Eagle
  • Warhelm of the Boar Clan
  • Warhorse's Chamfron
  • Whalebone Casque
  • Widowsveil
  • Willkeeper
  • Wimple of the Battle Abbess
  • Wolfjaw
  • Wraith-9 Infiltrator Hood
  • Wraithface
  • Wulfric's Nasal Helm
  • Wyrmscale Hood

Z: 1 name

  • Zero-G Boarding Helm